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 May 2019, duly adopted the following Resolution
which is subject to Permissive Referendum;
Whereas; the Town Board has received request dated August 16, 2018 by Elbert DeJager to
convey property formerly a county roadway adjacent to his property, located at DeJager Lane,
SBL 77.1-2-34; 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 described as being approximately 18 feet wide by 258
feet in length by the Highway Superintendent; and
Whereas; Elbert DeJager has supplied a description of lands prepared by Medenbach & Eggers,

Civil Engineering and Land Surveying P.C. on January 10, 2010; and

Whereas; such property has been deemed unusable by the Highway Superintendent and has been
unused for a significant period of time; and
Whereas; Elbert and Wilma DeJager have made offer of $500.00 payment to the Town of
Rochester in return for conveyance of such parcel on August 16, 2018; 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,
which resolution shall be subject to permissive referendum; and
Therefore; be it resolved; the Town Board accepts such offer of payment of $500 for the property
as described in resolution #16 of 1965, Lucas Turnpike, Abandonment Map #3, and agrees to
convey said property via quitclaim deed to Elbert and Wilma DeJager, subject to permissive
referendum; and
Further; Elbert and Wilma DeJager shall provide a survey and description of property and shall
be required to bear any and all costs for the advertisement of permissive referendum, survey,
transfer, filing of such real property conveyance, and any other transfer of property fees.
BY THE ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD,
KATHLEEN A. GUNDBERG, TOWN CLERK