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                                   8535
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 8, 2020
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey  certain
   state land to Levittown school district
 
   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  Hemp-
 stead,  county  of  Nassau, acting by and through its governing body and
 upon such terms and conditions as determined by  such  body,  is  hereby
 authorized  to  discontinue  as  parklands  and  to  alienate  the lands
 described in section three of this act to the Levittown School  District
 for  the  purpose of expanding parking and accesses facilities for Jonas
 E. Salk Middle School.
   § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective  only  upon  the  condition that the Levittown School District
 convey to the town of Hempstead, and that the town of Hempstead  acquire
 and  dedicate  the  lands described in section four of this act as park-
 lands, provided that the town of Hempstead 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  are  described as follows:  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel
 of land, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Town of Hempstead, Coun-
 ty of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as and  by  Lot
 Number 18 in Block 192 on a certain map entitled "Subdivision Map Levit-
 town  Section  30" and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of
 Nassau on April 6, 1951 as Case Number  5197,  said  parcel  being  more
 particularly bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  the  corner  formed  by the intersection of the widened
 northerly side of North Jerusalem Road with the easterly side  of  Water
 Lane South:
   RUNNING  THENCE  from  said  point of beginning the following nine (9)
 courses, the first course being along said easterly side of  Water  Lane
 South;

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

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   1.  North  24  degrees 57 minutes 45 seconds East, a distance of 41.79
 feet to the southerly side of Serpentine Lane and  the  beginning  of  a
 non-tangent curve;
   2.  Easterly  along  said Serpentine Lane, along the arc of a circular
 curve bearing to the left having a radius of 550.32 feet and a length of
 174.51 feet to a point of tangency;
   3. South 83 degrees 12 minutes 24 seconds East still along said south-
 erly side of Serpentine Lane, a distance of 126.43 feet;
   4. South 06 degrees 47 minutes 36 seconds West, a distance  of  100.00
 feet;
   5.  South  84 degrees 50 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 113.91
 feet;
   6. North 74 degrees 20 minutes 04 seconds East, a  distance  of  89.94
 feet;
   7.  North  38 degrees 13 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance of 179.41
 feet;
   8. South 00 degrees 06 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance  of  314.56
 feet to the widened northerly side of North Jerusalem Road; and
   9.  North  65  degrees 02 minutes 15 seconds West along said northerly
 side of North Jerusalem Road, a distance of 671.71 feet to the  easterly
 side of Water Lane South and the point or place of BEGINNING.
   Containing  within  said bounds 57,434 Sq. Ft. or 1.318 Acres, more or
 less.
   § 4. Prior to the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parklands
 described  in  section  three of this act, the Levittown school district
 shall convey to the town of Hempstead and the town  of  Hempstead  shall
 acquire and dedicate as parklands such land described as follows:
   Nassau County Tax Map Section 51 Block 492 part of Lot 28
   All  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
 being in Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New
 York, being more particularly and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on  the  westerly  side  of  Seamans  Neck  Road,
 distant 610.76 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection
 of  the  southerly  side  of Hunt Road with the westerly side of Seamans
 Neck Road;
   Running Thence South 01 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West, 81.39 feet
 along the westerly side of Seamans Neck Road;
   Thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 47 Seconds West, 387.55 feet;
   Thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 13 seconds West, 104.34 feet;
   Thence South 86 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds East, 390.86 feet to the
 westerly side of Seamans Neck Road and the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
   Containing 36,118 square feet or 0.829 acres, more or less.
   § 5. In the event that the fair market value of the lands described in
 section four of this act to be dedicated by the town of Hempstead pursu-
 ant 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 town of Hempstead, shall dedicate the difference of 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 town of Hempstead 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 town of
 Hempstead has complied with any federal requirements pertaining  to  the

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 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.