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cbd6abed-8cda-4dba-9ebd-560688bcfcb2 1 (Pages 1 to 4) Page 1 TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN THE MATTER OF: : TRANSCRIPT : CASE: ZB-24-06 : OF PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND : GAS COMPANY : REMOTE PROCEEDINGS 35 Mount Pleasant Avenue : Block 155; Lots 26.01 : __________________________________X Thursday, September 19, 2024 Zoom Remote Hearing Commencing at 8:00 p.m. BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT: PHILIP D. NEUER, Chairman BRENT DRAPER SCOTT MICHAEL DANNEMILLER, (Alt) MARK SUSSMAN ALSO PRESENT: DIANA CHANDLER, Board Secretary JOHN HESS, Board Consulting Engineer GEORGE WHEATLE WILLIAMS, Town Planner JOSEPH FAGAN, Meeting Moderator PRECISION REPORTING SERVICE Certified Shorthand Reporters (908) 642-4299 Page 3 1 I N D E X 2 WITNESS PAGE SWORN 3 JOHN FUTEY 4 By Ms. Parlavecchio ................. 5 5 By the Board......................... 9 6 By Mr. Malanga....................... 41 7 NOREEN MERAINER By Ms. Porter........................ 69 8 By the Board......................... 96 9 By Mr. Malanga....................... 108 10 11 12 E X H I B I T S 13 EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION PAGE 14 A-8 through A-12 Photographs of existing PSE&G substation fences 88 15 A-13 Photograph of East 16 Rutherford substation 117 17 18 19 20 PUBLIC MEMBER COMMENTS: 21 Micaela Bennett................page 52/115 Sally Malanga..................page 59 22 Joyce Rudin....................page 61 23 24 25 Page 2 1 A P P E A R A N C E S: 2 SAVO, SCHALK, CORSINI, WARNER, GILLESPIE, 3 O’GRODNICK & FISHER, P.A. BY: STEVEN WARNER, ESQUIRE 4 Attorneys for the Board 5 6 CHIESA, SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI, PC BY: ERICA ANTONYA PARLAVECCHIO, ESQUIRE 7 and JENNIFER M. PORTER, ESQUIRE Attorneys for the Applicant 8 9 KEVIN MALANGA, ESQUIRE, Pro Se 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Page 4 1 CHAIRMAN NEUER: The application which we 2 have on our agenda for this evening is ZB-24-06, Public 3 Service Electric and Gas Company for property at 325 4 Mount Pleasant Avenue. 5 Ms. Parlavecchio, you're taking over this 6 evening to start the application, is that correct? 7 MS. PARLAVECCHIO: Yes, that's correct. So 8 I'll start with the opening and get through most of the 9 direct and then whenever Jen Porter arrives back here 10 she will take over for me. 11 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Okay. So please place 12 your appearance on the record. 13 MS. PARLAVECCHIO: Sure. Erica Antonya 14 Parlavecchio with CSG Law

Porter arrives back here 10 she will take over for me. 11 CHAIRMAN NEUER: Okay. So please place 12 your appearance on the record. 13 MS. PARLAVECCHIO: Sure. Erica Antonya 14 Parlavecchio with CSG Law on behalf of the Applicant, 15 PSE&G. 16 CHAIRMAN NEUER: And I again missed the 17 last couple of hours of the meeting but I did listen to 18 the audio tape and so certified. And as I looked 19 through my notes taken when I was going through the 20 audio, we finished the testimony, cross-examination, 21 and public examination of Mr. Briones. We finished Mr. 22 Michael Blake, Professional Civil Engineer. We 23 finished Mr. John Copa, Electrical Engineer. And we 24 had the direct testimony of Mr. Futey, F-u-t-e-y, 25 Landscape Architect. His direct examination was