Referred to: The Economic Development, Planning, Education, Employment, Arts and Agriculture Committee (Chairman Cahill and Legislators Corcoran, Criswell, Hewitt, Litts, Maloney and Sperry), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Cahill, Fabiano, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Planning, Education, Employment, Arts and Agriculture Committee, Brian B. Cahill, and Deputy Chair Herbert Litts, III offer the following:

WHEREAS, a public hearing is required to be held pursuant to Section 1411(d) of the Not-For-Profit Law of the State of New York, to consider the advisability of adopting a resolution authorizing the sale and/or transfer of a parcel of land in the Town of Gardiner consisting of approximately 27.4 acres and identified in the Ulster County Real Property System by Section Block and Lot as 93.1-1+34 to the Ulster County Economic Development Alliance  (“UCEDA”), a Local Development Corporation for the purpose of open space and protection and recreation; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County acquired the parcel through tax foreclosure; and

WHEREAS, the parcel, while landlocked, is adjacent to the Mohonk Preserve and in proximity to Minnewaska State Park; and

WHEREAS, the parcel represents an important open space and recreational resource on the Shawangunk ridgeline; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that said public hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the Legislative Chambers, Ulster County Office Building, 244 Fair Street, Kingston, New York, and/or via videoconference to the extent allowable pursuant to existing New York State legislation, or order and the Rules of the Ulster County Legislature; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature shall cause legal notice of said Public Hearing to be published according to law,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                    NOES:         

Passed Committee: Economic Development, Planning, Education, Employment, Arts and Agriculture on _______________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

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