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. -? ?. CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED PLANNING CONMSSION MINUTES. - APRIL 14, 1998 I. ROLL CALL: R. Tallon called the meeting to order at 7:45 P.M. Present: R. Tallon, T. Brennan, R. Koeth, and D. Cameron-ALston. Absent: K O'Rourke, and S. AssefE , Also present: Building Commissioner Conway, City Engineer Deichmanu, and Clerk of Commissions Cornish. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: R. Tallon moved to approve the minutes of March 10, 1998, seconded by T. Brennan and unanimously approved. Motion carried. R. Tallon moved to approve the minutes of March 24, 1998, seconded by T. Brennan. Roll call on motion: R. Tallon, yes; T. Bre?nnan, yes; R. Koeth, abstained; and D. Cameron-Alston, abstained. Motion carried. III. BUII.,DING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS: A) Proposed Candlewood Hotel, located on the south side of Country Club Blvd., east-adjacent to the newly constructed Homestead Village HoteL Proposal to construct HoteL Heard by planning commission March 10, 1998. Heard by board of zoning appeals March 26, 1998. Heard by architectural review board March 18 1998 and March 26 1998. Mr. Melby, representing contractor; presented the members with new blue prints. The proposal included a four story, 125 unit, extended stay hotel, and the location was identified. There will be building signs on the east and north elevations, as well as a monument sign on Country Club Blvd. At the last meeting the proposal was refened to the board of zoning appeals and architectural review board. The board of zoning appeals reviewed the request and granted all the variances requested. Mr. Melby advised when the proposal was first presented it was to contain an all E.F.I.S. exterior similar to Courtyard By Marriott, Raclisson, and Hampton Inn. The architectural review board, however, recommended incorp.orating some brick on the project. Mr. Melby presented the architectural review board's recommendarion and compared it to their revised proposal which incoiporated some brick but did not reach the level recommended by the architectural review board. Architectural review board requested one story of brick around the p erimeter of the building, four stories of brick up to the gable and brick over the gable, and four stories of brick along the stair towers. The recommendation was brought back to the architect and there was some concern with the recommendation thus they put together an alternative plan which showed: one story of brick on the first floor, three stories of brick on the gable bump outs around the building, and two stories of brick on the stair towers. They left out the brick over the gable and the justification for doing that was: by bringing the brick up over the gable it would loose the architectural detail of the gables and the brick would blend with the roof. W. Nemecek, engineer, presented the material samples. It was noted the shingles are referred to as drift wood or "Weather Wood." In order to incorporate the same architectural detail, the architect chose to do two stories of brick and use the E.F.I. S. on the fourth floor and the gable. The detail would wrap around the column on three sides which Mr. Melby felt would become a visual break between the brick on the columns and where the E.F.I. S. would start on the second proposaL He further noted two stories of brick were shown on the stair towers as architectu.rally it gave the building a much _ better visual appeal by breaking up the lines and colors. There was also some concern that the sign on the east elevation would be lost during the day time if the brick went all the way up the stair towers. The presentation included two elevations: one with architectural review board's recommendation and