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Assembly Bill A8903A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands

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2025-A8903 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Putnam County

2025-A8903 - Summary

Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years.

2025-A8903 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8903
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  authorizing  the county of Putnam to alienate
   certain lands used as parklands
 
   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 county of
 Putnam, 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 to Homeland Towers, LLC for the purposes of  installing  a  160
 foot  cellular  tower  with associated equipment shelter, backup genera-
 tors, and telecommunications equipment.
   § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective  only upon the condition that the county of Putnam dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
 being  discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or capi-
 tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
 ated are described as follows:
 Parcel 1:
 
 SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF CARMEL, COUNTY OF PUTNAM AND STATE OF NEW YORK:
 
 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF HILL STREET, WHERE THE SAME
 IS INTERSECTED BY THE NORTHERLY LINE OF HILL CEMETERY;
 
 THENCE  RUNNING ALONG THE NORTHERLY, WESTERLY AND SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID
 HILL CEMETERY THE FOLLOWING COURSES AND DISTANCES:
 NORTH 61 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 25 SECONDS WEST 82.46 FEET;
 SOUTH 34 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST 117.83 FEET AND;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13376-01-5
              

2025-A8903A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Putnam County

2025-A8903A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years.

2025-A8903A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8903--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 16, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ments in  accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee

 AN  ACT in relation to authorizing the county of Putnam to lease certain
   lands used as parklands
 
   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 county of
 Putnam, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and
 conditions as determined by such body is hereby authorized to discontin-
 ue as parklands and lease at fair market value to Homeland  Towers,  LLC
 for  a  term  not  to  exceed  thirty  years the lands more particularly
 described in section three of this act for the purposes of installing  a
 160 foot cellular tower with associated equipment shelter, backup gener-
 ators, and telecommunications equipment.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the county of Putnam dedicate the
 proceeds from the lease toward the acquisition 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 and leased are described as follows:
 Parcel 1:
 
 SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF CARMEL, COUNTY OF PUTNAM AND STATE OF NEW YORK:
 
 BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF HILL STREET, WHERE THE SAME
 IS INTERSECTED BY THE NORTHERLY LINE OF HILL CEMETERY;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13376-02-6
 A. 8903--A                          2

              

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