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S5281Senate2019-2020 SessionSame asA7610

Allow Parkland for Golf Use

Official title

“Alienates certain parklands in the town of Stony Point, county of Rockland”

Sponsor James SkoufisSD-39Affects Local Government
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill allows Stony Point, Rockland County, to remove parkland status from certain land to continue operating a public golf course, with conditions for replacement parkland or improvements.

Why it matters

  1. Ensures no net loss of parkland or recreational value. The bill requires Stony Point to dedicate funds equal to or greater than the fair market value of the removed parkland for acquiring new parkland or improving existing recreational facilities, aiming to maintain or enhance public access to green spaces.

  2. Balances local recreation needs with legal protections. By allowing continued golf course operations on formerly protected parkland, the bill supports community recreation and potential local revenue, but under strict conditions that safeguard public interests.

  3. Preserves compliance with federal requirements. If the parkland in question benefited from federal funding, the town must meet all federal criteria for parkland conversion, including approval from the Secretary of the Interior and replacement of the land with equally valuable and useful property, ensuring federal investment in public space is protected.

  4. Targets a specific, clearly defined parcel. The legislation applies only to a precisely described 68-acre parcel, limiting broader precedent and focusing the change on a single, community-identified need.

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Allow Parkland for Golf Use

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
James Skoufis

Senator · Senate District 39

Chair, Investigations And Government Operations

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History

  1. Signed chap.639
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to senate
  4. Passed assembly
  5. Home rule request
  6. Ordered to third reading rules cal.690
  7. Substituted for A7610A
  8. Referred to local governments
  9. Returned to assembly
  10. Repassed senate
  11. Amended on third reading 5281b
  12. Vote reconsidered - restored to third reading
Show 12 earlier actions
  1. Returned to senate
  2. Recalled from assembly
  3. Referred to local governments
  4. Delivered to assembly
  5. Passed senateVote 62–0
  6. Home rule request
  7. Advanced to third reading
  8. 2nd report cal.
  9. 1st report cal.578
  10. Print number 5281a
  11. Amend and recommit to local government
  12. Referred to local government

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

A7610Assembly

Allow Stony Point Park Sale

Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Colin Schmitt

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

5281--B Cal. No. 578

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN SENATE

April 23, 2019

Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

AN ACT alienating certain parklands in the town of Stony Point, county of Rockland conveyed to said town pursuant to chapter 851 of the laws of 1973

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 Stony Point, in the county of Rockland, 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 to alienate the lands described in section three of this act for the continued operation of a public golf course. The commissioner of general services shall amend a deed from the state to the town conveying the lands described in section three of this act, relating to the use of such lands, in order to permit the alienation authorized pursuant to this act.

§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall take effect only upon the condition that the town of Stony Point shall dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parklands being discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.

§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discontinued as parkland are as follows:

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD11166-05-9

S. 5281--B 2

BEGINNING at a point at the southeast corner of lands conveyed to the Town of Stony Point recorded in Book 81 of Patents at page 634, thence the following fourteen (14) courses and distances:

1) N 74°23'00" W a distance of 1017.36 feet to a point;

2) N 08° 39' 27" W a distance of 817.69 feet to a point;

3) S 81° 11' 33" W a distance of 957.57 feet to a point;

4) S 00° 00' 00" E a distance of 493.17 feet to a point;

5) S 90° 00' 00" W a distance of 100.24 feet to a point;

6) N 00° 00' 00" W a distance of 863.57 feet to a point;

7) S 90° 00' 00" W a distance of 900.00 feet to a point;

8) N 00° 00' 00" W a distance of 917.21 feet to a point;

9) S 50° 56' 41" E a distance of 530.56 feet to a point;

10) N 03° 44' 23" E a distance of 221.85 feet to a point;

11) S 75° 01' 30" E a distance of 2399.62 feet to a point;

12) S 13° 14' 35" W a distance of 570.03 feet to a point;

13) S 75° 24' 47" E a distance of 650.32 feet to a point; and

14) S 14° 06' 25" W a distance of 795.62 feet to the point or place of beginning.

Being a portion of lands conveyed by the People of the State of New York to the Town of Stony Point recorded in the Department of State in Book 81 of Patents at page 634, dated January 29, 1974.

CONTAINING 68.0 acres of land more or less.

§ 4. In the event that the town of Stony Point 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 section one of this act shall not occur until the town of Stony Point 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 alienating certain parklands in the town of Stony Point, county of Rockland conveyed to said town pursuant to chap- ter 851 of the laws of 1973

Purpose

Alienates certain parklands in the town of Stony Point, county of Rock- land.

Summary of provisions

Section 1: Authorizes the town of Stony Point in the county of Rockland to discontinue certain park lands described in section three of this act.

Section 2: Requires that the authorization contained in section 1 shall take effect only if the town of Stony Point shall dedicate an amount of parkland equal to or greater than the fair market value of the parkland alienated by this act.

Section 3: Description of parcels situated in the town of Stony Point, county of Rockland.

Section 4: Ensures that the alienation of parkland must comply with federal law.

Section 5: Effective Date.

Justification

This legislation has been introduced at the request of the town board of Stony Point. These parcels are owned by the Town and located within the Letchworth Village property, a former mental institution that was closed down in 1996. The town of Stony Point's intent is ultimately to divide parcels, retaining the portion with the Town ball field complex and conveying the portion of the parcel that currently contains several golf course holes as part of a larger Town golf course. This will ensure that the golf course portion of the parcel remains a part of a golf course and continues to be available to the public in the same manner that it is now.

Legislative history

New bill.

Fiscal implications

None to the State.

Effective date

This act shall take effect immediately.

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