Bill Text: NY S01195 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Expands the powers and duties of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers partnership to include the powers to adopt and use a seal; to appoint and remove officers, agents and employees, and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation; allows the partnership to retain or employ counsel, private consultants and independent contractors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-06-25 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S01195 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S01195-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1195--A
Cal. No. 342
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2015
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Introduced by Sens. MARCHIONE, FARLEY -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
Conservation -- reported favorably from said committee and committed
to the Committee on Finance -- committee discharged and said bill
committed to the Committee on Rules -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered
to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third read-
ing, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order
of third reading
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
powers and duties of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 42-0107 of the environ-
2 mental conservation law, as added by chapter 737 of the laws of 2006,
3 are amended to read as follows:
4 4. To appoint AND REMOVE an executive officer, officers, agents and
5 employees, and prescribe their duties and qualifications and fix their
6 compensation.
7 5. To contract for professional and technical assistance and advice,
8 INCLUDING RETAINING OR EMPLOYING COUNSEL, PRIVATE CONSULTANTS AND INDE-
9 PENDENT CONTRACTORS.
10 S 2. Subdivision 13 of section 42-0107 of the environmental conserva-
11 tion law is renumbered subdivision 15, and two new subdivisions 13 and
12 14 are added to read as follows:
13 13. TO ADOPT AND USE A SEAL.
14 14. TO CONSTRUCT OR CAUSE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTED NECESSARY FACILITIES,
15 INCLUDING PATHS AND TRAILS, A VISITOR EDUCATION CENTER, AND RELATED
16 PARKING AREAS ON THE LAND DESCRIBED IN SECTION THREE OF THE CHAPTER OF
17 THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02572-07-5
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1 S 3. The Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership, established pursu-
2 ant to article 42 of the environmental conservation law, is authorized
3 to acquire the following property:
4 VISITOR CENTER
5 BEGINNING at a point in the northerly bounds of New York State Route
6 29, said point being situate at a distance of 551.69 feet. Northwester-
7 ly, measured along said Route 29 from a concrete monument in the north
8 bounds of Route 29 at the southwest corner of a parcel of land reputedly
9 owned by Lydia Grolley, and which said point of beginning is also situ-
10 ate at a distance of 26 feet, Northwesterly, from the northwesterly
11 corner of a sewage pump station, and which point of beginning is also
12 located at a distance of 12.05 feet, Northerly, of the northerly edge of
13 the 4 foot concrete gutter running along the northerly side of Route 29,
14 running thence from said point of beginning, North 57 degrees 00 minutes
15 20 seconds West, along the northerly bounds of Route 29, also known as
16 Ferry Street, for a distance of 187.0 feet to a point at the southwest
17 corner of the parcel herein described, and which said southwest corner
18 is situate at a distance of 104 feet, Easterly, from the southeast
19 corner of the existing town water building located at the northeast
20 corner of Canal Street and Ferry Street; thence the following five
21 courses and distances along the east bounds of the Old Champlain Barge
22 Canal, viz: North 18 degrees 09 minutes East, 62.24 feet; North 27
23 degrees 03 minutes East, 79.16 feet; North 34 degrees 40 minutes East,
24 65.05 feet; North 47 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East, 366.55 feet and
25 North 57 degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, 126.25 feet to the north-
26 west corner of the parcel herein described, said northwest corner being
27 25 feet, more or less, south of the center line of a 10 foot wide dirt
28 road leading from the east end of Saratoga Street, Easterly and Souther-
29 ly, through the village Park; thence South 51 degrees 14 minutes East
30 for a distance of 170.00 feet to the northeast corner of the parcel
31 herein described, and which said northeast corner is located 25 feet
32 Southerly of the center line of the above mentioned dirt road; thence
33 South 41 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds West, through the lands of the
34 party of the first part hereto, for a distance of 664.67 feet to the
35 place of beginning and containing 3.33 acres of land, be the same more
36 or less.
37 SWORD SURRENDER SITE
38 ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the Town
39 of Saratoga, County of Saratoga and State of New York, bounded and
40 described as follows:
41 BEGINNING at a capped iron rod, located at the intersection formed by
42 the westerly line of New York State Route 4 with the Southerly line of
43 Schuyler Street, thence in a southwesterly direction along the westerly
44 side of New York State Route 4, the following two courses: 1) South 11
45 15' 40" West, 72.13 feet to a concrete monument and 2) South 09 13' 11"
46 West, 119.26 feet to a point; thence in a westerly, southerly and east-
47 erly direction and along the lands now or formerly of William Hartloff
48 and Darlene Duggan (Liber 1651, Page 713) the following five courses:
49 1) North 78 32' 40" West, 87.90 feet to an iron rod; 2) South 14 22'
50 01" West, 101.37 feet to a capped iron rod; 3) South 78 32' 40" East,
51 60.72 feet to a point; 4) south 08 21' 53" West, 83.00 feet to an iron
52 rod and 5) South 78 32' 40" East, 33.17 feet to point; thence in a
53 southerly direction and along the aforesaid westerly line of the afore-
54 said N.Y.S. Route 4, the following 3 courses: 1) South 06 14' 15"
55 West, 298.50 feet to a point; 2) South 10 57' 43" West, 200.64 feet to
56 a concrete monument and 3) South 00 36' 17" East, 220.93 feet to a
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1 capped iron rod; thence in a westerly and southerly direction and along
2 the lands now or formerly of Scott Goldup (Liber 1523, Page 332) the
3 following two courses: 1) North 67 34' 16" West, 294.46 feet to a
4 capped iron rod and 2) South 21 10' 25" West, 317.81 feet to corner
5 fence post; thence in a westerly direction and along the northerly line
6 of said Helen Hoffman (Book 788, Page 359), the following five courses:
7 1) North 74 31' 09" West, 169.80 feet to a point; 2) North 72 51' 56"
8 West, 201.40 feet to a point; 3) North 75 27' 24" West 97.48 feet to a
9 point; 4) North 71 58' 27" West 142.11 feet to a point and 5) North 79
10 38' 45" West, 77.86 to a capped iron rod; thence in a northerly direc-
11 tion along the lands of said Shostak (Book 973, Page 504 and Lois DeChi-
12 ro (Liber 1307, Page 352), North 20 17' 23" East 742.91 feet to a
13 capped iron rod; thence in an easterly direction and along the lands of
14 said Dennison (Book 735, Page 357) and William and Catherine Ippoliti
15 (Liber 1500, Page 366), South 74 49' 00" East, 460.19' to an iron rod;
16 thence in a northerly direction and along the easterly line of the afor-
17 esaid lands of Ippoliti, North 14 34' 00" East, 606.00 feet to a capped
18 iron rod located in the aforesaid southerly line of Schuyler Street;
19 thence in an easterly direction along said southerly line of Schuyler
20 Road, the following four courses and distances: 1) South 76 13' 21"
21 East, 95.70 feet to a point; 2) South 76 04' 26" East 71.52 feet to a
22 point; 3) South 76 41' 27" East 100.52 feet to a point and 4) South 75
23 58' 52" East, 70.02 feet to the point or place of beginning.
24 Containing in all 18.894 acres of land being more or less.
25 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
