Authorizes the Jamesville-DeWitt central school district to discontinue the use of school district-owned parklands and to lease such parklands to the town of Onondaga, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  3949--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Local  Governments  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the Jamesville-DeWitt  central  school
   district to discontinue the use of school district-owned parklands and
   to lease such parklands to the town of Onondaga
 
   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  Jamesville-DeW-
 itt  central  school  district, in the county of Onondaga, acting by and
 through its board of education, and upon such terms  and  conditions  as
 determined by such board, is hereby authorized to discontinue the use of
 the  school  district-owned  parkland  more  particularly  described  in
 section three of this act and to lease such  parklands  at  fair  market
 value,  for  a term not to exceed thirty years, to the town of Onondaga,
 located in the county of Onondaga, for use by such town for park  and/or
 recreational  purposes,  provided,  however,  that such town of Onondaga
 shall continue to provide access to such  parkland  and/or  recreational
 facilities  to  all  residents  of  the Jamesville-DeWitt central school
 district and the town shall not enact any  fees  or  charges  which  are
 higher  for  residents  of the Jamesville-DeWitt central school district
 who are not town residents.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be effective on the condition that the Jamesville-DeWitt central  school
 district dedicate the proceeds from the lease towards the acquisition of
 new  parklands  and/or  capital improvements to existing park and recre-
 ational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be  leased
 from  the  Jamesville-DeWitt central school district pursuant to section
 one of this act are described as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03941-02-5
 A. 3949--A                          2
 
 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Towns of  Onondaga  and
 Dewitt,  being  part of Farm Lot 149 in the Town of Onondaga and part of
 Farm Lot 91 in the Town of Dewitt, County of Onondaga and State  of  New
 York,  and more particularly bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING
 in  the  center line of Barker Hill Road at the northeast corner of said
 Farm Lot 149 in the Town of Onondaga, running thence N  89°  35'  15'  W
 along the north line of said Farm Lot 149 a distance of 965.19 feet to a
 point;  thence  due  south a distance of 100.0 feet to a point; thence N
 89° 35' 15" W a distance of 105.63 feet to a point; thence S 0° 40'  35"
 E  a  distance  of  509.66  feet  to  a  point; thence N 81° 59' 30" E a
 distance of 342.70 feet to a point; thence S 8° 00' 30" E a distance  of
 150.0  feet more or less to the northerly line of Gallinger Road; thence
 N 81° 59' 30" E along the northerly line of Gallinger Road a distance of
 777.5 feet more or less to the center line of Barker Hill  Road;  thence
 northerly  along the center line of Barker Hill Road a distance of 610.0
 feet more or less to the place of beginning.
 Containing 14.85 acres of land more or less excluding the  lands  within
 the bounds of Barker Hill Road.
   §  4.  Should  the leased lands described in section three of this act
 cease to be used for the purposes described in section one of this  act,
 the  lease  shall  terminate  and those lands shall revert to the James-
 ville-DeWitt central school district for parks and recreation purposes.
   § 5. The land to be leased pursuant to this act and all structures and
 facilities situated on such land shall be maintained  and  operated  for
 park purposes by the town of Onondaga.
   § 6. The use of such parklands and facilities to be leased pursuant to
 this  act  shall  continue to be made available to the general public of
 the state of New York, including all residents of the town  of  Onondaga
 and the Jamesville-DeWitt central school district. Where the availabili-
 ty  of  such  services is limited, use of such facilities must be deter-
 mined by an equitable method.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.