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Minutes · Mar 7, 2013

March 7, 2013

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Chairman Neuer asked if there were any further questions for Ms. Burke by Members of the Board or its professionals; seeing none, Chairman Neuer asked if any member of the public has any questions for Ms. Burke; seeing none the witness was excused. Mr. Williams called his next witness. Gary Dean approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Dean detailed his educational and professional background as a licensed professional Traffic Engineer in the State of New Jersey and stated that he has testified before other Boards. Chairman Neuer accepted Mr. Dean as an expert in the field of Traffic Engineering. Chairman Neuer referred to a Traffic Impact Assessment report dated 8/28/12 and a letter dated 12/18/12 from Mr. Dean addressing the comments expressed in a memo prepared by Omland Engineering dated 10/29/12, The Chairman asked Mr. Dean if he prepared the 8/28/12 report and the 12/18/12 letter; Mr. Dean replied yes. Chairman Neuer asked Mr. Dean if he was to ask him to read the report and the letter referenced above, would it constitute his testimony tonight; Mr. Dean replied yes. The Chairman asked to have the Traffic Impact Assessment dated 8/28/12 marked as Exhibit A-38a and the letter from Mr. Dean addressed to the Board dated 12/18/12 marked as Exhibit A-38b for identification. Mr, Dean referred to sheet CR-3 of the Layout & Materials colored rendering with a revision date of 2/25/13. Chairman Neuer stated that sheet CR-3 of the Layout & Materials colored rendering with a revision dated of 2/25/13 was pre-marked as Exhibit A-29 for identification. Mr. Dean began detailing the ingresses and egresses to and from the site shown on the rendering. He said that it is his opinion that the CVS Pharmacy will generate less traffic then Pal’s Cabin Restaurant does now. Mr, Dean stated that directing the traffic to signalized intersections will also be much safer. Mr. Dean addressed #1 of Mr. Keller’s report dated 3/1/13 regarding the second drive-thru window that is being proposed. He said that almost every CVS store that has drive-thru windows has two because it provides better service to their customers. Mr. Dean said that the drive-thru is a convenience for the customer. He said that a transaction could take 3-5 minutes if the customer needed to consult with the pharmacist and the next customer would have to wait which could create stacking, Mr. Dean

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for the customer. He said that a transaction could take 3-5 minutes if the customer needed to consult with the pharmacist and the next customer would have to wait which could create stacking, Mr. Dean said that it reduces an impact on the neighborhood and just works better to provide the highest service to the customer. Chairman Neuer asked Mr. Dean if that was the only reason; Mr. Dean said yes because it is a better design. Mr. Quentzel asked Mr. Dean if they could make the two drive-thru windows one lane. Mr. Dean said the lanes will alternate and it would be virtually impossible for a customer to leave at the same time because one employee takes care of both drive-thru windows.

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