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                                  7741

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2014
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Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT authorizing the village of Massena and the  town  of  Massena  to
  alienate certain parcels of land used as parkland

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

  Section 1. The village of Massena and the town of Massena, are  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 village of Massena and  the  town
of  Massena  acquire  and dedicate lands of equal or greater fair market
value as additional parklands of the village and town.
  S 3. The lands to be  discontinued  as  parklands  and  alienated  and
conveyed consist of 3.89 acres and are described as follows:
  Parcel 1:
  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of
Massena, Town of Massena, County of St. Lawrence, State of New York, and
described as follows:
  BEGINNING  at  a  point  on the Southerly side of St. Regis Boulevard,
(N.Y. Route 37) distant 220.44 feet Easterly from the corner  formed  by
the  intersection of the Easterly side of Main Street with the Southerly
side of St. Regis Boulevard;
  CONTINUING THENCE along the Southerly line of St. Regis  Boulevard,  a
distance  of  262.5 feet to a point where the same is intersected by the
prolongation of the Westerly side of Hamilton Street;
  RUNNING THENCE South 00 degrees 21 minutes 43 seconds West  and  along
said prolongation of the Westerly side of Hamilton Street, a distance of
66.4 feet;
  THENCE South 89 degrees 44 minutes 17 seconds East, 61 feet;
  THENCE South 0 degrees 11 minutes 17 seconds West, 235.35 feet;
  THENCE South 89 degrees 48 minutes 07 seconds West, 324.27 feet;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  THENCE  NORTH  0  degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds West, 300 feet more or
less to the point or place of BEGINNING.
  BEING  and  intended  to  be  the  premises acquired by the Village of
Massena and the Town of Massena by deed dated  September  13,  1971  and
recorded November 11, 1971 in Liber 863 at page 765.
  Parcel 2:
  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of
Massena, Town of Massena, County of St. Lawrence, State of New York, and
described as follows:
  BEGINNING  at  a  point  on  the Southerly side of St. Regis Boulevard
(State Route 37) where the same is intersected by a prolongation of  the
Easterly side of Hamilton Street;
  RUNNING  THENCE  South  00  degrees  21 minutes 43 seconds West, 58.03
feet;
  RUNNING THENCE South 89 degrees 44 minutes  17  seconds  West,  315.40
feet;
  RUNNING  THENCE  North  3  degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds West, 90 feet
more or less to the Southerly side of St. Regis Boulevard;
  RUNNING THENCE Westerly along the Southerly line of St.  Regis  Boule-
vard  on a curve to the left whose radius is 3947.72 feet, a distance of
306 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.
  BEING and intended to be the  premises  acquired  by  the  Village  of
Massena  and  the  Town  of Massena by deed dated September 13, 1971 and
recorded November 11, 1971 in Liber 863 at page 759.
  Parcel 3:
  ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of
Massena, Town of Massena, County of St. Lawrence, State of New York, and
described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a point on a prolongation of the Easterly side of  Hamil-
ton  Street  distant 58.03 feet Southerly from the point of intersection
of the said Easterly side of Hamilton Street with the Southerly side  of
St.  Regis Boulevard (State Highway 37);
  RUNNING  THENCE  South  0 degrees 11 minutes 17 seconds East and along
the Easterly line of lands now or formerly of Haven Realty  Corporation,
a distance of 235.35 feet to a point;
  THENCE  South  89  degrees  48  minutes  07 seconds West and along the
Southerly line of lands now or formerly of Haven  Realty  Corporation  a
distance of 324.27 feet;
  THENCE  South 0 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds East a distance of 122.2
feet to the Northerly side of a Right of Way known as Romeo Avenue;
  THENCE along the Northerly line of Romeo Avenue and  further  along  a
continuation  of  same, a distance of 660 feet more or less to lands now
or formerly of Harte Haven, Inc.
  RUNNING THENCE North 3 degrees 50 minutes 40 seconds  West  along  the
division  lines  of  lands  now  or formerly of Harte Haven Inc. and the
lands now or formerly of Harry B. Helmsley etal. a distance of 315  feet
more  or  less  to  a  point (said line also being the Southerly line of
lands intended to be conveyed by Harte Haven  Inc.  to  The  Village  of
Massena,  New  York and the Town of Massena, New York by deed dated Sept
13, 1971 and intended to be recorded simultaneously herewith;
  CONTINUING THENCE North 89 degrees 44 minutes 17  seconds  West  along
said line, 315.4 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING.

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  BEING  and  intended  to  be  the  premises acquired by the Village of
Massena and the Town of Massena by  deed  dated  November  3,  1971  and
recorded November 11, 1971 in Liber 863 at page 762.
  S  4.  In  the  event  that  the lands to be acquired are not equal or
greater in  fair  market  value  than  the  lands  being  alienated,  as
described  in  section three of this act, the village of Massena and the
town of Massena shall dedicate the difference in the fair  market  value
for  the acquisition of additional parklands and/or for capital improve-
ments to existing park and recreational facilities.
  S 5. If the land that is the subject of this act has received  funding
pursuant to the federal land and water conservation fund, the discontin-
uance  of  parklands  authorized by the provisions of this act shall not
occur until the municipality has complied with the federal  requirements
pertaining  to  the  conversion  of  parklands, including 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 6. This act shall take effect immediately.