252.95
RESOLUTION CONSENTING TO DISCONTINUANCE
OF HIGHWAY
RESOLUTION NO. 252, 95
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, Curtis S. Rowland and Marion I. Rowland have made
application to the Town Superintendent of Highways for the
discontinuation of a portion of Peggy Ann Road, also known as
Fuller Road, located in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the application of Curtis S. and Marion I. Rowland
has specifically asked for an abandonment of all that piece or
portion of Peggy Ann Road, also known as Fuller Road, lying and
existing in the Town of Queensbury, between a point 4,873 feet and
a point 6,728 feet westerly of West Mountain Road, said portion of
road also being described as that lying and existing between the
point of intersection of Sherman Avenue (also known as Clendon
Brook Road) and a point on said Peggy Ann Road 1,855 feet east of
said intersection, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has examined
the circumstances and conditions of said portion of road to be
abandoned, as well as the roads that generally service that area of
the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, Curtis S. Rowland and Marion I. Rowland, as well as
the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners for the City of Glens
Falls, have executed a consent that the portion of highway
described herein be discontinued and therein also release the Town
of Queensbury from any claims to damages by reason of the
discontinuance of said portion of highway,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury,
having read the application of Curtis S. and Marion I. Rowland,
asking for discontinuance of a portion of a highway in the Town of
Queensbury, as described in said application and the preambles of
this Resolution, and it appearing that Sherman Avenue, also known
as Clendon Brook Road, generally serves to provide access in that
area of Town, and it appearing that no other persons or
corporations, other than the applicants and the City of Glens
Falls, own any premises through which said highway sought to be
discontinued passes or to which it is adjacent, and it further
appearing that no significant purpose is achieved in keeping that
section of Fuller Road open and it further appearing that the Town
Highway Superintendent is recommending that that portion of road be
closed due to concerns of continued maintenance and repair, as well
as potential impact on the City of Glens Falls Watershed property,
and it further appearing that the portion of highway sought to be
discontinued has become unnecessary and useless,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that, upon due deliberation, the undersigned members
of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury do, pursuant to Section
171 of the Highway Law of the State of New York, consent in writing
that the said portion of highway sought to be discontinued and
described in the application and the preambles of this Resolution
be discontinued, and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the members of the Town Board shall, in
witness, hereunto set their hands in the Town Hall in said Town on
the 17th day of April, 1995.
Duly adopted this 17th day of April, 1995, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mr. Caimano, Mr. Champagne
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mrs. Pulver