Relates to the alienation and substitution of certain parklands in the town of Amherst in the county of Erie.

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S2345-2013 Actions

• May 20, 2013: referred to local governments
• May 20, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 20, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• May 20, 2013: HOME RULE REQUEST
• May 6, 2013: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 2345A
• Apr 30, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 29, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 24, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.432
• Jan 16, 2013: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

S2345-2013 Meetings

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation: Apr 24, 2013

S2345-2013 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Apr 29, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 30, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 1, 2013 , Floor Calendar: May 6, 2013

S2345-2013 Votes

S2345-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2345

TITLE OF BILL:  An act in relation to the alienation and substitution
of certain parklands in the town of Amherst in the county of Erie

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To authorize the Town of Amherst,
located in Erie County, to discontinue the use of certain lands as
parkland.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1- authorizes the Town of Amherst to discontinue as parklands
certain land as described in Section 3 of this act in exchange for the
land described in Section 4 of this act.

Section 2- makes authorization to discontinue effective only upon
dedication of lands described in section 4 as parklands.

Section 3- describes the lands to be discontinued as parklands.

Section 4- describes the lands to be dedicated as parklands.

Section 5- provides that in the event replacement lands are not equal
to lands being replaced, the Town of Amherst will dedicate the
difference in fair market value in order to acquire additional
parklands and/or for improvements to the existing park and
recreational facilities.

Section 6- provides that discontinuance shall not occur until the Town
of Amherst has complied with any federal requirements.

Section 7- provides that the act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:  This bill has been introduced at the request of the
Town of Amherst. The parcel to be discontinued as parkland was
intended to be conveyed and used by the North Amherst Fire Company for
firematic, recreation and parking purposes, and in fact is being used
for those public purposes. The Town has now been advised that although
this parcel was never specifically designated as parkland, it was in
fact deemed parkland and must be discontinued as parkland and
replacement lands identified.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None to the state.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.

S2345-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    2345

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 16, 2013
                                 ___________

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

  AN  ACT  in relation to the alienation and substitution of certain park-
    lands in the town of Amherst in the county of Erie

    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
  Amherst, in the county of Erie, acting by and through its town board, is
  hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and  alienate,  the  lands
  described in section three of this act.
    S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
  effect  only  upon the condition that the town of Amherst shall dedicate
  the lands of equal or greater fair market  value  described  in  section
  four of this act as additional parklands of the town.
    S  3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin-
  ued as parklands are as follows:

    ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Amherst, Coun-
  ty of Erie and State of New York being part of Lot No. 27, Township  13,
  Range 7 of the Holland Land Company Survey, described as follows:

    Beginning at the point of beginning of the New York State Canal Corpo-
  ration  Abandonment  of  the  Town  of Amherst by Deed recorded in Liber
  11007 of Deeds at page 740 on May 29, 2002; thence  north  62�  50'  00"
  east  a distance of 27.66 feet to a point; thence north 64� 39' 00" east
  a distance of 65.05 feet to a point; thence north 67�  29'  00"  east  a
  distance  of  64.65  feet  to  a  point; thence north 70� 57' 00" east a
  distance of 64.72 feet to a point  thence  north  73�  31'  00"  east  a
  distance  of  197.15  feet  to  a point; thence north 75� 31' 00" east a
  distance of 65.20 feet to a point; thence  north  77�  29'  00"  east  a
  distance  of  64.98  feet  to  a  point; thence north 80� 15' 00" east a
  distance of 65.43 feet to a point; thence  north  80�  24'  00"  east  a

