HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB 2025-097 Sage Preserve - Survey & Purchase ContractMEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD
September8, 2025
TB Resolution 2025 -097: Authorization to proceed with purchase contract for potential purchase of approximately 137 acres on South Hill and authorization to proceed with contracting
for survey services
Whereas,the owners of approximately 137 acres (Town of Ithaca Tax Parcel No.’s 44.-2-10, 45.-1-2.2 and a portion of 45.-1-1.2)of undeveloped lands on South Hill have offered to sell
the properties tothe Town of Ithaca for a new preserve, and
Whereas, on May 8, 2023 the Town Board authorized an appraisal be completed for the properties, and
Whereas, an appraisal was completed in May 2023 with a purchase value determined to be $655,000, with the total cost to acquire the properties being approximately $676,650, and
Whereas, the landowners have offered to donate a portion of the value ($168,000) of the acquisition, reducing the overall cost of the acquisition to the Town to $508,650, and
Whereas, the Town of Ithaca has received a $50,000 grant from the Park Foundation and a $200,000 grant from Tompkins County (Natural Infrastructure Capital Program) toward this acquisition
project, leaving approximately $258,650 as the Town share, and
Whereas, a Real Property Purchase Agreement and Sales Contract has been prepared to outline the process, costs, and responsibilities for this acquisition, and
Whereas, the Planning Department has received a proposal from T.G. Miller, P.C. to perform a boundary survey and subdivision mapping, with a total cost of $13,650; now, therefore, be
it
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute the “Real Property Purchase Agreement and Sales Contract” with Tessa Sage Flores and Ira
Goldstein regarding the potential acquisition of approximately 137 acres on South Hill, and be it further
Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca authorizes the hiring of T.G. Miller, P.C. to perform a boundary survey and subdivision mapping for the three properties (Town of
Ithaca Tax Parcel No.’s 44.-2-10, 45.-1-2.2 and a portion of 45.-1-1.2), at a cost not to exceed $13,650.
Moved: Pam BleiwasSeconded: Rich DePaolo
Vote:ayes – Howe, DePaolo, Levine, Bleiwas, Gutenberger and Johnson