Resolution
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TOWN OF WAPPINGER
CONSTANCE O. SMITH
SUPERVISOR
SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE
20 MIDDLEBUSH ROAD
P.O. BOX 324
WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590-0324
TELEPHONE: (914) 297-2744
FAX: (914) 297-4558
RESOLUTION
Supervisor Constance O. Smith offered the following for consideration and adoption:
WHEREAS, the Hudson River Valley Greenway Act (hereinafter, the
"Greenway Act") Chapter 748 of the Laws of 1991, calls for the establishment of a compact among the
municipalities of the Greenway area, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger is situated in the Greenway area as it was officially designated
in the Greenway Act, and
WHEREAS, the compact has five basic criteria, to wit: economic development, regional planning,
natural and cultural resource protection, public access and heritage environmental education, and
WHEREAS, the process by which the compact is to be established is voluntary and cooperative, and
WHEREAS, the Greenway Act does not usurp or change the powers that the State has previously
granted municipal governments under the New York State Constitution, the Municipal Home Rule
Law or pursuant to the various municipal enabling acts, and
WHEREAS, the Greenway Act permits the Hudson River Valley Greenway Communities Council
(hereinafter the "Council"), and the Greenway Conservancy for the Hudson River Valley, Inc.
(hereinafter "the Conservancy"), to initiate and demonstrate the compact planning process and other
Greenway programs in participating communities, and
WHEREAS, participating communities can become eligible to receive from the Greenway financial
and technical assistance for Greenway-related planning and capital projects,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town of Wappinger supports the aims of the
Greenway Act as well as the process by which the compact is to be achieved, and The Town Board
endorses the designation of the Town by the Greenway as a participating community.
In Witness Whereof I have set my hand and seal
this 28th day of April, 1998.
CONSTANCE O. SMITH, SUPERVISOR
TOWN OF WAPPINGER
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Dutchess may join Greenway
Plan could mean
economic help,'
access to river'
By Jim Haviland
Poughkeepsie Journal
RHINEBECK Dutchess
County is being considered as the
first Hudson River Valley Green-
way county.
Plans will be unveiled Tuesday.
"This is an important meeting
because it's the first time communi-
ty residents will have an opportunity
to learn about this overall Greenway
concept for the
county and offer
their thoughts,"
said David Samp-
son, the council's
executive director.
"We're excited
about it."
The Greenway
is a regional pro-
gram of voluntary cooperative plan-
mng among communities in a 10-
county area. It focuses on natural
and cultural resource protection,
public access, economic develop-
ment through tourism, agriculture
and urban redevelopment, regional
planning, and heritage and environ-
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GREENWAY
VISIONS
mental education.
Senior Planner John Clarke said
considerable brainstorming has
gone on in the county Department
of Planning and Development
about Dutchess becoming a Green-
way county.
"We'll outline our current inten-
tions and discuss the appropriate
way to address this opportunity at
Tuesday's meeting/, he said.
Clarke said trails, scenic roads
and Hudson River access could be
included in the county Greenway
plan as well as economic develop-
ment initiatives.
"Our goal is defining a Green-
way county and listing programs
"e achievement
WHAT'S NEXT
GREENWAY COMPACT
Additional public hearings on
the Dutchess County Green-
way compact proposal are
scheduled at 7 p.m. Wednes-
day in Dover Town Hall and at
7 p.m. on March 3 in Wap-
pinger, Town Hall.
that can be set up to implement it,"
he said.
Rhinebeck Town Supervisor
William Dowden, the county repre-
sentative on the Greenway Council,
encouraged community leaders
and residents from the county to
provide input at this hearing.
He said Sampson and Maggie
Vinciguerra, the Greenway Conser-
vancy director, and county plan-
ning department members will dis-
cuss the proposed county compact.
"We'll break out into small
groups with facilitators, then
regroup afterwards," said Dowden.
Also supporting this goal is Red
Hook Supervisor John Gilfeather.
"That county designation would
add benefits to Dutchess munici-
palities that already have joined the
Please see Greenway, 2B
be RibicofT; senator; HE~;9hj~f$,i~~~~Y:
;socIated Press criticizing Chicago Mayor Rich~rd coff suggested Kennedy ~;Winthi~'lDutchessmay
W YORK - Abraham A. J. Daley for the strong-ann ta~tIcs brother, Robert, to that post. '. ../ ... , , .,.'
