Bill Text: NY A06599 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue use of and transfer certain parklands in exchange for other lands to be utilized for park purposes in furtherance of a development plan for Coney Island.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - signed chap.281 [A06599 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06599-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6599 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 22, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BROOK-KRASNY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BRENNAN, P. RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Cities AN ACT to authorize the city of New York to discontinue the use as park- land of parcels of real property in the borough of Brooklyn in exchange for the dedication of certain other lands in the borough of Brooklyn for park purposes in furtherance of a comprehensive develop- ment plan for Coney Island THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of New York 2 is hereby authorized to discontinue the use as parkland the land 3 described in section three of this act and to transfer such land and any 4 improvements thereon to the New York city economic development corpo- 5 ration for sale or other disposition in furtherance of a comprehensive 6 development plan for Coney Island, Brooklyn. The transfer of discontin- 7 ued parkland pursuant to this section shall be subject to the require- 8 ment that the improvement on such discontinued parkland known as the 9 "Abe Stark Rink" shall not be demolished prior to the construction of a 10 replacement rink (unless such replacement rink is constructed on the 11 same site), with the goal of continuing normal ice skating activities 12 until the replacement rink is complete and that such replacement rink 13 shall be constructed within the Coney Island area, including but not 14 limited to on property under the jurisdiction of the department of parks 15 and recreation of such city designated as #B280 and located on the Shore 16 Parkway Service Road between 25th Avenue and Beach 41st Street. 17 S 2. a. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 18 effective only upon the condition that the city acquires and dedicates 19 as parkland the land described in section four of this act. In the event 20 that such land acquired and dedicated as parkland is not equal to or 21 greater than the fair market value of the parklands and any improvements EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05667-01-1 A. 6599 2 1 thereon to be discontinued, the city of New York shall dedicate the 2 difference between the fair market value of the discontinued parkland 3 and the fair market value of the dedicated parkland for the acquisition 4 of additional parkland and/or for capital improvements to existing park 5 and recreational facilities within the borough of Brooklyn. 6 b. Subject to the provisions of this act, the department of parks and 7 recreation of the city of New York is authorized to lease to the New 8 York city economic development corporation the parkland described in 9 section five of this act for the operation of an amusement park and 10 related facilities. Pursuant to the "Agreement for Special Process For 11 New York City Council Review and Approval of Coney Island Amusement Park 12 Project Plan," Exhibit A of city council of the city of New York resol- 13 ution 2163, adopted August 20, 2009, for a period of twelve years 14 following the effective date of this act, the lease of parkland to the 15 New York city economic development corporation pursuant to this subdivi- 16 sion shall not be subject to review and approval pursuant to sections 17 197-c and 197-d of the New York city charter; provided that such lease 18 or any amendment thereof, sublease or assignment of rights thereunder 19 shall be consistent in all material respects with the "Coney Island 20 Amusement Park Project Plan" approved by the city council of the city of 21 New York as set forth in subdivision e of this section. The lease 22 authorization provided in this subdivision shall be effective only on 23 the condition that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to or 24 greater than the fair market value of the lease of the parkland to the 25 acquisition of additional parkland and/or for capital improvements to 26 existing park and recreational facilities within the borough of Brook- 27 lyn. 28 c. The parkland described in section five of this act may be acquired 29 by the city of New York and leased by the department of parks and recre- 30 ation of such city to the New York city economic development corporation 31 subject to any existing lease, use or occupancy of such land that is 32 consistent with and in furtherance of the operation of an amusement park 33 and related facilities. 