August 25, 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 25 112 THE WITNESS: Thank you very much and I appreciate the time and having the opportunity -- I'm sorry. MS. McGOVERN: I have to swear you in. Do you swear or affirm to tell the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth. THE WITNESS: I do. MS. MCGOVERN: Please put your full name on the record, spelling your last name. THE WITNESS: Jonathan Redwine, R-E-D-W-I-N-E. J O N A T H A N R E D W I N E, having been duly sworn testifies as follows: CHAIRMAN BAGOFF: Go right ahead, sir. THE WITNESS: My name is Jonathan Redwine. I'm a member of the West Orange Environmental Commission. I'm also a member of the Essex County Environmental Commission, but I am here today on behalf of the West Orange Environmental Commission and I am authorized to read a letter that we sent to the Planning Board dated August 13, 2025 into the record. "Dear members of the West Orange Planning Board. On behalf of the West Orange Environmental Commission, I write to formally express our strong