Bill Text: NY S07596 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 7596 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-12-17 - SIGNED CHAP.529 [S07596 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07596-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7596--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
         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.
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    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.