countyDutchess County Legislature
2025077
ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO AGRICULTURE AND MARKET LAW SECTION 303-B, TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURE AND FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD TO CONSIDER REQUESTS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS BE INCLUDED WITHIN DUTCHESS COUNTY CERTIFIED
- Introduced
- June 8, 2025
- Latest action
- June 8, 2025
- Status
- ADOPTED
- District coverage
- scope: countywide
Document text
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ENVIRONMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 2025077
RE:
ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO AGRICULTURE AND
MARKET LAW SECTION 303-b, TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
AGRICULTURE AND FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD TO CONSIDER
REQUESTS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS BE INCLUDED WITHIN DUTCHESS
COUNTY CERTIFIED AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT 21
Legislators D'AQUANNI, TRUITT, HOUSTON, POLASEK, CASWELL, GORMAN and
PAOLONI offer the following and move its adoption:
WHEREAS, in accordance with New York State Agriculture and Markets Law Section 303-b, the
Dutchess County Legislature pursuant to Resolution No. 204098 established an annual thirty (30) day
period in which landowners may submit requests to the County Legislature to include predominantly and
viable Agriculture land within the existing Certified Agricultural District, and
WHEREAS, a notice to all owners of viable farmland in Dutchess County was publicized, and
WHEREAS, the requests by property owners for inclusion of their property within the existing
Agricultural District were referred to the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board, and
WHEREAS, the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board will issue a report containing
recommendations as to the requests of individual property owners for inclusion of their property in the
existing Agricultural District, and
WHEREAS, the County Legislature is required to adopt or reject the proposed inclusion of land
in the existing Agricultural District following a Public Hearing pursuant to Agriculture and Markets Law
Section 303-b, now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature hereby establishes July 14, 2025, as the date
for a Public Hearing pursuant to the recommendations of the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board
at 6:30 P.M. and that the Clerk of the County Legislature hereby is directed to publish a Notice of Public
Hearing in accordance with the provisions of Subdivision 3 of the Section 303-b of the Agriculture and
Markets Law and that written notice of the Public Hearing be given directly to those municipalities whose
territory encompasses the lands which are proposed to be included in the Agricultural District and a notice
shall also be sent to the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
APPROVED
Susan Serino
SUSAN J. SERINO
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
STATE OF NEW YORK
SS:
COUNTY OF DUTCHESS
Deto _
6-11-2025
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 9th day of June 2025, and that the same
is a true and correct transcript of said original resolution and of the whole thercof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hercunto set my hand and seal of said legislature this 9h day of June 2025.
Environment Committee Roll Call
District
District - 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
2025077 ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO AGRICULTURE AND
MARKET LAW SECTION 303-b, TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
AGRICULTURE AND FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD TO CONSIDER REQUESTS
THAT PROPERTY OWNERS BE INCLUDED WITHIN DUTCHESS COUNTY CERTIFIED
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT 21
JUNE 5, 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
Resolution: -
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
absent
absent
abseul
absent
absent
20
Yes
No
2025077 ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO AGRICULTURE AND
MARKET LAW SECTION 303-b, TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
AGRICULTURE AND FARMLAND PROTECTION BOARD TO CONSIDER REQUESTS
THAT PROPERTY OWNERS BE INCLUDED WITHIN DUTCHESS COUNTY CERTIFIED
AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT 21
JUNE 9, 2025