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Authorize Public Hearing for the Eight Year Review of Ag District No. 4
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLICATION OF A LEGAL NOTICE FOR THE EIGHT-YEAR REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT #4 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 25-AA OF THE AGRICULTURE AND MARKETS LAW
WHEREAS, Article 25-AA, Section 303-a of the Agriculture and Markets Law requires County Review of an Agricultural District every eight, twelve or twenty years after its creation and sets forth the procedures which must be followed in such review, and
WHEREAS, Sullivan County Agricultural District No. 4 includes lands in the Towns of Bethel, Highland, Fallsburg, Forestburgh, Liberty, Lumberland, Mamakating, Neversink, Rockland, Thompson and Tusten and the Villages of Bloomingburg and Wurtsboro; and
WHEREAS; the Sullivan County Legislature reviewed and modified Agricultural District No. 4 in 2015, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Agriculture Markets Law Section 303-a(1) and the policy of the Sullivan County Legislature, Agricultural District No. 4 must be reviewed this year, and
WHEREAS; upon review of Agricultural District No 4, and based on the survey of landowners, and upon the review and recommendations of the Sullivan County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and the Division of Planning and Community Development it is necessary to modify the boundaries of Agricultural District No. 4, such modifications being described in Schedule A, attached hereto.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a public hearing be held by the Sullivan County Legislature on Thursday, June 1, 2023 at 10:15am in the Legislative Hearing Room for the purpose of reviewing Agricultural District No. 4, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk to the Sullivan County Legislature is hereby authorized to publish a notice of public hearing and give individual notice of this hearing in writing to those municipalities whose territories encompass Agricultural District No. 4 and any modifications to the District; to persons, as listed on the most recent assessment roll, whose land is the subject of a proposed modification; and to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets.
SCHEDULE A
Parcels to be Included in Agricultural District No. 4:
Town of Fallsburg 59.-1-24.4
Town of Lumberland 26.-1-2
Town of Lumberland 17.-1-4.32
Parcels to be Removed from Agricultural District No. 4:
Town of Bethel 18.-1-26.1
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-16.41
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-53
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-34.5
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-16.3
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-1.7
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-31
Town of Fallsburg 5.-1-20.21
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-47
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-19.7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-5
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-8
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-9
Town of Fallsburg 7.-1-9.33
Town of Liberty 8.-1-33
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.1
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.6
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.7
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.8
Town of Neversink 25.-1-33.14
Town of Neversink 30.-1-33
Town of Rockland 21.-1-6
Town of Tusten 20.-1-27.3
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT
PURSUANT TO THE EIGHT YEAR REVIEW
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Sullivan County
Legislature at 10:15am on Thursday, June 1, 2023 in the Legislative Hearing Room at the Sullivan County Government Center, Monticello, New York on Agricultural District No. 4 to consider the recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and the Commissioner of Planning and Environmental Management.
Descriptions and maps of the District and recommendations of the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and the Commissioner of Planning and Community Development may be examined in the offices of the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Community Development, Cornell Cooperative Extension Sullivan County, and online at www.sullivancce.org/agriculture/farmland-protection-ag-districts-vs-assessments <http://www.sullivancce.org/agriculture/farmland-protection-ag-districts-vs-assessments>.
Agricultural District No. 4 includes land within the Towns of Bethel, Highland, Fallsburg, Forestburgh, Liberty, Lumberland, Mamakating, Neversink, Rockland, Thompson and Tusten and the Villages of Bloomingburg and Wurtsboro. The Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and the County Commissioner of Planning and Community Development have reviewed Agricultural District No. 4 and have recommended that the Sullivan County Legislature adopt and incorporate the recommended modifications of Agricultural District No.4 as follows:
Parcels to be included in Agricultural District No. 4, as portrayed on the Sullivan County Tax Maps on May 18, 2023:
Town of Fallsburg 59.-1-24.4
Town of Lumberland 26.-1-2
Town of Lumberland 17.-1-4.32
Parcels to be removed from Agricultural District No. 4, as portrayed on the Sullivan County Tax Maps on May 18, 2023:
Town of Bethel 18.-1-26.1
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-16.41
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-53
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-34.5
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-16.3
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-1.7
Town of Fallsburg 14.-1-31
Town of Fallsburg 5.-1-20.21
Town of Fallsburg 32.A-1-47
Town of Fallsburg 8.-1-19.7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-5
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-7
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-8
Town of Fallsburg 33.-1-9
Town of Fallsburg 7.-1-9.33
Town of Liberty 8.-1-33
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.1
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.6
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.7
Town of Liberty 48.-2-4.8
Town of Neversink 25.-1-33.14
Town of Neversink 30.-1-33
Town of Rockland 21.-1-6
Town of Tusten 20.-1-27.3
All parties in interest and citizens will be heard by the Sullivan County Legislature at the public hearing.
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