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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Flood) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing the town of Brookhaven to  discontinue
   a portion of real property in the county of Suffolk as parkland and to
   grant  easements  to  West  Ferry  Office, LLC for the construction of
   sewer facilities

   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, but notwithstanding
 any provision of law to the contrary, the town of Brookhaven  is  hereby
 authorized to discontinue the use as parklands of the lands described in
 section  three  of this act and to grant easements to West Ferry Office,
 LLC, upon such terms and conditions as  the  town  shall  determine,  to
 enable  West  Ferry  Office,  LLC to construct below surface sewer lines
 under such parkland.
   § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
 effective  only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven dedicates
 an amount equal to or greater than the fair market value of the land  to
 be  discontinued towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or capital
 improvements to existing parklands and  recreational  facilities  within
 the town of Brookhaven.
   §  3.  The lands hereby authorized to be discontinued as parklands and
 for which easements may be granted to West Ferry Office, LLC are located
 in the county of Suffolk, town of Brookhaven, village of Port  Jefferson
 and state of New York, and are bounded and described as follows:
   ALL  THAT  CERTAIN  PLOT,  PIECE  OR PARCEL of land situate, lying and
 being at Port Jefferson, in the town of Brookhaven,  county  of  Suffolk
 and  state of New York, known and designated as lots 3 and 4, said ease-
 ment being bounded and described as follows:
   Beginning at a point on the Northerly side of  West  Broadway  at  the
 division  line  between  lots  2  and  4  and 3. Running thence North 18
 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds West at 30.00 feet to the  easement  point
 of beginning.
 1. Thence, North 49 degrees 45 minutes 16 seconds East at 270.00 feet;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 2. Thence, North 19 degrees 01 minutes 39 seconds West at 30.00 feet;
 3. Thence, South 69 degrees 03 minutes 11 seconds West at 60.00 feet;
 4. Thence, South 18 degrees 11 minutes 35 seconds West at 30.00 feet;
 5. Thence, South 49 degrees 45 minutes 16 seconds East at 206.00 feet;
 6. Thence,  South 18 degrees 18 minutes 00 seconds East at 20.50 feet to
 the point or place of beginning.
   § 4. 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 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 discontinued.
   § 5. Upon the completion of construction of the sewer  facilities  the
 West  Ferry Office, LLC shall, in agreement with the town of Brookhaven,
 restore the surface of the lands described in section three of this  act
 and such lands shall continue to be used for park purposes.
   § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.