Bill Text: NY S08770 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes the Ashley Schiff state park preserve.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-05-24 - referred to tourism, parks, arts and sports development [S08770 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08770-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8770

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 14, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. MATTERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
          Parks and Recreation

        AN ACT to amend the parks, recreation and historic preservation law,  in
          relation to establishing the Ashley Schiff state park preserve

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The parks, recreation  and  historic  preservation  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new section 20.05 to read as follows:
     3    §  20.05  Ashley Schiff state park preserve. 1. Subject to the gift or
     4  grant by the board of trustees of the state university of  New  York  to
     5  the  office  of  the  following  parcel  of land, the commissioner shall
     6  establish thereon the Ashley Schiff state park preserve:
     7    The area commonly known as the Ashley Schiff Park Preserve, commencing
     8  at a point on the westerly boundary of the existing Nicolls Road, County
     9  Road No. 97, at the intersection of said boundary  line  with  the  most
    10  southerly  boundary  line  of  the  old  Nicolls Road; thence along said
    11  existing westerly boundary of Nicolls Road the following two courses and
    12  distances:  (1) N 15° 25' 00" W, 103.66 feet,  (2)  N  23°  45'  50"  W,
    13  907.00  feet;  thence  still  along  westerly  boundary of Nicolls Road,
    14  120.79 feet along the arc of a curve to the right  having  a  radius  of
    15  1,984.98  feet  to  the point and place of beginning; thence through the
    16  property of the State of New York the following seventeen (17)  courses:
    17  (1) S 69° 27' 45" W, 900.86 feet, (2) N 73° 48' 24" W, 67.85 feet, (3) N
    18  24°  42' 48" W, 69.35 feet, (4) N 29° 25' 42" W, 293.83 feet, (5) 576.34
    19  feet along the arc of a curve to the right having a radius  of  1,020.58
    20  feet, (6) N 02° 55' 39" E, 164.76 feet, (7) 109.30 feet along the arc of
    21  a curve to the left having a radius of 440.00 feet, (8) N 11° 18' 19" W,
    22  44.11  feet, (9) N 59° 56' 08" E, 20.61 feet, (10) 264.52 feet along the
    23  arc of a curve to the right having a radius of 360.00 feet, (11)  S  77°
    24  57'  55" E, 41.00 feet, (12) 461.94 feet along the arc of a curve to the
    25  left having a radius of 2,200.00 feet, (13) S 82° 59' 45" E, 47.51 feet,
    26  (14) 498.03 feet along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius of
    27  290.00 feet, (15) N 08° 23' 13" W, 108.17 feet, (16) 288.96  feet  along

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13826-01-1
        S. 8770                             2

     1  the  arc  of a curve to the right having a radius of 447.67 feet, (17) S
     2  59° 17' 10" E, 164.44 feet to the aforesaid westerly  boundary  line  of
     3  Nicolls  Road,  County  Road  97;  thence  along  said boundary line the
     4  following  nine (9) courses: (1) 288.16 feet along the arc of a curve to
     5  the left having a radius of 1,984.98 feet, (2) N 73° 30'  31"  W,  30.00
     6  feet,  (3) S 16° 07' 08" W, 26.38 feet, (4) S 74° 15' 29" E, 30.00 feet,
     7  (5) 215.71 feet along the arc of a curve to the left having a radius  of
     8  1,984.98  feet,  (6)  S  49° 19' 53" W, 15.56 feet, (7) S 21° 47' 50" W,
     9  139.31 feet, (8) S 09° 02' 08" E, 233.35 feet (9) 660.75 feet along  the
    10  arc of a curve to the left having a radius of 1,984.98 feet to the point
    11  or place of beginning, containing 1,231,541 square feet or 28.273 acres,
    12  more or less.
    13    2.  In  recognition of its unique and significant ecosystem the Ashley
    14  Schiff state park preserve shall be part  of  the  state  park  preserve
    15  system and shall be subject to the provisions of this article.
    16    3.  The  Ashley  Schiff  state park preserve shall be administered and
    17  maintained by a not-for-profit corporation  affiliated  with  the  state
    18  university  of  New  York at Stony Brook pursuant to a contract with the
    19  office and subject to the rules of the office.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.