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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1992-06-22 99 1 Public Hearing - WDFD June 22 , 1992 TOWN OF DANBY PUBLIC HEARING June 22 , 1992 - 7 : 00 P . M . P UBLIC HEARING - PROPOSED CONVEYANCE BY THE TOWN OF DANBY TO THE DANBY FIRE DISTRICT OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR USE BY THE WEST DANBY WATER DISTRICT P RESENT : Supervisor Oltz Councilpersons : Marisa , Schwartz ABSENT : Councilpersons : Hile , Miller ( Excused ) O thers Present : Attorney - Nelson Roth Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Town Clerk - Carol Sczepanski P lanning Board Chair - Nancy Weitzel H ighway Superintendent - William Hall N . Y . S . D . E . C . Representative - Robert Demeree Members of the Public : George Armstrong , Kirk Martin , Wendy Martin , Stephen Martin , J uddson Leonard , Phillip Kelly , Jr . , Melvin Westmiller , Carl S eamon , Earl Colburn , Roy Casterline , Joanne Koval , John Koval , Robert Miller , Carolyn M . Miller , Betsy Wohl , Steven Weissburg , G ene Hartquist , Wanda Grumberg , Bill Farrell , Earnest Ferris The public hearing was called to order by Supervisor Oltz at 7 : 10 P . M . and the following notice of publication was read : NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Town of Danby Town Board on Monday , June 22 , 1992 at 7 : 00 P . M . , 1830 Danby Road , Ithaca , New York 14850 . Purpose of hearing is to hear all interested persons regarding the proposed Conveyance of Town of Danby property to the Danby Fire District of certain real property acquired for use by the West Danby Water District . At such time and place all persons interested in the subject matter thereof will be heard concerning the same . A special meeting of the Town of Danby Town Board will follow the public hearing . By Order of the Town Board Carol W . Sczepanski / Town Clerk Date : June 9 , 1992 Published : June 11 , 1992 Phillip Kelly of the West Danby Fire Department asked why the Fire District was going to pay as consideration for the Property an amount of Seven Thousand dollars instead of the pump as cited in Resolution No . 53 of 1991 . Supervisor Oltz explained that the Fire District must pay the appraised value of the property for the conveyance . The money can be put into an account for the purchase of a pump . Juddson Leonard reported that a public hearing will be set soon regarding the West Danby Water District Conveyance of property to the Fire District . 9 0 2 Public Hearing - WDFD June 22 , 1992 Motion to Close Public Hearing : A motion was made by Supervisor Oltz and seconded by Councilperson Schwartz to close the Proposed Conveyance by the Town of Danby to the Danby Fire District Public Hearing at 7 : 15 P . M . A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows : Marisa Aye Schwartz Aye Oltz Aye Carried Unanimously Carol W . Scz nski Town Clerk - 101_ 1 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 TOWN OF DANBY TOWN BOARD PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES June 22 , 1992 PUBLIC HEARINGS : CONSIDERATION OF CONSENTING TO THE FILING , BY THE TOWN OF DANBY H IGHWAY SUPERINTENDENT , OF DESCRIPTIONS OF CERTAIN HIGHWAY RIGHTS OF WAY DEEMED ABANDONED PURSUANT TO NEW YORK STATE HIGHWAY LAW ARTICLE 8 , SECTION 205 , PARAGRAPH 1 PRESENT : Supervisor Oltz Councilpersons : Marisa , Schwartz ABSENT : Councilpersons : Hile , Miller ( Excused ) O thers Present : Attorney - Nelson Roth Code Enforcement Officer - Susan Beeners Town Clerk - Carol Sczepanski P lanning Board Chair - Nancy Weitzel H ighway Superintendent - William Hall N . Y . S . D . E . C . Representative - Robert Demeree Members of the Public : George Armstrong , Kirk Martin , Wendy Martin , Stephen Martin , J uddson Leonard , Phillip Kelly , Jr . , Melvin Westmiller , Carl Seamon , Earl Colburn , Roy Casterline , Joanne Koval , John Koval , Robert Miller , Carolyn M . Miller , Betsy Wohl , Steven Weissburg , G ene Hartquist , Wanda Grunberg , Bill Farrell , Ernest Ferris PUBLIC HEARING NO . 1 - 7 : 15 P . M . - Eastman Hill Portion Public Hearing No . 1 was called to order by Supervisor Oltz at 7 : 15 P . M . An affidavit of Service by mail was submitted for the record . Supervisor Oltz read the following notice of publication . