2 26 2025 WO PB Draft Minutes

MINUTES TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD MEETING February 26, 2025, 6:30 P.M. The Township of West Orange Planning Board held its special meeting on February 26, 2025, at 6:30 P.M. in person. Chairman Bagoff called the meeting to order at approximately 6:30 P.M. He announced that notification of the meeting was given to the Township Clerk, and posted on the Township Bulletin Board, sent to the West Orange Chronicle and the Star-Ledger, and posted on the Township’s website calendar. 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. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE • Chairman Bagoff requested all persons stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. ANNOUNCEMENTS • The next Planning Board regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at 7:30 P.M. • The next Planning Board special meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at 6:30 P.M. in person. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Dr. Robert Bagoff; Mr. Jerry Guarino; Mr. Ken Alper; Mr. John Cardoza; Mr. William Wilkes; Mr. Lee Klein; Mayor Susan McCartney; Councilwoman Susan Scarpa; Ms. Lori Kapferer ABSENT: Mr. Christopher Morgan, Sr.; Mr. Peter Smeraldo (recused) ALSO PRESENT: Diana P. McGovern, Esq., Planning Board Attorney; Steven Martini, Consulting Town Planner; Mr. Jordan Rizzo, Board Engineer; Zayibeth Carballo, Town Engineer Jamilet Baquerizo Vite, Planning Board Secretary MINUTES & RESOLUTIONS SWEARING IN • The Township Professional(s) sworn in.

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. *The transcript below of the hearing dated February 26, 2025, is the full record of the hearing and is attached hereto as the minutes of the meeting. * PB-24-01 West Essex Highlands - Transcript from 2-26-25 Compressed O8---Wetland-drainage-area O9---Wetland-drainage-area-Removed O10---DA-1-Red-Arrows O11---sample-test-pit-log *The Application has been carried to the next Planning Board special meeting on March 19, 2025, without further notice* Meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M. ADOPTED: ___________________________________ Jamilet Baquerizo Vite, Board Secretary Planning Board Secretary