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4 Mr. Nieberding from Mitchell Drive came forward to voice his concerns. Mr. Nieberding questionedyW'',;y there was any type of statute that states because an area is surrounded by retail that that land must be retail as well. He would like the board to consider the issue of diesel. Any trucks, that use diesel, present health . hazards. He is currently involved with a project called Urban Air Toxic Strategy Project, which is the first t of its kind developed by the US EPA. One of the bigaest issues of the environmentalist's asides from ` industrial pollutants is diesel. With all the traffic North Olmsted has, it is a more serious health problem _ than industrial pollution, which might be present. Diesel poisons can cause many respiratory issues. The county has plans for how stores should be placed to protect green spaces, setbacks, placing so parking is not a problem. There are currently existing water issues which drains may not be enough to handle. North Olmsted has so much asphalt, concrete, pavement and a ass that there will be water drainage issues. The rear residents currently have standing water in their yard from March through June. Planners these days are trying to .work naturally with water issues and he would ]ike those taken into consideration. The near east-side people consider North Olmsted a sprawl and laughed at him when he moved here. It is nice to have the relatively cleari air and trees to buffer the sounds. There should be some retail but the neighbor's lives and healtli should be taken into consideration. Mr. Art Gouker from Mitchell Drive came forward to speak. Mr. Gouker suggested that he just saw a sketch, that displayed a Target store which he will have to look at from his porch. The wild life that was mentioned earlier will end up in the resident's homes. The plan showed a drive on Columbia Road. Placing a drive on Columbia Road is not a good ideal. His backyard is beautiful and if the sketch is to scale then the buffers in front of the store will be larger than the buffers behind the store facing residents yards. N1r. Smerigan commented that he received a copy of the documents the residents submitted. He suggested that the board received a lot of input and he hears what is being voiced. The first thing to deal with is the land use concerns and what the court directed. He would like to move forward with his analysis of the current zoning in North Olmsted. He will look at different combinations and may even look at tweaking existing zoning laws. The next. step is for him and the Planning Commission to have a work session to work on these issues. At that meeting he will be prepared to discuss in detail the different options. He is ? not sure if the board would like to schedule now or set the date later. Mr. Koeth indicated that he would like to poll all Coinmissioners and let the planner know what they would like to do. Mr. Smerigan commented that his nights are filled and harder to find openings. Mr. O'Malley suggested the board address the scheduling issue now. They need to determine how many hours for the session, how much additional lead time the planner needs to prepare, and if the Planning Commission would be incline to follow the same format on the night of a regular meeting. Mr. Smerigan suggested that if there were an open-ended meeting it would work better. Mr. Koeth believes that the session would need to take place on an off night for 2 hours. Mr. Smerigan agreed with Mr. Koeth and suggested that the meeting take place within 2 to 3 weeks. He will submit night dates that he would be available to the clerk to pass along and the board can work on getting the majority of inembers at one of the dates. Mr. Skoulis requested the residents and owner be allowed to atterid and be notified of the meeting. Mr. Koeth indicated that notices would be sent out again. Mr. Hreha would like to see an open-ended meeting however, with the summer months there are board members on vacation and that should not stop the meetings from taking place. Mr. Koeth thanked everyone for coming and indicated that Mr. Smerigan will take into account everything thatwas covered at tonight's meeting. IV. ADJOURNMENT: R. Koeth motioned to excuse the absences of board members, K. O'Rourke, J. Lasko and S. Asseff and adjourn the meetin . The motion was seconded by W. Spalding and unanimously approved. Meeting Adjourned at 7:30 p,m. Robert Koeth, Chairman 02- Donna Rote, Clerk of Commissions 1-1 4