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                                 5076--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 12, 2015
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. WOERNER, ENGLEBRIGHT, McDONALD, OTIS -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. McLAUGHLIN, STEC -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- reported  and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
  powers and duties of the Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  4  and 5 of section 42-0107 of the environ-
mental conservation law, as added by chapter 737 of the  laws  of  2006,
are amended to read as follows:
  4.  To  appoint  AND REMOVE an executive officer, officers, agents and
employees, and prescribe their duties and qualifications and  fix  their
compensation.
  5.  To  contract for professional and technical assistance and advice,
INCLUDING RETAINING OR EMPLOYING COUNSEL, PRIVATE CONSULTANTS AND  INDE-
PENDENT CONTRACTORS.
  S  2. Subdivision 13 of section 42-0107 of the environmental conserva-
tion law is renumbered subdivision 15, and two new subdivisions  13  and
14 are added to read as follows:
  13. TO ADOPT AND USE A SEAL.
  14.    TO CONSTRUCT OR CAUSE TO HAVE CONSTRUCTED NECESSARY FACILITIES,
INCLUDING PATHS AND TRAILS, A  VISITOR  EDUCATION  CENTER,  AND  RELATED
PARKING  AREAS  ON THE LAND DESCRIBED IN SECTION THREE OF THE CHAPTER OF
THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN THAT ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION.
  S 3. The Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership, established pursu-
ant to article 42 of the environmental conservation law,  is  authorized
to acquire the following property:
  VISITOR CENTER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02572-06-5
              

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  BEGINNING  at  a point in the northerly bounds of New York State Route
29, said point being situate at a distance of 551.69 feet.  Northwester-
ly,  measured  along said Route 29 from a concrete monument in the north
bounds of Route 29 at the southwest corner of a parcel of land reputedly
owned  by Lydia Grolley, and which said point of beginning is also situ-
ate at a distance of 26  feet,  Northwesterly,  from  the  northwesterly
corner  of  a  sewage pump station, and which point of beginning is also
located at a distance of 12.05 feet, Northerly, of the northerly edge of
the 4 foot concrete gutter running along the northerly side of Route 29,
running thence from said point of beginning, North 57 degrees 00 minutes
20 seconds West, along the northerly bounds of Route 29, also  known  as
Ferry  Street,  for a distance of 187.0 feet to a point at the southwest
corner of the parcel herein described, and which said  southwest  corner
is  situate  at  a  distance  of  104 feet, Easterly, from the southeast
corner of the existing town water  building  located  at  the  northeast
corner  of  Canal  Street  and  Ferry  Street; thence the following five
courses and distances along the east bounds of the Old  Champlain  Barge
Canal,  viz:  North  18  degrees  09  minutes East, 62.24 feet; North 27
degrees 03 minutes East, 79.16 feet; North 34 degrees 40  minutes  East,
65.05 feet; North 47 degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds East, 366.55 feet and
North  57  degrees 56 minutes 50 seconds East, 126.25 feet to the north-
west corner of the parcel herein described, said northwest corner  being
25  feet,  more or less, south of the center line of a 10 foot wide dirt
road leading from the east end of Saratoga Street, Easterly and Souther-
ly, through the village Park; thence South 51 degrees  14  minutes  East
for  a  distance  of  170.00  feet to the northeast corner of the parcel
herein described, and which said northeast corner  is  located  25  feet
Southerly  of  the  center line of the above mentioned dirt road; thence
South 41 degrees 55 minutes 30 seconds West, through the  lands  of  the
party  of  the  first  part hereto, for a distance of 664.67 feet to the
place of beginning and containing 3.33 acres of land, be the  same  more
or less.
  SWORD SURRENDER SITE
  ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate and being in the Town
of  Saratoga,  County  of  Saratoga  and  State of New York, bounded and
described as follows:
  BEGINNING at a capped iron rod, located at the intersection formed  by
the  westerly  line of New York State Route 4 with the Southerly line of
Schuyler Street, thence in a southwesterly direction along the  westerly
side  of New York State Route 4, the following two courses: 1) South 11°
15' 40" West, 72.13 feet to a concrete monument and 2) South 09° 13' 11"
West, 119.26 feet to a point; thence in a westerly, southerly and  east-
erly  direction  and along the lands now or formerly of William Hartloff
and Darlene Duggan (Liber 1651, Page 713) the  following  five  courses:
1)  North  78° 32' 40" West, 87.90 feet to an iron rod; 2) South 14° 22'
01" West, 101.37 feet to a capped iron rod; 3) South 78° 32'  40"  East,
60.72  feet to a point; 4) south 08° 21' 53" West, 83.00 feet to an iron
rod and 5) South 78° 32' 40" East, 33.17 feet  to  point;  thence  in  a
southerly  direction and along the aforesaid westerly line of the afore-
said N.Y.S.  Route 4, the following 3 courses:   1) South  06°  14'  15"
West,  298.50 feet to a point; 2) South 10° 57' 43" West, 200.64 feet to
a concrete monument and 3) South 00° 36' 17"  East,  220.93  feet  to  a
capped  iron rod; thence in a westerly and southerly direction and along
the lands now or formerly of Scott Goldup (Liber  1523,  Page  332)  the
following  two  courses:    1)  North 67° 34' 16" West, 294.46 feet to a
capped iron rod and 2) South 21° 10' 25" West,  317.81  feet  to  corner

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fence  post; thence in a westerly direction and along the northerly line
of said Helen Hoffman (Book 788, Page 359), the following five  courses:
1)  North 74° 31' 09" West, 169.80 feet to a point; 2) North 72° 51' 56"
West,  201.40 feet to a point; 3) North 75° 27' 24" West 97.48 feet to a
point; 4) North 71° 58' 27" West 142.11 feet to a point and 5) North 79°
38' 45" West, 77.86 to a capped iron rod; thence in a  northerly  direc-
tion along the lands of said Shostak (Book 973, Page 504 and Lois DeChi-
ro  (Liber  1307,  Page  352),  North  20° 17' 23" East 742.91 feet to a
capped iron rod; thence in an easterly direction and along the lands  of
said  Dennison  (Book  735, Page 357) and William and Catherine Ippoliti
(Liber 1500, Page 366), South 74° 49' 00" East, 460.19' to an iron  rod;
thence in a northerly direction and along the easterly line of the afor-
esaid lands of Ippoliti, North 14° 34' 00" East, 606.00 feet to a capped
iron  rod  located  in  the aforesaid southerly line of Schuyler Street;
thence in an easterly direction along said southerly  line  of  Schuyler
Road,  the  following  four  courses and distances: 1) South 76° 13' 21"
East, 95.70 feet to a point; 2) South 76° 04' 26" East 71.52 feet  to  a
point; 3) South 76° 41' 27" East 100.52 feet to a point and 4) South 75°
58' 52" East, 70.02 feet to the point or place of beginning.
  Containing in all 18.894 acres of land being more or less.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.