NOTICE OF JOINT MEETING AND JOINT PUBLIC HEARING
VILLAGE OF ODESSA, TOWN OF CATHARINE, TOWN OF HECTOR, TOWN OF MONTOUR AND TOWN OF VETERAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of
Odessa, the Town Board of the Town of Catharine, the Town Board of the Town of Hector,
the Town Board of the Town of Montour and the Town Board of the Town of Veteran shall
conduct a joint meeting and joint public hearing on October 16, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Odessa Montour High School Auditorium, 300 College Avenue, Odessa, New York 14869
upon a proposal to create a joint fire district to be known as the Odessa Unified Fire
District to include the territory described below, at which time and place said Towns and
Village Boards will jointly consider such proposal and hear all persons interested in the
same.
This Notice is also made for compliance with the provisions of Public Officers Law
section 104.
The description of the boundaries of the proposed Odessa Unified Fire District is
the whole of the Village of Odessa and the Town of Catharine, and portions of the Towns
of Hector, Montour and Veteran as it is more particularly described in Schedule A hereto
and the description of the objects and purposes for which it is proposed is that a new fire
district is formed is to provide fire protection and emergency services by a fire district as
provided by law.
DATED: Odessa, New York
September 19, 2024
By Order of the Village Board of Trustees Village of Odessa, New York
By Order of the Town Board Town of Catharine, New York
By Order of the Town Board Town of Hector, New York
By Order of the Town Board Town of Montour, New York
By Order of the Town Board Town of Veteran, New York
SCHEDULE A
ODESSA UNIFIED FIRE DISTRICT (PROPOSED)
ALL THOSE TRACTS AND PARCELS and all the premises contained therein, being described as follows, including:
VILLAGE OF ODESSA:
The entire Village of Odessa;
TOGETHER WITH:
TOWN OF CATHARINE:
Being all of said Town, and which Town is bounded on the north by the Town of Hector, Schuyler County, New York; on the east by the Town of Newfield, Tompkins County, New York, and the Town of Cayuta, Schuyler County, New York; on the south by the Town of Veteran, Chemung County, New York; on the west by the Town of Montour, Schuyler County, New York, excluding, however, all the property and territory which is included within the corporate limits of the Village of Odessa, Schuyler County, New York, and including that portion of the Village of Odessa contained within the Town of Catharine;
TOGETHER WITH:
TOWN OF HECTOR:
PARCEL “A” – Commencing at a point on the south boundary line of the Town of Hector, where the same is intersected by the Upper Foots Hill Road, thence running northerly and westerly along the Upper Foots Hill Road to the intersection of County Route 7, thence turning and running southerly along County Route 7 to the intersection of County Route 7 and the Town of Hector lines, thence easterly along the south line of the Town of Hector to the Upper Foots Hill Road.
PARCEL “B” – Commencing at a point at the south boundary line of the Town of Hector, where the same is intersected by the Newtown Road, thence running northerly along the Newtown Road to the Steam Mill Road, thence turning and running easterly along the Steam Mill Road and continuing along the northern border of Parcel #4-7457-1 (Pichel) and continuing down the east border of Parcel # 4-7-457-1 (Pichel) to the intersection of Parcel #4-7443 (Steindorfer) and Parcel # 4-7443-10 (Cotton-Hanlon), continue easterly along the north boundary line of lands owned by Cotton-Hanlon (Parcel #4-7443-10) to the east boundary of said lands, thence turning and running southerly along the east boundary line of the lands of Cotton-Hanlon (Parcel # 4-7443-10), to the north boundary line of lands of Robert Wich (Parcel #4-7346), thence turning and running easterly along the north boundary line of the lands of Robert Wich (Parcel #4-7436) to the west boundary line of the lands of A. Culver (Parcel #4-7309), thence turning and running in a southerly direction along the west boundary line of said Parcel #4-7309 (A. Culver), thence turning and running easterly along the southern border of Parcel #4-7309 (A. Culver) to the southwest corner of Parcel #4-7309 (A. Culver), thence proceeding northerly along the east border of Parcel #4-7309 (A. Culver) to the northwest corner of Parcel #4-7305 (C. Oakley) and continuing therefore to the southeast corner of Parcel #4-7306-2 (G. Gaige), thence turning northerly along the east border of Parcel #4-7306-2 (G. Gaige) to the
southeast corner of Parcel #4-7314 (G. Gaige), thence proceeding easterly along the southern border of Parcel # 4-7314 (G. Gaige) to the intersection of Thom Decker Road and County Route 6, continuing along County Route 6 to the intersection of County Route 6 and Chapman Road, thence continuing northerly along Chapman Road to the intersection of Chapman Road and Parcel #4-7261 (P. Mosher), thence continuing northerly along the west border of Parcel #4-7261 ({P. Mosher) to the northwest corner of Parcel #4-7260 (D. Cook), thence proceeding easterly along the north border of Parcel #4-7260 (D. Cook) and north border of Parcel # 4-7259 (E. Miller) to the east line of the Town of Hector.
TOGETHER WITH:
TOWN OF MONTOUR:
Beginning at a point on the northerly boundary line of the Town of Montour and the south boundary line of the Town of Hector, at a point where the same is intersected by County Route 7; thence southerly on County Route 7 including all properties thereon, to the intersection of County Route 7 and the Hayes Road; thence in a southwesterly direction, on an imaginary straight line, to the intersection of Fitzpatrick Hill Road and the Winton Road; thence southerly along the Fitzpatrick Hill Road, including all properties thereon to the County line; thence east along the County line to the westerly boundary of the Town of Catharine; thence northerly along the westerly boundary line of the Town of Catharine to the south boundary of the Town of Hector; thence westerly along the south boundary for the Town of Hector to the point or place of beginning, and including that portion of the Village of Odessa that lies within the limits of the Town of Montour.
TOGETHER WITH:
TOWN OF VETERAN:
Commencing at the northeast corner of the boundary line between the Town of Veteran and Schuyler County, New York and running thence southerly along said boundary line to the southern boundary of land reputedly owned by Eric Kunsman; running thence westerly on a line across the Parrott Road to the point at the intersection of Route 13, known as the Ithaca Road, and the southerly boundary of land reputedly owned by Robert and Dorothy Myers; thence continuing westerly on said line to a point on Terry Hill Road and the southerly boundary reputedly owned by James Axler; thence continuing on said line to a point on the Veteran Hill Road in the southerly boundary of the property reputedly owned by Tony Melichar; thence continuing on said line just south of the Merka Road, and across the Acker Road to a point on Route 5, also known as Ridge Road, as the same intersects the southerly boundary of property reputedly owned by Daniel Russell; thence continuing on said line to a point on Route 6, also known as Middle Road, as the same intersects the southerly boundary of property reputedly owned by William Kimball; thence continuing in a northwest direction to a southerly boundary of property reputedly owned by Almon Kent and continuing on said line westerly along the southerly boundary of Kent’s land across the Jennings Road and running thence north to the northerly boundary line between the Town of Veteran and Schuyler County and running thence easterly along said northerly boundary line of the Town of Veteran to the place of beginning.