RESOLUTION NO. 174
AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE OF A PORTION OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT BLODGETT HILL ROAD (TAX MAP NO. 142.-1-25.11) IN THE TOWN OF COEYMANS
Introduced: 5/11/26
By Audit and Finance Committee:
WHEREAS, CR 103, also known as Blodgett Hill Road in the Town of Coeymans, is owned by the County of Albany, and
WHEREAS, Gerald Weidman Jr. and Sherrie Weidman, residing on Blodgett Hill Road at (Tax Map No. 142.-1-25.11), have expressed an interest in acquiring a section of CR103 totaling +0.25 acres that is abutting their property, and have offered to pay $250 for the property, and
WHEREAS, The County Executive’s Office has indicated that this portion of CR 103 has stopped being used and maintained and that the abutting property owners wish to acquire the portion as part of their parcel, and
WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 173 for 2026, the aforementioned +0.25 acre portion of CR 103 was deemed abandoned pursuant to Highway Law § 118-A, and “no longer necessary for public use” pursuant to County Law § 215 and § 65-3 of the Albany County Code and is therefore eligible to be sold, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to execute on behalf of the County any documents necessary to convey the aforementioned +0.25 acre portion of real property located at CR 103, Blodgett Hill Road that is abutting property located at (Tax Map No. 142.-1-25.11) in the Town of Coeymans, and as indicated on the surveyor’s description annexed hereto, to Gerald Weidman Jr. and Sherrie Weidman for the amount of $250, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said conveyance as to form and content, and, be it further
RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.
SCHEDULE A
ALL that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Town of Coeymans, County of Albany, and State of New York, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the southerly line of the relocated Albany County Route 103 a/k/a Blodgett. Hill Road at its intersection with the northwesterly corner of the premises herein described and the northeasterly corner of other lands of the County of Albany; thence turning and running from said point on a bearing of S 41° 33' 01" E a distance of 79.57 feet to an iron rod set; thence turning and running from said point on a bearing of S 61° 02' 43" E a distance of 99.21 feet to an iron rod set in the southwesterly corner of the premises herein described; thence turning and running from said point on a bearing of N 52° 50' 15" E a distance of 60.01 feet to an iron rod set in the southeasterly corner of the premises herein described; thence turning and running from said point on a bearing of N 61° 02' 43" W a distance of 98.72 feet to an iron rod set; thence continuing on a bearing of N 41° 33' 01" W a distance of 97.86 feet to an iron rod set in the northeasterly corner of the premises herein described, and the southerly line of the aforesaid Albany County Route 103 a/k/a Blodgett Hill Road; thence turning and running from said point and along the southerly line of Albany County Route 103 a/k/a Blodgett Hill Road on a bearing of S 36° 00' 20" W a distance of 61.44 feet to the point and place of beginning, containing 0.25 acres of land, more or less.