Bill Text: NY A09993 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the City of Troy to lease sub-surface park land property referred to as Riverfront Park for district geothermal wells and distribution lines.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-03 - substituted by s9310 [A09993 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9993

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 29, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Cities

        AN ACT authorizing the city of Troy to lease sub-surface park land prop-
          erty referred to as Riverfront Park

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  section  20
     2  of  the  general  city  law, the city of Troy, acting by and through its
     3  city council, is authorized to lease, for district geothermal wells  and
     4  distribution  lines,  the  sub-surface real property known as Riverfront
     5  Park as described in section three of this act.
     6    § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
     7  effect only upon the condition that the city of Troy, upon completion of
     8  the installation of subsurface equipment, restore the land  for  use  as
     9  parkland.
    10    § 3. The parcel of land authorized to be leased by section one of this
    11  act is more fully described as follows:
    12    ALL  THAT CERTAIN TRACT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the city of
    13  Troy, Rensselaer County, New York lying between the north-western margin
    14  of Front Street, and 36 feet southeast of the Hudson River Seawall, east
    15  of tax parcel 101.53-1-1 and west of the Riverfront Park  Band  perform-
    16  ance  area  and spray park, constituting approximately 1.47 acres, being
    17  more particularly bounded and described as follows:
    18    BEGINNING at a point at the south corner of Riverfront Park tax parcel
    19  101.45-5-1.1 at its intersection with the City of  Troy's  Front  Street
    20  right-of  way, then following these 6 courses: Northeast along the prop-
    21  erty line between the City of Troy right-of-way  for  Front  Street  and
    22  Riverfront Park parcel 101.45-5-1.1 approximately 474 feet 9 inches to a
    23  point  that  is  42.732819 degrees north, 73.690792 degrees west; North-
    24  west, perpendicular to said property line, 186  feet  1/2  inches  to  a
    25  point that is 45 feet 1/4 inch southeast of the Hudson River side of the
    26  seawall  along  this line extended; Southwest 103 feet 8 1/4 inches to a
    27  point that is 36 feet from the Hudson River side of the seawall measured
    28  perpendicular to the seawall; South-southwest, parallel to, and 36  feet

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15489-01-2
        A. 9993                             2

     1  from  the  Hudson River side of the seawall for a distance of 420 feet 2
     2  1/4 inches to a point on the property line  separating  Riverfront  Park
     3  parcel 101.45-5-1.1 and 101.53-1-1; Southeast 26 feet 2 inches along the
     4  property  line separating Riverfront Park parcel 101.45-5-1.1 and parcel
     5  101.53-1-1; East approximately 84' 8 3/4 inches along the property  line
     6  separating the city of Troy Right-of way for Front Street and Riverfront
     7  Park parcel 101.45-5-1.1 to the point of beginning.
     8    § 4. The description in section three of this act of land to be leased
     9  is  not  intended  to be a legal description but is intended to identify
    10  the parcel to be leased. As a condition of the lease  the  lessee  shall
    11  submit  to  the  city  of Troy an accurate survey and description of the
    12  lands to be leased.
    13    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.