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board shall hold Public H earings on Monday , June 221 1992 , at Town of Danby Town Hall , 1830 D anby Road , Ithaca , New York for Consideration of Consenting to the Filing , by the Town of Danby Highway Superintendent , of D escriptions of Certain Highway Rights of Way Deemed Abandoned pursuant to New York State Highway Law Article 8 , Section 205 , Paragraph 1 , with the times of such Public Hearings and the descriptions of such highway rights of way as follows : 7 : 15 P . M . Consideration of that portion of Eastman Hill Road commencing 100 feet from the north edge of its intersection w ith Heisy road and running northward 2700 + / - feet to the n orthern Town of Danby / Town of Caroline town line , such highway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . Robert Demeree - Representing the New York State Department of E nvironmental Conservation addressed the Town Board and asked as prescribed in the provisions of the law that if it is indeed abandoned , it be abandoned under 205 ( b ) which is a special section o f law referring to town roads that access State Forest property . H e asked the Town Board to refer this matter to counsel . Mr . Demeree explained the difference between 205 and 205 ( b ) as unqualified abandonment states that the highway returns to the owners , abuters have the rights of way but theyalso have the right to put up gates and barriers . Section 205 ( b ) states that no gates o r barriers can be erected to prevent access of the public to the public land . He .: asked the ' Town to _ keep the roads open for access of the public to the public land . Susan Beeners explained that we are going to retain sections of ✓ oads that actually abut or go through State Forest Lands on the Heisey Road Right of Way and Eastman Hill Rights of Way . Mr . Demeree said that his statementswere not germane to Heisey Road but are to Hill Road and LaRue Road . He said that his comments were directed at the roads that go through State Forests . 10 2 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 Steven Martin - RD # 2 Candor , NY - addressed the Board and said that he owns a parcel of land at the southeast corner located on Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 21 . - 1 - 19 beyond the State Forest Line . He is requesting that whenever legislative action is taken on the abandonment that he be able to retain the right of way of entry . Mr . Martin is worried that in the future he may be denied access . Attorney Roth read NYS Highway Law Article 8 , Section 205 , Subparagraph 1 , and said that the Board is just confirming that abandonment . He explained the difference between Section 205 , Subparagraph 1 and Section 205 , Subparagraph 2 . Mr . Demeree said that he was here to see that the roads that either ✓ un through State Forest or to State Forest will have no gates or barriers as stated in Section 205 ( b ) . Highway Superintendent William Hall said that the roads had not been maintained for a number of years and that is the reason for o fficially abandoning them now . Susan Beeners said that once a road has not been worked for a period of six ( 6 ) years it is deemed abandoned . The abandonment o f the road is a ministerial act . Attorney Roth explained that that we need to look at the original deeds to the roads . If the title to the roads vested in the Town at the time it became a public road , then the road stays a road w ith the sense that any abutting property owner has a right of way o ver it . If the road was simply acquired by easement from the abutting property owners giving the Town a legal right to use it then that property reverts back to the abutting property owners . Mr . Koval - said that he does not have other access to his property . Councilperson Schwartz suggested that we write something in here so that this property owner is not denied access to his land . Mr . Demeree - said that abutters never lose their rights to access . Attorney Roth - explained that this public hearing relates to Section 205 ( 1 ) - - if the road has been abandoned you would as a Town Board be confirming that abandonment . A qualified abandonment is really a lesser standard of abandonment which occurs when the road hasn ' t been used by more than two ( 2 ) vehicles per day for a specified period of time . Mr . Demeree - - said he is here to see that the roads that are abandoned that run to State Forest have no gates or barriers as under Section 205 ( b ) . Councilperson Schwartz said that he wants to be sure that when we abandon a road we do not cut someones access to their property . MOTION TO CLOSE 7 : 15 PUBLIC HEARING - Eastman Hill Portion A motion was made by Councilperson Schwartz and seconded by Councilperson Marisa to close the 7 : 15 Public Hearing No . 1 Eastman Hill Road portion at 7 : 20 P . M . A roll call vote on motion was as follows : Marisa Aye S chwartz Aye O ltz Aye Carried Unanimously PUBLIC HEARING NO . 2 - 7 : 20 P . M . - Heisey Road Portion The 7 : 20 P . M . Public Hearing was called to order by Supervisor Oltz and the Notice of Publication was read : 7 : 20 P . M . : Consideration of that portion of Heisey Road commencing 100 feet from the east edge of its intersection with Eastman Hill road and running eastward 1815 + / - feet to the eastern Town of Danby / Town of Caroline town line , such h ighway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . 1. 3 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 Robert Miller - of 823 Elmira Road , Ithaca , New York asked permission to view the maps . Wendy Martin - 97 Catatonk Hill Road , RD # 2 Candor , NY - addressed the Board and asked what would be provided for maintenance on the ✓ oad and what happens to the market value of her property . She pays taxes on a property that now has road frontage and public access . ( Town of Danby Tax Parcels # 21 . - 1 - 19 , # 33 - 1 - 14 ) Steven Martin - R . D . # 2 Candor , NY - and reportedly requested the approval of the Heisey Road as . a Qualified Abandonment as specified . He said he is in the area on a limited basis to a wood lot . On a good day you can drive it with a two wheel drive vehicle but the road is very rutty past the New York State Forest and g enerally accessible only with a four - wheel drive vehicle . He does n ot think that this road has been graded for at least ten years . Robert Demeree - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation : - addressed the Town Board and said as prescribed in N ew York State Highway Law that this section of Highway be abandoned under Section 205 ( b ) under Qualified Abandonment . He said he can and will render his request in writing to the Town and the Highway Superintendent . Attorney Roth - asked Mr . Demeree for a clarification if he was saying that the Town has no right to abandon under Section 205 ( 1 ) and read a portion of Section 205 ( b ) . Mr . Demeree explained that under section 205 ( 1 ) it was only n ecessary to render access to adjacent landowners and not the general public . Mr . Demeree requested that the record of proceedings and decision of any abandonment be sent to the Department of Conservation for their records . Susan Beeners commented that it appears that half of the section that we are proposing to abandon is passable during the dry time o f year . There is a trail that leaves the Heisey road right of way that goes north . Mr . Martin - said that Ms . Beeners analysis of that part of the right of way to the east through the Heisey Road right of way does n ot seem to exist at all . ( The trail eventually goes up over the h ill and to the Coddington Road . ) The road was passable thirty - years ( 30 ) ago and has all grown up now . The jeep trail has been there only seven ( 7 ) or eight ( 8 ) years . MOTION TO CLOSE 7 : 20 PUBLIC HEARING No 2 - Heisey Road Portion A motion was made by Councilperson Schwartz and seconded by Councilperson Marisa to close the 7 : 20 P . M . Public Hearing - Heisey Road Portion . A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows : Marisa Aye Schwartz Aye Oltz Aye Carried Unanimously PUBLIC HEARING NO 3 - 7 : 25 P . M . - Tallow Road Portion - Section 1 7 : 25 P . M . Consideration of that portion of Tallow Hill Road , ( portion also known as John Hill Road ) , here referred to as " Section 1 " , commencing 1555 + / - feet north of the southern Town of Danby / Town of Spencer town line , and running northward 7136 + / - feet to its intersection with John Hill / Howland Road , such highway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . John Koval = 815 S . Danby Road - addressed the Board and said that he owns property from the intersection of Tallow Hill and John Hill Roads north 1400 feet and this is a working road . He uses this road regularly as well logging trucks , farmers and the public . If the Town closes the road down he will have no access to his land 1. 'Ft 4 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 in the back due to the creek and gorge that runs through the center o f his land . The Town of Danby and the County were supposed to fill in ruts and grade the road from the damage an oil company left when sounding for gas . It has been twenty - two ( 22 ) years and he h as not seen them there yet . He wants to be able to get to his back lands . ( Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 29 . - 1 - 8 . 8 ) . Joanne Koval - Asked what happens to the two ( 2 ) pieces of land that have been sold on this road for building houses . She is concerned that permits cannot be issued so that they can build there . Abandonment would mean their land would become effectively land locked and would be cutting off approximately eighty ( 80 ) acres of their land . She said that she would like to see building in the future on this property . Wanda Grunberg of 4 LaRue Road , Spencer , New York addressed the B oard and commented that she has property close to the Tallow Hill Road and she wishes to use that road to get to her land but the ✓ oad is in such poor shape she cannot use it . Nobody is taking care of this road . She said she