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Council Minutes of 6/21/94 was appropriate to the scale of the elements that compose this building. Since 8 feet is typically ceiling height, that is the place where the human eye looks to see a roof line. Above that, in architect's terms, is sky and is basically out of sight. Mr. McKay asked to explain his no vote. He said that he had sat through this explanation numerous times and feels that, if anyone is challenging his representation of the resizts, they should have attended the cgs to hear anci see what took place. Mr. McKay said that at the first A.RB g it was voted unanimously to have Wal-Mart come back with a new presentation with the brick at the 10 foot instead of 8 foot level They came back within five days without doing what was requested. The person who originally proposed the 10 foot level had not expected a mee~ti.g to be held so soon and was out of town. During a recess of this meeting, Mr. Sohn and the Wal-Mart archh+esct held a private discussion. After the recess, Mr. Sohn agreed to leaving the brick at the 8 foot level. Mr. McKay made the point that other buildings in the area are brick, and he does not feel it would be a hardship for Wal-Mart to add 2 feet of brick to the being. Also, the masonry units that are being used are the same as on the Fretter's wag, and he does not feel that is a beautifiil budding. Mr. 1Vi~usial carnmented that he did not understand why the city hadn't asked for a con~k~tely brick building. Mr. McKay commented that he was having problems trying to get 2 feet of brick. Mrs. Saringer saki that, when the extra 2 feet of brick was asked for, Wal-Mart r~resentatives said they woutt't do it because they wanted to make it as cheap as they could. She also does not feel this request would be a hardship for Wal-Mart. Mr. Limpert wondered if having 2 feet less of the lighter colored material and 2 feet more of the darker might make for a heavier looking building. Mr. McKay explained that adding the 2 feet of brick would reduce the masonry units similar to the Fretter Buiid~g by 2 feet. Mr. Newberry objected to the characterization of the masonry units as being the same as Fretter's. He said the Fretter's units were not colored the same way as the WalMart units and the end result was not as pleasing. Mrs. Bahas asked Mr. Newberry if the Wal--Mart buikiig to be constructed m Strongsville would be all brick. Mr. Newberry said that the Strongsville budding was on a parcel being developed by another party who had the responsibility of getting the ate plan approval. He had determined the way to get ~e plan approval was to go with a brick building. That is not the case with the North Ohns~ted budding which is a Wal-Mart constructed operation. Mr. McKay need that the Wal--Mart in Macedonia is constructed of a brck- line stone made out of concrete. He feels that is what should be constructed in North Olmsted. Mr. Newberry stated that the project in Macedonia was of similar character to the one in Strongsville in that a developer was responsible for obtaining site pbm approval for the project. Based on the re~onse from that city, the developer is basically paying for the brick-like units. Mr. Newberry said that in North Clhnsted WalMart has to respect the Great Northern Corporate Center on whose property this project is played. Part of the development agreement with Great Northern Corporate Center was that the character and colors of those buildings would be considered. A middle ground had to be found to meet the concerns of Great Northern Corporate Center, the We~bury Apartments anal the Colebrook and Clareshire Ccmdtnmmums. Mr. Boehmer made the comment that the condominiums are all br~k, and he personally likes an all brick building. Mr. Musial "'"~` asked what the difference in cost would be for an all brick building. Mr. Bingham, Wal- 7