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                                  4457--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MURRAY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT authorizing the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain  parklands
   for use as a recharge basin and to dedicate other lands as replacement
   parklands
 
   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, located in the county of Suffolk, acting by and through its govern-
 ing body and upon such terms and conditions as determined by such  body,
 is  hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands the lands more partic-
 ularly described in section three of  this  act,  for  the  purposes  of
 constructing a stormwater runoff and recharge basin.
   §  2.  The  authorization provided 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 towards the acquisition of new parklands and/or
 capital improvements to existing park and recreational facilities.
   § 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be discon-
 tinued as parklands are described as follows:
 Parcel I
 ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and  being  near
 Bellport,  Town  of  Brookhaven,  County  of Suffolk, State of New York,
 known and designated as Lots 55 through 64, inclusive, in Block 508,  as
 shown  on  a certain map entitled "Map number 3, 6 and 9 of New York and
 Brooklyn Suburban Investment Company" and filed in  the  office  of  the
 Clerk  of Suffolk County on June 9, 1890 as number 444; also filed April
 9, 1890 as number 83 and April 15, 1892 as  number  26  and  being  more
 particularly bounded and described as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 Beginning  at the corner formed by the intersection of the westerly side
 of Hoffman Avenue and the southerly side of Patchogue Avenue;
 Running  thence South 4°-17'-00" West along the westerly side of Hoffman
 Avenue 250.00 feet to a point;
 Thence North 85°-43'-00" West a distance of 100.00 feet to a point;
 Thence North 4°-17'-00" East a distance of 250.00 feet to the  southerly
 side of Patchogue Avenue;
 Thence  South  85°-43'-00"  East  along  the southerly side of Patchogue
 Avenue 100.00 feet to the westerly side of Hoffman Avenue and the  point
 or place of beginning.
 Parcel II
 ALL  that  certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being near
 Bellport, Town of Brookhaven, County of  Suffolk,  State  of  New  York,
 known  and designated as Lots 25 through 32, inclusive, in Block 508, as
 shown on a certain map entitled "Map number 3, 6 and 9 of New  York  and
 Brooklyn  Suburban  Investment  Company"  and filed in the office of the
 Clerk of Suffolk County on June 9, 1890 as number 444; also filed  April
 9,  1890  as  number  83  and April 15, 1892 as number 26 and being more
 particularly bounded and described as follows:
 Beginning at the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly  side
 of Ecke Avenue and the southerly side of Patchogue Avenue;
 Running  thence South 85°-43'-00" East along the southerly side of Patc-
 hogue Avenue 100.00 feet to a point;
 Thence South 4°-17'-00" West a distance of 200.00 feet to a point;
 Thence North 85°-43'-00" West a distance of 100.00 feet to the  easterly
 side of Ecke Avenue;
 Thence  North  4°-17'-00"  East  along  the easterly side of Ecke Avenue
 200.00 feet to the southerly side of Patchogue Avenue and the  point  or
 place of beginning.
 Containing within said bounds 1.02 acres, more or less.
   §  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 alienated or converted.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.