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                                   7647
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 26, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to alien-
   ate  certain  parklands for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer
   in Lake Agawam, and to replace such alienated  parkland  with  a  new,
   dedicated 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 town  of  South-
 ampton, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and
 conditions  as  determined by such board is hereby authorized to discon-
 tinue as parklands and alienate the lands described in section three  of
 this  act  for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer to assist with
 the removal of blue-green algae in Lake Agawam.
   § 2. The authorization provided for in section one of this  act  shall
 be  effective only upon the condition that the town of Southampton dedi-
 cates the lands described in section  four  of  this  act  as  parkland,
 provided  that  the  town  of  Southampton 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 consist of 1.6 acres and are described as follows:
   All  that certain, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in
 the Incorporated Village of Southampton, Town of Southampton, County  of
 Suffolk  and  State  of  New  York,  being more particularly bounded and
 described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on  the  easterly  line  of  the  property  being
 described,  said  point  being  the following four courses and distances
 from the point formed by the intersection of the southerly line of  Jobs
 Lane and the westerly line of South Main Street:
   1. South 07° 22' 00" East for a distance of 395.80 feet;
   2. South 84° 30' 40" West for a distance of 145.93 feet;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   3. South 57° 17' 10" West for a distance of 82.02 feet;
   4.  South  59° 17' 40" West for a distance of 214.67 feet to the point
 or place of beginning;
   Running thence from the point of  beginning  along  the  land  now  or
 formerly of Johnson Navarre Properties, LLC South 33° 07' 40" East for a
 distance  of 130.04 feet to a point and the land now or formerly of Karl
 Krieger;
   Running thence along the land now or formerly of Karl Krieger and  the
 land  now or formerly of 71 South Main Street Southampton, LLC South 57°
 03' 50" West for a distance of 385.07 feet to a point and tie line along
 the average high water of Lake Agawam (as measured on March 30, 2006);
   Running thence along said tie line  North  18°  50'  30"  West  for  a
 distance  of  12.34  feet  to  a  point  and the land now or formerly of
 Village of Southampton;
   Running thence along the land now or formerly of Village of  Southamp-
 ton the following courses and distances:
   1. North 58° 34' 00" East for a distance of 47.94 feet;
   2. North 14° 24' 30" West for a distance of 224.18 feet;
   3. North 61° 21' 40" East for a distance of 77.11 feet;
   4. North 61° 17; 00" East for a distance of 179.41 feet to a point and
 the land now of formerly of Johnson Navarre Properties, LLC;
   Running thence along the land now or formerly of Johnson Navarre Prop-
 erties,  LLC South 33° 07' 40" East for a distance of 93.22 to the point
 of place of beginning. Said parcel  containing  69,989  square  feet  or
 1.607 acres.
   §  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation of the parkland
 described in section three of this act, the town  of  Southampton  shall
 dedicate  as  parkland such land consisting of 5.6205 acres described as
 follows:
   All that certain, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being  in
 the  Incorporated Village of Southampton, Town of Southampton, County of
 Suffolk and State of New York, being known as  Lot  No.4  on  a  certain
 subdivision  map  titled Subdivision Map of FHW Limited Partnership LTD,
 said subdivision map being filed in the Office  of  the  Suffolk  County
 Clerk  on  December  05,  2008 as Map No. 11665 and said Lot No. 4 being
 more particularly bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point along the westerly line of Pond Lane  said  point
 being  situate  the  following  two courses and distances from the point
 formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Pond Lane with south-
 erly line of Culver Street:
   1. South 01° 24' 10" East, 655.41 feet;
   2. South 12° 22' 15" East, 180.32 feet;
   Running thence along the west line of  Pond  Lane  the  following  two
 courses and distances:
   1. South 12° 22' 15" East 89.00 feet to a concrete monument;
   2. South 09° 23' 40" East 344.44 feet to Lot 5 of said map;
   Thence  along  Lot 5 of said map North 80° 36' 20" West 578.28 feet to
 the land now or formerly of Chips Chapman Page Revocable Trust;
   Thence along the land now or formerly of Chips Chapman Page  Revocable
 Trust  and  the  land now or formerly of Valerie Rocks North 00° 56' 50"
 East 56.87 feet to a concrete monument;
   Thence along the land now or formerly of Valerie Rooks and  Lot  1  of
 said map North 11° 22' 43" East, 334.73 feet to Lot 2 of said map;
   Thence along 2 of said map the following two courses and distances:
   1. South 78° 17' 07" East, 131.31 feet;
   2. North 11° 42' 53" East, 58.22 feet to Lot 3 of said map;
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   Thence  along  Lot 3 of said map South 78° 17' 07" East 408.83 feet to
 the point or place of beginning. Said parcel containing  244,830  square
 feet or 5.6205 acres.
   §  5.  In  the  event  that  the  fair  market  value of the parklands
 described in section four of this act to be dedicated  by  the  town  of
 Southampton  pursuant  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 Southampton 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
 capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the town of Southampton  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
 Southampton has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
 alienation  or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the secre-
 tary 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.