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SCARINCI | HOLLENBECK Neri gr en a aperna ATTORNEYS AT LAW. WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN, JR. | Counsel wsullivan@sh-law.com Direct Phone: 201-896-7215 February 13, 2025 BY EMAIL and REGULAR MAIL Robert Bagoff, Chair Planning Board Township of West Orange 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 Re: Alpert Group, LLC 8-10 and 18 Central Avenue Block 9, Lots 32 and 36 Application No.: PB-20-03 Request for Extension of Approval Our File No.: 10578.2000 Dear Dr. Bagoff: As you know, this office represents The Alpert Group, LLC, an applicant that received bulk variances and preliminary and final major final site plan approval by Resolution adopted May 5, 2021 to construct 94 residential units and commercial space at 8-10 and 18 Central Avenue, also known as Block 9, Lots 32 and 36 in the Central Avenue Redevelopment Area Zone. By Resolutions adopted April 12, 2023 and March 20, 2024, this Board granted extensions of these approvals until May 5, 2025. (See attached Resolutions). By this letter, the applicant is requesting an additional one-year extension on this approval. Ordinance section 25-48.10a provides that, “for good cause shown and upon written application, the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment may extend the time period for any of the time limits set forth in this section.” The extension is requested due to the length of time required to complete the investigation and remediation of soil and groundwater contamination on this property, which is currently owned by the Township. Pursuant to grants received by the Township, the firm of Matrix New World Engineering (“Matrix”) is conducting that investigation and remediation. The following is the status of that effort, which includes two parcels: 1) Block 9, Lot 32 (“the Biddelman Property”); and 2) Block 9, Lot 36 (the “Select-O-Flash Property). Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC, 150 Clove Road, 9th floor, Little Falls, NJ 07424 | Phone: 201-896-4100 | Fax: 201-896-8660 | www.sh-law.com 4926-3004-0600, v. 1