Referred to: The Laws and Rules, Governmental Services Committee (Chairman

Roberts and Legislators Belfiglio, Donaldson, R. Parete and Rodriguez), and The

Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and Legislators Allen, Bartels,

Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, and Maloney)

Chairman Kenneth J. Ronk, Jr. offers the following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County owns approximately 38.6-miles of the Ulster &

Delaware Railroad Corridor (“U&D Corridor”) running from the City of Kingston to

the County border at Highmount in the Town of Shandaken; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature adopted Resolution No. 488 dated

December 15, 2015 which delineated two segments of the U&D Corridor for future

tourist rail operations following the expiration of a long-term lease of the entire U&D

Corridor, and required the County to release a Request for Proposals (“RFP”) within

ninety (90) days of the effective date of the Resolution; and

WHEREAS, the County’s Department of Purchasing released RFP UC16-

033: Tourist Railroad Operator(s) for Ulster & Delaware Railroad pursuant to the

above-mentioned Legislative policy within said timeframe, and after consideration

and review of the received proposals and subsequent interviews with said proposers,

the Rail Explorers Corporation was selected as the future operator for the Western

Segment of the U&D Corridor, which extends approximately 6 miles from the Route

28A in Boiceville to Bridge Street in Phoenicia (“Western Segment”); and

WHEREAS, the Rail Explorers Corporation will not commence operations

until January 1, 2017, and during 2016 fall foliage season, the Catskill Mountain

Railroad Company, Inc. (“CMRR”) desires to use and occupy the track section from

Milepost 23.3 to Bridge Street in Phoenicia in the Western Segment to operate a

tourist railroad, and the County desires to issue a Permit to the CMRR to operate

such tourist railroad under the terms and conditions of the Permit, attached hereto as

Exhibit A, and which is anticipated to commence on August 1, 2016 and runs until

October 1, 2016; and

WHEREAS, the temporary permit requires a per diem Use Fee for the

remainder of 2016 in the amount of One Thousand, Five Hundred, Eight Dollars

($1,508.00); now, therefore, be it 

RESOLVED, in accordance with the terms of the Permit the 2016 Ulster

County Budget is hereby amended as follows:

 INCREASE AMOUNT

AA.7110.3002-3120.2089 Department Income- $1,508.00

(Rev.#) Other Culture & Rec.

AA.7110.3002-4000.4295 Building Maintenance & $1,508.00

(Appr.#) Repair

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 20 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Fabiano, R. Parete and

Roberts)

Passed Committee: Laws and Rules, Governmental Services July 18, 2016

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on July 19, 2016

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$1,508.00 – ADDITIONAL 2016 REVENUE DOLLARS

$1,508.00 – ADDITIONAL 2016 APPROPRIATION DOLLARS 

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 19th Day of July in the year Two Thousand and

Sixteen, 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 20th Day of July in

the year Two Thousand and Sixteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature

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

21st Day of July, 2016. 22nd Day of July, 2016.

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

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

Ulster County Legislature