Referred to: The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano

and Legislators Greene, Litts, Loughran, and Maloney), and The Ways and Means

Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs,

Maio, and Maloney)

Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and

Deputy Chairman Peter M. Loughran offer the following:

WHEREAS, this Resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT),

as part of a statewide program for strengthening the highway network by enhancing

the durability of highway bridges, has identified the State Route 55 bridge crossing

the Rondout Creek at SBL 75.003-2-17 in the Town of Wawarsing, County of Ulster,

State of New York, as requiring extensive repair or replacement in order to help

protect this bridge from future storm event (hereinafter the “Project”); and

WHEREAS, NYSDOT has identified certain property that New York State

must acquire in order to construct the planned improvements; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ulster has been identified as the reputed owner of

property parcel identified on NYSDOT Acquisition Map 53 as Parcel No. 73, in the

Town of Wawarsing, totaling approximately 0.234 Acre more or less; and

WHEREAS, said property parcel was appropriated by New York State in

accordance with Section 502 of the Eminent Domain Procedure Law, and title to the

property, easement, or right indicated on the Acquisition Map was vested in the name

of the People of the State of New York on April 21, 2015; and

WHEREAS, NYSDOT has determined that the value of the property

appropriated and the legal damages caused by said appropriation is $2,350.00 (Two

Thousand, Three Hundred Fifty and 00/100 Dollars) to the County as owner of the

property affected by said appropriation, certain documents must be executed by the

county and delivered to the New York State Attorney General; now, therefore be it 

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby authorizes the

Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature to execute on behalf of the County of

Ulster, any and all documents related to the appropriation and necessary to secure

payment of the claim as approved by the County Attorney,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Fabiano)

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on September 6, 2017

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on September 13, 2017

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$2,350.00 – ADDITIONAL REVENUE DOLLARS 

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is

the original resolution adopted by the Ulster County Legislature on the 19th Day of September in the year Two Thousand

and Seventeen, and said resolution shall remain on file in the office of said clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 20th Day of

September in the year Two Thousand and Seventeen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

20th Day of September, 2017. 26th Day of September, 2017.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature