Planning Board Resolution Memorializing the HEFSP #20-08

RESOLUTION NO. 20-08 MEMORIALIZING RESOLUTION OF THE WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD RE: CONSIDERATION OF THE HOUSING PLAN ELEMENT AND FAIR SHARE PLAN TO BECOME PART OF THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE HEARING: November 17, 2020 MEMORIALIZED: December 2, 2020 WHEREAS, at a properly noticed special meeting of the Planning Board for the Township of West Orange on November 17, 2020, which was conducted as a virtual meeting of the Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 10:4-8(b), the Board considered a report dated November 17, 2020 (attached hereto as Exhibit A) and entitled “Housing Element and Fair Share Plan of West Orange Township, Essex County” as prepared by Shirley M. Bishop, P.P., the Affordable Housing Planning Consultant for the Township of West Orange; and WHEREAS, this report was reviewed and considered before a quorum of the Board, and an opportunity was afforded to members of the public and/or interested persons or parties to ask questions and/or to be heard regarding this report and the Board’s consideration of same at this public hearing; and WHEREAS, after consideration of this report and the further statements and comments offered to the Board in this hearing, the Board following its discussion now finds and concludes as follows: FINDINGS 1. Ms. Shirley M. Bishop, P.P., with the assistance of the Township’s Planner Mr. Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP, made a presentation to the Board and discussed in detail the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan which Ms. Bishop had prepared and which was previously made available prior to the hearing to the Planning Board and to the public. Ms. Bishop and Mr. Grygiel went through the report with the Board by going through each section discussing in detail the proposed Housing Element and Fair Share Plan to become part of the Master Plan in relationship to the Affordable Housing filings and proceedings conducted by and involving the Township of West Orange in the present Affordable Housing litigation which had recently resulted in the settlement of such litigation between the Township of West Orange, West Essex Highlands, Inc. and the Fair Share Housing Center.