S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7439
2023-2024 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 25, 2023
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Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT authorizing the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, to alien-
ate certain parklands for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer
in Lake Agawam, and to replace such alienated parkland with a new,
dedicated parkland
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 South-
ampton, acting by and through its governing body and upon such terms and
conditions as determined by such board is hereby authorized to discon-
tinue as parklands and alienate the lands described in section three of
this act for the purpose of installing an algae skimmer to assist with
the removal of blue-green algae in Lake Agawam.
§ 2. The authorization provided for in section one of this act shall
be effective only upon the condition that the town of Southampton dedi-
cates the lands described in section four of this act as parkland,
provided that the town of Southampton has never used such lands for
public open space or park purposes.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
ated consist of 1.6 acres and are described as follows:
All that certain, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in
the Incorporated Village of Southampton, Town of Southampton, County of
Suffolk and State of New York, being more particularly bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the easterly line of the property being
described, said point being the following four courses and distances
from the point formed by the intersection of the southerly line of Jobs
Lane and the westerly line of South Main Street:
1. South 07° 22' 00" East for a distance of 395.80 feet;
2. South 84° 30' 40" West for a distance of 145.93 feet;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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3. South 57° 17' 10" West for a distance of 82.02 feet;
4. South 59° 17' 40" West for a distance of 214.67 feet to the point
or place of beginning;
Running thence from the point of beginning along the land now or
formerly of Johnson Navarre Properties, LLC South 33° 07' 40" East for a
distance of 130.04 feet to a point and the land now or formerly of Karl
Krieger;
Running thence along the land now or formerly of Karl Krieger and the
land now or formerly of 71 South Main Street Southampton, LLC South 57°
03' 50" West for a distance of 385.07 feet to a point and tie line along
the average high water of Lake Agawam (as measured on March 30, 2006);
Running thence along said tie line North 18° 50' 30" West for a
distance of 12.34 feet to a point and the land now or formerly of
Village of Southampton;
Running thence along the land now or formerly of Village of Southamp-
ton the following courses and distances:
1. North 58° 34' 00" East for a distance of 47.94 feet;
2. North 14° 24' 30" West for a distance of 224.18 feet;
3. North 61° 21' 40" East for a distance of 77.11 feet;
4. North 61° 17; 00" East for a distance of 179.41 feet to a point and
the land now of formerly of Johnson Navarre Properties, LLC;
Running thence along the land now or formerly of Johnson Navarre Prop-
erties, LLC South 33° 07' 40" East for a distance of 93.22 to the point
of place of beginning. Said parcel containing 69,989 square feet or
1.607 acres.
§ 4. Prior to the discontinuance and alienation of the parkland
described in section three of this act, the town of Southampton shall
dedicate as parkland such land consisting of 5.6205 acres described as
follows:
All that certain, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in
the Incorporated Village of Southampton, Town of Southampton, County of
Suffolk and State of New York, being known as Lot No.4 on a certain
subdivision map titled Subdivision Map of FHW Limited Partnership LTD,
said subdivision map being filed in the Office of the Suffolk County
Clerk on December 05, 2008 as Map No. 11665 and said Lot No. 4 being
more particularly bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point along the westerly line of Pond Lane said point
being situate the following two courses and distances from the point
formed by the intersection of the westerly line of Pond Lane with south-
erly line of Culver Street:
1. South 01° 24' 10" East, 655.41 feet;
2. South 12° 22' 15" East, 180.32 feet;
Running thence along the west line of Pond Lane the following two
courses and distances:
1. South 12° 22' 15" East 89.00 feet to a concrete monument;
2. South 09° 23' 40" East 344.44 feet to Lot 5 of said map;
Thence along Lot 5 of said map North 80° 36' 20" West 578.28 feet to
the land now or formerly of Chips Chapman Page Revocable Trust;
Thence along the land now or formerly of Chips Chapman Page Revocable
Trust and the land now or formerly of Valerie Rocks North 00° 56' 50"
East 56.87 feet to a concrete monument;
Thence along the land now or formerly of Valerie Rooks and Lot 1 of
said map North 11° 22' 43" East, 334.73 feet to Lot 2 of said map;
Thence along 2 of said map the following two courses and distances:
1. South 78° 17' 07" East, 131.31 feet;
2. North 11° 42' 53" East, 58.22 feet to Lot 3 of said map;
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Thence along Lot 3 of said map South 78° 17' 07" East 408.83 feet to
the point or place of beginning. Said parcel containing 244,830 square
feet or 5.6205 acres.
§ 5. In the event that the fair market value of the parklands
described in section four of this act to be dedicated by the town of
Southampton pursuant to this act are not equal to or greater than the
fair market value of the parklands to be alienated as described in
section three of this act, the town of Southampton shall dedicate the
difference of the fair market value of the lands to be alienated and the
lands to be dedicated for the acquisition of additional parklands and/or
capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
§ 6. In the event that the town of Southampton 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 parkland author-
ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of
Southampton has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
tary 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.
§ 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
