While checking to see if there has been any updates on the Master Plan stuff, I looked through the Draft of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. There is 37 pages, so I'll put the "pertinent" ones on here, then the whole thing under "read more below the fold" - so if you want to view all 37 pages, click on that please.
I have a couple of concerns....
On page 5 it says: "Since the 1998 Master Plan was completed, the Town has acquired through purchase the Camp Eastman property (approx. 91 acres), at which the recreation staff holds numerous activities of regional importance at the many facilities."
On page 9 it says: "Camp Eastman Location: 1588 Lake Shore Boulevard
Ownership: City of Rochester(managed by Irondequoit under a 20-year lease, expires 2011) Size: 90.9 acres."
Page 5:
Page 9:
Ok....so, if the Town bought approximately 91 acres of Camp Eastman (according to page 5), which is a total of 90.9 acres (according to page 9)......how can there still be a lease until 2011, and how can it still be owned by the City of Rochester if it is a Town owned facility? The document shows it is owned by the town....why does it state that it's owned by the City?
If Clark, Patterson, Lee thought to check the darn DEED that any Joe Schmoe can check on the County website....they would see that it is NOT A LEASE. I don't charge any fees, and I can find the deed. Here's a consulting firm HIRED BY THE TOWN, and they can't even get this right......*sigh*.
Deed to Camp Eastman:
Also, Pinegrove is listed as Town owned property....an asset for the Town. The map on page 6 shows it is Town property. No letter is assigned to it on the map, and in the descriptions of each letter that represents Town owned properties, it doesn't even show a picture of the center, (page 11) or mention that it has had seniors taking advantage of the programs offered 64,000 times, or talk about parking or overflow parking, or any of the other things that the descriptions of other town owned properties list. It DOES mention that the Town owns two acres surrounding the senior center though.
Page 6:
Page 11:
On the map they show the land as a town asset. In the chart they 100% omit it. A building that "serves 64,000 seniors" and the Master Plan Consultants of Clark, Patterson, Lee felt it was insignificant and not worth mentioning the capacity to which this building serves the community.
Intentional?
Add up the acreage in the list of assets and notice that they omitted the 2 acres from Pinegrove from the summary of 137 acres. If all the acreage is added up it is 139.6 using their numbers.
I wonder if "somebody" demanded that the Pinegrove information NOT be included because the "plan" was to sell the building?
Ya think?
This P&R Master Plan was put on the website in May of 2009, and it lists 25 acres for the Town Hall owned property. County tax records show Town Hall owned property as 34.4 acres.
CPL left out 9.4 acres at Town hall ( if the county records are correct and the land CPL says is 25 is really 34.4 )
They left out the 8.3 acres that the Town bought in 2004, that they are now installing ball fields on-(but is mentioned under the Town Hall info on page 10 - "Facilities under construction include two baseball fields", but they don't include this on the map...)
They left out all of the 24 acres at Newport. (Has that land been sold?)
They left out the 50.3 acres at Eagle Rock.
The land they omitted = 92 acres.
Town tax map:
So, CPL, for their fee, omits over 40% of town lands?
What is the excuse going to be this time? That CPL is "human" and makes mistakes?
Geez.....for HALF of what you're paying CPL, and Labella for being "human"....I can make LESS mistakes and actually do research that makes sense and is close to correct.
Why am I not surprised by this?
