SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR DOMIN FARM IN THE TOWN OF LAGRANGE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK

ENVIRONMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2025121 RE: SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR DOMIN FARM IN THE TOWN OF LAGRANGE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK Legislators D'AQUANNI, PAOLONI, GORMAN, VERSACI, and KAUL offer the following and move its adoption: WHEREAS, the County is considering a recommendation of the Dutchess County Planning Board (Resolution No. 01/2022) for an award in an amount not to exceed $461,041 in grant funds available through the Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth Program (the "Program"), and WHEREAS, this award shall be used to partially fund the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement, to be held by the Dutchess Land Conservancy, Inc., (hereinafter referred to as the "Conservancy") on approximately 201 +/- acres of property, known as the Domin Farm, (Tax Grid Numbers 133400-6362-04-671168-0000 and 133400-6362-04-844138-0000), which is located on Freedom Road and Rombout Road in the Town of LaGrange, Dutchess County, New York, and WHEREAS, as a result of the Conservancy's organizing efforts and an application to the Program: (a) U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) shall contribute up to $381,143, (b) The Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth shall contribute up to $424,005 (less than the initial grant award referenced above), and (c) the Dutchess Land Conservancy shall provide up to $58,900, for a total contribution of up to $864,048 to cover the cost of the acquisition of the subject casement, and WHEREAS, the easement shall provide, among other things, that it be held by the Dutchess Land Conservancy, Inc., which shall assume primary responsibility to monitor and enforce the easement, and WHEREAS, the Dutchess County Planning Board Resolution which recommends the acquisition of this conservation easement and a matching share grant of up to $461,041, through the Program is attached, and WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2019303, a Bond Resolution, authorized the issuance of serial bonds of the County for the acquisition of parcels of land, or rights or interests in such land, for passive park purposes and the preservation of open space and farmland, and WHEREAS, the Program and General Municipal Law §247 require a public hearing on the issue of acquisition of such easement prior to final authorization thereof, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that this Legislature shall conduct a public hearing on the 8'" day of September 2025 at 6:30 P.M., in the Legislative Chambers, County Office Building, 22 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, New York on the award of up to $461,041 in matching grant funds through the Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth Program, to partially fund the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement of approximately 201 +/- acres of Property, known as the Domin Farm, (Tax Grid Numbers 133400-6362-04-671168-0000 and 133400-6362-04- 844138-0000), which is located on Freedom Road and Rombout Road in the Town of LaGrange, Dutchess County, New York, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service and The Dutchess Land Conservancy to provide the balance of the funds, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Clerk of the Legislature is directed and empowered to give notice of said hearing pursuant to law. CA-073-25 LDF/rjw R-1084 7/8/25 Fiscal Impact: See attached APPROVED Susan Seriao SUSAN J. SERINO COUNTY EXECUTIVE Dete 08/14/a0as STATE ORNEW YORK SS: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Dutchess, have compared the foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said Legislature on the 11th day of August 2025, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said original resolution and of the whole thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hercunto set my hand and scal of said legislature this 11% day of August 2025. Fugh Urger FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT NO FISCAL IMPACT PROJECTED APPROPRIATION RESOLUTIONS (To be completed by requesting department) Total Current Year Cost $ Total Current Year Revenue $ and Source Source of County Funds (check one): Existing Appropriations, Contingency, •Transfer of Existing Appropriations, Additional Appropriations, • Other (explain). Identify Line Items(s): Related Expenses: Amount $ Nature/Reason: - Anticipated Savings to County: Net County Cost (this year): Over Five Years: Additional Comments/Explanation: Requesting the Legislature set a public hearing for a grant from the Partnership for Manageable Growth Program (MG) to facilitate the proposed purchase of a conservation easement on +/- 201-acres known as Domin Farm in the Town of LaGrange. The total (not to exceed) cost of the easement is $864,048. Up to 50% or $424,005 will be from the Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth (PMG) Program, USDA NRCS and the Dutchess Land Conservancy will provide the balance of funds. It should be noted that this is below the initial award amount of $461,041 made in March of 2023. The source of County funds is Capital Account H0547, a bond approved by Dutchess County Legislature Resolution No 2019303. Prepared by: Clayton Gurnett Prepared On: 7/2/2025 Dut.pdf SUE SERINO COUNTY EXECUTIVE EOIN WRAFTER, AICP COMMISSIONER DUTCHESS COUNTY GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT To: From: Re: Gregg Pulver, Assistant County Executive Foin Wrafter, Commissioner of Planning & Development Partnership for Manageable Growth Resolution Request: Domin Farm Date: July 2, 2025 Enclosed is a Resolution Request for inclusion on the August agenda of the Legislature, requesting the Legislature set a public hearing for a grant from the Partnership for Manageable Growth Program (PMG) to facilitate the proposed purchase of a conservation easement on +/- 201 acres known as Domin Farm, in the Town of LaGrange, in partnership with the US Dept. of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA NRCS) and the Dutchess Land Conservancy. The total (not to exceed) cost of the easement is $864,048. Up to 50% or $424,005 will be from the Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth (PMG) Program, USDA NRCS and the Dutchess Land onservancy will provide the balance of funds. It should be noted that this is below the initial award amount of $461,041 made in March of 2023. The source of County funds is Capital Account H0547, a bond approved by Dutchess County Legislature Resolution No 2019303. 85 Civic Center Plaza, Suite 107, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 | (845) 486-3600 | Fax:(845) 486-3610 dutchessny.gov CHESS COUNTY OF DUTCHESS William F.X. O'Neil County Executive March 1, 2023 Rebecca Thornton Dutchess Land Conservancy PO Box 138 Millbrook, NY 12545 Dear Ms. Thornton: We are pleased to inform you that Dutchess County has awarded $461,041 in matching funds through the Partnership for Manageable Growth Program for the following project: Purchase of development rights to +/- 201 acres known as Domin Farm. County funding is contingent upon the following: procurement of matching funds, administrative tasks including but not limited to survey, title search, and baseline documentation pursuant to the negotiation of an agricultural conservation easement; and development of a Monitoring Agreement between Dutchess County and the Dutchess Land Conservancy. We appreciate the longstanding partnership between the County and the Dutchess Land Conservancy and look forward to the successful completion of the farmland preservation project at the Domin Farm. The Department of Planning and Development will contact you to begin the contract process within the next few weeks. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Eoin Wrafter at 845) 486-3616 or email him at [email protected]. Sincerely of Chil William F.X. O'Neil Dutchess County Executive / Michael Polasek Dutchess County Legislator, District 3 C: A Gregg Pulver, Chairman, Dutchess County Legislature Chris Baiano, Assistant County Executive Eoin Wrafter, Commissioner, Department of Planning & Development Erin Hoagland, Dutchess Land Conservancy 22 Market Stret, Poughkeepsie, New yorkes = (845) 486-2000 - Fax (845) 486-2021 DUTCHESS COUNTY PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO 01/2022 RECOMMENDING THREE APPLICATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP FOR MANAGEABLE GROWTH (PMG) PROGRAM WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 990382, Dutchess County established the Open Space and Farmland Protection Matching Grant Program and authorized the Dutchess County Planning Board to review applications for and recommend awards of said funds; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 201276, Dutchess County revised the Matching Grant