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                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 9, 2015
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Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to authorize the town of Vestal, in  the  county  of  Broome,  to
  alienate and convey certain parklands

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

  Section 1. The town of Vestal, in the county of Broome, acting by  and
through  its  town board, is hereby authorized to discontinue the use of
certain parklands, described in section three of this act, and  to  sell
and  convey,  in fee simple, such parklands for fair market value to the
Vestal Veterinary Hospital and upon such terms and conditions as may  be
determined by the town board of such town.
  S  2.  The  authorization  granted pursuant to section one of this act
shall only be effective upon the condition that the town of Vestal shall
dedicate the fair market value of the lands authorized  to  be  conveyed
for  the  acquisition of additional parkland and/or capital improvements
to existing park facilities in the town of Vestal.
  S 3. The lands to  be  discontinued  as  parkland  and  alienated  and
conveyed  pursuant  to section one of this act are bounded and described
as follows:
  ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Vestal, County
of Broome, State of New York, being a portion of  the  property  now  or
formerly  of  the  Town  of  Vestal  described in Liber 1112 Page 199 as
recorded in the Broome County Clerk's Office on November  4,  1966  (TM#
158.14-4-1), bounded and described as follows:
  BEGINNING  at a point on the southwesterly boundary of African Road at
its intersection with the division line  between  the  property  now  or
formerly  of  Jeffrey  Shafer  &  Laura  Shafer  per L. 1796 P. 820 (TM#
158.13-2-3) on the northwest and the property now  or  formerly  of  the
Town of Vestal per L. 1112 P. 199 (TM# 158.14-4-1) on the southeast;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11491-02-5

              

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  RUNNING  THENCE  S40°00'02"E  along  said  African Road, a distance of
232.63 feet to a point; thence through said Town of Vestal the following
two (2) courses and distances:
  1) S49°59'58"W, a distance of 96.62 feet to a point;
  2)  N40°00'02"W,  a  distance  of 225.74 feet to a point at its inter-
section with the division line between the property now or  formerly  of
Jyoti  S.  Bhardwaj  per L. 1905 P. 829 (TM# 158.13-2-2) on the west and
said Town of Vestal on the  east;  thence  N04°28'10"W  along  the  last
mentioned  division  line,  a  distance  of 38.16 feet to a point at its
intersection with the division line between said Shafer on the northeast
and said Town of Vestal on the  southwest;  thence  along  the  division
lines  between said Shafer and said Town of Vestal the following two (2)
courses and distances:
  1) S54°17'02"E, a distance of 24.94 feet to a point;
  2) N49°59'58"E, a distance of 68.29 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING.
  The above described parcel contains 22,743 square feet or 0.522  acre,
more or less.
  Bearings  are  referred  to  True North at the 76°35' Meridian of West
Longitude.
  The above described parcel is shown on the map entitled "Parcel to  be
Conveyed  by  Town of Vestal to Jeffrey Shafer, Laura Shafer, Portion of
200 African Road,  Town  of  Vestal,  Broome  County,  New  York  State"
prepared by Keystone Associates Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, LLC
as project number 2384.21614, sheet PC-1 dated April 3, 2015.
  S 4. In the event that the town of Vestal received any funding support
or  assistance from the federal government for the purchase, maintenance
or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three of this  act,
the   discontinuance  and  conveyance  of  parkland  authorized  by  the
provisions of this act shall not occur until  the  town  of  Vestal  has
complied  with  any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation of
conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
rior that the alienation or  conversion  complies  with  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 alienated or converted.
  S 5. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.