File #: 23-255    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/24/2023 In control: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/10/2023
Title: ADOPTING THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS TO ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 2 AND 3
Sponsors: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives
Attachments: 1. RLA_cover_approve.pdf, 2. 4320 RLA Form, 3. AgBoard_recommendations_2023.pdf, 4. SEAF_FULL.pdf, 5. 22-249_adopt.pdf, 6. 23-255 CSGI 3 - TMP 4320 - AG District Mods

RESOLUTION NO. 255

                     

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

 

                     Introduced:  7/10/23

                     By Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Initiatives Committee:

 

                     WHEREAS, Section 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law mandates the annual review of agricultural districts, and

 

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

 

WHEREAS, The modifications include adding 191 acres of actively viable farm land in the Towns of Coeymans and Rensselaerville, and

                     

WHEREAS, In conducting such review, Section 303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law requires this Honorable Body to hold a public hearing, which was held remotely with participation instructions available on the Albany County website at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 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

Coeymans

131.4-12.2

85

3

Rensselaerville

126.-1-26

106

2

 

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.