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arcade between the two buildings. The shoppers will walk througli the arcade to gain access to the retail shops. Mr. Crook questioned if the retail -spaces have rear entrances. Mr. Renzi suggested that if the room was there and the retailer includes it in their layout there might be rear entrances. However, they will not encourage 'rear entries for the retail shops. Mr. Zergott questioned how the applicants were going to make sure the residents and shoppers are not just looking at backdoors like a strip center. Mr. Renzi suggested the materials would be the same. They would ha've solid doors with the name and number of the tenant it would be obvious that the entry is in front. There may even be signage to direct them to the front of the site. It wont take long to figure out it is the back of the site and find the path that will lead them to the front entry. Mr. Zergott questioned if all the tenants' signage would be the same. Mr. Berryhill suggested that they are thinking of developing a sign code for the site but it has not been developed. Mr., Zergott questioned where the dumpsters would be located for retail and residential. Mr. Renzi suggested that one of the rear paths into each of the three building has a service court area which is used by all tenants. Mr. Crook commented that the court area needed to be looked at as there is too much activity based around that area. Mr. Renzi suggested that it is not uncommon for the residents, shoppers, services, and everything else to be neatly hidden in the same space. Mr. Crook commented that the current plans being reviewed looked more like an urban area not Western Reserve as suggested. The roofs and elements on their plans are different than what the applicants are presenting the board. He agreed with Mr. Zergott that the applicants are moving backward from what was preliminarily approved in the beginning of the year. He questioned if it was due to cost factors or for whatever reason but it is going backward. Mr. Berryhill suggested that the changes had nothing to do with costs issues this is a study. Mr. Crook remarked that there needed to be more variation for the current setting. Mr. Renzi questioned if the board 'was requesting everything be more articulate following the style of the first preliminary picture. Mr. Crook suggested that he liked the concept of Western Reserve and red brick would help bring about that look. There should be more roof elements something not just mirrored images. Mr. Renzi assured the board that it was not a problem to do a new scheme. Building "B" is now three story so the roof and height need to be looked at. Mr. Conway strongly suggested that the applicants not sacrifice architectural design for height. Mr. 'Zergott questioned where the rooftops and air conditioning units would be located on the site. Mr. Renzi felt that the residential units would be rear wall units, stand up P-Tec in the corner of an exterior wall with a small grill covering the exterior the wall. The retail units will be a split system, there will be a retail condenser on the roof and then an air handler unit in the ceiling space of the retail units. All the units will be hidden from exterior view. He suggested that only the incoming services would be housed in the basement of the garage. Unless there are central, broiler units there will be a hot-water-tank in each separate unit. Mr. Zergott questioned awnings being used and asked if'any thought had been given to using something else. Mr. Renzi believed that awnings is a, study unto themselves and at this point one color was picked to bring the plan in. Once they start to look at building materials, they will look at awnings, color schemes, and maybe names on the awnings, but nothing has gone that far. It could be left up to the tenants or made part of the sign package. Ms. Wenger questioned if there would be retail tenants along the corridors between buildings "D" &"C" and "C" &"B". In the first, preliminary drawings that were submitted, the entrances were not just sides of buildings it had activities taking place as you enter the site to draw you into the lifestyle center. Mr. Berryhill suggested that he envisioned the end-caps of the three buildings as restaurants, which would have fronts, that wrap-around the corners. The end tenants will have two-sided facades so there will be excitement between the buildings. Mr. Renzi commented that there are residential entrances for each of the buildings, in the northeast corner of building "D", and northwest corners of building "C" and "B", so those areas of the plazas are for residential entrances also. Mrs. Nader commented that she liked the preliminarily approved drawing the 3