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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 RESO...
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