STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6401 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT authorizing the city of Schenectady to alienate 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: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the city of Schenec- 2 tady, acting by and through its governing body, is hereby authorized to 3 discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands more particularly 4 described in section three of this act, and to sell and convey such 5 parklands at fair market value and upon such other terms and conditions 6 as determined by the governing body of the city of Schenectady to the 7 Boys & Girls Club for the purpose of constructing a new Boys & Girls 8 Club facility at Quackenbush Park. 9 § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take 10 effect only upon the condition that the city of Schenectady shall 11 acquire and dedicate the lands described in section three of this act as 12 additional parklands of the county. 13 § 3. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin- 14 ued as parklands and conveyed to the Boys & Girls Club consists of 1.35 15 acres and are described as follows: 16 All that certain tract, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying and 17 being in the City of Schenectady, County of Schenectady and State of New 18 York and being more particularly bounded and described as follows: 19 Beginning at a point on the division line of lands herein described as 20 Lot 1 on the south and lands now or formerly of Schenectady City School 21 District as described in Liber 279 of deeds at page 209 on the north, 22 said point being the northeast corner of Lot 2; thence running along 23 said division line North 30°59'00" East, 150.10 feet to a point with the 24 lands herein described as Lot 1 on the south, lands now or formerly of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11613-01-7

S. 6401 2 1 Schenectady City School District on the west and lands now or formerly 2 of the City of Schenectady as described in Liber 222 of deeds at page 3 479 on the east; thence South 53°08'09" East, 151.20 feet to a point on 4 the division line of lands herein described as Lot 1 on the west and 5 lands now or formerly of The City of Schenectady on the east; thence 6 running along said division line South 12°44'55" East, 195.16 feet to a 7 point on the division line of lands herein described as Lot 1 on the 8 north and lands now or formerly of The City of Schenectady as described 9 in Liber 302 of deeds at page 18 on the south; thence running along said 10 division line South 78°47'04" West, 271.14 feet to a point at its inter- 11 section with lands herein described as Lot 1 on the east, lands of Lot 2 12 on the west and the lands now or formerly of The City of Schenectady on 13 the south; thence running along the division line of Lot 1 and Lot 2 the 14 following four (4) courses and distances: 1.) North 11°11'16" West, 15 90.73 feet to a point; 2.) North 78°47'04" East, 42.99 feet to a point; 16 3.) North 11°12'56" West, 49.48 feet to a point; and 4.) North 09°19'00" 17 East, 60.00 feet to the point or place of beginning. 18 Containing 1.35 Acres of land more or less. 19 § 4. In the event that the parklands to be dedicated by the city of 20 Schenectady pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater than the 21 fair market value of the parkland to be discontinued and conveyed, the 22 city of Schenectady shall dedicate the difference of the fair market 23 value of the lands to be alienated and the lands to be dedicated for the 24 acquisition of additional parklands and/or for capital improvements to 25 existing park and recreational facilities. 26 § 5. In the event that the city of Schenectady received any funding 27 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 28 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three 29 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author- 30 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the city of 31 Schenectady has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the 32 alienation or conversion of such parklands, including satisfying the 33 secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies 34 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary 35 to assure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 36 market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 37 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.