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Assembly Bill A9746

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of Croton-on-Hudson, county of Westchester, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland

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2021-A9746 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Westchester County

2021-A9746 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Croton-on-Hudson, county of Westchester, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland to establish the Croton Landing Park solar canopy project.

2021-A9746 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9746
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 28, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the village of Croton-on-Hudson, coun-
   ty of Westchester, to alienate and  discontinue  the  use  of  certain
   parkland
 
   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  village  of
 Croton-on-Hudson,  county  of  Westchester,  acting  by  and through its
 governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by  such
 body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and lease at fair
 market  value to Ecogy Energy for a term not to exceed twenty-five years
 the lands more particularly described in section three of this  act  for
 the purpose of constructing a solar facility.
   §  2.  All proceeds from alienation and lease of the parklands author-
 ized by section one of this act shall be used  for  acquisition  of  new
 parklands  and/or  towards  capital  improvements  to  existing park and
 recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands and leased are described as follows:
   The parking area at the east side of the existing parking area at  the
 park,  facing  the  Metro-North  Railroad tracks for the installation of
 solar canopies which are essentially slightly tilted (to the west) roofs
 over parts of the parking lot.
   § 4. Should the lands described in section three of this act cease  to
 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease
 shall  terminate  and those lands shall revert to the village of Croton-
 on-Hudson for public park and recreational purposes. At the time of such
 reversion, the removal of any solar facilities shall take place and  the
 property  shall  be returned to its previous state, consistent with park
 and recreation purposes.
   § 5. In the event that the village of  Croton-on-Hudson  received  any
 funding,  support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the
 purchase, maintenance or improvement  of  the  parklands  set  forth  in
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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