STATE OF NEW YORK
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9260
IN SENATE
February 19, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT authorizing the county of Chautauqua to alienate and discontinue
the use of certain reforested lands
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding section 219 of the county law to the
2 contrary, the county of Chautauqua acting by and through its governing
3 body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is
4 hereby authorized to discontinue the use of lands described in section
5 two of this act acquired for reforestation purposes for the purposes of
6 acquiring and dedicating other reforested lands or parklands adjacent to
7 currently existing parkland. The lands described in section two of this
8 act are currently vacant property not used by the public for recreation-
9 al or reforestation purposes. The authorization provided in this section
10 shall be effective only upon the acquisition by the county of Chautauqua
11 of lands described in section three of this act, which is currently
12 vacant property not used by the public for recreational, parkland, or
13 reforestation purposes.
14 § 2. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
15 ated are described as follows:
16 PARCEL 1:
17 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Ellery, Coun-
18 ty of Chautauqua and State of New York being part of Lot 7, Town 3 and
19 Range 13 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and being further bounded
20 and described as follows:
21 On the North by Lot number 8, fourteen (14) chains and eighty three
22 (83) links, East by Town 3, Range 12 of the Holland Land Company's
23 Survey, twenty six (26) chains and ninety (90) links, South by land
24 deeded to John S. Marsh, fourteen (14) chains and eighty three (83)
25 links, West by lands deeded to Nicholas Thumb, twenty six (26) chains
26 and ninety (90) links containing 40.734 acres more or less and being the
27 same piece of land described in a deed from John Duer, Morris Robinson &
28 William H. Seward by their attorney, George W. Patterson, to Pearly
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Young dated the 11th day of February 1846 and recorded in the Chautauqua
2 County Clerk's Office on February 12, 1846 in Liber 31 of Deeds at page
3 148.
4 PARCEL 2:
5 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Ripley, Coun-
6 ty of Chautauqua and State of New York being part of Lot 74, Town 3 and
7 Range 15 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and being further bounded
8 and described as follows:
9 BEGINNING at a point on the centerline of Irish Road, said centerline
10 being also the southerly line of said Lot 74, at the southeasterly
11 corner of lands of the County of Chautauqua as firstly described in a
12 deed dated April 30, 1951 and recorded in the Chautauqua County Clerk's
13 Office on May 9, 1952 in Liber 717 of Deeds at page 96, said point of
14 beginning being also the southwesterly corner of lands of Kimberly
15 Greentree as described in a deed dated September 22, 2020 and recorded
16 in the Chautauqua County Clerk's Office on November 24, 2020 as Instru-
17 ment No. DE2020006554;
18 THENCE N 88°-14'-32" W along the centerline of Irish Road and along
19 the southerly line of Lot 74 and along the southerly line of said lands
20 of the County of Chautauqua, a distance of 40.01 feet to a point;
21 THENCE N 00°-20'-00" E through the said lands of the County of Chau-
22 tauqua, 30.00 feet to a set rebar with cap; thence continuing along the
23 same course N 00°-20'-00" E and still through the said lands of the
24 County of Chautauqua, 420.00 feet to a set rebar with cap;
25 THENCE S 89°-40'-00" E and still through the said lands of the County
26 of Chautauqua, 40.00 feet to a set rebar with cap on the westerly line
27 of lands of Irish Road Sportsman's as described in a deed dated Septem-
28 ber 22, 1982 and recorded in the Chautauqua County Clerk's Office on
29 September 23, 1982 in Liber 1945 of Deeds at page 298;
30 THENCE S 00°-20'-00" W along the line separating the said lands of the
31 County of Chautauqua to the west and the said lands of Irish Road
32 Sportsman's to the east, 76.24 feet to an existing iron stake at the
33 northwesterly corner of aforementioned lands of Greentree; thence
34 continuing along the same course S 00°-20'-00" W and along the line
35 separating the said lands of the County of Chautauqua to the west and
36 the said lands of Greentree to the east, 349.86 feet to an existing iron
37 stake;
38 THENCE continuing along the same course S 00°-20'-00" W and along the
39 line separating the said lands of the County of Chautauqua to the west
40 and the said lands of Greentree to the east, 24.89 feet to the point of
41 beginning containing 18,004.85 square feet or 0.413 acre of land to be
42 the same more or less.
43 Subject to the right of the public in and to Irish Road, any easements
44 or rights of way of record that may validly affect the above described
45 premises, and any oil and gas leases of record that may validly affect
46 the above described premises.
