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2012-223 Stipulation of Discontinuance, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "A", and in accordance with the Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Storm water Drainage Facilities, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit "B". NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows: 1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth and adopted herein. 2. The Town Board hereby determines, after weighing all of the facts and circumstances surrounding this matter, that the terms and conditions set forth in the Stipulation of Discontinuance, attached as Exhibit "A", and the terms and conditions of the Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities, attached as Exhibit "B", are reasonable and acceptable and the Town Board hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions stated therein. 3. The Town Board hereby authorizes the Attorney to the Town, Albert P. Roberts, to execute the Stipulation of Discontinuance in the form annexed hereto, marked and designated as Exhibit "A", by and on behalf of the Town of Wappinger and have same filed with the Supreme Court, and the Town Board hereby agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions stated therein. 4. As a condition of the Stipulation of Discontinuance, the Town Board agrees to accept the terms and conditions of the Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "B", which Grant of Easement is to be executed by the Defendants Mazochi and the Defendants Howe and recorded in the Dutchess County Clerk's Office as soon as practicable. 5. The Town Board further authorizes Highway Superintendent Graham Foster, or his designee, to negotiate any further terms to the Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities he deems necessary to facilitate the free flow of surface or stormwater away from Adams Street. The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows: BARBARA GUTZLER, SUPERVISOR WILLIAM H. BEALE, COUNCILMAN VINCENT F. BETTINA, COUNCILMAN ISMA Y CZARNIECKI, COUNCIL WOMAN MICHAEL KUZMICZ, COUNCILMAN Voting: Voting: Voting: Voting: Voting: AYE AYE AYE AYE AYE Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York 8/13/2012 The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted. bu~7~ CHRISTINE FULTON, TOWN CLERK EXHIBIT "A" SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ______________________________________________________------------------}C TOWN OF WAPPINGER, Inde}C No.: 2011/6925 Plaintiff, -against- STIPULATION OF DISCONTINUANCE DONALD A. MAZOCHI, CATHERINE 1. MAZOCHI, RICHARD 1. HOWE and THERESA C. HOWE, Defendants. ______________________________________________________------------------}C WHEREAS, the undersigned are the attorneys of record for all parties to the above- entitled action; and WHEREAS, no party hereto is an infant or incompetent person for whom a committee has been appointed; and WHEREAS, no person not a party has an interest in the subject matter of the action; and WHEREAS, the parties hereto acknowledge that certain improvements have been made to the e}Cisting contours of the various properties in question, which improvements have alleviated the flooding and ponding condition that caused the commencement of this action; and WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger has agreed to accept a Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities which will permit the Town, or its agents, to enter onto the property of the Defendants in the event the Defendants do not maintain drainage swales to remove surface or stormwater away from Adams Street. NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the undersigned, that the recitations above set forth are incorporated as if fully set forth and recited herein. 1 IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, that the above-entitled action be, and the same is discontinued, with prejudice, and without costs to any party as against the other; and IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, that this stipulation may be signed in counterparts, with each such counterpart constituting an original and all such counterparts constituting one and the same document; and IT IS HEREBY FURTHER STIPULATED AND AGREED, that this Stipulation may be filed without further notice with the Clerk of the Court. Dated: ,2012 Dated: ,2012 Albert P. Roberts, Esq. VERGILIS, STENGER, ROBERTS, DAVIS & DIAMOND, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 1136 Route 9 Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Kevin A. Denton, Esq. Denton & McLaughlin, PC Attorneys for the Mazochis One Memorial Avenue P.O. Box 418 Pawling, New York 12564 Dated: ,2012 Donald Cappillino, Esq. Cappillino & Rothschild LLP Attorneys for the Howes Seven Broad Street P.O. Box 390 Pawling, New York 12564-0390 2 EXHIBIT liB n GRANT OF PERMANENT EASEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF STORMW ATER DRAINAGE FACILITIES . TffiS INDENTURE, made the _ day of August, 2012, between RICHARD J. HOWE and THERESA C. HOWE of and residing at 17 Adams Street, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (hereinafter referred to collectively as "HOWE" or "GRANTORS"), DONALD A. MAZOCm and CATHERINE J. MAZOCHI of and residing at 18 Adams Street, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 (hereinafter referred to collectively as "MAZOCHI" or "GRANTORS"), and TOWN OF WAPPINGER (hereinafter referred to as the "TOWN" or "GRANTEE"), a municipal subdivision with its offices located at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590. W!INE~~~TH: WHEREAS, HOWE are the owners of a certain parcel of property, commonly referred to as 17 Adams Street, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York, 12590, tax parcel identification no. 135689-6157-01-299923-0000, which is more particularly described in a certain Deed dated November 29, 1990 from Richard Howe to Richard 1. Howe and Theresa C. Howe, recorded in the Dutchess County Clerk's Office on December 3, 1990 in Liber 1880 of Deeds at Page 73 (hereinafter referred to as the "HOWE PARCEL"); and WHEREAS, MAZOCHI are the owners of a certain parcel of property, commonly referred to as 18 Adams Street, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York, 12590, tax parcel identification no. 135689-6157-01-296912-0000, which is more particularly described in a certain Deed dated March 27, 1995 from Michael A. Mazochi to Donald A. Mazochi and O:\Wappinger\Town Board\Mazochi - Adams Street Drainage\Easement . HOWE and MAZOCHI ONLY - Clean Version.doc Catherine J. Mazochi, recorded in the Dutchess County Clerk's Office on March 29, 1995 in Liber 1959 of Deeds at Page 120 (hereinafter referred to as the "MAZOCHI PARCEL"); and . WHEREAS, the HOWE PARCEL, and the MAZOCHI PARCEL are contiguous each to the other and share a common boundary; and WHEREAS, the property owned by HOWE is improved by a swale which is located immediately adjacent to the property line shared by HOWE and MAZOCHI as shown on a plat entitled "As Built" map of survey made for R and T Howe dated April 17, 1991 and annexed hereto and made apart hereof as Exhibit "A" (MAZOCHI property is shown as now or formerly LeGuillo) on Exhibit "A"; and WHEREAS, the aforedescribed swale was designed to drain surface and storm water away from Adams Street to a rivulet located on the Mazochi parcel which discharges to Hunter's Creek as shown on the Exhibit "A"; and WHEREAS, the swale on the HOWE property drains on to the MAZOCHI property and eventually into a swale as shown on a drawing tilted "As-Built Plan for Donald A. and Catherine K. Mazochi" dated December 9, 2004 a copy of which is annexed hereto and made apart hereof as Exhibit "B"; and WHEREAS, the parties to this Grant of Easement have agreed to enter into it for the purpose of maintaining a continuous and uninterrupted flow of surface or stormwater away from Adams Street over the properties of HOWE and MAZOCHI to Hunter's Creek as shown on their respective plat plans approved for the construction of their respective single-family homes. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: 1. RECITATIONS INCORPORATED: The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Easement as if fully set forth and recited herein. 2 2. GRANT OF PERMANENT EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF-WAY: HOWE and MAZOCHI each hereby grant unto the TOWN a PERMANENT EASEMENT AND RIGHT-OF- WAY in, on, under and through that portion of each of their parcels, hereinafter described and called the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREAS, for the transportation and disposal of surface, storm or ground water and to maintain, repair, reconstruct, and inspect the same as the TOWN may deem necessary or appropriate for the purposes set forth herein under the terms of this Grant of Easement. HOWE and MAZOCHI each hereby expressly acknowledge that said surface or stormwater will be discharged into a water course and/or rivulet located on the eastern portion of the MAZOCHI PARCEL, which eventually discharges into Hunter's Creek. 3. HOWE PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA: The PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA on the HOWE property contains the swale and runs parallel to the boundary which HOWE and MAZOCHI share, as shown on the annexed Exhibit "A", and is five feet in width extending on to the HOWE property, running parallel with the northerly boundary with MAZOCHI. 4. MAZOCHI PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA: The PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA for MAZOCHI is described as the swale area shown on Exhibit "B", together with a general and undescribed area that is reasonably and seasonably required to allow the flow of surface and stormwater from Adams Street over the HOWE swale and into the swale as shown on Exhibit "B". 