Referred to: The Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee (Chairman Briggs and Legislators Allen, Archer, Bartels, Litts, Maio, and

Maloney)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit

Committee, Thomas J. Briggs, and Deputy Chairman James F. Maloney offer the

following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Department of Planning; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ulster is a sub-recipient receiving New York State

Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds, as

administered by the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, Governor’s Office of Storm

Recovery (GOSR) to assist in addressing unmet needs from either Hurricane Irene,

Tropical Storm Lee, or Superstorm Sandy; and

WHEREAS, participation in the New York State Community Development

Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) Program requires the adoption and

implementation of a Citizen Participation Plan to comply with Section 508 of the

Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of this plan is to provide for and encourage citizen

participation, with particular emphasis on participation by persons of low and

moderate income who are residents of areas in need in which funds are proposed to

be used; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, the Ulster County Legislature hereby adopts the Ulster County

New York State Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBGDR) Citizen Participation Plan as filed with the Clerk of the Legislature for the

implementation of the New York State CDBG-DR Program; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Ulster County Legislature is authorized

to call public hearings as necessary to satisfy the public participation requirements

contained in the Citizens Participation Plan or in accordance with 24 CFR 570.486,

and move its adoption. 

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Legislator Briggs left at 7:46 PM)

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and

Transit on September 1, 2015

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is

the original resolution adopted by the Ulster County Legislature on the 15th Day of September in the year Two Thousand

and Fifteen, and said resolution shall remain on file in the office of said clerk.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 17th Day of

September in the year Two Thousand and Fifteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

Submitted to the County Executive this Approved by the County Executive this

17th Day of September, 2015. 24

th Day of September, 2015.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella |s| Michael P. Hein

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk Michael P. Hein, County Executive

Ulster County Legislature