File #: 24-462    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 6/18/2024 In control: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/12/2024
Title: ADOPTING THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO ALBANY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT NOS. 1, 2, AND 3
Sponsors: Conservation, Sustainability and Green Initiatives
Attachments: 1. RLA_cover_approve.pdf, 2. RLA Form 5622, 3. Ag Board Recommendations_2024.pdf, 4. FULL_EAF.pdf, 5. 23-255.pdf, 6. 24-462 CSGI 3 - TMP - 5622 - AG_District_Modifications_1_2_and_3
RESOLUTION NO. 462

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

Introduced: 8/12/24
By Conservation, Sustainability, and Green Initiatives Committee:

WHEREAS, Section 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 299.69 acres of actively viable farm land in the Towns of Berne, Coeymans, Knox, Guilderland, Rensselaerville, and Westerlo, 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 on May 28, 2024, 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
80.-1-2.100
60.20|1010|Berne
89.-1-9.31|101010|Berne
89.-1-9.32|101010|Berne
89.-1-9.33|101010|Knox
68.-1-2.11
43.70|1010|Knox
46.-2-14.1
23.19|1010|Rensselaerville
161.-2-43|101010|Westerlo
140.-1-30.1
58.20|1010|Coeymans
178.-1-14.1
10|1010|Guilderland
48.00-2-40-2
96|1010|Guilderland
26.00-3-34
5.40|1010|
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 Official...

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