Bill Text: NY A01314 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Approves land transactions relating to the implementation of the land exchange for the forest preserve health and safety land account and public utility improvements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to environmental conservation [A01314 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A01314-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1314 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT approving land transactions relating to the implementation of the land exchange for the forest preserve health and safety land account and public utility improvements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Pursuant to section 1 of article 14 of the State Constitu- 2 tion, as amended at the general election held in November, 2017, the 3 legislature approves the lands to be conveyed to the State as described 4 in section three of this act, which adds in excess of the required 250 5 acres to the forest preserve necessary to allow the use of the forest 6 preserve health and safety account for projects authorized pursuant to 7 title 21 of article 9 of the environmental conservation law. 8 § 2. Title to the land described in section three of this act shall be 9 approved by the attorney general, and the deeds to the people of the 10 state of New York of such described lands shall be approved by the 11 attorney general as to the form and manner of execution and recordabili- 12 ty prior to its delivery to the respective county clerk office for 13 recording. 14 § 3. The lands to be conveyed to the state are described as follows: 15 ALL THOSE CERTAIN PIECES OR PARCELS OF LAND situate lying and being in 16 the Town of Olive, Ulster County and in the Town of Moriah, Essex County 17 and State of New York being generally described as Ulster County, Town 18 of Olive Tax Parcels 45.1-1-1.212 and 45.1-1-1.331, consisting of 19 approximately 214 acres of land and as Essex County, Town of Moriah Tax 20 Parcels 96.3-1-21.001, 106.00-1-1.1, 106.00-1-2, 106.00-1-3, 106.00-1-4 21 and 106.00-1-22, consisting of approximately 1206 acres of land, said 22 parcels being more specifically described to wit: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02510-01-3A. 1314 2 1 ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING in the Town 2 of Olive, County of Ulster and State of New York, being bounded and 3 described as follows: 4 BEGINNING at a point in the center of Watson Hollow Road (County Route 5 42) at the westerly corner of lands now or formerly of Lisa Hubbard as 6 described in Liber 4214 of deeds at page 47, and runs thence along said 7 lands South 48°44'45" East 494.90 feet to a found rebar set in a pile of 8 stones on the westerly boundary of lands now or formerly of Denis J. 9 Moran & Judith A. Moran as described in Liber 554 of deeds at page 335, 10 said last mentioned course at distances of 20.00 feet and 250.00 feet 11 passes through 5/8 inch diameter rebars with a plastic cap inscribed 12 "Brooks & Brooks---Property Line" set, thence along said lands of Moran 13 the following five courses and distances: 14 1) South 22°11'37" West 270.37 feet to a found 1/2 inch diameter metal 15 pipe set at the northerly end of a stone wall, 16 2) along said wall South 03°12'32" East 220.04 feet to a cornered 8 17 inch diameter Birch tree, 18 3) South 42°52'59" East 198.81 feet to a found 2 foot diameter pile of 19 stones, 20 4) South 38°10'19" East 433.80 feet to a found stone on end in a 2 21 foot diameter pile of stones and 22 5) South 25°58'16" East 1,179.61 feet to a found 2 foot diameter pile 23 of stones at the northwesterly corner of lands of the State of New York 24 as described in Liber 551 of deeds at page 573, thence along said lands 25 of the State of New York South 26°19'42" East 659.82 feet to a found 4 26 foot diameter pile of stones, thence continuing along said lands of the 27 State of New York South 57°23'00" West 1,099.28 feet to a found 5 foot 28 diameter pile of stones at the southeasterly corner of lands now or 29 formerly of Corrine E. Lopez as described in Liber 5198 of deeds at page 30 248, thence along said lands the following two courses and distances: 31 1) North 37°59'13" West 2,528.23 feet to a 5/8 inch diameter rebar 32 with a plastic cap inscribed "Brooks & Brooks" in a pile of stones to be 33 set and 34 2) North 02°14'19" East 150.00 feet to the center of the Bush Kill in 35 the southeasterly line of lands now or formerly of Margaret & Rijk Riet- 36 veld as described in Liber 3797 of deeds at page 221, said last 37 mentioned course at a distance of 105.67 feet passes through a 5/8 inch 38 diameter rebars with a plastic cap inscribed "Brooks & Brooks---Property 39 Line" set, thence along said lands the following two courses and 40 distances: 41 1) Along the center of said Kill North 33°14'19" East 149.00 feet to a 42 point and 43 2) North 42°18'27" West 440.37 feet to the center of said Watson 