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File #: ID-6477    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/28/2024 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 6/20/2024 Final action: 6/20/2024
Enactment date: 6/20/2024 Enactment #: 297-24
Title: Authorize holding a public hearing for inclusion of viable agricultural land into Sullivan County Agricultural Districts.
Attachments: 1. AFPB Ag District Report June 2024
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO AUTHORIZE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL PARCELS INTO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NO. 1. AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NO. 4

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. 1 and 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 25, 2024 at 10:20AM 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. 1 and 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 mu...

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