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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT approving land transactions relating to the implementation of the
   land exchange for the forest preserve health and safety  land  account
   and public utility improvements

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Pursuant to section 1 of article 14 of the State  Constitu-
 tion,  as  amended  at  the general election held in November, 2017, the
 legislature approves the lands to be conveyed to the State as  described
 in  section  three of this act, which adds in excess of the required 250
 acres to the forest preserve necessary to allow the use  of  the  forest
 preserve  health  and safety account for projects authorized pursuant to
 title 21 of article 9 of the environmental conservation law.
   § 2. Title to the land described in section three of this act shall be
 approved by the attorney general, and the deeds to  the  people  of  the
 state  of  New  York  of  such  described lands shall be approved by the
 attorney general as to the form and manner of execution and recordabili-
 ty prior to its delivery to  the  respective  county  clerk  office  for
 recording.
   §  3.  The lands to be conveyed to the state are described as follows:
 ALL THOSE CERTAIN PIECES OR PARCELS OF LAND situate lying and  being  in
 the Town of Olive, Ulster County and in the Town of Moriah, Essex County
 and  State  of New York being generally described as Ulster County, Town
 of Olive  Tax  Parcels  45.1-1-1.212  and  45.1-1-1.331,  consisting  of
 approximately  214 acres of land and as Essex County, Town of Moriah Tax
 Parcels 96.3-1-21.001, 106.00-1-1.1, 106.00-1-2, 106.00-1-3,  106.00-1-4
 and  106.00-1-22,  consisting  of approximately 1206 acres of land, said
 parcels being more specifically described to wit:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING in  the  Town
 of  Olive,  County  of  Ulster  and State of New York, being bounded and
 described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point in the center of Watson Hollow Road (County Route
 42)  at  the westerly corner of lands now or formerly of Lisa Hubbard as
 described in Liber 4214 of deeds at page 47, and runs thence along  said
 lands South 48°44'45" East 494.90 feet to a found rebar set in a pile of
 stones  on  the  westerly  boundary of lands now or formerly of Denis J.
 Moran & Judith A. Moran as described in Liber 554 of deeds at page  335,
 said  last  mentioned  course at distances of 20.00 feet and 250.00 feet
 passes through 5/8 inch diameter rebars with  a  plastic  cap  inscribed
 "Brooks  & Brooks---Property Line" set, thence along said lands of Moran
 the following five courses and distances:
   1) South 22°11'37" West 270.37 feet to a found 1/2 inch diameter metal
 pipe set at the northerly end of a stone wall,
   2) along said wall South 03°12'32" East 220.04 feet to  a  cornered  8
 inch diameter Birch tree,
   3) South 42°52'59" East 198.81 feet to a found 2 foot diameter pile of
 stones,
   4)  South  38°10'19"  East  433.80 feet to a found stone on end in a 2
 foot diameter pile of stones and
   5) South 25°58'16" East 1,179.61 feet to a found 2 foot diameter  pile
 of  stones at the northwesterly corner of lands of the State of New York
 as described in Liber 551 of deeds at page 573, thence along said  lands
 of  the  State of New York South 26°19'42" East 659.82 feet to a found 4
 foot diameter pile of stones, thence continuing along said lands of  the
 State  of  New York South 57°23'00" West 1,099.28 feet to a found 5 foot
 diameter pile of stones at the southeasterly  corner  of  lands  now  or
 formerly of Corrine E. Lopez as described in Liber 5198 of deeds at page
 248, thence along said lands the following two courses and distances:
   1)  North  37°59'13"  West  2,528.23 feet to a 5/8 inch diameter rebar
 with a plastic cap inscribed "Brooks & Brooks" in a pile of stones to be
 set and
   2) North 02°14'19" East 150.00 feet to the center of the Bush Kill  in
 the southeasterly line of lands now or formerly of Margaret & Rijk Riet-
 veld  as  described  in  Liber  3797  of  deeds  at  page 221, said last
 mentioned course at a distance of 105.67 feet passes through a 5/8  inch
 diameter rebars with a plastic cap inscribed "Brooks & Brooks---Property
 Line"  set,  thence  along  said  lands  the  following  two courses and
 distances:
   1) Along the center of said Kill North 33°14'19" East 149.00 feet to a
 point and
   2) North 42°18'27" West 440.37 feet  to  the  center  of  said  Watson
 Hollow Road said last mentioned course at a distance of 47.3 feet passes
 through  a  found  rebar  and  a distance of 414.2 feet passes through a
 found metal pipe,
 thence along the center of said road North 43°06'00" East 50.16 feet  to
 a  northwesterly  corner of lands now or formerly of Amanda C. Insall as
 described in Liber 5681 of deeds at page 86, thence along said lands the
 following four courses and distances:
   1) South 42°18'27" East 430.18 feet to the center of said  Bush  Kill,
 said  last  mentioned  course  at a distance of 26.0 feet and 390.4 feet
 passes through found rebars,
