Sentences with phrase «preserve land bank»

The other would create a forest preserve land bank.

Of the three propositions on the New York state ballot Tuesday, voters rejected the question asking for a constitutional convention but approved public pension forfeiture and a Forest Preserve land bank.

Not exact matches

But unlike the Forest Preserve District, which can let its acquisitions sit undeveloped for years in a land bank, the park systems are constantly under pressure to provide their growing populations with playgrounds, community centers, athletic fields and swimming pools.

The Legislature passed a proposed constitutional amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank for the Adirondack and Catskill parks, decreasing the time it takes to get smaller projects on state Forest Preserve land approved.

This amendment would require the state to acquire 250 acres for the preserve and maintain it in a land bank.

It would create a land bank to allow communities in the Adirondack and Catskill Forest Preserve to accomplish small projects without the need to amend the state constitution.

Proposition Three creates a 250 - acre land bank for the Adirondack and Catskill forever wild preserves.

«The Land Bank offers creative opportunities to rehabilitate and return properties in limbo into new ownership, and to preserve vibrant and stable neighborhoods like this one in the Village of Kenmore.

OAG funding is helping the Chautauqua County Land Bank demolish between 40 - 50 highly distressed properties, as well as preserve and resell 40 - 50 vacant «side lots» that will be converted to open space and transferred to responsible owners who will put the lots back on the tax rolls.

Prop. 3 would create a 250 - acre land bank for the Adirondack and Catskill preserves, and also allow bike paths, sewer lines, and utility lines within the width of highways on preserve land.

Remember to look on the back of your ballot for three proposals: Whether to hold a constitutional convention, a constitutional amendment that would strip state officers of their pensions if convicted of a felony and an amendment that would create a 250 - acre land bank in forest preserve lands.