44 Hollow Road said last mentioned course at a distance of 47.3 feet passes 45 through a found rebar and a distance of 414.2 feet passes through a 46 found metal pipe, 47 thence along the center of said road North 43°06'00" East 50.16 feet to 48 a northwesterly corner of lands now or formerly of Amanda C. Insall as 49 described in Liber 5681 of deeds at page 86, thence along said lands the 50 following four courses and distances: 51 1) South 42°18'27" East 430.18 feet to the center of said Bush Kill, 52 said last mentioned course at a distance of 26.0 feet and 390.4 feet 53 passes through found rebars, 54 2) The remaining four courses and distances being along the center of 55 said Kill North 31°49'38" East 86.57 feet, 56 3) North 39°53'17" East 80.20 feet andA. 1314 3 1 4) North 45°37'33" East 192.47 feet to the southwesterly corner of 2 lands now or formerly of R. Todd Green and Amie M. Green as described 3 in Liber 5652 at page 104, thence along said lands, along the center of 4 said Kill the following five courses and distances: 5 1) North 59°48'03" East 141.90 feet, 6 2) North 64°39'25" East 92.25 feet, 7 3) North 50°04'04" East 66.80 feet, 8 4) North 43°32'40" East 126.57 feet and 9 5) North 18°42'39" East 242.58 feet, 10 thence leaving the said Kill continuing along said lands of Green, North 11 50°35'36" West 313.44 feet to the center of said Watson Hollow Road, 12 said last mentioned course at a distance of 39.4 feet passes through a 13 found rebar and at a distance of 284.7 feet passes through a found 14 rebar, thence along the center of said road the following six courses 15 and distances: 16 1) North 67°45'42" East 39.49 feet, 17 2) North 65°01'26" East 86.26 feet, 18 3) North 60°36'28" East 74.13 feet, 19 4) North 56°38'48" East 171.43 feet, 20 5) North 55°53'24" East 88.54 feet, 21 6) North 56°37'12" East 73.82 feet to the point of beginning. 22 CONTAINING Ninety-three and ninety-one hundredths (93.91) Acres. 23 BEARINGS are with reference to Magnetic North 2000. 24 ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING in the 25 Town of Olive, County of Ulster and State of New York being designated 26 as Lot 2 as shown on a map entitled "Final Map of lot line revision and 27 subdivision of lands of Pamela Trippel" last revised June 17th 2017 by 28 Brooks & Brooks, Land Surveyors, P.C., filed in the County Clerk's 29 Office on July 19th 2017 as map number 17-131 A and 17-131 B, said lot 30 being bounded and described as follows: 31 BEGINNING at a point in the center of the County Highway known as 32 Watson Hollow Road (County Route 42) in the northeasterly line of lands 33 now or formerly of Jean Marie Duffy as described in Liber 5304 of deeds 34 at page 286 and runs thence from said point of beginning along said land 35 of Duffy generally along the center of a stone wall the following five 36 courses and distances: 37 1. North 49°44'29" West 228.07 feet, 38 2. North 44°49'02" West 148.60 feet, 39 3. North 70°14'11" West 12.82 feet, 40 4. South 83°02'58" West 167.66 feet, and leaving said wall 41 5. North 56°37'50" West 433.96 feet to a southeasterly corner of lands 42 now or formerly of Ashokan Conservative Club, Inc. as described in Liber 43 1202 of deeds at page 246 marked by a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a 44 "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap set at the northeast end of a stone wall, 45 thence along said lands generally along a blazed line North 54°46'14" 46 West 2,841.36 feet to the southeasterly line of lands now or formerly of 47 Frank L. Parslow as described in Liber 5269 of deeds at page 328 marked 48 by a found pile of stones on a large rock, thence along said lands, 49 generally along a blazed line North 17°39'31" East 1,174.80 feet to the 50 southwesterly corner of lands now or formerly of Julian and Evelyn A. 51 Morton as described in Liber 1258 of deeds at page 715 being marked by 52 set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a 53 pile of stones at the base of a 15 inch diameter Maple tree, thence 54 along said lands, generally along a blazed line South 72°00'13" East 55 3,513.64 feet to the northerly corner of Lot 2 as shown on the above 56 referenced filed map marked by a set "PK" nail in a drill hole in aA. 1314 4 1 rock, thence along said Lot 2 generally along a blazed line the follow- 2 ing four courses and distances: 3 1. South 52°13'39" West 175.