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                                   6441
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 11, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Ithaca,  county  of  Tomp-
   kins, to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used 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 town of  Ithaca,
 county  of  Tompkins,  acting by and through its governing body and upon
 such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby  author-
 ized to transfer and convey at fair market value, the interest described
 in  section  three  of this act, to the Coddington Road Community Center
 for the purpose of expanding a child care building and installing, oper-
 ating and maintaining a septic system. Upon completion  of  installation
 of  the  septic  system upon the parklands described in section three of
 this act, the Coddington Road Community Center shall restore the surface
 of such parklands.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the condition that the town of Ithaca shall dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value  of  the  interest
 being  discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
 tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 3. The interest authorized to be conveyed pursuant to section one of
 this act is an access easement  benefiting  the  town  of  Ithaca,  more
 particularly described as follows:
   All  that  tract  and parcel of land depicted upon the attached Sketch
 Plan (here the "Map") of the Property, consisting  of  a  demarked  area
 encompassing and enclosing the Ball Field and pavilion and related hedg-
 es,  parking  areas  and walkways as depicted upon the Map, more partic-
 ularly, but generally, described as follows:
   Beginning at a point in the centerline of Coddington Road  opposite  a
 set  survey  pin as shown upon the Map, then running approximately North

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

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 50° 16' 38" East approximately 330' to a point  in  a  hedgerow;  thence
 running  generally southerly as shown upon the Map to a point behind the
 pavilion, which point is approximately  68.75'  northeasterly  from  the
 southwesterly  line  of the Coddington lands (upon the border with lands
 now or formerly of Desch, R.O., 692/269); thence southeasterly as  shown
 on  the  Map to the southerly boundary of the Coddington lands (upon the
 border of lands now or formerly of Young, R.O., 818/284);  thence  North
 39°  05'  40" East approximately 451.19' to a point in the centerline of
 said Coddington Road (and passing through a pipe found 58'66'  southwes-
 terly  from  said  centerline  of the highway); thence North 32° 32' 49"
 West along the centerline of said Coddington Road approximately  206.50'
 to  the  point  and  place  of  beginning. Subject parcel area being 2.2
 acres, more or less.
   § 4. In the event that the town of Ithaca 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  authorized  by  the
 provisions  of  this  act  shall  not occur until the town of Ithaca has
 complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the  alienation  or
 conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
 rior  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.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.