S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 11, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT authorizing the alienation of certain parklands in the town of
Hastings, county of Oswego
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding section 2 of chapter 325 of the laws of
1920, subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Hastings, in
the county of Oswego, acting by and through its governing body and upon
such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby author-
ized to discontinue as parklands and to sell pursuant to section 72-h of
the general municipal law, the lands described in section three of this
act, to the New York State Police Department for the purpose of provid-
ing necessary land for the construction of a New York State police
station.
§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
effect only upon the condition that the town of Hastings shall dedicate
an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park-
lands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or
capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
ated are described as follows: All that tract or parcel of land situate
in The Town of Hastings, County of Oswego and State of New York, being
part of Lot No. 28 and being part of Lot No. 29 in Township No. 13 of
Scriba's Patent, and being part of the lands conveyed from F. Don Sweet
to the Town of Hastings by deed dated April 16, 1969 and recorded at the
Oswego County Clerk's Office on April 16, 1969 in Book of Deeds 712 at
Page 116 and being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the southwesterly corner of lands of The Town of Hastings
(712/116), being a point on the southerly bounds of Lot No. 28, also
being the centerline of Wilson Road per deed (712/116), said point being
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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easterly a distance of 645 feet, more or less, from the nominal center-
line intersection of Wilson Road and U. S. Route No. 11;
Thence running N. 28° 53' 09" E. along the easterly bounds of The Town
of Hastings (712/141) a distance of 435.60 feet to a point; thence S.
61° 57' 15" E. a distance of 300.00 feet to a point; thence S. 28° 53'
09" W. a distance of 435.60 feet to the southerly bounds of Lot No. 29;
thence N. 61° 57' 15" W. a distance of 300.00 feet to the point and
place of beginning containing 3.0 acres of land, more or less.
Subject to any and all easements and restrictions of record and the
highway rights of the public and the Town of Hastings in and to the
portion of Wilson Road lying within the bounds of the above described
parcel.
§ 4. If the parkland that is described in section three of this act
has received funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation
fund, the discontinuance of parklands authorized by section one of this
act shall not occur until the town of Hastings has complied with the
federal requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, includ-
ing satisfying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance
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 discontin-
ued.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.