File #: 25-294    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 7/9/2025 In control: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/11/2025
Title: ADOPTING THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3
Sponsors: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives, William Reinhardt, Mickey Cleary, Beroro T. Efekoro, Matthew J. Miller, Ellen Rosano, Christopher H. Smith, Jennifer A. Whalen, Jeff S. Perlee
Attachments: 1. Approve Annual Reivew - RLA Cover Letter, 2. RLA Form 6689, 3. 2025 AFPB Recommendations, 4. SEQR Part 1, 5. SEQR Part 2, 6. 24-462, 7. All parcels to be added, 8. 25-294 CSGI 2 - TMP - 6689 - AG_District_Modifications_1_2_and_3

RESOLUTION NO. 294

                     

ADOPTING THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3

 

                     Introduced:  8/11/25

                     By Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Initiatives Committee, Reinhardt, Simpson, Cleary, Efekoro, Miller, Rosano, Smith, Whalen and Perlee:

 

                     WHEREAS, § 303-b of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law mandates an annual review of agricultural districts, and

 

                     WHEREAS, In connection with such review, a proposal for the modification of Agricultural District Nos. 1, 2, and 3 has been submitted by the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board, and

 

WHEREAS, The modifications include adding 572.92 acres of actively viable farm land in the Towns of Berne, Bethlehem, and Rensselaerville, and

                     

WHEREAS, In conducting such review, § 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law requires this Honorable Body to hold a public hearing, which was held on May 27, 2025, for the purpose of receiving the comments of any interested persons regarding the proposed modifications, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the following proposed modifications to the Albany County Agricultural Districts submitted by the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board and filed with the Albany County Clerk are hereby approved and adopted:

 

Town

Tax Map No.

Acres

Ag District

Berne

81.-1-22.100

71.77

1

Rensselaerville

180.-1-10

137.7

2

Bethlehem

121.04-1-16.1

68.09

3

Bethlehem

122.00-1-2.11

22.3

3

Bethlehem

121.00-3-8.1

122

3

Bethlehem

122.00-1-1.11

8.27

3

Bethlehem

109.00-3-9

59.4

3

Bethlehem

109.00-1-33.1

11.5

3

Bethlehem

109.00-3-10

32.9

3

Bethlehem

109.00-1-31

11.5

3

Bethlehem

109.00-3-4.1

37.69

3

 

and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That a copy of the modifications shall be submitted to the New York State Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets along with a certified copy of this resolution, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the County Legislature is directed to forward certified copies of this resolution to the appropriate County Officials.