NY State Senate Bill 2017-S8167A

Senate Bill S8167A

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of Massena, town of Massena, county of St. Lawrence to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 07, 2018	signed chap.267
Aug 27, 2018	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2018	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.315 substituted for a8059c
Jun 06, 2018	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request ordered to third reading cal.1597
Jun 05, 2018	committee discharged and committed to rules
May 15, 2018	print number 8167a
May 15, 2018	amend and recommit to local government
Apr 13, 2018	referred to local government

Votes

- Jun 6, 2018 - Floor Vote
  S8167A
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2018
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Mayer
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      excused (2)
      
      Amedore
      
      Croci
  Jun 5, 2018 - Rules Committee Vote
  S8167A
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 5, 2018
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Dilan
      
      Flanagan
      
      Griffo
      
      Hannon
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Montgomery
      
      Parker
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Robach
      
      Savino
      
      Seward
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      nay (1)
      
      Rivera
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Gianaris

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2017-S8167 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8059
Law Section:: St. Lawrence County

2017-S8167 - Summary

Authorizes the village of Massena, town of Massena, county of St. Lawrence to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland.

2017-S8167 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8167

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to authorize the village of Massena, in the town of Massena in
the county of St.  Lawrence, to alienate certain parklands and to dedi-
cate other lands as parklands

 
PURPOSE:

To create efficiencies for the village of Massena Department of Public
Works and reduce the impact of DPW activities on residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Sections one through six give the village of Massena the ability to
alienate certain parklands while dedicating other lands as parklands.

Section seven is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The village of Massena has operated the Department of Public Works
located at 536 South Main Street since the mid-1960's. The original
building had many structural issues and required major attention. On
October 1, 1998, the village obtained the Army Reserve Facility from the
Federal Government which is now used for the DPW. Because of the acqui-
sition of the Army Reserve Building, the former DPW facility was deemed
unusable and was eventually demolished. The location of that facility is
separated from most of the community by railroad tracks.  Over the years
those railroad tracks have caused much delay and expense due to the
inefficiencies created by waiting for trains to cross.

In 2000, the village engaged in a joint effort with the Massena Central
School District to develop a facility to house and repair school buses
and DPW equipment. After the cooperation between the village and the
school district, there was not enough property to accommodate all
village functions such as salt storage, bulk material storage, and
organic disposal. Those functions remained at the original location,
requiring the village to continue to deal with the inefficiencies
created by being located near the railroad tracks.  In 2016, the village
had an opportunity to liquidate the former DPW site on South Main Street
to a developer. The proposed development of this property will generate
more than 30 full time jobs. Therefore, in the planning of this trans-
action, the village needed to relocate its storage of bulk materials.
Knowing this, the village purchased approximately 36-acres of privately
owned land, which connects to the new DPW site.

Unfortunately, this property is also located in the backyards of resi-
dential homeowners. Between the new combination DPW and school facility
and the 36-acre property just recently purchased there is a softball
field on property that is currently designated as a greenbelt preserva-
tion district.

This legislation would exchange the new 36-acre property for the proper-
ty currently containing the softball field. The transfer would add
approximately 15 percent more area to the existing greenbelt, would
allow the village to utilize the adjacent property without adversely
affecting residents, and would save an estimated 800 person-hours per
year by removing the impediment of waiting on rail cars to pass.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

2017-S8167 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8167
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to authorize the village of Massena, in the town  of  Massena  in
   the  county  of  St.    Lawrence, to alienate certain parklands and to
   dedicate other lands as 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, the village of
 Massena, in the town of Massena in the county of St. Lawrence, is hereby
 authorized to discontinue and alienate as parkland the  lands  described
 in section three of this act.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the village of Massena  dedicates
 the lands described in section four of this act as parkland.
   §  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 ated consist of 15.4 acres and are described as follows:
   Beginning at the Northwest corner of the GPD parcel (NYS Plane Coordi-
 nates N 2220205.77, E 395222.04)  thence  heading  N43°  52'  49.16"E  a
 distance  of  1114.68'  to  a  point thence S41°53'56.05"E a distance of
 718.28' to a point thence S57° 14' 19.25"W a distance of 1207.21'  to  a
 point  thence  N31° 40' 07.28"W a distance of 451.71' to Point of Begin-
 ning. Approximate area of 15.4 acres.
   § 4. Prior to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parkland
 described  in  section  three  of this act, the village of Massena shall
 dedicate as parkland such land consisting of  23.8  acres  described  as
 follows:
   Beginning at the Northwest corner of the DPW parcel (NYS Plane Coordi-
 nate  N  2219622.19  E  396070.69)  thence  heading  N60°  16' 01.67"E a
 distance of 112.41' to a point thence S32° 13'  46.34"E  a  distance  of
 453.14'  to  a  point thence N57° 46' 13.66"E a distance of 100.00' to a
 point thence S32° 13' 46.34"E a distance of 1047.51' to a  point  thence
 N73°  04'  53.63"E  a  distance  of  1541.39' to a point thence N41° 53'
 56.05"W a distance of 533.42' to a  point  thence  N57°  14'  19.25"E  a
 distance  of  161.66'  to  a point thence S31° 36' 28.46"E a distance of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11898-04-8

