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                             April 10, 2012
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Introduced  by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT authorizing the county of Saratoga to discontinue for  reforesta-
  tion purposes the use of certain lands and to convey such lands

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding section  219  of  the  county  law  to  the
contrary,  the  county  of  Saratoga is hereby authorized, acting by and
through its county board of supervisors and upon such terms  and  condi-
tions as determined by such board of supervisors, to discontinue the use
of  the lands described in section two of this act acquired for refores-
tation proposes. The authorization contained in this act shall be effec-
tive only upon acquisition by the county of Saratoga of  the  parcel  as
described  in section three of this act, which is currently vacant prop-
erty not used by the public for reforestation or recreational  purposes,
for reforestation purposes.
  S  2.  The  real  property  authorized to be conveyed by the county of
Saratoga to the town of Moreau for a  water  pump  station  pursuant  to
section one of this act shall be bounded and described as follows:
  ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE in the town of
Moreau,  county of Saratoga, state of New York lying along the northerly
line of Spier Falls Road, County Road No. 24,  approximately  0.5  miles
west of the westerly line of the Adirondack Northway, I-87 being further
bounded and described as follows:
  Commencing  at  a  point  marked with a leaning iron pipe found at the
point of intersection of the northerly line of Spier Falls Road,  County
Road  No.    24  with  the common division line of lands now or formerly
Edward J. Raab and Loretta M. Raab as conveyed in Book 850 of  Deeds  at
Page  379  to  the east and lands of Saratoga County as conveyed in Book
368 of Deeds at Page 35 to the west; Thence from said Point of Commence-
ment along said northerly line of Spier Falls Road the following two (2)
courses and distances: 1) North 82 deg. 01 min.  30  sec.  West,  225.32
feet to the point of curvature; and 2) Along a curve to the right an arc
length  of  88.62  feet  to  the  Point  of Beginning of the hereinafter

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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described parcel of land, said curve having a radius of 452.50 feet  and
a  chord  bearing  of  North  76  deg. 24 min. 40 sec. West, 88.48 feet;
Thence from said Point of Beginning continuing along said northerly line
along  a curve to the right an arc length of 60.08 feet to a point, said
curve having a radius of 452.50 feet and a chord  bearing  of  North  67
deg.  00  min.  00  sec.  West, 60.03 feet; Thence through said lands of
Saratoga County the following three (3) courses and distance:  1)  North
24 deg. 51 min. 00 sec. East, 60.00 feet to a point; 2) South 65 deg. 09
min.  00  sec. East, 60.00 feet to a point; and 3) South 24 deg. 51 min.
00 sec. West, 58.06 feet to the point or place of  beginning  containing
0.082  plus  or  minus acres or 3,582 plus or minus square feet of land.
Said parcel made subject to any and all  enforceable  covenants,  condi-
tions, easements and restrictions of record.
  S  3.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that on or before the  alienation  and
conveyance of the easement for a water pump station described in section
two  of this act, the county of Saratoga shall acquire and dedicate real
property for reforestation purposes, of equal  or  greater  fair  market
value  to  the  lands being alienated. In the event that the lands to be
acquired by the county of Saratoga for reforestation  purposes  pursuant
to  this  act  are not equal to or greater than the fair market value of
the lands to be alienated by the county of Saratoga,  the  county  shall
dedicate the difference between the fair market value of the lands to be
alienated  and the fair market value of the lands to be acquired for the
dedication of additional lands for  reforestation  purposes.  The  addi-
tional  real  property  to  be  acquired and dedicated for reforestation
purposes, being more particularly bound and described as follows:
  ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the town
of Corinth, county of Saratoga, state of New York, being  a  portion  of
the  premises  or  property owned by the county of Saratoga, and further
being a portion of Great Lot 4, Sub-lot 2 of the Twenty-Fourth Allotment
in the Kayaderosseras Patent, bounded and described as follows:
  Beginning at a point at the southwest corner of lands of  the  grantor
County of Saratoga thence northerly along the division line of the Coun-
ty  of Saratoga on the East and the lands of Lyme Adirondack Timberlands
II, LLC on the West, North 07 degrees 32 minutes 04 seconds  West  (66)'
sixty-six feet to a point on said division line, thence Easterly through
the  lands  of  the  County  of  Saratoga North 82 degrees 27 minutes 56
seconds East (66)' sixty-six feet to a point, thence  southerly  through
the  lands  of  the  County  of  Saratoga South 07 degrees 32 minutes 56
seconds East to a point on the south bounds of the County  of  Saratoga,
thence Westerly along the division line of the County of Saratoga on the
North and the lands of Lyme Adirondack Timberlands II, LLC on the South,
South  82 degrees 27 minutes 56 seconds West (66)' sixty six feet to the
point and place of beginning. Containing one tenth (1/10) of an acre  of
land more or less.
  Together  with  an  easement  and right of way (deed book 1052 at page
792) for all ordinary purposes of ingress and  egress,  in  common  with
others,  following  the  existing  wood road as now used and located and
which is shown generally upon a map entitled "Map  Showing  Location  of
Right  of  Way  and 5.739 Acre Parcel of Land Proposed to be Conveyed to
the Van Curler Broadcasting Co. Located on  Spruce  Mountain",  made  by
Leslie W.  Coulter, Surveyor, dated August 1, 1957 said map filed in the
Saratoga County Clerks office in highway map book 15 at page 60.
  This  one  tenth  (1/10)  of  an  acre piece of land is Subject to the
following: 1) Rights granted to the Conservation Department by  Interna-

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tional  Paper  Company found in deed book 815 at page 595. 2) Adirondack
Park Agency permit found in Miscellaneous records book 25 at  page  590.
3)  Mineral  rights  reserved  to International Paper Realty Corporation
found  in  deed  book  1052  at  page 787. 4) Lease agreement to Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation by the County of Saratoga as a second agreement
dated 25th day of October 2007.
  Said one tenth (1/10) of an acre  parcel  being  a  portion  of  lands
granted  to  the  County  of  Saratoga by the International Paper Realty
Corporation dated 11th day of November, 1983 and recorded in the Sarato-
ga County Clerks office on April 3, 1984 in deed book 1052 at page 787.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.