Oct 12, 2012 11:52 AM
A West Hampton Dunes Village Board of Trustees request that the ownership of two Dune Road properties, valued at $3 million in total, be transferred from a local nonprofit to the village has stirred questions about the legality of such a move and created friction between the two groups.
The proposal states that the Barrier Beach Preservation Association, a nonprofit incorporated in 1984 that works to protect the environment, should return the 1.5 acres of land that it owns at 906 and 914 Dune Road to the village—even though BBPA officials insist that the village, which was incorporated in 1993, never owned the land.
The request, outlined in a letter written by West Hampton Dunes Mayor Gary Vegliante and the Board of Trustees and sent to the BBPA in late September, also... more
The proposal states that the Barrier Beach Preservation Association, a nonprofit incorporated in 1984 that works to protect the environment, should return the 1.5 acres of land that it owns at 906 and 914 Dune Road to the village—even though BBPA officials insist that the village, which was incorporated in 1993, never owned the land.
The request, outlined in a letter written by West Hampton Dunes Mayor Gary Vegliante and the Board of Trustees and sent to the BBPA in late September, also... more
I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Barrier Beach Preservation Association, Inc., the BBPA, and must correct some inaccurate quotations, attributed to me in the article in The Southampton Press about the BBPA and the Village of West Hampton Dunes.
First, it was incorrectly reported that Robert Strecker contributed the property at 906 Dune Road to the BBPA. Not only did I never say that, but, in fact, I supplied to the reporter all the deeds and the ...more relevant transfer documents showing prior ownership of all of the various BBPA properties. To the best of my knowledge, and according to the report issued by a title company, Mr. Strecker never owned any of those properties and never contributed any of them to the BBPA.
Second, I also did not state that in order to transfer its assets, namely these valuable properties, a two-thirds vote of the Board of Directors is necessary. According to the New York State Not For Profit Corporation Law and explanatory material published by the New York State Attorney General, which must approve any such transfer, a vote of two-thirds of the membership is required.
Thank you for bringing this unfortunate situation to the attention of your readers and for issuing a correction of these facts.
Very truly yours,
Richard C. Agins