HomeMy WebLinkAbout1923_06_11 Town Board Minutes Special Meeting of the Town Board
TOWN OF MAMARONECK
held June 11th, 1923 at the Weaver Street School house.
The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Burton at
8.30 P.M. (Daylight Saving Time.)
Present: Supervisor Burton,
Justices, Boyd; Collins, Dudley and Shafer.
Town Clerk Sherman.
Supervisor Burton stated that the meeting had been called,
pursuant to Law and to a resolution of the Town Board adopted at
a meeting held May 2nd, 1923, to act upon a petition duly filed
with the Town Board requesting said Board to extend the present
boundary lines of Sewer District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck
and the Sewer System therein, as now established, so as to in-
clude in and make a part of said District the territory embraced
within the said proposed extension, which is described in said
petition.
The Clerk reported that due notice of the time and place of
holding the meeting had been given by posting and publishing, as
provided by law and pursuant to resolution of this Board.
The Clerk presented and read to the meeting a copy of the
notice, together with affidavits of publication and posting.
Upon motion duly seconded, it was
RESOLVED, that the copy of the notice of
the meeting and affidavits of publication
and of posting be ordered filed.
Supervisor Burton stated to the meeting that the petition
received and filed by the Board had been signed by the owners of
real property within the area of the said District to be served
by the proposed extension to said system representing more than
one half in value of the taxable real property within such area,
as appears by the last preceding completed assessment roll, and
that the said petition complied in form, substance, and in the
manner of execution, so far as applicable thereto, with the
requirements of the petition for the establishment of a sewer
district and stated therein the maximum amount proposed to be
expended for such extension or extensions, to wit: the sum of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.), and that said peti-
tion had endorsed thereon the written approval of all of the
members of the Board of Sewer Commissioners of Sewer District
No. 1, and that there was presented with the said petition a
map prepared by a competent engineer, showing the area proposed
to be served by such proposed extension and such change or changes
from the plans shown by the map and plan attached to the peti-
tion for the establishment of the said Sewer District No. 1,
which is prepared in the same manner as the original map and
plan approved by the State Board of Health.
The Supervisor stated that the Board would be glad to
hear any person who desired to be heard prior to the Board taking
action upon said petition.
After discussion, all persons present being in favor of
the adoption of a resolution by the Board authorizing the afore-
said extension, it was, upon motion of Mr. Justice Dudley,
seconded by Mr. Justice Collins, unanimously
RESOLVED, WHEREAS petition signed and ack-
nowledged by owners of real property in a
proposed extension to the present Sewer Dis-
trict No. 1, of the Town of Mamaroneck, re-
presenting more than one-half in value of the
taxable real property therein, as appears by
the last preceding completed assessment roll,
as is provided by Section 230 and 230-A of the
Town Law of the State of New York, has been
duly filed with this Board, which said petition
describes the proposed extension to Sewer
District No. 1 and states the maximum amount
proposed to be expended in the construction of
said proposed extension to the aforesaid Sewer
System; that opposite the name of each petitioner
appears the assessed valuation of the real prop-
erty owned by him or her in such proposed
extension to the said Seaver District, ac-
cording to the last preceding assessment
roll; and WHEREAS, there is annexed to and
presented with and made a part of said peti-
tion a map and plan of the proposed extension
to the said Sewer District No. 1 and said Sewer
System, with specifications of dimensions and
connections and outlets to the Sewerage Dis-
posal works and Outfall Sewer, which has been
prepared by a competent engineer; and
WHEREAS, said petitioners ask the Town Board to
