Bill Text: NY S06356 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to alienate certain lands used as parkland and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-02 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S06356 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S06356-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6356--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 23, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. PALUMBO -- 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 to authorize the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to alien-
          ate 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:

     1    Section 1. Subject to the provisions of this act, the town of Brookha-
     2  ven,  county  of  Suffolk, acting by and through its governing body, and
     3  upon such terms and conditions as determined by  such  body,  is  hereby
     4  authorized  to  discontinue  as  parkland  the  lands  more particularly
     5  described in section three of this act and convey such lands to New York
     6  Site Operations, LLC for the purpose of improving rail access.
     7    § 2. The authorization provided in section one of this  act  shall  be
     8  effective only upon the condition that the town of Brookhaven, county of
     9  Suffolk,  dedicate the lands more particularly described in section four
    10  of this act for parkland purposes, provided that the town of  Brookhaven
    11  has never used such lands for  public open space or park purposes.
    12    §  3. The parklands authorized by section one of this act to be alien-
    13  ated are described as follows:
    14    Beginning at the northeast corner of the  herein  described  property,
    15  said point being more particularly described thus:
    16    Commencing  at  the intersection of the easterly line of Old Town Road
    17  with the northerly line of Horse Block Road (Suffolk County  Route  16),
    18  said point being the southwest corner of property acquired by the County
    19  of  Suffolk  from  Decca Navigator Systems, Inc. per Map No. 93 entitled
    20  "Map Showing Property to be Acquired from Decca Navigator  System,  Inc.
    21  for  County  Purposes" County of Suffolk Department of Public Works R.M.
    22  Kammerer, Commissioner.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10926-03-1

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     1    Running thence along the northerly line of Horse Block Road (C.R.  16)
     2  the following seven courses:
     3    1. South 75°01'07" East 163.82 feet;
     4    2.  Along  the arc of a circular curve to the right having a radius of
     5  1,945.86 feet, tangent to the previous course, said curve  has  a  chord
     6  which  bears  South  73°24'46" East 109.06 feet, an arc length of 109.07
     7  feet to a point of reverse curvature;
     8    3. Along the arc of a circular curve to the left having  a  radius  of
     9  1,873.86  feet,  tangent  to  the previous curve, said curve has a chord
    10  which bears South 73°24'46" East 105.02 feet, an arc  length  of  105.04
    11  feet;
    12    4. South 75°01'07" East, tangent to the previous curve, 79.43 feet;
    13    5. South 05°32'27" East 19.19 feet;
    14    6. South 75°01'07" East 104.97 feet;
    15    7.  South 79°17'52" East 184.55 feet, to the westerly line of land now
    16  or formerly of Rosh, LLC.;
    17    Thence, along said westerly line, North 05°32'27" West 2,605.87  feet,
    18  to the southerly line of land of the County of Suffolk;
    19    Thence along lands of the County of Suffolk the following eight cours-
    20  es:
    21    1. South 84°27'33" West 275.15 feet;
    22    2. North 05°32'27" West 1.82 feet;
    23    3. North 05°23'40" West 1,890.10 feet;
    24    4. North 03°49'20" West 15.25 feet;
    25    5. North 05°32'38" West 34.99 feet;
    26    6. North 44°00'41" West 312.52 feet;
    27    7. North 49°00'49" West 339.27 feet;
    28    8.  North  05°20'34"  West 3,196.62 feet, to the southerly line of the
    29  Long Island Railroad as monumented;
    30    Thence along the southerly line of the Long Island Railroad  as  monu-
    31  mented,  South  82°57'08"  West, 877.24 feet, to the northeast corner of
    32  the herein described property at the Point of Beginning;
    33    Thence South 05°27'31" East 384.27 feet ;
    34    Thence North 67°06'35" West 769.69 feet to the southerly line  of  the
    35  Long Island Railroad as monumented;
    36    Thence  along  the southerly line of the Long Island Railroad as monu-
    37  mented, North 82°57'08" East 677.64 feet to the Point of Beginning.
    38    Containing within said bounds 2.99 Acres
    39    § 4. Prior to the  discontinuance  and  alienation  of  the  parklands
    40  described  in  section  three  of this act, the town of Brookhaven shall
    41  dedicate as parklands such lands described as follows:
    42    Beginning at the southeast corner of the  herein  described  property,
    43  said point being more particularly described thus:
    44    Commencing  at  the intersection of the easterly line of Old Town Road
    45  with the northerly line of Horse Block Road (Suffolk County  Route  16),
    46  said point being the southwest corner of property acquired by the County
    47  of  Suffolk  from  Decca Navigator Systems, Inc. per Map No. 93 entitled
    48  "Map Showing Property to be Acquired from Decca Navigator  System,  Inc.
    49  for  County  Purposes" County of Suffolk Department of Public Works R.M.
    50  Kammerer, Commissioner.
    51    Running thence along the northerly line of Horse Block Road (C.R.  16)
    52  the following seven courses:
    53    1. South 75°01'07" East 163.82 feet;
    54    2.  Along  the arc of a circular curve to the right having a radius of
    55  1,945.86 feet, tangent to the previous course, said curve  has  a  chord

