[Amended 12-15-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1999; 12-5-2000 by L.L. No. 30-2000]
A. 
The County Executive, subject to § A34-2 of this article or any other alternative legislative directives, is authorized to formulate a leasing procedure for buildings at the Suffolk County Airport.
B. 
The Federal Aviation Administration has agreed to approve the leasing of buildings at Suffolk County Airport for nonaviation purposes on a short-term lease basis with a maximum term of five years.
C. 
Any and all revenue derived from the leasing of airport property shall be used solely to offset expenditures for development, operations, and maintenance at the airport.
D. 
Should a surplus exist at the close of any fiscal period, such surplus shall be reapportioned for aviation purposes at the Suffolk County Airport in the next succeeding budget.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § A34-2, Establishment of County policy for leasing space at County airport, added 12-15-1998 by L.L. No. 8-1999, as amended, which immediately followed this section, was repealed 5-16-2006 by L.L. No. 28-2006.
[Added 3-27-2012 by L.L. No. 24-2012]
A. 
There is hereby established a Gabreski Airport Conservation and Assessment Committee ("Committee"), which shall be composed of the following nine members:
[Amended 6-19-2012 by L.L. No. 43-2012]
(1) 
One member to be appointed by the Suffolk County Executive.
(2) 
One member to be appointed by the Presiding Officer of the Suffolk County Legislature.
(3) 
Three members to be appointed to represent community, civic and neighborhood organizations that serve communities in close proximity to the airport, with one member to be appointed by the Supervisor of the Town of Southampton; one member to be appointed by the Mayor of the Village of Quogue; and one member to be appointed by the Mayor of the Village of Westhampton Beach.
(4) 
One member to represent the aviation community, to be appointed by the County Executive, subject to approval by the County Legislature.
(5) 
One member to represent the local business community surrounding the airport, to be appointed by the County Executive, subject to approval by the County Legislature.
(6) 
One member to represent an environmental group serving the east-end towns of Suffolk County, to be appointed by the County Executive, subject to approval by the County Legislature.
(7) 
The County Legislator representing the 2nd Legislative District or his or her designee.
B. 
With the exception of the Legislator or designee representing the 2nd Legislative District, all members of the Committee shall be appointed for a term of three years. The Chairman shall be appointed by the Committee at its first meeting of the year.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by L.L. No. 43-2012]
C. 
The Department of Economic Development and Planning shall forward to the Committee all applications for leases, lease renewals, lease extensions, lease modifications, licenses, license renewals, license extensions and license modifications at Gabreski Airport, which have a term that exceeds 30 days' duration, for review by the Committee. The Committee will consider the Gabreski Airport Proposed Land Use Plan, or any successor plan, when reviewing applications. Upon completing its review of an application, the Committee shall make its findings and recommendations, which shall be advisory in nature.
[Amended 6-19-2012 by L.L. No. 43-2012; 7-28-2015 by L.L. No. 27-2015]
D. 
The scope of the Committee's review shall be limited to an examination of the environmental, economic and community impacts of an application.
E. 
Five members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum to transact the business of the Committee at both regular and special meetings. The Committee shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern its proceedings. Members shall receive no salary or compensation for their services. Clerical services involving the operation of this Committee, as well as supplies and postage as necessary, will be provided by the Department of Planning.
F. 
The Committee shall keep a record of its transactions, findings and recommendations, which shall be public record. The Committee meetings shall be open to the public in compliance with the New York State Open Meetings Law.
G. 
The Committee's findings and recommendations shall be forwarded to the County Executive and the County Legislature for consideration. The findings and recommendations shall be forwarded to the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) as backup to the submission of the Department of Planning's request for SEQRA review.
H. 
The Committee's findings and recommendations shall be rendered within 45 days of its receipt of the application from the Department of Planning. If the Committee does not render findings and recommendations within this forty-five-day period, then the application shall be deemed to have been recommended for approval by the Committee. Said recommendations shall remain in effect for a period of two years unless extended or modified by the Committee.
I. 
The County Legislature may not act on a resolution to approve a lease, lease renewal, lease extension, lease modification, license, license renewal, license extension, or license modification at Gabreski Airport unless the Committee has issued its findings and recommendations as set forth in Subsection H herein.
J. 
The Department of Economic Development and Planning shall not refer to the Committee subleases in the Hamptons Business and Technology Park which are permissible under, and consistent with, the terms and provisions of the underlying lease.
[Added 6-19-2012 by L.L. No. 43-2012]