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                                   10515
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 30, 2024
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Jacobson) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing the city of Poughkeepsie to alienate
   and discontinue the use of certain 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 city of Pough-
 keepsie is hereby authorized, acting by and through its governing  body,
 and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such governing body,
 to  discontinue  the use as parkland and alienate the lands described in
 section three of this act, for the purpose of constructing an  emergency
 communications tower on such lands for use by the city of Poughkeepsie.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be effective on the condition that, the city of Poughkeepsie dedicate an
 amount  equal  to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands
 being discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or  capi-
 tal improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE IN THE CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE,
 COUNTY OF DUTCHESS AND STATE OF NEW YORK AND BEING  A  PORTION  OF  LAND
 CONVEYED  TO  THE CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION BY LIBER
 200 AT PAGE 239, LIBER 200 AT PAGE 241 AND LIBER 200  AT  PAGE  243  AND
 RECORDED  IN THE DUTCHESS COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS
 FOLLOWS:
   COMMENCING AT A POINT, SAID POINT BEING LOCATED ON THE EASTERLY BOUNDS
 OF NORTH CLINTON STREET, SAID POINT BEING THE  NORTHWESTERLY  CORNER  OF
 TAX  PARCEL  6162-63-327371-0000, BEING OWNED NOW OR FORMERLY BY DEBORAH
 A.  WHITTON, THENCE FROM SAID POINT OF COMMENCEMENT ALONG SAID  EASTERLY
 BOUNDS  OF  NORTH CLINTON STREET, N. 11° 02' 43" E., 402.00' TO A POINT,
 THEN FROM SAID POINT THROUGH THE SAID LANDS OF THE CITY OF POUGHKEEPSIE,
 A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH  LINE  OF  SAID  TAX
 PARCEL  6162-63-327371-0000,  S  81° 04' 59" E, 979.30', MORE OR LESS TO
 THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATION  COMPOUND  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15768-02-4
 A. 10515                            2
 
 THE  POINT  AND  PLACE OF BEGINNING, THENCE FROM SAID POINT AND PLACE OF
 BEGINNING THE FOLLOWING EIGHT (8) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
   1) S. 73° 24' 59" E., 21.00', THENCE
 2) N. 16° 35' 01" E., 45.60', THENCE
 3) N. 43° 35' 01" E., 25.00', THENCE
 4) N. 46° 24' 59" W., 20.00', THENCE
 5) S. 43° 35' 01" W., 33.50', THENCE
 6) N. 73° 24' 59" W., 33.34', THENCE
 7) S. 16° 35' 01" W., 59.56', THENCE
 8) S. 73°  24'  59"  E.,  29.00'  TO  THE  POINT AND PLACE OF BEGINNING,
 CONTAINING 3,447.03 SQ. FEET, OR 0.079 ACRES MORE OR LESS.
   § 4. In the event that the city of Poughkeepsie 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 and alienation of such parklands author-
 ized  by  the  provisions  of this act shall not occur until the city of
 Poughkeepsie has complied with any federal  requirements  pertaining  to
 the  alienation  or  conversion  of  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 usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.