Committee sets hearing on vulnerable road users, approves rental-assistance contract and homelessness amendments
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Summary
The committee set a public hearing on a local law to protect vulnerable road users, approved $494,918 in state-administered rental assistance via Catholic Charities, and approved two contract amendments to Family of Woodstock for emergency homeless services; a bike-ped policy update was postponed.
Ulster County committee members scheduled a public hearing for proposed Local Law No. 3 of 2025, a measure described as ensuring the safety of vulnerable road users, to be held Tuesday, June 17, 2025 at 7:05 p.m.
The committee approved two related fiscal items for housing services. Laura Nordstrom, the county’s director of housing and homelessness, said the budget amendment (Resolution 269) would accept rental assistance funds under program code 04/4918 for the period April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026 and that those funds "will be administered by Catholic Charities of Orange, Sullivan, and Ulster and is a 100% state funding throughout." The committee then approved Resolution 270 to execute a contract for $494,918 with Catholic Charities to administer the funds.
Members also approved two contract amendments with Family of Woodstock to address emergency shelter and after-hours services. Resolution 271 added $100,000 to cover invoices already received, described as 100% reimbursable code-blue funding; Resolution 272 added $203,000 for after-hours emergency homelessness services to ensure timely invoice processing for the balance of the year.
The committee discussed but postponed Resolution 225, an update to the county pedestrian and bicycle policy, at the request of its sponsor who said more coordination with the county executive’s office and a bridge/bike-lane review were needed.
On environmental review for another portion of the Ulster & Delaware Corridor in Shandaken, members approved changing the project classification to a SEQRA Type 1 action so ongoing historic work may continue after input from the State Historic Preservation Office.
Planning staff explained that Resolution 291 would resubmit an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) program to update county crash-screening analyses and produce a prioritized list of road segments for safety interventions; the committee approved resubmittal.
The committee also approved a block of two late UCAT-related resolutions after staff said those measures were urgent to preserve lapsing DOT funds and meet FHWA/FTA application deadlines. The meeting concluded with thanks to the UND Corridor committee chair and a voice vote to adjourn.