5. MAINTENANCE: HOWE and MAZOCHI, their successors in interest, shall be responsible for maintaining the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA located on each of their respective properties as shown respectively on Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B". Maintenance of the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA shall require HOWE and MAZOCHI to undertake such work 3 n_______ ..._.__~.._.__.__._,....._._____,__~.____~~._----,-,-,.-:...,,....,.----,---,-.~--,.--~-'""'.-.,...... ...-----.---...'.'.....-- as is reasonably necessary to give effect to the purpose of this Grant of Easement. In the event that either, or both, HOWE or MAZOCHI shall fail to perform their obligation under the terms of this easement agreement, then the Town of Wappinger, in its sole discretion, and without the obligation, to perform such maintenance work at the expense of HOWE or MAZOCHI or both, as the case may be. In that event, any expense incurred by the Town of Wappinger shall become and deemed a lien against the land upon which the work has been performed, together with any cost incurred by the Town in this exercise and with interest at a rate of 12% per annum and including reasonable legal fees, HOWE and MAZOCHI, by this agreement, do hereby grant the Town of Wappinger a general easement of ingress and egress over each of their respective properties for the purpose of maintaining the permanent easement areas as described in this agreement. 5. PROHIBITION/LIMITATIONS OF STRUCTURES: HOWE and MAZOCHI each are hereby prohibited from planting any trees or shrubs or constructing and/or maintaining any type of permanent or temporary structure and/or from constructing/installing any type of underground pipes or conduits in, on, or over the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA, or to otherwise impede the flow of drainage over the easements, except upon the written approval of the Town of Wappinger Highway Superintendent and upon the recommendation of the Town of Wappinger Engineer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, HOWE shall be permitted to maintain a fence within the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA, as it presently exists. In the event that the fence installed by HOWE within the PERMANENT EASEMENT AREA is required to be removed in order for the TOWN to exercise its rights under this Agreement, the TOWN shall be permitted to remove any portion or portions of the fence reasonably necessary to that exercise without liability. Re- installation of the fence shall be the sole responsibility of HOWE, should HOWE choose to reinstall same. 4 6. BINDING EFFECT: The terms, covenants, and agreements herein contained shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective heirs, distributees, legal representatives, successors and assigns and ALL COVENANTS HEREIN SHALL RUN WITH THE LANDS AFFECTED THEREBY AND SHALL BE PERPETUAL IN DURATION. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HOWE, MAZOCHI, and the TOWN have executed this instrument as of the date first set forth above. Richard J. Howe, Grantor Theresa C. Howe, Grantor Donald A. Mazochi, Grantor Catherine A. Mazochi, Grantor TOWN OF WAPPINGER BY: Barbara Gutzler, Supervisor 5 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) On the _ day of , 2012 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared RICHARD J. HOWE, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) On the _ day of ,2012 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared THERESA C. HOWE, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. NOTARY PUBLIC 6 . ' . STATE OF NEW YORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) On the _ day of ,2012 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared DONALD A. MAZOCHI, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same in his capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. NOTARY PUBLIC STATEOFNEWYORK ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) On the _ day of ,2012 before me, the undersigned, a notary public in and for said state, personally appeared CA THERlNE A. MAZOCHI, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that she executed the same in her capacity, and that by her signature on the instrument, the individual, or the person upon behalf of which the individual acted, executed the instrument. NOTARY PUBLIC 7 ~ ' ~ c. STATE OF NEW YORK. ) ) ss.: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS ) On the _ day of ,2012, before me personally came BARBARA A. GUTZLER to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides in the Town of Wappinger; that she is the Supervisor of the Town of Wappinger, the municipality described in and which executed the above instrument; and that she signed her name thereto by authority of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger. NOTARY PUBLIC 8 9o'~~1 "AoS BUILT" J-MAP t:JF .sURVEY MA:JJE FOR RAND T. Howe SITUATE lA/THE TOWN OF WAPPINGCll DUTCHLSS CO.. N. Y: 17 A 'PR.. 199/ .sCALE.: J II = 2. 