Bill Text: NY A09707 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Nassau to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-17 - substituted by s7596a [A09707 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09707-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9707--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 16, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT  authorizing the county of Nassau to alienate certain parcels of
         land used as parkland
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  county of Nassau is hereby authorized, acting by and
    2  through its legislature, and upon such terms and  conditions  as  deter-
    3  mined  by  such  legislature,  to  discontinue  as  parkland  the  lands
    4  described in section three of this act for the purpose of  enabling  the
    5  Roslyn  Water District to construct, maintain and operate a water treat-
    6  ment facility and appurtenances thereto.
    7    S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act  shall  be
    8  effective  only upon the condition that the county of Nassau dedicate an
    9  amount equal to or greater than the fair market value  of  the  parkland
   10  being discontinued for funding of capital improvements, to existing park
   11  and recreational facilities.
   12    S  3.  The  lands  to  be  discontinued as parklands and alienated are
   13  described as follows:
   14    All that certain piece or parcel of land situated at North Hills, Town
   15  of North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, being  known
   16  as a portion of Lot 903 "Christopher Morley Park", Block E as it appears
   17  on  a  certain map entitled "Department of Public Works Nassau County NY
   18  Map Showing Real Property To Be Acquired For Park Purposes East of Sear-
   19  ingtown Road And North Of Long Island Expressway  North  Hills  Town  Of
   20  North Hempstead" filed with the Clerk of the County of Nassau on Septem-
   21  ber  29,  1961  as  Case  No.  7496, said parcel being more particularly
   22  described as follows:
   23    Beginning at a point on the southerly  side  of  Diana's  Trail.  Said
   24  point  being  the  following  two  courses  from the intersection of the
   25  southerly side of Diana's Trail with the westerly side of The Tulips:
   26    1. South 89 degrees, 18 minutes, 51 seconds west, 237.50 feet.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15243-03-4
       A. 9707--A                          2
    1    2. South 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds west,  437.00  feet  to  a
    2  point or place of beginning.
    3    Thence  through  lands  the  County  of Nassau the following seven (7)
    4  courses:
    5    1. South 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds east, 320.00 feet.
    6    2. North 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 70.00 feet.
    7    3. South 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds east, 120.00 feet.
    8    4. South 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds west, 120.00 feet.
    9    5. North 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds west, 120.00 feet.
   10    6. North 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 20.00 feet.
   11    7. North 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds west, 320.00 feet  to  the
   12  southerly side of Diana's Trail.
   13    Thence  easterly  along  the  southerly side of Diana's Trail North 87
   14  degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 30.00 feet to the point  or  place
   15  of beginning.
   16    Continuing within said bounds 24,000. S.F. or 0.44 Acres.
   17    Nassau County Tax Map Section 7, Block E, Part of Lot 903.
   18    S  4.  The  discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions of
   19  this act shall not occur until the county of Nassau  has  complied  with
   20  any  federal  requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of
   21  parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior  that  the
   22  alienation  or  conversion complies with all conditions which the secre-
   23  tary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other
   24  lands shall be equivalent in fair market and recreational usefulness  to
   25  the lands being alienated or converted.
   26    S 5. When the lands described in section three of this act cease to be
   27  used  for the purposes described in section one of this act, those lands
   28  shall be restored for park purposes with the cost of  restoration  being
   29  borne by the Roslyn Water District.
   30    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.