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

Committee (Chairman Maloney and Legislators Berky, Delaune, Lapp, Litts, Maio

and Rodriguez)

Chairman of the Economic Development, Tourism, Housing, Planning, and Transit

Committee, James F. Maloney, and Deputy Chairman Hector Rodriguez offer the

following:

WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on

behalf of the Department of Planning; and

WHEREAS, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has

notified Ulster County that Agricultural District No. 3 in the Towns of Hardenburgh,

Marbletown, Olive, Rochester, Rosendale and Wawarsing is approaching its eightyear anniversary date of July 21, 2017, and

WHEREAS, Agricultural 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, Agricultural 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, Agricultural Markets Law Article 25AA requires that the Public

Hearing be held between day 120 and day 180 of the 300 day Review, and,

WHEREAS, the Economic Development and Tourism Committee has met and

reviewed said request with a majority of the members voting approval, now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Legislature is authorized to call such Public

Hearing no later than March 23, 2017, 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 in

writing to all affected municipalities a copy of the hearing notice, 

and moves its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES: 19 NOES: 0

(Absent: Legislators Gerentine, Maio, Roberts and

 Ronk)

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

on February 7, 2017

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$300.00 – APPROXIMATE ADVERTISING COSTS

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 15th Day of February in the year Two Thousand and

Seventeen, 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 17th Day of

February in the year Two Thousand and Seventeen.

|s| Victoria A. Fabella

Victoria A. Fabella, Clerk

Ulster County Legislature