NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2877

Senate Bill S2877

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the town of Brookhaven, in the county of Suffolk, to lease parklands to the Patchogue-Medford Library

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Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor

Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Sep 13, 2019	signed chap.300 delivered to governor
Jun 13, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.115 substituted for a3475
May 06, 2019	referred to local governments delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
Apr 10, 2019	advanced to third reading
Apr 09, 2019	2nd report cal.
Apr 08, 2019	1st report cal.380
Jan 30, 2019	referred to local government

Votes

- May 6, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S2877
  
  60
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 6, 2019
      
      aye (60)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      O'Mara
      
      excused (1)
      
      Funke
  Apr 8, 2019 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S2877
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Apr 8, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Amedore
      
      Brooks
      
      Gaughran
      
      Harckham
      
      Metzger
      
      Ritchie
      
      Skoufis

2019-S2877 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A3475
Law Section:: Suffolk County
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S8930, A11060

2019-S2877 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing the town of Brookhaven, in the county of Suffolk, to lease parklands to the Patchogue-Medford Library.

2019-S2877 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2877

SPONSOR: MARTINEZ
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act authorizing the alienation of certain parklands in the town of
Brookhaven, county of Suffolk

 
PURPOSE:

To allow authorization from the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk,
to lease certain parklands to the Patchogue-Medford Library.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill provides the provisions for which the Town of
Brookhaven is authorized to lease to the Patchogue-Medford Library, for
up to thirty years, and upon such terms and conditions as the town board
deems appropriate, the municipality owned parklands.

Section 2 of this bill outlines the stipulations to which Section One of

this act shall take into effect in relation to the town of Brookhaven,
county of Suffolk to dedicate an amount equal to the fair market value
of those interests being transferred by this act, for the acquisition of
additional parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and
recreational facilities.

Section 3 of this bill relates to the metes and bounds of the parklands
authorized to be leased by the town of Brookhaven, to the Patchogue-Med-
ford Library.

Section 4 of this bill relates to the use of the parkland in the event
it will cease to be operated as a library.

Section 5 of this bill relates to the parkland in the event it is
subject to receive funding pursuant to the federal land and water
conversation fund. The discontinuance of parklands authorized by the
provisions of this act shall not occur until the municipality has
complied with the federal requirements pertaining to the conversion of
parklands.

Section 6 of this bill is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

To better address community concerns, the Patchogue-Medford Library
would like to construct an annex to their current building to better
accommodate a higher influx of individuals using their facility. This
legislation authorizes the town of Brookhaven to lease parklands to the
Patchogue-Medford Library as described by the new set of metes and
bounds contained in this bill.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

S.8930 of 2018, passed Senate

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2019-S2877 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2877
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08008-01-9

 S. 2877                             2
 
   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;
   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.

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