Bill Text: NY S06843 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes lease between the county of Onondaga and Syracuse University for Onondaga Lake Park for park and recreational improvements.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - SIGNED CHAP.322 [S06843 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6843
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 28, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  DeFRANCISCO,  VALESKY  --  read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
         Government
       AN  ACT  in  relation  to  authorizing  the  county of Onondaga to lease
         certain park property to Syracuse University for  Onondaga  Lake  Park
         purposes
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of  any  other  general,
    2  special  or local law, rule or regulation to the contrary, the county of
    3  Onondaga is hereby authorized and  empowered  to  lease  the  lands  and
    4  improvements  hereinafter described for up to twenty-five years to Syra-
    5  cuse University for such consideration and upon such  terms,  conditions
    6  and  provisions as shall be mutually agreed upon by the county and Syra-
    7  cuse University consistent with section three of this act.
    8    (b) Any revenues received by the county from the lessee shall be  used
    9  for  the  capital  improvement  of Onondaga Lake Park and/or the capital
   10  improvement of existing park and recreational facilities and/or for  the
   11  acquisition of additional park and recreational facilities.
   12    S  2.  The  lands  and  improvements to be leased pursuant to this act
   13  comprise the facility known as the Boathouse and that  land  immediately
   14  adjacent  thereto,  located  at  Onondaga Lake Park, county of Onondaga,
   15  state of New York, and more particularly described as follows:
   16    Beginning at a point on  the  northerly  shoreline  of  Onondaga  Lake
   17  Outlet,  which is intersected by a line 175' easterly of and parallel to
   18  the westernmost building line of the existing Ten Eyck Boathouse; thence
   19  northerly along said line a distance of 292'  to a point intersected  by
   20  a  line  75' northerly of and parallel to the northernmost building line
   21  of said Ten Eyck Boathouse; thence westerly along said line  a  distance
   22  of 195' to a point; thence southerly along a line westerly of and paral-
   23  lel  to  the  westernmost  building  line  of  said Ten Eyck Boathouse a
   24  distance of 55' to a point; thence westerly along a line  20'  northerly
   25  of and parallel to the northernmost building line of said Ten Eyck Boat-
   26  house a distance of 210' to a point; then southerly along a line wester-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14923-01-2
       S. 6843                             2
    1  ly  of  and  parallel  to the westernmost building line of said Ten Eyck
    2  Boathouse a distance of 245'  to a point on the northerly  shoreline  of
    3  Onondaga  Lake Outlet; thence easterly along said shoreline to the point
    4  and  place  of  beginning,  containing  2.5  acres of land more or less,
    5  together will all improvements and/or structures situated thereon.
    6    The above described lands and improvements are situated on  a  portion
    7  of  lands  conveyed to the county of Onondaga by GRACE MARGUERITE MAURER
    8  as Executrix of the  last  Will  and  Testament  of  BERNIE  F.  MAURER,
    9  Deceased,  GRACE  MARGUERITE  MAURER, Individually residing at 147 Fitch
   10  Street, in the City of Syracuse, New York, and KERMIT DRAIS MAURER,  her
   11  son,  residing  at 1107 Valley Drive, in the City of Syracuse, New York,
   12  WINIFRED E. PECKHAM, of 106 Elk Street, in the  City  of  Syracuse,  New
   13  York, being heirs at law and next of kin and devisees of Bernhardt Maur-
   14  er, Deceased, dated October 18, 1948, and recorded in the Onondaga Coun-
   15  ty Clerk's office, February 4, 1950, in Book of Deeds 1427, page 375.
   16    S  3.  The  lands  and  improvements to be leased pursuant to this act
   17  shall be maintained and operated for boating  and  related  recreational
   18  activities,  providing  reasonable  public  access and use of the public
   19  portions of such improvements is permitted  during  normal  public  park
   20  hours.  If  the lessee diverts the use of the lands to other than recre-
   21  ational and incidental purposes, any lease entered into pursuant to this
   22  act shall immediately terminate.
   23    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.