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PUBLIC MEETING AGENDA Township of West Orange 66 Main Street – 7:00 p.m. January 9, 2018 This is to inform the general public that this meeting is being held in compliance with Section 5 of the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, Public Law 1975. The annual notice was emailed to the Star Ledger and filed in the Township Clerk’s office on October 25, 2017 and published in the West Orange Chronicle on November 2, 2017. Statement of Decorum In all matters not provided for in subsection 3-15.1 and except upon consent of the Council President, each person addressing the Council pursuant to this subsection shall be required to limit his or her remarks to five (5) minutes, and shall at no time engage in any personally offensive or abusive remarks. The chair shall call any speaker to order who violates any provision of this rule. (1972 Code § 3-15.2) Roll Call – Councilwoman Casalino, Councilman Cirilo, Councilman Guarino, Councilman Krakoviak, Council President McCartney (Mayor Parisi) 1. Pledge of Allegiance 2. Public Comment 3. *Consent Agenda 4. *Approval of Minutes of Previous Meeting – Public Meeting December 5, 2017 5. *Report of Township Officers - None 6. *Reading of Petitions and Communications and Bids - None 6. *Bills 7. *Resolutions a. 1-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Susan McCartney to Planning Board (Clerk) b. 2-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Michelle Casalino to the Local Assistance Board (Clerk) c. 3-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Victor Cirilo to the Eagle Rock Senior Citizens Housing Association (ERSCHA-Degnan House) (Clerk) d. 4-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Jerry Guarino to the West Orange Senior Citizens Housing Association (WOSCHA-John P. Renna House) (Clerk) e. 5-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Jerry Guarino to the Downtown West Orange Alliance (Clerk) f. 6-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Michelle Casalino to the West Orange Municipal Alliance Committee (Clerk)

g. 7-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Susan McCartney to the West Orange Arts Council (Clerk) h. 8-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Joe Krakoviak to the Open Space and Recreation Committee (Clerk) i. 9-18 Resolution Appointing Council Member Michelle Casalino to the Public Relations Commission (Clerk) j. 10-18 Resolution Authorizing the Issuance of Raffle Licenses (Clerk) k. 11-18 Resolution Authorizing an Exemption from Real Estate Taxes for a Totally Disabled Veteran for Tax Year 2017 Pursuant to N.J.S. 54: 4-3.30 et seq. for Property Located at 40 Lawrence Avenue, West Orange, NJ (Block 42.02, Lot 38) (Tax Assessor) l. 12-18 Resolution Authorizing an Exemption from Real Estate Taxes for a Totally Disabled Veteran for Tax Year 2017 Pursuant to N.J.S. 54: 4-3.30 et seq. for Property Located at 21 Waldeck Court, West Orange, NJ (Block 152.22, Lot 1413, C0022) (Tax Assessor) m. 13-18 Resolution Approving Executive Session Concerning Pending Litigation Involving Affordable Housing. n. 14-18 Resolution Authorizing Application and Receipt of NJ DEP Site Remediation Program Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Funds to be Utilized for the Cost of the Remedial Investigation Workplan, Remedial Investigation, Remedial Action Workplan, and Underground Storage Tank Remedial Action at 18 Central Avenue, Block 9, Lot 36 and 4 Tompkins Street, Block 7, Lot 22 (Legal – Moon) (Memorialized) o. 15-18 Resolution Authorizing the Township to Apply for the 2018 New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund Sub-Grant (for CLG-Certified Local Grant) in an Amount of Not Less Than $9,000. and Not More Than $24,999. (Legal-Moon) p. 16-18 Resolution Authorizing a Subordination of Mortgage for Property at 8 Glen Road, Block 59.01, Lot 8 (Legal-Moon) q. 17-18 Resolution Designating the Essex Green and Executive Drive Area as an Area in Need of Redevelopment Consistent with the Planning Board Recommendations (Legal-Moon) r. 18-18 Resolution Authorizing a Joint Services Agreement with the Borough of North Caldwell for Animal Shelter Services for the year 2017 (Legal-Moon) The Borough of North Caldwell will pay the Township the sum of $3,468.00 per annum to be prorated on a semi-annual basis of $1,734.00 per period for the contract year 2018. s. 19-18 Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Budget – 2018 (Gross) t. 20-18 Resolution Authorizing a Cash Management Plan for 2018 (Gross) u.

basis of $1,734.00 per period for the contract year 2018. s. 19-18 Resolution Authorizing the Temporary Budget – 2018 (Gross) t. 20-18 Resolution Authorizing a Cash Management Plan for 2018 (Gross) u. 21-18 Emergency Temporary Appropriation Resolution for the Purpose of Funding Eminent Tax Appeals Prior to Adoption of 2018 Budget – N.J.S.A. 40A:4-20 (Gross) v. 22-18 Resolution Authorizing the Execution of a Discharge of Mortgage for 589 Eagle Rock Avenue Obtained as part of the Township’s Housing Rehabilitation Program, wherein a Duplicate Mortgage Instrument was Inadvertently Filed Following the Filing of an Initial Mortgage Instrument (Legal- Moon)

w. 23-18 Resolution Authorizing the Township to Apply for and Accept a Grant from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to Fund the Community Stewardship Incentive Program – Reforestation & Tree Planting Grant in the Amount of $30,000. (Legal-Moon) x. 24-18 Resolution Authorizing an Abandoned Car Auction (DeSantis) y. 25-18 Resolution Authorizing the Township to Proceed with an Excavation in the Sidewalk Area in Front of the Property Located at 665 Eagle Rock Avenue to Investigate an Anomaly That Showed Up in the Results of the Geophysical Test Performed by Matrix (Legal-Moon) z. 26-18 Resolution Authorizing a Professional Services Contract to Manal Baba, LSRP and T&M Associates, 11 Tindall Road, Middletown, N.J. 07748 to Provide LSRP and Professional Environmental Services for Fire House No. 4, 280 Pleasant Valley Way for a Fee NTE $66,500.00. (Lepore) aa. 27-18 Resolution Amending Resolution 108-17 with Regard to Jewish Federation Plaza, 748-750 Northfield Avenue, due to Typographical Errors Including the Number of Affordable Units Which Should be 134 Instead of 135 and Tax Map Description Which Should be Lot 16, Instead of Lots 15, 18 and 19 (Legal-Trenk) bb. 28-18 Public Hearing and Adoption of the 2018 Downtown West Orange Alliance Budget (Brill) Documentation to follow 8. Ordinances on Second and Final Reading-None 9. Ordinances on First Reading a. 2535-18 An Ordinance Amending Chapter 18, Sections 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9 of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange (Local Enforcement of the Uniform Fire Code) Legal- Moon b. 2536-18 Bond Ordinance Providing for the Green Acres Multi-Park Development Project in and by the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex, New Jersey, Appropriating $143,575 Therefor and Authorizing the Issuance of $136,575 Bonds or Notes of the Township to Finance Part of the Cost Thereof (Legal-Kahn) 10. Pending Matters/New Matters/Council Discussion 11. ABC Hearing-None 12. Adjournment The Council President may at his/her discretion modify with consent the order of business at any meeting of the Council if he/she deems it necessary and appropriate. (1972 Code § 3-8; Ord. No. 726-84; Ord. No. 1157-93; Ord. No. 2128-07 § II) Agenda is subject to change.