Notice of Public Hearing - Lawrence Aviation Solar Farm, LLC,

09/10/26

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York State General Municipal Law will be held by the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency”) on the 22nd day of September, 2026, at 10:30 a.m. local time, at the Agency’s offices located at the Town of Brookhaven Town Hall, 2nd Floor, One Independence Hill, Farmingville, New York 11738, in connection with the following matters:

The Agency is considering undertaking a project on behalf of Lawrence Aviation Solar Farm, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of itself and/or the principals of Lawrence Aviation Solar Farm, LLC, and the equity investors in, and any tax credit investors in, Lawrence Aviation Solar Farm, LLC and/or an entity formed or to be formed on behalf of any of the foregoing (the "Company"), as hereinafter described.

The Company has supplemented its application to the Agency (the “Application”) by (i) requesting that the Land (as hereinafter defined) be permitted to be acquired by Lawrence Aviation Estate, LLC, (ii) membership interests in the Company be transferred to Standard Solar, Inc. and/or an entity affiliated therewith, and (iii) requesting that the Agency grant additional financial assistance in the form of increased potential exemptions from certain sales and use taxes (“Additional Financial Assistance”) and to continue to consider the Agency’s assistance approved by the Agency on August 20, 2025 with respect to a certain project (the “Project”) consisting of (A) the acquisition of an approximately 36.17-acre parcel of land located at Lawrence Aviation Drive, Port Jefferson, New York 11777 (more particularly described as Suffolk County Tax Map No. 0200-159.00-02.00-019.000 and 0200-159.00-01.00-026.000), (the "Land"), (B) the construction of an approximately 7.75 MW DC ground-mount solar photovoltaic facility (the "Improvements"), and (C) the acquisition and installation therein of certain equipment and personal property including, but not limited to, concrete ballast blocking systems, approximately 13,360 solar modules, inverters, and electrical equipment (the "Equipment"; and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the "Facility"), which Facility is to be subleased by the Agency to the Company and used by the Company as a solar power generating facility, which is expected to produce approximately 10.8 million GWh-hours of clean electrical energy per year for the benefit of the Town, which is equivalent to the electric consumption of 1,500 households in Suffolk County. The Facility will be initially owned by Lawrence Aviation Estate, LLC and operated and/or managed by the Company.

The Company would receive the Additional Financial Assistance from the Agency in the form of potential exemptions or partial exemptions from sales and use taxes. 

The Agency will acquire a leasehold interest in the Land and Improvements and title to the Equipment and will lease and sublease the Facility to the Company. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance to the Company for the Project in the form of exemptions from sales and use taxes in connection with the construction and equipping of the Facility, and exemption of real property taxes.

A representative of the Agency will, at the above-stated time and place, hear and accept written comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to either the proposed financial assistance to the Company or the location or nature of the Facility. Prior to the hearing, all persons will have the opportunity to review on the Agency’s website (https://brookhavenida.org/) the application for financial assistance filed by the Company with the Agency and an analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposed Facility.

Dated: September 11, 2026
TOWN OF BROOKHAVEN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
By: Lisa MG Mulligan
Title: Chief Executive Officer

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