Section 18-121. High Rock Park Nature Conservation Center  


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  • The commissioner,
      notwithstanding the provisions of section 15.09 of the parks, recreation
      and historic preservation law, may enter  into  an  agreement  with  the
      Staten  Island  Institute of Arts and Sciences, for a period of not more
      than  ten  years,  for  the  maintenance  and  operation  of  a   nature
      conservation  center on premises known as High Rock Park. Such agreement
      shall become effective only upon approval by the mayor.  Said  agreement
      shall  include  a  clause providing for its termination if the institute
      ceases to be a non-profit membership corporation, no  part  of  the  net
      earnings  of  which  inures  to  the  benefit of any member thereof. The
      conservation center shall  serve  the  entertainment,  recreational  and
      educational   needs   of   the  people,  and  necessary  incidental  and
      informational services may be rendered. All references in  this  section
      to  the  Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences shall be deemed to
      refer to the corporation under its present name or under any name  which
      shall hereafter be used by it.