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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6703
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 14, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. PERALTA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT authorizing the city of New York to discontinue certain  parkland
          for  the  purpose  of construction and operation of a pre-kindergarten
          center with a focus on instruction in science,  technology,  engineer-
          ing, and mathematics
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 734 of  the  laws
     2  of  1963,  including  any  amendments  made  thereto, and subject to the
     3  provisions of this act, the city of New York, acting by and through  the
     4  commissioner  of  parks  and  recreation  of such city, is authorized to
     5  discontinue the use as parkland the lands described in section three  of
     6  this  act  and  provide  for  the use of such lands by the New York city
     7  department of education for the purpose of construction and operation of
     8  a pre-kindergarten center with a focus on instruction in science,  tech-
     9  nology,  engineering,  and mathematics upon such terms and conditions as
    10  agreed to by the department of parks and recreation and  the  department
    11  of education.
    12    §  2.  The  authorization provided in section one of this act shall be
    13  effective only upon the condition that the city of New York dedicates an
    14  amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of  the  parklands
    15  being  discontinued  towards  the  acquisition  of  new parklands and/or
    16  towards capital  improvements  to  existing  parkland  and  recreational
    17  facilities within the borough of Queens.
    18    §  3.  The lands authorized to be discontinued pursuant to section one
    19  of this act are as follows:
    20    A parcel of land lying in Queens, New York, in Tax Block No.  2018 Lot
    21  1, more particularly described as follows;
    22    BEGINNING at a point from the corner formed by the intersection of the
    23  westerly line of 111th Street and the southerly  line  of  46th  Avenue.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 6703                             2
 
     1  From  said point, running easterly 95.51 feet along the projected south-
     2  erly line of 46th Avenue to a point, thence running southerly 12.80 feet
     3  parallel to the west line of 111th Street to a point or place of  begin-
     4  ning;
     5    1.      Running thence easterly 229.20 feet, forming an interior angle
     6  of 271.16 degrees, to a point, thence;
     7    2.      Running  southerly  186.50  feet, forming an interior angle of
     8  90.00 degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
     9    3.      Along a curve, concave westerly, with a radius of 171.25 feet,
    10  an arc length of 99.59 feet, and a chord length of 98.19  feet,  forming
    11  an interior angle of 117.57 degrees, to a point of cusp, thence;
    12    4.      Along  a  curve with a radius of 176.37 feet, an arc length of
    13  81.55 feet, and a chord length of 80.83 feet, forming an interior  angle
    14  of  123.00  degrees,  to  a  point;  said point being distant 56.46 feet
    15  southerly, forming an interior angle of 298.27 degrees, thence  westerly
    16  171.17  feet,  forming  an  interior  angle of 90.00 degrees, to a point
    17  formed by the intersection of the westerly line of 111th Street and  the
    18  southerly line of 47th Avenue;
    19    5.      Thence  running  westerly  49.05 feet, from the last mentioned
    20  course, forming an interior angle to the above mentioned chord of 209.43
    21  degrees, to a point of curvature, thence;
    22    6.      Along a curve, concave easterly,  with  a  radius  of  1183.83
    23  feet,  an  arc length of 193.78 feet, and a chord length of 193.57 feet,
    24  forming an interior angle of 96.74 degrees, to the  point  or  place  of
    25  beginning, forming an interior angle of 83.26 degrees with the chord.
    26    Containing 43,515 square feet (0.999 acres).
    27    §  4.  If  the  parkland  that is the subject of this act has received
    28  funding pursuant to the federal land and water  conservation  fund,  the
    29  discontinuance  of  parklands  authorized  by the provisions of this act
    30  shall not occur until the municipality has  complied  with  the  federal
    31  requirements pertaining to the conversion of parklands, including satis-
    32  fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include
    33  all  conditions  which  the secretary of the interior deems necessary to
    34  assure the substitution of other  lands  shall  be  equivalent  in  fair
    35  market  value  and recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin-
    36  ued.
    37    § 5. If the property described in section three of this act shall ever
    38  be used for a purpose other than for the purpose  described  in  section
    39  one of this act, such property shall revert back to the city of New York
    40  department  of parks and recreation to be used for park and recreational
    41  purposes or for the purposes provided by chapter  734  of  the  laws  of
    42  1963, including any amendments made thereto.
    43    §  6. Nothing in this act shall be construed to exempt any pre-kinder-
    44  garten center established on the lands described  in  section  three  of
    45  this act from being in compliance with all applicable standards relating
    46  to pre-kindergarten programs.
    47    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.