54-26 Resolution Endorsing Fourth Round HEFSP.pdf

prospective need, and authorizing the Township to proceed with preparation and adoption of a Housing Element and Fair Share Plan; and WHEREAS, the FHA-2 requires, among other things, that municipalities prepare and adopt a Housing Element & Fair Share Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq., the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange is the municipal body charged with adoption of the Housing Element of the Master Plan, including the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan addressing the Township’s affordable housing obligations; and WHEREAS, the Township Planner and professional planning consultants prepared a Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan addressing the Township’s present and prospective affordable housing obligations through a series of compliance mechanisms and implementation strategies; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange held a duly noticed public hearing on the proposed Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, in accordance with the requirements of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act, N.J.S.A. 10:4-6 et seq., N.J.S.A. 40:49-2.1 of the Home Rule Act, and the applicable provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55-D-1 et seq., and the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.; and WHEREAS, on November 10, 2025, following such public hearing, the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange formally adopted the Township’s Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan; and WHEREAS, The Township Planning Board ratified the approval of the Township’s Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan on February 4, 2026; and WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of West Orange has since reviewed the Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, and now desires to endorse the Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan adopted by the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange on November 10, 2025. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, County of Essex, State of New Jersey, as follows: 1. The Township does hereby endorse the Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, as adopted by the Township of West Orange Planning Board on November 10, 2025.