Senate Bill S6524A

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands and to sell and convey such lands, which are to be replaced by different parklands

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 25, 2017	signed chap.158
Jul 13, 2017	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2017	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.563 substituted for a8137a
Jun 14, 2017	referred to cities delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request ordered to third reading cal.1673 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 05, 2017	print number 6524a
Jun 05, 2017	amend and recommit to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
May 31, 2017	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

- Jun 14, 2017 - Floor Vote
  S6524A
  
  Aye
  
  63
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 14, 2017
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
  Jun 14, 2017 - Rules Committee Vote
  S6524A
  
  Aye
  
  25
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  
  0
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 14, 2017
      
      aye (25)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2017-S6524 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8137
Law Section:: Parks

2017-S6524 - Summary

Authorizes the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands and to sell and convey such lands, which are to be replaced by different parklands.

2017-S6524 - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6524

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to authorize the city of Poughkeepsie, in the
county of Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands as
parklands and to sell and convey such lands, which are no longer
needed for park purposes

 PURPOSE :

To authorize the City of Poughkeepsie to discontinue the use of
certain lands for the construction of a drinking water reservoir.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Authorizes the City of Poughkeepsie to discontinue the use
of municipally owned parklands and alienate the lands for the
construction of a new drinking reservoir, and to dedicate the lands
upon which the former drinking reservoir was constructed as parkland.

Section 2: Specifies that this act shall only be effective upon the
condition that the City of Poughkeepsie dedicate the property upon
which the former drinking reservoir was constructed for the purpose of
parklands and recreational purposes.

Section 3: Describes the boundaries of the land to be discontinued as
parklands and alienated and conveyed by the City of Poughkeepsie.

Section 4: Describes the boundaries for the land that shall be
dedicated as replacement parkland.

Section 5: Provides that the discontinuance and conveyance of such
parkland shall not occur until the City of Poughkeepsie has complied
with any federal and state requirements necessary to do so.

Section 6: Provides that if the fair market value of the land
described in section 4 of this act is not equal to or greater in value
than the land described in section 3, then the City of Poughkeepsie
shall dedicate the difference of the fair market value of the lands
for the acquisition of additional parklands and/or capital
improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.

Section 7: Provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the alienation of
parkland by the City of Poughkeepsie for the purpose of constructing a
new drinking water reservoir. In absence of this legislation, the city
would lack the authority to convey the parcel.

The property was acquired by the City of Poughkeepsie in approximately
1892 by gift from William W. Smith and is known as College Hill Park.
It consists of approximately 97.4 acres, of which the city proposes to
construct on approximately 1.21 acres. The city is currently serviced
by a 5.0 million gallon water reservoir that was built in
approximately 1932 and which is deteriorated, leaking, and needs to be
replaced. After extensive engineering and design, the city proposed to
construct the new water reservoir adjacent to the existing reservoir.
The elevation of the property and the existing infrastructure make the
proposed location ideal.

The city will decommission the former closed water reservoir and an
open reservoir and dedicate these properties in exchange for the site
of the proposed new drinking water reservoir. These properties that
will be used in exchange for the properties being alienated present a

unique opportunity to create recreational, educational and public
improvements to the park.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6524 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6524
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT to authorize the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess,
   to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands and to  sell  and
   convey such lands, which are no longer needed for park purposes
 
   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
 any provision of general, special or local law to the contrary, the city
 of  Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess is hereby authorized, acting
 by and through its Common Council and upon such terms and conditions  as
 determined by such legislative body, to discontinue the use of the muni-
 cipally  owned  parklands  and  alienate  the  lands  more  particularly
 described in section three of this act, and to use such property for the
 construction of a new drinking reservoir and to dedicate as parkland the
 lands upon which the former drinking water reservoir was constructed and
 lands encompassing the former open reservoir more particularly described
 in section four of this act.
   § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective only upon the condition that the city of Poughkeepsie dedicate
 the  property  described  in section four of this act for the purpose of
 parklands and recreational purposes within the city.
   § 3. The land to  be  discontinued  as  parklands  and  alienated  and
 conveyed  by  the  city  of  Poughkeepsie  is  bounded  and described as
 follows:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in  the
 city of Poughkeepsie and the county of Dutchess in the state of New York
 and being more particularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  in  the  northwesterly  bounds  of the herein
 described parcel, said point being S 52°57'21" E  567.32  ft.  from  the

