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,i will be given a copy. At this point in the meeting, the board members and audience members watched a power point presentation of the proposed building. Mr. Koeth questioned if the rooms would be locked. Mr. Einling indicated that the drivers would only have keys as the rooms are only for drivers. The only signs on the building will be the RTA Iogo. The landscaping on the site will be irrigated. There will be a number of shade trees and seasonal blooms, there will always be color on the site. They have tried to protect the residents as much as possible. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned when the project would start. Mr. Shaffer suggested that they would like to get the project started May of 2002. Mrs. O'Rourke inquired if the resident side of the •walls would look the same as the front. Mr. Emling commented that the residents would have a light brown color on their side with landscaping. Mrs. O'Rourke questioned what type of glass would be used on the building. Mr. Emling indicated that all the glass on the building is tempered glass. Mr. Allan suggested he read the traffic report, which showed peak hours to be 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and questioned the hours of operations. 1VIr. Shaffer indicated that North Olmsted Municipal Bus Line (NOMBL) would be running the park & ride. He thinks it would open at 6:30 a.m. and close 9:30 or 10:30 p.m. during peak hours there would be buses every 15 minutes then during off hours 1 an hour. Mr. Allan questioned if there would be someone on duty or sale tickets in what looks like a both, Mr. Shaffer indicated that the site would not be manned "nor" was there a booth the room is for drivers only. Mr. Allan questioned ivhat they would have for security. Mr. Shaffer commented that transit police would visit the site throughout the hours of operations. However, they do not have set times for security reasons. Ms. Feke indicated that RTA has their own police department wluch is the second biggest in the County. Mr. Hreha questioned what was inside the shelters for passengers. Mr. ShafFer indicated that there are benches outside/inside and water facets inside the shelter. T'here are vending inachines outside the shelter. Mr. Hreha questioned if the building was heated. Mr. Spalding questioned if there would be a way to keep people from parking in the lot after hours. Mr. Shaffer suggested that if there were cars on the site after hours the police would investigate. Mr. Hreha voiced that he thought having vending machines on the site would attract unwanted visitors at night after hours. Mr. Spalding questioned if the property Iights are turned off after hours or would they stay on all night. Mr. Shaffer suggested that that issue would need to be addressed with the city. Fast practice has been to have a few lights on the lot left on for safety reasons. Mr. Lasko felt that the driver's room may invite unwanted guess during the off hours. He questioned the nuinber of doors to the room. Mr. Emling explained that the two doors were needed so the drivers could use the cleaning supplies without joing outdoors. Mr. Lasko questioned the type of doors that would be used on the driver's area. Mr. Emling indicated that the doors on the driver's area are steel doors the only glass will be in the windows of the room for natural lighting. There was a brief discussion about raising the windows in the drivers room but the windows at eye level would allow would be thief's to see there is nothing inside worth stealing. Mr. Spalding questioned if the configuration was the same on this site as other park & ride sites. Mi-. Shaffer suggested that they had not had brake-ins at any site. The key to open the doors is not a key. They are a swipe card and each time it is used the police department will know who is opening the door and at what time the door is opened. Mr. Lasko questioned if there was any type of alarm on the building. Mr. Shaffer suggested there is an alarm that will notify their police. Mr. Hreha questioned if the passenger area would be open 24 hours a day. Mr. Shaffer indicated that once the buses are through running for the day the doors of the waiting room are locked. Mr. Hreha recommended not putting any vending machines on the site. He suggested that those sites that have vending machines should have studies made of vandalism increasing due to the machines being added. Mr. Allan commented that he had a concern regarding the lack of security on the site. Mr. Shaffer suggested that he would have their police 4