STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7840 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SKOUFIS -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT authorizing alienation of certain parklands in the town of Corn- wall, county of Orange 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 town of Corn- 2 wall, in the county of Orange, acting by and through its town board, is 3 hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands 4 described in section three of this act, and to sell and convey such 5 parkland at fair market value for the purpose of constructing a local 6 history museum owned and operated by the town of Cornwall. 7 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall be 8 conditioned upon use of the lands described in section three of this act 9 exclusively for the purpose of construction and operation of a local 10 history museum by the town of Cornwall and, in the event that such use 11 of the said land by the town shall cease, the lands described in section 12 three of this act shall revert to parkland owned and maintained by the 13 town. 14 § 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin- 15 ued as parkland are described as follows: 16 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land with the building and 17 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of 18 Cornwall, County of Orange and State of New York bounded and described 19 as follows: 20 BEGINNING at a point in or near a utility pole at the southeasterly 21 corner of lands of the Central School District No. 1 of the Towns of 22 Cornwall, New Windsor and Woodbury as described in Liber 4750, Page 330, 23 said point of beginning being located South 33 degrees 36 minutes 27 24 seconds East for a distance of 342.24 feet along the northeasterly EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11554-01-7A. 7840 2 1 bounds of said parcel, from a point in the southeasterly line of Hudson 2 Street; 3 THENCE South 33 degrees 36 minutes 27 seconds East for a distance of 4 100.68 feet through lands of the Town of Cornwall, Liber 2028, Page 337 5 to a point; 6 THENCE South 49 degrees 43 minutes 32 seconds West for a distance of 7 191.00 feet through the same to a point in or near the edge of pavement 8 of Munger Cottage Drive; 9 THENCE North 33 degrees 29 minutes 19 seconds West for a distance of 10 135.22 feet through said lands of the Town of Cornwall to a point in the 11 southeasterly bounds said lands of Central School District No. 1 of the 12 Towns of Cornwall, New Windsor and Woodbury; 13 THENCE North 76 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East for a distance of 14 75.00 feet along the same to a point; 15 THENCE North 49 degrees 43 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 16 120.00 feet along the same to the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING. 17 TOGETHER with and subject to covenants, easements, and restrictions of 18 record. 19 Said property contains 0.4661 acres more or less. 20 § 4. In the event that the town of Cornwall received any funding, 21 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 22 maintenance or improvement of the parkland set forth in section three of 23 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized 24 by the provisions of section three of this act shall not occur until the 25 town of Cornwall has complied with any federal requirements pertaining 26 to the alienation or conversion of such parklands, including satisfying 27 the secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies 28 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary 29 to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 30 market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or conveyed. 31 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.