Bill Text: NY S07651 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester to lease certain park lands for tennis uses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10454 [S07651 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S07651-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7651
I N S E N A T E
June 11, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to authorize the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester to
lease certain park lands for tennis uses
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The town of Greenburgh acting by and through its town board
2 is hereby authorized and empowered to lease at fair market value and
3 upon such other terms and conditions as determined by such board
4 consistent with sections four and five of this act the lands and
5 improvements described in section three of this act for up to 30 years
6 for the operation of seasonal tennis facilities.
7 S 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
8 effective only upon the condition that the residents of the town of
9 Greenburgh who reside outside of any incorporated village in such town
10 continue to pay all costs and expenses for the town park and recreation-
11 al facilities described in section three of this act and that the town
12 of Greenburgh dedicate all proceeds of such lease for the capital
13 improvement of existing town park and recreational facilities and/or for
14 the acquisition of additional town park and recreational facilities for
15 the residents of the town of Greenburgh who reside outside of any incor-
16 porated village in such town.
17 S 3. The lands and improvements referred to in section one of this act
18 which may be leased consist of tennis facilities and other appurtenances
19 related to the use of such tennis facilities located in the Anthony F.
20 Veteran Park in the town of Greenburgh, county of Westchester, state of
21 New York, the park being more particularly described as follows:
22 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
23 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of
24 Greenburgh, County of Westchester and State of New York, and being more
25 particularly bounded and described as follows:
26 BEGINNING at a point on the northerly line of the Sprain Brook Park-
27 way, where the same is intersected by the northeasterly boundary line of
28 land now or formerly of Robert Stephen Anthony as acquired by a deed
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 from John Canning, Jr., dated September 9th, 1952, recorded in Office of
2 the County Clerk of Westchester County, Division of Land Records, on
3 September 10th, 1952, in Liber 5134 of conveyances, page 115, said point
4 of BEGINNING being distant North 43 57' 40" East 272.43 feet from a
5 monument at the intersection of the southeasterly corner of said lands
6 so conveyed by the aforementioned deed with the northeasterly side of
7 Heatherdell Road; thence running along the last mentioned northeasterly
8 boundary line of Anthony, North 46 02' 20" West 344.66 feet to a point;
9 thence running North 49 20' 10" East 551.65 feet and North 17 14' 40"
10 East 1005.00 feet to a corner in said land; thence running South 80 25'
11 50" East 899.49 feet to the northerly line of Sprain Brook Parkway;
12 thence running along said lands the following courses and distances:
13 South 16 58' 39" East 49.00 feet, South 43 57' 57" West 734.75 feet,
14 South 61 17' 40" West 135.00 feet and South 43 57' 40" West 1067.57
15 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING, containing 20.46 acres more or
16 less.
17 TOGETHER with and subject to an easement in common with others over
18 the existing driveway running from Heatherdell Road through premises and
19 premises adjoining as set forth in Liber 3929 of conveyances, page 165,
20 and utility easements as recorded in the Book of Conveyances in Liber
21 5389, Page 204, and in Liber 5950, page 320.
22 ALSO known on the Official Tax Map of the Town of Greenburgh as Volume
23 8, Sheet 4, Parcel 4B, and of the Village of Ardsley as Sheet 1, Parcel
24 37B.
25 S 4. Should the leased park lands described in sections one and three
26 of this act cease to be used for the purposes described therein, the
27 lease shall terminate and those lands shall revert to the town of Green-
28 burgh consistent with its prior public park and recreational purposes.
29 S 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 891 of the laws of 1982
30 to the contrary, such lease shall provide that the leased park land and
31 improvements described in sections one and three of this act shall be
32 made available to the general public on an equitable basis. Where avail-
33 ability of such public facilities is limited, the use of such facilities
34 must be determined by a written policy, developed, posted and adminis-
35 tered by the lessee in conjunction with the town of Greenburgh.
36 S 6. The provisions of this act shall not affect any rights or deed
37 restrictions pursuant to the terms, conditions, and provisions of the
38 deed conveying interest in the park land described in this act to the
39 town of Greenburgh.
40 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