make an order establishing the Sewer District
described in said petition and stating the
amount proposed to be expended in the construc-
tion of said Sewer System; and
WHEREAS, in said petition asking for the
establishing of a sewer system the petitioners
likewise pray as provided under Section 230-A
that the entire portion of the system in said
proposed extension designed untimately to
serve the entire proposed extension to said
Sewer District No. 1 shall be constructed in the
First instance, and have described the said
portion or portions in their petition and indi-
cated the same on the said map and plan annexed to
said petition and have specified the maximum amount
proposed to be expended in the construction of
said portion or portions of the said system, and
- said petitioners further ask that the Town Board
may include in its order establishing the said
Sewer District a direction that the Sewer Commis-
sioners shall construct the entire portion of the
said system in the said proposed extension design-
ated in the said petition until extensions thereto-
shall be authorized as provided by law; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is satisfied that the pe-
titioners are owners of real property in the
proposed district and own more than one-half in
value of the taxable real property therein, and
that all provisions of the law relating to the
establishment of the proposed extension to Sewer
District No. 1, have been complied with; and
WHEREAS said proposed extension is described in
said petition as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the easterly boundary line of
Sewer District No. 1, of the Town of Mamaroneck as established,
which point is the corner formed by the intersection of the north-
erly side of Forest Avenue with the westerly side of Murray Avenue,
(and continuing southerly along said easterly boundary line as fol-
lows) : thence easterly and across Murray Avenue to the northeast
corner formed by the intersection of said streets; thence southerly
and across Forest Avenue to the Southeast corner formed by the
intersection of said streets; thence easterly and along the southerly
side of Forest Avenue 100 feet; thence southerly and parallel with
said Murray Avenue, 525 feet; thence easterly 150 feet and across
Senate Terrace to the easterly side of said street ; thence northerly
along the easterly side of Senate Terrace 125 feet ; thence northeast-
erly and parallel with Senate Place 425 feet ; to a point directly
opposite the northerly end of said Senate Place, thence southeasterly
and across the n atherly end of Senate Place and across Colonial
Avenue 500 feet to a point which is 100 feet south of the easterly
side of Colonial Avenue and 100 feet west of the westerly side of
Weaver Street to land formerly of Senator Palmer (now Stieglitz) ;
thence 100 feet northeasterly to the to the westerly side of Weaver Street,
thence southerly along said westerly side of Weaver Street to the
point or intersection with the northerly side of Chestnut Avenue;
thence easterly across said Weaver Street on a line with the north-
erly side of Chestnut Street, if prolonged, a total of 200 feet;
thence easterly across said Weaver Street on a line with the north-
from 150 to 100 feet easterly therefrom as it curves, to the northerly
side of the N.Y.N.H. & H.R.R. Company's Right-of-way; thence
straight across the said Right-of-Way of the said N.Y.N.H. & H.
R. R. and southerly and still parallel with the easterly side of
said Weaver Street across Palmer Avenue to a point 100 feet east-
erly from the easterly side of Weaver Street and southerly from
the southerly side of Palmer Avenue 100 feet, thence easterly
and southerly in conformity with the easterly side of heaver
Street and continuing approximately 100 feet easterly therefrom,
to a point approximately 125Tfeet southeasterly from where the
southerly side of Howell :-venue if prolonged across !'leaver Street
and 100 feet easterly therefrom would intersect the aforesaid line,
(at which point said proposed extension to Sewer District, No.l of
the 'Town of Mamaroneck leaves the easterly boundary line of Sewer
District No.l and proceeds easterly and northerly therefrom) ;
thence easterly and at right angles to `,leaver Street 350 feet ; thence
northwesterly 400 feet to a point 75 feet southerly from the south-
erly side of Palmer Avenue, thence southwesterly , and parallel
with Palmer avenue 1,000 feet to the intersection of the boundary
line of the Town of 11amaroneck with the easterly boundary line of
the Village of 11amaroneck; thence northerly and along the aforesaid
boundary lines of the Towm of Mamaroneck and the Village of Mamaro-
neck to a point approximately 110 feet northerly from the inter-
section of said boundary line with the northerly side of Harmon
Drive;: thence 450 feet westerly to the southerly side of South
Brook Road, at a point approximately 25 feet northerly from the in-
tersection of the westerly end of South Brook Road and the easterly
end of Lake Side Drive ;. thence northerlyacross South Brook Road and
North Brook Road and at -right angles to the northerly side of North
Brook Road and 100 ;feet northerly therefrom; thence north and ap-
proximately parallel with Rocky Road 225 feet; thence northwesterly
300 feet, crossing Rocky Road Drive at approximately right angles ;
thence westerly and at right angles to the last aforementioned line
100 feet ; thence northwesterly and again at right angles to the last
aforesaid line , 350 feet to the westerly side of Gray Stone Road
which it intersects at a point approximately 125 feet northerly
from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side of
Gray Stone -Road and the northerly side of Garden Road; thence west-
erly and approximately at right angles 100 feet; thence northwesterly
200 feet; thence westerly across Stony Side Drive to the northerly
side thereof and at right angles thereto; thence northwesterly
175 feet to a point which would intersect the northerly side of
Little Farms Road if the same were prolonged 375 feet easterly
from the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side
of Little Farms Road and the easterly side of Edgwood Place; thence
easterly and along the aforesaid prolonged line 200 feet; thence
northwesterly and along the easterly side or boundary of the
Developments or Sections known as "Larchmont Gardens" and "Colonial
Park", respectively, and as shown on the respective recorded maps
of said Sections to the westerly side of Rockland Avenue, (which
point of intersection therewith is 125 feet easterly from the
corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of Forest
Avenue and the westerly side of Rockland Avenue), thence continu-
ing on the said line if prolonged across Rockland avenue 200 feet
northwesterly therefrom, westerly and parallel with the easterly
(northerly at this point) side of Rockland Avenue and at a dis-
tance of 150 feet northerly therefrom to a point 150 feet easterly
from the easterly side of Weaver Street; thence northerly 250 feet
and parallel with the easterly side of Weaver Street and 150 feet
easterly therefrom; thence westerly from said point last described
crossing Murray Avenue at right angles to the westerly side thereof
to a point 150 feet westerly therefrom; thence southerly parallel
with Murray Avenue and 150 feet westerly therefrom 350 feet; thence
southwesterly 275 feet so as to intersect Sewer District No. 1 of
the Town of Mamaroneck at the northeasterly corner thereof, which
point is 200 feet northerly from and at right angles to the north-
erly side of Vine Road at the easterly end thereof, (and from which
point the easterly boundary line of Sewer District No. 1 of the Town
of Mamaroneck turns and goes directly south, thence joining and con-
tinuing along the easterly boundary line of said Sewer District No. 1
of the Town of Mamaroneck, as follows): Thence southerly 500 feet
and again easterly and parallel with Forest Avenue 400 feet to its
intersection with the westerly side of Murray Avenue; thence south-
erly 150 feet along said westerly side of Murray Avenue to the point
of intersection of the northerly side of Forest avenue with the west-
erly side of Murray Avenue, which is the point or place of beginning.
All of which Proposed Extension to said Sewer Dis-
trist No.1 of the Town of Mamaroneck is more specifically shown
on a certain map entitled "Town of Mamaroneck, Westchester County
N. Y. A., General Plan of Proposed Sewer in District No. 1, Section
C, by L. E. Van Etten, Civil Engr., December 12, 1921."
