Bill Text: NY A08235 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins, to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parklands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - signed chap.289 [A08235 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A08235-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8235

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      June 10, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LIFTON -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments

        AN  ACT  in  relation to authorizing the town of Ithaca, county of Tomp-
          kins, to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used 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 Ithaca,
     2  county of Tompkins, acting by and through its governing  body  and  upon
     3  such  terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby author-
     4  ized to transfer and convey at fair market value, the interest described
     5  in section three of this act, to the Coddington  Road  Community  Center
     6  for the purpose of expanding a child care building and installing, oper-
     7  ating  and  maintaining a septic system. Upon completion of installation
     8  of the septic system upon the parklands described in  section  three  of
     9  this act, the Coddington Road Community Center shall restore the surface
    10  of such parklands.
    11    § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
    12  effect only upon the condition that the town of Ithaca shall dedicate an
    13  amount  equal  to  or greater than the fair market value of the interest
    14  being discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or  capi-
    15  tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
    16    § 3. The interest authorized to be conveyed pursuant to section one of
    17  this  act  is  an  access  easement  benefiting the town of Ithaca, more
    18  particularly described as follows:
    19    All that tract and parcel of land depicted upon  the  attached  Sketch
    20  Plan  (here  the  "Map")  of the Property, consisting of a demarked area
    21  encompassing and enclosing the Ball Field and pavilion and related hedg-
    22  es, parking areas and walkways as depicted upon the  Map,  more  partic-
    23  ularly, but generally, described as follows:
    24    Beginning  at  a point in the centerline of Coddington Road opposite a
    25  set survey pin as shown upon the Map, then running  approximately  North

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13032-03-9

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     1  50°  16'  38"  East  approximately 330' to a point in a hedgerow; thence
     2  running generally southerly as shown upon the Map to a point behind  the
     3  pavilion,  which  point  is  approximately 68.75' northeasterly from the
     4  southwesterly  line  of the Coddington lands (upon the border with lands
     5  now or formerly of Desch, R.O., 692/269); thence southeasterly as  shown
     6  on  the  Map to the southerly boundary of the Coddington lands (upon the
     7  border of lands now or formerly of Young, R.O., 818/284);  thence  North
     8  39°  05'  40" East approximately 451.19' to a point in the centerline of
     9  said Coddington Road (and passing through a pipe found 58'66'  southwes-
    10  terly  from  said  centerline  of the highway); thence North 32° 32' 49"
    11  West along the centerline of said Coddington Road approximately  206.50'
    12  to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. Subject parcel area being 2.2
    13  acres, more or less.
    14    § 4. In the event that the town of Ithaca received any funding support
    15  or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,  maintenance
    16  or  improvement of the parklands set forth in section three of this act,
    17  the discontinuance and alienation of such  parkland  authorized  by  the
    18  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not occur until the town of Ithaca has
    19  complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the  alienation  or
    20  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
    21  rior  that  the  alienation  or  conversion complies with all conditions
    22  which the secretary of  the  interior  deems  necessary  to  assure  the
    23  substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and
    24  usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    25    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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