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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1951_12_22 Town Board Special Minutes M N_ OF r. SPECL'_L 4EETING OF THE TO1iJiv BOARD OF THE Tal,-W Or MAMARO- i+;ECK WITH THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MAvARONECK, HELD DECEMBER 22nd, 1951: IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE TOwx CFFICE< Supervisor Mandeville called the meeting to order at 9: 45 A . M. , and welcomed the Village Officials to the Town Office. PRESENT: Supervisor Mandeville Councilmen E'mbury, Watson and McKeever i Mayor Dooley Trustees Holland, Dalfonso, Mann and !,,Teeks Presence was also noted of: Mr. Sansone, Village Attorney Mr. Malinowski, Village Assessor Mr. Latimer, Village Engineer Mr. Delius, To=m Attorney Mr. Granberg, Town Clerk Mr. .McEvoy, Town Assessor P/Ir. Kane, Councilmen-elect The Supervisor stated the purpose of the meeting to be to review the assessment on the Hampshire Country Club property as Mr® Breger, who has had this property under lease, is about to purchase it. Present on behalf of the application to review, were the _following: Mr. Breger, the proposed purchaser Mre Magid, representing the Hampshire Country Club '_Mr. Meighan, representing Mr. Breger (Estate Appraisal Company) Mr, Bose of Counsel, (Meighan &s Necarsulmer) Mr. Hornidge, representing the Club as attorney Dora Hcrnidge addressed the meeting and explained something of the his- tory of this property and the lease or contract vnich was made ir. 1944 He said the" a request or application had been made to the Village to reduce the assessment from $$244, 500 to lwl.502000. The Town assessment is almost identical to that of the Village, He further said that a. reduction in the assessment to a sensible amount would help both the Village and Town and that they would collect at least twice the amount of tares they have been collecting since 1944® Piro Meighan explained that at the time the lease had been made, there were 2 parcels which were not included in such lease but which, in his opinion, are considered part of the Club property. The contract and maps were submitted to the Boards . i i There was a great deal of discussion of the two pieces of property, one ',m_own as the "Shed piece", assessed for $3,600,and the other located on Prickly Pear Inlet, known as Block 936, Parcel 28 and Block 943, Parcel 1 on the Tax Assessment Map of the Town, assessed at - L'i.000, after which, on motion by Councilman ?, atson, seconded by Council-man KcKeever, it was unanimously RESOLVED that this Board approves the conveyance of the property owned by the To7,i-n and Village of Mamaroneck and described in a certain agreement of lease and option between the Town of Mamaroneck, Village of Mamaroneck and Estate Appraisal and i7aluation Co. , Inc. , dated April 20, 1944, upon the terms and subject to the conditions and restrictions contained in said agreement; and i FURTHER RESOLVED that t kis Board approves the sale to Estate Appraisal and Valuation Co. , Inc., of the "pro- perty known and described as Block 936 Parcel 28 and Block 943 Parcel 1, which property was acquired by the Town in the 1947 foreclosure proceeding in rem, for a consideration of $500, and FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Attorney is instructed to prepare and approve all necessary instruments and conveyances necessary to carry out the purposes of this resolution and, so far as practicable, to prepare a deed jointly with the Village of Mamaroneck for the sale, conveyance and transfer of the property= described in the lease and option agreement dated April 20, 1944, and the additional property known as Block 936 Parcel 28 anal Block 943 Parcel 1, and also other properties owned by the Vil- lage of Mamaroneck and acquired by them in their foreclo- sure proceeding in rem, of which the Village Board of the Village of Mamaroneck has authorized a sale, The Joint Meeting now took up the matter of the request for a" reduc- tion in the assessed valuation of the Club property. Mayor Dooley said the Village Board feels that the assessment is equitable and fair and is not in favor of any reduction. I Supervisor Mandeville said the Town is desirous of going along with the Village ® Both the Village Assessor and the Town Assessor stated, in reply to a direct question, that they believed the assessment to be a fair and equitable one. The Supervisor, after discussion, suggested that, perhaps, it would be wise to obtain an outside appraisal. Mayor Dooley, after polling the Village Board, announced that the Village would not be in favor of an outside appraisal. There was some discussion of a possible certiorari and Mr. Delius said, in the event of a certiorari, an outside appraisal would be of value. After further discussion, it was decided to deny the Club' s appli- cation for a reduction in the assessment and the applicants were so informed. The meeting adjourned at 11: 30 A. Me to meet again on January 8th, 1952° _own Clerk