All of which aforesaid Proposed Extension to said Sewer
District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck joins and abuts upon Sewer
District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck, as now established along
the easterly boundary line thereof.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the aforesaid
petition be approved by this Board; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the aforesaid
described property and proposed extension be
and the same hereby is established, annexed to,
and made a part of said Sewer District No.1,
of the Town of Mamaroneck; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the present Sewer
District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck, to-
gether with the extension thereof an herein es-
tablished, continue to be known and designated
as "Sewer District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaro-
neck" and that the said District No. 1 and the
extension thereto as herein authorized and
hereby established, i.e., the original Dis-
trict No. 1 and the extension thereto, be here-
after bounded and described as follows :
BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Chatsworth
Avenue 110 feet south of the intersection of the southerly side
of Myrtle Avenue and the westerly side of Chatsworth Avenue at
which the intereection of the boundary lines of the Village of
Larchnmont and the Town of Mamaroneck converge, running thence s
southerly and along said westerly side of Chatsworth Avenue which
is also the boundary line of said Village of Larchmont and Town
of Mamaroneck 125 feet to the northerly boundary line of the Vil-
lage of Larchmont running thence westerly along the northerly
boundary line of the Village of Larchmont 2400 feet to a point
where the said Village line if continued would intersect the
easterly boundary line of the City of New Rochelle, thence
northerly along said boundary line between the Town of Mamaro-
neck and the City of New Rochelle, 5600 feet to a point 625 feet
north of the northerly side of Forest Avenue at which point For-
est Avenue intersects the aforesaid boundary line, thence east-
erly 1150 feet and nearly parallel with said Forest Avenue, thence
northerly 200 feet; thence northeasterly 300 feet, (which point
is the present northeasterly corner of Sewer District No.1 as now
established and at which point it joins the proposed extension
hereby provided to be included in said Sewer District); thence
northeasterly 275 feet from said point last described to a point
150 feet westerly from the westerly side of Murray Avenue; thence
northerly and parallel with Murray Avenue (and Weaver Street after
they join) and 150 feet westerly therefrom, 350 feet; thence east-
erly crossing Weaver Street at right angles to the westerly side
thereof to a point 150 feet easterly from the easterly side of said
Weaver Street thence southerly and parallel with Weaver Street and
150 feet easterly therefrom 250, to a point 150 feet northerly
from the easterly side (northerly at this point ) of Rockland avenue;
thence easterly and parallel with Rockland Avenue and 150 feet north-
erly therefrom, 1425 feet; thence southeasterly to the westerly
side of Rockland Avenue intersecting the same at a point 125 feet
easterly from the corner formed by the intersection of the east-
erly side of Forest Avenue with the westerly side of Rockland Ave-
nue; thence southeasterly and along the easterly side or boundary
of the Development or Sections known as "Colonial Park" and
"Larchmont Gardens", respectively, and as shown on the respective
recorded maps of said sections, 1400 feet, to the northerly side
of Little Farms Road which point is 150 feet easterly from the
corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of Little
Farms Road and the easterly side of Edgwood Place; thence easterly
200 feet along the northerly side of Little Farms Road if the same
were prolonged; thence southeasterly, and at right angles to said
line just described, to the northerly side of Stoney Side Drive;
thence southeasterly 200 feet crossing Stoney Side Drive and a
right angle to the northerly side thereof; thence southerly 200
feet; thence southeasterly and to the westerly side of Grey
Stone Road intersecting the same at a point 125 feet northerly
from the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side
of Grey Stone Road and the northerly side of Garden Road; thence
southeasterly 350 feet, crossing the easterly side of Greystone
Road and the northerly side of Garden Road, intersecting the said
streets at ppints 50 feet northerly and 25 feet easterly, respec-
tively from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly
side of Greystone Road and the northerly side of Garden Road;
thence easterly and at right angles to the line just described,
100 feet; thence southeasterly 300 feet crossing Rocky Road Drive
at a right angle to the northerly side thereof; thence southerly,
and approximately parallel with Rocky Road Drive, 225 feet; thence
easterly and crossing North Brook Road and South Brook Road, at
right angles thereto, to the southerly side of South Brook Road,
intersecting the latter at a point 25 feet northerly from the in-
tersection of the westerly end of South Brook Road and the easter-
ly end of Lake Side Drive; thence 450 feet easterly to the bound-
ary line of the Town of Mamaroneck which is also the easterly
