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                                  6401--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   reported  favorably from said committee and committed to the Committee
   on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee

 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

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

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 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
 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-

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 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
 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-

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 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
 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.