Assembly Bill A10407

                             
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                                   10407
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 3, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to the alienation of certain parklands by the Village
   of Southampton in the Town of Southampton in the County of Suffolk
 
   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 village of
 Southampton, located in the town  of  Southampton,  county  of  Suffolk,
 acting  by and through its governing body and upon such terms and condi-
 tions as determined by such body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as
 parklands and alienate the lands described in section three of this  act
 for the purpose of constructing a new wastewater treatment facility.
   §  2.  The authorization provided for in section one of this act shall
 be effective only upon the condition that  the  village  of  Southampton
 dedicates  the  lands described in section four of this act as parkland,
 provided that such lands have never been used for public open  space  or
 municipal park purposes.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued are described as follows:
 ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate in the Village and Town
 of  Southampton, County of Suffolk, State of New York, more particularly
 bounded and described as follows:  BEGINNING at a point  formed  by  the
 intersection  of  the  westerly  line of Windmill Lane and the southerly
 line of lands now or formerly of Augustus Marshall  Estate,  said  point
 being  situate South 5° 09' 00" West 303.92 feet from a granite monument
 set at the intersection of the westerly line of Windmill  Lane  and  the
 southerly  line  of  White  Street  and running thence from the point of
 beginning southerly along the westerly line of Windmill  Lane  South  5°
 09' 00" West 184.22 feet to lands now or formerly of Mrs. Gilbert White;
 thence  westerly along lands now or formerly of Mrs. Gilbert White North
 83° 08' 30" West 582.55 feet to a monument; thence northerly along lands
 now or formerly of Mrs.  Gilbert White North 0° 43' 10" West 182.11 feet
 to a monument and lands now or formerly of Frank  Postwaitowski;  thence
 easterly  along  lands now or formerly of Frank Postwaitowski; lands now
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 or formerly of Annie Benett and lands now or formerly of Augustus  Mars-
 hall  Estate,  and  passing  through  a  monument South 83° 29' 10" East
 601.09 feet to the point or place of beginning; containing  2.478  acres
 of land.
   §  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and alienation of the parklands
 described in section three of this act, the village of Southampton shall
 dedicate as parkland the land described as follows:
   All that certain plot, piece, or parcel of land,  situate,  lying  and
 being  in  the  Village  of  Southampton, Town of Southampton, County of
 Suffolk, and State of New York, being bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the westerly side of Windmill Lane (S.R.  27A)
 the  following  two (2) courses and distances from the extreme northerly
 end of the arc of a curve connecting the westerly side of Windmill  Lane
 (S.R.  27A) and the northerly side of Coopers Farm Road:
   1. North 05 degrees 42 minutes 28 seconds East 292.81 feet;
   2. North 07 degrees 25 minutes 28 seconds West 251.40 feet;
   RUNNING  THENCE  South  82  degrees 58 minutes 17 seconds West 192. 71
 feet;
   THENCE South 10 degrees 41 minutes 57 seconds East 84.87 feet;
   THENCE South 79 degrees 18 minutes 03 seconds West 80.00 feet;
   THENCE North 10 degrees 41 minutes 57 seconds West 237.68 feet;
   THENCE South 85 degrees 02 minutes 06 seconds East 281.57 feet to  the
 westerly side of Windmill Lane (S.R. 27A);
   THENCE  along the westerly side of Windmill Lane (S.R. 27 A), South 07
 degrees 25 minutes 28 seconds East 137.24 feet to the point or place  of
 BEGINNING; containing 1.10 acres of land.
   §  5.  In  the  event  that  the  fair  market  value of the parklands
 described in section four of this act to be dedicated by the village  of
 Southampton  pursuant  to  this act are not equal to or greater than the
 fair market value of the parklands to be discontinued  as  described  in
 section three of this act, the village of Southampton shall dedicate the
 difference  of the fair market value of the lands to be discontinued and
 the lands to be dedicated for the acquisition  of  additional  parklands
 and/or  capital  improvements  to existing park and recreational facili-
 ties.
   § 6. In the event that the village 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 village 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.