34 d. The department of parks and recreation of the city of New York may 35 grant the easements described in the city map amendment approved pursu- 36 ant to sections 197-c and 197-d of the New York city charter by resol- 37 ution of the city council of such city at a meeting held on July 29, 38 2009 for pedestrians and vehicles to travel through the parcels of park- 39 land described in section six of this act as necessary for purposes of 40 the operation of a designated landmark known as the "Wonder Wheel", and 41 may grant an easement in a volume of air space over a parcel of parkland 42 described in section seven of this act to accommodate the Wonder Wheel 43 to the extent it extends over such parkland. The easement authorizations 44 provided in this subdivision shall be effective only on the condition 45 that the city of New York dedicates an amount equal to the fair market 46 value of the easements to the acquisition of new parkland and/or for 47 capital improvements to existing parkland within the borough of Brook- 48 lyn. 49 e. In lieu of the approval required pursuant to paragraph 4 of subdi- 50 vision b of section 384 of the New York city charter and in accordance 51 with the terms of the "Agreement for Special Process for New York City 52 Council Review and Approval of Coney Island Amusement Park Project 53 Plan," as authorized by resolution of the city council of the city of 54 New York, adopted at a meeting held on August 20, 2009, for a period of 55 twelve years after the effective date of this act, the lease by the 56 department of parks and recreation of the city of New York of the A. 6599 3 1 parcels of land described in section five of this act, once acquired by 2 the city and dedicated as parkland, to the New York city economic devel- 3 opment corporation pursuant to the authority conferred by subdivision b 4 of this section shall be subject exclusively to the requirement that 5 such lease or any amendment thereof, sublease or assignment of rights 6 thereunder shall be consistent in all material respects with the "Coney 7 Island Amusement Park Project Plan" prepared by the department of parks 8 and recreation of the city of New York and approved by the city council 9 of the city of New York in the manner set forth in the "Agreement for 10 Special Process for New York City Council Review and Approval of Coney 11 Island Amusement Park Project Plan" as authorized by resolution of the 12 city council of the city of New York at a meeting held on August 20, 13 2009. 14 S 3. The lands authorized by this act to be discontinued as parkland 15 are three parcels of parkland in the borough of Brooklyn and the city of 16 New York as follows: 17 PARCEL A 18 A parcel of parkland generally bounded by Surf Avenue, West 22nd 19 Street, West 21st Street and Ocean Way, in accordance with Borough Pres- 20 ident Map No. X-2716, more particularly described as follows: 21 Starting at a point of beginning located at the southwesterly corner 22 of Surf Avenue and West 21st Street, as those streets were heretofore 23 laid out in the City Map, thence; 24 1) Running 270.48 feet in a southerly direction along the westerly 25 line of West 21st Street to a point, thence; 26 2) Running 170.00 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 27 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00 28 minutes and 00 seconds, thence; 29 3) Running 140.72 feet in southerly direction, said course forming a 30 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00 31 minutes and 00 seconds, thence; 32 4) Running 86.03 feet in westerly direction, said course forming a 33 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 29 34 minutes and 13 seconds, thence; 35 5) Running 354.66 feet in northerly direction, said course forming a 36 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00 37 minutes and 00 seconds, thence; 38 6) Running 259.10 feet in easterly direction, said course forming a 39 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 77 degrees, 4 40 minutes and 17 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 41 Said parcel containing approximately 1.69 acre more or less. 42 PARCEL B 43 A parcel of parkland located in the street-bed of proposed West 20th 44 Street generally bounded by Surf Avenue and the public beach, in accord- 45 ance with Borough President Map No. X-2716, more particularly described 46 as follows: 47 Starting at a point of beginning located at the southeasterly corner 48 of Surf Avenue and the proposed West 20th Street, as those streets are 49 laid out in the City Map, thence; 50 1) Running 466.96 feet in a southerly direction along the easterly 51 line of the proposed West 20th Street to a point, thence; 52 2) Running 56.28 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 53 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00 54 minutes and 28 seconds, thence; A. 6599 4 1 3) Running 455.75 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a 2 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 39 3 minutes and 59 seconds, thence; 4 4) Running 52.20 feet in a northeasterly direction, said course form- 5 ing a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 6 degrees, 52 minutes and 38 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 7 Said parcel containing approximately 0.57 acre more or less. 8 PARCEL C 9 A parcel of parkland generally bounded by Surf Avenue, West 20th 10 Street, the easterly line of Parachute Way and the public beach, in 11 accordance with Borough President Map No. X-2717, more particularly 12 described as follows: 13 Starting at a point of beginning located at the southeasterly corner 14 of Surf Avenue and Parachute Way, as those streets are laid out in the 15 City Map, thence; 16 1) Running 465.03 feet in a southeasterly direction along the easterly 17 line of Parachute Way to a point, thence; 18 2) Running 412.05 feet in a southwesterly direction, said course form- 19 ing a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 20 degrees, 52 minutes and 38 seconds, thence; 21 3) Running 81.00 feet in westerly direction, said course forming a 22 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 12 23 minutes and 16 seconds, thence; 24 4) Running 291.49 feet in westerly direction, said course forming a 25 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 18 26 minutes and 38 seconds, thence; 27 5) Running 310.53 feet in northerly direction, said course forming a 28 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 59 29 minutes and 25 seconds, thence; 30 6) Running 56.28 feet in easterly direction, said course forming a 31 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 20 32 minutes and 01 seconds, thence; 33 7) Running 466.96 feet in northerly direction, said course forming a 34 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 90 degrees, 00 35 minutes and 00 seconds, thence; 36 8) Running 50.47 feet in easterly direction, said course forming a 37 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 77 degrees, 33 38 minutes and 30 seconds to a point of curvature, thence; 39 9) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 1940.00 feet, a 40 central angle of 7 degrees, 18 minutes and 28 seconds, a distance of 41 247.44 feet to the point or place of beginning. 42 Said parcel containing approximately 7.04 acres more or less. 43 S 4. The land required to be dedicated as parkland pursuant to subdi- 44 vision a of section two of this act is a parcel of land between Wonder 45 Wheel Way and the public beach in the borough of Brooklyn and city of 46 New York more particularly described as follows: 47 Starting at a point of beginning located on the westerly line of West 48 16th Street, said point lying 581.68 feet south of the southerly line of 49 Surf Avenue, as those streets are laid out on the City Map, thence; 50 1) Running along a curve, to the left, with a radius of 45.00 feet, a 51 central angle of 165 degrees, 3 minutes and 21 seconds, a distance of 52 129.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence; 53 2) Running 164.99 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming 54 an angle of 25 degrees, 8 minutes and 12 seconds between a radial line 55 to the center of the previous course, thence; A. 6599 5 1 3) Running 26.42 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 2 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 100 degrees, 3 13 minutes and 49 seconds, thence; 4 4) Running 295.35 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva- 5 ture, said course forming a deflection angle to the left with the previ- 6 ous course of 100 degrees, 13 minutes and 49 seconds thence; 7 5) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 300.00 feet, a 8 central angle of 14 degrees, 15 minutes and 24 seconds, a distance of 9 74.65 feet to a point of tangency, thence; 10 6) Running 346.02 feet in an easterly direction, thence; 11 7) Running 62.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 12 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 94 degrees, 37 13 minutes and 34 seconds, thence; 14 8) Running 185.04 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a 15 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 89 degrees, 42 16 minutes and 24 seconds, thence; 17 9) Running 105.49 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a 18 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 86 degrees, 2 19 minutes and 45 seconds, thence; 20 10) Running 140.09 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming 21 a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 81 degrees, 22 7 minutes and 35 seconds, thence; 23 11) Running along a curve, to the right, with a radius of 44.00 feet, 24 a central angle of 179 degrees, 51 minutes and 15 seconds, a distance of 25 138.12 feet, to a point of tangency, said course forming an angle of 8 26 degrees, 44 minutes and 38 seconds between a radial line to the center 27 and the previous course, thence; 28 12) Running 391.69 feet in a northerly direction, to a point of curva- 29 ture on the southerly line of Surf Avenue, thence; 30 13) Running along the southerly line of Surf Avenue on a curve, to the 31 right, with radius of 7940.00 feet, a central angle of 19 minutes and 3 32 seconds, a distance of 44.01 feet, said course forming an angle of 0 33 degrees, 46 minutes and 2 seconds between the radial line to the center 34 and the previous course thence; 35 14) Running 655.57 in a southerly direction, said course forming an 36 angle of 1 degree 5 minutes and 5 seconds between the radial line to the 37 curve center and the previous course, thence; 38 15) Running 931.43 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 39 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 37 40 minutes and 12 seconds, thence; 41 16) Running 435.77 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 42 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 50 minutes and 43 36 seconds, thence; 44 17) Running 278.88 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming 45 a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 91 degrees 46 16 minutes and 10 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 47 Said parcel containing approximately 9.24 acres more or less. 48 S 5. The parkland authorized to be leased to the New York city econom- 49 ic development corporation pursuant to subdivision b of section two of 50 this act is a parcel of parkland in between Wonder Wheel Way and the 51 public beach in the borough of Brooklyn and city of New York, in accord- 52 ance with Borough President Map No. Y-2715 more particularly described 53 as follows: 54 Starting at a point of beginning located on the westerly line of West 55 16th Street, said point lying 581.68 feet south of the southerly line of 56 Surf Avenue, as those streets are laid out on the City Map, thence; A. 6599 6 1 1) Running along a curve, to the left, with a radius of 45.00 feet, a 2 central angle of 165 degrees, 3 minutes and 21 seconds, a distance of 3 129.63 feet to a point of tangency, thence; 4 2) Running 164.99 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming 5 an angle of 25 degrees, 8 minutes and 12 seconds between a radial line 6 to the center of the previous course thence; 7 3) Running 26.42 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 8 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 100 degrees, 9 13 minutes and 49 seconds thence; 10 4) Running 295.35 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva- 11 ture, said course forming a deflection angle to the left with the previ- 12 ous course of 100 degrees, 13 minutes and 49 seconds thence; 13 5) Running along a curve, to the right, with radius of 300.00 feet, a 14 central angle of 14 degrees, 15 minutes and 24 seconds, a distance of 15 74.65 feet to a point of tangency thence; 16 6) Running 346.02 feet in an easterly direction, thence; 17 7) Running 26.09 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a 18 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22 19 minutes and 26 seconds, thence; 20 8) Running 100.23 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a 21 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22 22 minutes and 26 seconds, thence; 23 9) Running 15.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 24 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 98 degrees, 3 25 minutes and 54 seconds, thence; 26 10) Running 25.30 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 27 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 11 28 minutes and 37 seconds, thence; 29 11) Running 0.68 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 30 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 93 degrees, 37 31 minutes and 53 seconds, thence; 32 12) Running 13.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 33 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 61 degrees, 23 34 minutes and 46 seconds, thence; 35 13) Running 30.84 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 36 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 80 degrees, 44 37 minutes and 51 seconds, thence; 38 14) Running 27.85 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 39 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 24 degrees, 59 40 minutes and 54 seconds, thence; 41 15) Running 7.15 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 42 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 88 degrees, 41 43 minutes and 3 seconds, thence; 44 16) Running 11.35 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 45 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 39 degrees, 30 46 minutes and 19 seconds, thence; 47 17) Running 10.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 48 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 17 degrees, 59 49 minutes and 37 seconds, thence; 50 18) Running 10.78 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 51 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 13 degrees, 49 52 minutes and 46 seconds, thence; 53 19) Running 10.23 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 54 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 6 55 minutes and 45 seconds, thence; A. 6599 7 1 20) Running 24.52 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 2 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 25 degrees, 46 3 minutes and 34 seconds, thence; 4 21) Running 21.62 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming a 5 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 119 degrees, 32 6 minutes and 19 seconds, thence; 7 22) Running 185.04 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming 8 a deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 89 degrees, 9 42 minutes and 24 seconds, thence; 10 23) Running 105.49 feet in an northerly direction, said course forming 11 a deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 86 degrees, 2 12 minutes and 45 seconds, thence; 13 24) Running 140.09 feet in an easterly direction, to a point of curva- 14 ture, said course forming a deflection angle to the right with the 15 previous course of 81 degrees, 7 minutes and 35 seconds, thence; 16 25) Running along a curve, to the right, with a radius of 44.00 feet, 17 a central angle of 179 degrees, 51 minutes and 15 seconds, a distance of 18 138.12 feet, to a point of tangency, said course forming an angle of 8 19 degrees, 44 minutes and 38 seconds between a radial line to the center 20 and the previous course, thence; 21 26) Running 391.69 feet in a northerly direction, to a point of curva- 22 ture on the southerly line of Surf Avenue, thence; 23 27) Running along the southerly line of Surf Avenue on a curve, to the 24 right, with radius of 7940.00 feet, a central angle of 19 minutes and 3 25 seconds, a distance of 44.01 feet, said course forming an angle of 0 26 degrees, 46 minutes and 2 seconds between a radial line to the center 27 and the previous course thence; 28 28) Running 655.57 feet in a southerly direction, said course forming 29 an angle of 1 degree 5 minutes and 5 seconds between the radial line to 30 the curve center and the previous course, thence; 31 29) Running 931.43 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 32 