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                                   8483
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 4, 2020
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 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to authorize the village of Patchogue, town of Brookhaven, county
   of Suffolk, to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklands
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  (a) Subject to the provisions of this act, the village of
 Patchogue, in the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, acting  by  and
 through its governing body, and upon such terms and conditions as deter-
 mined by such body, is hereby authorized to discontinue as parklands and
 to  lease  at fair market value to Wireless Towers LLC for a term not to
 exceed thirty years the lands more particularly described in section two
 of this act for the placement and operation of a wireless  communication
 tower.
   (b)  All proceeds from such lease shall be used for acquisition of new
 parklands and/or towards  capital  improvements  to  existing  park  and
 recreational facilities.
   §  2. The lands authorized by section one of this act to be discontin-
 ued as parklands and leased are described as follows:
   All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and
 improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the village of
 Patchogue in the town of Brookhaven and the county  of  Suffolk  in  the
 state of New York being more particularly described as follows:
   Beginning  at  a  point  being  514.60  feet southerly from the corner
 formed by the southerly side of Park Street and the westerly side of Bay
 Ave.
   Running thence south 05 degrees 51 minutes 29 seconds east 5.05 feet;
   Running thence south 75 degrees 46  minutes  30  seconds  west  187.11
 feet;
   Running thence south 56 degrees 30 minutes 25 seconds west 5.01 feet;
   Running thence north 56 degrees 30 minutes 25 seconds east 15.15 feet;
   Running  thence  north  75  degrees  46 minutes 30 seconds east 187.85
 feet;
   To the point of beginning.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   The Parcel Contains 1.57 acres more or less of land.
   § 3. Should the lands described in section two 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 village of Patchogue
 for public park and recreational purposes. At the time  of  such  rever-
 sion,  the removal of such wireless communication tower shall take place
 and the property shall be returned to  its  previous  state,  consistent
 with park and recreational purposes.
   §  4.  In the event that the village of Patchogue received any funding
 support or assistance from the  federal  government  for  the  purchase,
 maintenance  or improvement of the parklands set forth in section two of
 this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland  authorized
 by the provisions of this act shall not occur until the village of Patc-
 hogue  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.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.