A.
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that the County of Suffolk operates a wide variety of park facilities for active and passive recreation and enjoyment by residents and visitors. This Legislature also finds and determines that certain County park facilities are operated by not-for-profit organizations with specialized interests and skill sets, such as the Long Island Maritime Museum and Seatuck Environmental Association. This Legislature further finds and determines that not-for-profit organizations entering into contracts with the County for these types of facilities are required to make capital investments into the facilities they operate during the term of the agreement. This Legislature finds that some of these not-for-profit organizations have received offers from construction companies and suppliers to provide donations of materials and labor to improve these County facilities at no cost to the County or the nonprofit. This Legislature determines that presently, the contracts between the County and the not-for-profit organizations under these circumstances do not expressly authorize in-kind donations to be credited towards the capital improvement requirement. This Legislature also finds that in order to aid the not-for-profit corporations which manage and maintain these vital parks facilities in providing the best service possible to visiting County residents, future contracts should allow not-for-profit corporations to receive credit towards their capital contribution obligations through donations of materials and labor to improve the parks facilities they manage.
B.
Therefore, the purpose of this article is to require that all future contracts between the County and not-for-profit organizations for the management of County park facilities include a clause allowing the not-for-profit organization to use donations of materials and labor to satisfy the capital improvement obligation in the agreement.