Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

96-20 April 14, 2020 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, on July 7, 2015, the Township of West Orange (the “Township”) filed a Declaratory Judgment Complaint in Superior Court, Law Division, pursuant to In re N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97, 221 N.J. (2015) (Mount Laurel IV), seeking, among other things, a judicial declaration that its Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (hereinafter “Fair Share Plan"), as to be amended as necessary, satisfies its “fair share” of the regional need for low and moderate income housing pursuant to the “Mount Laurel doctrine”; and WHEREAS, the Township instituted certain litigation now pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Essex County, captioned In the Matter of the Application of the Township of West Orange, Docket No. ESX-L-4697-15 (the “Declaratory Judgment Litigation"); and WHEREAS, the Declaratory Judgment Litigation seeks declaratory relief approving the Township's plan to satisfy its current affordable housing obligation and immunity from builders’ remedy lawsuits through the year 2025; and WHEREAS, West Essex Highlands, Inc. ("“WEHI") owns certain real property consisting of approximately 120.5 acres generally located in the northwest corner of the Township adjacent to Warner Road, which property is specifically identified as Block 179, Lot 32 on the Township's Official Tax Map (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property is bordered by the Township of Essex Fells (“Essex Fells") to the west, the Township of Verona (“Verona”) to the north, and the West Essex Highlands Condominium development in West Orange (the “Condominium") to the south; and