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J CITY OF N012TH OLMSTED . "TOGETHER WE CAN 1VIA.KE A DIF'FREl`iCE" ARCHITECTiJRAL REVIEW BOARD MINU'I'E5 - FEBRUARY 17, 1999 CONFE12E1VCE ROOM - 5:30 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman, Zergott called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chairman, B. Zergott, Commissioners, M. Yager, C. Allan, K. Schulz, and T. Liggett. ALSO PRESENT: Building Commissioner, D. Conway, and Clerk of Commissions, D. Rote. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF MINUTES: M. Yager motioned to approve the minutes of January 20, 1999. The motion was seconded by, K. Schulz and unanimously approved. III. SIGNS: No Items. III. OLD BUSINESS: 1). Suburban Auto Bodv_ 26618 Brookpark Road Ezt.: Proposal consists of renovating front facade, with new entrance and drive-through estimation bay, along with redesigning the parking lot, and landscaping. Note: Heard by Planning Cominission on 1/12/99, and the Board of Zoning Appeals board on 2/4/99. ? Mr. Zergott called Suburban Auto Body representatives fonvard to present their proposal. Mr. Jones reviewed pictures of the existing building and surrounding area. They would like to add an estimation bay to the eYisting building. The estimations are presently being made outdoors in the different weather elements. There is parking in the front, which will be reworked and the existing buffer will be moved forward. The front of the ehistuig building will be moved forward as well. The entrance drive will be reworked to create a new entrance and eYit. The back of the building will have additional parking added, but no landscape iinprovements have been planed for the back of the builduig. The front of the building will come out 20'feet by 50'feet, the traffic will come around the front to the West Side of the building to enter the estimation bay. Mrs. Schulz asked if the traffic would flow only from the west to tlle east or from east to west. Mr. Jones suggested the cars will only enter froin the west and they will have to leave through the east eLit. Product wise the roof will be a medium bronze standing seam, a split face block, which will be Duchini CMl Mocha, windows, bronze frame and the door frames will be terratone. Mr. Liggett asked what color the drivet would be. Mr. Jones suggested it would be the same color as the split face block, light Mocha. Mrs. Schulz asked what color the existing building presently was. Mr. Jones suggested it an off white. Mr. Liggett asked if there were any plans to change the eiisting building color. Mr. Jones suggested there were no plans to change the existing color. Mr. Liggett suggested the proportions and materials work well, but the new addition will stick out and not blend with the eYisting building. Mr. Yager suggested the improvements will dramatically improve the front esthetic of the building, and suggested the side of the building could be painted to blend with tlle new addition. Mr. Liggett suggested painting the eiisting building or using a whit split face block or extending the canopy back to give some kind of an enhancement to the existing building. If the canopy was eltended along the side of the building and a masonry peer placed at the back of the building to blend the addition to the e;usting building. Mr. Yager suggested if the ovaier could afford to do Mr. Liggetts suggestion it would look very good, but the addition will increase the look of the overall builduig. He suggested looking the overhang be eltended out about ? 1'foot more. He asked Mr. Conway if the board was to discuss signage. Mr. Conway suggested a sign