47 PARCEL 3:
48 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Town of Ripley, Coun-
49 ty of Chautauqua and State of New York being part of Lot 73, Town 3 and
50 Range 15 of the Holland Land Company's Survey and being further bounded
51 and described as follows:
52 BEGINNING at an existing iron stake in a stone pile at the northeast-
53 erly corner of said Lot 73 and the southeasterly corner of Lot 74, said
54 point of commencing being also the northeasterly corner of lands of the
55 County of Chautauqua as thirdly described in a deed dated April 30, 1951
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1 and recorded in the Chautauqua County Clerk's Office on May 9, 1952 in
2 Liber 717 of Deeds at page 96;
3 THENCE N 88°-41'-26" W along the line separating Lot 73 to the south
4 and Lot 74 to the north and along the northerly line of said lands of
5 the County of Chautauqua, 693.80 feet to a point at the southeasterly
6 corner of lands of Kimberly Greentree and Robert Aldridge as described
7 in a deed dated September 6, 2024 and recorded in the Chautauqua County
8 Clerk's Office on September 30, 2024 as Instrument No. DE2024006027,
9 said point being located 24.75 feet southerly of an existing iron stake;
10 THENCE N 88°-40'-00" W and still along the line separating Lot 73 to
11 the south and Lot 74 to the north and along the line separating the said
12 lands of the County of Chautauqua to the south and the said lands of
13 Greentree and Aldridge to the north, 275.04 feet to a set rebar with cap
14 at the point of beginning of the parcel hereinafter described;
15 THENCE S 04°-38'-45" W through the said lands of the County of Chau-
16 tauqua, 51.95 feet to a set rebar with cap; Thence continuing along the
17 same course S 04°-38'45" W and still through the said lands of the Coun-
18 ty of Chautauqua, 30.00 feet to a point on the centerline of Irish Road;
19 Thence the following bearings and distances along the centerline of
20 Irish Road,
21 THENCE N 65°-37'34" W, 14.38 feet to a point; Thence N 69°-26'-26" W,
22 41.77 feet to a point;
23 THENCE N73°-28'-14" W, 74.71 feet to a point;
24 THENCE N 77°-01'-34" W, 96.65 feet to a point;
25 THENCE N 82°-26'-07" W, 122.25 feet to a point;
26 THENCE N 86°-03'35" W, 76.11 feet to a point;
27 THENCE N 85°-46'-53" W, 131.42 feet to a point on the line separating
28 Lot 73 to the south and Lot 74 to the north, said point being also on
29 the line separating the said lands of the County of Chautauqua to the
30 south and the said lands of Greentree and Aldridge to the north;
31 THENCE S 88°-40'-00" E along the line separating Lot 73 to the south
32 and Lot 74 to the north, and along the line separating the said lands of
33 the County of Chautauqua to the south and the said lands of Greentree
34 and Aldridge to the north, 552.99 feet to the point of beginning
35 containing 14,001.46 square feet or 0.321 acres of land to be the same
36 more or less.
37 Subject to the right of the public in and to Irish Road, any easements
38 or rights of way of record that may validly affect the above-described
39 premises, and any oil and gas leases of record that may validly affect
40 the above-described premises. The total acreage of said parcels being
41 41.468 acres more or less.
42 § 3. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
43 effective only upon the condition that the county of Chautauqua dedicate
44 an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park-
45 lands being discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or
46 other reforested lands. The additional real property to be acquired and
47 dedicated for reforestation purposes, being more particularly bound and
48 described as follows:
49 ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Arkwright,
50 County of Chautauqua, State of New York, being part of Lot 52, Town 5,
51 Range 11 of the Holland Land Company's Survey (H.L.C.S.), and being
52 further bounded and described as follows:
53 BEGINNING at an existing iron pipe at the northeasterly corner of said
54 H.L.C.S. Lot 52, said iron pipe further being the northwesterly corner
55 of lands conveyed by the Daniel R. Schrantz Revocable Trust to Michael
56 Supples and Sherry Supples by deed dated June 28, 2017 and recorded at
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1 the Chautauqua County Clerk's Office on July 7, 2017 as Instrument
2 Number DE2017004192;
3 THENCE S 00°06'29" W, along the easterly line of said H.L.C.S. Lot 52
4 and the westerly line of said lands conveyed to Supples, 1,065.24 feet
5 to a set rebar and cap at the easterly-most corner in the northerly line
6 of lands conveyed to DAF Land Holdings, LLC by deed dated January 17,
7 2023 and recorded on April 6, 2023 as Instrument Number DE2023002664,
8 said set rebar and cap further being the point of beginning of the
9 parcel hereinafter described;
10 THENCE S 00°34'11" W, continuing along said easterly line of H.L.C.S.
11 Lot 52 and along the easterly line of said lands conveyed to DAF Hold-
12 ings, LLC, 1,211.42 feet to the northeasterly corner of lands conveyed
13 by Kenneth M. Tarbox to the County of Chautauqua by deed dated September
14 22, 1980 and recorded on December 31, 1980 in Liber 1886 of Deeds at
15 Page 48;
16 THENCE N 88°28'35" W, along the northerly line of said lands conveyed
17 to the County of Chautauqua, 1,720.17 feet to a set rebar and cap;
18 THENCE N 21°52'46" E, through said lands conveyed to DAF Land Hold-
19 ings, LLC, 710.67 feet to a set rebar and cap;
20 THENCE N 01°52'15" W, continuing through said lands conveyed to DAF
21 Land Holdings, LLC, 231.39 feet to a set rebar and cap;
22 THENCE N 50°50'49" E, continuing through said lands conveyed to DAF
23 Land Holdings, LLC, 444.47 feet to a set rebar and cap at a corner in
24 the northerly line thereof;
25 THENCE S 89°42'27" E, along said northerly line of lands conveyed to
26 DAF Land Holdings, LLC, 1,129.67 feet to the point and place of begin-
27 ning, containing 41.080 acres of land to be the same more or less.
28 Subject to any leases, easements or rights of way that may validly
29 affect the above-described premises.
30 § 4. If the property described in section two of this act shall ever
31 be used for a purpose other than the purpose described in section one of
32 this act, such land shall be restored to its original state and main-
33 tained as reforested lands in accordance with section 219 of the county
34 law.
35 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
