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spaces are lost, the parking reorientation including vehicle and pedestrian patterns now align with the buildings entrance and exit points, which is an improvement. In addition to improvements for vehicle traffic, a bike path is proposed to be added from Country Club Boulevard to the Westfield entrance area and bike racks will be provided at the terminus. Proposed signage has been compared and meets the 2009 variances BZA granted, so long as Retail B and C signs are corrected to reflect they will be no higher then four feet tall. Assuming the sign issue is corrected and the cominission approves land banlced parking, one variance for excessive illumination is required. Mr. Mitchell said excessive illumination could be eliminated by lowering the bulb wattage and/or providing shields. Mr. Vlaeminck said the old food-court area will house a movie theater and two additional retail tenants while maintaining the existing footprint of the building. The proposed signage is sized for possible tenants. He provided displays of likely parking scenarios based upon anticipated theater traffic. The reconfigured parking allows landscaping both around the building and drive aisles and will match existing plants. A striped bike path will be included in the new drive and a bike rack placed at the northeast entrance. The new sidewalk from Sears and around the new building will be five feet wide and the only utility work consists of a waterline. Mr. Platt said if an outdoor patio is added it will be located near the new entrance and would return for approval. The service bay between the new build-out and Sears houses a compactor which will be used during off hours and remain hidden from view. Ms. Meredith asked why two Westfield signs so close in proximity were needed. Mr. Platt described the visibility challenges related to the building and its orientation. Mr. Collar said the new light-pole heights meet code and halide lights will be used. The high foot-candle reading is due to existing light-poles that spill over into the new area; however lower wattage bulbs and shields could be added to those light-poles to bring readings into compliance. Mr. Rerko questioned the amount of EIFS being used on the new building as it does not withstand the weather. It appears that the high end materials are being used for the main entrance only. He questioned total seating and egress points for the theater. Mr. Vlaeminclc said the main entrance is within the mall and emergency doors along the south side of the building could/would be used for exiting the theater and there will be 10 screens with a total of 2,000 seats. The design of the theater is to draw more traffic inside the mall. Mr. Malone noted that the mall was vigilant about maintaining planting beds around the building but felt the parlcing islands could be improved upon and noted additional plantings are needed in the two islands near the Sears entrance. Mr. Parry said the majority of movie goers will park in the Sears parlcing lot and questioned if there would be a drop-off area for the theater. Mr. Vlaeininck said the curve in the drive along the main entrance will serve as a drop-off area. Ms. Meredith questioned the safety of pedestrians given the new the parking configuration and Mr. Vlaeminck said with the new configuration, all aisles lead to mall entrances, so the design will. actually improve pedestrian and vehicle traffic. A brief discussion ensued pertaining to parking easements, land barilcing areas and south parking being utilized more. Mr. Vlaeminck said that they would use shields and lower wattage lights to ensure their photometric plan met code. It was noted that they were hoping to be open for business prior to the 2012 holiday season. 2