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD05562-01-3

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  distance  of  65.68  feet  to  a  point; thence north 82� 17' 00" east a
  distance of 65.63 feet to a point; thence  north  82�  49'  00"  east  a
  distance  of  65.80  feet  to  a  point; thence north 83� 30' 00" east a
  distance  of  65.47  feet  to  a  point; thence north 85� 02' 00" east a
  distance of 65.50 feet to a point; thence  north  85�  24'  00"  east  a
  distance  of  329.65  feet  to  a point; thence north 89� 02' 00" east a
  distance of 265 feet to a  point;  thence  south  00�  00'  00"  west  a
  distance  of  177.55  feet to a point in the northerly line of Tonawanda
  Creek Road; thence south 84� 30' 37" west and along the  northerly  line
  of  Tonawanda  Creek  Road  a distance of 275.35 feet to a point; thence
  continuing southwesterly along the radius of the north line of Tonawanda
  Creek Road a distance of 689.94 feet to a point; thence  south  62�  56'
  39" west and continuing along the northerly line of Tonawanda Creek Road
  a  distance of 607.01 feet to a point; thence southerly 75� 52' 37" west
  a distance of 58.54 feet to the southwest corner of  lands  conveyed  by
  Liber 3030 of Deeds at page 441; thence north 07� 06' 50" east and along
  the  westerly  line  of lands conveyed by Deed recorded in Liber 3030 of
  Deeds at page 441 a distance of 153.14 feet to the northwest  corner  of
  lands conveyed by the last mentioned deed; thence north 75� 28' 00" east
  and along the northerly line of lands conveyed by Deed recorded in Liber
  3030  at  page 441 a distance of 22.21 feet to a point; thence north 01�
  06' 56" east and along the easterly line of New York State Canal  Corpo-
  ration's  Abandonment  to  the Town of Amherst by Deed recorded in Liber
  11,007 at page 0740 a distance of 275.22 feet to the point or  place  of
  beginning.
    Excepting  therefrom those lands conveyed by Deed recorded in the Erie
  County Clerk's Office in Liber 3030 of Deeds at Page 441; Liber 9090  of
  Deeds at page 545 and Liber 9164 of Deeds at page 580.
    Excepting therefrom, the Reservations contained in a Deed to the gran-
  tor  herein  recorded  in  Liber  11007 of Deeds at page 074 and further
  subject to designation as parkland in a contract  between  the  Town  of
  Amherst and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic
  Preservation,  dated  June 27, 2001, and providing that the grantor will
  provide continued maintenance of the existing eight  foot  wide  macadam
  Bike  Path  transversing the property hereby conveyed in accordance with
  the Trail Guidelines contained in the Canal Recreation Way Plan as  such
  plan exists on the date of this conveyance.
    S  4.  Prior  to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation of the parkland
  described in section three of this act,  the  town  of  Amherst,  acting
  through  its  town  board,  shall  dedicate replacement lands for use as
  parkland for public park purposes, with such replacement lands, being of
  equal or greater fair market value, as follows:

    ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situated  in  the  Town  of  Amherst,
  County  of  Erie,  State of New York being part of Lot 102, Township 12,
  Range 7 of the Holland Land Survey (so-called) bounded and described  as
  follows:

    Beginning  at  a point in the west line of Lot 102 at its intersection
  with the south line of lands conveyed to George Biser by  Deed  recorded
  in the Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 154 of Deeds at page 429;
    THENCE:  S-88�-17'-07"-E,  along said south line and the south line of
  lands shown on a subdivision map of Hunter's Woods East recorded in  the
  Erie  County  Clerk's Office under Cover No. 2395 a distance of 2,367.45
  feet to the centerline of Smith Road;
    THENCE: S-47�-10'-26"-E, along said centerline a  distance  of  549.63
  feet  to  the  south  line  of  lands conveyed to Joseph Neuhaus by Deed
  recorded in Liber 1270 of Deeds at page 370;

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    THENCE: N-88�-09'-11"-W, along said south line a  distance  of  2,780�
  feet to the west line of lot 102;
    THENCE:  N-00�-24'-46"-E,  along  said  west line a distance of 355.08
  feet to the point of beginning  containing  19.95  acres  more  or  less
  exclusive of the area lying within the bounds of Smith Road.
    S  5.  In  the event that the parklands to be dedicated by the town of
  Amherst pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater than  the  fair
  market  value  of  the  parkland to be discontinued, the town of Amherst
  shall dedicate the difference of the fair market value of the  lands  to
  be  alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of addi-
  tional parklands and/or for capital improvements to  existing  park  and
  recreational facilities.
    S  6.  In  the  event  that  the  town of Amherst 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 parkland  author-
  ized  by  the  provisions  of  section three of this act shall not occur
  until the town of Amherst has complied  with  any  federal  requirements
  pertaining  to the alienation or conversion of such parklands, including
  satisfying the secretary of the interior that the alienation or  conver-
  sion  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 and usefulness to the lands being alienated or
  converted.
    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately