NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A6500A
SPONSOR: Curran TITLE OF BILL:
An act authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of
certain parkland to the village of Freeport
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
This bill authorizes Town of Hempstead to convey Guy Lombardo Marina,
located in the Village of Freeport, to the Village.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section 1 authorizes the Town of Hempstead to convey Guy Lombardo Marina
to the Village of Freeport for use as a public park.
Section 2 describes the boundaries and area of the land being trans-
ferred.
Section 3 provides that the facilities and land being.transferred will
be maintained, owned and operated by the village of Freeport and that
use of facilities shall continue to be available to all New York State
residents.
Section 4 provides that when availability of the public parkland is
limited, the use of such land or facilities must be determined based on
an equitable method that prioritizes use for the general public of New
York. Sets limits for park use fees for people who are not residents of
the Village of Freeport or the County of Nassau and establishes rules
regarding reservation of the park.
Section 5 contains the enacting clause.
JUSTIFICATION::
This legislation transfers ownership of Guy Lombardo Marina from the
Town of Hempstead to the Village of Freeport. The Village of Freeport
has entered into a license agreement with the Town of Hempstead to oper-
ate the Town Marina on Guy Lombardo Avenue in Freeport. While the
license is 99 years in duration, the Town included a provision that
would allow the Marina's ownership to be transferred to the Village. The
transfer will enable the consolidation of services, improve efficiency,
and create new recreational opportunities for Town and Village resi-
dents. The Town and Village believe this transfer is in the best inter-
est of the taxpayers of their respective municipalities. The Village
intends to improve and rehabilitate the marina, thereby offering addi-
tional recreational opportunities for Town and Village residents.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
None
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
None
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This act shall take effect immediately after it shall have become law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6500--A
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 12, 2023
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Introduced by M. of A. CURRAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer ownership of
certain parkland to the village of Freeport
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 town of
2 Hempstead, county of Nassau, acting through its governing body is hereby
3 authorized to discontinue the use of town parkland more particularly
4 described in section two of this act, and to convey its interest in the
5 real property to the village of Freeport upon terms agreed upon by the
6 town of Hempstead and the village of Freeport for use by such village of
7 Freeport for park and/or recreational purposes, provided, however, that
8 such village of Freeport shall continue to provide access to such park-
9 land and/or recreational facilities to all residents of the town of
10 Hempstead and the village shall not enact any fees or charges which are
11 higher for town residents who are not village residents.
12 (b) Any revenues received by the town of Hempstead from the transfer
13 shall be used for capital improvements of existing park or recreational
14 and/or the acquisition of additional park or recreational facilities.
15 § 2. The parklands authorized to be conveyed by the town of Hempstead
16 in section one of this act are located, bounded and described as
17 follows:
18 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land together with the
19 improvements thereon, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated
20 Village of Freeport, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New
21 York being known and designated as and by Section 62 Block C Lot 102 on
22 the Land and Tax Map of Nassau County bounded and described thereon as
23 follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10720-02-3
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1 BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of So. Grove Street a/k/a
2 Guy Lombardo Boulevard, distant 343.87 feet southerly from the corner
3 formed by the intersection of the easterly side of So. Grove Street with
4 the southerly side of Howard Avenue, which said point of beginning is
5 also the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of So.
6 Grove Street with the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
7 RUNNING THENCE the following four (4) courses and distances along the
8 easterly side of So. Grove Street:
9 1. Southerly, 703.92 feet, to an angle point in said easterly side of
10 So. Grove Street;
11 2. Southeasterly, 305.76 feet to another angle point in said easterly
12 side of So. Grove Street;
13 3. Southeasterly, 403.71 feet to another angle point in said easterly
14 side of So. Grove Street;
15 4. Southerly, 470 feet to the northerly line of Tax Lot 151, Section
16 62, Block 102 on the said Land and Tax Map of Nassau County;
17 RUNNING THENCE the following three (3) courses and distances along the
18 northerly and easterly lines of said Tax Lot 151, Section 62, Block 102:
19 1. Easterly, along the northerly line of said tax lot, 63.0 feet to a
20 point on the easterly line of said tax lot;
21 2. Southerly, along the easterly line of said tax lot, 249.70 feet to
22 an angle point in said easterly line of said tax lot;
23 3. Southerly, still along the easterly line of said tax lot, 70.00
24 feet to The Narrows (Freeport River);
25 RUNNING THENCE Easterly, along The Narrows, 740 feet more or less to
26 the westerly line of Hudson Bay;
27 RUNNING THENCE along the westerly line of Hudson Bay, 1100 feet more
28 or less to the southerly line of Tax Lot 103, Section 62, Block C;
29 THENCE Westerly, along the southerly line of said tax lot, 96.39 feet,
30 to a point on the westerly line of said tax lot;
31 RUNNING THENCE Northwesterly, along the said westerly line of said tax
32 and the westerly lines of Tax Lots 104 and 471, 294.78 feet to the
33 northwesterly side of Anchorage Way;
34 RUNNING THENCE the following six (6) courses and distances along the
35 southwesterly and southerly sides of Anchorage Way:
36 1. Northwesterly, 315.69 feet to an angle point in the southwesterly
37 side of Anchorage Way;
38 2. Northwesterly, 300.48 feet to another angle point in the southwes-
39 terly side of Anchorage Way;
40 3. Westerly, 83.70 feet, along the southwesterly and southerly side of
41 Anchorage Way to another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage
42 Way;
43 4. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 83.70 feet to
44 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
45 5. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 182.87 feet to
46 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way;
47 6. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 272.96 feet to
48 another angle point in the southerly side of Anchorage Way; and,
49 7. Westerly, along the southerly side of Anchorage Way, 110.15 feet to
50 the point or place of BEGINNING. Containing 39 acres of land, more or
51 less.
52 § 3. The land to be transferred pursuant to this act and all struc-
53 tures and facilities situated on such land shall be maintained, owned
54 and operated for park purposes by the village of Freeport. The use of
55 such parkland and facilities shall continue to be made available to the
56 general public of the state of New York, including all residents of the
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1 town of Hempstead and the village of Freeport. Where the availability
2 of such facilities is limited, use of such facilities must be determined
3 by an equitable method.
4 § 4. Should the lands described in section two of this act cease to
5 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, those
6 lands shall revert to the town of Hempstead for public park and recre-
7 ational purposes.
8 § 5. In the event that the town of Hempstead received any funding
9 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
10 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of
11 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland authorized
12 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Hemp-
13 stead has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
14 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
15 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
16 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to ensure
17 the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
18 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
19 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