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar 4 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones, 5 2. South 59°59'13" West 215.00 feet, to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar 6 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones, 7 3. South 33°59'19" West 1,475.88 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar 8 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones and 9 4. South 44°49'02" East 550.90 feet to the westerly corner of a 6.56 10 acre lot as shown on the above referenced filed map marked by a set 5/8 11 inch diameter rebar with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of 12 stones, thence along said 6.56 acre lot, generally along a blazed line 13 the following two courses and distances: 14 1. South 44°49'02" East 138.57 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar 15 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap and 16 2. South 49°44'29" East 228.73 feet to the center of the aforemen- 17 tioned Watson Hollow Road, said last mentioned course at a distance of 18 203.73 feet passes through a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a "Brooks 19 & Brooks" plastic cap, thence along the center of said road South 20 43°06'00" West 100.12 feet to the point of beginning. 21 CONTAINING One hundred twenty and twelve hundredths (120.12) acres. 22 BEARINGS are with reference to Ulster County filed map number 11610, 23 Magnetic North 2009. 24 ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING Lot 363, 25 Paradox Tract, Town of Moriah, County of Essex and State of New York 26 located on the southerly side of Ensign Pond Road (and also known as 27 County Route 4): 28 BEGINNING at a point located in the northeast corner of the parcel 29 being herein conveyed and said point being in the center of the Ensign 30 Pond Road proceeding South 09°23'51" West 25 feet to an iron rod, thence 31 proceeding South 09°23'51" West 866.05 feet to a drill hole and plug on 32 a ledge marker with stones and being the southeast corner of the parcel 33 herein, thence proceeding North 81°02'03" West 1044.36 feet to a drill 34 hole and plug on a ledge marked with iron and stones and marking the 35 southwest corner of the parcel herein, thence proceeding North 10°55'50" 36 East 917 feet more or less to a point in the center of the Ensign Pond 37 Road, thence proceeding along the center line of Ensign Pond Road as it 38 winds and turns 1075 feet more or less to the point or place of begin- 39 ning. 40 CONTAINING Twenty one and fifty seven hundredths (21.57) acres. 41 BEARINGS are with reference to Survey dated January 28, 1983 by Martin 42 B. Thompson, Land Surveyor. 43 ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING a 44 portion of Lots 363 and 364 and all of Lots 345, 344, 317, 328, 318 and 45 327 of the Paradox Tract in the Town of Moriah, County of Essex and 46 State of New York and being described as follows: 47 BEGINNING in the center of the Essex County Highway Route 4, the 48 Ensign Pond Road, at the westerly bounds of lands reputedly owned by 49 Albert Saboski, Jr. and Kellie J. Saboski as found recorded in Liber 50 1034 at page 139 of the Essex County Clerk's Office, thence South 51 15°18'41" East, along the westerly bounds of said Saboski, 46.4 feet to 52 a 1 inch iron pipe, thence South 07°23'29" West, along said bounds, 53 807.7 feet to a 1 inch iron pipe and stones, thence North 67°38'50" 54 East, along the southerly bounds of Saboski, 1,230.4 feet to a bolt 55 found set in ledgerock with stones piled around in the easterly bounds 56 of said Lot 364, thence South 06°24'58" East, along the bounds of LotA. 1314 5 1 364, a distance of 722.6 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe set in stones at 2 the corner of Lots 364, 365, 344 and 343 Paradox Tract, thence South 3 07°49'38" East, along the easterly bounds of said Lots 344, 328 and 327, 4 a distance of 8,121.6 feet to a hole drilled in rock with stones piled 5 at the corner of Lots 327, 326, 335 and 334 Paradox Tract, thence South 6 83°27'05" West, along the southerly bounds of said Lots 327 and 318, a 7 distance of 5,874.4 feet to a capped 1/2 inch re-rod set in stones at 8 the corner of Lots 318, 319, 314 and 315 Paradox Tract, thence North 9 06°59'36" West, along the westerly bounds of Lots 318, 317 and 345, a 10 distance of 8,143.7 feet to a capped 1/2 inch re-rod set in stones at 11 the corner of Lots 363, 345, 346 and 362 Paradox Tract, thence North 12 83°35' East, along the northerly bounds of said Lot 345, a distance of 13 363.0 feet to a capped hole drilled in ledgerock at the southwest corner 14 of lands reputedly owned by Anna Koehnke, thence North 83°29'20" East, 15 continuing along said southerly bounds of Lot 363 and lands of Anna 16 Keohnke, 1,044.0 feet to another capped hole drilled in ledgerock in a 17 pile of stones, thence North 06°03'56" West, along the easterly bounds 18 of said Keohnke, 865.9 feet to a capped 1/2 inch re-rod and stones, 19 thence continuing North 06°03'56" West, along said bounds, 25.0 feet to 20 the center of the Ensign Pond Road, thence easterly, along the center of 21 said road, as it winds and turns, 3,468 feet, more or less, to the point 22 of beginning. 23 CONTAINING One thousand one hundred eighty four and eight tenths 24 (1,184.8) acres of land. 25 BEARINGS are with reference to True North at 74°20' West Longitude, 26 Distances and acres are with reference to New York State Plane Coordi- 27 nate System, East Zone. 28 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.