Bill Text: NY S05812 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to authorizing the city of Poughkeepsie to sell certain parklands to a private entity for a public benefit and economic development.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-26 - SIGNED CHAP.408 [S05812 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05812-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5812--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 4, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
         committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
         recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT in relation to authorizing the city of Poughkeepsie, in the coun-
         ty of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands  as  parklands
         and to sell and convey such lands, which are no longer needed for park
         purposes
         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  Pough-
    2  keepsie,  in  the county of Dutchess is hereby authorized, acting by and
    3  through its Common Council and upon such terms and conditions as  deter-
    4  mined by such legislative body, to discontinue the use of the municipal-
    5  ly  owned parklands more particularly described in section three of this
    6  act, and to sell and convey such lands, including the historic residence
    7  known as the "Pelton Mansion" located at 36 North Clover Street  in  the
    8  city of Poughkeepsie, which are no longer needed for park purposes, upon
    9  such other terms and conditions as may be determined by such legislative
   10  body, but at fair market value.
   11    S  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
   12  effective only upon the condition that the city of Poughkeepsie dedicate
   13  an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the property
   14  being alienated by this act for the acquisition of additional  parklands
   15  and/or for capital improvements to existing park and recreational facil-
   16  ities.
   17    S  3.  The property authorized by this act to be discontinued as park-
   18  lands by the city of Poughkeepsie are generally described as follows:
   19    All that tract or parcel of land situated in the City of Poughkeepsie,
   20  County of Dutchess, and the State of New York, bounded and described  as
   21  follows:
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11466-04-5
       S. 5812--A                          2
    1    Beginning at a point in the Westerly line of North Clover Street, said
    2  point being the Southeasterly corner of lands now or formerly Provenzano
    3  (Liber  1973,  cp  419);  thence  along  the said Westerly line of North
    4  Clover Street South 29-28-25 West 32.00 feet to a  point;  thence  along
    5  the Northerly line of lands now or formerly Delleo (Deed Document Number
    6  22008/1137) North 60-31-35 West 150.00 feet to a point; thence along the
    7  Westerly  lines  of the said lands now or formerly Delleo (Deed Document
    8  Number 22008/1137), lands now or formerly Villano (Deed Document  Number
    9  22010/3925)  and  lands  now  or formerly Trocino & Milea (Deed Document
   10  Number 22008/2923), South 29-28-25 West 187.17 feet to a  point;  thence
   11  along  the Northerly line of lands now or formerly Holy Comforter Church
   12  (Liber 373, cp 347) North 83-19-10 West; 173.50 feet to a point  in  the
   13  Easterly  line  of  Davies Place; thence along the said Easterly line of
   14  Davies Place, generally along a stone retaining wall, the following  two
   15  courses: North 11-55-00 East 8.06 feet to an angle in the said retaining
   16  wall  and North 5-43-30 West 238.88 feet to a point at the Southerly end
   17  of a curve to the right connecting the  said  Easterly  line  of  Davies
   18  Place  with the Southerly line of Dongan Place; thence, continuing along
   19  the said stone retaining wall, along the said curve to the right, having
   20  a radious of 105.00 feet, a length of 201.74 feet to a point in the said
   21  Southerly line of Dongan Place; thence along the said Southerly line  of
   22  Dongan  Place, continuing generally along the said stone retaining wall,
   23  the following courses: South 75-42-00 East 167.71 feet to a point, South
   24  72-23-10 East 34.97 feet to a point, South 68-42-40 East 39.88 feet to a
   25  point, South 64-56-50 East 32.46 feet to a point,  South  61-35-50  East
   26  44.04  feet  to  a point, and South 56-45-00 East 62.07 feet to a point;
   27  thence, generally along the said stone retaining  wall,  South  26-29-50
   28  East  17.67 feet to a point, and, leaving the said stone retaining wall,
   29  South 11-58-40 West 10.48 feet to a point in the said Westerly  line  of
   30  North  Clover  Street,  said point being the Northeasterly corner of a 3
   31  story brick building situate on lands now or formerly GCAABB  LLC  (Deed
   32  Document Number 22009/5257); thence along the Northerly line of the said
   33  lands  now  or  formerly  GCAABB  LLC (Deed Document Number 22009/5257),
   34  partially along the Northerly face of the said 3 story  brick  building,
   35  North  60-31-35  West  150.00 feet to a point; thence along the Westerly
   36  lines of the said lands now or formerly GCAABB LLC (Deed Document Number
   37  22009/5257) and lands now or formerly TJ Associates Inc. (Liber 1992, cp
   38  207) South 29-28-25 West 80.00 feet to a point; thence along the  South-
   39  erly  line  of  the said lands now or formerly TJ Associates Inc. (Liber
   40  1992, cp 207) South 60-31-35 East 25.50 feet to a  point;  thence  along
   41  the  Westerly  and  Southerly  lines  of  the said lands now or formerly
   42  Provenzano (Liber 1973, cp 419) the following two courses: South  29-28-
   43  25 West 34.50 feet to a point and South 60-31-35 East 124.50 feet to the
   44  point or place of beginning. Containing 2.45 acres of land.
   45    Subject  to and together with the existing easements and rights-of-way
   46  of record, if any.
   47    S 4. The discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized  by  the
   48  provisions  of  this  act shall not occur until the city of Poughkeepsie
   49  has complied with any federal or state requirements  pertaining  to  the
   50  alienation  or  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
   51  tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
   52  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
   53  that the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair  market
   54  value  and  recreational  usefulness  to  the  lands  being alienated or
   55  converted.
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    1    S 5. In the event that the park lands to be dedicated by the  city  of
    2  Poughkeepsie  pursuant  to  this  act  are  not of equal or greater fair
    3  market value and usefulness as park lands than  the  park  lands  to  be
    4  discontinued,  the city of Poughkeepsie shall dedicate the difference of
    5  fair market value and/or usefulness of the lands to be alienated and the
    6  lands  to  be  dedicated  for  the  acquisition of additional park lands
    7  and/or capital improvements to existing park  and  recreational  facili-
    8  ties.
    9    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
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