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                                   8860
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 22, 2024
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 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the  town  of  Eden  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  town  of  Eden,
 located  in the county of Erie, acting by and through its governing body
 and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby
 authorized to discontinue as  parklands  and  alienate  the  lands  more
 particularly  described  in  section  three of this act, and to sell and
 convey such lands at fair market value, for  the  purpose  of  providing
 needed resources to enhance the existing parks within the town.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
 effective only upon the condition that the town of Eden, county of Erie,
 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  capital  improvements  to existing park and recreational facili-
 ties.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  alien-
 ated are described as follows:
 
                                 PARCEL 1:
 
   All  That Tract or Parcel of Land, Town of Eden, County of Erie, State
 of New York, being part of Lot No.  29,  Township  8,  Range  8  of  the
 Holland Land Company's Survey, bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning  at a point in the east line of map cover number 2553 at the
 northeast corner of East Pleasant Avenue, a 70 foot wide right of way;
   thence S 89°-59'-29" E, a distance of 23.01 feet to a point of  curva-
 ture;
   thence  northeasterly  along  a  curve  to the left having a radius of
 265.00 feet and an arc length of 196.21  feet  to  a  point  of  reverse
 curvature;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   thence  northeasterly  along  a  curve to the right having a radius of
 335.00 feet and an arc length of 246.70 feet;
   thence N 89°-46'-49" E, a distance of 221.93 feet;
   thence  S  01°-28'-52"  W,  a distance of 70.03 feet to a point in the
 south line of East Pleasant Avenue, a 70 foot wide right of way;
   thence S 89°-46'-49" W, a distance of 219.85 feet to a point of curva-
 ture;
   thence southwesterly along a curve to the  left  having  a  radius  of
 265.00  feet  and  an  arc  length  of 195.15 feet to a point of reverse
 curvature;
   thence southwesterly along a curve to the right  having  a  radius  of
 335.00 feet and an arc length of 248.03 feet;
   thence  N  89°-59'-29"  W,  a distance of 24.77 feet to a point in the
 east line of map cover 2553;
   thence N 01°-26'-47" E, a distance of  70.02  feet  to  the  point  of
 beginning, containing 1.11 acres more or less.
 
                                 PARCEL 2:
 
   All  that tract or Parcel of Land, Town of Eden, County of Erie, State
 of New York, being part of Lot No.  29,  Township  8,  Range  8  of  the
 Holland Land Company's Survey, bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point in the southeast corner of map cover number 2591;
   thence N 01°-26'-47" E, a distance of 77.07 feet;
   thence S 89°-59'-29" E, a distance of 148.74 feet;
   thence N 67°-30'-55" E. a distance of 438.02 feet;
   thence N 89°-46'-49" E, a distance of 225.00 feet;
   thence S 01°-28'-52" W, a distance of 218.15 feet;
   thence S 89°-4I'-30" E, a distance of 199.95 feet;
   thence S 01°-28'-52" W. a distance of 31.50 feet;
   thence  N  89°-41'-30"  W.  a  distance of 973.92 feet to the point of
 beginning, containing 3.19 acres more or less
 
   § 4. In the event that the town of Eden 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 authorized by the
 provisions of this act shall not  occur  until  the  town  of  Eden  has
 complied  with  any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or
 conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the inte-
 rior that the alienation or  conversion  complies  with  all  conditions
 which  the  secretary  of  the  interior  deems  necessary to ensure 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.