HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2022-181 Dove Dr easement modificationMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
November 28, 2022
TB Resolution 2022 - 181:Approval of Modification of Water Easement and Grant of Access Easement to Town of Ithaca at 26 Dove Drive
Whereas, Mingqi Ge and Hui Wang (“Grantors”) own 26 Dove Drive in the Town of Ithaca (the “Premises”), tax parcel 61.-1-8.39, on which the Town owns a 20-foot wide water easement (the
“1972 Water Easement”) for an existing Town-owned water main located within the easement area, and
Whereas, among other things, the 1972 Water Easement grants to the Town the right to construct a roadway over the 20-foot wide easement area for purposes related to the Town’s water
main, and
Whereas, Grantors have asked the Town to modify the 1972 Water Easement to remove the Town’s right to construct a road on the Premises, andthe Town does not foresee a need for such a
road on the Premises, and
Whereas, the Town wishes to further modify the 1972 Water Easement to include a water easement to the Town for a previously-installed Town water main that runs east-west across Grantors’
Premises, and for a previously-installed Town water line that runs adjacent to the 1972 Water Easement Area and supplies water to a fire hydrant adjacent to the southern Premises boundary.
The Town also wishes to formalize its ingress and egress rights across the western portion of the Premises to access Town water infrastructure (water mains, the Hungerford Hill water
tank, and related facilities) located on and off the Premises, and
Whereas, pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and its implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617, it has been determined by the Ithaca Town Board
that approval of the project is a Type II action because it constitutes “routine or continuing agency administration and management, not including new programs or major reordering of
priorities that may affect the environment” and thus approval of the project is not subject to review under SEQRA, now, therefore be it
Resolved, that the Town Board herebyapproves the Modification of Water Easement and Grant of Access Easement to the Town of Ithaca,and authorizes the Supervisor to execute said document,
subject to approval by the Attorney for the Town.
Moved: Margaret JohnsonSeconded: Bill Goodman
Vote: ayes – Johnson, Goodman, Howe, DePaolo, Levine, Bleiwas and Rosen