7 30 2025 WO PB Draft Minutes

MINUTES TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD MEETING July 30, 2025, 6:30 P.M. The Township of West Orange Planning Board held its special meeting on July 30, 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 that all persons stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. ANNOUNCEMENTS • The next Planning Board regular meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at 7:30 P.M. via Zoom. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Dr. Robert Bagoff (6:45 PM); Mr. Jerry Guarino; Mr. Ken Alper; Mr. John Cardoza; Councilwoman Susan Scarpa (via Zoom); Ms. Lori Kapferer; Mr. William Wilkes ABSENT: Mr. Christopher Morgan; Mr. Frank Noborine; Mr. Lee Klein & Mayor Susan McCartney ALSO PRESENT: Diana P. McGovern, Esq., Planning Board Attorney; Gerry Haizel, Consulting Town Planner; Mr. Ryan MacNeill, Board 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 July 30, 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 7-30-25 Compressed *The Application has been carried to the next Planning Board special meeting on August 13, 2025, without further notice* O20---VEC-R25-01_Preserve-West-Orange-120-Acres Meeting adjourned at 9:56 P.M. ADOPTED: ___________________________________ Jamilet Baquerizo Vite, Planning Board Secretary