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CIT'Y OF NORTH OLMS'I'ED "TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE" AISCHITECTUR4.L REVIEW BOARI) 1VIYNUTES - JULY 17, 2002 COiJNCIL'S COlVFERENCE ROOM 5:30 P.M. ROLL CALL: Chairman Zergott called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chairman Zergott, and Board Members; M. Yager, J. Nader, and K. Schulz ALSO PRESENT: D. Conway, Building Commissioner, and A. Kilbane, Asst. Clerk of Commissions II. REVIEW AND GORRECTION OF MINUTES: The Architectural Review Board minutes for May 22, 2002 have been submitted for approval. B. Zergott motioned to approve the minutes with the two corrections mentioned by Mrs. Nader. The inotion was seconded.by J. Nader and unanimously, approved. IiI. SIGNS: IV. OLD BUSINESS: V. NEW BUSINESS: Fairview CoEporate Center (Zaremba MMgmt ); PP# 237-23-023 025 037 041 049: Proposal consists of parking and landscaping .plans proposed for the North Olmsted portion of the Fairview Office :Park development. Note: Planning Commission addressed this site in June 2000 and June 25, 2002- Board of.Zoning Ap.peals -b anted variances required July 10, 2002. W. Don Lydori from Zarerriba Management Company came forward to represent Fairview Office Associates, owner of:the property. Mr. Lydon indicated that the piece of land in question straddles the city line. He said .they 'have a little over 2 acres in North Olmsted and approximately 8 acres in Fairview Park. They are,planning .to build an office development in Fairview Park. They will construct a parking lot on the North Olmsted :land and a portion of that space will be landscaped. He showed the board mem ers photos of the site. 1V1r. Lydon indicated .they submitted plans to the Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals. The forester issued a response to Mr. Lydon's letter suggesting that they leave as much natural area as possible.and then landscape the east and west _borders. This would end up being about 25- 30 feet.off of the parking lot at the one end, and the first 50 feet or so off of Clague Road. He showed them the :revised site'.plan.,. He indicated he just walked the site with Edwards Tree Service, the company that will do the tree :clearing there: He said there is mowed grass there and then about 45 feet in is where the tall b ass starts. There are a few -stray cottonwoods in the tall grass and the heavy tree line.starts about 60 feet out. ; The forester recommended they do some mounding. They will likely have the mounding get ` sculpted around the corner a little more which will soften it up a bit. Where the tall gr.ass is, before it gets to the lower 'bush and shrubs, .they will take it back to the bush and shrubs and then start a gradual mounding there. They will only be cutting a few stray cottonwoods, which are in bad shape anyway. They _ tivill put in some nice pines. They are looking at Bradford pears in one area and then all the way down to give it a boulevard affect. Mr. Zergott said he would recommend Cleveland Select over Bradford pears. He.said it is also a pear but it handles snow better. He said you can't really tell the difference between the two except the Bradford's branches grow close together. The Cleveland Select is a little more open. Mr. Lydon said they are running a utility line somewhere down into Clague Road. Depending upon where that line falls from the sidewalk, they may have to carve out 10-15 feet-of the underbrush and mow it back a bit. They will replant it with grass if they have to cut anytliing back from the street. He added there is a lot of low, scrubby brush in the front area and that would get it back off the street a bit and clean it up. That will allow them to get the trucks back there to duFnp the top soil they need without= having to go out onto