Authorizes the town of Brookhaven to alienate certain parklands for use as a recharge basin, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4457--B
 
                        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 -- 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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 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.
 Containing within said bounds 0.44 acres, more or less.
 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 0.58 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.