HomeMy WebLinkAboutLL 07 of 2017 Gift to City for Parks TOWN OF ITHACA
LOCAL LAW NO. 7 OF THE YEAR 2017
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:
Section 1. 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 authorize the 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 Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00)in 2017 to 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 that is anticipated to save Town of Ithaca residents approximately
Thirty-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. Gift to 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 amount and 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 such declaration of invalidity.
Section 5. Effective Date. This local law shall take effect immediately upon
its filing with the New York Secretary of State.
Adopted March 13, 2017