S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4748
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 5, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT authorizing the town of Hancock, county of Delaware, to alienate
and convey certain parcels of land used as parklands
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Hancock,
county of Delaware, acting by and through its governing body, is hereby
authorized to discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands commonly
known as the Town of Hancock Golf Course, consisting of a nine hole golf
course and a clubhouse/restaurant, and as more particularly described in
section three of this act, and to sell and convey such lands at fair
market value and upon such other terms and conditions as determined by
the governing body of the town.
§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take
effect only upon the condition that the town of Hancock, county of Dela-
ware, shall acquire and dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the
fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acqui-
sition of new parklands and/or towards capital improvements to existing
parkland and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The lands referred to in section one of this act are located,
bounded and described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Village & Town of
Hancock, County of Delaware, State of New York, being in a portion of
Lot 1 & Lot 3 of Division 9, Great Lot 35 of the Hardenburgh Patent,
more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point in the Village of Hancock at the intersection of
the centerline Sands Creek Road and the a northerly highway boundary of
Golf Course Road, being S 7°26'08"E a distance of 601.32 feet, from a
point at the centerline intersection of Bear Brook Road and said Sands
Creek Road;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THENCE northerly along said centerline of Sands Creek Road the follow-
ing two courses:
N 1°37'29" W a distance of 216.17 feet, to an angle point;
N 0°34'03" W a distance of 47.86 feet, to a point at the southwesterly
corner of lands owned by Mark A. Macfetrich, Noreen A. Wessels, Renee A.
Bosket & Noel A. Macfetrich as recorded in the Delaware County Clerk's
Office in Liber 964 of deeds, at page 88;
THENCE along the lands owned by said Macfetrich, Wessels, Bosket &
Macfetrich the following five courses N 37°44'13" E a distance of 39.93
feet, to a 5/8 inch rebar with plastic yellow cap tagged "Paul B.
Koerts, L.S.No. 49580" set (hereafter referred to as pin set) in the
easterly highway boundary of said Sands Creek Road, THENCE continuing N
37°44'13" E a distance of 187.93 feet, to a pin set;
N 0°34'03" W a distance of 95.23 feet, to a pin set;
Along a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 460.00 feet, an arc
distance of 214.22 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 13°54'32" W, a
distance of 212.29 feet, to a point of tangency;
Along a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 230.00 feet, an arc
distance of 8.85 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 28°21'07" W a
distance of 8.85 feet, to a pin set in the southeasterly highway bounda-
ry of Bear Brook Road,
Along a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 230.00 feet, an arc
distance of 27.70 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 32°54'15" W a
distance of 27.69 feet, to a point in said centerline of said Bear Brook
Road;
THENCE northeasterly along said centerline of Bear Brook Road the
following four courses totaling 207.67 feet:
Along a tangent curve to the right with a radius of 265.00 feet, an
arc distance of 47.28 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 36°41'48" E,
a distance of 47.22 feet, to a point of tangency;
N 41°48'30" E a distance of 64.95 feet, to a point of curvature;
Along a tangent curve to the left with a radius of 400.00 feet, an arc
distance of 91.02 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 35°17'21" E, a
distance of 90.83 feet, to a point of reverse curvature;
Along a tangent curve to the right with a radius of 242.00 feet, an
arc distance of 4.42 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 29°17'35" E, a
distance of 4.42 feet, to a point in the centerline of Bear Brook, being
also a southwesterly corner of lands owned by Charles H. Buckley (Liber
660, page 284);
THENCE northeasterly along said centerline of Bear Brook, being the
boundary between the Village of Hancock on the southeast and the Town of
Hancock on the northwest, and the southeasterly boundary lands owned by
said Buckley, as it winds and turns a distance of 668 feet more or less
to a point;
THENCE continuing along the lands owned by said Buckley the following
three courses:
S 68°10'48" E along the boundary between the Village of Hancock on the
south and the Town of Hancock on the north a distance of 56 feet, more
or less to a pin set, being N 54°51'55" E a distance of 670.97 feet,
from said point at intersection of the centerline of Bear Brook Road and
Bear Brook, THENCE continuing S 68°10'48" E a distance of 460.00 feet,
to a pin set;
N 22°23'43" E crossing into the Town of Hancock a distance of 19.34
feet, to a twin maple tree;
N 41°08'23" E a distance of 360.00 feet, to a pin set at the south-
easterly corner of lands owned by Han Cel, Inc. (Liber 771, page 293);
