August 16, 2012

that their traffic expert testified to that at the last hearing. Mr. Stewart stated that his opinion is that the ingress and egress is safe. No other member of the public asked to be recognized to pose questions to Mr. Stewart; Chairman Neuer excused the witness. Mr. Davis stated that he had no further witnesses. He said that Dr. Cappiello is present if anyone has any questions for her. Dr. Doris A. Cappiello approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Buechler asked Dr. Cappiello if any animals will stay at the facility overnight; she replied no. She said that her hours of operation will be from 8:30am to 7 pm Monday to Friday, noting that she will only be open until 7 pm two days a week. Dr. Cappiello said that on Saturday they will be open from 8am to 12pm and that they will be closed on Sunday but said that staff will be there. Dr. Cappiello stated that no staff will be there past 7 pm and if there is an emergency after that time, she sends them to the animal hospital, She also said that no animals will be admitted after 7 pm. Dr. Cappiello stated that there is a second doctor working with her; one performs treatments or surgeries and one will see the appointments. She said that no two doctors will see appointments at the same time. Mr. Buechler asked Dr. Cappiello to read the resolution from the hearing on the use variance application and asked her if all of it was correct. Dr. Cappiello stated that she did not say only one Doctor will be there; she said that there was some discussion about it and it was clarified that no two doctors will see appointments at the same time. Dr. Cappiello said that there may be two doctors there at one time. Chairman Neuer asked Mr. Freedenfeld if Exhibits A-1 and A-2, that were pre-marked, were prepared by him; he replied yes. Chairman Neuer asked Mr. Stewart if Exhibit A-3, that was pre-marked, was prepared by him or under his supervision; Mr. Stewart replied yes. The Chairman entered pre-marked Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3 into evidence. Chairman Neuer opened the floor to public comment. Rosary Morelli approached the podium and was sworn under oath. She stated that her concern is traffic. Ms. Morelli stated that she was a member of a neighborhood group in that area at the time when there were three developments being proposed for a property next to this one. She said that all three proposals were

stated that she was a member of a neighborhood group in that area at the time when there were three developments being proposed for a property next to this one. She said that all three proposals were denied because of the egress and ingress. Ms. Morelli stated that this site is located at a very dangerous stretch of Mt. Pleasant Avenue. She said that there is a curve there and the traffic backs up almost to Liberty Middle School from that location. [11]