06 Previous PB and ZBA Decisions

being satisfied, and he accepted as part of his presentation the projections of Kenneth Merrill and also the testimony of Richard Blenden, the manager of the Metropolitan Plant Exchange Mall site who had conducted his own parking survey with random samplings at different times of day although he is not a traffic expert. L. The Board also considered the report of Christopher P. Statile, Engineer regarding the existing bridge on Lot 10 which provides ingress and egress to the area from Pleasant Valley Way. No testimony was offered thereon. M. Permitting a' convenience store with the projected activity presented, will add to already existing heavy traffic and traffic hazards and pose safety threats to users of the mall and vehicles entering and exiting. N. The Board was also concerned with security problems that would arise from a congregation of people using the convenience store in the area of the convenience store and affecting the residential people that live behind so as to pose a possible safety threat to the area, to the users of the facilities and to the residential homes in the vicinity. 0. The Board expressed concern, with the projection given by Kenneth Merrill, for the anticipated business of the convenience store, about the adequacy of parking and the dangers posed to exiting and entering vehicles and to the already burdened traffic in the area and to the present flow of traffic which results in blockage of traffic on occasion and with the bridge report failing to assess the danger aspects of continued use of the bridge in its 7