[brief] (Da31-44)  While the Contract includes Defendants’ lots and acknowledges they are not owned by Township closing is not expressly conditioned upon the inclusion of lots.  Nor does the Contract obligate the Township to condemn Defendants’ lots.  As to potential condemnation, the contract provides that the parties “do not have knowledge that the Property is affected by or subject to any pending or threatened (i) condemnation proceedings....”  (Da35)  The only contingency set forth in the Contract is that the Township adopt the land swap ordinance and vacate certain public streets.  (See Da39)  The Contract does include any limitation on how the lands to be acquired by the Developer shall be used.  On March 28, 2023, the Township adopted Ordinance 7-23 to amend Ordinance 5-23 and added a certain lot that had been inadvertently omitted.  (Da46-47)  Ordinance 7-23 does not provide any additional findings as to the purported benefit of the exchange to the public or how the lands to be acquired by the Township will be used.  Defendants’ Properties and all lots owned by the Township are located in an Industrial Zone that does not include school or religious institutions as a permitted principal use.  (See Da18)  The Township filed its condemnation actions against Defendants on June 14, 2023.  (Da5-9)  The trial court entered an Order to Show Cause on June 15 (“OTSC”).  Pursuant to the OTSC, on July 18, 2023, Defendants filed their Answers and briefs and certifications in opposition to the Township’s authority to take their property by eminent domain.  (Da10-13)  The return date of the OTSC was adjourned.  On August 26, 2023, the Township adopted Ordinance No. 26-23 that again authorized the taking of Defendants’ properties, although this ordinance acknowledges the land swap.  (Da53-54)  Ordinance No. 26-23 does not provide any specific findings or citation to a record regarding open space acquisition.  It does not impose any limitation on the Developer’s use of the Defendants’ properties to be acquired.  Nor does the ordinance provide any findings related to the proposed use by the Township of the lands after the exchange to the Developer.  On October 20, 2023, the trial court heard oral argument on the Township’s Order to Show Cause and Commissioners, finding the Township is authorized to and has duly exercised its power of eminent domain and entered its Orders on October 23, 2023 to confirm the authority of the Township to take Defendants’ properties.  (Da14-15); (1T)²  On October 26, 2023, Defendants filed Notices of Appeal.  (Da1-4)  On October 27, 2023, Defendants filed Motions on Short Notice for a Stay Pending Appeal to prevent the Township’s acquisition of Defendants’ properties and --- ² 1T = transcript of October 20, 2023 2T = transcript of November 3, 2023 conveyance of same to the private developer pending the outcome of the appeal before this Court.  On November 3, 2023, the trial court entered Orders denying Defendants’ Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal.  (Da16)  On November 7, 2023, Defendants filed Applications for Permission to file Emergent Motions for a Stay Pending Appeal before this Court, which this Court granted.  This Court then denied these motions.  This appeal follows.