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                                   8339
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of Schenectady to alienate  certain  parcels
   of  land  used  as  parkland  and  to acquire other parcels of land to
   replace such 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 city of Schenec-
 tady,  acting by and through its governing body, is hereby authorized to
 discontinue as  parklands  and  alienate  the  lands  more  particularly
 described  in  section  three  of  this act, and to sell and convey such
 parklands upon such other terms and  conditions  as  determined  by  the
 governing  body  of the city of Schenectady to the Boys & Girls Club for
 the purpose of constructing a new Boys & Girls Club facility at Quacken-
 bush Park.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the  condition  that  the  city  of  Schenectady  shall
 acquire  and  dedicate  the  lands of equal or greater fair market value
 described in section four of this act as  additional  parklands  of  the
 city.
   §  3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin-
 ued as parklands and conveyed to the Boys & Girls Club consists of  1.35
 acres and are described as follows:
   All  that  certain  tract, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and
 being in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady and State of New
 York and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on the division line of lands herein described as
 Lot 1 on the south and lands now or formerly of Schenectady City  School
 District  as  described  in Liber 279 of deeds at page 209 on the north,
 said point being the northeast corner of Lot  2;  thence  running  along
 said division line North 30°59'00" East, 150.10 feet to a point with the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 lands  herein  described as Lot 1 on the south, lands now or formerly of
 Schenectady City School District on the west and lands now  or  formerly
 of  the  City  of Schenectady as described in Liber 222 of deeds at page
 479  on the east; thence South 53°08'09" East, 151.20 feet to a point on
 the division line of lands herein described as Lot 1  on  the  west  and
 lands  now  or  formerly  of The City of Schenectady on the east; thence
 running along said division line South 12°44'55" East, 195.16 feet to  a
 point  on  the  division  line of lands herein described as Lot 1 on the
 north and lands now or formerly of The City of Schenectady as  described
 in Liber 302 of deeds at page 18 on the south; thence running along said
 division line South 78°47'04" West, 271.14 feet to a point at its inter-
 section with lands herein described as Lot 1 on the east, lands of Lot 2
 on  the west and the lands now or formerly of The City of Schenectady on
 the south; thence running along the division line of Lot 1 and Lot 2 the
 following four (4) courses and  distances:  1.)  North  11°11'16"  West,
 90.73  feet to a point; 2.) North 78°47'04" East, 42.99 feet to a point;
 3.) North 11°12'56" West, 49.48 feet to a point; and 4.) North 09°19'00"
 East, 60.00 feet to the point or place of beginning.
   Containing 1.35 Acres of land more or less.
   § 4. The replacement lands to be acquired and dedicated by the city of
 Schenectady, county of Schenectady, to use as new  parkland  for  public
 park purposes are described as follows:
   All  that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the City of Sche-
 nectady, County of Schenectady and the State of New  York,  lying  along
 the  westerly  line of Crane Street, being further bounded and described
 as follows:
   Beginning at a point located along the westerly line of Crane  Street,
 further  located  149.10  feet  northerly  from the northwesterly inter-
 section of Crane Street and Third Avenue, said point  being  the  inter-
 section  formed  by said westerly line of Crane Street with the division
 line between the lands now or formerly of  Wieslaw  &  Krystyna  Cyrulik
 (Book 1518, Page 601) on the south and the lands herein described on the
 north and running along said division line of the following six courses:
 1)  South  84°36'22"  West,  137.39  feet to a point; 2) South 84°36'22"
 West, 42.99 feet to a point; 3) South 75°58'38" West, 32.19  feet  to  a
 point;  4)  South  09°14'09"  East,  52.00  feet  to  a  point; 5) South
 87°21'19" East, 2.50 feet to a point; and 6) South 02°24'08" East, 64.00
 feet to a point located on the northerly line of Third Avenue; thence in
 a westerly direction and along said  northerly  line  of  Third  Avenue,
 North  87°21'19"  West, 74.87 feet to a point being the division line of
 lands now or formerly of Mohanie Lallbachan (Book 1720, Page 70) on  the
 west  and  the lands herein described on the east; thence in a northerly
 and westerly direction along said division line the following two cours-
 es: 1) North 02°02'52" West,  153.00  feet  to  a  point  and  2)  South
