S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7575
I N S E N A T E
June 5, 2012
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Introduced by Sens. DeFRANCISCO, VALESKY -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local
Government
AN ACT to authorize the New York state thruway authority to convey
certain land located in the village of Canastota, county of Madison
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Declaration of purpose. The state of New York, the village
of Canastota and the county of Madison have determined that the develop-
ment of the village of Canastota's underutilized property, uniquely
located near the New York state thruway, is vital to the growth and
prosperity of the state of New York, the village of Canastota and the
county of Madison. Development of this area offers an historic opportu-
nity to expand the local economy, provide job opportunities, expand
tourism and recreational related industry, and increase municipal reven-
ue for the residents of the village of Canastota and the overall Central
New York region. In general, the state of New York desires to improve
this corridor to create opportunities for tourism and recreation. The
New York state thruway authority has identified a parcel of such certain
land, which is under its present jurisdiction and owned by the people of
the state of New York, that may be utilized to allow realization of such
opportunities for tourism and recreation. The county of Madison has
established an industrial development agency pursuant to section 893 of
the general municipal law with the intention of using such agency for
the purposes of relieving and reducing unemployment, promoting and
providing for additional and maximum employment, bettering and maintain-
ing job opportunities, and such other purposes as may be authorized by
section 893 of the general municipal law.
S 2. Notwithstanding any other law, the New York state thruway author-
ity shall transfer and convey to the Madison county industrial develop-
ment agency, created pursuant to section 893 of the general municipal
law, the parcel of certain land referenced in section one of this act
and described in section four of this act for the purposes described in
this act, sole consideration of redevelopment activities and site owner-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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ship responsibilities, within 60 days of notice by such industrial
development agency.
S 3. The Madison county industrial development agency shall use the
lands conveyed pursuant to this act for such purposes and in accordance
with such powers as authorized by section 893 of the general municipal
law.
S 4. The lands authorized to be conveyed pursuant to section two of
this act are generally described as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land, situated, lying, and being in the
Village of Canastota, Town of Lenox, County of Madison, State of New
York, more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at an iron pin set at the northeasterly corner of Parcel No.
273 heretofore appropriated by the People of the State of New York
("State") by virtue of Map No. 220 (Mohawk Thruway-Madison County) filed
in the Madison County Clerk's Office ("Clerk's Office") on August 20,
1952, said pin also being set at the northwesterly corner of lands
conveyed to The International Boxing Hall of Fame, Inc. ("IBHF") by deed
recorded in the Clerk's Office on October 6, 1987 in Liber 848 at page
218, and at a point in the easterly boundary of state Route 13 (a/k/a
North Peterboro Street); thence along said easterly boundary, North
7°-13'-07" East, 150.08 feet to an iron pin; thence through lands APPRO-
PRIATED BY THE STATE THE FOLLOWING FOUR COURSES AND DISTANCES: (1) NORTH
47°-35'-00" EAST, 488.85 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; (2) SOUTH 6°-35'-00" WEST,
52.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; (3) SOUTH 42°-25'-00" EAST, 250.00 TO AN IRON
PIN; AND (4) SOUTH 47°-35'-00" WEST, 650.00 FEET TO AN IRON PIN SET AT A
POINT IN THE AFORESAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY OF STATE ROUTE 13; THENCE ALONG
SAID EASTERLY BOUNDARY NORTH 7°-13'-07" WEST, 97.60 FEET TO AN IRON PIN
SET AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF THE AFORESAID PARCEL NO. 273, SAID
PIN ALSO BEING SET AT THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
LANDS CONVEYED TO THE IBHF; THENCE ALONG THE DIVISION LINE BETWEEN LANDS
APPROPRIATED BY THE STATE AND LANDS CONVEYED TO THE IBHF THE FOLLOWING
THREE COURSES AND DISTANCES: (1) NORTH 52°-01'-00" EAST, 158.74 FEET TO
AN IRON PIN; (2) NORTH 8°-27'-51" WEST, 98.75 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; AND
(3) SOUTH 52°-01'-00" WEST, 156.25 FEET TO THE POINT AND PLACE OF BEGIN-
NING; CONTAINING 3.29 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, ALL AS SHOWN ON A MAP MADE BY
MYERS AND ASSOCIATES, P.C., DATED APRIL 22, 1998 AND LAST REVISED DECEM-
BER 18, 1998, ENTITLED "PORTION OF LANDS OF THE NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY
AUTHORITY," FILED IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON JUNE 17, 2002 UNDER CONTROL
NO. 3867.
Being all of Parcel No. 274 appropriated by the State in fee without
the right of access reserved to abutting owners, by virtue of Map No.
227 (Mohawk Thruway-Madison County) filed in the Clerk's Office on
August 20, 1952; and a portion of Parcel Nos. 276 and 277 appropriated
by the State in fee without the right of access reserved to abutting
owners, by virtue of Map Nos. 222 and 223 (Mohawk Thruway-Madison Coun-
ty), respectively, filed in the Clerk's Office on August 20, 1952 and
November 10, 1952, respectively.
Access to and/or from the above-described lands is restricted to the
following described boundaries: North 7°-13'-07" West, 97.60 feet; North
52°-01'-00" East, 158.74 feet; North 8°-27'-51" West, 98.75 feet; South
52°-01'-00" West, 156.25 feet; and North 7°-13'-07" West, 150.08 feet.
Access, therefore, is strictly prohibited across all other boundaries
described hereinabove.
Such conveyance shall be subject to all covenants, conditions, ease-
ments and restrictions of record.
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S 5. The Madison county industrial development agency shall adopt by
resolution comprehensive guidelines which detail the corporation's oper-
ative policy and instructions regarding the use, awarding, monitoring
and reporting of procurement contracts. Such guidelines shall, at a
minimum, include the standards established in section 104-b of the
general municipal law.
S 6. In the event that the lands as described in section four of this
act shall cease to be developed within five years from the date of
transfer, in accordance with the purposes set forth in sections one and
three of this act prior to the issuance of any certificate of occupancy,
title to such lands and any improvements thereon shall revert to the
people of the state of New York under the jurisdiction of the New York
state thruway authority.
S 7. This act shall take effect immediately.