0 PEEr FINAL PLOT PLAN FOIl. Ha.rE - SITE FIEUl Vt:lurlCU' ~ 'U/UUI"" ......~.....- -----. .-- PAGGI & MARTi" CO"SULTING ENGINEERS & l 54-56 MAIN STh . POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW Yv... ~~, " - 'C ~~::-......... --" "t:..'''1' ~.~ 1. 2. 3. aleele tcpping crl both the house driv, I.rd the Lopez1s driveway. CCll1'letion of seeding of the Howe site. CClIIl'letion of the restorllticn of AdaIhI Street where the uttl itfes wer!_ h_oljlked in or sign of~ fr~ :''''-'':~T'''-'-''''..'-~r~ ': ~~: .? E; { A1JAM~ <..l __ <E-' 0__ ...... ~""- !;;~ ~. f, \ ' i~ ; ~ tL_ .....:~~ ~ :>OE-' . l). .....E-<~ ' O'\U.~ _J<1Z r--...,..... ....."'" _;:>Z ",CI)J<1 ~ '-, - STRE.ET -s ~ , ~ ~~ - --:::: w - .." '1" \ t'/ . ~ .. .,' \I . '!rf iL-r- c~uC--- - . " ~ I:l:I H >,l ~ '11.:1 III ~ ~ zi" .lfO' \ E' 01 \,'" J"D'~ ----!leI 10B,f'; \:, -, / ~ ..........j.5 ~,,,,.~t 3\ . ~ \.0 VJ ' ______ J,;,' e;. ~ J!' 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Re-gradlng and ahaplng of dl1ch .. ahown on Iha Prallmlnary Plot Plan and Flied Map to be completed aa _lha' a11owa. Eocl'OW account In the amount of '1,500.00 to be malntainod with tho Town to lnaure lhatthla work be done. 4. Mapping of sanitary _, and wo.., "Mco on FInal PIal Plan to be aubm_to tho Town. Th......' Invert aIovation shOuld be ahown to lna..... v." par fool elope. Thla could be varined by tho Building lnapoctor and tho Pial Plan noed no1 be ro-clnlu_ to thia office if proper elope exists. (~." -", /l"/" " J. MAZOCHI ..;,. / U C:/ F:~~::' !'artin, & eel Bene LLP :r 5;,:, r',.'!ji'~ 6iwet POl'~i:'\eepsie, NY 12601 (C45) 471-7898/FAX (845) 471-0905 )RK EXHIBIT "B" - 1 er~,1 U I / ~ffi c.yr'jH-- 1 c~ .; '--~. ll-r~ ,---.. ~ 1:te: jP3 ~-/.(\. . ~. AU / .4f'- I ir J!.-l'&.~ i . .,0 -1" I J I \ \ \ I \ Nil' Lopez L 1203 P 684 I I I I \ I. I I \ I I i I i I I ! i I i I I i I \ -.;, - --rL ~~; I 1 \ I I I I I r I I! / I I /S~ 1/ \ 90~ <o~ I I /Jo,/ I / I / ! i / I ! / i I I / ! Nil' Wapplng... Central I / School Dlltrlct ' I \ I i I I I II I t # o '" " . " '*' ~ N/f Howe L 1680 P 71 .. /' ~I~~~ . / ; I "" I II; \ I- I I ; / I I / \ I <'6'-'!o. \ \ Nil' Lope2 L 1249 P 325 .. ~ \\ .. \ \/ 1.141 Acres T.M.# 6157-01-296912 Doc. 2002-2276 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \. \ \ \ II \ \ "- "- \ ) I / EXHIBIT "B" - 2 I 2012-223 Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Stipulation of Discontinuance and Acceptance of Grant of Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities in Connection with Litigation Commenced Against Mazochi and Howe At a regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on August 13,2012. The meeting was called to order by Barbara Gutzler, Supervisor, and upon roll being called, the following were present: PRESENT: Supervisor Councilmembers Barbara Gutzler William H. Beale (Arrived at 7:31PM) Vincent F. Bettina (Arrived at 7:47 PM) Ismay Czarniecki Michael Kuzmicz ABSENT: The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Beale and seconded by Councilman Bettina. WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger brought an action in State of New York, Supreme Court, Dutchess County, against Donald A. Mazochi and Catherine A. Mazochi (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Mazochi") and Richard J. Howe and Theresa C. Howe (hereinafter collectively referred to as "Howe"), property owners on Adams Street, for failure to maintain the contours on their property as required on their approved Final Plot Plans submitted in connection with the construction of single-family residences on their respective properties located on Adams Street in the Town of Wappinger; and WHEREAS, the failure to maintain the approved contours on their respective properties has resulted in an accumulation of water or "ponding" on Adams Street, to the detriment of the Town and neighboring property owners; and WHEREAS, by Resolution dated June 25, 2012, the Town Board authorized a settlement of the aforementioned Supreme Court action, however, two ofthe Defendants rejected this settlement proposal; and WHEREAS, after much deliberation and negotiation, the Town, Mazochi and Howe have agreed to settle their differences by entering into a Stipulation of Discontinuance, which, among other things, requires Mazochi and Howe to Grant a Permanent Easement for Maintenance of Stormwater Drainage Facilities to the Town which requires both Howe and Mazochi to maintain swales on their respective properties to drain surface and stormwater away from Adams Street to a rivulet located on the Mazochi parcel, which rivulet in turn discharges into Hunter's Creek, and upon the failure of Howe or Mazochi to properly maintain the swales, the Town, or its agents, may enter onto the property of either Howe or Mazochi, as the case may be, to maintain the free flow of surface or stormwater and charge the costs thereof to the respective property owners, in accordance with the terms and conditions as stated in the