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                                  3859

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2013
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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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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-
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:
  1.  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.

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  Such conveyance shall be subject to all covenants,  conditions,  ease-
ments and restrictions of record; and
  2.    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, abutting and bounded generally on the south by lands described  in
subdivision  1  of this section, state route 13 on the west, the thruway
on the north, and other lands under the authority's jurisdiction on  the
east,  having  an  area  not  to  exceed five acres. Such specific area,
configuration, and boundaries shall be determined by the authority.
  Such conveyance shall be subject to all covenants,  conditions,  ease-
ments and restrictions of record.
  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.