July 2, 2014

Mr. Eben stated the proposed driveway, next to the existing driveway made the bus shelter an island; he asked if the proposed driveway could be eliminated and just use the existing driveway. Mr. Dean said he was not sure how that would work legally; he was not aware of a site in any municipality that did not have access; the existing driveway was in the City of Orange. Mr. Eben said he was concerned about making the left turn in to the site; Mr. Dean said he observed the traffic making the left in to the site at rush hour there were fifteen vehicles turning right, five vehicles turning left; he said it was already being done safely. Mr. Eben stated there was a considerable amount of truck traffic on the site; he asked if Mr. Dean had looked at the truck traffic. Mr, Dean said he had observed the trucks; he assumed they were usually there at night making deliveries to Karl's. He said there was a very wide unused area that would still allow access to and from the AutoZone spaces, He opined that once easement documents were defined for AutoZone; the trucks that currently parked in the area would no longer do so. Mr. Grygiel asked if there were there any statistics to determine if there was less anticipated parking demand in a more urban or downtown setting where there was a mixture of uses, and access to public transportation was available. Mr. Dean said he was unaware of any statistics; he opined that an AutoZone customer would not usually be utilizing public transportation; most customers would be using a vehicle to reach the site. Mr. Dean opined the parking was in excess of what was necessary; two or three spaces could be eliminated. Mr. Grygiel asked if AutoZone customers would have the ability to park in the Kar{’s lot or would that not be permitted; Mr. Dean said the parking lots had artificial boundaries, they appeared to be a unified lot; customers would park in available spaces; he said he did not know if the lease agreement would prohibit or necessitate signage; he opined that signage was customer unfriendly. Mr. Grygiel opined that shared parking was a good concept promoted in that area of West Orange. Mr. Russo said he wanted to reserve right to ask questions until after the traffic report had been reviewed, did have a couple of quick questions. He asked when the queue from the signal backed up, did it extend across both of the existing

ht to ask questions until after the traffic report had been reviewed, did have a couple of quick questions. He asked when the queue from the signal backed up, did it extend across both of the existing driveways, or just the driveway in West Orange; he stated there was mention of other uses that currently existed on the site that would be eliminated; what were those uses. Mr. Dean said the queue extended across both driveways; he said that currenily a car service had an arrangement with the property owner, but would not be in effect when AutoZone took occupancy. Mr. Dwyer asked how many vehicles were stacked at the second driveway when the traffic light was red, and how frequently did it occur; Mr. Dean said eight to nine cars blocked the second driveway (easterly driveway); the stack occurred at almost every cycle. Mr. Eben asked if AutoZone had a smaller store (prototype) that might better fit the size of the property; Mr. Dean said that when AutoZone first came to New Jersey it was easier and time efficient to existing smaller (box) buildings, the current prototype building size was approximately 7,400 square feet. The Public had no questions for Mr. Dean. Vice Chairman Weston announced a brief recess at approximately 9:29 P.M.; he reconvened the meeting at approximately 9:39 P.M. Peter G. Steck, P.P., was sworn in, and accepted by the Board to be an expert in planning. Mr. Steck told the Board he had prepared a Planner’s Report dated June 10, 2014; he described the site as 1.15 acres, consisting of two tax maps that were used (essentially) as one; the property was a very irregular L- shape with two frontages that surround the adjacent St. Mark’s property. There was approximately 70% of hard surface covering the property; it was unstriped, there was unregulated parking used by some 7-2-14 Minutes Approved