124-22 Authorizing Execution of Purchae and Sale Agreement re New Library Site.pdf

124-22 April 26, 2022 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Township owns certain property located Block 68, Lot 1 on the Tax Map of the Township of West Orange, County of Essex, State of New Jersey which is commonly known as 46 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey, a portion of which contains the existing library (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, the Township has been the successful recipient of a grant from the State of New Jersey, through the Library Bond Grant Act in the amount of approximately $3.2 million; and WHEREAS, the Township has acquired the property located at 10 Rooney Circle located in the Township of West Orange (the “New Library Site”); and WHEREAS, the Township has begun the procurement process through public bidding to obtain a qualified and responsible contractor to construct the new, state of the art and improved library at the New Library Site; and WHEREAS, the Township desires to meet its commitment to affordable housing which is mandated by New Jersey law and the subject of a court settlement approved by the Honorable Robert S. Gardner, Judge of the Superior Court, in certain litigation captioned In the Matter of the Application of the Township of West Orange, Docket No.: ESX-L-4697-15. WHEREAS, the Renna House is a longstanding and well-established senior housing project which is contiguous to the existing library site; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the New Jersey Local Lands and Buildings Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12-21(l), the Township is permitted to fulfill the mandate for low- and moderate-income housing through the transaction proposed herein; and