Bill Text: NY S08535 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey certain state land to Levittown school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-11-11 - SIGNED CHAP.281 [S08535 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08535-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8535

                    IN SENATE

                                      June 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT authorizing the town of Hempstead to transfer and convey  certain
          state land to Levittown school district

          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  town  of  Hemp-
     2  stead,  county  of  Nassau, acting by and through its governing body and
     3  upon such terms and conditions as determined by  such  body,  is  hereby
     4  authorized  to  discontinue  as  parklands  and  to  alienate  the lands
     5  described in section three of this act to the Levittown School  District
     6  for  the  purpose of expanding parking and accesses facilities for Jonas
     7  E. Salk Middle School.
     8    § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
     9  effective  only  upon  the  condition that the Levittown School District
    10  convey to the town of Hempstead, and that the town of Hempstead  acquire
    11  and  dedicate  the  lands described in section four of this act as park-
    12  lands, provided that the town of Hempstead has never used such lands for
    13  public open space or park purposes.
    14    § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
    15  ated  are  described as follows:  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel
    16  of land, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Town of Hempstead, Coun-
    17  ty of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as and  by  Lot
    18  Number 18 in Block 192 on a certain map entitled "Subdivision Map Levit-
    19  town  Section  30" and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of
    20  Nassau on April 6, 1951 as Case Number  5197,  said  parcel  being  more
    21  particularly bounded and described as follows:
    22    BEGINNING  at  the  corner  formed  by the intersection of the widened
    23  northerly side of North Jerusalem Road with the easterly side  of  Water
    24  Lane South:
    25    RUNNING  THENCE  from  said  point of beginning the following nine (9)
    26  courses, the first course being along said easterly side of  Water  Lane
    27  South;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    1.  North  24  degrees 57 minutes 45 seconds East, a distance of 41.79
     2  feet to the southerly side of Serpentine Lane and  the  beginning  of  a
     3  non-tangent curve;
     4    2.  Easterly  along  said Serpentine Lane, along the arc of a circular
     5  curve bearing to the left having a radius of 550.32 feet and a length of
     6  174.51 feet to a point of tangency;
     7    3. South 83 degrees 12 minutes 24 seconds East still along said south-
     8  erly side of Serpentine Lane, a distance of 126.43 feet;
     9    4. South 06 degrees 47 minutes 36 seconds West, a distance  of  100.00
    10  feet;
    11    5.  South  84 degrees 50 minutes 49 seconds East, a distance of 113.91
    12  feet;
    13    6. North 74 degrees 20 minutes 04 seconds East, a  distance  of  89.94
    14  feet;
    15    7.  North  38 degrees 13 minutes 38 seconds East, a distance of 179.41
    16  feet;
    17    8. South 00 degrees 06 minutes 37 seconds West, a distance  of  314.56
    18  feet to the widened northerly side of North Jerusalem Road; and
    19    9.  North  65  degrees 02 minutes 15 seconds West along said northerly
    20  side of North Jerusalem Road, a distance of 671.71 feet to the  easterly
    21  side of Water Lane South and the point or place of BEGINNING.
    22    Containing  within  said bounds 57,434 Sq. Ft. or 1.318 Acres, more or
    23  less.
    24    § 4. Prior to the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parklands
    25  described  in  section  three of this act, the Levittown school district
    26  shall convey to the town of Hempstead and the town  of  Hempstead  shall
    27  acquire and dedicate as parklands such land described as follows:
    28    Nassau County Tax Map Section 51 Block 492 part of Lot 28
    29    All  that  certain  plot,  piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and
    30  being in Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New
    31  York, being more particularly and described as follows:
    32    Beginning at a point on  the  westerly  side  of  Seamans  Neck  Road,
    33  distant 610.76 feet southerly from the corner formed by the intersection
    34  of  the  southerly  side  of Hunt Road with the westerly side of Seamans
    35  Neck Road;
    36    Running Thence South 01 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West, 81.39 feet
    37  along the westerly side of Seamans Neck Road;
    38    Thence South 89 degrees 37 minutes 47 Seconds West, 387.55 feet;
    39    Thence North 00 degrees 22 minutes 13 seconds West, 104.34 feet;
    40    Thence South 86 degrees 59 minutes 42 seconds East, 390.86 feet to the
    41  westerly side of Seamans Neck Road and the POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING.
    42    Containing 36,118 square feet or 0.829 acres, more or less.
    43    § 5. In the event that the fair market value of the lands described in
    44  section four of this act to be dedicated by the town of Hempstead pursu-
    45  ant to this act are not equal to or greater than the fair  market  value
    46  of  the  parklands to be alienated as described in section three of this
    47  act, the town of Hempstead, shall dedicate the difference of fair market
    48  value of the lands to be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the
    49  acquisition of  additional  parklands  and/or  capital  improvements  to
    50  existing park and recreational facilities.
    51    §  6.  In  the  event  that the town of Hempstead received any funding
    52  support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
    53  maintenance  or  improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
    54  of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland  author-
    55  ized  by  the  provisions  of this act shall not occur until the town of
    56  Hempstead has complied with any federal requirements pertaining  to  the
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     1  alienation  or  conversion  of  such parklands, including satisfying the
     2  secretary of the interior that the  alienation  or  conversion  complies
     3  with  all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary
     4  to  assure  the  substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair
     5  market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
     6    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.