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                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2016
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Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Local Governments

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, acting by and through its town board, is hereby authorized to lease
to the Mastic, Moriches, Shirley Community Library,  for  up  to  thirty
years, and upon such terms and conditions as the town board deems appro-
priate,  the municipality owned parklands more particularly described in
section three of this act.
  S 2. The authorization contained in section one of this act  shall  be
effective only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven, county of
Suffolk  dedicate  an  amount  equal  to  the fair market value of those
interests being transferred by this act, for the  acquisition  of  addi-
tional parklands and/or capital improvements to existing park and recre-
ational facilities.
  S  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be leased
to the Mastic, Moriches, Shirley Community Library are as follows:
  ALL that certain piece or parcel of land situate, lying and  being  in
the  town  of  Brookhaven,  county  of  Suffolk,  together  with all the
improvements  thereon,  more  particularly  bounded  and  described   as
follows:
  Beginning  at  a  stake  set at the northwesterly corner of the herein
described parcel,  said  stake  being  the  following  two  courses  and
distances  from  the  easterly  side  of  William Floyd Parkway (CR 46);
1,696.99' easterly from the southeasterly end of a curve connecting  the
easterly  side  of William Floyd Parkway (CR 46) with the northerly side
of Colony Preserve Drive as measured along the northerly side of  Colony
Preserve  Drive  and  S21°24'01"E 411.50' to the northwesterly corner of
the herein described parcel and the true point or  place  of  beginning:
Running thence easterly from said point of beginning N80°28'56"E 703.81'
to  a stake set; running thence southerly S16°36'40"E 232.35' to a stake

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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set; running thence southwesterly and westerly through a stake  set  and
largely  through the artificial pond previously created on this property
S57°12'23"W 195.56' and S82°19'53"W 603.32' to a point;  running  thence
northerly  through a stake set N00°20'46"E 292.71' to the point or place
of beginning, containing within said bounds 4.995 acres.
  S 4. Should the interest described in section three of this act  cease
to  be operated as a library, such interests shall revert to the town of
Brookhaven, county of Suffolk for public park and recreational purposes.
The library shall be made available to the general public on an  equita-
ble  basis. Where availability of public facilities are limited, the use
of such facilities must be determined  by  a  reservation  policy  which
provides priority use to the general public.
  S  5.  If  the  parkland  that is the subject of this act has received
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, including satis-
fying the secretary of the interior that the discontinuance will include
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 recreational usefulness to the lands being discontin-
ued.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.