February 4, 2026 Planning Board Regular Meeting

TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 66 MAIN STREET, WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 Department of Planning and Development SUSAN McCARTNEY Tel: (973) 325-4111 Email: planningboard@westorange.org Mayor JAMILET BAQUERIZO VITE Planning Board Secretary Dr. Robert Bagoff, Chairman Jerry Guarino, Vice-Chairman Mayor Susan McCartney Council president Susan Scarpa Ken Alper William B. Wilkes II Diana P. McGovern, Esq., Board Attorney Lee D. Klein, PE PTOE John J. Hess, PE, PP, Consulting Engineer Christopher Morgan, Sr Zayibeth Carballo, PE, Township Engineer Frank Noborine. Heyer, Gruel & Associates, Consulting Planners John Cardoza (Alternate #1) Matrix New World Engineering, Consulting Engineer Lori Kapferer (Alternate #2) Geniece Gary-Adams, Director of Planning and Development/Zoning Official AGENDA TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD MEETING February 4, 2026 7:30 P.M. West Orange Planning Board Meeting, Wed. 2/4/2026 @ 7:30 pm Please click the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) to join the meeting and enter password when prompted: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85356413733?pwd=0mhpBc4NAu50PpWgPP69c3aXO4Pjnx.1 Telephone: Dial: US: 646 931 3860 Webinar ID: 853 5641 3733 Password: 723835 (Draft agenda is subject to change. For those persons having technical difficulties, please call 973-325-4109.) _________________________________________________________________________________ A. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE Notice of this meeting was given to the Township Clerk and posted on the Township bulletin board and Township website calendar, and sent to the West Orange Chronicle and the Star-Ledger. 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. B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The next Planning Board special meeting will be held on February 11, 2026, at 6:30 P.M. in person. • The next Planning Board special meeting will be held on February 25, 2026, at 6:30 P.M. in person. • The next Planning Board regular meeting will be held on March 4, 2026, at 7:30 P.M. via Zoom. D. ROLL CALL E. MINUTES & RESOLUTIONS 4th-Round-HEFSP-Draft-Resolution West-Orange-Fourth-Round-HEFSP_adopted-111025_Appendices F. SWEARING IN • The Township Professional(s) sworn in. G. APPLICATIONS • PB-25-10 Trader Joe’s 457 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Block: 157 Lot: 5 Zone: B-2 The applicant proposes to refit and reoccupy approximately 18,768 square feet of existing tenant space within the Main Building, including the approximately 1,522 square foot mezzanine, with a Trader Joe’s retail grocery store. 00---Transmittal-Letter-32294301 01---WO-PB-Application-Form-32265751 04---Corporate-Disclosure-Statement-32264441 05---Owner-Consent-Affidavit--SIGNED--7-31-25-32348781 06---Previous-PB-and-ZBA-Decisions 07---Proposal-3229706 08---Lists-of-Variances-Design-Exceptions-and-Submission-Waivers-32303001 09---Reasons-for-Relief-3234966 10---List-of-Plans-and-Exhibits-32305371 11---Site-Plan-and-Variance-Submission-Checklists 12---Sustainability-Checklist 13---Tax-Search-457-Mt-Pleasant-Ave 14---List-of-Required-Regulatory-Approvals-32305331 15---Certified-List-of-Property-Owners-Block-157-Lot-5 16---Existing-and-Proposed-Deed-Restrictions-and-Covenants 17---Existing-and-Proposed-Easements-or-Dedications 18---Soil-Removal-Permit-Application-32349281 19---Tree-Removal-Application 20---Traffic-Statement-2025-09-19 21---Stormwater-Mgmt-Report_082025 22---O-and-M-Manual---NJA23013900---August-2025 23---Site-Plan 24---Survey-01-230064-00-ALTA---REV2 25---Architectural-Plans

457-MOUNT-PLEASANT-AVENUE-TRADER-JOES-FORESTER-MEMO-PB-25- 10 2025-11-12_Vite_Engineering-Review-Letter 111225_PB-25-10_457-Mount-Pleasant-Ave_Completeness-Review 11122025--PB-25-10-457-Mount-Pleasent-Ave--Planning-Review-1 11262025--PB-25-10-457-Mount-Pleasent-Ave--SPRAB-Review-1 00---Filing-Transmittal-Letter-3354562 01---Proposal-3229706-Rev-12-10-2025 02---Lists-of-Variances-Exceptions-and-Submission-Waivers-3230300-Rev-12-10- 2025 03---Reasons-for-Relief-3234966-Rev-12-10-2025 04---List-of-Plans-and-Exhibits-3230537-Rev-12-17-2025 05---Response-to-Technical-Review-Comments-12-17-2025 06---Opinion-of-Probaable-Construciton-Costs-12-10-2025 07---HEPSCD-Certification-2025-09-30 08---NJDOT-LONI-9-18-2025 09---Stormwater-Mgmt-Report-122025 10---Traffic-Statement-12-12-2025 11---Site-Traffic-Control-Plans-12-10-2025 12---Site-Plans-12-10-2025 13---Architectural-Plans-12-12-2025 12302025--PB-25-10-457-Mount-Pleasant-Avenue-Planning-Review-2 2025-12-29---CME-Review-1 Trader-Joe’s-West-Orange---Affidavit-of-Service-and-Publication TRADER-JOE’S_WEST-ORANGE_LTR-SUBMITTING-AFFIDAVIT-OF- SERVICE TRADER-JOES_WEST-ORANGE_LTR-SUBMITTING-HEARING-EXHIBITS-1- 8-2026-3373181 Exhibit-A-1-1-7-2026 Exhibit-A-2-1-7-2026 Exhibit-A-3-1-7-2026 Exhibit-A-4-1-7-2026 457-MOUNT-PLEASANT-AVENUE-TRADER-JOES-FORESTER-MEMO--- Dated-1-21-26 TRADER-JOES_WEST-ORANGE_LTR-SUBMITTING-REVISED-TRAFFIC- STATEMENT3377398 Traffic Statement - Revised January 15, 2026 PB-25-10 Forester Memo - Received 2/3/26 I. GENERAL DISCUSSION J. PUBLIC COMMENT K. ADJOURNMENT **THE NEXT REGULAR PLANNING BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, March 4, 2026 AT 7:30 P.M. **