Referred to: The Economic Development, Planning, Education, Employment, Arts and Agriculture Committee (Chairwoman Sperry and Legislators Clinton, Corcoran, Hewitt, Litts, Stewart and Walls)

Chairwoman of the Economic Development, Planning, Education, Employment, Arts and Agriculture Committee, Megan Sperry, and Deputy Chair Herbert Litts, III offer the following:

     WHEREAS, established in 1961, the Kingston-Ulster Airport is a privately-owned, public-use airport located in the Town of Ulster; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature has received a request from Kingston-Ulster Airport, LLC for a Resolution in support of their application for New York State Transportation Grant funding for the construction of a T-Hanger Building for customer use at the airport; and

WHEREAS, the proposed project includes the design, bidding, and construction including foundations, concrete slab floor, roof, and electric service/utility connections of a 6-8 bay stacked T-Hangar building with 47.5-foot wide by 14-foot high doors; and

WHEREAS, the proposed building will provide covered storage for aircraft currently parked outside on the existing apron; and

          WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation, under Article II, Section 14-L of the NYS Transportation Law, requires that project applications made by privately owned airports be accompanied by a resolution from the governing body of the County in which the airport is located formally endorsing the project; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that the Ulster County Legislature hereby endorses the T-Hangar construction project described above and supports Kingston-Ulster Airport, LLC’s application for NYS Transportation Grant funding,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

        AYES:                       NOES:    

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

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