Prior Resolutions of Approval submission

WHEREAS objector Kevin Malanga offered the testimony of Steven Lydon, a licensed professional planner, who was recognized by Board as such, Mr. Lydon testified that the proposed use of the Subject Property is not an inherently beneficial use, as the Applicant can deliver its mission without the proposed improvements, and that the Applicant has therefore not established the positive criteria as most of the proposed improvements will not provide a direct public benefit and they serve no public need; and WHEREAS Objector Kevin Malanga offered the testimony of Joseph Fagan, a former resident of West Orange and self- described expert in West Orange history, who authors a historical column in the West Orange Chronicle and has collected postcards and other West Orange artifacts, who although not a historian by training, the Board accepted his testimony for his expertise in West Orange history, but not as a _ historical expert, Mr. Fagan testified about maps he attempted to introduce, photographs that he took of remnants of the greenhouses and gates on the Subject Property, and attempted to introduce evidence given to him by a prior resident of the caretaker’s cottage on the Subject Property, whom he visited and interviewed out of state, which the Board rejected on hearsay grounds; and WHEREAS objector Kevin Malanga offered the testimony of Kathleen P. Galop, an attorney with a background in historical preservation, and principal of the firm Preservation Possibilities, she testified about the remains of some Olmsted ~13-