Assembly Bill A6916A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Batavia to alienate certain parklands for use as a municipal parking lot and to preserve the historic Brisbane mansion

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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6916 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6421
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Genesee County

2025-A6916 - Summary

Authorizes the city of Batavia to alienate certain parklands of Austin park for use as a municipal parking lot and to preserve the historic Brisbane mansion.

2025-A6916 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6916
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of Batavia to alienate certain parklands for
   use  as  a municipal parking lot and to preserve the historic Brisbane
   mansion
 
   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 city of Batavia,
 located  in  the  county of Genesee, 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 the lands more particular-
 ly described in section three of this act, for the purposes of providing
 free  municipal  parking  and to preserve the historic Brisbane mansion,
 which currently houses the city police department.
   § 2. Whereas the parking lot and Brisbane mansion currently occupy the
 land and are not recreational green space, the city of  Batavia  is  not
 required to dedicate land of equal or greater fair market value as park-
 land within the city.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands are described as follows:
   ALL  that  tract  or  parcel  of land, situate in the City of Batavia,
 County of Genesee and State of New York, being part of Original  Village
 Lots  15  and 16 and part of the alley adjoining Lot 16 on the east, and
 more particularly described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on the northerly street line of East Main  Street
 at  the  southwest corner of land owned by the United States Government,
 known as the Post Office property,  said  point  being  N  79°47'00"  W,
 149.68'  from the intersection of the northerly street line of East Main
 Street and the westerly street line of Jefferson Avenue;
   Thence N 79°47'00" W, along the northerly street  line  of  East  Main
 Street, a distance of 50.39' to a point;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10868-01-5
              

2025-A6916A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6421
Current Committee:
Assembly Cities
Law Section:
Genesee County

2025-A6916A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Batavia to alienate certain parklands of Austin park for use as a municipal parking lot and to preserve the historic Brisbane mansion.

2025-A6916A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6916--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Cities -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT authorizing the city of Batavia to alienate certain parklands for
   use as a municipal parking lot and to preserve the  historic  Brisbane
   mansion

   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 city of Batavia,
 located in the county of Genesee, 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 sell and convey  at
 fair market value the lands more particularly described in section three
 of  this  act,  for the purposes of providing free municipal parking and
 preserving the historic Brisbane mansion for residential or hotel uses.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be effective on the condition that  the  city  of  Batavia  dedicate  an
 amount  equal  to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
 being alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisi-
 tion of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing  park  and
 recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands are described as follows:
   ALL  that  tract  or  parcel  of land, situate in the City of Batavia,
 County of Genesee and State of New York, being part of Original  Village
 Lots  15  and 16 and part of the alley adjoining Lot 16 on the east, and
 more particularly described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on the northerly street line of East Main  Street
 at  the  southwest corner of land owned by the United States Government,
 known as the Post Office property,  said  point  being  N  79°47'00"  W,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10868-02-5
 A. 6916--A                          2
              

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