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2017-91 2017-91 Resolution Authorizing Agreement With County Of Dutchess In Regards To Referral Of Applications For Certain Planning And Zoning Actions To The Dutchess County Department Of Planning & Development For Review At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on April 24, 2017. The meeting was called to order by Lori A. Jiava, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being called, the following was recorded: ✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2017-91 Q Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent ❑ Adopted as Amended Lori A.Jiava Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Defeated William H.Beale Voter ❑ ❑ ❑ Q ❑ Tabled William Ciccarelli Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Withdrawn John J.Fenton Mover Q ❑ ❑ ❑ Michael Kuzmicz Seconder Q ❑ ❑ ❑ The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Fenton and seconded by Councilman Kuzmicz. WHEREAS, New York State General Municipal Law § 239 requires local municipalities to refer applications for certain planning and zoning actions to the Dutchess County Department of Planning & Development for review; and WHEREAS, New York State General Municipal Law § 239 further requires the County to assess all such applications as to whether the requested action would have a"county wide" or "inter-community" impact and comment on same; and WHEREAS, the current referral process results in the processing of applications each year from towns, villages and cities to the County, a portion of which have neither county-wide or inter-community impact; and WHEREAS, New York State General Municipal Law authorizes the County to enter into agreements with local municipalities in order to determine which, if any, of the local municipal actions subject to referral may be deemed strictly matters of local determination, and therefore, not subject to the referral process; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding this Agreement, the Town shall be authorized to seek informal review and comment from County Planning for otherwise exempt matters; and WHEREAS, the Town desires to enter into an Agreement with the County of Dutchess as above described. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows: 1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth and adopted herein. 2. The Town Board hereby approves the Agreement with the County of Dutchess in regards to referral of applications for certain planning and zoning actions to the Dutchess County Department of Planning & Development for review, in substantially the same form as annexed hereto and authorizes and directs the Supervisor Lori A. Jiava to execute said Agreement by and on behalf of the Town of Wappinger. This Agreement is retroactive to January 1, 2016 and extends automatically for a successive year, for a total of five (5) years. The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows: RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: John J. Fenton, Councilman SECONDER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman AYES: Lori A. Jiava, William Ciccarelli, John J. Fenton, Michael Kuzmicz ABSENT: William H. Beale Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York 4/24/2017 The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted. JOS P P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK i