File #: 21-149    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/18/2021 In control: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee
On agenda: Final action: 5/10/2021
Title: PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3
Sponsors: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives
Attachments: 1. RLA_Cover_Public_hearing.pdf, 2. 2376 RLA Form, 3. AgBoard_recommendations_2021.pdf, 4. AgDistsEAF-ShortFrm_2021_annual.pdf, 5. Reso209_2019.pdf, 6. 21-149 CSGI 2 - TMP - 2376 - Ag Districts 1_and_3_Public_Hearing

RESOLUTION NO. 149

 

PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3

 

                     Introduced:  5/10/21

By Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Initiatives Committee:

 

                     WHEREAS, Section 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law mandates an annual thirty-day review period, when landowners can request inclusion of land in an agricultural district prior to the County established review period, and

 

                     WHEREAS, Such review has been conducted and modifications are proposed regarding the inclusion of actively viable farm land into the agricultural districts located in the Towns of Guilderland, Knox, and New Scotland, and

 

                     WHEREAS, In connection with such review, a proposal for the modification of Albany County Agricultural Districts has been submitted, and

 

                     WHEREAS, In conducting such review, Section 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law requires this Honorable Body to hold a public hearing on the additions to Agricultural Districts upon notice as prescribed therein, now, therefore, be it

 

                     RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature, that a public hearing be held remotely, with participation instructions available on the Albany County website, at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, for the purpose of receiving the comments of any interested persons regarding the proposed modifications to Agricultural District Nos. 1 and 3 within Albany County, and, be it further

 

                     RESOLVED, That notice of said public hearing be given in accordance with the requirements of the Agriculture and Markets Law, 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.