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THENCE N 41°05'33" E along the easterly boundary of lands owned by
said Han Cel, Inc. a distance of 445.50 feet, to a 5/8 inch rebar tagged
"Shields" found in the southerly boundary of lands owned by Reservoir
Hill, LLC (Liber 979, page 170);
THENCE S 70°03'51" E along said southerly boundary of lands owned by
Reservoir Hill, LLC a distance of 463.57 feet, to a pin set in the
westerly boundary of lands owned by James B. Durfee, Andrew W. Durfee,
Kathryn L. D'Amanda & Douglas R. Durfee;
THENCE along the lands owned by said Durfee, Durfee, D'Amanda & Durfee
the following five courses:
S 21°51'49" W a distance of 434.84 feet, to a pin set;
S 68°10'44" E a distance of 944.39 feet, to a pin set;
N 23°17'11" E a distance of 162.60 feet, to a pin set;
N 82°25'20" E a distance of 709.60 feet, to a pin set;
S 3°49'49" W a distance of 553.57 feet to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found, thence continuing S 2°49'49" W crossing into the Village of
Hancock a distance of 106.14 feet to a 5/8 inch rebar tagged "Keystone"
found at the northwesterly corner of lands owned by Charles H. Buckley,
Alice Ann Buckley & Eric Buckley (Liber 1204, page 88), thence continu-
ing S 3°49'49" W along said westerly boundary of lands owned by Buckley,
Buckley & Buckley a distance of 243.59 feet, to a triangular concrete
monument found in the northerly highway boundary of said Golf Course
Road, for a total course distance of 903.30 feet;
THENCE N 89°37'29" W along said northerly highway boundary of Golf
Course Road a distance of 153.42 feet, to a triangular concrete monument
found at a easterly corner of lands owned by Joseph A. & Bonnie Iozzi;
THENCE N 82°45'49" W a distance of 474.88 feet, to a pin set;
THENCE S 84°14'19" W a distance of 132.93 feet, to a pin set at a
northeasterly corner of lands owned by Alexander & Sigrid Conte (Liber
761, page 313);
THENCE along the lands owned by said Conte the following two courses:
S 76°36'14" W a distance of 238.22 feet, a pin set;
S 23°21'53" W a distance of 377.90 feet, to a pin set in said norther-
ly highway boundary of Golf Course Road;
THENCE westerly along said northerly highway boundary of Golf Course
Road the following eight courses, totaling 1724.45 feet:
S 75°06'09" W a distance of 351.00 feet, to a pin set;
N 74°11'46" W a distance of 456.00 feet, to a pin set;
N 46°17'15" W a distance of 76.54 feet, to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found;
N 82°18'09" W a distance of 329.61 feet, to a triangular concrete
monument found;
S 54°09'05" W a distance of 62.23 feet, to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found;
Along a curve to the left with a radius of 1697.95 feet, an arc
distance of 245.79 feet, subtended by a chord bearing N 84°43'43" W, a
distance of 245.57 feet, to a pin set;
S 22°18'51" W a distance of 150.30 feet, to a triangular concrete
monument found;
S 73°04'39" W a distance of 52.98 feet, to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found at a easterly corner of lands owned by New York State Elec-
tric & Gas Corporation (Liber 439, page 66);
THENCE along the northerly boundary of lands owned by said New York
State Electric & Gas Corporation the following two courses:
N 62°35'44" W a distance of 26.98 feet, to a 1 1/2 inch iron pipe
found;
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N 73°35'31" W a distance of 461.57 feet, to a pin set in the easterly
boundary of other lands owned by said New York Electric & Gas Corpo-
ration (Liber 436, page 249);
THENCE along the lands owned by said New York Electric & Gas Corpo-
ration the following four courses:
N 30°32'14" E a distance of 495.35 feet, to an iron pipe found;
N 59°45'17" W a distance of 460.93 feet, to a to an iron pipe found;
S 15°24'49" W a distance of 380.43 feet, to a pin set;
S 7°14'34" W a distance of 249.53 feet, to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found in said northerly highway boundary of Golf Course Road;
THENCE along said northerly highway boundary of Golf Course Road the
following two courses:
S 87°26'58" W a distance of 87.04 feet, to a triangular concrete monu-
ment found in the easterly highway boundary of said Sands Creek Road;
S 87°26'58" W a distance of 24.75 feet, to the point of beginning.
CONTAINING 92.99 acres of land as surveyed by Paul B. Koerts Profes-
sional Land Surveyor on September 16, 2008, revised April 14, 2009 and
revised May 19, 2011 as shown on map no. 12485-1. All bearings are
referenced to true north at 76°35' meridian of west longitude.
§ 4. In the event that the town of Hancock received any funding
support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase,
maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three
of this act, the discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions
of this act shall not occur until the town of Hancock has complied with
any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of
such parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior that
the alienation or conversion complies with all conditions which the
secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of
other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value and recreational
usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
§ 5. This act shall take effect immediately.