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

                                                            LBD11826-02-7

 S. 6524                             2
 
 intersection  of  the  assumed  southeasterly  bounds  of  North Clinton
 Street, and the assumed southerly front corner of lands now or  formerly
 owned  by  Donald  F. Mariano, Tax Map Lot 340485, and proceeding on the
 following courses and distances:
   1. North: 48°15'32" East: 182.87 ft.; thence
   2. North: 62°49'04" East: 128.97 ft.; thence
   3. South: 41°48'20" East: 138.96 ft.; thence
   4. South: 48°15'31" West: 307.75 ft.; thence
   5.  North: 41°45'36" West: 177.38 ft. to the point and place of begin-
 ning,
 Containing 1.21 acres, more or less.
   § 4. The city of Poughkeepsie,  acting  through  its  governing  body,
 shall  dedicate the replacement lands, for use as parkland, described as
 follows:
   PARCEL 1 - Open Reservoir site to be dedicated parkland:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in  the
 city of Poughkeepsie and the county of Dutchess in the state of New York
 and being more particularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  in  the  northwesterly  bounds  of the herein
 described parcel, said point being S 84°44'03" E  881.03  ft.  from  the
 intersection  of  the  assumed  southeasterly  bounds  of  North Clinton
 Street, and the assumed southerly front corner of lands now or  formerly
 owned  by  Donald  F. Mariano, Tax Map Lot 340485, and proceeding on the
 following courses and distances:
   1. North: 58°10'20" East: 294.58 ft.; thence
   2. North: 69°12'51" East: 111.19 ft.; thence
   3. On a curve to the right having a radius of 71.66 ft. and arc length
 of 99.23 ft.; thence
   4. South: 27°51'38" East: 140.37 ft.; thence
   5. South: 41°02'28" West: 89.45 ft.; thence
   6. South 63°23'48" West: 271.78 ft.; thence
   7. South 52°59'51" West: 79.27 ft.; thence
   8. South: 62°05'42" West: 81.62 ft.; thence
   9. North: 68°20'55" West: 59.35 ft.; thence
   10. On a curve to the right having a radius  of  117.69  ft.  and  arc
 length of 265.19 ft. to the point and place of beginning,
 Containing 3.03 acres, more or less.
   Parcel 2 - Underground Reservoir site to be dedicated as parkland:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in  the
 city of Poughkeepsie and the county of Dutchess in the state of New York
 and being more particularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  in  the  northeasterly  bounds  of the herein
 described parcel, said point being S 45°04'38" E  641.46  ft.  from  the
 intersection  of  the  assumed  southeasterly  bounds  of  North Clinton
 Street, and the assumed southerly front corner of lands now or  formerly
 owned  by  Donald  F. Mariano, Tax Map Lot 340485, and proceeding on the
 following courses and distances:
   1. South: 72°45'42" East: 171.33 ft.
   2. South: 2°55'20" East: 146.06 ft.
   3. South: 28°40'39" West: 203.10 ft.
   4. North: 64°44'06" West: 227.40 ft.
   5. North: 20°15'34" West: 37.22 ft.
   6. North: 30°49'35" East: 282.80 ft. to the point and place of  begin-
 ning,
 Containing 1.74 acres, more or less.

 S. 6524                             3
 
   §  5.  The discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized by the
 provisions of this act shall not occur until the  city  of  Poughkeepsie
 has  complied  with  any federal or state requirements pertaining to the
 alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
 that  the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market
 value and recreational  usefulness  to  the  lands  being  alienated  or
 converted.
   §  6.  In  the event that the parklands to be dedicated by the city of
 Poughkeepsie pursuant to this act are  not  of  equal  or  greater  fair
 market  value  and  usefulness  as  parklands  than  the parklands to be
 discontinued, the city of Poughkeepsie shall dedicate the difference  of
 fair market value and/or usefulness of the lands to be alienated and the
 lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of additional parklands and/or
 capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8137
Law Section:: Parks

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S6524A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to authorize the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of
Dutchess, to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands and to
sell and convey such lands, which are no longer needed for park
purposes

 PURPOSE :

To authorize the City of Poughkeepsie to discontinue the use of
certain lands for the construction of a drinking water reservoir.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Authorizes the City of Poughkeepsie to discontinue the use
of municipally owned parklands and alienate the lands for the purpose
of constructing and maintaining a new drinking water reservoir.

