193-13 Exhibit A.pdf

GREEMENT The Parties This Agreement is made on this day of September 2013 between The Life Christian Church (“TLCC"), a non-profit organization having an address of 747 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, and the Township of West Orange (the “Township’), a Municipal Corporation of the State of New Jersey having its principal location at 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052; and whereas, in furtherance of the Agreement, the Parties hereby represent, warrant, state and agree: Witnesseth WHEREAS, TLCC is the owner of property located at Northfield Avenue and Vizeaya Boulevard in West Orange, New Jersey, also known as Block 166, Lot 11.03, on the Tax Map of the Township (the “Property”); and WHEREAS, on September 5, 2007, the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange (the “Planning Board”) granted TLCC’s application for preliminary and final site plan approval in connection with TLCC’s plans to construct a 3,600 square foot modular office space (the “Temporary Facility”) at the north/central area of the Property to house TLCC’s administrative offices as the initial phase of a project ultimately intended to include a new worship facility (the “New Facility’); and WHEREAS, on March 19, 2009, the Planning Board granted the final parking and building variances necessary to allow TLCC to move forward with the construction of the New Facility with the condition, among other conditions, that the Temporary Building be removed within eighteen (18) months subsequent to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the New Facility (the “Site Plan Approval”); and WHEREAS, at or around the time of the Site Plan Approval, TLCC and the Township separately agreed that TLCC would be permitted to complete the first floor, only, of the New Facility, and to begin operating out of the first floor of the New Facility while blocking public access to the second and third floors of the New Facility; and WHEREAS, TLCC has requested that the Township issue a Certificate of Occupancy permitting TLCC to occupy the first floor, second floor elevator lobby area, and access to the upper parking level of the New Facility (the “Initial Portion") to enable TLCC to move its administrative offices from the Temporary Facility to the first floor of the New Facility; and WHEREAS, the Township has agreed to request that the Construction Official consider issuance

to move its administrative offices from the Temporary Facility to the first floor of the New Facility; and WHEREAS, the Township has agreed to request that the Construction Official consider issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the Initial Portion of the New Facility, only, notwithstanding the work remaining as required by the Site Plan Approval and Exhibit “A” annexed hereto; and WHEREAS, TLCC agrees that the Construction Official shall not issue a Certificate of Occupancy for any other portions of the New Facility including the second and third floors thereof (the “Remaining Portion”) until TLCC fully completes the outstanding exterior construction, paving and landscaping set forth in the document annexed hereto as Exhibit “A” no later than April 15, 2015; and