strongly urges the Town not abandon this road as we are losing value of their property and we pay taxes . She thinks the highway department should take care of this road so that the property owners can use the road . ( Town of D anby Tax Parcel # 29 . - 1 - 9 ) Residents John and Joanne Koval , and Wanda Grunberg said that they fill in ruts on the roads with shovels so that they can get to their property . Attornev Roth_ - asked if the road had been used in the last ten ( 10 ) to fifteen ( 15 ) years . The residents said yes and there are logging trucks as well using the roads . One resident uses the road nine ( 9 ) months of the year o n a regular basis . E rnest Ferris - 167 Tallow Hill Road , Willseyville , New York ( Town o f Candor Tax Parcel # 37 . - 1 . 24 ) said the Town promised to grade the ✓ oad off so he could get to his property about ten ( 10 ) years ago but never did . He can only get to his property in the summer time . Motion to close Public Hearing No . 3 - Tallow Hill Portion Section 1 A motion was made by Councilperson Marisa and seconded by Councilperson Schwartz to close the 7 : 25 Public Hearing No . 3 on Section I - Tallow Hill Road . A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Marisa Aye Schwartz Aye Oltz Aye Carried Unanimously P UBLIC HEARING NO . 4 - 7 : 30 P . M . - Tallow Hill Portion - S ection 2 The 7 : 30 P . M . Public Hearing was called to order by Supervisor Oltz and the following Notice of Publication was read : 7 : 30 P . M . : Consideration of that portion of Tallow Hill Road , here referred to as " Section 2 " , located 4380 + / - feet north of the southern Town of Danby / Town of Spencer town line where it intersects with " Section 1 " , and running eastward 1490 + / feet to the eastern Town of Danby / Town of Candor town line , such highway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . Joanne Koval - said that this is also on part of their land and they have the same comments as made in previous hearing . Ernest Fedrris of 167 Tallow Hill Road , Willseyville , NY ( Town of Candor Tax Parcel # 37 - 1 - 24 ) a - addressed the Board and said we must pay taxes on this property but cannot hardly get to it . If somebody wanted to build on their land , a mile or so , they would h ave a difficult time getting the Town to open the road . He has to come up that way now in the spring time . When it drys out he 105 5 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 comes up Howland Road and John Hill Road . When it was fixed you could use either access with no problem . Robert Miller - ( Town of Danby Tax Parcel # 30 . - 1 - 10 . 2 , & # 30 . - 1 - 10 . 3 ) said it had been impassible for years . People have been using his fields instead of the road . ( Mr . Miller was speaking of Section 1 of Tallow Hill Road . ) One resident said he uses this road all the time and goes there to get firewood . H ighway Superintendent Wm . Hall said the Town had not worked that road in the fourteen ( 14 ) years he has worked with the Town . E rnest Ferris - commented that thirty ( 30 ) years ago the Town of D anby made an agreement with the Town of Candor to work a section of Tallow Hill Road . The Town of Candor worked a portion of this road up until about fifteen ( 15 ) years ago . Motion to Close Public Hearing No . 4 - Section 2 - Tallow Hill P ortion - Section 2 A motion was made by Councilperson Marisa and seconded by Councilperson Schwartz to close the 7 : 30 Public Hearing No . 4 - Section 2 of Tallow Hill Road . A vote on the motion resulted as follows : Marisa Aye S chwartz Aye O ltz Aye Carried Unanimously PUBLIC HEARING _NO 5 . - 7 : 35 P . M . - John Hill / Howland Road ( a . k . a . Reed Road ) P ublic Hearing No . 5 was called to order by Supervisor Oltz and the following Notice of Publication was read : 7 : 35 P . M . : Consideration of that portion of John Hill / Howland Road ( also known as Reed Road ) , commencing at the west edge o f its intersection with Tallow Hill Road ( a . k . a . John Hill Road ) , and running easterly 1560 + / - feet to the eastern Town o f Danby / Town of Candor line , such highway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . Code Enforcement Officer Susan Beeners described the portion of J ohn Hill / Howland Road as completely impassable and presented the public and Town Board with a map and description of the area . Public Response by Mail Mr . Gilbert W . Honsberger - Town of Danby Tax Map Parcel # 29 . - 1 - 5 Submitted letter and a sketch of the roads in the southeast corner of the Town of Danby . He referred to posted notice of abandonment in 1930 of Cummings Road and a section of the then Tallow Hill Road . Mr . Honsberger is requesting that the Town inform him if any extensive widening of the roads is planned so that he can remove or protect trees on his property . E rnest Ferris - Tallow Hill Road - commented that this portion of J ohn Hill / Howland Road has not been traveled since he was little himself . Motion to Close 7 : 35 Public Hearing No . 