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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1923_12_18 Town Board Minutes Meeting of the Joint Town Board TOWN OF MAMARONECK held, December 12th, 1923. The meeting was called to order by Survervizor Burton at 10.20 P.M. PRESENT: Supervisor Burton, Justices Boyd, Collins, Shafer, Supt. of Highways Coles, Toivn Clerk Sherman. Upon motion duly seconded it was voted that the minutes of the meeting Of November 21st, 1922 be approved. The following resolution was presented by Justice Collins, seconded by Justice Boyd, which, upon ROLL CALL, was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, the Town Superintendent of High- ways has presented a statement from which it appears that pursuant to reso- Iutions of this Board he has completed the construction of the concrete side- walk 4 feet in width on the southerly side of Palmer Avenue between the west- erly boundary line of the Village of Mamaroneck and Weaver Street, and for that purpose he has expended the sum of Nine Thousand One hundred and twenty-one and 19/100 ($9,121.19) Dollars, which includes engineering fees, now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the sum of $9,121.19 be and hereby is levied and assessed against the taxable property situated within Side- walk District No. 1 of the Town of Mamaroneck, and collected for the purpose of paying the cost of laying and constructing a concrete sidewalk 4 feet in width on the southerly side of Palmer Avenue between Weaver Street and the westerly boundary line of the Village of Mamaroneck; and be it further RESOLVED, that this Board borrow on the faith and credit of the Town of Mamaroneck the sum of $9,121.19 in anticipation of the tax levied against said sidewalk district, as aforesaid, and be it further RESOLVED, that a certificate of indebted- ness be and the same hereby is directed to be issued in the amount of $9,121.19, to be dated December 12, 1923, which shall become due and payable on July 1, 1924, said certificate shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding 6% per annum, shall be signed by the Supervisor and attested by the Town Clerk under the corporate seal of said Town, shall be sold by the Super- visor at not less than its par value, and shall be in the following form, with the blanks properly filled out: STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER TOWN OF MAMARONECK CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS No. 5 $9,121.19 KNOW ALL ME BY THESE PRESENTS, that the Town of Mamar- oneck, a municipal corporation within the County of Westchester, State Of New York, acknowledges itself to be indebted, and for value received promises to pay to its successors or assigns, the sum of Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty-One and 19/100 ($9,121.19) Dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, on July 1, 1924, with interest thereon at the rate of % per annum. This certificate is issued pursuant to the terms of a certain resolution adopted at a meeting thereof to be called and held on December 12, 1923, in anticipation of the collection of a certain tax levied and assessed against the taxable property situated within Sidewalk District No. 1 of said Town, for the purpose of paying the cost of laying and constructing a concrete sidewalk along the southerly side of Palmer Avenue, between Weaver Street and the westerly boundary line of the Village of Mamaroneck, in said Town of Mamaroneck. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town Board of the Town of Mam- aroneck has caused this certificate to be signed by its Super- visor and to be countersigned by the Town Clerk, and the corporate seal thereof to be hereunto affixed the 12th day of December, 1923. Supervisor. Countersigned: Town Clerk. Mr. Sherman presented a petition of the New Rochelle Realty Company in which they requested that Edgewater Terrace as laid down on the map of the New Rochelle Realty Company be accepted as a Town Highway. Superintendentof Highways Coles recommended the accept- ance of said Edgewood Terrace. Thereupon Justice Collins offered for adoption the following resolution: BE IT RESOLVED, that the highway, commonly known as Edgewood Terrace, as laid down on a certain map, of the New Rochelle Realty Company, situated south of Edgewood Road, in the Town Of Mamaroneck, be and the same hereby is accepted as a Town highay, upon filing with the Town Clerk the releases, deeds and other instruments which may be necessary, same to be approved by Counsel. The question being taken upon the foregoing resolution, same was upon ROLL CALL, unanimously adopted. The following resolution, upon the recommendation of the Superintendent of Highways, was upon ROLL CALL, unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, that the New York Inter-Urban Water Company, be and it hereby is re- quested and directed to extend its water mains in and along Edgewood Terrace, beginning at the westerly intersection of Edgewood Terrace with Edgewood Ave- nue and running thence southerly in Edgewood Terrace a distance of 560 feet, and to install one fire hydrant at the end of this extended main in Edgewood Terrace. The Supervisor brought up the question of the installation of the water main on Rockland Avenue from the end of the present main on Forest Avenue in a westerly direction and upon the recommen- dation of the Superintendent of Highways, the following resolution was upon ROLL CALL, unanimously adopted: RESOLVED, that the resolution heretofore adopted at a meeting of the Joint Board at a meeting held on June 13th, 1923 directing the installation of water mains on Rockland Avenue from Forest Avenue to Weaver Street and the installation of one fire hydrant on said proposed extension, be rescinded, and it was further RESOLVED, that the New York Inter-Urban Water Company, be and it hereby is re- quested and directed to extend its water mains in and along Rockland Avenue from the end of the present main at the inter- section of Rockland and Forest Avenues westerly, a distance of 1000 feet on the southerly side of Rockland Avenue and to install two fire hydrants along the line of said extension. A communication from the Larchmont Gardens Association was received and read requesting the Town Board to install street signs of standard type on all streets under town control in Larch- mont Gardens, as the present signs are unsightly and of a tem- porary nature. The matter was referred to the Superintendent of Highways for his report and recommendation. Upon motion, the meeting adjourned at 11.30 P.M. Frederick M. Sherman Town Clerk.