[Adopted 1-7-1975]
The Village Board of the Village of Massena finds:
A. 
That the Town and Village Boards of Massena have been duly petitioned to annex to the village the property described in said petition; and
B. 
That the said Boards conducted a joint public hearing pursuant to § 705 of the General Municipal Law; and
C. 
That those persons entitled to notice of said petition and the public hearing were duly notified and all persons in favor or opposed to said annexation having been given an opportunity to be heard; and
D. 
That it is determined that said petition complies with the provisions of Article 17 of the General Municipal Law; and
E. 
That the territory proposed to be annexed is uninhabited and portions thereof consist of rear portions of parcels already located within the Village of Massena; and
F. 
That the Village of Massena already provides water and sewer service to adjoining areas to that sought to be annexed and the proposed annexation would not adversely affect other areas in said village; and
G. 
That the remaining area of the Town of Massena not so included in the village would not be adversely affected; and
H. 
That no school district, fire district or any other improvement district would be adversely affected by said annexation; and
I. 
That there is no indebtedness or other liabilities charged to the property sought to be annexed and requiring apportionment pursuant to § 708 of the General Municipal Law.
It is resolved that the annexation of the property set forth in the annexed petition to the Village of Massena is in the overall public interest and is approved. Therefore, all real or personal property and rights in real and personal property, including but not limited to streets, avenues, roads, highways, bridges, overpasses, underpasses, culverts, sidewalks, streetlighting fixtures and conduits, pipes, drains, either above or below the ground surface, and appurtenances and appurtenant rights in relation thereto, owned by the Town of Massena shall become the property of the Village of Massena as of the date of such annexation, but the ownership of any real and personal property or rights in real and personal property of, or acquired for, special or improvement districts in such territory shall remain unaffected.
All of the qualified people eligible to vote living in the homes adjoining the proposed area to be annexed have registered to vote in election districts inside the Village of Massena and have appeared at said public hearing in favor of the annexation, and there are no persons residing in the territory sought to be annexed and qualified to vote for officers of the town. By reason of the foregoing the Town of Massena need not hold a special election as required by General Municipal Law, Article 17, in that there are no persons residing in the territory proposed to be annexed and qualified to vote for officers of the town as the area is uninhabited except for the petitioners.