July 16, 2025, Planning Board Special Meeting Transcript - WEHI

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: PB-24-01 West Essex Highlands, Incorporated. Block 179 Lot 32 Zone IH-1, Warner Road. The applicant is proposing to develop a 496 unit inclusionary multifamily residential development on a vacant 120 acre property in the northwest corner of the Township. Mr. Arfan. MR. AFRAN: Good evening, Mr. Chairman. Thank you. Good evening everyone. We are ready to proceed. I think Mr. Goll, our geotechnical engineer has arrived. He was in thunderstorms, he needs a couple minutes to set up. We're ready to proceed with his testimony. CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Okay. Mr. Afran, we're going to do a little case management now. July 30 we have a meeting, are there any other experts or people you wish to have speak at that meeting? MR. AFRAN: Yes. We have our planner, Dennis Hudacsko. Our traffic expert, Albert Warnia (phonetic spelling). Michele Byers, who will testify. While she's formally on the State Planning Commission and she's also the former recently retired executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Fund, among other things. We have two witness who have been in contact with us, but they're independent, but they'll be