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                                 2342--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 16, 2013
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Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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 city of Albany to discontinue the use of certain
  lands as park lands and to dedicate new park lands

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of Albany,
located in the county of Albany, is hereby  authorized,  acting  by  and
through  its common council and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
mined by such common council, to discontinue the use as park  lands  the
lands  more  particularly  described  in  section two of this act and to
transfer such lands, at fair market value, which are  no  longer  needed
for park purposes for use in connection with the development of property
for independent senior garden apartments.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
be  effective on the condition that the city of Albany acquire and dedi-
cate as parklands the lands described in section four of this act,  such
land  to  be  used  for park purposes. If the replacement lands are less
than the fair market value of the lands being  alienated,  the  city  of
Albany  must  dedicate  the difference for the acquisition of additional
parkland and/or for capital improvements to existing parkland.
  S 3. The lands authorized by this act to be discontinued as park lands
are as follows:
  All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying  and  being  in
the  City  of  Albany, County of Albany, State of New York, more partic-
ularly described as follows:
  Beginning at a point on the southeasterly side of South  Allen  Street
60  feet  northeasterly  from  the corner of South Allen Street and Dale
Place and running thence northeasterly along said southeasterly side  of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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South  Allen Street a distance of 390 feet to a point, thence southeast-
erly along the southerly line of lot 252 as shown on map of Allen Street
Terrace referenced below, 100 feet, running thence  northeasterly  on  a
line parallel to South Allen Street 60 feet to the south line of lot 165
on  said  map,  thence  southeasterly  98  feet to the northwest side of
Onderdonk Avenue, thence running southwesterly along  the  northwesterly
side  of  Onderdonk Avenue 510 feet to the northerly line of Dale Place,
running thence northwesterly along the said northerly line of Dale Place
98 feet, thence northeasterly on a line parallel to South  Allen  Street
60  feet,  thence  northwesterly  100  feet to the southeasterly side of
South Allen Street, the point and place of beginning.
  Said parcels being lots 166 to 182 on Onderdonk Avenue and Lots 239 to
251 fronting on South Allen Street as shown on  map  or  plan  of  Allen
Street  Terrace,  made by A.L. Eliot, C.E. dated March 8, 1911 and filed
in the Albany County Clerk's Office in Book 25 as Map 750, said lands to
be removed from park purposes.
  Containing 2.04 acres, more or less.
  S 4.  The lands to be acquired and dedicated as parkland are all  that
tract,  piece  or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of
Albany, County of Albany, State of New York, more  particularly  bounded
and described as follows:
  Beginning  at  a  point  on  the  northerly street line of North Third
Street distant 173.50 feet westerly from the  westerly  street  line  of
North Pearl Street; running thence northerly and parallel to the wester-
ly  street line of North Pearl Street for a distance of 212.00 feet to a
point of bend; thence  northwesterly  with  an  interior  angle  of  214
degrees,  46  minutes  for a distance of 125.38 feet to a point which is
105.00 feet westerly from and at right angles to the easterly  lot  line
of the property of William P. Van Rensselaer Estate Corporation, reputed
owners; thence easterly with an interior angle of 55 deg. 14 minutes for
a  distance  of  105.00 feet to the said easterly lot line of William P.
Van Rensselaer Estate Corporation; thence  southerly  with  an  interior
angle  of  90  deg. along the said easterly lot line and parallel to the
westerly street line of North Pearl Street for a distance of 315.00 feet
to the northerly street line of North Third Street; thence westerly with
an interior angle of 90 deg. along the northerly street  line  of  North
Third  Street  for  a  distance  of 33.50 feet to the point and place of
beginning.
  All that tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying  and  being  in
the  City  of  Albany, County of Albany, State of New York, more partic-
ularly bounded and described as follows:
  Beginning at a point in the  northerly  street  line  of  North  Third
Street  located  173.50  feet  westerly  along said street line from its
intersection with the west line of North Pearl  Street,  running  thence
northerly and parallel to the westerly street line of North Pearl Street
for  a  distance of 212.00 feet to a point of bend; thence northwesterly
with an interior angle of 214 deg. 46' for a distance of 125.38 feet  to
a point; thence easterly a distance of 105.00 feet; thence N 24 deg. 29'
58"  E  for a distance of 112.64 feet to the south line of lots fronting
on Lawn Avenue; thence N 65 deg. 30' 02" W along the south lines of said
lots 260.0 feet to the southwest corner of premises  known  as  42  Lawn
Avenue;  thence S 24 deg. 29' 58" W a distance of 427.64 feet to a point
on the north line of North Third Street; thence S  65  deg.  53'  38"  E
along  the  north line of North Third Street 226.50 feet to the point of
beginning.  Containing 2.20 acres more or less.

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  S 5. If the park land that is the subject of  this  act  has  received
funding  pursuant  to  the federal land and water conservation fund, the
discontinuance of park land authorized by the  provisions  of  this  act
shall  not  occur  until  the municipality has complied with the federal
requirements  pertaining  to  the  conversion  of  park lands, including
satisfying the secretary of the interior that  the  discontinuance  will
include  all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems neces-
sary to assure the substitution of other lands shall  be  equivalent  in
fair market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discon-
tinued.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.