Authorizes the town of Amherst, county of Erie to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other parcels of land to replace such parkland.

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S7531-2011 Actions

• Aug 1, 2012: SIGNED CHAP.356
• Jul 20, 2012: DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
• Jun 21, 2012: returned to senate
• Jun 21, 2012: passed assembly
• Jun 21, 2012: home rule request
• Jun 21, 2012: ordered to third reading rules cal.550
• Jun 21, 2012: substituted for a10526
• Jun 18, 2012: referred to ways and means
• Jun 18, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Jun 18, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Jun 18, 2012: HOME RULE REQUEST
• Jun 18, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1289
• Jun 18, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 31, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S7531-2011 Meetings

Rules: Jun 18, 2012, Rules: Jun 21, 2012

S7531-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 18, 2012

S7531-2011 Votes

S7531-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7531

TITLE OF BILL:
An act authorizing the town of Amherst, county of Erie to alienate and
convey certain parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other
parcels of land to replace such parkland

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 dedi-
cation 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:
On June 22, 2006, the Town of Amherst took title to the former Calvary
Evangelical Lutheran Church; a 1.17-acre parcel of land at 4110 Bailey
Avenue, that was occupied by an 11,000 square foot church building and
associated parking lot, with no outdoor recreation facilities located on
site. On April 16, 2007 the Town Board designated the acreage as a
public park and playground. This acreage is currently being used as the
"Eggertsville Community Center" and, as the parcel of land is completely
developed and provides room for no outdoor recreation facilities, the
Town would like to remove the "parkland" designation and offers up a
substitute parcel of land. While the .62 acre parcel of land, at 4743
Harlem Road in the Town of Amherst, is smaller than the land being
alienated, it is adjacent to Fetto Park, which would increase the size
of the park to 2.89 acres, and has greater outdoor recreational value.
Upon adding this acreage to the existing, the current development plans
for the entire site will be reassessed to determine future use of the
additional acreage.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S7531-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    7531

                              I N  SENATE

                                May 31, 2012
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
    when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

  AN ACT authorizing the town of Amherst, county of Erie to  alienate  and
    convey  certain  parcels of land used as parkland and to acquire other
    parcels of land to replace such parkland

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


    Section  1.  The town of Amherst, county of Erie, is hereby authorized
  to discontinue as parklands, alienate and convey the lands described  in
  section three of this act.
    S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
  be effective on the condition that the town of Amherst acquire and dedi-
  cate  as parklands the lands described in section four of this act, such
  land to be used for park purposes.
    S 3. The lands to be  discontinued  as  parklands  and  alienated  and
  conveyed are described as follows:

    ALL  THAT  TRACT  OR  PARCEL  OF LAND, situate in the Town of Amherst,
  County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot Number 20, Town-
  ship 12, Range 7 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and being Subdivi-
  sion Lots Numbers 46 to 60 inclusive in Block "J" as shown on map  filed
  in  Erie  County  Clerk's Office under Cover Number 419 and more partic-
  ularly described as follows:

    BEGINNING at the northwest corner of the intersection of the  westerly
  line  of  Bailey  Avenue,  C.R.  152 a 66 ft. wide right-of-way with the
  northerly line of Oxford Street formerly Marilla Street a  50  ft.  wide
  right-of-way.
    THENCE  northerly  along  the  westerly line of Bailey Avenue a 66 ft.
  wide right-of-way a distance of 450.0 feet to a point;
    THENCE westerly and at a right angle to the westerly  line  of  Bailey
  Avenue  also  being  parallel  to  the northerly line of Oxford Street a
  distance of 112.0 feet to a point;
    THENCE southerly and at a right angle to  the  last  described  course
  also  being parallel to the westerly line of Bailey Avenue a distance of
  450.0 feet to a point;

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    THENCE easterly and at a right angle to the last described course also
  being along the northerly line of Oxford Street a 50 ft. wide  right-of-
  way a distance of 112.0 ft. to the point or place of beginning.
    EXCEPTING  THEREFROM  lands  appropriated by the State of New York for
  highway purposes by Notice of Appropriation dated  March  23,  1999  and
  recorded  March  23,  1999  in  Liber 10948 of Deeds at page 8294, being
  Parcel 9, Map 9, Project C.T. 152, Bailey Avenue.
    Having an area of 1.17 acres more or less
    S 4. The replacement lands to be acquired and dedicated by the town of
  Amherst, county of Erie to use as parkland for public park purposes  are
  described as follows:

    ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the town of Amherst, coun-
  ty of Erie and state of New York, being part of Lot No. 13, Township 12,
  Range  7  of the Holland Lane Company's Survey, bounded and described as
  follows:

    BEGINNING at a point in the south line of lands conveyed to Vincent N.
  Bridenbaker and Jean E. Brindenbaker, his wife, by deed recorded in Erie
  County Clerk's Office in Liber 4018 of Deeds at  page  487  at  a  point
  therein  205.72  feet east of the west line of Lot No. 13, said point of
  beginning being also the northeast corner of lands conveyed to  Anderson
  Williams  and  Roberta  M.  Williams, his wife, by deed recorded in Erie
  County Clerk's Office in Liber 7510 of Deeds at Page 397;
    THENCE easterly along the south line of lands so conveyed  to  Vincent
  N.  Brindenbaker and wife by deed aforesaid 445.56 feet to the east line
  of  lands  conveyed  to George Binner and Emma Binner, his wife, by deed
  recorded in Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber 986  of  Deeds  at  Page
  562;
    THENCE  southerly  along  the east line of lands so conveyed to George
  Binner and wife 69.74 feet to  the  north  line  of  lands  conveyed  to
  Vincent  Fetto  by  deed recorded in Erie County Clerk's Office in Liber
  6111 of deeds at Page 543;
    THENCE westerly along the north line of lands so conveyed  to  Vincent
  Fetto  445.46 feet to the southeast corner of lands conveyed to Anderson
  Williams and wife by deed aforesaid; and
    THENCE northerly along the east line of lands so conveyed to  Anderson
  Williams  and  wife  by deed aforesaid 65.43 feet to the point of begin-
  ning; and is further described on Erie County Tax Maps as Section, Block
  and Lot No. 68.130-4-24.
    Having an area of 28,254.89 square feet or .66 acres more or less
    S 5. In the event that the lands  to  be  acquired,  as  described  in
  section  four of this act, are not equal or greater in fair market value
  than the lands being alienated, as described in section  three  of  this
  act,  the  town  of  Amherst  shall  dedicate the difference in the fair
  market value for the acquisition  of  additional  parklands  and/or  for
  capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
    S  6. If the land that is the subject of this legislation has received
  funding pursuant to the federal land and water  conservation  fund,  the
  discontinuance  of parklands authorized by the provisions of this legis-
  lation shall not occur until the  municipality  has  complied  with  the
  federal  requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, includ-
  ing satisfying the secretary of the  interior  that  the  discontinuance
  will  include  all  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems
  necessary to assure the substitution of other lands shall be  equivalent
  in  fair  market  value  and  recreational usefulness to the lands being
  discontinued.
    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.