What's happening
This bill allows the village of Phoenix to sell certain parklands to the Phoenix Central School District for campus and facility expansion, provided proceeds fund new or improved parklands.
Why it matters
Ensures community benefit by requiring the village to invest at least the fair market value from the land sale into acquiring new parklands or upgrading existing recreational facilities, so public green space is maintained or improved.
Allows the Phoenix Central School District to expand its campus and facilities, potentially enhancing educational and recreational opportunities for students and the broader community.
Provides safeguards if federal funds were used for the parklands, mandating full compliance with federal requirements before any sale, which protects federal interests and ensures replacement of park value and function.
Specifies exactly which lands are affected, offering transparency to local residents about what public spaces could be impacted by the change.
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Sell Parkland to School
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History
- Signed chap.198
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Home rule request
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.411
- Substituted for A10030B
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–0
- Home rule request
- Amended on third reading 7166c
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- Amended on third reading 7166b
- Amended on third reading 7166a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.398
- Referred to local government
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Sell Parkland to School
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor William A. Barclay
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7166--C Cal. No. 398
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 3, 2018
Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government -reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT authorizing the village of Phoenix to alienate and convey parklands to the Phoenix Central School District
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 village of Phoenix, located in the town of Schroeppel, county of Oswego, 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 Phoenix Central School District, county of Oswego, for the purposes of extending the nearby school campus, sports and recreational facilities.
§ 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be effective only upon the condition that the village of Phoenix, dedicates an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of such parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The lands to be discontinued as parklands are more fully described as follows:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND, situate in the Village of Phoenix, in the County of Oswego and State of New York and being more particularly bounded and described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point on the northwesterly line of Park Street at its intersection with the division line between the lands now or formerly of the Phoenix Central School District on the west and the lands now or
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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formerly of the Village of Phoenix as described in Book 524 of Deeds at Page 191 on the east, said point being North 57 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. East along said northwesterly line of Park Street, a distance of 389.25 feet from its intersection with northeasterly line of Main Street; thence along the said division line between the Phoenix Central School District and Village of Phoenix, the following four (4) courses and distances: 1.) North 34 deg. 48 min. 00 sec. West a distance of 177.07 feet to a point; thence 2.) North 14 deg. 55 min. 21 sec. West a distance of 178.61 feet to a point; thence 3.) North 54 deg. 05 min. 21 sec. West a distance of 150.00 feet to a point; and 4.) North 57 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. East a distance of 1093.29 feet to a point on the division line between the said lands of the Village of Phoenix on the west and the lands now or formerly of New York Central Lines, LLC as described in Book 1487 of Deeds at Page 37 on the east; thence South 24 deg. 09 min. 00 sec. East along said division line, a distance of 140.08 feet to a point on the division line between the said lands of the Village of Phoenix on the west and the lands now or formerly of Rodney & Diane Thomas as described in Deed Instrument No. R2011-007044 on the east; thence South 06 deg. 11 min. 00 sec. East along said division line, a distance of 427.38 feet to a point on the division line between the said lands of the Village of Phoenix on the north and the said lands of Thomas, the lands now or formerly of D & L Realty of CNY, LLC as described in Deed Instrument No. R2008-000126 on the east and the lands now or formerly of Carl P. Richardson, Jr. as described in Deed Instrument No. R2015-008266, in part by each, on the south; thence South 56 deg. 31 min. 03 sec. West along said division line, a distance of 686.44 feet to a point; thence through the said lands of the Village of Phoenix, the following two (2) courses and distances: 1.) North 32 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. West a distance of 46.77 feet to a point; and 2.) South 57 deg. 30 min. 00 sec. West a distance of 188.78 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 11.765 acres of land, more or less.
The above described parcel being the a portion of the lands conveyed to the Village of Phoenix as described in Book 524 of Deeds at Page 191.
§ 4. In the event that the village of Phoenix 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 village of Phoenix has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the alienation or conversion of such 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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act authorizing the village of Phoenix to alienate and convey parklands to the Phoenix Central School District
Purpose
This bill authorizes the village of Phoenix to transfer 11.765 acres of parkland to Phoenix Central School District for use as an athletic and recreational field.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 authorizes the village board of the village of Phoenix to contract to transfer land described in § 3 of this act to the Phoenix Central School District, pursuant to authorization by the governing body of the village of Phoenix, subject to the terms of this act.
Section 2 provides the terms under which the land described in § 3 shall be transferred by the village of Phoenix to the Phoenix Central School District and includes the condition that the village of Phoenix dedicate an amount, of equal or greater value than the property transferred, for the acquisition of new parklands, or for improvements to existing park- lands.
Section 3 provides a description of the land to be transferred by the county of Oswego to the village of Phoenix, to be alienated and conveyed to the Phoenix Central School District.
Section 4 provides that if the parklands described in § 3 of this act have received funding from the federal land and water conservation fund, then the discontinuance of the parklands will not happen until all federal requirements are complied with pertaining to the conversion of parkland.
Section 5 is the effective date.
Justification
This act authorizes the Village of Phoenix, located in the town of Schroeppel, in Oswego County, to turn over a section of a village park adjoining the Phoenix Central School District which will be used to expand its athletic fields.
The village property is currently used as parkland. Under this legis- lation, the village would be authorized to enter into an agreement to transfer 11.765 acres to be used to expand recreational opportunities for students and residents of both the Village of Phoenix and the Phoe- nix Central School District, by allowing the school district to expand its athletic fields.
Before the village can enter into such an agreement, it must dedicate an amount, of equal or greater value than the property transferred, for the acquisition of new parklands, or for improvements to existing parklands.
The bill further provides that if the parkland proposed to be trans- ferred has received funding from the federal land and water conservation fund, then the discontinuance of the parklands will not happen until all federal requirements are complied with pertaining to the conversion of parkland.
Legislative history
New Bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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