   2) The remaining four courses and distances being along the center  of
 said Kill North 31°49'38" East 86.57 feet,
   3) North 39°53'17" East 80.20 feet and
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   4)  North  45°37'33"  East  192.47 feet to the southwesterly corner of
 lands now or formerly of R. Todd Green and Amie M.   Green as  described
 in  Liber 5652 at page 104, thence along said lands, along the center of
 said Kill the following five courses and distances:
   1) North 59°48'03" East 141.90 feet,
   2) North 64°39'25" East 92.25 feet,
   3) North 50°04'04" East 66.80 feet,
   4) North 43°32'40" East 126.57 feet and
   5) North 18°42'39" East 242.58 feet,
 thence leaving the said Kill continuing along said lands of Green, North
 50°35'36"  West  313.44  feet  to the center of said Watson Hollow Road,
 said last mentioned course at a distance of 39.4 feet passes  through  a
 found  rebar  and  at  a  distance  of 284.7 feet passes through a found
 rebar, thence along the center of said road the  following  six  courses
 and distances:
   1) North 67°45'42" East 39.49 feet,
   2) North 65°01'26" East 86.26 feet,
   3) North 60°36'28" East 74.13 feet,
   4) North 56°38'48" East 171.43 feet,
   5) North 55°53'24" East 88.54 feet,
   6) North 56°37'12" East 73.82 feet to the point of beginning.
   CONTAINING Ninety-three and ninety-one hundredths (93.91) Acres.
   BEARINGS are with reference to Magnetic North 2000.
   ALSO  ALL  THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING in the
 Town of Olive, County of Ulster and State of New York  being  designated
 as  Lot 2 as shown on a map entitled "Final Map of lot line revision and
 subdivision of lands of Pamela Trippel" last revised June 17th  2017  by
 Brooks  &  Brooks,  Land  Surveyors,  P.C.,  filed in the County Clerk's
 Office on July 19th 2017 as map number 17-131 A and 17-131 B,  said  lot
 being bounded and described as follows:
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  in  the center of the County Highway known as
 Watson Hollow Road (County Route 42) in the northeasterly line of  lands
 now  or formerly of Jean Marie Duffy as described in Liber 5304 of deeds
 at page 286 and runs thence from said point of beginning along said land
 of Duffy generally along the center of a stone wall the  following  five
 courses and distances:
   1. North 49°44'29" West 228.07 feet,
   2. North 44°49'02" West 148.60 feet,
   3. North 70°14'11" West 12.82 feet,
   4. South 83°02'58" West 167.66 feet, and leaving said wall
   5. North 56°37'50" West 433.96 feet to a southeasterly corner of lands
 now or formerly of Ashokan Conservative Club, Inc. as described in Liber
 1202 of deeds at page 246 marked by a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a
 "Brooks  & Brooks" plastic cap set at the northeast end of a stone wall,
 thence along said lands generally along a blazed  line  North  54°46'14"
 West 2,841.36 feet to the southeasterly line of lands now or formerly of
 Frank  L. Parslow as described in Liber 5269 of deeds at page 328 marked
 by a found pile of stones on a large  rock,  thence  along  said  lands,
 generally  along a blazed line North 17°39'31" East 1,174.80 feet to the
 southwesterly corner of lands now or formerly of Julian  and  Evelyn  A.
 Morton  as  described in Liber 1258 of deeds at page 715 being marked by
 set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic  cap  in  a
 pile  of  stones  at  the  base of a 15 inch diameter Maple tree, thence
 along said lands, generally along a blazed  line  South  72°00'13"  East
 3,513.64  feet  to  the  northerly corner of Lot 2 as shown on the above
 referenced filed map marked by a set "PK" nail in  a  drill  hole  in  a
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 rock,  thence along said Lot 2 generally along a blazed line the follow-
 ing four courses and distances:
   1.  South  52°13'39" West 175.00 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar
 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones,
   2. South 59°59'13" West 215.00 feet, to a set 5/8 inch diameter  rebar
 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones,
   3. South 33°59'19" West 1,475.88 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar
 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of stones and
   4.  South  44°49'02" East 550.90 feet to the westerly corner of a 6.56
 acre lot as shown on the above referenced filed map marked by a set  5/8
 inch  diameter  rebar  with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap in a pile of
 stones, thence along said 6.56 acre lot, generally along a  blazed  line
 the following two courses and distances:
   1.  South  44°49'02" East 138.57 feet to a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar
 with a "Brooks & Brooks" plastic cap and
   2. South 49°44'29" East 228.73 feet to the  center  of  the  aforemen-
 tioned  Watson  Hollow Road, said last mentioned course at a distance of
 203.73 feet passes through a set 5/8 inch diameter rebar with a  "Brooks
 &  Brooks"  plastic  cap,  thence  along  the  center of said road South
 43°06'00" West 100.12 feet to the point of beginning.
