August 18, 2016

Mr. Steinhart asked Ms. Piacenza if any school buses come on to Manger Road and pass her house; she replied yes. Mr. Quentzel asked Ms. Piacenza if she knows anything about the driveway easement; she said that when she became aware of the easement she sent her niece to the town to research it. Ms. Piacenza said that the Town Engineer, Mr. Lepore, showed her niece a map and the map did not show any details about the easement. She said that Mr. Lepore told her niece that there was nothing to worry about. Ms. Piacenza said that her surveyor told her that her property extends beyond a gate that is in the rear of her property into a service road that people utilize to access their homes from Route 10. Ms. Piacenza said that the title search that Ms. Moore referred to is only one year old. She said that she purchased her house in August of 2015 and the title search was obtained approximately two weeks before that. Ms. Nash asked Ms. Piacenza how she would manage to walk her child to school at 8:25 am when she will be working at the day care facility; she said that she will arrange to have someone walk her child across the street at that time. Ms. Beirne noted for the record that the Township’s tax assessor shows lot 27.01, the property which includes part of the easement is owned by the Township of West Orange. Chairman Neuer asked Ms. Piacenza if she qualifies as a head teacher; she replied no. Ms. Piacenza stated that she has to hire someone for the position of head teacher. She said that the head teacher will start work at 7:00 am along with her. Chairman Neuer stated that his concern is parking ratios for the number of employees required per child; he said that the Board can condition the maximum number of employees but not the ages of the children. Ms. Piacenza stated that she can potentially hire employees that do not have cars; she said that there is a bus stop on Route 10. Chairman Neuer told Ms. Piacenza that she is currently required to have a certain number of 20