Bill Text: NY S04331 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-14 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S04331 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04331-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4331
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 29, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT in relation to the alienation of certain parklands in the town of
         Ramapo in the county of Rockland
         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 Ramapo,
    2  in the county of Rockland, 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, for the purpose of reconfiguring
    5  the parcel for new construction.
    6    S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
    7  effect only upon the condition that the town of  Ramapo  shall  dedicate
    8  the  lands  of  equal  or greater fair market value described in section
    9  four of this act as additional parklands of the town.
   10    S 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be  discontin-
   11  ued as parklands are as follows:
   12    ALL  that  tract  or parcel of land being part of the Town Lot Section
   13  56.8, Block 2, Lot 8, Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State  of  New
   14  York,  more particularly described as Lot Number 9 in Book P as shown on
   15  a certain map entitled "sub-division for Ellfur  Realty  Corporation  in
   16  Monsey,  Town  of  Ramapo, Rockland County, New York" made by William A.
   17  Yuda, P.E., Palisades, New York and filed in the Rockland County Clerk's
   18  Office on June 20, 1950, as Map No. 2095.
   19    S 4. Prior to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parkland
   20  described  in  section  three  of  this  act, the town of Ramapo, acting
   21  through its town board, shall dedicate  replacement  lands  for  use  as
   22  parkland for public park purposes, with such replacement lands, being of
   23  equal or greater fair market value, as follows:
   24    ALL  that  tract  or  parcel  of  lands being part of Town Lot Section
   25  49.19, Block 5, Lot 38.1 and Town Lot Section 49.19, Block 5, Lot  38.1,
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  and Town Lot Section 49.19, Block 5, Lot 38.2, Town of Ramapo, County of
    2  Rockland,  State  of New York more particularly bounded and described as
    3  follows:
    4    Beginning  at  a  point in the westerly line of Blauvelt Road, distant
    5  60.02 feet northerly from the northerly end of the curve connecting  the
    6  northerly  line  of Manor Drive with the westerly line of Blauvelt Road,
    7  said point being the southeasterly corner of the premises intended to be
    8  described, and running thence (1) along the northerly line of lands  now
    9  or  formerly  of  Lomitz,  Minz and Fromoitz, N72 09'30" W a distance of
   10  487.15 feet to a point; thence (2) along the easterly line of lands  now
   11  or  formerly  of Thurm and Krieger, N18 27'45"E a distance of 81.85 feet
   12  to a point; thence (3) along the southerly line of lands now or formerly
   13  of Cohn and Kramer, (a) S72 26'14" E a distance  of  267.00  feet  to  a
   14  point,  (b)  S 72 14'47"E a distance of 220.99 feet to the westerly line
   15  of Blauvelt Road; thence (4) along the same, (a) S18 29"W a distance  of
   16  1.10  feet  to a Rockland County Highway Monument, and (b) S19 02'00"W a
   17  distance of 82.40 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
   18    S 5. In the event that the parklands to be dedicated by  the  town  of
   19  Ramapo  pursuant  to  this act are not equal to or greater than the fair
   20  market value of the parkland to be  discontinued,  the  town  of  Ramapo
   21  shall  dedicate  the difference of the fair market value of the lands to
   22  be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of  addi-
   23  tional  parklands  and/or  for capital improvements to existing park and
   24  recreational facilities.
   25    S 6. In the event that the town of Ramapo received any funding support
   26  or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,  maintenance
   27  or  improvement of the parklands set forth in section three of this act,
   28  the discontinuance and alienation of such  parkland  authorized  by  the
   29  provisions  of  section three of this act shall not occur until the town
   30  of Ramapo has complied with any federal requirements pertaining  to  the
   31  alienation  or  conversion  of  such parklands, including satisfying the
   32  secretary of the interior that the  alienation  or  conversion  complies
   33  with  all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary
   34  to assure the substitution of other lands shall be  equivalent  in  fair
   35  market and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   36    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.