   CONTAINING One hundred twenty and twelve hundredths (120.12) acres.
   BEARINGS are with reference to Ulster County filed map  number  11610,
 Magnetic North 2009.
   ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE LYING AND BEING Lot 363,
 Paradox  Tract,  Town  of  Moriah, County of Essex and State of New York
 located on the southerly side of Ensign Pond Road  (and  also  known  as
 County Route 4):
   BEGINNING  at  a  point  located in the northeast corner of the parcel
 being herein conveyed and said point being in the center of  the  Ensign
 Pond Road proceeding South 09°23'51" West 25 feet to an iron rod, thence
 proceeding  South 09°23'51" West 866.05 feet to a drill hole and plug on
 a ledge marker with stones and being the southeast corner of the  parcel
 herein,  thence  proceeding North 81°02'03" West 1044.36 feet to a drill
 hole and plug on a ledge marked with iron and  stones  and  marking  the
 southwest corner of the parcel herein, thence proceeding North 10°55'50"
 East  917  feet more or less to a point in the center of the Ensign Pond
 Road, thence proceeding along the center line of Ensign Pond Road as  it
 winds  and  turns 1075 feet more or less to the point or place of begin-
 ning.
   CONTAINING Twenty one and fifty seven hundredths (21.57) acres.
   BEARINGS are with reference to Survey dated January 28, 1983 by Martin
 B. Thompson, Land Surveyor.
   ALSO ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL  OF  LAND  SITUATE  LYING  AND  BEING  a
 portion  of Lots 363 and 364 and all of Lots 345, 344, 317, 328, 318 and
 327 of the Paradox Tract in the Town of  Moriah,  County  of  Essex  and
 State of New York and being described as follows:
   BEGINNING  in  the  center  of  the  Essex County Highway Route 4, the
 Ensign Pond Road, at the westerly bounds of  lands  reputedly  owned  by
 Albert  Saboski,  Jr.  and  Kellie J. Saboski as found recorded in Liber
 1034 at page 139 of  the  Essex  County  Clerk's  Office,  thence  South
 15°18'41"  East, along the westerly bounds of said Saboski, 46.4 feet to
 a 1 inch iron pipe, thence South  07°23'29"  West,  along  said  bounds,
 807.7  feet  to  a  1  inch iron pipe and stones, thence North 67°38'50"
 East, along the southerly bounds of Saboski,  1,230.4  feet  to  a  bolt
 found  set  in ledgerock with stones piled around in the easterly bounds
 of said Lot 364, thence South 06°24'58" East, along the  bounds  of  Lot
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 364,  a  distance of 722.6 feet to a 1/2 inch iron pipe set in stones at
 the corner of Lots 364, 365, 344 and 343  Paradox  Tract,  thence  South
 07°49'38" East, along the easterly bounds of said Lots 344, 328 and 327,
 a  distance  of 8,121.6 feet to a hole drilled in rock with stones piled
 at the corner of Lots 327, 326, 335 and 334 Paradox Tract, thence  South
 83°27'05"  West,  along the southerly bounds of said Lots 327 and 318, a
 distance of 5,874.4 feet to a capped 1/2 inch re-rod set  in  stones  at
 the  corner  of  Lots  318, 319, 314 and 315 Paradox Tract, thence North
 06°59'36" West, along the westerly bounds of Lots 318, 317  and  345,  a
 distance  of  8,143.7  feet to a capped 1/2 inch re-rod set in stones at
 the corner of Lots 363, 345, 346 and 362  Paradox  Tract,  thence  North
 83°35'  East,  along the northerly bounds of said Lot 345, a distance of
 363.0 feet to a capped hole drilled in ledgerock at the southwest corner
 of lands reputedly owned by Anna Koehnke, thence North  83°29'20"  East,
 continuing  along  said  southerly  bounds  of Lot 363 and lands of Anna
 Keohnke, 1,044.0 feet to another capped hole drilled in ledgerock  in  a
 pile  of  stones, thence North 06°03'56" West, along the easterly bounds
 of said Keohnke, 865.9 feet to a capped  1/2  inch  re-rod  and  stones,
 thence  continuing North 06°03'56" West, along said bounds, 25.0 feet to
 the center of the Ensign Pond Road, thence easterly, along the center of
 said road, as it winds and turns, 3,468 feet, more or less, to the point
 of beginning.
   CONTAINING One thousand one  hundred  eighty  four  and  eight  tenths
 (1,184.8) acres of land.
   BEARINGS  are  with  reference to True North at 74°20' West Longitude,
 Distances and acres are with reference to New York State  Plane  Coordi-
 nate System, East Zone.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.