November 17, 2020 - Special Meeting

TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD SPECIAL MEETING MEETING MINUTES November 17, 2020 The Township of West Orange Planning Board held its regularly scheduled meeting on November 17, 2020 at 7:30 P.M. via virtual ZOOM videoconference. Chairman Weston called the meeting to order at approximately 7:30 P.M. He announced that notification of the meeting was given to the Township Clerk, and posted on the Township Bulletin Board, sent to the West Orange Chronicle and the Star Ledger, and posted on the Township’s website calendar. This meeting has been properly noticed to the public in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. No new matters will start after 10:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE e Chairman Weston requested all persons stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. ANNOUNCEMENTS e The next Planning Board special meeting will be November 18, 2020 at 7:30 P.M. on the ZOOM platform. e The next Planning Board regular meeting will be December 2, 2020 at 7:30 P.M. on the ZOOM platform. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Dr. Robert Bagoff; Mr. Everett Johnson (7:57 PM); Mr. Lee Klein; Councilwoman Susan McCartney; Mr. Peter Smeraldo, Jr; Chairman Ron Weston; Mr. William Wilkes; Ms. Tammy Williams ABSENT: Mr. Andrew Trenk ALSO PRESENT: Paul Grygiel, AICP. PP; Kenneth D. McPherson III, Esq., Attorney; Sean McCauley, Acting Planning Board Secretary Adopt 2021 Planning Board & Site Plan Review Advisory Board Meeting Schedule: Motion: Chairman Weston Second: Dr. Bagoff. Bagoff: Y Wilkes: Y Johnson (Alt 1): _Y Williams: ¥ Klein: ¥ Chairman Weston: ad McCartney: Y Smeraldo: ¥ 8 yes, 1 absent Trenk: Absent RESOLUTIONS 1, RESOLUTION NO. 20-06: RESOLUTION APPOINTING WINDELS MARX LANE & MITTENDORF LLP AS COUNSEL FOR PURPOSES OF ASSISTING THE BOARD’S DETERMINATION OF WHETHER 100 EXECUTIVE DRIVE (BLOCK 155, LOT 40.02), 200 EXECUTIVE DRIVE (Block 155, Lot 42.02), AND 10 ROONEY CIRCLE (BLOCK 155, LOT 41.02) QUALIFY AS AN “AREA IN NEED OF REDEVLOPMENT” AS DEFINED IN THE LOCAL REDEVLOPMENT AND HOUSING LAW N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 ET SEQ (LRHL).