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Council Minutes of 8/21/2007 Dover Center Road in Westlake at the Porter Road library property. It appears they are concerned about pedestrian traffic and children possibly being attracted to a detention pond which is located within 10 feet of the sidewalk. One neighbor spoke about truck drivers making deliveries to Wellington Place in that they need to pull down Clague Road past the Wellington Place entrance drive and then back into the driveway to access this facility, which is located in a residential neighborhood. This action blocks the entire street. Wellington Place and Dr. Walter's should seriously consider access from Brookpark Road to alleviate the current and future vehicle problems. An architect from the Planning Commission stated having ingress and egress from Brookpark Road would tie up traffic on one side of a four lane highway. All vehicle traffic is blocked when atractor/trailer is backing down Clague Road to gain access to Wellington Place for deliveries. This also means truck traffic is using Mastick Road to make deliveries to a Clague Road business. Many comments were made about Dr. Walters' professionalism in his dental practice. He would hope Dr. Walters would apply the same professionalism to a more suitable location for a business. He suggested, if any Council members believe this business should locate in a residential neighborhood, then he implores them to find a location in their neighborhood. Roll call continued: Barker, yes, with comment, that he commends Dr. Waiter's in his plan to keep a family business in North Olmsted after some 40 years of taking care of North Olmsted residents who make up approximately 85% of his practice. He thinks the design and adjustments that had to be made to fit on this corner are excellent. In meetings of the BZD, he heard no objections from residents who live on Clague Road, but he heard compliments and residents saying they want this project. He heard that at times there is traffic, but it is caused by a shift change. He heard that trucks backing into Wellington Place isn't the problem that we thought it was. He also heard that the footprint just doesn't fit, but north of Brookpark Road at the interchange of I-480 and Clague, there is a footprint of a house that is almost as big. He feels this project really enhances the corner of Clague and Brookpark, the gateway into our city. The project was approved by the boards and commissions and variances were granted. He thinks it all worked well together to give the city a great development project, and he thanked Kim Wenger for doing a great job moving this project through. In his opinion it would be a disservice to the city, the Doctor, his patients, and the residents of North Olmsted to vote against this project. Roll call continued: Ryan, no; Jones, yes; Miller, no, with comment, that he too is hopeful that Dr. Walters and his wife will remain in North Olmsted. There is considerable amount of commercial retail properly zoned space available throughout our city. To add this property to a residential area, he thinks is inappropriate and places our citizens at risk. He would refer to the comments he made in committee regarding his concerns about rear-end accidents, the additional parking even beyond that which is required by code indicates a large amount of vehicular traffic in that area along with the pedestrian traffic that is there will create some hazards. He is also very concerned about the lighting that will be in the parking lot to the rear and how that will be presented to the rest of the residential neighbors along that side of Clague Road. He thinks Brookpark Road is one of the few roads that works 11