 S. 8167                             2
 
 870.95' to a point thence S57° 15' 50.06"W a distance of  123.90'  to  a
 point  thence  S31°  43'  06.13"E a distance of 84.64' to a point thence
 S72° 52' 52.95"W a distance of 66.25' to a point thence N31° 06' 15.38"W
 a  distance  of 139.86' to a point thence S57° 36' 34.00"W a distance of
 97.07' to a point thence N54° 20' 14.53"W a  distance  of  86.62'  to  a
 point  thence  S68°  01' 13.59"W a distance of 190.37' to a point thence
 N31° 37' 05.66"W a distance 152.95' to a point thence S61° 20' 53.42"W a
 distance of 138.17' to a point thence S30° 50'  16.91"E  a  distance  of
 136.56'  to  a  point thence S67° 15' 24.34"W a distance of 330.44' to a
 point thence S17° 00' 48.29"E a distance of 117.91' to  a  point  thence
 S72° 59' 29.03"W a distance of 61.54' to a point thence N16° 52' 49.91"W
 a  distance  of  117.30'  to  a point thence S73° 24' 44.87"W a distance
 335.99' to a point thence S80' 05' 49.81"W a distance of  241.78'  to  a
 point  thence  S19°  38'  21.07"E a distance of 32.91' to a point thence
 S72°52' 56.07"W a distance of 140.15'to a point thence S17°29' 31.10"E a
 distance of 117.69' to a point thence S72° 47'  14.21"W  a  distance  of
 43.09'  to  a  point  thence N19° 18' 27.38"W a distance of 115.50' to a
 point thence S73°09'34.21"W a distance of  104.42'  to  a  point  thence
 N32°59'21.16"W a distance of 1292.67' to a point thence N60° 54' 28.19"E
 a  distance  of  60.00' to a point thence N32° 55' 24.37"W a distance of
 295.00' to a point thence N57° 30' 03.05"E a distance  of  70.08'  to  a
 point  thence  N34° 41' 08.66"W a distance of 167.00' to Point of Begin-
 ning. Approximate area of 23.8 acres.
   § 5. In the  event  that  the  fair  market  value  of  the  parklands
 described  in section four of this act to be dedicated by the village of
 Massena pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater than  the  fair
 market  value  of  the  parklands described in section three of this act
 being alienated, the village of Massena 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 capital
 improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the village of  Massena  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 village of Massena
 has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the  alienation
 or  conversion  of  parklands, including satisfying the 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
 recreational usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S8167A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8059
Law Section:: St. Lawrence County

2017-S8167A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Massena, town of Massena, county of St. Lawrence to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland.

2017-S8167A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S8167A

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to authorize the village of Massena, in the town of Massena in
the county of St.  Lawrence, to alienate certain parklands and to dedi-
cate other lands as parklands

 
PURPOSE:

To create efficiencies for the village of Massena Department of Public
Works and reduce the impact of DPW activities on residents.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Sections one through six give the village of Massena the ability to
alienate certain parklands while dedicating other lands as parklands.

Section seven is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The village of Massena has operated the Department of Public Works
located at 536 South Main Street since the mid-1960's. The original
building had many structural issues and required major attention. On
October 1, 1998, the village obtained the Army Reserve Facility from the
Federal Government, which is now used for the DPW. Because of the acqui-
sition of the Army Reserve Building, the former DPW facility was deemed
unusable and was eventually demolished. The location of that facility is
separated from most of the community by railroad tracks.  Over the years
those railroad tracks have caused much delay and expense due to the
inefficiencies created by waiting for trains to cross.

In 2000, the village engaged in a joint effort with the Massena Central
School District to develop a facility to house and repair school buses
and DPW equipment. After the cooperation between the village and the
school district, there was not enough property to accommodate all
Village functions such as salt storage, bulk material storage, and
organic disposal. Those functions remained at the original location,
requiring the village to continue to deal with the inefficiencies
created by being located near the railroad tracks. In 2016, the village
had an opportunity to liquidate the former DPW site on South Main Street
to a developer. The proposed development of this property will generate
more than 30 full time jobs. Therefore, in the planning of this trans-
action, the village needed to relocate its storage of bulk materials.
Knowing this, the village purchased approximately 36-acres of privately
owned land, which connects to the new DPW site.

Unfortunately, this property is also located in the backyards of resi-
dential homeowners. Between the new combination DPW and school facility
and the 36-acre property just recently purchased there is a softball
field on property that is currently designated as a greenbelt preserva-
tion district.

