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Council Minutes of 8/17/2004 start in the vicinity of the southwest corner of the city property, .which is the southeast comer of the librazy property, down along Butternut Ridge and will have brick posts. There will be a wood fence that will run along the property line. It will run north to midway to the trash enclosure, which is currently owned by the library. At this point, the fence will have vinyl sections. After that, the fence materials will change to open aluminum, with the same brick posts, which will continue to an enclosure. That will secure the entire area. There is a current chain link fence there that will be removed, and some scrub brush which will be taken out. It should be noted that no current landscaping will be disturbed. Estimated cost of the fencing is $35,000. After discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval. • Woodpath development sign lighting. The development was represented by Mazlene Wierda and Jim Buttle. The proposed project is to illuminate an existing sign at Lessner and Woodpath Trail, similar to Lessner and Canterbury. The Engineering, Service and Planning Depaztments had no objections to the proposal. Although the development is in Westlake, a 1990 agreement with the city permits the development sign on North Olmsted property. It was determined that the lighting would not adversely affect adjacent properties. It was represented that the wattage would be less than 100 watts. After that discussion, the committee unanimously recommended approval of the Woodpath development sign lighting, subject to the recommendations of the various boazds and commissions. Councilman Gareau moved that Council approve the illumination of the Woodpath development sign, subject to the recommendations of the various boazds and commissions. The motion was seconded by Councilman Limpert and passed unanimously. • A proposal to renovate the facade of the old Kids R Us store at the east end of the Great Northern strip shopping center. The store has been vacant for some time, and the proposal is to bring in a Dallas Shoe Warehouse. There was some miscommunication on the part of the representatives, and the city was not provided sufficient updated information after the project came out of the Planning Commission. Because there were no updated materials, the matter was held in committee by unanimous vote. The committee urged the Dallas Shoe Warehouse representative to return with a digitized photo to show the proposal in relation to the rest of the strip center because it's a pretty busy azchitectural place. It was also suggested they revise their plans consistent with the Planning Commission recommendations of July 27, 2004 so that the committee could see the plans incorporated imo the project. As of this meeting, they had done neither and they were still working off of plans that were inconsistent with what the Planning Commission had suggested. Dallas Shoe Wazehouse was held in committee. • Pepper Joe's, a proposal to change the front railing material from aluminum and glass to wood and pipe rail. This property is east of Columbia on the north side of Lorain Road. The Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board approved a modified rail system with additional landscaping to screen the railing. Landscaping will now include two beds with interlocking pavers, a 2-foot high sandstone system to hold back the landscaping. It was agreed that the deck would be eventually stained white once the wood had properly cured and that the railing would be painted a bronze color to match. It should be noted that this particulaz project had by and lazge been completed by the time it got to committee, so there's not a lot that could be done 7