Authorizes the county of Erie to transfer certain land to the town of Newstead for the sum of $200,000; provides such revenue shall be used for capital improvements of existing county park land and recreational facilities.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8205--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
October 24, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. CORWIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Govern-
ments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT authorizing the county of Erie to transfer certain land to the
town of Newstead
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The county of Erie acting through its legislature is here-
2 by authorized to transfer the park lands described in section two of
3 this act to the town of Newstead, county of Erie for a sum not to exceed
4 $200,000 provided that such town uses such lands for continued park and
5 recreational purposes. The revenue received by the county of Erie from
6 the transfer of the property described in section two of this act shall
7 be used for capital improvements of existing County park land and recre-
8 ational facilities. The town of Newstead shall continue to provide
9 access to the parklands and/or recreational facilities described in
10 section two of this act to all residents of the county of Erie and shall
11 not enact any fees which are higher for the residents of the county who
12 are not residents of the town of Newstead.
13 § 2. The lands referred to in section one of this act are more partic-
14 ularly described as follows:
15 Parcel A
16 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Village of Akron, Town
17 of Newstead, County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lots
18 Nos. 41 and 42, Township 12, Range 5 of the Tonawanda Reservation,
19 described as follows:
20 Beginning at a point in the south line of Lot No. 42, being also the
21 north line of Lot No. 9, 350.59 feet west of the northeast corner of Lot
22 No. 9: thence west along the common line of Lots Nos. 9, 41 and 42,
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 280.34 feet to the west line of premises of Leonard Raykowski recorded
2 in Erie County Clerk's Office in liber 5127 of Deeds page 559: thence
3 north along said west line, 944.37 feet to the south line of Skyline
4 Drive: thence easterly along the south line of Skyline Drive, 159.52
5 feet to a point: continuing thence southeasterly, 114.23 feet along the
6 southerly bounds of Skyline Drive to the east line of Leonard Raykowski
7 recorded in said Clerk's Office in liber 5127 of Deeds page 559 and the
8 west line of Henry Raykowski recorded in said Clerk's Office of liber
9 4290 of Deeds page 145: thence southerly along said boundary line,
10 919.50 feet to the point or place of beginning.
11 Parcel B
12 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Newstead,
13 County of Erie and State of New York, being part of Lot No. 9, Section
14 3, Township 12, Range 5 of the Holland Land Company's Survey, described
15 as follows:
16 Beginning at a point in the east line of Lot No. 9, 200 feet north of
17 the southeast corner of said Lot: thence north along said Lot line,
18 4385.97 feet to the northeast corner of Lot No. 9: thence west along the
19 north line of Lot No. 9, 1320 feet to the northwest corner of Lot No. 9:
20 thence south and along the west line of Lot No. 9, 2554.03 feet to a
21 point, 2040.06 feet north of the southwest corner of Lot No. 9: thence
22 east, 218.46 feet along the north line of lands recorded in Erie County
23 Clerk's Office in liber 1163 of Deeds page 481 to the northeast corner
24 of said lands recorded in said Clerk's Office in liber 1163 of Deeds
25 page 481: thence south along the east line of premises conveyed to
26 Charles Carpenter and wife by said lands recorded in said Clerk's Office
27 in liber 1163 of Deeds page 481, 1738.74 feet to a point: thence east
28 and parallel with the south line of Lot No. 9, 410 feet to a point:
29 thence south and parallel with the west line of Lot No. 9, 300 feet to
30 the south line of Lot No. 9: thence easterly along the south line of Lot
31 No. 9, being also the north line of Main Street, 325 feet to a point:
32 thence north and parallel with the east line of Lot No. 9, 200 feet:
33 thence east and parallel with the south line of Lot No. 9, 384.10 feet
34 to the point or place of beginning in the east line of Lot No. 9.
35 Containing 131.13 acres, more or less.
36 § 3. The park land to be conveyed pursuant to this act, and all struc-
37 tures and facilities situated on such park land, shall be maintained,
38 owned and operated by the town of Newstead.
39 § 4. The use of such park land and facilities shall be available to
40 the public. Where the availability of such facilities is limited, the
41 use of such facilities shall be determined by an equitable method which
42 provides priority use to the public based on a reservation policy for
43 free or nominal charge.
44 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
