TOWN BOARD WON’T BID ON BROOKWOOD – All Otsego

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TOWN BOARD WON'T

BID ON BROOKWOOD

Otsego Town Board Member Bennett Sandler reads his statement into the record as Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell follows along. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Otsego Town Board Member Bennett Sandler reads his statement into the record as Supervisor Anne Geddes-Atwell follows along. (Jim Kevlin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Longtime Brookwood advocate Pat Thorpe expresses dismay at the Town Board's action.
Longtime Brookwood advocate Pat Thorpe expresses dismay at the Town Board's action.

By JIM KEVLIN • for AllOTSEGO.com

FLY CREEK – The Otsego Town Board this evening agreed to back away from the idea of creating a town park at the Otsego Land Trust's 22-acre Brookwood Gardens.

Town Board members took the lead from Councilman Bennett Sandler, who read a detailed statement into the record moments after the 5 p.m. meeting began, where he concluded, "I am disinclined to submit a proposal on behalf of the town for any portion of Brookwood Point, not because I don't think the property should be a town park, but because I believe the OLT is the most qualified and capable organization to steward Brookwood Point into the future."

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