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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1927_05_04 Town Board Minutes (2) Ivfiv% 233 i =TIiTG OF THE TOI2gT TOWI7 BOARD T017N OF 1VIAIaRONECY held May 4, 1927. i ---- ------------- The meeting was called to order by Supervisor Burton at 8:45 P. M. Present: Supervisor Burton Justices Collins, Howell, and Leeds j Town Clerk Sherman Superintendent of Highways Coles Counsel Gamble The minutes of the meetings of February 23, March2, March 9 and Ifarch 23, 1927 were read, and upon motion approved A delegation from the Colonial Park Association appeared before the Board and discussed the following questions: 1. Filling of ditches and tree within roadway. 2. Filling in excavation left by the Water Co. 3. Taking over certain streets in Colonial Park as Town Highways. 4. "dater extensions. 5. Gas extensions. These various matters were fully discussed and referred to the Superintendent of the Highways. Upon motion, duly seconded, it was, upon recommendation of the Superin- tendent of Highways, and upon roll call unanimously RESOLVED, that the 'TVlestchester Lighting Company be, and it hereby is requested , required, and directed to install its gas mains in and along Forest Avenue, commencing at Iffeaver Street and contin- uing to Dockland Avenue, thence along Rockland Avenue to SL=ri-t Street, and it was further RESOLVED, that the clerk be requested to submit a .,G®`r $fi? w copy of this resolution to the Lighting Company. A communication from the Westchester Lighting Company was received and read making application to open those portions of the Boston Post Road within the Town of Mamaroneck, for the purpose of laying main electric feed lines under ground. The communication was ordered placed on file and the matter referred to the Superintendent of Hi gh,,vays. I 23 5 A communication from the ':heaver Street Fire Company was received and read, requesting that the Water Company be instructed to advise the man in charge at the Fire Headquarters when water has been shut off in any section of the district. The communication was ordered noted in the minutes, placed on file, and the matter referred to the Town Clerk, who eras authorized to take the same up with the T4ater Company. Acommunication from the Teaver Street Fire Company was received and read, requesting that the Highway Department notify the man in charge at the Fire Headquarters when streets are closed or obstructed. The communication was ordered noted in the minutes, placed on file, and the matter referred to the Superintendent of Highways. A communication from the Murray Avenue and Tleaver Street Realty and Construction Corporation was received and read, requesting the extension of water mains in and along its property situated at the intersection of Murray Avenue, Weaver Street, and Forest Avenue. The communication was ordered noted in the minutes, placed on file, and the matter referred to the Supervisor. A communication from the Howell Park Association was received and read, relating to the conditions of streets after sewer, water or gas pipes had been laid, and also pertain :Png to the condition of Meadow Place and Carleon Avenue, with the request that these streets be put in good condition. The communications were 'ordered noted in the minutes, placed on file, and the matters contained therein referred to the Superintendent of Highways. The Supervisor stated that the Hillside Foldirg Corporation had heretofore offered to deed to. the Torn of Mamaroneck, for the consideration of O E DOLLAR, a strip of land at the intersection of Chatsworth Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Yurray Avenue, 7hich strip of land allowed the rounding off of the corner at said intersection and enabled the Town to widen the street at said intersection and relieve to a considerable extent the traffic congestion at that point. The Supervisor stated that the dded had been executed and delivered and the Clerk had had the same recorded, and he suggested his action in accepting the said deed be ratified and approved. Upon motion, duly seconded, it was RESOLVED, that the action of the Sup- ervisor in accepting the deed of the Hillside Holding Corporation to the strip of land at the intersection of Chatsworth Avenue, Myrtle Avenue and Murray Avenue be, and the same is ratified and confirmed; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Sup- ervisor be, and he hereby is authorized and directed to express to the Hillside Holding Corporation the thanks of the Town Board for its generosity in giving the said strip of land to the Town. -2- 237 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk be, and he hereby is authorized to have the said deed recorded and the cost of same be made a Town -charge. The Supervisor and Superintendent of Highways dis- cussed with the Board, plans of Westchester County for certain bridges on Rockland Avenue in the Town. Upon motion, duly seconded, it was RESOLVED, that the Superintendent of Highways be, and he hereby is authorized to take up with the Counts* Engineer, the plans for bridges on Rockland Avenue. The Board .then took up for consideration, the agreement for the expenditure of Highway Honeys for the year 1927. The agreement was presented and read, and upon recommendation of the Superintendent of Highways, it was, upon motion, unanimously RESOLVED, that the agreement for the expenditure of Highway Money for the year 1927, as presented and read, be, and hereby is approved by this Board,and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of said agreement be filed with the Clerk of this Board, and the Clerk was instruct- ed to forward copies of same to the County Engineer of Highways. The Board then proceeded to sign and execute the agreements. WHEREAS, the owners of the fee and for the rights of *Tray in a certain street in the development or district of the Town of Mamaroneck known as Chatsworth Heights have heretofore filed a petition with this Board and the Sup- erintendent of Highways of the Town ofan;aroneck, offering to dedicate and deed said street or portion thereof to the Town of Mamaroneck and requesting said Town Superintendent of Highways to accept said street as a Town Highway, and 7HEREAS, said petition has been considered by this Board, and the Town Superintendent of Highways has examined said street or portion thereof, and has recommended that it be accepted as a Town Highway of the Town of Mamaroneck; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER !MSOLVED, THAfi the Town of Mamaroneck do and it hereby does accept the aforesaid offer -- of dedication heretofore made by the Chatsworth Heights Realty Company and the deed and release to the Town. of Mamaroneck presented thereto, and does hereby accept as a Town Highway the following described road, street, or way, or portion thereof, as shown on a certain map entitled "CHATSWORTH MIGHTS, PROPERTY OF THE CHATS':; RTE EMIGFTS R7,ALTY COP3PA_Y, II4 TIM To7aT OF NAMAROITRECK, TMSTCIE'STM COUNTY, NET7J YORK, SECTIONS Z,2 and 3", made by L. E. VanEtten, Civil Engineer, dated August 3, 1915, and filed in the office of the Register of the County of Westchester August 17,1915, as map ?Number 210$, and described as follows: 239 All that certain parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being in the Town of Mamaroneck, County of 'Westchester, State of New '`pork, known and designated as Bryson Street, extending from Chatsworth Avenue to Murray Avenue. AIM BE I T: FURTHER RESOLVED, that the aforementioned road, street and tray or portion thereof, be, and the same hereby is made and declared to be a. Public Highway,and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Superintend- ent of Highways be, and he hereby is. authorized and empowered to execute and record whatever documents or certificates are necessa;7 according to laver to vest title to the Tovrn in said street, and to bring the aforesaid resolutions into full force and effect; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town of Ya_ maroreck shall be kept safe and harm- less from any claim or damage of any nature or character whatsoever in anywise arising froz-, the improvements of the aforesaid street, anything to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon motion, duly seconded, the meeting adjourned at 10:30 P. M. To'vnn Clerk � i