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

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

and Wishnick), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gerentine and

Legislators Bartels, Belfiglio, Briggs, Maio, Maloney, Provenzano, and Rodriguez)

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 New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has

notified Ulster County that Agricultural District No. 4 in the Towns of Shandaken,

Olive, Woodstock, Kingston, Saugerties, Ulster, Hurley and Marbletown is

approaching its eight-year anniversary date of March 13, 2015; and

WHEREAS, Agriculture and Markets Law Article 25AA requires the County

to cause a review of the District to be conducted and completed within 300 days; and

WHEREAS, as part of the review, Agriculture and Markets Law Article

25AA requires a Public Hearing to be held concerning the review of the district and

any proposed modifications to the district; and

WHEREAS, Agriculture and Markets Law Article 25AA, §303-a requires that

the public hearing be held between day 120 and day 180 of the 300 day review; now,

therefore, be it

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

to call such public hearing no later than November 14, 2014; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature shall cause a

legal notice of said public hearing to be published according to law; and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Ulster County Legislature shall provide a

copy of the written notice of hearing to all affected municipalities;

and move its adoption. 

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Resolution No. 319 September 23, 2014

Authorizing A Public Hearing As Required Under Article 25AA Of

Agriculture And Markets Law Regarding the 8-Year Review Of

Agricultural District No. 4 And Providing Direct Notice To Affected

Municipalities –Department Of Planning

 ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

 AYES: 20 NOES: 0

 (Absent: Legislators Litts, Loughran, and Maloney)

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

Transit on September 22, 2014

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on September 17, 2014

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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 23rd Day of September, 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 25th Day of

September in the year Two Thousand and Fourteen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature