Planning Board - Planning Board Meeting

1 CITY OF UNION CITY HUDSON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY PLANNING BOARD : TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDED REGULAR MEETING : _________________: PROCEEDINGS Union City High School Media Center 2500 Kennedy Boulevard Union City, New Jersey Tuesday, October 27, 2020 Commencing at 6:00 p.m. M E M B E R S P R E S E N T: YDALIA GENAO, Mayor’s Designee ALICIA MOREJON ALEJANDRO VELAZQUEZ, Alternate No. 1 JOSE GUARENO, Alternate No. 2 DIANE CAPIZZI, Chairperson M E M B E R S A B S E N T: BRIAN P. STACK, Mayor CELIN VALDIVIA, Commissioner CAROLINA FERNANDEZ RUDY RIVERO FRANKLIN MEDINA JEANNE KOEHLER, Vice Chairperson A L S O P R E S E N T: CARLOS VALLEJO, Secretary to the Board BRIAN M. CHEWCASKIE, ESQ., Attorney for the Board DAVID SPATZ, Consultant, Community Housing & Planning Associates, Inc.  2 A P P E A R A N C E S: BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, ADR RE, LLC BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, Denise & Baruch Gadot BIANCA P. PEREIRAS, ESQ., Attorney for Applicant, Way to Win, LLC  3 I N D E X PAGE CALL TO ORDER 4 SALUTE TO FLAG 5 ROLL CALL 5 ADOPTION OF MINUTES 7 HEARINGS/APPLICATIONS ADR RE, LLC 24 Denise & Baruch Gadot 9/18 Way to Win, LLC 12 321 23rd Street Associates, LLC 15/22 RESOLUTIONS 27/30 ADJOURNMENT 33  4 1 THE SECRETARY: Are you ready? 2 MS. DILLON: Yes. 3 On the record. 4 THE SECRETARY: On the record. 5 May I have your attention? 6 Please take notice that on Tuesday, October 7 27, 2020, six p.m., a Regular Meeting is calling 8 for the City of Union City Planning Board to be 9 held in the Union City High School located at 10 2500 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Union City, New 11 Jersey. 12 Opening statement. 13 This is a meeting called in compliance with 14 Chapter 231, Public Law 1975 of the Open Public 15 Meeting Act. 16 Adequate notice of this meeting has been 17 provided as follow: 18 Notice of this meeting, setting forth the 19 time, date, location, to the agenda, to the 20 extent known, was forwarded to The Jersey 21 Journal, to The Record, and to The Hudson 22 Reporter, has been posted on the bulletin board 23 in City Hall, and has been made available to the 24 public in the Office of the Municipal Clerk. 25 Before we call roll for tonight’s meeting,  5 1 can everybody kindly rise to salute the flag, 2 please? 3 4 (Whereupon, the Pledge of Allegiance was 5 said by all.) 6 7 THE SECRETARY: I’m sorry. 8 I cannot use my right hand. 9 10 ROLL CALL: 11 12 THE SECRETARY: Roll call for tonight’s 13 meeting. 14 Mayor Brian P. Stack? 15 Absent. 16 Diane Capizzi? 17 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Here. 18 THE SECRETARY: Jeanne Koehler? 19 Absent. 20 Ydalia Genao? 21 MS. GENAO: Yes. 22 THE SECRETARY: Commissioner Celin 23 Valdivia? 24 Absent. 25 Carolina Fernandez?  6 1 Absent. 2 Rudy Rivero? 3 Absent. 4 Franklin Medina? 5 Absent. 6 Alicia Morejon? 7 MS. MOREJON: Here. 8 THE SECRETARY: Alejandro Velazquez? 9 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Here. 10 THE SECRETARY: Jose Guareno? 11 MR. GUARENO: Here. 12 THE SECRETARY: Let the record indicate 13 there are five present. 14 We have a full quorum for tonight’s 15 meeting. 16 * * * 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  7 1 ADOPTION OF MINUTES: 2 3 ( 1) Regular Meeting Held on September 22, 2020 4 5 THE SECRETARY: Okay. 6 Adoption of Minutes of Regular Meeting held 7 on September 22, 2020. 8 Can I have a motion? 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 10 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I second. 12 THE SECRETARY: Seconded by Mr. Velazquez. 13 Roll call on the motion. 14 Ms. Capizzi? 15 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 17 MS. GENAO: Abstain. 18 THE SECRETARY: Abstain? 19 MS. GENAO: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 21 MS. MOREJON: Abstain. 22 THE SECRETARY: Abstain. 23 Mr. Velazquez? 24 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 25 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno?  8 1 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 2 THE SECRETARY: Three in favor, two 3 abstained. 4 Motion carries. 5 * * * 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  9 1 Denise & Baruch Gadot - 123 20th Street: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: We are going -- we are 4 going to the first item on tonight’s agenda. 5 It’s an extension. 6 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Before -- 7 THE SECRETARY: AD -- 8 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Before we do the 9 extension, Mr. Vallejo, perhaps if we could just 10 address what’s being withdrawn and adjourned, in 11 case anybody is here? 12 THE SECRETARY: Yes. Of course. 13 MR. CHEWCASKIE: All right. 14 So, the -- the second item on tonight’s 15 agenda was a hearing scheduled for Denise and 16 Baruch Gadot. 17 We have been advised that the Gadots have 18 retained an attorney, Ms. Pereiras. And that 19 apparently the application is going to be 20 modified and there will be an application to the 21 Zoning Board of Adjustment. 22 I see Ms. Pereiras is here. 23 Is what I said accurate? 24 MS. PEREIRAS: That is accurate. 25 MR. CHEWCASKIE: All right.  10 1 Then, what I would do is I would recommend 2 to the Board, so that the record is clear, that 3 this application be withdrawn at the applicant’s 4 request. And we will have a Resolution at the 5 next meeting, so at least we have a record of 6 what happened with the application. 7 So, I would suggest that someone make a 8 motion for withdrawal and we can have a vote on 9 that. 10 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 11 THE SECRETARY: Motion to -- 12 MR. GUARENO: Second. 13 THE SECRETARY: -- withdraw this 14 application, Denise and Baruch Gadot, 123 20 th 15 Street. 16 Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 17 MR. GUARENO: Second. 18 THE SECRETARY: Seconded by? 19 Mr. Guareno. 20 Roll call on the motion. 21 Ms. Capizzi? 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 23 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 24 MS. GENAO: Yes. 25 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon?  11 1 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 2 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 3 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 4 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 5 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 6 THE SECRETARY: Five in favor. 7 Motion carries. 8 Let the record indicate that this 9 application has been withdrawn. 10 MR. CHEWCASKIE: All right. 11 So, if anyone is -- is here for the Gadot 12 application, it will no longer be before this 13 Board. 14 My understanding is that there will be a 15 revised application that will be submitted to the 16 Zoning Board of Adjustment. If that occurs, a 17 new notice will be issued on behalf of the 18 applicant of the date that that will be heard. 19 * * * 20 21 22 23 24 25  12 1 Way to Win, LLC - 1802 Kerrigan Avenue: 2 3 MR. CHEWCASKIE: The next matter that was 4 on the agenda is also Ms. Pereiras’ case. 5 Way to Win, LLC, which was 1802 Kerrigan 6 Avenue. And I believe we will get a request for 7 adjournment on that. 8 Ms. Pereiras just handed me the notice, but 9 if you could just, as I’m reviewing it, if you 10 can just advise the Board of what the status of 11 the case is this evening. 12 MS. PEREIRAS: Good evening. 13 Again, Bianca Pereiras on behalf of the 14 applicant. 15 Unfortunately, our architect, Mr. Orestes 16 Valella, is being quarantined at the moment and 17 cannot be available for tonight’s meeting. 18 As such, I’m respectfully requesting that 19 this Board adjourn this matter until next month. 20 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion to 21 -- 22 THE SECRETARY: Motion to -- 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: -- approve that 24 request. 25 THE SECRETARY: -- adjourn this application  13 1 for November the 24. 2 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 3 MS. GENAO: I second. 4 THE SECRETARY: Same place. 5 Motion by Ms. Capizzi. 6 Seconded by Mr. Velazquez. 7 Roll call on the motion to adjourn this 8 application. 9 No new notice required. 10 Ms. Capizzi? 11 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 12 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 13 MS. GENAO: Yes. 14 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 15 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 16 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 17 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 18 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 19 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 20 THE SECRETARY: Five in favor. 21 Motion carries. 22 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you all. 23 MR. CHEWCASKIE: All right. 24 So, on that application, I did receive the 25 notice from -- and the Affidavit of Service from  14 1 Ms. Pereiras. Everything is in order. 2 So, this application is adjourned until -- 3 what was the date, again, Carlos? I’m sorry. 4 THE SECRETARY: November the 24. 5 MR. CHEWCASKIE: So, it will be November 6 24th at six p.m. in this location. 7 THE SECRETARY: Yes, sir. 8 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Thank you, Carlos. 9 And any member of the public that was here 10 on Way to Win, LLC, 1802 Kerrigan Avenue, the 11 Board will consider this application on November 12 21st (sic), at six p.m., in this location. 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Do they have to 14 renotice or no? 15 MR. CHEWCASKIE: There’s no renotice. 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: No renotice. 17 Okay. 18 MR. CHEWCASKIE: No renotice. 19 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 20 * * * 21 22 23 24 25  15 1 321 23rd Street Associates, LLC – 2 319-321 23rd Street: 3 4 MR. CHEWCASKIE: All right. 5 And the other case, we received a request 6 on 321 23rd Street, LLC. Mr. Alonso is the 7 attorney. 8 Mr. Alonso has also a health issue. He 9 submitted a letter this afternoon requesting that 10 it be adjourned to the next hearing date. 11 Prior to the meeting, I had the opportunity 12 to review the notice submitted by Mr. Alonso. It 13 was in appropriate form. 14 I would suggest that the Board adjourn this 15 matter to November 21st (sic) at six p.m., without 16 further notice. 17 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make a motion. 18 THE SECRETARY: Motion to adjourn this 19 application by Ms. Capizzi. 20 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I’ll second. 21 MS. GENAO: I second. 22 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Give it to Ydalia. 23 THE SECRETARY: Seconded by Ms. -- Ms. 24 Genao. 25 Roll call on the motion.  16 1 Ms. Capizzi? 2 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 3 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 4 MS. GENAO: Yes. 5 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 6 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 7 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 8 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 9 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 10 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 11 THE SECRETARY: Five in favor. 12 Motion carries. 13 No new notice required. 14 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Okay. 15 Same; for any member of the public that is 16 here for the application on 321 23 rd Street, which 17 address was 319-321 23rd Street, that application 18 has been adjourned to the Board’s next meeting, 19 which is November 21st (sic) at -- 20 MR. SPATZ: Twenty -- 21 THE SECRETARY: Twenty-four. 22 MR. SPATZ: Twenty-four. 23 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Twenty-four. 24 MR. CHEWCASKIE: -- 24th -- 25 I’m sorry.  17 1 -- at six p.m. and no further notice will 2 be required. 3 4 * * * 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  18 1 Denise & Baruch Gadot – 123 20th Street: 2 3 MR. CHEWCASKIE: So, then, I guess we can 4 go back to number 1. But before number 1, if I 5 may, Mr. Vallejo? I saw that the -- one of the 6 individuals had a question. So, if there -- 7 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Um hum. 8 MR. CHEWCASKIE: -- was a question on one 9 of the application that was adjourned, sir? 10 MR. KEOUGHAN: Yes. This -- 11 MS. DILLON: No, wait, wait. 12 Come to the podium. 13 I need you to state your name and spell it 14 for the record. 15 MR. KEOUGHAN: Tom Keoughan, 16 K-E-O-U-G-H-A-N. 17 MS. DILLON: And your address? 18 MR. KEOUGHAN: 115 19th -- 19th Street. 19 MS. DILLON: Thank you. 20 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Yes, sir. I believe you 21 have a question. 22 MR. KEOUGHAN: Now, on the -- on the first 23 application that was adjourned to the Zoning 24 Board, I’m just wondering, does it then cycle 25 back here? Or is this body done with it?  19 1 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Right now, based upon the 2 withdrawal, this -- this Board is done with the 3 application. 4 MR. KEOUGHAN: And -- 5 MR. CHEWCASKIE: So, there will be a brand 6 new application filed with the Zoning Board. 7 This is my understanding. 8 MR. KEOUGHAN: Okay. 9 MR. CHEWCASKIE: So, it may or may not 10 happen. 11 MR. KEOUGHAN: Okay. 12 MR. CHEWCASKIE: And then, since it’s 13 before a different board, you will have to 14 receive notice. There will both be a publication 15 notice and the -- and the mail notice that you 16 will probably receive with respect to this 17 application. 18 MR. KEOUGHAN: Um hum. 19 MR. CHEWCASKIE: So, then, the Zoning Board 20 will conduct a hearing. 21 My understanding is that the plan is going 22 to be modified and that’s why the Zoning Board 23 will be hearing the case instead of the Planning 24 Board. 25 MR. KEOUGHAN: And does the Zoning Board  20 1 operate similar to this one, in that we can show 2 up and ask questions? 3 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Yes. 4 MR. KEOUGHAN: And objections, and things 5 like that? 6 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Absolutely. 7 MR. KEOUGHAN: Okay. 8 MR. CHEWCASKIE: It will be the same 9 procedure where the public would be permitted to 10 participate. 11 MR. KEOUGHAN: And is there a reasonable 12 period of time between the new application and 13 that meeting that we -- 14 MR. CHEWCASKIE: That I can’t answer. 15 That’s up to the Zoning Board to schedule. I 16 don't know. 17 Mr. Vallejo, have you received an 18 application yet? 19 THE SECRETARY: No. 20 As soon as we receive the application, we 21 have up to 45 days to review the application and 22 deem the application complete or incompleted. 23 And from then -- you know -- 24 MR. KEOUGHAN: So, you’re thinking probably 25 like early January, something like that?  21 1 THE SECRETARY: I have no idea. 2 MR. KEOUGHAN: Okay. 3 MR. CHEWCASKIE: It -- it depends when it’s 4 -- when it’s filed. But you know, the public 5 will be able to participate the same way that 6 they could participate here. 7 MR. KEOUGHAN: Okay. 8 Thank you. 9 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re welcome. 10 MR. KEOUGHAN: I don't have any further 11 questions. 12 MR. CHEWCASKIE: I just didn’t want you to 13 sit around. I knew you had a question so -- 14 MR. KEOUGHAN: Yeah. 15 MR. CHEWCASKIE: -- I thank -- Board -- 16 MR. KEOUGHAN: Yeah. 17 Thank you. 18 MR. CHEWCASKIE: -- thank you for your 19 indulgence. 20 * * * 21 22 23 24 25  22 1 321 23rd Street Associates, LLC – 2 319-321 23rd Street: 3 4 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Yes, sir? 5 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Just a clarification 6 -- 7 MR. CHEWCASKIE: If you can come up to the 8 podium and tell us -- 9 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Clarification for the 10 rescheduling of the date. 11 MS. DILLON: Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait. 12 Wait. 13 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Tell us who -- who you 14 are. 15 MS. DILLON: What is your name, please? 16 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Constantinides, 2204 17 New York Avenue. 18 MS. DILLON: I need you to spell your name 19 slowly for the record. 20 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: C-O-N-S-T-A-N-T-I-N-I- 21 D-E-S. 22 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Okay. 23 And what application are you here on, sir? 24 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: This is regarding the 25 application that you mentioned, 321 23 rd Street.  23 1 MR. CHEWCASKIE: 321 23rd Street, Mr. 2 Alonso, the attorney, had a health issue. So, 3 this has been adjourned until November 24th. 4 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Okay. 5 Just -- because you said you weren’t going 6 to send another letter out so -- 7 MR. CHEWCASKIE: That's -- that’s correct. 8 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: -- it’s November -- 9 MR. CHEWCASKIE: It’s November 24th. 10 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Yup. 11 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Six p.m. 12 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Same place? 13 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Same place. In the high 14 school. 15 MR. CONSTANTINIDES: Okay. 16 That’s all I needed to know. 17 Thank you. 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: You’re welcome. 19 MR. CHEWCASKIE: You’re welcome. 20 And I think we’re -- we’re good for the 21 next case now. 22 THE SECRETARY: Okay. 23 24 * * * 25  24 1 ADR RE, LLC - 525-531 32nd Street: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: We are going to go to ADR 4 RE, LLC, 525-531 32nd Street. 5 Ms. Pereiras, please? 6 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you. 7 Bianca Pereiras, on behalf of the 8 applicant. 9 This is a project that I’m sure many of you 10 remember. This was back in 2015, where we 11 received the approval from this Board to 12 construct 27 residential units, commercial space 13 and parking, on 525-531 32nd Street. 14 We received an extension from this Board. 15 We actually received three extensions from this 16 Board. The third extension terminated in June of 17 this year. 18 My client submitted his full application, a 19 permit application to the Union City Building 20 Department. However, to date, no permits have 21 been issued. The -- Governor Murphy recently 22 passed a new law that allowed a Permit Extension 23 Act, that stopped or tolled all applications for 24 -- in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 25 As such, we are coming before this Board to  25 1 memorialize that extension opportunity for my 2 client, so that permits could issue in time. 3 Again, everything has been submitted from 4 the applicant’s perspective. We are merely 5 waiting, at this point, for the Union City 6 Building Department to actually issue permits. 7 MR. CHEWCASKIE: The –- 8 If I may, Ms. Capizzi? 9 The last extension expired when? 10 MS. PEREIRAS: In June of 2020. 11 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Okay. 12 My suggestion would be, as based upon the 13 current state of law and the representation 14 stated by Ms. Pereiras, that this -- that an 15 extension be granted to June of 2021. 16 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I’ll make that 17 motion. 18 MS. MOREJON: Second. 19 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi to -- 20 for the extension. 21 Seconded by Ms. Morejon. 22 Roll call on the motion. 23 Ms. Capizzi? 24 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 25 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao?  26 1 MS. GENAO: Yes. 2 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 3 MS. MOREJON: Yes. 4 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 5 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 6 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 7 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 8 THE SECRETARY: Five in favor. 9 Motion carries. 10 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you all very much. 11 THE SECRETARY: Thank you. 12 MS. PEREIRAS: Thank you. 13 * * * 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  27 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 3 ( 1) 644 38th Street, LLC, 644-646 38th Street. 4 Applicant is requesting a one year extension. 5 Approved on July 24, 2018 and Resolution was 6 memorialized on September 24, 2018. Approved 7 8 THE SECRETARY: All right. 9 Let’s go to -- you have a question? 10 A CITIZEN: I can’t hear so well. 11 THE SECRETARY: Oh, it’s okay. You’re 12 good. You’re good. 13 A CITIZEN: So, if I stand closer to you, I 14 might hear better. 15 Is that okay? 16 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Okay. 17 So, from the last meeting, we had two 18 Resolutions. 19 The first Resolution is an extension for 20 644 38th Street. That was –- (indiscernible). 21 The Board heard the application at that -- that 22 evening and agreed to an extension to September 23 23rd, 2021. 24 The Board members that can vote on this 25 Resolution are Ms. Capizzi -- I wrote it down  28 1 before -- Ms. Capinni (sic) -- Ms. Capizzi, Mr. 2 Guareno, and Mr. Moron (sic). 3 So, would someone have a motion on that 4 Resolution? 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I make a motion. 6 THE SECRETARY: Motion the Resolution to -- 7 to be adopted -- 8 MR. GUARENO: Second. 9 THE SECRETARY: -- by Ms. Capizzi. 10 Seconded by Mr. Velazquez (sic). 11 Roll call on the motion. 12 Ms. Capizzi? 13 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 14 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 15 MR. VELAZQUEZ: I have to abstain from 16 that. 17 Right? 18 THE SECRETARY: You was present the 19 previous meeting. 20 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 21 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 22 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 23 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Yes, Mr. Velazquez. I had 24 it wrong. 25 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao?  29 1 MS. GENAO: Abstain. 2 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 3 MS. MOREJON: Abstain. 4 THE SECRETARY: Three in favor, two 5 abstained. 6 Motion carries. 7 * * * 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  30 1 RESOLUTIONS: 2 3 ( 2) Jose Lozada, 1616 West Street, Block 86, Lot 4 16. Applicant seeks to legalize preexisting 5 basement unit and convert from two (2) family to 6 three (3) family residence. Approved 7 8 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Next Resolution is for 9 1616 West Street, Jose Lozada. 10 This was for a legalization of a basement 11 apartment. Applicant was represented by Mr. 12 Gonzalez. 13 We heard testimony from the applicant’s 14 architect, Mr. Izquierdo. Board approved the 15 application and that -- that the same be 16 continued with -- in accordance with the current 17 plans and renderings, which the applicant’s 18 architect testified were entirely up to Code at 19 this point in time. 20 And again, only the three individuals that 21 are here that voted on that; Mr. Velazquez, Ms. - 22 - Mr. Guareno and Ms. Capizzi can vote on this 23 Resolution. 24 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: I make a motion. 25 THE SECRETARY: Motion by Ms. Capizzi.  31 1 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Second. 2 THE SECRETARY: Seconded by Mr. Velazquez. 3 Roll call on the motion. 4 Ms. Capizzi? 5 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Yes. 6 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Genao? 7 MS. GENAO: Abstain. 8 THE SECRETARY: Ms. Morejon? 9 MS. MOREJON: Abstain. 10 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Velazquez? 11 MR. VELAZQUEZ: Yes. 12 THE SECRETARY: Mr. Guareno? 13 MR. GUARENO: Yes. 14 THE SECRETARY: Three in favor, two 15 abstained. 16 Motion carries. 17 MR. CHEWCASKIE: I believe that’s it. 18 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: All right. 19 THE SECRETARY: (Indiscernible). 20 MR. CHEWCASKIE: No. 21 THE SECRETARY: Can you put on the record 22 for me? 23 MR. CHEWCASKIE: Yeah, just so that the 24 record is -- no, you gave me this one before. I 25 mentioned that during the course of the --  32 1 THE SECRETARY: Thank you. 2 MR. CHEWCASKIE: -- the hearing. I thought 3 it was a different one. 4 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Okay. 5 * * * 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25  33 1 ADJOURNMENT: 2 3 THE SECRETARY: All right. 4 There being no other application on 5 tonight’s agenda, can I have a motion to close 6 tonight’s meeting? 7 Motion by -- 8 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Motion. 9 THE SECRETARY: -- Ms. Capizzi. 10 MR. GUARENO: Second. 11 MS. MOREJON: Second. 12 THE SECRETARY: Seconded by Ms. Morejon. 13 All in favor? 14 15 (Whereupon, there was a chorus of ayes.) 16 17 THE SECRETARY: The ayes have it. 18 Motion carries. 19 Let the record show that the meeting has 20 ended. 21 Thank you and good night everyone. 22 CHAIRPERSON CAPIZZI: Thank you. 23 24 (Whereupon, the proceedings were concluded 25 at 6:18 p.m.)  34 1 STATE OF NEW JERSEY : 2 : 3 COUNTY OF ESSEX : 4 5 I, DEBRA A. KASZNIAK, assigned transcriber, 6 do hereby affirm that the foregoing is a true and 7 accurate transcript in the matter of the REGULAR 8 MEETING of the UNION CITY PLANNING BOARD heard on 9 Tuesday, October 27, 2020 and digitally recorded. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Monitored by and proofread by: Deborah Dillon