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Legal Notices - The Millerton News - 6-25-20

FIRE APPARATUS SPECIFICATIONS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC BIDDING FOR SALE OF

AERIAL TO AMENIA FIRE DISTRICT

NOTICE:

Amenia Fire District, in Dutchess County, New York, is soliciting bids for an AERIAL.

All bids must be submitted in writing, sealed, with words “SEALED BID: AERIALon the envelope, to the following address:

Amenia Fire District

Attention: Fire Commissioners

PO Box 214

36 Mechanic St

Amenia, NY 12501

SEALED BID: AERIAL

Bids may be delivered in person to the AMENIA TOWN HALL, Office of the TOWN CLERK Office building located at 4988 Route 22, Amenia NY 12501 no later than Thursday July 23rd between the hours of 9am and 2pm.

Bid Due Date: July 24, 2020 @ 5:00pm

Bid Open Date: July 27, 2020 @ 7:00pm

Bid Open Location: 36 Mechanic St, Amenia, NY 12501

No decisions need be made at the time or date of the opening. Due to the virus outbreak, the bid opening will be limited to one person per vender and only one representative from the District might be present.

The bid packet may be obtained by request to the District Secretary, Dawn Marie Klingner at (845) 559-4797 or via email at: afd31.dmk@gmail.com.

If any person contemplating submitting a bid for the proposed contract is in doubt as to the true meaning of specifications or other issues, he may submit to the Amenia Fire District a written request for interpretation or correction thereof. Requests to be given consideration must be received at least seven (7) days prior to the Bid Date. The person submitting the request will be responsible for its prompt delivery. Any interpretation of the proposed document will be made by Addendum only, duly issued, and a copy will be mailed or delivered to each person receiving a set of documents not later than 48 hours prior to Bid Date. Amenia Fire District will not be responsible for any other explanation or interpretation of the proposed document.

ALL BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH AN AFFIRMED NON-COLLUSIVE BIDDING CERTIFICATION OR WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD

 ALL BIDS MUST BE SUBMITTED WITH AN AFFIRMED SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY AND TRAINING CERTIFICATION OR WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR AWARD.

Dawn Marie Klingner

Amenia Fire District

06-25-20

 

NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF FINAL

ASSESSMENT ROLL

Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment roll for the TOWN OF AMENIA, COUNTY OF DUTCHESS for the year 2020 has been completed by the undersigned Assessor, and a certified copy is filed in the office of the Town clerk at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, NY on the first day of July, 2020, where it will be open for public inspection. Dated this 15th day of June 2020.

Chris Boryk

Assessor for Town of Amenia

06-25-20

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWN OF AMENIA

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION

SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

Notice is hereby given that the Town Board of the Town of Amenia, Dutchess County, New York, at a regular meeting thereof, held on June 18, 2020, duly adopted the following resolution, subject to Permissive Referendum:

RESOLUTION No. 32 of 2020

RE: AUTHORIZING NON-EXCLUSIVE SIDEWALK EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TOWN OF AMENIA AND STONELEAF CONSTRUCTION, LLC SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

WHEREAS, Stoneleaf Construction, LLC (‘Stoneleaf”) is the owner of certain real property located in the Town of Amenia, New York, identified on tax grid nos. 7167-09-170520 having an address of 4974 Route 22, in the Town of Amenia, New York, 12501 (“Stoneleaf Property”); and

WHEREAS, the Town of Amenia (“Town”) is the owner of certain real property located in the Town of Amenia, New York, identified on tax grid nos. 7167-09-196542, which is contiguous and adjacent to the Stoneleaf Property and currently improved with a public parking area (“Town Property”); and

WHEREAS, Stoneleaf submitted an application to the Town of Amenia Planning Board (“Planning Board”) on or about February 7, 2018 for site plan approval for the conversion of an existing Presbyterian Church and its accompanying Presbytery into an office building for Stoneleaf (the “Application”) and

WHEREAS, the Planning Board reviewed and considered the following documents submitted by the Applicant as part of its Application:

1. Site Plan dated February 5, 2018 (last revised March 20, 2018);

2. Site Details dated February 5, 2018 (last revised March 20, 2018); and

3. SDS Plans and Details dated March 7, 2018.

(collectively the “Stoneleaf Office Site Plan”); and

WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 5 of 2018, the Planning Board determined that the project contemplated in the Application was an Unlisted Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and issued a Negative Declaration for the project, concluding the project would not create any significant environmental impacts; and

WHEREAS, on April 11, 2018, by Resolution No. 3 of 2018, the Planning Board approved the Application (the “Approval”) and

