HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 02 of 2019 Supporting City Parks
TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 2OF THE YEAR 2019
A LOCAL LAW AUTHORIZING A MONETARY GIFT TO THE CITY OF ITHACA
TO SUPPORT CASS PARK AND STEWART PARK RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows:
Section1.Authorization. This local law is adopted pursuant to New York
Municipal Home Rule Law §10(1)(i), which grants local governments the power to adopt
local laws not inconsistent with the New York State Constitution or any general law,
relating to their property, affairs or government. The New York State Constitution,
Article VIII, §1 does not prohibit municipalities from making gifts to or in aid of public
entities for public purposes.
Section 2.Purpose. The purpose of this local law is to authorizethe Town of
Ithaca to make a gift to the City of Ithaca to support the City’s Cass Park pool and skating
rink, and the City’s recreational facilities at Stewart Park. The Town of Ithaca intends to
give the City of Ithaca Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($55,000.00) in 2019to support these
facilities, which are used by Town of Ithaca residents and serve a Town of Ithaca public
purpose. In exchange, the City of Ithaca will offer Town of Ithaca residents a discount on
recreation programs valued at approximatelyThirty-Eight Thousand Dollars ($38,000).
This law authorizes the Town of Ithaca to make a gift to the City of Ithaca to the extent
the Town’s payments to the City exceed the monetary benefit of the discounts received
by Town residents.
Section 3.Giftto City of Ithaca. Upon execution of a Memorandum of
Understanding between the Town of Ithaca and the City of Ithaca, the Town of Ithaca is
authorized to make a gift to the City of Ithaca, pursuant to the Memorandum of
Understanding’s terms, in the amountand for the purposes described in Section 2 above.
Section 4.Partial Invalidity. In the event that any portion of this law is
declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining
portions shall not be affected by suchdeclaration of invalidity.
Section 5.Effective Date. This local law shall take effect immediately upon
its filing with the New York Secretary of State.
Adopted 2019-02-11