This legislation would exchange the new 36-acre property for the proper-
ty currently containing the softball field. The transfer would add
approximately 15 percent more area to the existing greenbelt, would
allow the village to utilize the adjacent property without adversely
affecting residents, and would save an estimated 800 person-hours per
year by removing the impediment of waiting on rail cars to pass.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

2017-S8167A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8167--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 13, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to authorize the village of Massena, in the town  of  Massena  in
   the  county  of  St.    Lawrence, to alienate certain parklands and to
   dedicate other lands as 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, the village of
 Massena, in the town of Massena in the county of St. Lawrence, acting by
 and through its governing body and upon such  terms  and  conditions  as
 determined  by  such  board is hereby authorized to discontinue as park-
 lands and alienate the lands described in section three of this act  for
 the purpose of the expansion of an existing village department of public
 works facility.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the village of Massena  dedicates
 the  lands  described  in  section four of this act as parkland provided
 that the village of Massena has never used such lands  for  public  open
 space or park purposes.
   §  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
 ated consist of 15.4 acres and are described as follows:
   Beginning at the Northwest corner of the GPD parcel (NYS Plane Coordi-
 nates N 2220205.77, E 395222.04)  thence  heading  N43°  52'  49.16"E  a
 distance  of  1114.68'  to  a  point thence S41°53'56.05"E a distance of
 718.28' to a point thence S57° 14' 19.25"W a distance of 1207.21'  to  a
 point  thence  N31° 40' 07.28"W a distance of 451.71' to Point of Begin-
 ning. Said parcel containing 15.4 acres more or less.
   § 4. Prior to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parkland
 described  in  section  three  of this act, the village of Massena shall
 dedicate as parkland such land consisting of  23.8  acres  described  as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD11898-06-8

 S. 8167--A                          2
 
   Beginning at the Northwest corner of the DPW parcel (NYS Plane Coordi-
 nate  N  2219622.19  E  396070.69)  thence  heading  N60°  16' 01.67"E a
 distance of 112.41' to a point thence S32° 13'  46.34"E  a  distance  of
 453.14'  to  a  point thence N57° 46' 13.66"E a distance of 100.00' to a
 point  thence  S32° 13' 46.34"E a distance of 1047.51' to a point thence
 N73° 04' 53.63"E a distance of 1541.39'  to  a  point  thence  N41°  53'
 56.05"W  a  distance  of  533.42'  to  a point thence N57° 14' 19.25"E a
 distance of 161.66' to a point thence S31° 36'  28.46"E  a  distance  of
 870.95'  to  a  point thence S57° 15' 50.06"W a distance of 123.90' to a
 point thence S31° 43' 06.13"E a distance of 84.64'  to  a  point  thence
 S72° 52' 52.95"W a distance of 66.25' to a point thence N31° 06' 15.38"W
 a  distance  of 139.86' to a point thence S57° 36' 34.00"W a distance of
 97.07' to a point thence N54° 20' 14.53"W a  distance  of  86.62'  to  a
 point  thence  S68°  01' 13.59"W a distance of 190.37' to a point thence
 N31° 37' 05.66"W a distance 152.95' to a point thence S61° 20' 53.42"W a
 distance of 138.17' to a point thence S30° 50'  16.91"E  a  distance  of
 136.56'  to  a  point thence S67° 15' 24.34"W a distance of 330.44' to a
 point thence S17° 00' 48.29"E a distance of 117.91' to  a  point  thence
 S72° 59' 29.03"W a distance of 61.54' to a point thence N16° 52' 49.91"W
 a  distance  of  117.30'  to  a point thence S73° 24' 44.87"W a distance
 335.99' to a point thence S80' 05' 49.81"W a distance of  241.78'  to  a
 point  thence  S19°  38'  21.07"E a distance of 32.91' to a point thence
 S72°52' 56.07"W a distance of 140.15'to a point thence S17°29' 31.10"E a
 distance of 117.69' to a point thence S72° 47'  14.21"W  a  distance  of
 43.09'  to  a  point  thence N19° 18' 27.38"W a distance of 115.50' to a
 point thence S73°09'34.21"W a distance of  104.42'  to  a  point  thence
 N32°59'21.16"W a distance of 1292.67' to a point thence N60° 54' 28.19"E
 a  distance  of  60.00' to a point thence N32° 55' 24.37"W a distance of
 295.00' to a point thence N57° 30' 03.05"E a distance  of  70.08'  to  a
 point  thence  N34° 41' 08.66"W a distance of 167.00' to Point of Begin-
 ning. Said parcel containing 23.8 acres more or less.
   § 5. In the  event  that  the  fair  market  value  of  the  parklands
 described  in section four of this act to be dedicated by the village of
 Massena pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater than  the  fair
 market  value  of  the parklands to be alienated as described in section
 three of this act, the village of Massena 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  capital
 improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   §  6.  In  the  event that the village of Massena 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 village of
 Massena has complied with any federal  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
 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.

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