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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2010
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Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Russell) --
  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 in relation to authorizing the village of  Heuvelton,  county  of
  St. Lawrence to transfer ownership of certain parklands to the Heuvel-
  ton central school district

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

  Section 1. The village of Heuvelton, county of St. Lawrence is  hereby
authorized  and  empowered  to  discontinue as parkland and transfer and
convey the properties described in section three of this act, which were
heretofore used by such village for park and/or  recreational  purposes,
upon  terms  agreed  upon between the entities, to the Heuvelton central
school district for use by such school district.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act  shall  be
effective  only  on  the condition that the village of Heuvelton acquire
and dedicate as parkland additional  lands  of  equal  or  greater  fair
market  value  than  the  parklands  being alienated and/or make capital
improvements to existing parklands and recreational facilities equal  to
or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being alienated.
  S  3.  The  lands  referred to in section one of this act are located,
bounded and described as follows:
  ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate northwesterly  of  Washington
Street,  in  Block  Number 11 of the Village of Heuvelton, County of St.
Lawrence and State of New York, being part of the "original burial  lot"
and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
  BEGINNING  at  a  5/8"  iron rod set in the northerly boundary of said
Washington Street at it's intersection  with  the  former  southwesterly
boundary  of York Street, said point also being the southeasterly corner
of Block Number 11 and running;
  Thence South 55 degrees 20 minutes 50 seconds West along the northerly
boundary of said Washington Street a distance of 205.92 feet to  a  5/8"
iron rod set;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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  Thence North 34 degrees 10 minutes 42 seconds West partially along the
northeasterly  boundary of lands now or formerly of Andrew D. & Victoria
L. Thornhill (Liber 1108 Page 111) and partially along the northeasterly
boundary of lands now or formerly of Michael P.  &  Patricia  E.  Hebert
(Liber  1009  Page  1048) a total distance of 211.98 feet to a 5/8" iron
rod set;
  Thence North 56 degrees 29 minutes 05 seconds East through  the  lands
now or formerly of the Village of Heuvelton a distance of 205.92 feet to
a 5/8" iron rod set in former southwesterly boundary of York Street;
  Thence  South  34  degrees 10 minutes 46 seconds East along the former
southwesterly boundary of York Street a distance of 207.89 feet  to  the
Point of Beginning.
  Containing  0.99  acres  of  land  more or less as surveyed during the
month of August, 2008 by Richard D. Jacobs L.L.S. 050588.  All  bearings
as  referenced  herein are referenced to Magnetic North as determined by
compass needle on the date of the aforementioned survey.
  Being a portion of the premises  conveyed  by  the  Heuvelton  Central
School  District to the Village of Heuvelton by an unrecorded deed dated
May 12, 1981.
  Subject to a right of way across the remaining lands of the Village of
Heuvelton as conveyed to them by the aforesaid unrecorded deed.
  TOGETHER WITH AND SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, EXCEPTIONS, RIGHTS, PRIVI-
LEGES, OBLIGATIONS, COVENANTS, AND CONDITIONS OF RECORD.
  S 4. If the parkland that is  the  subject  of  this  legislation  has
received  funding  pursuant  to  the federal land and water conservation
fund, the discontinuance of parkland authorized  by  the  provisions  of
this  legislation  shall  not  occur until the municipality has complied
with the federal requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands,
including satisfying the secretary of the interior that  the  discontin-
uance  will  include  all conditions which the secretary of the interior
deems necessary to assure the  substitution  of  other  lands  shall  be
equivalent in fair market value and recreational usefulness to the lands
being discontinued.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.