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4 hours or peak times when the zoo has the most people. Chairman Bagoff will leave that to the applicant to evaluate and make sense of that for safety, health, and welfare, for the zoo visitors, and for the township of West Orange. ● Councilperson Scarpa wanted to add to what Chairman Bagoff said that at that meeting, Chief Vecchio has since given them some statistics about that, because it was quite a concern. Councilperson Scarpa added that he also had a recommendation that perhaps the county might want to provide them with an ambulance that they could use, since they're out on so many runs, which could promote the zoo. Councilperson Scarpa would love to work collaboratively with them to see if something like that could happen. NO PROFESSIONAL QUESTIONS NO PUBLIC QUESTIONS PUBLIC COMMENT ● Robert Rashkes at 35 Oak Crest Road has a question about health and safety at the zoo. At the May 29th West Orange Township Council Budget Workshop, the township's CFO and the township's fire chief talked about the substantial number of ambulances being dispatched to the zoo and the strain that it places on the firefighters and the service life of the ambulances. Mr. Rashkes would like to know more about the first aid resources available at the zoo and whether consideration is being given for the zoo to have ambulances of its own stationed there. He noticed there was a long line of traffic on Memorial Day approaching the zoo going westbound on Northfield Avenue around 12 noon. The traffic jam seemed to be worsened by the unsynchronized sets of traffic lights outside the zoo. This would delay the response time of first responder vehicles being dispatched to the zoo and to other locations in West Orange. Motion: Chairman Bagoff Second: Mr. Guarino Alper: Y Morgan: Y Bagoff: Y Scarpa: Y Cardoza (Alt.2): ---- Noborine: Y Guarino: Y Wilkes: Y Kapferer: ---- Klein: Y Mayor McCartney: Y Meeting adjourned at 8:04 P.M. ADOPTED: ___________________________________ Jamilet Baquerizo Vite Planning Board Secretar