S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7456
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT to authorize the county of Suffolk to discontinue the use of
certain county lands as parkland and to sell and convey such lands to
the First Baptist Church of Bay Shore
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The county of Suffolk, acting by and through its governing
body, is hereby authorized to permanently discontinue as parklands, and
to sell and convey, upon such terms and conditions as such governing
body shall deem to be reasonable, to the First Baptist Church of Bay
Shore the land described in section three of this act.
S 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the county of Suffolk dedicate an
amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the property
being alienated by this act for the acquisition of additional parklands
and/or for capital improvements to existing park and recreational facil-
ities.
S 3. The lands to be permanently discontinued as parklands and alien-
ated, and conveyed are described as follows:
ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
being at Bay Shore, Town of Islip, County of Suffolk and State of New
York, part of which described and part being known and designated as lot
numbers 50 through 69 inclusive, and Harrison Avenue (Forks Road) as
they appear on the Map of Fordham Tract, filed in the Office of the
Suffolk County Clerk on October 19, 1912 as Map No. 270, said proper-
ties, when taken as one, is bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the intersection of the easterly side of 2nd Avenue and
the southerly side of Grace Street;
RUNNING THENCE North 53 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East, 175.00
feet along the southerly side of Grace Street;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THENCE South 36 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds East, 125.00 feet;
THENCE North 53 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds East, 105.16 feet to
Penataquit Brook;
THENCE along Penataquit Brook the following two (2) courses and
distances:
(1) South 61 degrees 04 minutes 14 seconds East, 164.76 feet; and
(2) South 89 degrees 07 minutes 03 seconds East, 81.96 feet;
THENCE South 53 degrees 20 minutes 00 seconds West, 171.25 feet to the
former northeasterly side of Harrison Avenue (Forks Road);
THENCE South 59 degrees 28 minutes 00 seconds East, 61.43 feet along
said former northeasterly side of Harrison Avenue;
THENCE North 56 degrees 55 minutes 00 seconds East, 137.22 feet to
Penataquit Brook;
THENCE along Penataquit Brook the following two (2) courses and
distances:
(1) South 37 degrees 17 minutes 00 seconds East, 13.21 feet; and
(2) North 84 degrees 80 minutes 00 seconds East, 4.67 feet;
THENCE South 18 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West, 112.20 feet to
said former northeasterly side of Harrison Avenue;
THENCE South 71 degrees 07 minutes 00 seconds East, 73.14 feet along
said former northeasterly side of Harrison Avenue to the new northerly
side of Harrison Avenue;
THENCE along the new northerly side of Harrison Avenue the following
two (2) courses and distances:
(1) South 75 degrees 06 minutes 27 seconds West, 177.46 feet; and
(2) South 74 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds West, 190.23 feet to the
southeasterly end of a curve connecting the new northerly line of Harri-
son Avenue and the easterly side of 2nd Avenue;
THENCE northwesterly, along the arc of a curve to the right, having a
Radius of 20.00 feet and a Length of 23.88 feet to the easterly side of
2nd Avenue;
THENCE North 36 degrees 40 minutes 00 seconds West, 375.14 feet along
the easterly side of 2nd Avenue to the southerly side of Grace Street at
the point or place of BEGINNING.
Containing 129,428 Square Feet or 2.9712 Acres, more or less.
Reference Suffolk County Tax Map District 0500 Section 341 Block 02
Lots 58.3, 60, 61, 62, 63, 89.2, 90, 91, 92.1, 94.1, 140 & 143.
S 4. The discontinuance and conveyance of parkland authorized by the
provisions of this act shall not occur until the county of Suffolk has
complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or
conversion of parklands, including satisfying the Secretary of the Inte-
rior that the conversion complies with all conditions which the Secre-
tary of the Interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other
lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and recreational useful-
ness to the lands being alienated or converted.
S 5. In the event that the park lands to be dedicated by the county of
Suffolk pursuant to this act are not of equal or greater fair market
value and usefulness as park lands than the park lands to be discontin-
ued, the county of Suffolk shall dedicate the difference of fair market
value and/or usefulness of the lands to be alienated and the lands to be
dedicated for the acquisition of additional park lands and/or capital
improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.