Authorizes the town of Niagara to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands and to convey such parklands to Rajendra Sharma, the official text

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                                  7493--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Niagara  to  alienate  and
   discontinue  the use of certain parklands and to convey such parklands
   to Rajendra Sharma
 
   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 Niagara,
 county  of  Niagara,  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, and to sell and convey
 property interests in such lands at fair market value to Rajendra Sharma
 for the purpose of adding sufficient additional land  to  adjacent  land
 owned by Rajendra Sharma to construct a residence.
   § 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall only
 be  effective  on  the  condition  that  the town of Niagara dedicate an
 amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
 being alienated pursuant to section one of this act towards the acquisi-
 tion  of  new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and
 recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parkland authorized by section one of this act to be  discon-
 tinued as parkland is described as follows:
   ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Niagara, Coun-
 ty  of Niagara and State of New York, being Part of Lot 11, Township 13,
 Range 9 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, containing .15 acres  more
 or less, and further described as follows:
   BEGINNING at a point on the north line of Joanne Circle North, former-
 ly  Joann  Circle,  (a 60.0 foot right of way) which point is the south-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 easterly corner of Sublot 35 as shown  on  a  map  of  Greenwood  Acres,
 Section  No.  2 Part of Lot 11, Township 13, Range 9, Town and County of
 Niagara, State of New York, made by henry  R.  Feldman  and  Associates,
 Civil  Engineers and Land Surveyors, dated October 17, 1968 and filed in
 Niagara County Clerk's Office November 8, 1968 in Book 44 of Microfilmed
 Maps at pages 4287 and 4288; thence easterly along  the  north  line  of
 Joanne Circle North, a distance of 67.0 feet to a point; thence norther-
 ly, at right angles to the north line of Joanne Circle North, a distance
 of 97.31 feet to a point; thence westerly and parallel to the north line
 of  Joanne Circle North, a distance of 67.0 feet to a point which is the
 northeast corner of said Sublot 35; thence southerly along the  easterly
 line  of  said  Sublot 35, a distance of 97.31 feet to the north line of
 Joanne Circle North at the point or place of beginning.
   § 4. In the event that  the  town  of  Niagara  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 town of
 Niagara 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.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.