S4331A-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands

Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands.

Sponsor: CARLUCCI
Law Section: Parks

S4331A-2011 Actions

May 14, 2012: RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN
May 8, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May 7, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
May 2, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.691
Apr 25, 2012: PRINT NUMBER 4331A
Apr 25, 2012: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Jan 4, 2012: returned to senate
Jan 4, 2012: died in assembly
Jun 15, 2011: referred to local governments
Jun 15, 2011: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 15, 2011: PASSED SENATE
Jun 15, 2011: HOME RULE REQUEST
May 17, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May 16, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
May 11, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.638
Mar 29, 2011: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S4331A-2011 Meetings

Local Government: May 2, 2012

S4331A-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 7, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 8, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 9, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 14, 2012

S4331A-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Local Government - May 11, 2011

Ayes (7): Martins, Ball, Little, McDonald, Ritchie, Stewart-Cousins, Klein
Excused (1): Oppenheimer

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 15, 2011

Ayes (62): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Huntley, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Krueger, Kruger, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Local Government - May 2, 2012

Ayes (8): Martins, Ball, Little, McDonald, Ritchie, Stewart-Cousins, Oppenheimer, Klein

S4331A-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4331

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
in relation to the alienation of certain parklands in the town of Ramapo
in the county of Rockland

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To allow the Town of Ramapo to
discontinue the use of certain parklands in exchange for other land,
larger in size, to be designated parklands by the Town Board.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1

Authorizing the Town Board to discontinue the use of certain parkland.

Section 2

Limits the authorization of the Town Board to allow for the alienation
only upon the designation of an additional parcel contained within
the Town of equal or greater market value as parkland.

Section 3

Description of the parcel to be alienated.

Section 4

Description of the replacement parcel to be designated as parkland.

Section 5

Authorizes the Town Board to designate additional parcels as parkland
in the event the parcel designated as replacement parkland is not of
equal or greater market value

Section 6

Requires the Town to follow any Federal regulations regarding parkland
alienation if the parcel being alienated received any Federal funding

Section 7

Effective Date

JUSTIFICATION:

The Town Board of the Town of Ramapo has determined that it is in the
best interests of the residents of the town to alienate a certain
parcel of land for redevelopment. This parcel will increase tax
revenues to the Town and
assist in keeping taxes lower for all residents. The replacement
parcel described herein is a larger parcel of property and will
better suit the needs of the community in which the replacement


parcel is located. There is wide community support for the
redevelopment as well as the designation of the new parcel as parkland.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the state but improved tax collections for tax districts

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4331A-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 4331--A
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 March 29, 2011
 
 Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -- recom
 mitted to the Committee on Local Government in accordance with  Senate
 Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 

AN ACT in relation to the alienation of certain parklands in the town of
 Ramapo in the county of Rockland
 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 Ramapo,
 in the county of Rockland, 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, for the purpose of reconfiguring
 the parcel for new construction.
 

S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
 effect only upon the condition that the town of  Ramapo  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  or parcel of land being part of the Town Lot Section
 56.8, Block 2, Lot 8, Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State  of  New
 York,  more particularly described as Lot Number 9 in Book P as shown on
 a certain map entitled "sub-division for Ellfur  Realty  Corporation  in
 Monsey,  Town  of  Ramapo, Rockland County, New York" made by William A.
 Yuda, P.E., Palisades, New York and filed in the Rockland County Clerk's
 Office on June 20, 1950, as Map No. 2095.
 

S 4. Prior to  the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parkland
 described  in  section  three  of  this  act, the town of Ramapo, acting
 through its town board, shall dedicate  replacement  lands  for  use  as
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD10547-02-2
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 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  lands being part of Town Lot Section
 49.19, Block 5, Lot 38.1 and Town Lot

Section 49.19, Block 5, Lot  38.2,
 Town  of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York more particularly
 bounded and described as follows:

 Beginning at a point in the westerly line of  Blauvelt  Road,  distant
 60.02  feet northerly from the northerly end of the curve connecting the
 northerly line of Manor Drive with the westerly line of  Blauvelt  Road,
 said point being the southeasterly corner of the premises intended to be
 described,  and running thence (1) along the northerly line of lands now
 or formerly of Lomitz, Minz and Fromoitz, N72�09'30"  W  a  distance  of
 487.15  feet to a point; thence (2) along the easterly line of lands now
 or formerly of Thurm and Krieger, N18�27'45"E a distance of  81.85  feet
 to a point; thence (3) along the southerly line of lands now or formerly
 of  Cohn  and  Kramer,  (a)  S72�26'14" E a distance of 267.00 feet to a
 point, (b)

S 72�14'47"E a distance of 220.99 feet to the  westerly  line
 of  Blauvelt Road; thence (4) along the same, (a) S18�29"W a distance of
 1.10 feet to a Rockland County Highway Monument, and (b)  S19�02'00"W  a
 distance of 82.40 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
 

S  5.  In  the event that the parklands to be dedicated by the town of
 Ramapo pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater  than  the  fair
 market  value  of  the  parkland  to be discontinued, the town of Ramapo
 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 Ramapo 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 authorized by the
 provisions of section three of this act shall not occur until  the  town
 of  Ramapo  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 conversion 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.

S4331A-2011: Authorizes the town of Ramapo, county of Rockland to discontinue the use of certain lands as parklands