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

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

and Rodriguez), and The Public Health and Social Services Committee (Chairman

Lopez and Legislators Allen, Belfiglio, Litts, and Provenzano)

Legislators Mary Beth Maio, Craig Lopez, and Lynn Archer offer the following:

WHEREAS, the final report of the Ulster & Delaware Railroad Corridor “U &

D Rail + Trail” Trail Feasibility Study issued in July 2006 concludes that the

Corridor “has the potential to become a unique “Rail + Trail” system providing

transportation, economic development, tourism, and recreation benefits for Ulster

County and communities along the route”; and

WHEREAS, the development of this and other trails in Ulster County offer

important and highly desirable health programs promoting healthy trails and healthy

people opportunities; and

WHEREAS, the Ulster County Legislature is devoted to improving conditions

for physical activity in our communities and for the general public’s health and

wellbeing; and

WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Health and Ulster County

Health Department offer programs aimed at reducing the incidence of childhood

obesity, enhancing physical fitness and reduce the risk of chronic diseases; and

WHEREAS, the Rail + Trail Feasibility Study recommends that the County

formally establish an ongoing Trails Advisory Committee (TAC); and

WHEREAS, the recently completed Ulster County Non-Motorized

Transportation Plan (NMTP) incorporates the vision of a shared use Rail with Trail

Corridor extending east to west across the entire County; and

WHEREAS, the NMTP recommends several actions requiring leadership and

coordination at the Ulster County Legislature level which will be facilitated by a

Trails Advisory Committee; and

WHEREAS, the Rail + Trail Feasibility Study recommends several Phase 1

Trail Projects across the length of the Corridor; and

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Resolution No. 153 May 20, 2014

Re-Establishing The Ulster County Trails Advisory Committee –

Ulster County Legislature

WHEREAS, in July 2008, the Health Services Committee sponsored

Resolution No. 224, which established the Trails Advisory Committee – Ulster

County Legislature; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section C-16 of the Ulster County Charter, all

Advisory committees, commissions and boards shall serve at the pleasure of the

Ulster County Legislature; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, a Trails Advisory Committee shall consist of not more than

Eleven (11) Voting Members to be appointed by the Members of the Ulster County

Legislature and is hereby created and re-established for the purposes of i) advising

the Ulster County Legislature on trail-related issues, and ii) advising the Legislature

on the adoption, repeal or amendments to Laws and Regulations as they relate to

Ulster County Trails; the members of the Ulster County Trails Advisory Committee

appointed by the Members of the Ulster County Legislature for a term expiring

December 31, 2015 shall be:

1) Ulster County Legislature (3 members): Legislators Lynn Archer, Craig

Lopez and Mary Beth Maio

2) Trails Community (2 members): Kathy Nolan and George Dagis

3) Historical Community (1 member): Steve Rice

4) Hiking & Biking Communities (2 members): John Adams and Irene

 Berner

5) Other Non-Motorized Transportation Communities (1 member): Abigail

 Osgood

6) Local Government Officials (2 members): Carl Chipman (Supervisor,

 Town of Rochester) and Terry Houck (Assistant Supervisor, Town of

 Wawarsing)

7) New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)*

 (1 member): James Bogner

8) New York State Department of Transportation (DOT)* (1 member): Lisa

 Mondello

(*denotes non-voting members);

and, be it further

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Resolution No. 153 May 20, 2014

Re-Establishing The Ulster County Trails Advisory Committee –

Ulster County Legislature

RESOLVED, representatives from the Ulster County government are invited

to attend all meetings of the TAC, and may be asked from time to time to participate

and advise the Trails Advisory Committee at the request of the Trails Advisory

Committee; and, be it further

RESOLVED, the Ulster County Trails Advisory Committee will update and

report to the Ulster County Legislature’s Public Health and Social Services

Committee and Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning and Transit

Committee as to its findings, conclusions and recommendations on an annual basis

by March 1st of the proceeding year,

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 22 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislator Provenzano)

Passed Committee: Public Health and Social Services on May 5, 2014

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

as amended on May 6, 2014

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

NONE

STATE OF NEW YORK

 ss:

COUNTY OF ULSTER

This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Ulster have compared the

foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said

Legislature on the 20th Day of May, 2014, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said resolution and of the

whole thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the County of Ulster this 23rd Day of May in

the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature