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REGULAR MEETING September 28, 2015 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />engineering and City Engineering on our access points on Hollywood Blvd. to discuss that <br />particular issue. <br /> <br />We did have that meeting with both the City Engineering and the County Engineering; the result <br />of that meeting was that the City asked to do a traffic impact analysis study for this particular <br />project. The scope of that project is to determine the impact the traffic would have coming off of <br />Mayflower Rd., Western Ave., and also off of Hollywood Blvd. They want that study to take into <br />account both traffic entering and leaving the site. That study would have taken into account what <br />would have to be done in order for us to be allowed to build. So, if there are any improvements <br />for me, those adjacent roadways. That impact study would say what would need to be done. That <br />would become part of the record. That would also be part of the approval process for the final site <br />plan. I believe one the council members had asked when those improvements would have to go <br />in place. Those would have to go in place if there are those kinds of requirements that the City <br />dictates for this development. Those would have to be done as part of the construction process for <br />the grocery store. We were going to take a look at that issue we had met with the members from <br />the city engineering department and county engineering department. One of the things that they <br />did bring up was they prefer to have an access point on to Hollywood Blvd for safety reasons. <br />Their concern was with any kind of development if any of other ways into the site or development <br />would be blocked for whatever reason whether there was some problem on Mayflower or Western, <br />they needed to have another way in to this particular site. <br /> <br />The way we designed the access point on to Hollywood Blvd is to make it only for vehicles. The <br />way this entire site was designed was that truck traffic can’t come off of Hollywood Blvd. into this <br />site. They couldn’t make the turning radiuses. The way we’ve planned it is that they would come <br />in either at our Southeast corner or come in the main entrance and then go behind the building after <br />they unload they would be able to leave and go up to Western Ave. and back over to Mayflower. <br />Or they would be able to come back out to our main entrance and back out to Mayflower and then <br />make a left or a right turn on Mayflower. The access is not enough to make a turn off of Hollywood <br />Blvd. So I think, what we’ve tried to do is to design it for that particular case. One of the other <br />questions that the council had asked was the type of infrastructure that would happen on the <br />particular development. We have been working with the City on this for several months and one <br />of things the City had asked us to do is, there is a ten (10”) foot water line that is up at the Top <br />Notch restaurant site that dead ends into our property. <br /> <br />The City asked us at our expense to loop that line and bring it up along Mayflower Rd. and then <br />tie it back into the subdivision to the East. So, Martin’s Supermarket will be doing those <br />improvements at our cost. We would also be extending the waterline and probably another loop <br />around into the property for fire protection. There is an existing sanitary sewer line that is running <br />through the vacated Huron St. So we will be tying into that, that’s an existing sanitary line that <br />does not have to be improved or extended, that is already on site. Any of the other utilities we <br />would have to pay for bringing them on to the property. One of the other items that we were doing <br />as part of this project assuming that we receive approval and we move on to the next step is that <br />we are going to be working with Transpo on this particular project. We are going to end up having <br />a bus drop-off area at the front of the store. We had been working on our original plans the first <br />time that we talked about doing this particular project, Transpo had thought about doing a bus <br />drop-off along Mayflower Rd. and we said that’s a little too far away for patrons or for people to <br />walk from Mayflower Rd. to the store. That we would actually provide an area in front of the <br />building so that the bus actually comes in and drops off or picks up people. Then because of the <br />way that we designed the site they would be able to pull back out and continue on route. <br /> <br />Assuming this gets approved that will be part of the final site plan procedure; we’ll be working <br />with Transpo on that as well. We believe that we’ve done everything possible to try to design this <br />site to fit and the way we designed it with the landscaping orientation of the building, where the <br />parking area is located. One of other items that was mentioned was lighting that we do for these <br />particular sites because of the way the South Bend zoning ordinance is written we are very <br />restricted on the type of lighting we can use or the site improvements. The lighting has to meet a <br />certain standard. The actual light poles are usually around twenty-five (25) feet tall, they are fully <br />shielded, and one of the things we have to submit as part of the final site plan procedure is what <br />they call a Lumens plan. That Lumens plan basically dictates the foot candles or any light spillages <br />along the adjacent property line between us and any adjacent property owner or public street. <br />6 <br /> <br /> <br />