5 : - John Hill / Howland Road ( a . k . a . Reed Road ) A motion was made by Councilperson Marisa and seconded by S upervisor Oltz to close the 7 : 35 P . M . Public Hearing No . 5 - P ortion of John Hill / Howland Road . A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows . Marisa Aye Schwartz Aye Oltz Aye Carried Unanimously PUBLIC HEARING NO . 6 =7 : 40 P . M . - Old Road P ublic Hearing No . 6 - 7 : 40 P . M . was called to order by Supervisor O ltz and the following Notice of Publication was read : 106 6 Public Hearing Minutes June 22 , 1992 7 : 40 P . M . : Consideration of " Old Road " commencing at its intersection with Spencer Road ( N . Y . S . Route 34 / 96 ) 275 + / - feet from the southern Town of Danby / Town of Spencer town line , and running eastward 2250 + / - feet to its intersection with Hill View ( also known as Center Schoolhouse ) Road , such highway right of way having a width of 50 + / - feet . Code Enforcement Officer Susan Beeners presented the public with a map and described the area to be abandoned . This right of way . is located in the southwest corner of Danby off from Hillview Road n ear the landfill . There is little or no evidence that the right o f way has been used or that a road exists . She has been in contact with William Mobbs , Tompkins County Commissioner of Public Works , and he said that in his twenty ( 20 ) o r so years of service , to his knowledge , the rights of way under consideration had never been regarded as potentially important to the County and their abandonment was not deleterious to County interests . Susan Reported that the property owner on the south edge of this n ear Spencer Road ( Mr . Adler ) voiced no objection . Motion to Close Public Hearing No . 6 - Old Road A motion was made by Councilperson Marisa and seconded by Councilperson Schwartz to close the 7 : 40 Public Hearing No . 6 . - Old Road . A roll call vote on the motion resulted as follows : Marisa Aye S chwartz Aye O ltz Aye Carried Unanimously ADJOURNMENT : The public hearing portion of the meeting adjourned at 9 : 10 P . M . aeolai ->X5d91-adl-fac: Carol W . Sczepa* ki , Town Clerk phm - 6 - 22 . 92 107 1 Town Board Minutes June 22 , 1992 TOWN OF DANBY TOWN BOARD MEETING Special Meeting 9 : 13 P . M . June 22 , 1992 P RESENT : Supervisor Oltz Councilpersons : Marisa , Schwartz O thers Present : Town Clerk - Carol Sczepanski A special meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Danby was held following public hearing on June 22 , 1992 at 9 : 13 P . M . to consider the proposed conveyance by the Town of Danby to the Danby Fire D istrict of Certain Real Property Acquired for Use by the West D anby Water District . RESOLUTION NO . 47 of 1992 CONVEYANCE BY THE TOWN OF DANBY TO THE DANBY FIRE DISTRICT OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED FOR USE BY THE WEST DANBY WATER D ISTRICT B y Councilperson Marisa : Seconded by Councilperson Schwartz WHEREAS , the Town of Danby acquired certain real property by deed dated September 13 , 1968 and recorded September 27 , 1968 in the Tompkins County Clerk ' s Office in Liber 477 of Deeds at Page 998 , which property is described in more particular detail on Schedule A which will be revised to include a description of the right of way . Schedule A is annexed hereto and made a part hereof ( the " Property " ) ; and WHEREAS , the Property was acquired in accordance with the terms of Town Board Resolution No . 12 of October 5 , 1967 , and Town Board Resolution No . 5 , of April 8 , 1968 ; and WHEREAS , the Town of Danby acquired the Property on behalf of the West Danby Water District , for use by the West Danby Water District in connection with the establishment and operation of its water d istribution facilities ; and WHEREAS , the acquisition of the Property by the Town was for a proprietary use by the Town and not for a public use , and therefore the Town ' s acquisition of the Property did not create a public trust on the Property that may have made the Property inalienable in the absence of State legislative authority to the contrary ; and WHEREAS , the West Danby Water District and the Town have both determined that the Property is not necessary for the purposes for which Property was acquired by the Town ; and WHEREAS , the Town desires to sell , transfer and convey the Property ; and WHEREAS , the Danby Fire District has expressed an interest in acquiring the Property from the Town ; and WHEREAS , the Town has obtained an appraisal of the Property prepared by a licensed real estate appraiser with experience in appraisal of properties such as the Property in the Tompkins County area ; and WHEREAS , said appraisal has determined that the value of the Property currently is Seven Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 7 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars ; and I 'I -. 