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SPECIAL MEETING OF TIM, TOWN BOARD
TOWN OF MAMARONECK
held January 6th, 1925
The meeting was called to order at 8.30 P.M.
PRESENT, Justices Boyd, Collins, Dudley and
Shafer.
Town Clerk Sherman.
In the absence of Supervisor Burton, Justice
Boyd acted as Chairman of the meeting.
The Town Clerk reported that there had been filed
with him 29 individual petitions praying for the establish-
ment of a Town Park District within the unincorporated sect-
ion of the Town of Mamaroneck, which petitions were signed
by the property owners of said District and he further re-
ported that attached to said. petitions was a certificate by
the Town Board of Assessors certifying that the amount of
assessed value of taxable real property represented by the
owners whose names are affixed on the petition for the es-
tablishment of a Park District as appears by the last pre®
ceding completed assessment roll is $4,885, 675 and they
further certify that the amount of assessed value of the
taxable real property within the bounds of the proposed Park
District as ehowr, by a map annexed to the said petitions
as appears by the last ;preceding completed assessment roll
was 18, 508,360.
After a full discussion of the matter, the follow-
ing order, duly signed by Justices Iffilliam A. Boyd, Patrick
H. Collins, George B. Dudley, Frederick P. Shafer and Town
Clerk, Frederick M. Sherman, was presented by Justice Shafer
and. seconded by Justice Dudley :
WHEREAS, a petition in due form and aur-
porting to be signed and acknowledged by
the owners of more than one-half in ass-
essed value of the taxable real property
in the proposed district hereinafter des-
cribed, as appears by the last preceding
completed assessment roll, has been filed
in the office of the Town, Clerk of the
Town of Mamaroneck applying to this Town
such Board. to take such steps and measures and
adopt such proceedings as shall be re-
quisite and necessary pursuant to the pro-
visions of Chapter 574 of the Laws of 19 2143
to create and establish a Park District
_ by including therein the real property and
premises described in the aforesaid petit-
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shown 41 o ;
mon and ,.no p r
�vn on a . map ann ��rea thereto
and designated as hi-bit "A" and
WHEREAS, said. petition provides, among;
other things, for thenaximum amount pro-
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posed to be expended for the establish-
ment of said Park District and for the
acquisition, development and improve-
ment of the lands and premises, rights
of gray and easements described therein
and shown on the plan annexed therdto
and designated as Exhibit "B", which
maximum amount is the sum of one hun-
dred fifty thousand ($"1-505000 ®00) Dollars;
and
WHEREAS, the Town, Board of Assessors of
the Town of -Vamaroneck, New York, have
certified to this Board that the afore-
sgAd petition is subscribed, and acknow-
ledged by the owners of taxable property
in the proposed district therein des-
cribed representing more than one-half
in assessed value of the taxable real
property therein, as appears by the last
preceding completed assessment roll; and
WHEREAS, THIS TOWN BOARD is satisfied
that the petitioner whose names are sub-
scribed to the aforesaid petition are
owners of real property in the proposed
district and own more than one-half in
assessed value of the taxable real prop-
erty therein; and
WHEREAS, this Town Board is further satis-
fied that no property, real estate, rights
of way or easements described in the afore-
said petition is situated within an incur®
porated Village, City or other Park Dis-
trict;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it
RESOLVED, that the said application for the
creation and establishment of a Park Dis-
trict be and the same hereby is in all
respects approved and a Park District with-
in the unincorporated portion of the Town
of Mamaroneck, New York, including the
real property hereinafter described, is
hereby accordingly created and established
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 574
of the Laws of 1924; and be it further
RESOLVED, that said Park District is here-
by designated and shall be known as "Town
Park District No.- 1 of the Town of Mama-
roneck, New Yor)0 ; and be it further
RESOLVED, that said "Town Park District
No® 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck, New York"
hereby created and established shall in-
elude therein the real property and pre-
mises hereinafter described, to wit:
ALL that certain tract of land, situate
lying and being in the Town of yTamaroneck,
County of Westchester and State of New York,
