Bill Text: NY S06313 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Niagara to transfer ownership of certain parkland to the town of Lockport.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.441 [S06313 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S06313-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6313--C 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom- mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT in relation to authorizing the county of Niagara to transfer ownership of certain parkland to the town of Lockport The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. (a) Subject to the provisions of this act, the county of 2 Niagara acting through its legislative body is hereby authorized to 3 discontinue and convey the use of a portion of county parkland more 4 particularly described in section two of this act, and to convey its 5 interest in the real property to the town of Lockport upon terms agreed 6 upon by the county of Niagara and the town of Lockport for use by such 7 town of Lockport for park and/or recreational purposes, provided, howev- 8 er, that such town of Lockport shall continue to provide access to such 9 parkland and/or recreational facilities to all residents of the county 10 of Niagara and the town shall not enact any fees or charges which are 11 higher for county residents who are not town residents. 12 (b) Any revenues received from the county from the transfer shall be 13 used for capital improvements of existing park or recreational and/or 14 the acquisition of additional park or recreational facilities. 15 § 2. The real property authorized to be conveyed by the county of 16 Niagara pursuant to section one of this act is more particularly 17 described as follows: 18 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Town of Lockport, 19 County of Niagara, and State of New York, being part of Lot 8, Section EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10840-07-2S. 6313--C 2 1 10, Township 14, Range 6 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, more 2 particularly described as follows: 3 Commencing at a point of intersection of the centerline of East High 4 Street (being 66.0 feet wide), also being the south line of Lot 8 and 5 the extension of the west line of Day Road (being 66.0 feet wide), said 6 point also being the southeasterly corner of lands conveyed to the Town 7 of Lockport as filed by deed in the Niagara County Clerk's Office in 8 Liber 3378 of Deeds at Page 281; 9 Thence, N 06°-49'-50" W, along the west line of Day Road, also being 10 the east line said lands conveyed to the Town of Lockport, a distance of 11 1780.00 feet to the Point of Beginning; 12 Thence, N 90°-00'-00" W, parallel with the centerline of East High 13 Street, also being the north line said lands conveyed to the Town of 14 Lockport, a distance of 1190.73 feet to a point on the west line Lot 8; 15 Thence, N 05°-49'-31" W, along said west line Lot 8, a distance of 16 2213.82 feet to a point on the north line Lot 8; 17 Thence, N 89°-55'-46" E, along said north line Lot 8, a distance of 18 1151.45 feet to a point on the west line Day Road, also being the west 19 line lands conveyed to the Town of Lockport as filed by deed in the 20 Niagara County Clerk's Office in Liber 1295 of Deeds at Page 105; 21 Thence, S 06°-49'-50" E, along said west line of lands conveyed to the 22 Town of Lockport, a distance of 2219.56 feet to the Point of Beginning. 23 Containing 58.23 acres of land, more or less. 24 § 3. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to be 25 used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those lands 26 shall revert to the county of Niagara for public park and recreational 27 purposes. 28 § 4. The land to be transferred pursuant to this act and all struc- 29 tures and facilities situated on such land shall be maintained, owned 30 and operated for park purposes by the town of Lockport. 31 § 5. The use of such parkland and facilities shall be available to the 32 general public, including all residents of Niagara county and the town 33 of Lockport. Where the availability of such facilities is limited, use 34 of such facilities shall be determined by an equitable method. 35 § 6. In the event that the county of Niagara received any funding 36 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 37 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of 38 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized 39 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the county of 40 Niagara has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 41 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre- 42 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all 43 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure 44 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 45 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 46 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.