August 14, 2024 Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

53 (Pages 206 to 209)53 (Pages 206 to 209) Page 206 1 name and spell your last name, please, for the 2 record. 3 MS. SMALL: Susan Small, 22 Fowler 4 Drive, West Orange, New Jersey. 5 (Inaudible) I have a question. The men 6 in suits sitting here, are they part of the 7 organization that you're -- that you're 8 representing? 9 MR. APPEL: Other consultants on the 10 team. 11 MS. SMALL: Other consultants. What 12 expertise is each of them in consulting? 13 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am, ma'am, again, 14 I would like to focus -- I un -- 15 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 16 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 17 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 18 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: I'm going to -- I'm 19 going to -- 20 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 21 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 22 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 23 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 24 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 25 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Function? Page 208 1 this evening, has hired an environmental expert. 2 The environmental expert will testify, has been at 3 each of the meetings, has a lot of information, has 4 walked the site, has understood what's going on on 5 the site, and will present to us, will present to us 6 -- 7 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: I appreciate that. 9 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 10 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: I'm wasting my 11 breath. 12 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) the people who 13 are volunteers on this Board have any -- are not 14 exasperated for the hours that they spend? 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Not at all. It's 16 part of the process. 17 MS. SMALL: Okay. 18 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: We are here for the 19 process. 20 MS. SMALL: And they're giving it out 21 of love, their time. 22 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes. Absolutely. 23 MS. SMALL: Right. 24 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: But -- 25 MS. SMALL: And there are -- Page 207 1 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 2 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: You're looking for 3 that word. Okay, good. So -- 4 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 5 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am, there's a lot 6 of substance here, you're just not following -- 7 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 8 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am, there are -- 9 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 10 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 11 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 12 MR. APPEL: I don't know what your 13 question is. 14 MS. SMALL: Is there -- 15 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay, listen. 16 MS. SMALL: -- an environmental person 17 who did some evaluation on the plans or the 18 environment? 19 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, can you 20 listen to me for a second? I'm going to ask you a 21 question. I need you to

vironmental person 17 who did some evaluation on the plans or the 18 environment? 19 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, can you 20 listen to me for a second? I'm going to ask you a 21 question. I need you to focus. 22 MS. SMALL: (Inaudible) 23 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: You're absolutely 24 right, but I have to answer yours and I'm trying. 25 The Planning Board, as stated earlier Page 209 1 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ma'am -- 2 MS. SMALL: -- there are other people 3 getting paid -- 4 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small -- 5 MS. SMALL: -- for their time. Am I 6 right or wrong? 7 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, the only 8 thing I got paid was a Starbucks and I bought that 9 myself. 10 MS. SMALL: Comment time. 11 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Comment time. 12 MS. SMALL: Later that -- 13 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Yes. 14 MS. SMALL: -- it's going to be 15 comment time. 16 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Ms. Small, the 17 process is, the applicant will be able to present 18 all of their people. You could ask questions of 19 their experts. When the application is completed by 20 the applicant, all the information is heard. Before 21 the Board deliberates, we will then hear comments 22 from the public and you can speak to the 23 application. 24 MS. SMALL: Okay. Let me interrupt 25 you for a moment. My time and the time of all these