Bill Text: NY S06524 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands and to sell and convey such lands, which are to be replaced by different parklands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-07-25 - SIGNED CHAP.158 [S06524 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S06524-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6524--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 31, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN ACT to authorize the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess,
          to  discontinue  the use of certain lands as parklands and to sell and
          convey such lands, which are no longer needed for park purposes
          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 city of Pough-
     2  keepsie, in the county of Dutchess is hereby authorized, acting  by  and
     3  through  its Common Council and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
     4  mined by such legislative body, to discontinue the use of the municipal-
     5  ly owned parklands and alienate the lands more particularly described in
     6  section three of this act, and to use such property for the  purpose  of
     7  constructing and maintaining a new drinking water reservoir.
     8    §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
     9  effective only upon the condition that the city  of  Poughkeepsie  dedi-
    10  cates  an  amount  equal to or greater than the fair market value of the
    11  parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of additional park-
    12  lands and/or towards capital  improvements  to  existing  parklands  and
    13  recreational facilities.
    14    §  3.  The  land  to  be  discontinued  as parklands and alienated and
    15  conveyed by the  city  of  Poughkeepsie  is  bounded  and  described  as
    16  follows:
    17    All  that certain plot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in the
    18  city of Poughkeepsie and the county of Dutchess in the state of New York
    19  and being more particularly described as follows:
    20    BEGINNING at a  point  in  the  northwesterly  bounds  of  the  herein
    21  described  parcel,  said  point  being S 52°57'21" E 567.32 ft. from the
    22  intersection of  the  assumed  southeasterly  bounds  of  North  Clinton
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11826-04-7
        S. 6524--A                          2
     1  Street,  and the assumed southerly front corner of lands now or formerly
     2  owned by Donald F. Mariano, Tax Map Lot 340485, and  proceeding  on  the
     3  following courses and distances:
     4    1. North: 48°15'32" East: 182.87 ft.; thence
     5    2. North: 62°49'04" East: 128.97 ft.; thence
     6    3. South: 41°48'20" East: 138.96 ft.; thence
     7    4. South: 48°15'31" West: 307.75 ft.; thence
     8    5.  North: 41°45'36" West: 177.38 ft. to the point and place of begin-
     9  ning,
    10  Containing 1.21 acres, more or less.
    11    § 4. The discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized  by  the
    12  provisions  of  this  act shall not occur until the city of Poughkeepsie
    13  has complied with any federal or state requirements  pertaining  to  the
    14  alienation  or  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
    15  tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
    16  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
    17  that the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair  market
    18  value  and  recreational  usefulness  to  the  lands  being alienated or
    19  converted.
    20    § 5. If the parkland  that  is  being  discontinued  pursuant  to  the
    21  provisions  of  this act shall ever be used for a purpose other than the
    22  purpose described in section one of this act,  the  lands  shall  revert
    23  back to parkland for exclusive park and recreational purposes.
    24    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.