S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 15, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. SCOZZAFAVA, RUSSELL -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to authorize the city of Watertown, county of Jefferson, to lease
certain parklands
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 but notwithstanding
chapter 308 of the laws of 1998, the city of Watertown, county of
Jefferson, is hereby authorized, acting by and through its city council,
to lease to the Watertown Family YMCA, Inc. for a term not to exceed
twenty-five years, the municipally owned parkland more particularly
described in section three of this act, consisting of a public indoor
sports facility with indoor athletic fields, exercise/weight training
areas, concession facilities and related facilities.
S 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the city of Watertown, county of
Jefferson, dedicate an amount equal to the fair market value of those
interests being transferred by this act, for the acquisition of addi-
tional parklands and/or for capital improvements to existing park and
recreational facilities.
S 3. The lands referred to in section one of this act are located,
bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a 3/4" iron pipe found in the westerly margin of Rand
Drive, said iron pipe also marking the most northeasterly corner of P.N.
829103, said iron pipe being situate N 34°-50'-00" E a direct tie
distance of 414.00± feet from the northerly margin of Coffeen Street;
THENCE N 54°-47'-00" W along the northerly property line of P.N.
829103 passing through a 3/4" iron pipe found at 450.00± feet and
continuing on the same bearing a total distance of 516.00± feet to a
3/4" iron pipe set in the easterly property line of P.N. 829101.2;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THENCE N 34°-50-00" E along the easterly property line of P.N.
829101.2 a distance of 205.67± feet to a railroad spike set at the point
of intersection of the easterly property line of P.N. 829101.2 and the
easterly property line of the Western Outfall Trunk Sewer (W.O.T.S.)
P.N. 829102;
THENCE N 42°-01'-24" E along the easterly property line of the
W.O.T.S. P.N. 829102 a distance of 224.41± feet to a railroad spike
set;
THENCE S 54°47'-00" E along the newly created lease dividing line a
distance of 487.91± feet to a 3/4" iron pipe set;
THENCE S 34°-50'-00" W along a prolongation line of the westerly
margin line of Rand Drive, passing through a 3/4" iron pipe found at
123.41± feet and continuing on the same bearing along the actual wester-
ly margin line of Rand Drive, a total distance of 428.50± feet to the
point and place of beginning.
CONTAINING 217,971.71± square feet (5.00 acres) of land more or less.
SUBJECT to and including any and all rights or restrictions of record.
S 4. Should the interests described in section three of this act cease
to be operated as a public indoor sports facility, such interests shall
revert to the city of Watertown, county of Jefferson, for public park
and recreational purposes. Such public indoor sports facility shall be
made available to the general public on an equitable basis. Where avail-
ability of public facilities are limited, the use of such facilities
must be determined by a reservation policy which provides priority use
to the general public.
S 5. If the parkland that is the subject of this act has received
funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the
discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions of this act
shall not occur until the municipality has complied with the federal
requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis-
fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance 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 discontin-
ued.
S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.