Bill Text: NY A06519 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the commissioner of general services to transfer real property from the St. Lawrence psychiatric center to the city of Ogdensburg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-17 - substituted by s5950a [A06519 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A06519-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6519--D 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 26, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Operations in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of general services to convey real property at the St. Lawrence psychiatric center to the city of Ogdens- burg The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of the office of general services is 2 authorized and empowered to transfer and convey to the city of Ogdens- 3 burg the state property described in section two of this act, said prop- 4 erty being a portion of the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center located in 5 the city of Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county. Such transfer and convey- 6 ance shall be for fair market value and upon such other terms and condi- 7 tions as said commissioner may determine. Due to the proximity of the 8 land and improvements to be transferred and conveyed to existing mental 9 health and correctional facilities, said terms and conditions of any 10 transfer and conveyance, including the proposed use of said land and 11 improvements and the retention, or replacement in kind, of existing 12 staff housing serving the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center and located on 13 the lands to be conveyed, shall be subject to the approval of the 14 commissioner of the office of mental health, the commissioner of the 15 department of corrections and community supervision, and the director of 16 the division of budget. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10157-14-6A. 6519--D 2 1 § 2. The land authorized by this act to be conveyed consists of two 2 parcels of land at the St. Lawrence Psychiatric Center, in the city of 3 Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence county, and is generally described as follows: 4 Parcel B: 50 acres for residential development bounded by the Saint 5 Lawrence River to the northwest, on the south by River Drive, northeast 6 of Bridgeview, to include all of the surplus land abutting the Saint 7 Lawrence River between Bridgeview and Trinity buildings NOT to include 8 building numbers 65, 66, 67, 225 or 226, but to include building numbers 9 10, 13, 17, 31, 62, 63, 64, 88 and 89. 10 Parcel A-3: 6.4 acres for commercial development adjacent to Parcels 11 A-1 and A-2 and south of property under the jurisdiction of the depart- 12 ment of corrections and community supervision, to include building 13 numbers 48, 68 and 76. 14 § 3. Any subsequent solicitation for residential development by the 15 city of Ogdensburg on Parcel B shall include a requirement that said 16 development will provide at least fifteen percent of proposed rental 17 dwelling units to office of mental health recipients in need of 18 supported housing, with service provision to be coordinated by the 19 office of mental health and a voluntary provider and with said units 20 subject to OMH Supported Housing Guidelines. Certain matters relating 21 to this conveyance shall be determined pursuant to a memorandum of 22 understanding between the city of Ogdensburg and the commissioner of the 23 office of mental health, including but not limited to, the exact 24 percentage of set aside units, the dispersal of these units throughout 25 the proposed residential development so as to avoid any clustering, 26 payment of survey costs, and utility connection and road access to the 27 parcels described in section two of this act. In addition to the afore- 28 mentioned, the state may assist the city in marketing and promoting any 29 of the parcels described in section two of this act to private develop- 30 ers. 31 § 4. The description in section two of this act of the lands to be 32 conveyed is not intended to be a legal description, but it is intended 33 only to identify the premises to be conveyed. As a condition of 34 purchase, the city of Ogdensburg shall submit to the commissioner of the 35 office of general services for said commissioner's approval an accurate 36 survey and description of the lands generally described in section two 37 of this act, which may be used in the conveyance thereof. 38 § 5. The commissioner of the office of general services shall not 39 grant the land described in section two of this act unless application 40 is made therefor by the city of Ogdensburg within one year after the 41 effective date of this act. 42 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.