.ff, 87, a former U.S. senator used to control protesters. "He said, 'y;' ,', ',.' '. ., . .'. .1om consortIum
overnor of Connecticut who "Ab~ never hesitated. to go out Said,'ldon'tthtiii{~~~o~diJ;,.. ". . ....,..; ... ....
I aSdsecretaIJ: of health, edu- on a limb. If' that's the place he stand for it to apPOint:: brother ", ..1 Continued from 1 B '
an welfare m the Kennedy thought he should be, that's where Rib' ff . " " '
~stration, died Sunday. he went," former Connecticut Gov. ,:co ;re~alled m a 19~3 mteI'Vlew. ,I Greenway," he said. "I~'l~ !llake the
Icoff, who suf- L?well P. Weicker Jr., who s~rved I SaIQ, Look, now, I ve ,watchedi ?veraJ.1 ~;eenway actiVIties more
from Alz- \Ylth.. Ribicoff in ; the Senate ,. C?nce you people, your brother, youl and 'I mcluslVe. . ..
r's disease, said;' . '00 .". . Bobby, for m~yyears and:you,,; ~~pSonsaid these:mcludean
t a ~ew YOrk. , Ribicoffwas bOtn inNew Britain, come out ,ofthe same womb; When- advantage ill the' application
ursmg home, Conn., on April 9, 1910. He attended ever yo~ ve 0 got a problem, you process, to obtain state grants,
BC's Barba:a the University of Chicago and grad- 0 aut?matIcally turn to Bobby for his allowing municipalities to regulate
's' a family uated from its law school in 1933. advlC~. ... Y-ou ~~ve to put him in a I . their own s~orelines, and requiring
Ribicoffs political career' began pro~ent pOSItion where people I ' state agenCIes to conform their pro-
in 1938, when he was elected to the take It for granted that when. you grams to fit the Greenway compact.
Connecticut General Assembly as a have a p,roblem you're going to con. Dowden said the Town of Beek-
representative from Hartford. He sult with him, because his,' judg- man is the, latest Dutchess munici-
serv~d two ~rms,. and in 1942, was men~ ~eans a lot to you." " pality to join the Greenway, bring-
appomted a Judge m Hartford.. RiblCoffbecame Keimedy's HEW' mg the total to 16. .'
Served two t.mlsl~ House' secretary in 1961.. Ribicoffresigned ." "That's just over .50 percent of
In 1948 Ribicoff was elected to the .Cabmetpo~t ill 1962 to nm for! the county's communities," he said
the U.S. House of Representatives. the Senat~ agam. He won and was I .. "Iho~,a~diti~nal.mUnicipalities
He served two terms before nm- re-elected m 1968 and 1974. .,' Jom. up, SaId TIVdli Mayor Marc
ning for the Senate in 1952 He lost In the Senate, Ribicoffwas knowrt . Molinaro, whois helping Greenway
that race by 29,000 v~tes to for hi~ support ~r automobil~safety ~~cials in the~ recruitm:enteffort. f
Prescott S. Bush, the father of for- standards, Medicare, education. and It d ~e great if.we could get all. of
mer President George Bush. environmental regulations. r them m."
Ribic?ff ~as elected governor of . I?bicoff was known as a perfec~ Samp~~n . ~d the Greenway
Connecticut m 1954. He was elected tIomst. and. as one who got ,along' . commumti~ m . Dutchess besides
to a second term in 1958 i but with those in both parties. 0 . . Beekman mclude, the cities of
;esi~~~ in 1961 to become a :nem- Ribicoff retired from the Senate Pou~ee~ie and Beacon, tOwns of !
. . .-.. .. . !_- "inn.. "no ;~;_ U~_ 'aT Amema, ,Clinton, Dover, Hyde PlUit,!
North East, villi;lge ofMillertontown
and villilge of pawIlng, town altd vil-
1ag~of Red Hook, town and yillage of
Rhinebeck, and village of Tivoli.
Sampson said, Greenway offi-
. cials will. visit .PI~asant' Valley
March 4, Pine Plams March 19 and
Fishkill (town) on April 2.
OBITUARIES &MID~HUDSON
icoff, a Dem-
had a public Abe Rlblcoff
~ career that
~d more than four decades.
began his career as a state
tor in the Connecticut Gen-: '
;semblyand wenton to serve
ldge, a congressman, gover-
Connecticut, a member of
::ly's Cabinet, a member of
ited States delegation to the
Nations and, for the last 18
f his career, a U.S. senator.
a senator, Ribicoff gained
Ll prominence at the 1968
ratic National Convention,
Ie made a blistering speech
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23,