Bill Text: NY S07779 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the alienation and sale of parkland in the town of Niagara, county of Niagara which is no longer used for park purposes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-21 - SIGNED CHAP.473 [S07779 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07779-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7779--A
I N S E N A T E
June 9, 2014
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Introduced by Sen. MAZIARZ -- 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 to authorize the town of Niagara, county of Niagara to discontin-
ue the use of certain town lands as parkland and to sell and convey
such lands
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. The town of Niagara, in the county of Niagara, is hereby
2 authorized to discontinue use of certain parklands more particularly
3 described in section three of this act and sell and convey in fee simple
4 for its fair market value and upon such terms and conditions as it deems
5 appropriate such lands which are no longer useful for parkland recre-
6 ation purposes.
7 S 2. The authorization provided for in section one of this act shall
8 be subject to the requirement that upon the alienation of the lands more
9 particularly described in section three of this act, the town of Niagara
10 shall dedicate all proceeds from the sale of such lands for capital
11 improvements to existing park facilities in the town of Niagara.
12 S 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin-
13 ued as parklands, and to be sold and conveyed are described as follows:
14 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Niagara, Coun-
15 ty of Niagara and State of New York, being part of Lot 6, Township 13,
16 Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, and being Lots X, W, V, U
17 and T according to a map entitled "A Map of Part of Youngs Farm", filed
18 in the Niagara County Clerk's Office in Book 10 of Maps at page 93,
19 being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
20 COMMENCING at the intersection of the southeast line of Packard Road
21 (as a 49.5 feet wide right of way) and the southwest line of Young
22 Street (66 feet wide);
23 Thence southeasterly along the said southwest line of Young Street, a
24 distance of 300.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, said point being the
25 north corner of said Lot X.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Thence southwesterly at an interior angle of 90 00'00" and along the
2 northwest line of said Lot X, a distance of 496.6 feet to the southwest
3 corner of said Lot X;
4 Thence southeasterly, parallel with the northeast line of Porter Road
5 (100 feet wide) and 300 feet therefrom, and along the southwest line of
6 said Lots X, W, V, U and T, a distance of approximately 799.65 feet to a
7 point on the said southwest line of Young Street, said point being the
8 southeast corner of said Lot T;
9 Thence northwesterly along the said southwest line of Young Street, a
10 distance of 626.74 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing
11 155,495 square feet or 3.57 acres of land more or less.
12 S 4. In the event that the town of Niagara received any funding
13 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
14 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
15 of this act, the discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized by
16 the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Niagara has
17 complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or
18 conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
19 rior that the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions
20 which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the
21 substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and
22 recreational usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
23 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