WHEREAS, the Approval was conditioned on Stoneleaf obtaining permission from the Town of Amenia Town Board (“Town Board”), in a form acceptable to the Attorney to the Town of Amenia, to construct a section of sidewalk on the Town Property that will connect the Stoneleaf Property to the public parking lot located on the Town Property; and

WHEREAS, the sidewalk has been constructed by Stoneleaf in substantially the same form as depicted on the approved site plan dated February 5, 2018 (last revised March 20, 2018) annexed hereto as EXHIBIT 1 (referred to herein as the (“Sidewalk”) and

WHEREAS, after consulting with the Attorney to the Town of Amenia, the Town Board agrees to grant Stoneleaf a NON-EXCLUSIVE

SIDEWALK EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT (“Easement”), and to ratify the construction of the Sidewalk on Town Property by Stoneleaf in substantially the same form as depicted in EXHIBIT 1; and

WHEREAS, the Easement granted herein is made on the express condition that Stoneleaf, its successors and assigns, will maintain the Sidewalk for as long as the Sidewalk remains in existence in accordance with the Approval, the Stoneleaf Office Site Plan, and the terms and conditions set forth in the Easement, a copy of which is annexed hereto; and

WHEREAS, the Attorney to the Town of Amenia has drafted the Easement and is satisfied with its contents; and

WHEREAS, the Town property to be burdened by the proposed Easement is presently vacant, unused and unneeded by the Town for any municipal purposes; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board Members have reviewed the proposed Easement and have

determined that the terms and conditions stated within are reasonable and that it would be in the best interests of the Town to Authorize this Easement; and

WHEREAS, it has been determined that the granting of this Easement is subject to a Permissive Referendum pursuant to Town Law ß 64(2); and

WHEREAS, The Town Board has determined that granting this Easement is a Type II Action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) because the action entails the construction of a non-residential facility involving less than 4,000 square feet of gross floor area (See 6 NYCRR 617.5(c)(9) and therefore no environmental review is required; and

WHEREAS, in determining the granting of this Easement is a Type II Action, the Town Board notes that the Planning Board previously adopted a SEQRA Negative Declaration in its Resolution #5 for 2018, dated as of April 11, 2018, for the project of which the sidewalk is a part.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:

1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth and adopted herein.

2. After review and due consideration of all of the foregoing, the Town Board hereby approves the form of the NON-EXCLUSIVE SIDEWALK EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, as attached to this Resolution as EXHIBIT 2.

3. This resolution is adopted subject to Permissive Referendum, and the Town Clerk shall give notice of adoption of the resolution by providing a copy of this resolution with an appropriate Notice of Adoption in the official newspapers of the Town, and, in addition, such Town Clerk shall post or cause to be posted on the bulletin board of his office a copy of such resolution and Notice of Adoption and such publication and posting shall be within ten (10) days of the date hereof.

4. The Town Board hereby directs, upon the conclusion of the Permissive Referendum, the Town Supervisor to execute, on behalf of the Town, the NON-EXCLUSIVE SIDEWALK EASEMENT AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, as approved by this Resolution, and cause the same to be recorded with the Town of Amenia Town Clerk and filed with the Dutchess County Clerk.

Motioned By: Somogyi

Seconded By: Morris

The foregoing resolution was voted upon with all councilwomen<\d>/<\d>councilmen voting as follows:

Supervisor Perotti- Aye

Councilwoman Doyle-Aye

Councilman Gutierrez-Aye

Councilman Morris-Aye

Councilwoman Somogyi-Aye

Dated: Amenia, New York, June 18, 2020.

DAWN MARIE KLINGNER, TOWN CLERK

06-25-20

 

Legal Notice

Notice of Filing Completed Assessment Roll with Clerk

Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Pine Plains in the County of Dutchess for the year 2020 has been completed by the undersigned assessors, and a certified copy is filed in the office of the town clerk on the 1st day of July, 2020, where the same will remain open for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours.

Assessors for the

Town of Pine Plains

Richard Diaz

James Mara

 Lynda Wisdo

 06-25-20

 

LEGAL NOTICE

Town of North East

Assessor’s Office

Notice is hereby given that the Assessor of the Town of North East, County of Dutchess, has completed the final assessment roll for the year 2020. It will be available for review online at https://townofnortheastny.gov/ on the Assessor’s Department page and a certified copy will be filed with the Town Clerk at North East Town Hall, 19 North Maple Avenue, Millerton, N.Y., on the 1st day of July, 2020.

Katherine Johnson, Assessor

06-25-20

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