January 18, 2022

RESOLUTION RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP COUNCIL OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR A HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT-IN-AID FFY 2022, AND ACCEPTANCE OF SAME IN THE EVENT AWARDED. WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the Township of West Orange desires to further the public interest by obtaining a grant from the State of New Jersey in the amount of approximately $15,000.00 to help fund the fifth of a series of intensive-level surveys of approximately 100 properties in three neighborhoods within the Township to add to its earlier surveys; and WHEREAS, the Township of West Orange, through its West Orange Historic Preservation Commission ("WOHPC") is among those municipalities having received Certified Local Government ("CLG") status from the National Park Service and having attained that status is eligible to compete for a NJ Department of Environmental Protection New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund CLG Grants-in-Aid; and WHEREAS, each federal fiscal year ("FFY") the State of New Jersey sets aside ten percent of the State's allocation of federal historic preservation funds for pass-through as sub­ grants to CLG municipalities, the intent being to use federal assistance to augment the existing local commitment to historic preservation activities, the funds awarded on a competitive basis among eligible applicants; and WHEREAS, the application deadline for submitting applications for CLG grants for FFY 2022 is Friday, January 21, 2022, and the WOHPC has been diligently working on a CLG grant submission to fund the fifth of its intensive-level surveys as described above; and WHEREAS, the CLG Grant procedures require, in addition to this governing body resolution, the municipality's Chief Elected Official and Chief Financial Officer to both sign the grant application and that the CLG must accept the grant and administrative responsibility for it, the signatures of all to be certified, dated, and a raised seal affixed by the Municipal Clerk, attesting to the signatures, all of which must be in blue ink. NOW THEREFORE BE IT AND IT HEREBY IS RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex,

erk, attesting to the signatures, all of which must be in blue ink. NOW THEREFORE BE IT AND IT HEREBY IS RESOLVED by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex, New Jersey, as follows: