What's happening
This bill allows the town of Webster to sell certain parklands to the Webster Central School District for expanding sports fields, provided new parkland or improvements are made with the proceeds.
Why it matters
Ensures No Net Loss of Public Recreational Space. The bill requires that any proceeds from the sale of parkland must be reinvested by the Town of Webster into new parklands or improvements to existing recreational facilities, maintaining or enhancing local access to green and recreational spaces.
Promotes Community Benefit Through Land Transfer. By allowing the school district to expand sports and recreational fields, the bill supports broader community use of these facilities and potentially enhances youth sports, physical education, and community recreation opportunities.
Protects Against Federal Funding Complications. If the parkland was purchased or improved with federal funds, the bill mandates compliance with federal requirements, ensuring that any replacement land is of equal value and utility, thus safeguarding federal investment and public benefit.
Sets Precedent for Future Parkland Alienation. The legislation’s detailed conditions—such as fair market value sales and mandated reinvestment—could serve as a template for other municipalities considering similar actions, emphasizing accountability and public interest.
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Sell Webster Parkland to Schools
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- Referred to local governments
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Sell Webster Parkland to School
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor Pamela Helming
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11155
IN ASSEMBLY
June 11, 2018
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Johns) -read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Webster, county of Monroe to alienate and convey certain parcels of land used as parklands
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Webster, county of Monroe, acting by and through its governing body, and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and alienate the lands more particularly described in section three of this act, and to sell and convey such parklands at fair market value to the Webster Central School District for the purposes of extending the school's sports and recreational fields.
§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the town of Webster dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued toward the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The parkland authorized by section one of this act to be alienated, commonly known as "Town of Webster Park Parcel", is more particularly described as follows:
THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Webster, County of Monroe and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: COMMENC- ING at the centerline intersection of Boulter Industrial Parkway and Basket Road-County Road 4; thence S88°23'29"W, along the centerline of said Boulter Industrial Parkway, a distance of 913.00 feet to a point; thence S01°36'31"E, a distance of 30.00 feet to a point; then S88°23'29"W, a distance of 25.00 feet to a point; thence along a curve to the left, having a delta angle of 51°57'22", a radius of 170.00 feet, and an arc length of 154.16 feet, said curve also having a chord of S62°24'57"W 148.93 feet to a point; thence along a curve to the right, having a delta angle of 52"28'47", a radius of 330.00 feet and an arc length of 302.26 feet, said curve also having a chord of S63°06'47"W
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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291.81 feet to a point; thence S89°20'59"W, a distance of 429.52 feet to the point and place of beginning; thence continuing S89°20'59"W along the aforesaid line, a distance of 450.21 feet to a point; thence N01°59'12"W, a distance of 637.43 feet to a point; thence N89°20"59"E, a distance of 465.07 feet to a point; thence S00"39'02"E, a distance of 637.25 feet to the point and place of beginning. Said parcel containing 6.695 acres, more or less.
§ 4. In the event that the town of Webster 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 parkland authorized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of Webster has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secretary 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.
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