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Planning committee forwards Hudson Valley Community Preservation Act authorization to county executive
Summary
The Sullivan County Planning Committee voted to forward to the County Executive a proposed authorization that would allow municipalities to opt in to the Hudson Valley Community Preservation Act, a local real-estate-transaction fee program intended to fund farmland and open-space preservation and other locally defined conservation priorities.
The Sullivan County Planning Committee on an affirmative committee discussion voted to forward to the County Executive a proposed resolution authorizing the county to join the Hudson Valley Community Preservation Act, which would let towns and villages within the county create local community preservation funds financed by a fee on some real-estate transactions.
Committee members and staff described the proposal as an enabling step that would let individual municipalities decide whether to create a community preservation plan, hold public hearings, and put a referendum before local voters. The program was discussed as a funding option for farmland-preservation matching funds and other open-space priorities; advocates said it could supplement, not replace, existing grant programs.
Heather (staff member) explained that if the county authorizes the program, it performs the initial home-rule…
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