S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8930
I N S E N A T E
June 6, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT authorizing the alienation of certain parklands in the town of
Brookhaven, county of Suffolk
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Brookha-
ven, in the county of Suffolk, 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 lease such
parklands to the Patchogue-Medford Library District for the purpose of
establishing a local library branch for a period not to exceed thirty
years.
§ 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act shall be
effective only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven dedicate
an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the park-
lands being discontinued toward the acquisition of new parkland and/or
capital improvements to existing parkland and recreational facilities.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
ated are described as follows:
BEGINNING at a point the following three courses and distances from
the intersection of the westerly side of Port Jefferson - Patchogue Road
(New York State Route 112) and the northerly side of Horseblock Road
(County Road 16);
1. Westerly along the northerly side of Horseblock Road (County Road
16) North 73 degrees 25 minutes 03 seconds West, 440.42 feet;
2. North 3 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds East, 126.28 feet;
3. North 55 degrees 22 minutes 562 seconds West, 910.15 feet to said
point of beginning;
RUNNING THENCE North 86 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 180.00
feet;
THENCE North 3 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds East, 344.00 feet;
THENCE South 86 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds East, 189.50 feet;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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THENCE South 3 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West, 206.50 feet;
THENCE North 86 degrees 50 minutes 00 seconds West, 9.50 feet;
THENCE South 3 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West 83.50 feet to THE
POINT OR PLACE OF BEGINNING;
Containing: 64,395 square feet or 1.48 acres, more or less
§ 4. Should the leased lands described in section three of this act
cease to be used for the purposes described in section one of this act,
the lease shall terminate and those lands shall revert to the town of
Brookhaven for public park and recreational purposes. At the time of
such reversion, any facilities located thereon shall be adapted for
public park and recreational purposes.
§ 5. In the event that the town of Brookhaven 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 author-
ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the town of
Brookhaven has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying the secre-
tary 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.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