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     1  which  bears  South  73°24'46" East 109.06 feet, an arc length of 109.07
     2  feet to a point of reverse curvature;
     3    3.  Along  the  arc of a circular curve to the left having a radius of
     4  1,873.86 feet, tangent to the previous curve, said  curve  has  a  chord
     5  which  bears  South  73°24'46" East 105.02 feet, an arc length of 105.04
     6  feet;
     7    4. South 75°01'07" East, tangent to the previous curve, 79.43 feet;
     8    5. South 05°32'27" East 19.19 feet;
     9    6. South 75°01'07" East 104.97 feet;
    10    7. South 79°17'52" East 184.55 feet, to the westerly line of land  now
    11  or formerly of Rosh, LLC.;
    12    Thence,  along said westerly line, North 05°32'27" West 2,605.87 feet,
    13  to the southerly line of land of the County of Suffolk;
    14    Thence along lands of the County of Suffolk the following eight cours-
    15  es:
    16    1. South 84°27'33" West 275.15 feet;
    17    2. North 05°32'27" West 1.82 feet;
    18    3. North 05°23'40" West 1,890.10 feet;
    19    4. North 03°49'20" West 15.25 feet;
    20    5. North 05°32'38" West 34.99 feet;
    21    6. North 44°00'41" West 312.52 feet;
    22    7. North 49°00'49" West 339.27 feet;
    23    8. North 05°20'34" West 1,467.95 feet, to the Point of Beginning.
    24    RUNNING thence South 84°16'27" West 598.41 feet;
    25    Thence North 05°27'31" West 442.71 feet;
    26    Thence North 84°32'29" East 599.29 feet;
    27    Thence South 05°20'34" East 439.92 feet to the Point of Beginning.
    28    Containing within said bounds 6.13 Acres
    29    § 5. In the event that the fair market value of the lands described in
    30  section four of this act to be  dedicated  by  the  town  of  Brookhaven
    31  pursuant  to  this  act are not equal to or greater than the fair market
    32  value of the parklands to be alienated as described in section three  of
    33  this  act, the town of Brookhaven, shall dedicate the difference of fair
    34  market value of the lands to be alienated and the lands to be  dedicated
    35  for  the acquisition of additional parklands and/or capital improvements
    36  to existing park and recreational facilities.
    37    § 6. In the event that the town of  Brookhaven  received  any  funding
    38  support  or  assistance  from  the  federal government for the purchase,
    39  maintenance or improvement of the parklands set forth in  section  three
    40  of  this act, the discontinuance and alienation of such parkland author-
    41  ized by the provisions of this act shall not occur  until  the  town  of
    42  Brookhaven  has complied with any federal requirements pertaining to the
    43  alienation or conversion of parklands, including satisfying  the  secre-
    44  tary of the interior that the alienation or conversion complies with all
    45  conditions which the secretary of the interior deems necessary to assure
    46  the substitution of other lands shall be equivalent in fair market value
    47  and usefulness to the lands being alienated or converted.
    48    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.
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