10 _ 2 Town Board Minutes June 22 , 1992 WHEREAS , the Danby Fire District is willing to pay as consideration for the Property the amount of Seven Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 7 , 000 . 00 ) , and WHEREAS , the Town Board has duly conducted a public hearing on the matter of the conveyance by the Town of the Property to the Danby Fire District , and no substantial objections to such conveyance were presented during said public hearing ; and WHEREAS , in accordance with the provisions of Section 64 ( 2 ) of the Town Law of the State of New York , the Town may convey real property such as the Property following adoption of a resolution in favor of the conveyance , which resolution shall be subject to a permissive referendum . NOW , THEREFORE , be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of D anby as follows : The Town shall sell , transfer and convey all of the Town ' s right , title and interest in and to the Property to the Danby Fire D istrict for the consideration of Seven Thousand and 00 / 100 ( $ 7 , 000 . 00 ) Dollars , and the closing of this conveyance shall take place at such time and place as is mutually convenient to both parties , and further , the Town Supervisor shall have , and is hereby g ranted , all power and authority necessary to execute and deliver all such documentation as may be necessary or appropriate to effect such conveyance , and further , this resolution shall be subject to permissive ✓ eferendum , in accordance with the provisions of Sections 90 and 91 of the Town Law , and further , this resolution is adopted by the Town board in accordance with the terms of Section 64 ( 2 ) of the Town Law , and further , conditions on the Town of Danby obtaining any release o r approval that may be necessary from the holder of the bonds that was issued to finance the Town acquisition of the Property , and further , subject to the Town Attorney ' s review and revision o f the legal description of the Property , and further , subject to the legal description of the right of way to conform with the existing right of way . A roll call vote on the resolution resulted as follows : Marisa Aye Schwartz Aye Oltz Aye Carried Unanimously ADJOURNMENT : On a motion the meeting was adjourned at 9 : 20 P . M . -12 data/Carol W . S panski Town Clerk IIIIM 109 Town Board Minutes Annexto Resolution # 47 West Danby Water District Conveyance of Land SCHEDULE A ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate , lying and being in the Town of Danby , Tompkins County , New York and bounded and described as follows : BEGINNING at a point in the southerly line of a strip of land , which strip is a portion of the parcel deeded to the Town of Danby by deed recorded in the Tompkins County Clerk ' s Office at Liber 477 of Deeds , Page 998 , within which strip lies an existing gravel road bed , which road bed is also known as Sylvan Road , and which point lies the following courses and distances from a point in the centerline of New York State Routes 34 & 96 , which point lies 425 feet , more or less northerly of the south line of Lot 4 : South 87 ° 28 ' West 136 feet to a point marked by an iron pipe ; thence North 59 ° 06 ' West 271 . 5 feet to a point marked by an iron pipe ; thence South 81 ° 46 ' West 815 . 0 feet to a poet marked by an iron pin ; thence South 08 ° 52 ' West 26 feet to a point marked by an iron pin ; which is the point or place of beginning ; thence South 08 ° 52 ' West , a distance of 465 . 4 feet , passing through a point marked by an iron pin at a distance of 225 . 4 feet , to a point marked by a pin , which point is the southeasterly corner of the herein described premises ; thence North 81 ° 08 ' West , a distance of 370 . 0 fed to a point marked by an iron pipe , which point is the southwesterly corner of the herein described premises ; thence North 08 ° 52 ' East , a distance of 351 . 6 feet to a point marked by an iron pipe, which point is the northwesterly corner of the herein described premises ; thence North 81 ° 46 ' East , a distance of 387 . 1 feet to the point or place of beginning . The herein described parcel is identified as the " Parcel To Be Conveyed For Proposed New Fire Station By Town of Danby , P/O Deeds Book 477 , Page 998 , P/O Tax Parcel 18 - 1 - 17 . 1 , Area Equals 3 . 47 Acres , " on that certain survey map entitled " Portion of Lands of Town of Danby , Town of Danby , Tompkins County , N . Y . , " dated September 26 , 1991 , prepared by T . G . Miller , P . C . , Engineers & Surveyors . •