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STATE OF NEW YORK
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3667

2011-2012 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

January 26, 2011
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to create the Kings Park land redevelopment  task  force  and  to
  postpone  the  sale  of  property at the former Kings Park Psychiatric
  Center Campus

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or
local law to the contrary, any state agency, authority or other  special
entity  empowered by the state to sell, lease or convey any real proper-
ties which may be available for sale, lease or conveyance at the  former
campus  of  the  Kings  Park Psychiatric Center shall postpone any sale,
lease or conveyance of real property at the former Kings Park  Psychiat-
ric Center until December 15, 2012 or thereafter or until the submission
of the final report and recommendations for appropriate zoning and plan-
ning  by the Kings Park land redevelopment task force in accordance with
section two of this act.
  S 2. (a) There is hereby created a Kings Park land redevelopment  task
force.  Such  task  force  shall  consist of eleven voting members to be
appointed by the governor as follows:  one shall be appointed  upon  the
recommendation  of  the  temporary president of the senate; one shall be
appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of  the  assembly;  one
shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the town supervisor of the
town of Smithtown; one shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the
town board of the town of Smithtown; two shall be residents of the Kings
Park  central school district; two shall be members of the local chamber
of commerce; one shall be a local environmental representative; and  two
shall  be  members of local civic associations.  All members of the task
force shall be appointed within 30 days of the effective  date  of  this
act.  The chair and the vice chair of the task force shall be designated
by  the  governor  and  shall  be members of the task force.  Members in

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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general shall be selected for their expertise in land use and redevelop-
ment strategies, economic development knowledge  and/or  involvement  in
local  community issues.   Eight members of the task force shall consti-
tute a quorum for the purposes of organizing the task force and conduct-
ing the meetings thereof.  Members of the task force shall serve without
salary but shall be allowed their necessary and actual expenses incurred
in the performance of their duties.
  The  task  force  shall  meet not less than once a month until a final
report and recommendations are submitted in accordance with  subdivision
(d) of this section.
  (b)  Such  task  force  shall serve to develop recommendations for the
potential reuse of land and buildings permitted to be developed  at  the
former  Kings  Park Psychiatric Center campus.  All state agencies shall
provide their expertise and, where possible, their resources  to  assist
the  task  force in fulfilling its duties and responsibilities.  Specif-
ically, the task force shall develop recommendations which  include  the
following:
  (i) potential reuses for the land and buildings permitted to be devel-
oped  including  but not limited to reuse, rehabilitation and/or convey-
ance to private, commercial, governmental  or  not-for-profit  interests
and an analysis of the impact of those new uses on the affected communi-
ties;
  (ii)  consideration of the best interests of the region and the state,
including employment needs of area residents;
  (iii) community interests as embodied in local master plans  including
the local waterfront revitalization plan, and laws or ordinances enacted
and in effect in community areas; and
  (iv)  direct  input  from  the community concerning future uses of the
real property.
  (c) Within six months after the appointment of the members of the task
force, the task force shall hold a public hearing.  Thereafter, the task
force shall consider and incorporate the comments made at  such  hearing
into preliminary recommendations. Such preliminary recommendations shall
be  published  and  made  available  to the public, and submitted to the
governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
assembly within nine months of the effective date of this act. Following
the  publishing  and submission of such preliminary recommendations, the
task force shall provide at least 30 days but not more than 45 days  for
public comment on the recommendations.
  (d)  Upon  completion of assessments and evaluations for redevelopment
of the former Kings Park Psychiatric Center campus the task force  shall
develop  and  submit  a  final  report  including but not limited to the
following:
  (i) potential reuses for land and buildings at the former  Kings  Park
Psychiatric  Center  campus  and  an analysis of the impact of those new
uses on the affected communities;
  (ii) the procedure used by the task force to involve and allow for the
participation of community residents and local governments in the  iden-
tifying  of  alternate  uses  for land and buildings at the former Kings
Park Psychiatric Center campus; and
  (iii) a final detailed recommendation  for  the  reuse,  redevelopment
and/or  conveyance  of  designated  available  land and buildings on the
former Kings Park Psychiatric Center campus  that  are  to  the  largest
extent  feasible consistent with applicable state and local laws and, in
particular, with the town of Smithtown local  waterfront  revitalization
plan  as  approved  by the state.  The task force shall submit its final
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report of recommendations to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
the  senate  and  the  speaker  of the assembly on or before December 1,
2012.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.