Authorizes the town of Ithaca, county of Tompkins to discontinue as parklands and alienate certain lands

◆ The sponsor's argument

Why Lea Webb says this is needed

The Saponi Meadows Subdivision was approved in 1994, which created Peachtree Lane, Apple Blossom Lane and Amber Lane. As part of this approval, Saponi Park was dedicated to the Town of Ithaca in 1995 as the park land requirement. The 1994 plans showed future phases and roads which would have continued to the south on the 21.6-acre Eddy Hill Inc. property, filling in the gap between Peachtree Lane and the current park property. The park property and the remaining Eddy Hill Inc.'s property have been farmed since 1994. The current owners have stated they have no intention of developing the property into additional residential lots, and the Town has not made any improvements to the park property. The current landowners and the Town feel there would be substantial public benefit to relocating the park approximately 1,100 feet to the north, adjacent to the residential development that it went with. The Town of Ithaca has indicated, by formal resolution, that it wishes to discontinue the use of the existing Saponi Park for park and recre- ation purposes and wishes the New York State Legislature to authorize and empower the Town to alienate Saponi Park so that the Town can acquire another property of the same size and 'within 1,100 feet on the same road. This bill provides the requested authorization to alienate this property as parkland.

This is the sponsor's own case for the bill, quoted from their memorandum. It is not Agora's description of what the bill does.