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which is bounded and described as follows :
BEGINPING at a point in the monumented
four track center line of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad where
the same intersects the easterly line of
the City of New Rochelle; running thence
— northerly along the said easterly line
of New Rochelle to a. point where the
said line intersects the southerly line
xt the Town of Scarsdale ; thence runn-
ing northeasterly along the said south-
erly line of Scarsdale to a point where
the said line intersects the center line
of the Mamaroneck River; thence running
southerly along the center line of thn
Mamaroneck River, as it winds and turns,
to a point *mere the center line of the
Mamaroneck River intersects the west-
erly line of Mamaroneck Avenue; thence
southeasterly along the westerly line of
the Incorporated Village of Mamaroneck_
a distance of 1397 feet; thence south-
westerly, continuing along the westerly
line of the Village of Mamaroneck a
distance of 3405.3 feet; thence south-
westerly continuing along the westerly
line of the Village of Mamaroneck a
distance of 3465 .5 feet ; thence south-
easterly along the westerly line of the
Village of Mamaroneck to the point where
said line would intersect the Lean High
Tide ]Line of Long island Sound, on the
southerly side of the point of land
known as the "Hommocks" ; thence west-
erly, northerly and easterly along the
said Mean High Tide Line, Long Island
Sound, Monroe Inlet and East Creek to
a point where said High Tide Line on
the northerly side of the "Hormocks"
would be intersected by the easterly
line of I:ot No. 6 in Block 53, as shown
on Map No. 961, filed in the 44estchester
County Registers office, if such line
was prolonged southerly; thence north-
westerly along said prolongation of
said easterly line of Lot f6 aforesaid,
to the center line of the East Creeki
thence northeasterly, northerly, north
westerly and westerly along the center
line of East Creek to a point where
the center line of East Creek is inter-
sected by the southerly side of the
Boston Post Road said point being 1012
feet and 7 inches easterly from the
easterly side of Monroe Avenue, measured
-- along the southerly side of the said
"Boston Post. Road" ; thence northwester-
ly across the "Boston Foot Road." along
the easterly line of Village of Larch
wont to a point in the northeasterly*
boundary line of the lands of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company at a point where said
boundary line intersects the north-
easterly line of the property for-
merly known as Chatsworth; thence
- running westerly along the said
northwesterly boundary of said Rail-
road Colpanyls property which line is
also the northerly boundary line of
the Village of Larchmont, the follow-
ing courses and distances: south 490
221 west 370 feet; thence north 400
38 ' west 130 feet; thence south 490
221 west 1099 .4 feet to a point in
the westerly line of Chatsworth Ave-
nue; thence along the said westerly
line of Chatsworth Avenue south 520
301 east 130 . 6 feet; thence continuing
westerly along the said northwesterly
boundary line of the N.Y. N.H. & Hart-
ford Railroad the following courses and
distances : south 490 221 west 372
feet ; thence south 500 001 west 200
feet ; thence south 530 441 west 320 feet
thence south 540 401 west 918 feet to
a point where said northwesterly bound-
ary line of the lands of the N.Y.N.H.&
H.R.R.R.intersects the westerly bound-
ary line of the Village of Larchmont,
_--
which point is 2250 feet southwesterly
from the westerly side of Chatsworth
Avenue; thence southerly along the west-
erly line of the Village of Larchmont
to a point where the said westerly line
of Larchmont would intersect the "monu®
mented four track center line" of the N.
Y.N.H.& H.R.R. ; thence westerly along
the "monumen,ted four track center line/1
of the N.Y. N.H. & H,R.R, to a point
where said line would intersect the east-
erly line of the City of New Rochelle,
the point or place of beginning.
Dated, January 6th, 1925 .
TOWN BOARD OF T F'
HE TOWN O
MAMARONECK, NEW i� YORK.
(signed) by William A.Boyd
Patrick H. Collins
George B. Dudley
Frederick P. Shafer
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Frederick Y. Sherman
TOWN CLERY.
The question being taken upon the foregoing order
and resolution the some was upon roll call adopted by the
following vote
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Ayes:
- Messrs . Boyd, Collins, Dudley, Shafer and
Sherman.
Nays :
None .
Upon motion the meeting adjourned at 900
P.M.
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Town ,C ler.