S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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11060
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 1, 2018
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. 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 Patchogue-Medford Library, for up to thirty years, and upon such
terms and conditions as the town board deems appropriate, the munici-
pality owned parklands more particularly described in section three of
this act.
§ 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.
§ 3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be leased
to the Patchogue-Medford Library are 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;
THENCE South 3 degrees 10 minutes 00 seconds West, 206.50 feet;
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 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.
§ 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.
§ 6. This act shall take effect immediately.