Allows the county of Niagara to transfer and convey certain parcels of land located within the town of Newfane to the town of Newfane; requires the town of Newfane to hold such land as parkland and to be responsible for the maintenance and development thereof.

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S4253-2011 Actions

• Sep 23, 2011: SIGNED CHAP.562
• Sep 12, 2011: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 20, 2011: returned to senate
• Jun 20, 2011: passed assembly
• Jun 20, 2011: home rule request
• Jun 20, 2011: home rule request
• Jun 20, 2011: ordered to third reading rules cal.475
• Jun 20, 2011: substituted for a6855b
• Jun 15, 2011: referred to local governments
• Jun 15, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 15, 2011: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 15, 2011: HOME RULE REQUEST
• Jun 6, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4253B
• Jun 1, 2011: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4253A
• May 23, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 18, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 17, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.672
• Mar 25, 2011: REFERRED TO CULTURAL AFFAIRS, TOURISM, PARKS AND RECREATION

S4253-2011 Meetings

Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation: May 17, 2011

S4253-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011

S4253-2011 Votes

S4253-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4253

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to authorize the county of Niagara to alienate and convey parkland to
the town of Newfane

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow the transfer of certain
parcels of land, consisting of a portion of Krull Park from Niagara
County to the Town of Newfane

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Authorizes the alienation and transfer of certain parklands
owned by Niagara County to the Town of Newfane for recreational
purposes.

Section 2: Provides a meets and bounds description of the specific
property to be alienated and conveyed.

Section 3: Specifies the Effective Date.

STATEMENT IN SUPPORT:

This bill seeks to authorize the conveyance of land in Krull Park,
including Olcott Beach to the Town of Newfane. The purpose is to
ensure that the beach and recreational area will continue to operate
in the summer months for the enjoyment of local residents and
betterment of the community. Should the land described ever cease to
be used for recreational purposes it would revert to Niagara County.
This bill is being offered at the request of both the Town of Newfane
and Niagara County.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4253-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    4253

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               March 25, 2011
                                 ___________

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

  AN ACT to authorize the county of Niagara to alienate and  convey  park-
    land to the town of Newfane

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the  contrary
  the  county  of  Niagara, is hereby authorized to alienate, transfer and
  convey the parklands described in section two of this act to the town of
  Newfane. Should such  land  ever  cease  to  be  used  for  recreational
  purposes,  title  to  the land so conveyed shall revert to the county of
  Niagara.
    S 2. The lands to be discontinued as parklands and alienated, sold and
  conveyed are described as follows:

    All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Newfane, Coun-
  ty of Niagara and State of New York being part of Lot 11,  Township  15,
  Range  7  of  the Holland Land Company survey and also being part of the
  premises conveyed by Frederick H. Krull to the County of Niagara by deed
  recorded in the Niagara County Clerk's Office in Liber 640 of  deeds  at
  Page 79, bounded and more particularly described as follows:

    Beginning  at  a  point  in the north line of Ontario Street (being 33
  feet wide) at the southwest corner of village lot 25 as shown on  a  map
  prepared  by J.P. Haines in 1860 and filed in the Niagara County Clerk's
  Office under cover 300, now filed in microfilm map book 8 at page 751.
    Thence easterly, along the north line of Ontario Street a distance  of
  200.18  feet  to  its intersection with the east line of Franklin Street
  (being 66 feet wide).
    Thence northerly, along the northerly projection of the east  line  of
  Franklin Street, a distance of 5.42 feet to a point.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD10448-01-1

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    Thence  easterly,  at  right  angles  to  the  last  described line, a
  distance of 85.69 feet to a point.
    Thence  northerly,  at  right  angles  to  the  last described line, a
  distance of 15.93 feet to a point.
    Thence easterly, at  right  angles  to  the  last  described  line,  a
  distance of 121.02 feet to a point.
    Thence  northerly,  at  right  angles  to  the  last described line, a
  distance of 122.0 feet, more or less, to a point in the low  water  line
  of Lake Ontario.
    Thence  westerly,  along  the  said  low water line, a distance of 406
  feet, more or less, to the intersection with the west line of the afore-
  said village lot 25.
    Thence southerly, along the west line of the aforesaid village lot 25,
  a distance of 149.36 feet to the point or place of beginning, containing
  1.30 acres, more or less.
    Excluded from this transfer is the title to  existing  concrete  piers
  extending into Lake Ontario.
    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.