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Also attached to this agenda item: Letter from John Sullivan

On motion of TRUSTEE____________, seconded by TRUSTEE _______, the following resolution was adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson, New York: Resolution #159-2025 RESOLUTION ACCEPTING CONVEYANCE OF A PRIVATELY OWNED PORTION OF JASPER ROAD WHEREAS, the Village is the owner of that certain roadway known as Jasper Road; and WHEREAS, the paved travelled way of Jasper Road extends onto private land known as 33 Mount Green Road which is shown on the Village’s Tax Map as 67.20-1-6, and which is owned by Donald L. Vieira, As Trustee of the Donald L. Vieira Revocable Trust (“Vieira”); and WHEREAS, a portion of 33 Mount Green Road is identified as the “Proposed Road Dedication Parcel” on that certain survey prepared by Howard W. Weeden, PLS, PC, entitled “Proposed Road Dedication and Survey of Property for Vieira” bearing a revision date of March 13, 2025, (the “Survey”) and which portion is referred to herein as the “Dedication Parcel”; and WHEREAS, a copy of the Survey is annexed hereto as Schedule A, and a legal description of the Dedication Parcel is annexed hereto as Schedule B; and WHEREAS, Vieira wishes to convey to the Village and the Village wishes to accept from Vieira fee title to the Dedication Parcel in order that the Village may add the Dedication Parcel to the Village’s roadway system and maintain same as a Village roadway going forward; and WHEREAS, prior to said conveyance, Vieira wishes to encumber the Dedication Parcel with an easement over a portion of same for the benefit of that certain adjacent property known as 27 Lounsberry Road (67.20-1-10) which is currently owned by Sharon Terilli (“Terilli”); and WHEREAS, such easement is intended to provide Terilli with a right of way over that portion of the Dedication Parcel adjacent to Terilli’s garage as shown on the Survey, for the purpose of ingress and egress over the Dedication Parcel and for parking within such easement area; and WHEREAS, the easement area is shown on said survey as “Proposed Driveway Easement”, and is more particularly described on Scheule C attached; and WHEREAS, the conveyance of the Dedication Parcel to the Village will be subject to the aforesaid easement; and WHEREAS, upon acceptance of the conveyance of the Dedication Parcel, the Village will grant to Terilli a non-exclusive revocable license agreement permitting Terilli to maintain but not extend an existing trellis and wooden wall to the extent that they currently encroach into the Dedication Parcel; and WHEREAS, the conveyance of the Dedication Parcel is consistent with the Village’s occasionally accepting donations and dedications of various parcels of land for public use be it as streets, parks, easements, or reservations of land as herein contemplated; and WHEREAS, the Village wishes to accept the said conveyance and the deed therefor, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village of Croton-on-Hudson Board of Trustees hereby authorizes the acceptance of title to the aforementioned Dedication Parcel in accordance with the terms herein, and authorizes the Village Manager to take such actions and execute all documents as are necessary to effectuate the terms hereof, and to complete the transfer of ownership of the Dedication Parcel to the Village; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that all documents in furtherance of such conveyance to the Village shall be in form acceptable to the Village and subject to the revision of any non-material matters as determined necessary by the Village Manager or Village Attorney; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the Village shall obtain a title report and obtain title insurance in the minimum amount to insure the said conveyance to the Village. Dated: June 11, 2025