Town of Coeymans

NOTICE: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

                                

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION
   SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a regular meeting held on the 28th day of January, 2021, the Town Board of the Town of Coeymans, Albany County, New York, duly adopted a bond resolution entitled “BOND RESOLUTION DATED JANUARY 28, 2021: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACQUISITION OF THE FORMER SYCAMORE GOLF COURSE AND THE ISSUANCE OF SERIAL BONDS OF THE TOWN OF COEYMANS, ALBANY COUNTY, NEW YORK IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 PURSUANT TO THE LOCAL FINANCE LAW TO FINANCE THE COST THEREOF, PROVIDING THAT THIS RESOLUTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM, AND DELEGATING CERTAIN POWERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH TO THE TOWN SUPERVISOR”, an abstract of which follows, which resolution is subject to permissive referendum pursuant to Section 35 of the Local Finance Law and Article Seven of the Town Law of the State of New York.

            Said resolution authorizes the acquisition of the former Sycamore Golf Course at 38 Tompkins Road in the Town of Coeymans for municipal recreational use, having an estimated aggregate maximum cost of $800,000, and a period of probable usefulness of 20 years.  The resolution further authorizes the issuance of serial bonds of the Town of Coeymans, Albany County, New York, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $800,000 pursuant to the Local Finance Law to finance the cost thereof, with a proposed maturity in excess of 5 years, and delegates certain powers to the Town Supervisor. 

It has been determined that such purpose constitutes a Type I action as defined under the State Environmental Quality Review Regulations, which will not have a significant effect on the environment.

            Said resolution shall take effect thirty days after adoption, unless there shall be filed with the Town Clerk a petition signed and acknowledged by the electors of the Town qualified to vote upon a proposition to raise and expend money, in number equal to at least five percentum of the total vote cast for governor in the Town at the last general election held for the election of State officers, protesting against the resolution and requesting that the matter be submitted to the qualified electors of the Town at a referendum in the manner provided by the Town Law.

            A copy of the resolution is available for public inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the Town Clerk, located at the Town Hall, 18 Russell Avenue, Ravena, New York.

Dated: January 28, 2021
         Cindy L. Rowzee
   Town Clerk