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Assembly Bill A9993A

Signed By Governor

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the City of Troy to lease sub-surface park land property referred to as Riverfront Park for district geothermal wells and distribution lines

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2021-A9993 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9310
Law Section:
Parks

2021-A9993 - Summary

Authorizes the City of Troy to lease sub-surface park land property referred to as Riverfront Park for district geothermal wells and distribution lines.

2021-A9993 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9993
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of Troy to lease sub-surface park land prop-
   erty referred to as Riverfront Park
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  section  20
 of  the  general  city  law, the city of Troy, acting by and through its
 city council, is authorized to lease, for district geothermal wells  and
 distribution  lines,  the  sub-surface real property known as Riverfront
 Park as described in section three of this act.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the condition that the city of Troy, upon completion of
 the installation of subsurface equipment, restore the land  for  use  as
 parkland.
   § 3. The parcel of land authorized to be leased by section one of this
 act is more fully described as follows:
   ALL  THAT CERTAIN TRACT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the city of
 Troy, Rensselaer County, New York lying between the north-western margin
 of Front Street, and 36 feet southeast of the Hudson River Seawall, east
 of tax parcel 101.53-1-1 and west of the Riverfront Park  Band  perform-
 ance  area  and spray park, constituting approximately 1.47 acres, being
 more particularly bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point at the south corner of Riverfront Park tax parcel
 101.45-5-1.1 at its intersection with the City of  Troy's  Front  Street
 right-of  way, then following these 6 courses: Northeast along the prop-
 erty line between the City of Troy right-of-way  for  Front  Street  and
 Riverfront Park parcel 101.45-5-1.1 approximately 474 feet 9 inches to a
 point  that  is  42.732819 degrees north, 73.690792 degrees west; North-
 west, perpendicular to said property line, 186  feet  1/2  inches  to  a
 point that is 45 feet 1/4 inch southeast of the Hudson River side of the
 seawall  along  this line extended; Southwest 103 feet 8 1/4 inches to a
 point that is 36 feet from the Hudson River side of the seawall measured
 perpendicular to the seawall; South-southwest, parallel to, and 36  feet
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

2021-A9993A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9310
Law Section:
Parks

2021-A9993A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the City of Troy to lease sub-surface park land property referred to as Riverfront Park for district geothermal wells and distribution lines.

2021-A9993A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9993--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of Troy to lease sub-surface park land prop-
   erty referred to as Riverfront Park
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of  section  20
 of  the  general  city  law, the city of Troy, acting by and through its
 city council, and upon such terms and conditions as determined  by  such
 body,  is  authorized  to  discontinue as parklands and to lease at fair
 market value for a term not to exceed thirty years, the subsurface lands
 more particularly described in section three of this act,  for  district
 geothermal  wells  and  distribution lines.   Upon the completion of the
 installation of subsurface equipment, the city of Troy shall restore the
 surface of the land for use as parkland.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the condition  that  the  city  of  Troy  dedicate  the
 proceeds  of  the  lease  toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or
 capital improvements to existing park/recreational facilities.
   § 3. The sub-surface lands authorized by section one of this act to be
 discontinued as parkland and leased are described as follows:
   ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the city  of
 Troy, Rensselaer County, New York lying between the north-western margin
 of Front Street, and 36 feet southeast of the Hudson River Seawall, east
 of  tax  parcel 101.53-1-1 and west of the Riverfront Park Band perform-
 ance area and spray park, being more particularly bounded and  described
 as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point at the south corner of Riverfront Park tax parcel
 101.45-5-1.1  at  its  intersection with the City of Troy's Front Street
 right-of way, then following these 6 courses: Northeast along the  prop-
 erty  line  between  the  City of Troy right-of-way for Front Street and
 Riverfront Park parcel 101.45-5-1.1 approximately 474 feet 9 inches to a
 point that is 42.732819 degrees north, 73.690792  degrees  west;  North-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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