17-18 Designating Executive Green as Area In Need of Redevelopment.pdf

1 17-18 January 9, 2018 A Resolution Determining that the Properties Identified as Block 155, Lots 40.02, 40.03, 41.02, 42.01, and 42.02 and Block 155.21, Lot 40 Be Designated as An Area In Need of Redevelopment in Accordance with the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et. seq. WHEREAS, the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 et seq. (the “Redevelopment Law”) authorizes municipalities to determine whether certain parcels of land located therein constitutes an area in need of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, on September 19, 2017, the Township Council for the Township of West Orange (the “Council”) adopted Resolution 212-17 authorizing the Planning Board for the Township of West Orange (the “Planning Board”) to conduct a preliminary investigation to determine whether certain properties, identified as Block 155, Lots 40.02, 40.03, 41.02, 42.01, and 42.02 and Block 155.21, Lot 40 on the Township of West Orange Tax Map, inclusive of any and all streets, “paper” streets, private drives and right of ways (the “Study Area”) meet the criteria set forth as an appropriate non-condemnation area for consideration for the program of redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board conducted a preliminary investigation of the Study Area to determine whether it should be designated as a Non-Condemnation Area In Need of Redevelopment in accordance with the criteria and procedures set forth in N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-5 and N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-6; and WHEREAS, as part of the preliminary investigation, Phillips Preiss Grygiel, LLC (“PPG”) 33-41 Newark Street, Third Floor, Suite D, Hoboken, New Jersey prepared an Area in Need of Redevelopment Study (the “Redevelopment Study”) and presented the Redevelopment Study to the Planning Board for its consideration in determining whether the Study Area should be designated as an Area in Need of Redevelopment; and WHEREAS, in addition to the foregoing, PPG prepared a map showing the boundaries of the Study Area and locations of the parcels of property included therein, along with a