Township Council Meeting — Packet

114-26 March 24, 2026 RESOLUTION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH MDGA– WEST ORANGE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT, LLC. WHEREAS, in accordance with the Local Redevelopment and Housing Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:12A-1 el seq. (the “Redevelopment Law”), the Township has designated a portion of its downtown area generally bounded by the City of Orange to the southeast, Park Avenue to the southwest, Llewellyn Park to the northwest, and Kling Street to the northeast, and containing those properties identified on the Official Tax Map of the Township as Blocks 63, 64, 66, 115, 116, 116.02 and portions of Blocks 89, 114 and 117 as an area in need of redevelopment (collectively, the “Redevelopment Area”); and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Redevelopment Law, the Township enacted a redevelopment plan for the Redevelopment Area entitled the “Downtown Redevelopment Plan Historic West Orange” on February 9, 2003 (the “Original Redevelopment Plan”); and WHEREAS, the Original Redevelopment Plan has been amended throughout the years as follows: the “First Amendment,” adopted August 15, 2006, the “Second Amendment,” adopted March 6, 2007, the “Third Amendment,” adopted in 2010, and the “Fourth Amendment” adopted on September 14, 2021 (the Original Redevelopment Plan, along with the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Third Amendment and the Fourth Amendment referred to collectively as the “Redevelopment Plan”); and WHEREAS, the Fourth Amended Redevelopment Plan creates a new overlay zone (the Film Services Overlay District (the “FSOD”), which provides for film production activities adjacent to the location of the world's first film production studio, the Black Maria, which was on the grounds of what is now the Thomas Edison National Historical Park; and WHEREAS, the FSOD is comprised of certain properties located within the Redevelopment Area designated as Block 63, Lots, 24, 25, 33.01, 33.02, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 41, which properties are located east of Standish Avenue and south of Lakeside Avenue; Block 64, Lots 2.01, 2.03, 2.04, 3.02, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 34.01, 38,42.02, 49 and 49.01, which properties are located east of Ashland Avenue, south of Lakeside Avenue and west of Standish Avenue; and Block 115, Lots 15, 16, 16.01 (a portion of which is designated as Block 1302,

and 49.01, which properties are located east of Ashland Avenue, south of Lakeside Avenue and west of Standish Avenue; and Block 115, Lots 15, 16, 16.01 (a portion of which is designated as Block 1302, Lot 1 in the City of Orange), 17 and 51, which properties are located north of Lakeside Avenue, west of Watchung Avenue and south of Columbia Street (referred to collectively as the “FSOD Properties”); and WHEREAS, the Township is the fee title owner of certain real properties within the Redevelopment Area designated as Block 115, Lots 15, 16, and 51, which properties are located north of Lakeside Avenue, west of Watchung Avenue and south of Columbia Street(the “Township Properties”); and #95894292.2