RESOLUTION SETTING
DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON MODIFICATION AND CONTINUATION OF AGRICULTURAL
DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR WITHIN THE TOWNS OF ALFRED, ALMA, ANDOVER, BOLIVAR,
GENESEE, INDEPENDENCE, WARD, AND WILLING
Offered by: Resource
Management Committee
Pursuant to Agriculture and Markets Law Sections 303-a and
303-b
WHEREAS, Agricultural District Number Four, being
within the Towns of Alfred, Alma, Andover, Bolivar, Genesee, Independence,
Ward, and Willing originally created as Agricultural District Number Six in the
County of Allegany on August 7, 1977, and renamed Agricultural District Four on
May 28, 2002, and modified and continued on February 25, 2008, by Resolution
No. 36-2008; and
WHEREAS,
the thirty-day notice of such eight-year review has been given with proposed
modifications to said District to be submitted by February 15, 2017; and
WHEREAS,
there are presently 146 landowners enrolling 17,994.70 acres in the district,
and
WHEREAS,
multiple landowners have requested the inclusion of approximately 2,031.62
acres of predominantly viable agricultural land within Agricultural District
Number Four, and
WHEREAS, the report of the Agricultural and Farmland
Protection Board has been received recommending the inclusion of 2,031.62 acres
for a total acreage of approximately 20,026.32 acres of predominantly viable
agricultural land located within Agricultural District Number Four, in the
Towns of Alfred, Alma, Andover, Bolivar, Genesee, Independence, Ward and
Willing;
RESOLVED:
1. That a public hearing on the proposed
modifications and continuation of Agricultural District Number Four shall be
held by this Board at the County Legislators' Chambers, Room 221, County Office
Building, Belmont, New York on March 27, 2017, at 2:00 p.m.
2. That the
Clerk of the Board of Legislators is directed to provide proper notice of the
public hearing by preparing such notice with the assistance of the County
Attorney as provided for in Section 303-a subdivision 2(a) of the Agriculture
and Markets Law and (a) publishing said notice in a newspaper having general
circulation within the district; (b) publishing said notice on the home page of
the County’s website; and (c) mailing in accordance with Sections 303-a and
303-b of the Agriculture and Markets Law.
