Bill Text: NY A07851 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the town of New Hartford, county of Oneida to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-11 - SIGNED CHAP.371 [A07851 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07851-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7851--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 24, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  B. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill  amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

        AN  ACT  to authorize the town of New Hartford, in the county of Oneida,
          to alienate certain parklands and to dedicate other lands as parklands

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Subject  to  the  provisions of this act, the town of New
     2  Hartford, in the county of Oneida, acting by and through  its  governing
     3  body  and  upon such terms and conditions as determined by such board is
     4  hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands  and  alienate  the  lands
     5  described  in section three of this act for the purpose of the installa-
     6  tion and operation of a cell tower base station facility.
     7    § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
     8  effective  only  upon  the condition that the town of New Hartford dedi-
     9  cates the lands described in  section  four  of  this  act  as  parkland
    10  provided  that  the  town  of New Hartford has never used such lands for
    11  public open space or park purposes.
    12    § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
    13  ated are described as follows:
    14    ALL  THAT  certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the Town of New
    15  Hartford, County of Oneida and State of New York,  being  a  portion  of
    16  land  conveyed  to  the Town of New Hartford, a municipal corporation by
    17  book 1741 at page 446 as recorded in the Oneida county  clerk's  office,
    18  bounded and described as follows:
    19  Commencing  at the southeasterly corner of said lands of the Town of New
    20  Hartford, a municipal corporation, said point also being located on  the
    21  westerly  bounds  of  New  Paris  Road  and said point being marked by a
    22  concrete monument, thence from said point of  commencement,  along  said
    23  westerly  boundary  of  New  Paris  Road n. 27°-38'-00" E. A distance of
    24  611.60' to a point, thence through the said lands of  the  Town  of  New

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11785-02-9

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     1  Hartford, a municipal corporation the following twenty-seven (27) cours-
     2  es and distances:
     3  A1) N 62°22'00" W     83.58', thence
     4  A2) S 87°44'29" W     18.89', thence
     5  A3) S 30°26'56" W     128.78', thence
     6  A4) S 37°27'17" W     78.84', thence
     7  A5) S 50°03'55" W     155.14', thence
     8  A6) S 58°59'31" W     151.18', thence
     9  A7) S 68°46'42" W     122.23', thence
    10  A8) S 81°35'28" W     127.18', thence
    11  A9) S 89°06'49" W     120.63', thence
    12  A10) N 78°06'14" W    128.82', thence
    13  A11) N 62°00'31" W    259.97', thence
    14  A12) N 39°40'44" W    237.75', thence
    15  A13) S 89°52'12" W    144.32', thence
    16  A14) S 81°24'18" W    121.77', thence
    17  A15) S 60°46'16" W    73.21', thence
    18  A16) S 11°36'30" W    156.26', thence
    19  A17) S 26°39'27" W    72.84', thence
    20  A18) S 47°58'11" W    42.83', thence
    21  A19) S 69°33'16" W    39.96', thence
    22  A20) S 00°38'35" E    47.76', thence
    23  A21) S 10°16'27" E    40.66', thence
    24  A22) S 00°31'28" E    102.86', thence
    25  A23) S 10°07'18" E    60.16', thence
    26  A24) S 19°13'21" E    31.95', thence
    27  A25) S 82°37'00" W    39.90', thence
    28  A26) S 07°23'00" E    30.00', thence
    29  A27) S 82°37'00" W    12.00' to the southeasterly corner of the herein
    30  described 75' x 75' lease area easement and the point and place of
    31  beginning, thence from said point of beginning, continuing through the
    32  said lands of the Town of New Hartford, a municipal corporation the
    33  following four (4) courses and distances

    34  L1) S 82°37'00" W     75.00', thence
    35  L2) N 7°23'00" W      75.00', thence
    36  L3) N 82°37'00" E     75.00', thence
    37  L4) S 7d°3'00" E      75.00', to the point and place of beginning,
    38  containing an area of 0.129 acres, more or less
    39    §  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation of the parkland
    40  described in section three of this act, the town of New  Hartford  shall
    41  dedicate as parkland such land described as follows:
    42    ALL  THAT CERTAIN LOT OF LAND in New Hartford, County of Oneida, State
    43  of New York, described as follows: BEGINNING at the northwesterly corner
    44  of the said premises, said "point of beginning" being  on  the  easterly
    45  line  of  Henderson Street in the Village of New York Mills, Town of New
    46  Hartford, New York, at the terminus of the following two courses, viz:
    47    BEGINNING at the intersection of the westly line of Clinton Street and
    48  the easterly line of Henderson Street; running thence North 21° 12' West
    49  98.6 ft. to a point in the easterly line  of  Henderson  Street;  thence
    50  North  13° 30' West 133.33 ft. to the "point of beginning"; thence as in
    51  previous deeds running North 50° 30' East 214.50 ft.  to  the  northeast
    52  corner  of the said premises; thence turning an angle of 90° and running
    53  41.85 ft. to the southeast corner; thence turning an angle  of  90°  and
    54  running  parallel  to the first course of the premises 232.98 ft. to the
    55  southwest corner of the  said  premises;  thence  running  northwesterly

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     1  along  the  east  line of Henderson Street to the point of beginning, as
     2  surveyed by Joseph B. Shaw, L.P.E.  #10297 on January 3, 1961.  Contain-
     3  ing an area of 0.18 acres, more or less.
     4    ALL  THAT  LOT OR PARCEL OF LAND in Village of New York Mills, Town of
     5  New Hartford, County of Oneida, State of New York, bounded and described
     6  as follows:
     7    Beginning at a point in the easterly fence line of Henderson Street to
     8  the northwest corner of a parcel of land conveyed by the New York  Mills
     9  Corporation to Arthur D. Cheetham, thence north 14° West forth (40) feet
    10  along  said easterly line to an iron pipe; thence north 56° 34' east one
    11  hundred sixty-six and sixty seven hundredths (166.67) feet to a  corner,
    12  thence south 35° 30' east forth two (42) feet to the northeast corner of
    13  said  Cheetham  parcel, thence south 57° 55' west one hundred eighty-one
    14  and fifty-five hundredths (181.55) feet along the northerly boundary  of
    15  said  Cheetham  parcel to the place of beginning.  Containing an area of
    16  0.16 acres, more or less.
    17    § 5. In the  event  that  the  fair  market  value  of  the  parklands
    18  described in section four of this act to be dedicated as parkland by the
    19  town  of  New  Hartford pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater
    20  than the fair market value of the parklands to be alienated as described
    21  in section three of this act, the town of New  Hartford  shall  dedicate
    22  the difference of the fair market value of the lands to be alienated and
    23  the  lands  to  be dedicated for the acquisition of additional parklands
    24  and/or capital improvements to existing park  and  recreational  facili-
    25  ties.
    26    §  6.  In the event that the town of New Hartford received any funding
    27  support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
    28  maintenance  or  improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
    29  of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland  author-
    30  ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of New
    31  Hartford  has  complied  with any federal requirements pertaining to the
    32  alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
    33  tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
    34  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
    35  the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
    36  and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    37    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
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