LEGAL NOTICE:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Rochester, Ulster County,
New York, at a Regular meeting held on the 2nd day of August 2018, duly adopted the
following Resolution # 263-2018;
Whereas; the Town Board has received request dated October 19, 2018 by William and Lynn
Wells to convey property adjacent to their home, located at 20 DeJager Lane,
SBL 77.1-2-33.113; and

Whereas; upon investigation, the Town Board received correspondence and records from Ulster
County Real Property on February 14, 2018 indicating such property ownership was transferred
to the Town of Rochester by resolution #16 of 1965 by the Board of Supervisors of Ulster
County “to become a part of the Town Highway system where maintenance by the Township is
required or disposal of to the adjacent property owners as prescribed by Law where they are no
longer necessary for public use and travel; and

Whereas; such parcel has been determined to contain approximately ±0.25 acres of land; and
Whereas; such property has been deemed unusable by the Highway Superintendent and has
been unused for a significant period of time; and

Whereas; William and Lynn Wells have made offer of $400.00 payment to the Town of
Rochester in return for conveyance of such parcel on May 3, 2018; and
At the Regular Town Board meeting date August 2, 2018 the Town Board accepted such offer of
payment of $400 for the property as described in resolution #16 of 1965, Lucas Turnpike,
Abandonment Map #5, and agrees to convey said property via quitclaim deed to William and
Lynn Wells, and

Whereas, pursuant to Town Law (TWN) § 64, General Powers of Town Boards, a Town Board
may, upon the adoption of a resolution, convey or lease real property in the name of the town.
Such resolution is subject to permissive referendum as provided by Article 7 of NYS Town law.
BY THE ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD, KATHLEEN A. GUNDBERG, TOWN CLERK