A 8373: Authorizes the discontinuance of certain parklands in the town of Cortlandville, county of Cortland for lease to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and operating an electronic sign.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8373 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KELLES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Cortlandville to discon- tinue the use of certain parklands The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Cort- 2 landville, located in the county of Cortland, acting by and through its 3 governing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such 4 body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and to lease at 5 fair market value to Park Outdoor Advertising of New York, Inc. for a 6 term not to exceed ten years the land more particularly described in 7 section three of this act for the purpose of erecting, maintaining and 8 operating an electronic sign. 9 § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this act shall be 10 effective only upon the condition that the town of Cortlandville, county 11 of Cortland, dedicate an amount equal to or greater than the fair market 12 value of the parklands being discontinued toward the acquisition of new 13 parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recreational 14 facilities. 15 § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon- 16 tinued as parklands and leased are described as follows: 17 All that tract or parcel of land situate in the Town of Cortlandville, 18 County of Cortland, and State of New York, being part of military lot 19 #92 and being bounded and described as follows: 20 Beginning at a point on the northerly highway boundary of NYS Route 13, 21 which point being S 50°22'54" W a distance of 141.00 feet from the east 22 line of lands of the Town of Cortlandville (R.O., 2017-920, tax map 23 parcel: 105.00-04-02.2); running THENCE along the northerly highway 24 boundary of NYS Route 13 S 50°22'54" W a distance of 30.00 feet to a 25 point; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11984-01-5 
 A. 8373 2 1 running THENCE through the lands of the Town of Cortlandville (R.O., 2 2017-920, tax map parcel: 105.00-04-02.2) the following three (3) cours- 3 es: 4 1. N 39°37'06" W a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; 5 2. N 50°22'54" E a distance of 30.00 feet to a point; 6 3. S 39°37'06" E a distance of 40.00 feet to a point; 7 The last mentioned point being the point and place of beginning contain- 8 ing 0.03 Acres± of land, as shown as 'Proposed Sign Outparcel' on a map 9 by Denkenberger Surveying, P.C. titled 'Survey of the Lands of Town of 10 Cortlandville' dated June 10, 2021 and last revised May 6, 2025. 11 Excepting and reserving from the above described premises any/all ease- 12 ments of record pertaining to said premises. 13 § 4. Should the lands described in section three of this act cease to 14 be used for the purposes described in section one of this act, the lease 15 shall terminate and such lands shall revert to the town of Cortlandville 16 for public park and recreational purposes. At the time of such rever- 17 sion, the removal of such electronic sign shall take place and the prop- 18 erty shall be returned to its previous state, consistent with park and 19 recreational purposes. 20 § 5. In the event that the town of Cortlandville received any funding 21 support or assistance from the federal government for the purchase, 22 maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in section three 23 of this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author- 24 ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of 25 Cortlandville has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to 26 the alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the 27 secretary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies 28 with all conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary 29 to ensure the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair 30 market value and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted. 31 § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.