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454.2006 RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON ADOPTION OF NEW TOWN OF QUEENSBURY COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN RESOLUTION NO. 454, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is considering adoption of a new, 2006 Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) for the Town of Queensbury, which Plan presents recommendations to guide land use in the Town of Queensbury for the next five to ten years, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 426,2004, the Queensbury Town Board established and appointed members to the Planning Ordinance Review Committee (PORC), which Committee’s scope was to review and address inconsistencies and problems known to be at issue in, among other things, the Town’s Zoning Ordinance and Map, Subdivision Regulations and Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and th WHEREAS, on May 19, 2005 the PORC adopted a Resolution recommending the hiring of Saratoga Associates Landscape Architects, Architects, Engineers, and Planners, P.C. (Saratoga Associates) to provide professional planning services to the Town, such services to include the updating of the 1998 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Town Zoning Code, and Town Subdivision Regulations, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 394.2005, the Town Board authorized engagement of Saratoga Associates to prepare an update to the Town’s Zoning Ordinance and Map, Subdivision Regulations and Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and WHEREAS, a draft new Comprehensive Land Use Plan (Plan) was prepared by the PORC and Saratoga Associates with the assistance of the Town of Queensbury Community Development staff and input from citizens and elected officials, and various information sources were also utilized, including published materials, interviews and reports generated by local study groups and committees, and th WHEREAS, the PORC held a public hearing on the draft CLUP on July 13, 2006, and th WHEREAS, at their meeting on July 20, 2006, the PORC made subsequent revisions to the draft CLUP and adopted a Resolution referring the revised draft CLUP to the Town Board for its consideration, and WHEREAS, the Town Board has prepared further revisions to the Draft Plan and the Town Board is now prepared to set a public hearing concerning adoption of this Plan, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the th Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 16, 2006 to hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning adoption of the Town of Queensbury’s proposed, new Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk’s Office to provide at least 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the Notice of Public Hearing and Proposed Summary of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan in the Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board and forwarding the Notice to all adjacent municipalities. th Duly adopted this 25 day of September, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None