Bill Text: NY S08103 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-21 - SIGNED CHAP.235 [S08103 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S08103-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8103 IN SENATE June 13, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT authorizing the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Islip, county of Suffolk 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 Islip, 2 acting by and through its town board, is hereby authorized to discontin- 3 ue as parklands and alienate the lands more particularly described in 4 section three of this act, and to sell and convey such parklands upon 5 such terms and conditions as determined by the town board of Islip. 6 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only 7 be effective on the condition that the town of Islip shall dedicate the 8 lands described in section four of this act as additional parkland of 9 the town. 10 § 3. The land to be discontinued as parkland and alienated and 11 conveyed is bounded and described as follows: 12 BEGINNING AT A POINT, said point being 125 ft. east from the inter- 13 section formed from the easterly side of Lowell Ave. and the north side 14 of Cypress Ave. 15 RUNNING THENCE in a northerly direction N7°40'00"W 233.00 feet to a 16 point; 17 RUNNING THENCE in an easterly directly N82°20"00"E 125.00 feet to a 18 point; 19 RUNNING THENCE in a northerly direction N7°40"00"W 33.00 feet to a 20 point; 21 RUNNING THENCE in an easterly direction N82°20'00"E 100.00 feet to a 22 point; 23 RUNNING THENCE in a southerly direction S7°40'00"E 266.00 feet to a 24 point; 25 RUNNING THENCE in a westerly direction S82°20'00"W 225.00 feet to 26 point or place of beginning. The said parcel containing 1.2 acres ±. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15860-01-6S. 8103 2 1 § 4. The town of Islip, acting by and through its governing body, 2 shall dedicate the replacement lands, for use as parkland for public 3 park purposes consisting of 1.28 acres described as follows: 4 BEGINNING AT A POINT, said point being 1585.27 feet south from inter- 5 section formed by the west side of Lowell Avenue and the south side of 6 Clayton Avenue: 7 RUNNING THENCE in a westerly direction S82°20'22"W 500.71 feet to a 8 point; 9 RUNNING THENCE in a northerly direction N9°01'29"W 101.18 feet to a 10 point; 11 RUNNING THENCE in a easterly direction N82°20'22"W 533.12 feet to a 12 point; 13 RUNNING THENCE in a southerly direction S07°39'38"E 101.18 feet to the 14 point or place of beginning. 15 § 5. In the event that the parklands to be acquired and dedicated by 16 the town of Islip pursuant to this act are not of equal or greater fair 17 market value to the parklands to be discontinued and conveyed, the town 18 of Islip shall dedicate the difference of the fair market value of the 19 lands to be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the acquisition 20 of additional parklands and/or for capital improvements to existing park 21 and recreational facilities. 22 § 6. If the land that is the subject of this act has received funding 23 pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the discontin- 24 uance of parklands authorized by the provisions of this act shall not 25 occur until the municipality has complied with the federal requirements 26 pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satisfying the 27 secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include all 28 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure 29 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value 30 and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontinued. 31 § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.