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s, feet along the entire perimeter. Mr. Lasko said if the snow is pushed to the north, off of the pavement, it is not going to drain into their catch basins. Mr. Grusenmeyer indicated that when they contract for that work, they will make sure the snow is directed to the east or the west side of the property. Mr. Koeth agreed with Mr. Lasko's concerns and indicated they would like to recommend a board on boai'd fence on the back. Mr. Hreha commented that board on board fences have become the bandage for f;verything. He said board on board is not stately and classy which is the look they are goina for. He iNOUId like to see mounding with a brick wall which would separate them from the neighbors. He mentioned Wal Mart and the job they did at their facility. He also mentioned a very aesthetically pleasing building in Westlake, which happens to be a car wash. He commented that all the headlights pulliing into the proposed lot will be heading north and he'd like to see mounding. He said it-might be difficult with some of the trees there. He would not like to damage them but he would like to see mou.nding with a brick wall. Mr. Grusenmeyer said they did have concerns about mounding. He poin.ted out a level end of the property but then said there is a three-foot difference in the property. Additional mounding may not be affective. If they start to mound around existing trees, they will kill the t:rees in place. Mr. Hreha mentioned they could put in a higher brick wall with no mounding. Mr. Koeth mentioned the spotlight on the building in the back and inquired as to whether it shines into resi(ients' homes. He would rather see a pole in the back so there is no light shining off the building. He would like poles that could be positioned in the middle of the lot, or somewhere in between, to keef) the lighting in the lot and keep it subdued. It would be less intrusive to the neighbors. He suggested there should be one pole in the back and perhaps one in the corner, for protection and also aestlhetics. He mentioned that they usually recoinmend 12-foot poles with a 3-foot base. Mr. Grusenmeyer said there is a direct correlation, the lower the pole, the more there are. Mr. Koeth said he is not opposed to that. He added they would like to see a photometric where there is no light spillage. It must be zero at the lot line. He mentioned perhaps putting a pole on the island. Mr. Assf;ff asked if the lights in the parking lot Will be turned off after the last visitation. Mr. Chambers indicated they will be turned off. Mr. Spalding asked about the dumpsters being enclosed. W. Crru;enmeyer confirmed they will be enclosed. Mr. Spalding inquired about nighttime deliveries. Mr. Chambers indicated this location is a satellite office. The main office is on Rocky River Drive. There will be no activity on the site after the last visitation. W. Koeth asked if there will be embaltning on the premises. Mr. Chambers indicated that is done at their main facility. Mr. Koeth asked Mr. John Maloney, a resident of Pheasants Walk, to come forward with his letter listing neighborhood concerns. Mr. 1Vlaloney lives on the second lot directly behind the facility. Mr. Maloney indicated they would like to see a 5-foot brick wall to keep light from coming into homes. He mentioned the snow removal that took place this past winter and indicated plows came in along the north line and shoved snow off the asphalt. That is another reason the residents would like a 5-foot wall. He suggested bumper guat-ds because people at times back up a car in order to pull out of a parking lot, and can damage a wall without guards, or if there is no wall, they go off the asphalt. They would like the lights to be directed downward. Mr. Koeth asked him if the current lights shine into homes there. Mr. Maloney indicated there is no shade on the light on the east side of the building, and it goes to the north. It is bright because it is high up. Mr. Mark Kacirek, of Kacirek Funeral Home, came forward. He said the two funeral home parking lots will touch each other and he feels if a 5-foot brick wall is needed across the back to separate the two parking lots and the two businesses. The wall should be extended down their easterly line, which is his westerly border. Mr. Robert Finch, a resident of Quail Run, came forviard to express his traffic concerns. He posed a situation in which Kacirek and Chambers have a shoNving or service at the same time. He said the amount of traffic then spilling out onto Lorain Rd. could be over 200 cars. He does not think the two homes will schedule around each other's service time:s. They have already seen a problem with Kacirek at different times. If they have a large group at that facility, the traffic is stopped on Lorain to allow a procession to exit, which causes a disruption to trie main road running through North Olmsted. There is now less than 100 feet, at the wide point, 6