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

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, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets has notified Ulster County that Agricultural District No. 2 in the Towns of Esopus, Gardiner, New Paltz, Plattekill, Rosendale, Shawangunk and the Village of New Paltz is approaching its eight-year anniversary date of July 21, 2023; 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, 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 before the county legislative body makes a finding on whether the District should be continued, terminated or modified; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, that said public hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 at 7:10 PM in the Legislative Chambers, Ulster County Office Building, 6^th Floor, 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 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 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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