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building 100 feet from the property line, and one showing the building at the west end of the property had been requested. Instead of separate plans, he had a stick on of the footprint of the building which he positioned at the 100 foot line. He pointed out that this would impede the circulation in the parking lot, would eliminate enough parking spaces. that most of the parking lot landscaped islands would have to be removed in order to reach the mirirmum spaces required. The outdoor garden center display would extend out so far that there would be no roan for vehicular access between it and the Corporate Center property line. This would not only hinder Wal-Mart's customer access, it would also be a problem for the safety forces. Further it would hinder customers driving into the T.B.O. He positioned the building an the west side of the site, and noted that it would not fit on the property with a north/south access, if it had an east/west access it woul.d fit, but there would be no parking in front of the building which is necessary in any retail establisl-unent. They also looked a other possibilities, but again there would not be enough parking in front. He explained that Wal-Mart's floor plan was based on a highl.y sophisticated analysis of customers' movements within the store. Another major issue was site lighting and two light plans have been submitted: one with 42 foot high poles, and one with 26 foot high poles as requested. Wal-Mart believed that the 42 foot high poles provided a better lighting scheme for both the proper distribution of light and the ability to see throughout the parking lot thus promoting a higher feeling of security. He provided copies of the Wal-Mari, lighting system scheme to the new members explaining that this had been presented with the previous proposal at the other sitem This lighting scheme was designed not only to be economical to install and operate, but to provide the best level of lighting and highest security for the customers and the community. The Illuminating Engineering Society (I.E.S.) recommends that the minimum lighting level be at .9 foot candles with a dispersion level of 4 to 1 whicYi means the light under the poles is 4 times brighter than it is at the edge. Wal-Mart's specifications call for a m;ninnm level of 1 foot candle with a distribution ratio of 2.2 to 1 which is more subdued than what the I.E.S. requires. The W.D.G.H. fixtures are metal halide white lights, mounted at a 42 foot height which allows the light to disperse regularly over the pa.rking lot to provide a uniform glow, with no bright spots under the lamps and no dark spots in between. This height also raises the ltmiinaires aut of the drivers line of sight; allows customers to see through the parking lot; and minimizes the nUmber of poles needed. If they lower the poles to 26 feet the distribution ratio drops from 2.2 to l, to almost a 9 to 1 level with hot spots under the lamps and falling off rapidly away fram the pole. He believed that this would cause increased glare and visibility problems through the lot for the customers and the safety forces. Even with the 42 foot poles, there is no more than 3/4 foot candle at the perimeter of the project and the fixtures have been designed to prevent spill over lighting onto adjacent property, and they do try to maintain 1/2 foot candle at the property Line. He clarified that there would be some visibility of lights, if a person looks at the pole there will be a bright spot, but there will be fewer bright spots with nineteen, 42 foot poles than with thirty-one 26 foot poles. Wal-Mart preferred the 42 foot poles since they would be best for their customers. Regarding pedestrian access, sidewalks have been added along the Country Club Boulevard right of way; and a sidewalk is still shown on Brookpark on their side of the property line since it is a limited access highway and O.D.O.T must approve a sidewalk in the right of way; but no direct pedestrian access has been shown through the Great Northern access since there are no pedestrian crosswalks or walkways in the area. They cannot build sidewalks on someone else's property, either Westbury's or Colebrook's, and the Colebrook residents do not want these sidewalks to connect to those in front of their buildings because they are too close to them. Wal-Mart will- construct 2