Bill Text: NY S07749 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Union, county of Broome, to alienate certain parklands for an easement through land located in the town's West Endicott Park to be used to convey an existing overhead electrical transmission line and anchoring facilities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-08-24 - SIGNED CHAP.162 [S07749 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07749-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7749

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 13, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to authorize the town of Union in the county of Broome to  convey
          to  New York State Electric & Gas, an easement through land located in
          the town's West Endicott Park to be used to convey an  existing  over-
          head electrical transmission line and anchoring facilities

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The town of Union in the county of Broome,  acting  by  and
     2  through  its  town  board, is hereby authorized to convey by appropriate
     3  instruments to New York State Electric & Gas, an easement in West  Endi-
     4  cott  Park  described  in  section three of this act, for the purpose of
     5  enabling the existing electric transmission structure number 48 of elec-
     6  tric transmission line number 353 to be relocated  within  the  existing
     7  easement  and appropriate anchoring facilities be installed east of said
     8  relocated structure and shall restore the surface of the lands  and  the
     9  lands shall continue to be used for park purposes.
    10    §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
    11  effective only upon the condition that the town of Union in  the  county
    12  of  Broome  dedicate  an amount equal to or greater than the fair market
    13  value of the easement interest being alienated pursuant to  section  one
    14  of  this act to the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improve-
    15  ments to existing park and recreational facilities.
    16    § 3. The easement to be conveyed by the town of Union in the county of
    17  Broome pursuant to the provisions of this act is described as follows:
    18    All that tract or parcel of land being situate in the Town  of  Union,
    19  County  of  Broome and State of New York; being bounded and described as
    20  follows:
    21    Beginning at a point on the northerly bounds  of  Maple  Street,  said
    22  point  being  North  79°48'40"  East  a  distance of 58.82 feet from the
    23  intersection of said northerly bounds of Maple Street and  the  easterly
    24  bounds  of  Mills  Avenue; running thence along an Easement Line through
    25  the lands of Town of Union (L 1091, P 51) the  following  eight  courses
    26  and distances:

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    1) North 24°54'39" East 59.35 feet;
     2    2) North 07°22'38" West 17.76 feet;
     3    3) North 82°37'22" East 50.00 feet;
     4    4) South 07°22'38" East 21.65 feet;
     5    5) South 81°39'21" East 36.85 feet;
     6    6) South 08°20'39" West 20.00 feet;
     7    7) North 81°39'21" West 36.90 feet;
     8    8) South 24°54'39" West 28.46 feet;
     9  to  a  point  on  the  aforementioned  northerly bounds of Maple Street;
    10  running thence South  79°48'40"  West  along  said  northerly  bounds  a
    11  distance of 61.11 feet to the point of beginning.  Containing 0.101 acre
    12  of land. Bearings refer to True North.
    13  Subject to easements of record.
    14  Subject to the rights of the public over Maple Street.
    15    §  4.  The  conveyance of the easement authorized by the provisions of
    16  this act shall not occur until the town of Union in the county of Broome
    17  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the  alienation
    18  or  conversion  of  parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the
    19  interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all  conditions
    20  which  the  secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure that the
    21  substitution of other lands be  equivalent  in  fair  market  value  and
    22  recreational usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    23    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.