Authorizes the city of Schenectady to alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other parcels of land to replace such parkland and acquire other parcels of land.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6642
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 9, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT authorizing the city of Schenectady to alienate certain parcels
of land used as parkland and to acquire other parcels of land to
replace such parkland
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 city of Schenec-
2 tady, Schenectady county, acting by and through its governing body, is
3 hereby authorized to discontinue the use of waterfront parklands and
4 alienate such lands more particularly described in section three of this
5 act, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a pump station on
6 such waterfront parklands, and upon such other terms and conditions as
7 determined by the governing body of the city of Schenectady.
8 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
9 effect only upon the condition that the city of Schenectady shall
10 acquire and dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market
11 value of the waterfront parklands being discontinued towards the acqui-
12 sition of new waterfront parklands and/or towards capital improvements
13 to existing waterfront parkland and recreational facilities.
14 § 3. The waterfront parklands authorized by section one of this act to
15 be discontinued as parklands are described as follows:
16 All that certain piece or parcel of land located in the City of Schenec-
17 tady, County of Schenectady, State of New York and being more partic-
18 ularly bounded and described as follows:
19 BEGINNING at a point on the westerly boundary of lands now or formerly
20 of the City of Schenectady, known as North Ferry Street Pumping Station
21 (TM#39.55-1-38.2), at its intersection with the property division line
22 between lands now or formerly of Thomas Killeen (TM#39.55-1-22), on the
23 south and other lands of the City of Schenectady, known as Riverside
24 Park, on the north; thence South 58°-59'-05" West, along said property
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 division line, and lands now of formerly of Bradley J. Fisher
2 (TM#39.55-1-21), lands now of formerly of Michael J. Petta
3 (TM#39.55-1-20), lands now of formerly of St. George's Church
4 (TM#39.55-1-19.2), lands now of formerly of Lynn D. Seal
5 (TM#39.55-1-18), and lands now of formerly of Ronald J. Chard
6 (TM#39.55-117), a distance of 231.35 feet to a point on the northerly
7 terminus of Governors Lane, thence through said lands of the City of
8 Schenectady, known as Riverside Park the following three (3) courses and
9 distances:
10 1. North 24°-12'-16" West, a distance of 59.35 feet to a point,
11 2. North 13°-06'-35" West, a distance of 38.93 feet to a point, and
12 3. North 58°-59'-05" East, a distance of 217.88 feet to a point on the
13 property division line between said lands now of the City of Schenecta-
14 dy, known as North Ferry Street Pumping Station, on the east and said
15 lands of the City of Schenectady, known as Riverside Park, on the west;
16 thence South 27°-42'-47" East, along said property division line, a
17 distance of 96.14 feet to the point or place of beginning and being
18 21,780 square feet or 0.50 acres of land, more or less.
19 Subject to all rights, easements, covenants or restrictions of record.
20 Subject to any statement of facts that an up to date abstract of title
21 would disclose.
22 § 4. In the event that the city of Schenectady received any funding
23 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
24 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
25 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
26 ized by the provisions of section three of this act shall not occur
27 until the city of Schenectady has complied with any federal requirements
28 pertaining to the alienation or conversion of such parklands, including
29 satisfying the secretary of the interior that the alienation or conver-
30 sion complies with all conditions which the secretary of the interior
31 deems necessary to assure the substitution of other lands shall be
32 equivalent in fair market value and usefulness to the lands being alien-
33 ated or converted.
34 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