Program to create the Dutchess County Partnership for Manageable Growth and to increase potential matching grant awards from a maximum of one-third to a maximum of one-half of the total cost of the acquisition of development rights on farmland preservation and open space acquisition projects; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2015183, Dutchess County revised the Partnership for Manageable Growth, as follows: (a) funding clarification; (b) removal of the requirement that the County be "last in" for funding; (c) addition of a preliminary review option; (d) clarification of differences between "open space" and "farmland protection" projects; (e) stipulation that there will be no retroactive funding; (f) passive recreation only; and (g) establishment of criteria for the Municipal Planning Grants; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 2018085, Dutchess County revised the Partnership for Manageable Growth Water and Wastewater Facility Planning and Development Grants, by removing the Dutchess County Water and Wastewater Authority ownership and operation requirement; and WHEREAS, by Resolution Nos. 2019303 & 2021189, Dutchess County authorized the issuance of $2,525,000 & $1,515,505 (respectively) Serial Bonds of the County of Dutchess to pay the cost of the acquisition of parcels of land, or rights or interests in such land, for passive park purposes and the preservation of Open Space and Farmland in and for said county; and WHEREAS, in September 2022 the Dutchess County Planning Board received three applications for matching grant funds for the acquisition of agricultural conservation easements on a total of 277 acres; and WHEREAS, the total cost of the three farm conservation easements, including the administrative costs associated with finalizing the acquisitions, is estimated to be $1,574,018; and WHEREAS, the owners of the properties have signed letters of intent stating their interest in selling the development rights on the properties and granting a conservation easement restricting or limiting future non-farm development on said property; and WHEREAS, the farmland properties are included in an Agricultural Priority Area identified in the 2015 County Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan; and WHEREAS, the Board finds that each of the three applications met or exceeded the program criteria; and WHEREAS, the Board has reviewed the three applications based on the program criteria, toured the sites, and subsequently prioritized the projects as shown in Attachment A; and RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Planning Board recommends that up to $787,009 of the total project costs described above, be awarded for the acquisition of development rights on the three farms, based on the following contingencies: 1) Completion of administrative tasks including but not limited to survey, title search, and baseline documentation pursuant to the negotiation of an appropriate conservation easement; 2) Negotiation of an agricultural conservation easement conveying the development rights on the Farm property to the appropriate land conservancy, with such rights in New York State, Dutchess County, and the Town as appropriate for program purposes and restricting the future use of the property under easement to agriculture-related uses; or 3) Development of a Monitoring Agreement between Dutchess County and the appropriate land conservancy for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of the conservation easement acquired with Partnership for Manageable Growth Program funds; 4) Completion of review and approval of the proposed acquisition by the Dutchess County Legislature in its capacity as Lead Agency under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and be it further RESOLVED, that an implementation team consisting of representatives from the appropriate land conservancy, the landowners, the Dutchess County Attorney's Office, the Dutchess County Department of Planning and Development, and others as appropriate to complete administrative tasks associated with the acquisition, will be established for the purpose of completing the acquisition. Absent Hans Klingzahn, Chair James Nelson, Vice Chair Gary Baright Phil DeRosa Dale Culver Ryan Arket Edith Greenwood 1. Patrick Lambert Ken Migliorelli Jill Way Frederick Wilhelm J. Randall Williams Vacancy - Approved by the Dutchess County Planning Board Hans klingzahn, Chan Saf 11/9/2022 Date PB Score Project Title 148.1 Domin Farm 141.8 