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.t between two identical businesses. He and other residents are diametrically opposed to having a secand funeral home right at their corner. He is concerned because he has young children. He said the spill out of traffic needs to be considered. It could be a real problem. Additionally, it has been a protilem when Mr. Kacirek has had spill over to the strip mall across the street. There have been people going back and forth across Lorain. He believes spill over will end up on Pheasants Walk and they want that to be no parking on either side of the street. Mr. Koeth pointed out there is no parking there now. Mr. Finch added that any wall should be higher than 5 feet to handle any light spill over. Mr. Koeth asked Mr. Kacirek how long traffic is usually stopped along Lorain. Mr. Kacirek replied it is stDpped for perhaps 5-7 minutes. Mr. Bob Himes, a resident of Quail Run, came forward. He said he has seen a lot of funerals go on through the years. If someone notable dies and uses the proposed facility, there could be 200-250 cars there in an evening. Even though there is no parking on Pheasant Walk there will be cars parked on both sides of the street. They get that now with the North Olmsted Party Center when they have a large gathering. It becomes a safety concern. When you come ofF Lor<Lin and turn onto Pheasants Walk and there are cars parked on both sides, it is a real issue. He mentioned the Crocker-Stearns project. He wanted to know what the affect will be after that comes into play. Exiting on Lorain Rd. and going in and out of the proposed facility could be an issue to addi-ess. He would like to see more work done on the traffic issues that are present in that area. Mr. Lasl:o asked Mr. Chambers if they ever use off-duty police or auxiliary police at their facilities in Cleveland and Berea to coordinate traffic control. Mr. Chambers indicated that if they anticipate a largi-I crowd they hire two off duty Cleveland police officers and they foresee perhaps doing the same here and would hire off duty North Olmsted or auxiliary. They are very aware and are concerned abotrt the safety of people coming to a service. Mrs. Bev Bugay, of Pheasants Walk, addressed the Board. Her concern is the health of the existing trees at the top of the street. She asked if anyone has beeri called in to check them. They have huge branches that are low to the ground and there are holes in tlle tree that animals go in and out of. She in concerned they will not survive any of the remodeling. Mr. Spalding again inquired about the parking. He asked if there is any special requ:irement for funeral homes. Mr. Rymarczyk indicated there are requirements set by the zoning codf; and Chambers does comply with them. Mr. Koeth called upon Mayor Musial who was in the audience. Chairman Koeth asked Mayor Musial if there will be a Crocker-Stearns Rd. Mayor Musial indicated there will most definitely be a Crocker-Stearns Road. He indicated Bob Klaiber, the County Engineer, has roughly 16 million dollars in the budget. They are proceeding to enter into a contract to purchase the 104+ properties in North Olmsted. The contract that we have between the County and Nonth Olmsted limits our liability to roughly 2.3 million dollars. We have that down from 4 million. The:y have an application through I3ennis Kucinich to get money from the federal government, which will hopefully lower that amount even more. The 16 million dollars will go for the construction. Westlake is taking care of its part. There is a lawsuit that they are involved with, a development on their end, but they will handle it. The anticipated completion date is still around 2006 and it is a go. It will take out the Kacirek Funeral Home. Mr. O'Malley pointed out that Paul Deichmann has some of the maps from the Crocker-Stearns extension and has looked at them to situate that parcel in relation to tlie improvements that are scheduled. Mr. Deichmann said there is some distance between the proposed right of way for Crocker Rd. and the Chambers Funeral Home site. In actuality one of the builiiings on the Kacirek property is not required to be demolished for the construction of the road(way. There is a nice buffer there between the proposed right of way and Chambers. The Board Mer.nbers conferred and discussed wall heights and lighting. Mr. Rymarczyk asked for clarification on t:he wall. He asked where they would be looking from; the parking lot level, the grade there now. Mr. Hreha said a lot of traffic will be going by the overhang so he would like to see the wall six feet up firom that elevation by the overhang. Mr. Rymarczyk confirmed it would six feet up from the grade elevation at the main entry. Mr. Grusenmeyer said when the development was placed there, there is a retai.ning wall that was placed at the back of the development and it will cause a practical difficulty in 7