August 2, 2023 Regular Meeting Minutes

Cardoza (Alt.2): Wilkes: — Guarino: Williams: ¥ Jensen (Alt. 1): ¥ Y Y x Klein: Mayor Susan McCartney: Y APPLICATIONS e PB-21-01/West Orange Plaza Block: 152.01; Lots: 1445 & 1445.05; Zone: P-C/R-5 235 Prospect Avenue Improvements to West Orange Plaza Shopping Center with addition of new buildings. PRESENTATION e Mr. Meese, attorney for the applicant, recalled the engineer Mr. Delaney. Mr. Delaney testified that they made some improvements in how the site connects from a pedestrian standpoint to Eagle Rock Ave. and Prospect Ave. e He stated that the first way that they accomplish that is by adding a new crosswalk at the corner of the main building where the existing Chipotle is today. They are proposing a new crosswalk to go across the parking lot and this is going to bring access from Eagle Rock near the bus stop again to Chipotle. e The second area that they are proposing to add some connectivity is near the existing Verizon building by our proposed building D. They are going to provide an additional sidewalk from Eagle Rock Ave. and a crosswalk across the parking lot in this location. e The third and final location at building C, they are proposing a new sidewalk coming off Prospect Ave. into the site and again providing crosswalk to provide pedestrian connectivity to building C as well. ¢ In addition to these pedestrian connectivity items, they also revised the plans to promote pedestrian safety throughout the shopping center. The first area will be directly in front of the existing Whole Foods. They are proposing a concrete hatch across the main drive aisle; this concrete hatch will go essentially the full width of the existing Whole Foods entrance and will match the same treatment that they are proposing in front of Target. He said that this is just there to provide some awareness to drivers, as they drive down this drive aisle, that pedestrians are here and that they should stop and be aware. ¢ The other area that they are proposing some pedestrian measures and safety is near the proposed building A Previously, this intersection only had one stop sign in it and that says you were going northbound along the main drive aisle toward buildings. Now, they are providing stop signs along the main drive aisle that goes East and West along buildings A and B and these stop signs will help to slow down traffic through this area and allow pedestrians

ow, they are providing stop signs along the main drive aisle that goes East and West along buildings A and B and these stop signs will help to slow down traffic through this area and allow pedestrians to safely cross this proposed crosswalk. ¢ In addition to these pedestrian items, they are also providing some revised landscape islands primarily in the parking lot in front of proposed building B. ¢ The engineer worked with the landscape architect to increase the width of the islands from 5 feet wide to seven feet wide. The way that they were able to accomplish this was