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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7596--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      May 15, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- 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 authorizing the county of Nassau to alienate certain  parcels  of
          land used as parkland
 

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. The county of Nassau is hereby authorized,  acting  by  and
     2  through  its  legislature,  and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
     3  mined  by  such  legislature,  to  discontinue  as  parkland  the  lands
     4  described  in  section three of this act for the purpose of enabling the
     5  Roslyn Water District to construct, maintain and operate a water  treat-
     6  ment facility and appurtenances thereto.
     7    §  2.  The authorization contained in section one of this act shall be
     8  effective only upon the condition that the county of Nassau dedicate  an
     9  amount  equal  to  or greater than the fair market value of the parkland
    10  being discontinued for funding of capital improvements, to existing park
    11  and recreational facilities.

    12    § 3. The lands to be  discontinued  as  parklands  and  alienated  are
    13  described as follows:
    14    All that certain piece or parcel of land situated at North Hills, Town
    15  of  North Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, being known
    16  as a portion of Lot 903 "Christopher Morley Park", Block E as it appears
    17  on a certain map entitled "Department of Public Works Nassau  County  NY
    18  Map Showing Real Property To Be Acquired For Park Purposes East of Sear-
    19  ingtown  Road  And  North  Of Long Island Expressway North Hills Town Of
    20  North Hempstead" filed with the Clerk of the County of Nassau on Septem-
    21  ber 29, 1961 as Case No.  7496,  said  parcel  being  more  particularly
    22  described as follows:
    23    Beginning  at  a  point  on  the southerly side of Diana's Trail. Said
    24  point being the following two  courses  from  the  intersection  of  the

    25  southerly side of Diana's Trail with the westerly side of The Tulips:
    26    1. South 89 degrees, 18 minutes, 51 seconds west, 237.50 feet.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15243-04-4
        S. 7596--A                          2
 
     1    2.  South  87  degrees,  37 minutes, 30 seconds west, 437.00 feet to a
     2  point or place of beginning.
     3    Thence  through  lands  the  County  of Nassau the following seven (7)
     4  courses:
     5    1. South 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds east, 320.00 feet.
     6    2. North 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 70.00 feet.
     7    3. South 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds east, 120.00 feet.
     8    4. South 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds west, 120.00 feet.

     9    5. North 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds west, 120.00 feet.
    10    6. North 87 degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 20.00 feet.
    11    7. North 02 degrees, 22 minutes, 30 seconds west, 320.00 feet  to  the
    12  southerly side of Diana's Trail.
    13    Thence  easterly  along  the  southerly side of Diana's Trail North 87
    14  degrees, 37 minutes, 30 seconds east, 30.00 feet to the point  or  place
    15  of beginning.
    16    Continuing within said bounds 24,000. S.F. or 0.44 Acres.
    17    Nassau County Tax Map Section 7, Block E, Part of Lot 903.
    18    §  4.  The  discontinuance of parkland authorized by the provisions of
    19  this act shall not occur until the county of Nassau  has  complied  with
    20  any  federal  requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of
    21  parklands, including satisfying the secretary of the interior  that  the
    22  alienation  or  conversion complies with all conditions which the secre-

    23  tary of the interior deems necessary to assure the substitution of other
    24  lands shall be equivalent in fair market and recreational usefulness  to
    25  the lands being alienated or converted.
    26    § 5. When the lands described in section three of this act cease to be
    27  used  for the purposes described in section one of this act, those lands
    28  shall be restored for park purposes with the cost of  restoration  being
    29  borne by the Roslyn Water District.
    30    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.