Summary AI
The Community Development Agency held a brief special meeting, passing resolutions on voice votes. A member of the public raised a question about whether parcels related to a town square project may require a parkland alienation process under New York State law.
Key actions
- The board approved resolutions by roll-call vote with all members voting in favor.
- A speaker referenced guidance from the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation and the Comptroller's Office regarding whether certain parcels — including one described as a 127-space site — could be classified as parkland requiring formal alienation before transfer to a private owner.
- A board member responded that none of the parcels have been formally dedicated as parkland and that the referenced building is currently an occupied commercial structure.
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okay um okay i just said please yeah i'm gonna call the vote i'm just a little sure get water for going i got it um uh waski yes maryfield yes kern yes rothwell yes yes resolutions great job no more matters i think you can close the meeting okay waski yes uh maryfield yes yes rothwell yes hubbard yes and that's the end of the cda business until next time thanks very much comments on any matter for the cda comments on any matter for the cda just got the meeting up
somehow the comments on public office and [transcription gap] public office public office public office [transcription gap] [transcription gap] that's issued by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. There's a similar memorandum from the Comptroller's Office, and this will no doubt turn on the question of is the town square considered parkland or not. There is language in this which I think could argue to include it. There's probably other interpretations it would not, but I think that we have tried to get opinion from the Comptroller's Office. They referred me to the Parks Office, and I've not yet gotten a response from them. But I'd note that in the handbook, they say obtaining a parkland alienation bill can be complex and time-consuming. A municipality should begin work. Local [transcription gap] Local Local Local alienation bill etc at any rate there's i've sent it to you um it is i am not making a defined statement i don't have the basis for doing that but i am saying that i think you need to have conversations more official conversations with the department of parks and see whether you have a process that you need to go through to alienate a big some chunk of land both the 127 space and the land that's being added to that building on both sides and and being alienated to a private owner so that's just for the record to have it there and hopefully you'll be able to find out we'll get continue to try to get more information about it okay all right so none of those parcels have been formally dedicated as parkland there's been discussed establishing a town square the formal dedication would happen subsequently when the when the square is established moreover with respect to 127 that is a occupied commercial building at this point so there's no there's no indication that that would be parkland this time is up yeah john you're well over your three okay i don't know if i can answer that question i don't know if i can answer that question yeah i mean you have i just think it's more undetermined than that as to how that lands okay is free ice cream in the town square in seven minutes oh yeah right and hamburgers just saying that's right okay having seen no nothing else uh everything finished up with the cda make them what we i don't know did we close the cda now because we just went to the cda we did okay we did all right so let's just formally close everything