Meeting of the Board of Regents | December 2010

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 9:55am

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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

TO:	The Honorable the Members of the Board of Regents
FROM:	Erin M. O’Grady-Parent
SUBJECT:	Charter Applications for December 2010
DATE:	December 6, 2010
STRATEGIC GOAL:	Goal 2
AUTHORIZATION(S):

Summary

Issue for Decision (Consent Agenda)

Approval of charter applications.

Reason(s) for Consideration

            Required by State statute (Education Law §216).


Proposed Handling



Approval in accordance with the respective recommendations prepared by the program offices which are contained in the attached summary table of charter applications.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Board of Regents approve each application in accordance with the recommendations contained in the summary table.

Summary Table

Name of Institution	Program Area	County of Location	Description of Charter Action(s)
Adirondack Mennonite Heritage Association and Historical Society	CE	Lewis	Make provisional charter absolute.
Bemus Point Library	CE	Chautauqua	Amend charter to: designate service area to be the Village of Bemus Point; change number of trustees to not less than 5 nor more than 9; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
Broome County Historical Society	CE	Broome	Grant absolute charter in the first instance.
Croghan Free Library	CE	Lewis	Amend charter to add IRS tax language.
Henderson Historical Society	CE	Jefferson	Make provisional charter absolute.
Hornell Public Library	CE	Steuben	Amend charter to designate the service area as coterminous with City of Hornell.
The Literary Union of Carmel, NY	CE	Putnam	Grant absolute charter in the first instance.
Museum of disABILITY History	CE	Erie	Make provisional charter absolute.
Museum of Maritime Navigation and Communication	CE	Richmond	Grant provisional charter for five years.
New Berlin Library	CE	Chenango	Amend charter to: designate service area as coterminous with Town of New Berlin; change number of trustees to not less than 5 nor more than 15; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
New York City Fire Museum	CE	New York	Grant provisional charter for five years.
Orchard Park Public Library	CE	Erie	Amend charter to: designate service area to be the Town of Orchard Park which includes the Village of Orchard Park, and the portion of the Census Designated Place of West Seneca (2000 U.S. Census) located within the Town of Orchard Park; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
Phillips Free Library	CE	Cortland	Amend charter to: designate service area as coterminous with the Homer Central School District; change number of trustees to not less than 7 nor more than 11; specify three year trustee term length; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
The Root Historical Society	CE	Montgomery	Grant provisional charter for five years.
Somerset Union Museum	CE	Niagara	Grant provisional charter for five years.
Springwater -Webster Crossing Historical Society	CE	Livingston	Amend corporate purposes and extend charter for five years.
Sullivan Free Library	CE	Madison	Amend charter to designate the service area to be coterminous with Town of Sullivan.
Ticonderoga Public Library	CE	Essex	Amend charter to: change corporate name to “Ticonderoga Black Watch Memorial Library”; designate service area as coterminous with the Town of Ticonderoga; change number of trustees to not less than 5 nor more than 15; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
Town of Greenfield Historical Society	CE	Saratoga	Make provisional charter absolute.
Warsaw Public Library	CE	Wyoming	Amend charter to: change the terms of the trustees to be three years with a maximum of two consecutive terms except that the terms of trustees shall be adjusted so that a substantially equal number of trustee terms expire in 2010, 2011 and 2012, with the individual terms to be determined by drawing lots; designate service area as coterminous with the Town of Warsaw; change number of trustees to not less than 5 nor more than 15; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
Whitesville Public Library	CE	Allegany	Amend charter to: specify the trustees be elected by the qualified voters of the Whitesville Central School District; designate service area as coterminous with the Whitesville Central School District; designate Commissioner as agent for service; add IRS tax language.
Cooke Center for Learning & Development	P-12	New York	Consolidation with Cooke Center for Learning and Development, Inc with Cooke Center for Learning and Development as surviving corporation.
School for Language and Communication Development	P-12	Nassau	Amend charter to add authority to provide residential, programmatic, habilitative, family support and home and community based waiver support services for people (three years through adulthood) with developmental disabilities and/or intellectual impairments in Bronx, Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
St. Peter Claver School	P-12	New York	Consent to Judicial Dissolution of absolute charter.
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute (CERGE-EI)	HE	New York	Amend charter to authorize institution to operate postsecondary degree programs registered by the Department and confer degrees approved and authorized by the Regents in connection with such program, including the Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.) degree.