HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965_03_25 Town Board Minutes NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF MAMARONECK, N. Y.
Pursuant to Section 62 of the Town Law, I hereby call a special
meeting of the Town Board, to be held in the office of the Super-
visor at the Town Offices, 158 West Boston Post Road, Village
of Mamaroneck, at 8:30 p. m. on Thursday evening, March
25, 1965, for the purpose of voting on a Home Rule Request to
be submitted to both houses of the State Legislature in support
of:
AN ACT
To authorize and empower the town of Mamaroneck
to convey a parcel of park land to the board of edu-
cation, Union Free School District No. 1, town of
Mamaroneck, Westchester county, New York, for
educational purposes
-- and to consider such other business as may come before the
Board.
'George . Burchell
Supervisor
Dated: March 25, 1965
WAIVER OF NOTICE
of
SPECIAL NLEETING
of the
TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF MAMARONECK
We, the undersigned, hereby waive all notice of the
attached notice of special meeting called by the Su-
pervisor on March 25, 1965, and consent that this
meeting shall be held as therein stated.
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Dated: March 25, 1965
MINUTES OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWN BOARD
OF THE TOWN OF MAMARONECK, HELD MARCH 25, 1965
IN THE SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE, TOWN OF MAMARONECK
OFFICES, 158 WEST BOSTON POST ROAD, MAMARONECK,
NEW YORK.
CALL TO ORDER
The Supervisor called the meeting to order at 8:30 p. m. >
presenting for the record the notice of meeting and waiver
thereof duly signed by all members of the Board.
ROLL CALL
Present: Supervisor Burchell
Councilman Kane
Councilman Brush
Councilwoman Helwig
Councilman Quadrine
Absent: None
Also Present: Mr. Gronberg - Town Clerk
Mr. Johnston - Town Attorney
Mrs. Brewer - Deputy Clerk
Mr. Altieri - Comptroller
Mr. Kellogg - Town Engineer
The Supervisor stated that he had called this meeting at
the request of the Town Attorney whom he asked to brief the
Board.
In connection with the proposed construction of a "Middle
School Complex" on certain Town-owned property in the
Hommocks area, Mr. Johnston stated that as the Board
knew, Assemblyman Gioffre at the Board's request had in-
troduced a bill which would permit the Town Board, if it so
desired, to convey land dedicated for park and/or recreation
use to the School District for educational purposes.
He explained that this was a Home Rule bill thus requir-
ing approval of the local municipality in order to be reported
out of Committee to the legislature floor for action, and pre-
sented for approval the Home Rule Request forms forwarded
to him by Assemblyman Gioffre. He stated that it had been
necessary to call this meeting since the Board did not meet
until April 7th and Mr. Gioffre had directed that the said
forms must be returned to him prior to April 1st. He then
noted for the Board's information and the record, that sub-
- division (b) on said forms had been changed to subdivision
(a) as requested by the Supervisor and cleared with Assem-
blyman Gioffre.
Whereupon, on motion by Councilwoman Helwig, seconded
by Councilman Brush, it was unanimously
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RESOLVED, that the Supervisor be and he hereby
is authorized to execute the Home Rule Request
forms for submission to both houses of the State
Legislature in support of:
"AN ACT
To authorize and empower the town of Ma-
maroneck to convey a parcel of park land
to the board of education, Union Free
School District No. 1, town of Mamaro-
neck, Westchester county, New York, for
educational purposes ", as herewith pre-
sented by the Town Attorney.
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Proposed Incinerator Expansion
The Engineer reported that the subject of the proposed
modification of the plans for the Incinerator expansion
had been reviewed by the Incinerator Commission and
presented for the Board's information, a draft of a letter
proposed to be sent to the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, together with a letter from Seelye, Stevenson,
Value & Kneght, Consulting Engineers for the project,
explaining the need for the proposed modification of the
original plan and resulting increased cost figures, and
requested adoption of a resolution approving and author-
izing the subject modifications.
Councilman Quadrine raised several questions and the
Board directed that the matter be put on the agenda for
April 7th with the Engineer and Councilman Quadrine
meeting to discuss the proposed modifications in detail.
The Engineer suggested that since Mrs. St. Clair
Richards was associated with Seelye, Stevenson, Value
& Kneght in public relations and had offered her services
in connection with the subject project, she be requested
to handle the release at the April 7 meeting, with which
the Board agreed requesting the Engineer to get in touch
with Mrs. Richards.
Z. Griffen Avenue Sewer
Plans and Specifications
The Engineer presented the plans and specifications
for the sewer finished, he stated, as of this afternoon,
and requested authorization to advertise for bids to be
returnable at the April 7th meeting.
Following discussion, during which the Attorney pointed
out that under the law the said plans and specifications must
-- be reviewed and approved by the Board prior to authoriza-
tion to advertise for bids and the Board pointed out that suf-
ficient time for such review had not been afforded since the
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plans and specifications had only been delivered at 6 p, m.
this evening prior to this meeting, it was directed that
this matter be placed on the agenda for the April 7th meet-
ing.
The Engineer again urged the importance of this author-
ization„stressing the importance of time in this matter
since completion of construction called for 180 days after
award of contract.
The Supervisor thanked the Engineer and advised that he
had made his point with the Board but that under the cir-
cumstances the Board felt that the matter must be acted
upon at the April 7th meeting, thus affording the needed
time for review of the Board and full compliance with the
law.
3. Report - Larchmont Gables
Rodent Infestation
For the Board's information, it was stated that the
Building Inspector and officials of the Division of Envir-
omental Sanitation of the County Health Departmentwere
working diligently and in close cooperation in the matter
of rodent infestation at the Larchmont Gables Apartments.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the meeting,
on motion duly made and seconded, it was declared adjourned
at 9:30 p. m.
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