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 76 degrees, 37 33 minutes and 12 seconds, thence; 34 30) Running 435.77 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 35 deflection angle to the left with the previous course of 50 minutes and 36 36 seconds, thence; 37 31) Running 278.88 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming 38 a deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 91 degrees 39 16 minutes and 10 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 40 Said parcel containing approximately 9.37 acres more or less. 41 S 6. The parkland through which easements may be granted pursuant to 42 subdivision d of section two of this act is two parcels of parkland in 43 the borough of Brooklyn and city of New York as follows: 44 PARCEL A 45 An east-west easement located to the south and east of the intersection 46 West 12th Street and Wonder Wheel Way more particularly described as 47 follows: 48 Starting at a point of beginning located on the former easterly line of 49 West 12th Street, said point lying 265.11 feet south of the intersection 50 of the southerly line of Bowery and West 12th Street, as those streets 51 are laid out on the City Map, thence; 52 1) Running 61.97 feet in an easterly direction, thence; 53 2) Running 11.35 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 54 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 322 degrees, 55 36 minutes and 50 seconds, thence; A. 6599 8 1 3) Running 10.83 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 2 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 17 degrees, 59 3 minutes and 37 seconds, thence; 4 4) Running 10.78 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 5 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 13 degrees, 49 6 minutes and 46 seconds, thence; 7 5) Running 10.23 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 8 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 7 degrees, 6 9 minutes and 45 seconds, thence; 10 6) Running 24.52 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 11 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 25 degrees, 46 12 minutes and 34 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 13 Said parcel containing approximately 0.01 acre more or less. 14 PARCEL B 15 A north-south easement located in the street bed of a portion of the 16 former West 12th Street near/at the intersection West 12th Street and 17 Wonder Wheel Way more particularly described as follows: 18 Starting at a point of beginning located on the easterly line of West 19 12th Street, said point lying 224.17 feet south of the intersection of 20 the southerly line of Bowery and West 12th Street, as those streets are 21 laid out on the City Map, thence; 22 1) Running 62.57 feet in a southerly direction, thence; 23 2) Running 60.00 feet in a westerly direction, said course forming a 24 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 90 degrees, 17 25 minutes and 36 seconds, thence; 26 3) Running 57.41 feet in a northerly direction, said course forming a 27 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 42 28 minutes and 24 seconds, thence; 29 4) Running 60.20 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a 30 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 85 degrees, 22 31 minutes and 26 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 32 Said parcel containing approximately 0.08 acre more or less. 33 S 7. The parkland over which an air right easement may be granted 34 pursuant to subdivision d of section two of this act is a parcel of 35 parkland near the intersection of West 12th Street and Wonder Wheel Way, 36 more particularly described as follows: 37 Starting at a point of beginning, said point lying 237.00 feet south of 38 the intersection of the southerly line of Bowery and West 12th Street 39 and 71.80 feet to the east of the previously said point, as those 40 streets are laid out on the City Map, thence; 41 1) Running 9.00 feet in a northeasterly direction, thence; 42 2) Running 23.67 feet in an easterly direction, said course forming a 43 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 89 degrees, 53 44 minutes and 22 seconds, thence; 45 3) Running 7.72 feet in a southerly direction along a park line, said 46 course forming a deflection angle to the right with the previous course 47 of 66 degrees, 28 minutes and 11 seconds, thence; 48 4) Running 1.93 feet in a southerly direction along a park line, said 49 course forming a deflection angle to the right with the previous course 50 of 24 degrees, 59 minutes and 54 seconds, thence; 51 5) Running 26.72 feet in the westerly direction, said course forming a 52 deflection angle to the right with the previous course of 88 degrees, 32 53 minutes and 52 seconds to the point or place of beginning. 54 Said parcel containing approximately 0.005 acre more or less. 55 S 8. If the parkland that is the subject of this act has received 56 funding pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the A. 6599 9 1 discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions of this act 2 shall not occur until the municipality has complied with the federal 3 requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis- 4 fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include 5 all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to 6 assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 7 market value and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin- 8 ued. 9 S 9. This act shall take effect immediately.