Bill Text: NY S02342 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Albany to discontinue use of lands as park lands and to dedicate the fair market value of those park lands to the acquisition of additional park lands and/or improvements to existing park lands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-20 - SUBSTITUTED BY A4717A [S02342 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2342
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 16, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to authorize the city of Albany to discontinue the use of certain
         lands as park lands
         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 city of Albany,
    2  located in the county of Albany, is hereby  authorized,  acting  by  and
    3  through  its common council and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
    4  mined by such common council, to discontinue the use as park  lands  the
    5  lands  more  particularly  described in section three of this act and to
    6  transfer such lands, at fair market value, which are  no  longer  needed
    7  for park purposes for use in connection with the development of property
    8  for independent senior garden apartments.
    9    S  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
   10  subject to the condition that the city of Albany shall dedicate the fair
   11  market value of those park lands being discontinued to  the  acquisition
   12  of additional park land and/or improvements to existing park land.
   13    S 3. The lands authorized by this act to be discontinued as park lands
   14  are as follows:
   15    All  that  tract,  piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in
   16  the City of Albany, County of Albany, State of New  York,  more  partic-
   17  ularly described as follows:
   18    Beginning  at  a point on the southeasterly side of South Allen Street
   19  60 feet northeasterly from the corner of South  Allen  Street  and  Dale
   20  Place  and running thence northeasterly along said southeasterly side of
   21  South Allen Street a distance of 390 feet to a point, thence  southeast-
   22  erly along the southerly line of lot 252 as shown on map of Allen Street
   23  Terrace  referenced  below,  100 feet, running thence northeasterly on a
   24  line parallel to South Allen Street 60 feet to the south line of lot 165
   25  on said map, thence southeasterly 98  feet  to  the  northwest  side  of
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01958-01-3
       S. 2342                             2
    1  Onderdonk  Avenue,  thence running southwesterly along the northwesterly
    2  side of Onderdonk Avenue 510 feet to the northerly line of  Dale  Place,
    3  running thence northwesterly along the said northerly line of Dale Place
    4  98  feet,  thence northeasterly on a line parallel to South Allen Street
    5  60 feet, thence northwesterly 100 feet  to  the  southeasterly  side  of
    6  South Allen Street, the point and place of beginning.
    7    Said parcels being lots 166 to 182 on Onderdonk Avenue and Lots 239 to
    8  251  fronting  on  South  Allen  Street as shown on map or plan of Allen
    9  Street Terrace, made by A.L. Eliot, C.E. dated March 8, 1911  and  filed
   10  in the Albany County Clerk's Office in Book 25 as Map 750, said lands to
   11  be removed from park purposes.
   12    Containing 2.04 acres, more or less.
   13    S  4.  If  the  park land that is the subject of this act has received
   14  funding pursuant to the federal land and water  conservation  fund,  the
   15  discontinuance  of  park  land  authorized by the provisions of this act
   16  shall not occur until the municipality has  complied  with  the  federal
   17  requirements  pertaining  to  the  conversion  of  park lands, including
   18  satisfying the secretary of the interior that  the  discontinuance  will
   19  include  all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems neces-
   20  sary to assure the substitution of other lands shall  be  equivalent  in
   21  fair market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discon-
   22  tinued.
   23    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.