§ 1070-19. Environmental Trust Review Board; duties; review process.

A. 

Prior to negotiating for a proposed acquisition, it shall be presented to the Environmental Trust Review Board, which shall meet at least semi-annually and which shall consist of the following nine members:

(1) 

The Director of Planning, who shall serve as Chairman;

(2) 

The Presiding Officer of the Suffolk County Legislature, or his or her designee;

(3) 

The Chairman of the Parks and Recreation Committee of the Suffolk County Legislature, or any successor committee thereto;

(4) 

The Chairman of the Environment, Planning, and Agriculture Committee of the Suffolk County Legislature, or any successor committee thereto;

(5) 

A member of the Suffolk County Legislature whose political party has the largest number of elected members, to be selected by the Presiding Officer;

(6) 

A member of the Suffolk County Legislature whose political party has the second largest number of elected members, to be selected by the Minority Leader;

(7) 

The Suffolk County Executive, or his designee;

(8) 

A representative of the Department of Health Services' Division of Environmental Quality, to be selected by the Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services; and

[Amended 3-8-2011 by Res. No. 91-2011]

(9) 

The Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Conservation, or his or her designee.

[Amended 3-8-2011 by Res. No. 91-2011]

B. 

The Environmental Trust Review Board is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed by a vote of at least a majority of those present to review and authorize the Director of Real Estate to commence negotiations for proposed acquisitions at a price not to exceed the value established by the Environmental Trust Review Board, after consulting with the representative of the Internal Appraisal Review Panel, or it may recommit such proposed acquisition to the Division of Real Estate for further examination.

C. 

The amount to be paid shall not exceed that which has been determined in accordance with the provisions of this section. Proposed acquisitions shall not be reviewed again for at least one year from the date of the last review of such parcel.

D. 

The Environmental Trust Review Board meetings shall be open to the public and shall accept written comments for inclusion in the record and shall have a public portion at which each speaker may speak for no more than three minutes, exclusive of question and answer time.

E. 

Any discussion of appraised value shall be conducted at an executive session, which proceedings shall remain confidential, at which the members of the Environmental Trust Review Board shall participate and any Legislator shall be permitted to be present.

F. 

In the event a Legislator is serving simultaneously as the Chairperson of the Parks and Recreation Committee and the Environment, Planning and Acquisition Committee, the Presiding Officer will select another Legislator to serve on the ETRB so that there is full complement of nine members on the Board.

[Added 3-7-2017 by Res. No. 99-2017]