May 21, 2015

Mr. Staigar replied that some of the buses that are within the right-of-way are overhanging. There is also a curve in the road further down but it’s much further than the distance you would need to safely move out of the site. He further stated that in his professional opinion there is no safety deficiency on Barton Drive today or will be in the future. Chairman Buecler asked if any other members of the Board had questions for Mr. Staigar. Ms. Gabry asked Mr. Staigar if he had any idea what the traffic is in and out of the caretaker’s driveway. Mr. Staigar replied that there is only two garages. So it would be similar to a single family home. Chairman Buechler asked if Mr. Keller or Mr. Grygiel had any questions for Mr. Staigar. Mr. Keller responded no. Mr. Grygiel asked assuming the project is approved and the facility is built if the congregation changes the day of worship to Saturday or Sunday would it still be at non-peak hours as far as the traffic impact. Mr. Staigar replied that the peak time are the typical week day morning, week day evening peak hours seven to nine, four to six. Even if the days changed the impacts would be the same because it would not be during morning rush hour or evening rush hour during the week. Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Grossman if he had any questions. He responded he did not. Chairman Buechler asked if any member of the public had any questions. He acknowledged Ms. Kasher. Ms. Kasher stated her name for the record. She asked Mr. Staigar how many days did he measure the traffic. Mr. Staigar replied most recently they went out there three days. He explained that he had been working on this site for a number of years since 2009. He stated that he has been on Laurel Avenue probably fifty times. There was much dialogue from Ms. Kasher concerning gaps in time of the traffic counts Mr. Staigar performed for this site. Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Williams to confirm that his notes were correct regarding the hearing dates. Mr. Williams confirmed the prior dates stating that this was the fourth hearing. Ms. Kasher continued to ask Mr. Staigar why he hadn’t presented new data for these traffic counts. A discussion resulted explaining to Ms.Kasher that he did new data and it was presented 16