Senate Bill S10549

                             
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                                   10549
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2026
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Mount Pleasant to alienate and discontin-
   ue the use of certain 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 town of Mount
 Pleasant, county of Westchester, is hereby  authorized,  acting  by  and
 through its governing body, and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
 mined  by  such  governing  body, to discontinue the use as parkland and
 alienate the lands described in section three of this act.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be effective on the condition that the town of Mount  Pleasant  dedicate
 an  amount  equal  to or greater than the fair market value of the park-
 lands being discontinued 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 parkland is described as follows:
   ALL  that  certain  plot,  piece  or parcel of land situate, lying and
 located in the Town of Mount Pleasant, County of Westchester,  State  of
 New York and bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point formed by the division line between Lot 42, Block
 A  and  the  westerly  side of Eastview Drive as shown on a map entitled
 "Subdivision Map Section No. Two, Stonegate"  dated  Oct.  4,  1965  and
 filed  in  the  Westchester  county  Clerk's  Office  (Division  of Land
 Records) on June 7, 1966 as Map No. 14848, said point being the POINT OF
 BEGINNING;
   Thence from said point of beginning along Lot 42, North 73 degrees  35
 minutes 27 seconds East, a distance of 270.00 feet;
   Thence  along  a proposed lot line over property now or formerly Arden
 Development #2 Corp. (Recreation Area), South 24 degrees 22  minutes  33
 seconds East, a distance of 165.08 feet;
   Thence  along  Lot 43, Block A, South 67 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds
 West, a distance of 283.89 feet to a point on the westerly side of East-
 view Drive;
   Thence along  said  westerly  side  of  Eastview  Drive  Northerly,  a
 distance  of 195.01 feet along a non-tangent curve to the right of which
              

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 the radius point lies North 67 degrees 17  minutes  46  seconds  East  a
 radius  of  1,775.00  feet,  and  having a central angle of 6 degrees 17
 minutes 41 seconds to the point and place of BEGINNING.
   Containing 50,044 square feet or 1.1489 acres, more or less.
   §  4. Prior to the discontinuance and alienation of parkland described
 in section three of this act, the town of Mount Pleasant, acting by  and
 through  its  governing body, shall dedicate replacement land for use as
 parklands described as follows:
   ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel  of  land  situate,  lying  and
 located  in  the Town of Mount Pleasant, County of Westchester, State of
 New York and bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point formed  by  the  division  line  between  Lot  #1
 (Parcel  D),  Lot  #2  (Parcel B) and the northerly side of East Stevens
 Avenue as shown on a map entitled "Subdivision Map with Utility Tie-Ins,
 Kensico Preserve" prepared by CMG Engineering, Surveying  and  Landscape
 Architecture,  P.C.  dated June 14, 2024, last revised June 27, 2025 and
 filed in  the  Westchester  county  Clerk's  Office  (Division  of  Land
 records) on Aug. 7, 2025 as Map No. 29903, said point being the POINT OF
 BEGINNING;
   Thence  running along the northerly side of East Stevens Avenue, South
 81 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 40.74 feet;
   Thence South 81 degrees 41 minutes 00  seconds  West,  a  distance  of
 179.35 feet to a point;
   Thence  over and across Lot #1 (Parcel D), North 06 degrees 42 minutes
 43 seconds West, a distance of 227.49 feet to a point;
   Thence North 81 degrees 41 minutes 00  seconds  East,  a  distance  of
 220.09  feet  to  a point on the division line between Lot #1 (Parcel D)
 and Lot #2 (Parcel B);
   Thence South 06 degrees 42 minutes 43  seconds  East,  a  distance  of
 227.36  feet to the northerly side of East Stevens Avenue, the point and
 place of BEGINNING.
 Containing 50,045 square feet or 1.1489 acres, more or less.
   § 5. In the event that the fair market value of the  parklands  to  be
 dedicated  by  the  town  of Mount Pleasant described in section four of
 this act are not equal to or greater than the fair market value  of  the
 parklands  to  be discontinued in section three of this act, the town of
 Mount Pleasant shall dedicate the difference of the fair market value of
 the lands to be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the acquisi-
 tion of additional parklands and/or  capital  improvements  to  existing
 park and recreational facilities.
   § 6. In the event that the town of Mount Pleasant 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 parklands author-
 ized  by  the  provisions  of this act shall not occur until the town of
 Mount Pleasant has complied with any federal requirements pertaining  to
 the  alienation  or  conversion  of  parklands, including satisfying the
 secretary 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.