boundary line of the Village of Mamaroneck, intersecting the same
at. a point 125 feet northerly from the intersection of said bound-
ary lines with the northerly side of Harmon Drive; thence southerly
and along the aforesaid boundary line of the Town of Mamaroneck
and the easterly boundary line of the Village of Mamaroneck, cross-
ing the Right-of-Way of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. and Palmer
Avenue to a point on the aforesaid boundary lines 175 feet south-
erly from where it crosses the southerly side of Palmer Avenue,
thence southwesterly and parallel with Palmer Avenue and 150 feet
southerly therefrom 1000 feet; thence southerly 400 feet; thence
westerly and at right angles to the easterly side of Weaver Street
350 feet, to a point approximately 125 feet southeasterly from
where the southerly side of Howell avenue if prolonged across
Weaver Street and 100 feet easterly therefrom would intersect the
last aforementioned line (at which point the said proposed exten-
sion joins the easterly boundary line of Sewer District No. 1 as
now established); thence southerly in conformity with the easterly
side of Weaver Street and continuing approximately 100 feet easterly
therefrom to a point 100 feet southeast from where the south-
erly side of Caerleon avenue would intersect the easterly side
of Weaver Street; thence across said Weaver Street to the cor-
ner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Caerleon
Avenue with the said Westerly side of Weaver Street; thence south-
erly 150 feet along the westerly side of Weaver Street, thence
easterly and parallel with said Caerleon Avenue 400 feet, then
again southerly and parallel with Weaver Street and crossing the
westerly end of Beech Street, 300 feet, thence westerly 75 feet,
thence southeasterly to the northerly side of the Boston Post Road
to a point approximately 500 feet from the corner formed by the
intersection of the westerly side of Weaver Street and the north-
erly side of the Boston Post Road, thence straight across said
Boston Post Road at right angles with said north side of same, to
a point 100 feet southerly from the southerly side of said Boston
Post Road, thence westerly and parallel with the southerly side of
the Boston Post Road 800 feet to the point of intersection of said
boundary line of the Town of Mamaroneck with the easterly boundary
line of the Village of Larchmont, said point being about 100 feet
southerly from the south side of the Boston Post Road, thence
northerly and along said easterly boundary line of the Village of
Larchmont and across the Right-of-Way of the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R.,
to the junction of said easterly boundary line of said Village of
Larchmont with the northerly boundary line of said Village, thence
westerly, northerly and westerly and along said northern boundary
line of the said Village of Larchmont to the point or place of
beginning; and all of which said proposed Sewer District and the
extension thereto is more specifically shown and set forth on two
certain maps entitled "Town of Mamaroneck, Westchester Co., New York,
a general plan of proposed sewers in certain districts the outlet
from which is through District No. 1, Larchmont, by L. E. Van Etten,
Civil Engineer, February 7th, 1919", and "Town of MAmaroneck, West-
chester County,N.Y.A. General Plan of Proposed Sewers in District
No .1, Section C, by L. E. Van Etten, Civil Engr., December 12, 1921."
and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED; that the Sewer Commission-
ers of Sewer District No. 1 are hereby direct-
ed and empowered to construct, attain by
purchase agreement or otherwise in the first
instance the entire portion of the said sewer
system in said proposed extension designated
ultimately to serve the entire proposed exten-
sion to Sewer District No. 1, as described here-
in and as designated in the said petition at a
cost of not to exceed $$500,000., until extent
sions thereto shall be authorized: as provided
by law, and it is
FURTAR RESOLVED, that for all purposes of tax-
ation and assessments this resolution and the
Certificate herein authorized to be filed shall
take effect immediately, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the aforesaid ex-
tension to Sewer District No. 1 herein authorized
and established shall hereafter, for all purposes
be regarded as a part of the original system, here-
tofore established, and shall be constructed and
maintained by the Sewer Commissioners of the said
Sewer District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck, and
the cost of construction thereof shall be provided
for by the issuance and sale of Town bonds in the
same manner as provided in Sec. 237 of the Town
Law and by Chapter 422 of the Laws of 1922 of the
State of New York (or so much thereof as is applic-
able) for the payment of the cost of the original
system, which said bonds shall be a Town charge and
the principal and interest thereof, together with
the cost of maintenance of such extension or exten-
sions, shall be collected from the real property
within the said District by the aforesaid Sewer Com-
missioners in the same manner as though said exten-
sion or extensions had formed a part of the original
system constructed in said Sewer District No. 1,
Upon motion the meeting adjourned, 9.45 P.M.