March 20, 2014

Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if he heard testimony that most of thebcautysalon’s clients walk to the business and asked him if that changes his opinion about the site’s vehicular activity; he said that is not his only concern about the vehicular activity. Chairwoman Gabry called for a recess at 9:37 pm. Chairwoman Gabry resumed the meeting at 9:50 pm. Chairwoman Gabry asked if any members of the public had any questions for Mr. Ricci; there were none. Mr. Owen called his next witness, Megan Brill. Megan Brill approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Ms. Brill stated that she is the Executive Director of the Downtown Alliance. Mr. Owen referred to Exhibit O-3, a store front vacancy list for the West Orange Downtown area, and asked Ms, Brill if this document was prepared by her; she replied yes. Mr. Owen asked Ms. Brill if the store front vacancy list is current; she replied yes. Mr. Owen asked Ms. Brill how many vacancies in the downtown; she replied forty six. Mr. Owen asked Ms. Brill how many store front salons there are in the downtown; she replied seven are hair and nail salons. Ms. Brill stated that the Downtown Alliance objects to the application because there are residential homes in that area. There were no questions for Ms. Brill from the Board or the Professionals. There were no questions for Ms. Brill from the members of the public. Mr. Owen stated that he had no further witnesses or evidence to present. Chairwoman Gabry stated that the hearing was now open to any members of the public who wanted to offer evidence or make a statement, under oath. Richard E. Koehler approached the podium and was sworn under oath. Mr. Koehler stated that he lives at 136 Main Street and his property borders the proposed site and he is not in favor of this application. He said the applicant’s property slopes and it carries a lot of water on its east border. Mr. Koehler stated that Mr. O’Reilly has not installed any drainage system yet on the east side of his property, as he is required to do as a condition of a resolution of approval by this Board, and that the residents had to build retaining walls in the rear of their property to prevent flooding. He said that his property is lower than the proposed site and he gets a lot of water from