File #: 23-508    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/28/2023 In control: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee
On agenda: Final action: 11/13/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE MOHAWK HUDSON LAND CONSERVANCY TO ESTABLISH TWO FORMAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BENDER MELON FARM PRESERVE AND THE ALBANY COUNTY RAIL TRAIL
Sponsors: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives
Attachments: 1. Cover Letter, 2. RLA Form 4686, 3. Bender Melon RT Connections, 4. Access Map Alt. 1, 5. 23-418 CSGI 4 - TMP 4565 - MHLC License Agreement, 6. 23-508 CSGI 2 - TMP 4686 - MHLC Bender Melon Preserve Connections - Copy

RESOLUTION NO. 508

                     

AUTHORIZING A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH THE MOHAWK HUDSON LAND CONSERVANCY TO ESTABLISH TWO FORMAL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE BENDER MELON FARM PRESERVE AND THE ALBANY COUNTY RAIL TRAIL

 

                     Introduced:  11/13/23

                     By Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Initiatives Committee:

 

                     WHEREAS, The Bender Melon Preserve, located in the Town of New Scotland and owned by the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC), is bisected by the Albany County Rail Trail, and

 

                     WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 418 of 2023, this Honorable Body authorized a license agreement between Albany County and the MHLC to establish formal connections between the Albany County Rail Trail and the Bender Melon Preserve, and

 

                     WHEREAS, The County Executive has requested authorization to enter into a license agreement with the MHLC to establish two additional formal connections between the Albany County Rail Trail and the Bender Melon Preserve, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to enter into a license agreement with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, Delmar, NY 12054 to establish two additional formal connections between the Albany County Rail Trail and the Bender Melon Preserve, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the County Attorney is authorized to approve said agreement 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.