March 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 March 4, 2026 6:30 P.M. West Orange Planning Board Meeting, Wed. 3/4/2026 @ 6:30 pm Please click the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) to join the meeting and enter the password when prompted: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84773820990?pwd=GWFWYmc5pFUimibGIae9Yv2ZOSXbMz.1 Telephone: Dial: US: 646 931 3860 Webinar ID: 847 7382 0990 Password: 491625 PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON ONLY (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 regular meeting will be rescheduled to April 15, 2026, at 7:30 P.M. via Zoom. D. ROLL CALL E. MINUTES & RESOLUTIONS F. SWEARING IN • The Township Professional(s) sworn in. G. APPLICATIONS • PB-24-01 West Essex Highlands, Inc 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. 200-POL--Verona 200-POL--West-Orange 200-POL--Essex-Fells Architectural-Plans Cover-Submission-Letter-December-28-2023 Drainage-Report Engineering-Plans---2 April-5-2006-Planning-Board-Resolution February-2-2005-Planning-Board-Resolution May-5-2005-Planning-Board-Resolution-Block-166-Lots-702-and-8 May-5-2005-Planning-Board-Resolution-Block-167-Lots-25-2501-30-3001-3002- 3003-3004-3005 SPRAB-report-PB-24-01---West-Essex-Highlands-Inc Survey Tax-Collector-Certification Written-Proposal PB-24-01-West-Essex-Highlands-Inc---Application-and-Relevant-Documents GH-WEST-ESSEX---REVISED-ARCH-PB-SET-05-13-2024-1 WEH---Full-Civil-Set---Submission-2---5-13-24-SITE-PLANS 96-20-Agreement-WEHI-Fair-Share-Housing---Final----FE-71220 96-20-WEHI-Fair-Share-Housing---Final----FE-71220 West-Essex-Highlands---West-Orange---Planner's-Report---6-30-2024 CME Associates - Review #1 WEH---Full-Civil-Set---Submission-2---7-1-24 Traffic-Report Revised-Stormwater-Management-Report 6-27-2024-Anderson-Memo-in-Response-to-CME-Review-Letter West-Orange-WEHI- Environmental-preliminary-report Deer-Fence-Design-Specifications-final

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I. GENERAL DISCUSSION J. PUBLIC COMMENT K. ADJOURNMENT **THE NEXT REGULAR PLANNING BOARD MEETING WILL BE WEDNESDAY, April 15, 2026 AT 7:30 P.M. **