 77°54'49"  West,  40.00 feet to a point being the division line of lands
 now or formerly of Awadnarie Lallbachan (Book 1624,  Page  802)  on  the
 west  and  the lands herein described on the east, thence in a northerly
 and westerly direction along said division line the following two cours-
 es: 1) North 20°52'36"  West,  12.11  feet  to  a  point  and  2)  South
 89°00'29"  West,  1.38  feet to a point; thence in a northerly direction
 and along the division line of the lands now or formerly of George David
 Sr. (Book 1571, Page 733), Boodnarie and Rawattie Sewpersaud (Book 1687,
 Page 210), Maharanie Latchana (Book 1624, Page 713), Michael  Koronkiew-
 icz  (Book  1245, Page 192) and Karey Gwinn (Book 1798, Page 153), North
 21°26'46" West, 196.91 feet to a point on the division line  of  Richard
 Valentine  (Book  1757,  Page  698)  on  the  north and the lands herein

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 described on the south and east; thence  in  a  easterly  and  northerly
 direction  along  said division line the following two courses: 1) North
 84°11'00" East, 5.89 feet to a  point;  and  2)  North  13°11'50"  West,
 150.24 feet to a point on the southerly line of Second Avenue; thence in
 an  easterly  direction and along the aforesaid southerly line of Second
 Avenue, North 84°11'00" East, 29.30 feet to a point being  the  division
 line  of the lands now or formerly of Diaram Yeapersaud (Book 1897, Page
 85) on the east and the lands herein described on the west; thence in  a
 southerly  direction and along said division line, South 05°49'00" East,
 149.00 feet to a point; thence in an easterly  and  northerly  direction
 along  said  lands of Yeapersaud and continuing along the lands of Kumar
 and Meenawatti Gooniah (Book 1708, Page 647) the following two  courses:
 1)  North  84°11'00"  East, 66.67 feet to a point and 2) North 05°49'00"
 West, 149.00 feet to a point on the southerly  line  of  Second  Avenue;
 thence  in an easterly direction and along said southerly line of Second
 Avenue, North 84°11'00" East, 66.67 feet to a point on the division line
 between the lands now or formerly of Yognie  and  Jankie  Lakhram  (Book
 1867,  Page 719) on the east and the lands herein described on the west;
 thence in a southerly direction and  along  said  division  line,  South
 05°49'00"  East, 149.00 feet to a point; thence in an easterly direction
 and along said lands of Lakhram and continuing along the  lands  now  or
 formerly  of  Jason  Sacks  (Book 1642, Page 210), North 84°11'00" East,
 57.73 feet to a point being the  division  line  of  the  lands  now  or
 formerly  of  Taresh and Nehru Mahabir (Book 1793, Page 262) on the east
 and the lands herein describe on the west; thence  in  a  southerly  and
 easterly  direction and along aforesaid division line the following four
 courses: 1) South 08°27'34" East,  38.40  feet  to  a  point,  2)  North
 81°32'26"  East,  19.10  feet to a point, 3) North 82°49'53" East, 26.10
 feet to a point and 4) North 88°22'48" East, 145.72 feet to a  point  on
 the  westerly  line of Crane Street; thence in a southerly direction and
 along said westerly line of Crane Street, South  02°14'18"  West,  68.50
 feet  to a point being the division line of the lands now or formerly of
 Frank Leszczynski, Jr. and Zita Leszczynski (Book 1618, Page 459) on the
 south and the lands herein described on the north; thence in a westerly,
 southerly and easterly direction and along aforesaid division  line  the
 following four courses: 1) South 86°51'49" West, 153.36 feet to a point;
 2) South 12°46'42" East, 70.00 feet to a point; 3) North 78°27'18" East,
 72.00 feet to a point and 4) North 79°19'18" East, 66.30 feet to a point
 on  the  westerly  line of Crane Street; thence in a southerly direction
 and along said westerly line of  Crane  Street,  South  02°14'18"  West,
 77.23 to the point or place of beginning.
   Containing in all 2.03 acres of land being more or less.
   §  5.  In  the event that the parklands to be dedicated by the city of
 Schenectady pursuant to this act are not equal to or  greater  than  the
 fair  market  value of the parkland to be discontinued and conveyed, the
 city of Schenectady shall dedicate the difference  of  the  fair  market
 value of the lands to be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the
 acquisition  of  additional parklands and/or for capital improvements to
 existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the city of Schenectady  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 alienation of such parkland author-
 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur  until  the  city  of
 Schenectady has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 alienation  or  conversion  of  such parklands, including satisfying the

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 secretary of the interior 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 usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.