NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Resolution No. 2023158, that this
Legislature shall conduct a public hearing on the 10th day of October at 7:00 P.M. in the
Legislative Chambers, County Office Building, 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York to review and solicit comments from the public with respect to the proposed recommendations from the Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board for the modification and consolidation of districts 20, 22, and 23 into Agricultural District No. 21, and
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that a review of Dutchess County’s Agricultural Districts is being conducted pursuant to Sections 303-a and 303-c of the New York State Agriculture and Markets Law. This review is coordinated by the Dutchess County Legislature, and by the Dutchess County Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board, acting as an appointed body of the Legislature. The Legislature shall thereby determine if the County’s Agricultural Districts should be continued without modification, modified, consolidated, or terminated, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the Dutchess County Legislature is required to review the continuation of Dutchess County Agricultural Districts 20, 21, 22, and 23 on or before March 12, 2024, pursuant to Article 25AA of the Agricultural and Markets Law of the State of New York, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, during this regular review of the Agricultural Districts, the 303-b annual inclusion process was not held, but rather any landowner wishing to add land to these Agricultural Districts was required to submit their request pursuant to the 303-a review process by May 30, 2023, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, in accordance with New York State Agricultural and Markets Law Sections 303-A and 303-C, the Dutchess County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Board reviewed existing district parcels and parcels requesting addition to the district and has filed with the Clerk of the Legislature a proposed map and list of parcels, detailing their recommendations for the modification and consolidation of districts 20, 22, and 23 into Agricultural District No 21, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the proposed Agricultural District 21: would encompass lands in the Towns of Amenia, Beekman, Clinton, Dover, East Fishkill, Fishkill, Hyde Park, LaGrange, Milan, North East, Pawling, Pine Plains, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, Stanford, Union Vale, Wappinger, and Washington; and the Villages of Millbrook, Millerton, Pawling, Red Hook, Rhinebeck, and Tivoli; comprised of 193,990 acres, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that an interactive map viewer of the existing and proposed agricultural districts can be viewed on the County website at: https://gis.dutchessny.gov/ag-districts/, and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that a copy of Resolution No. 2023158, the map, and the list of parcels in proposed Agricultural District 21, will be available at the Office of the County Clerk located in the County Office Building, 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York, for 30 days beginning on September 20, 2023, where it may be examined by interested parties during regular business hours. In addition, they will also be available at the following locations: the office of the Clerk of the Legislature located at 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York, the office of Dutchess County Planning & Development located at 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 107, Poughkeepsie, NY, the office of Cornell Cooperative Extension Dutchess County located at the Dutchess County Farm and Home Center, 2715 Route 44, Millbrook, NY, and at the town and village halls (maps and lists will only be for that respective community at Town or Village halls), and
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, landowners or municipalities within each District may propose a modification of the proposed district by filing such a proposal with the Clerk of the County Legislature by email at CountyLegislature@DutchessNY.gov, within 30 days of publication and in no event later than October 20, 2023.
Dated: September 20, 2023
Dutchess County Legislature
Leigh Wager, Clerk