Objector WeCare Response dated May 4 2026 to Letter of Bryan D Plocker Esq

Bruce I. Afran Attorney-at-Law 10 Braeburn Dr. Princeton, NJ 08540 609-454-7435 (mobile) bruceafran@aol.com May 4, 2026 Via Email to: dmcgovern@gpmlegal.com Diana McGovern. Esq., Counsel to West Orange Planning Board West Orange Municipal Complex West Orange, New Jersey Re: WEHI Application — Block 179, Lot 32 Dear Ms. McGovern: At its March 4, 2026, special public meeting, the West Orange Planning Board enumerated and discussed deficiencies in the application for development of Block 179, Lot 32. Rather than denying the application for incompleteness, which it certainly could have, the Board indicated it would provide the applicant an opportunity to correct the deficiencies the Board specified. The Board also announced that the scheduling would be formalized at its regular meeting on April 15 and at a possible special meeting on May 6. The Board recognized that the applicant might require more than two months to respond fully to the Board’s concerns as to its application. In that eventuality, the Board was prepared to schedule further special meetings during June and July to accommodate the applicant if the applicant needed more time to provide answers to the substantial deficiencies the Board identified. Thus far, the applicant’s response has been limited to a March 30, 2026, letter from its counsel Bryan D. Plocker, Esq. to the WOPB. No response from its engineers or other experts has been provided to the Board. Mr. Plocker’s failure to supply any answer from the applicant’s numerous experts and his concluding sentence speaks volumes about the applicant’s willingness to comply with the Board’s requests: “Kindly provide at your earliest convenience the hearing date on which the Board will conclude this matter.” See Letter of Bryan D. Plocker, Esq., March 30, 2026. 1