Section 2: Specifies that this authorization shall only be effective
upon the condition that the City of Poughkeepsie dedicates an amount
equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parkland being
discontinued towards the acquisition of additional parklands and/or
capital improvements to existing parklands and recreational
facilities.

Section 3: Describes the boundaries of the land to be discontinued as
parklands and alienated and conveyed by the City of Poughkeepsie.

Section 4: Provides that the discontinuance and conveyance of such
parkland shall not occur until the City of Poughkeepsie has complied
with any federal and state requirements necessary to do so.

Section 5: Provides that if the parkland that is being discontinued
shall ever be used for a purpose other than the purpose described in
section 1 of this act, the land shall revert back to parkland for
exclusive park and recreational services.

Section 6: Provides the effective date.

 JUSTIFICATION :

The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the alienation of
parkland by the City of Poughkeepsie for the purpose of constructing a
new drinking water reservoir. In absence of this legislation, the city
would lack the authority to convey the parcel.

The property was acquired by the City of Poughkeepsie in approximately
1892 by gift from William W. Smith and is known as College Hill Park.
It consists of approximately 97.4 acres, of which the city proposes to
construct on approximately 1.21 acres. The city is currently serviced
by a 5.0 million gallon water reservoir that was built in
approximately 1932 and which is deteriorated, leaking, and needs to be
replaced. After extensive engineering and design, the city proposed to
construct the new water reservoir adjacent to the existing reservoir.
The elevation of the property and the existing infrastructure make the
proposed location ideal.

The city will decommission the former closed water reservoir and an
open reservoir and dedicate these properties in exchange for the site
of the proposed new drinking water reservoir. These properties that
will be used in exchange for the properties being alienated present a
unique opportunity to create recreational, educational and public
improvements to the park.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None to the state.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6524--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 31, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SERINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to authorize the city of Poughkeepsie, in the county of Dutchess,
   to  discontinue  the use of certain lands as parklands and to sell and
   convey such lands, which are no longer needed for park purposes
 
   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 Pough-
 keepsie, in the county of Dutchess is hereby authorized, acting  by  and
 through  its Common Council and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
 mined by such legislative body, to discontinue the use of the municipal-
 ly owned parklands and alienate the lands more particularly described in
 section three of this act, and to use such property for the  purpose  of
 constructing and maintaining a new drinking water reservoir.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the city  of  Poughkeepsie  dedi-
 cates  an  amount  equal to or greater than the fair market value of the
 parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of additional park-
 lands and/or towards capital  improvements  to  existing  parklands  and
 recreational facilities.
   §  3.  The  land  to  be  discontinued  as parklands and alienated and
 conveyed by the  city  of  Poughkeepsie  is  bounded  and  described  as
 follows:
   All  that certain plot, piece or parcel of land lying and being in the
 city of Poughkeepsie and the county of Dutchess in the state of New York
 and being more particularly described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a  point  in  the  northwesterly  bounds  of  the  herein
 described  parcel,  said  point  being S 52°57'21" E 567.32 ft. from the
 intersection of  the  assumed  southeasterly  bounds  of  North  Clinton
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11826-04-7

 S. 6524--A                          2
 
 Street,  and the assumed southerly front corner of lands now or formerly
 owned by Donald F. Mariano, Tax Map Lot 340485, and  proceeding  on  the
 following courses and distances:
   1. North: 48°15'32" East: 182.87 ft.; thence
   2. North: 62°49'04" East: 128.97 ft.; thence
   3. South: 41°48'20" East: 138.96 ft.; thence
   4. South: 48°15'31" West: 307.75 ft.; thence
   5.  North: 41°45'36" West: 177.38 ft. to the point and place of begin-
 ning,
 Containing 1.21 acres, more or less.
   § 4. The discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized  by  the
 provisions  of  this  act shall not occur until the city of Poughkeepsie
 has complied with any federal or state requirements  pertaining  to  the
 alienation  or  conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
 tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
 conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
 that the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair  market
 value  and  recreational  usefulness  to  the  lands  being alienated or
 converted.
   § 5. If the parkland  that  is  being  discontinued  pursuant  to  the
 provisions  of  this act shall ever be used for a purpose other than the
 purpose described in section one of this act,  the  lands  shall  revert
 back to parkland for exclusive park and recreational purposes.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.

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2017-S6524 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6524 - Bill Text download pdf

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Details

2017-S6524A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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