Plan Bee Farm Brewery 153.4 Sinon Farm Category Farmland Farmland Farmland Acreage Location 201 Town of LaGrange 25 Town of Poughkeepsie 252 Town of Hyde Park Attachment A Partnership for Manageable Growth 2022 Applications Summary Total Project DCPMG Applicant Request Funds $922,082 $211,398 $440,538 $1,574,018 $461,041 $0 $105,699 $o $220,269 $787,009 NYSDAM funds Other Funds Other Funds Source $456,041 $5,000 Dutchess Land Conservancy (DLC) $100,699 $5,000 Dutchess Land Conservancy (DLC) $215,269 $5,000 Dutchess Land Conservancy (DLC) $772,009 $15,000 Applicant DLC DLC DLC Cost Per Acre % of PMG $4,598.45 $8,455.00 $8,504.59 50% 50% 11/21/2022 Exhibit B: Conservation Easement Map Domin 201.287-Acre Property Freedom Road and Rombout Road Town of LaGrange Dutchess County NY 201.287 Acres +/- (Per Survey) August 22, 2024 Field DEC Wetland No. PV-16 Field 450 DEC Wetland No. PV-16 Woods 400 Field Rombout Ra. Sleight Pass Rd. Rombout Rd. Other Lands of Domin 19 Property Overlack Ro Rd Location Map (Scale 1" = 4000 Feet) DEC Wetland No. PV-17 Field Field Woods DEC Wetland No. PV-71 Field Farm Road Woods Woods Field Stream Freedom Rd. DEC Wetland No. PV-18 Feet 0 350 700 1 inch = 700 feet Legend Property Boundary 10 Foot Contour 50 Foot Contour Road Internal Parcel Line Farmstead Area Farm Road Treeline Stream Wetland Resource Protection Area Notes: 1. Property boundary is based on survey map titled "_ Licensed Land Surveyor, .. _ dated ma airied prepared by _ and filed in the Office of the Dutchess County Clerk on _ _ as FM No. 2. Wetland and stream boundaries are shown as approximate. Determination of actual wetland and stream boundaries requires field delineation by a qualified expert. Wetland boundaries shown are Federal wetlands as part of the National Wetlands Inventory and NYS DEC Wetlands. 3. All area outside of the Farmstead Area and Resource Protection Area is Farm Area. XX Environment Committee Roll Call District District 7 - Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley District 25 - Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley & Millbrook District 3 - LaGrange District 16 - Fishkill and Beacon District 9 - City of Poughkeepsie District 1 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 4 - Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie District 5 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 6 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 13 - East Fishkill and Wappinger District 18 - City of Beacon and Fishkill District 24 - Dover and Pawling 10 2 Resolution: Motion: Present: Absent: Vacant: Name Truitt* Houston* Polasek* Valdés Smith* Atkins* Gorman Lawler D'Aquanni (C) Kaul Paoloni (VC) Page House Total : Abstentions: Yes No Absent absent 10 Yes No 2025121 SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR DOMIN FARM IN THE TOWN OF LAGRANGE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK AUGUST 7, 2025 Roll Call Sheets District Present: Absent: Vacant: District 7 - Hyde Park and Pleasant Valley District 25 - Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley & Millbrook District 3 - LaGrange District 16 - Fishkill and Beacon District 9 - City of Poughkeepsie District 1 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 2 - LaGrange, Pleasant Valley & Town of Poughkeepsie District 4 - Hyde Park and Town of Poughkeepsie District 5 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 6 - Town of Poughkeepsie District 8 - City and Town of Poughkeepsie District 10 - City of Poughkeepsie District 11 - Clinton, Pleasant Valley, and Rhinebeck District 12 - East Fishkill District 13 - East Fishkill and Wappinger District 14 - Wappinger and Town of Poughkeepsie District 15 - Wappinger District 17 - Town and Village of Fishkill District 18 - City of Beacon and Fishkill District 19 - North East, Stanford, Pine Plains, Milan & Red Hook District 20 - Red Hook, Tivoli, and Rhinebeck District 21 - East Fishkill District 22 - Beekman and Union Vale District 23 - Pawling, Beekman and East Fishkill District 24 - Dover and Pawling 2 Motion: Last Name Truitt Houston Polasek Valdés Smith Atkins Gorman Travelpiece Lawler D'Aquanni Kaul Brendli Johnson Kearney Metzger Paoloni Versaci Faust McHoul Page Drago Munn Caswell Garito Rolison House Total: Abstentions: YES NO Abaeut Abrent absent Absent Absent 20 Yes No 2025121 SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR DOMIN FARM IN THE TOWN OF LAGRANGE, DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW YORK AUGUST 11, 2025