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To authorize a Public Hearing for the inclusion of additional parcels into Agricultural District No. 4
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WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Legislature (“Legislature”) has the authority under Article 25-AA, Section 303-b of New York State Agriculture and Markets Law to amend the Sullivan County Agricultural Districts on a yearly basis; and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Agricultural & Farmland Protection Board has recommended that the Legislature amend Sullivan County Agricultural District No. 4 to include additional parcels as listed in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, prior to authorizing the inclusion of additional parcels into an Agricultural District it is necessary to conduct a public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Sullivan County Legislature does hereby authorize holding a public hearing on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM in the Legislative Hearing Room of the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, New York regarding the inclusion of the parcels listed on Schedule A into Agricultural District No. 4; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk to the Legislature is hereby authorized and directed to publish a notice of such public hearing in the official newspapers of the County and to provide such notice in writing directly to those municipalities whose territory encompasses the lands which are proposed to be included in Agricultural District No. 4 and to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that requests for inclusion of predominantly viable agricultural land within a certified agricultural district have been filed with the County legislative body pursuant to NYS Agriculture and Markets Law 25AA Section 303-b and that a public hearing will be held by the Sullivan County Legislature on Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 8:55 AM in the Legislative Hearing Room of the Sullivan County Government Center, Monticello, New York to consider the requests and the recommendations of the Sullivan County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board to modify the Agricultural District No. 4 to add parcels as contained on the Sullivan County Tax Maps on May 8, 2026 and designated as follows:
SCHEDULE A
Town of Bethel 7.-1-20.7
Town of Liberty 29.-1-12
Town of Mamakating 27.-1-46.11
Town of Mamakating 19.-1-17.1
As portrayed on the Sullivan County Tax Maps on May 8, 2025