Bill Text: NY A10681 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Suffolk to transfer and convey a portion of county parkland to the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk for continued park and recreational purposes and as a commercial fishing dock.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-07-31 - signed chap.170 [A10681 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A10681-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 8658--A A. 10681--A Cal. No. 1617 SENATE - ASSEMBLY May 10, 2018 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT authorizing the county of Suffolk to transfer and convey a portion of County parkland to the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) The county of Suffolk acting through its legislative 2 body, is hereby authorized to discontinue the use of a portion of county 3 parkland, described in section two of this act, and to convey its inter- 4 est in the real property to the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk 5 upon terms agreed upon by the county of Suffolk and the town of South- 6 ampton, for use by the town of Southampton for park and recreational 7 purposes and as a commercial fishing dock; provided that the town of 8 Southampton shall provide access to such parklands and/or recreational 9 facilities to all residents of the county of Suffolk. 10 (b) Any revenues received by such county from such town from the 11 transfer of the property described in section two of this act shall be 12 used for capital improvements of existing park and recreational facili- 13 ties and/or for the acquisition of additional park and recreational 14 facilities. 15 § 2. The real property authorized to be conveyed by the county of 16 Suffolk pursuant to section one of this act shall be bounded and 17 described as follows: 18 All that certain piece or parcel of land situate lying and being at 19 Hampton Bays, in the Town of Southampton, County of Suffolk, and State EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15697-02-8S. 8658--A 2 A. 10681--A 1 of New York, being Parcel 43 as shown on a map on file in the office of 2 the Commissioner of Public Works of Suffolk County titled "Map Showing 3 Property to be Acquired for County Purposes, Town of Southampton, County 4 of Suffolk, New York, Sheet 5 of 5" more particularly bound and 5 described as follows: 6 Commencing at the intersection of the easterly boundary of Road I and 7 the existing northerly boundary of County Road 89 Dune Road. Running 8 thence, along said northerly boundary of County Road 89 Dune Road, N 65° 9 48' 14" E a distance of 100 feet to the division line between the 10 subject parcel on the east and other land of Suffolk County on the west, 11 or the POINT OF BEGINNING; 12 Thence, from said place or point of Beginning northerly along said 13 division line N 23° 11' 46" W a distance of 436± feet more or less, to a 14 point on the mean high water line of Shinnecock Bay, said line being the 15 division line between the lands of the subject parcel to the south and 16 the lands of the Town of Southampton to the north; 17 Thence, along said division line a distance of 1475± feet more or 18 less, to a point on the division line between the lands of the subject 19 parcel to the west and the lands now or formerly of Shinnecock Fish 20 Packers, Inc. on the east; 21 Thence, along said division line S 23° 11' 46" E a distance of 314± 22 feet, more or less, to the aforementioned existing northerly boundary of 23 County Road 89 Dune Road; 24 Thence along said northerly boundary S 68° 28' 14" W a distance of 25 525.51 feet to a point; 26 Thence continuing along said northerly boundary S 65° 48' 14" W a 27 distance of 875.12 feet to the point or place of beginning; being 28 402,449± square feet or 9.24± acres more or less. 29 § 3. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to be 30 used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those lands 31 shall revert to the county of Suffolk for public park and recreational 32 purposes. 33 § 4. The land to be transferred pursuant to this act, and all struc- 34 tures and facilities situated on such land, shall be maintained, owned 35 and operated by the town of Southampton. 36 § 5. The use of such parkland and facilities shall be available to the 37 general public. Where the availability of such facilities is limited, 38 use of such facilities must be determined by an equitable method. 39 § 6. In the event that the county of Suffolk received any funding 40 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 41 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of 42 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized 43 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the county of 44 Suffolk has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 45 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre- 46 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 47 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure 48 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 49 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 50 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
