Notice of Public Hearing - 5/13/2020 - CAC

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the TOWN BOARD of the Town of East Greenbush will hold a public hearing on May 13, 2020 beginning at 6:00 P.M. to consider the following matter:

The proposed local law would create a conservation advisory council in the Town of East Greenbush. The council would be passed with advising the Town Board on matters effecting the preservation, development and use of natural and human made resources, features and conditions within the Town of East Greenbush, relating to environmental quality, biological integrity, natural beauty and other conservation factors. In relation to human activities and development, the council would advise the Town Board on major threats posed to environmental quality. The council would review and periodically update the Town’s 2019 natural resources inventory; develop a library of information on effective land management, protection, use and conservation; provide the Planning Board, developers and residences with a source of information about natural resources and potential environmental impacts; review development proposals and conduct site visits for matters pending before the Planning Board; create checklists and best practice guidelines as planning tools for improvement projects; and carry out other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Town Board.

A copy of the proposed local law may be reviewed here, Revised Public Notice and Local Law

Public Notice and Local Law Draft (original)

Pursuant to Executive Order No. 202.1, issued by Governor Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and advisories issued by Federal, State and Local officials related to the COVID-19 virus, the TOWN BOARD will convene the public hearing remotely as follows:

The Public Hearing will commence at 6:00 P.M. and shall be conducted through the use of Zoom, a web-based video conferencing tool with local, desktop client and smartphone applications that will allow Board members and the public to participate electronically and remotely by audio and with or without a video connection. The meeting will also be live streamed on the Town’s YouTube Channel.

Meeting information can be found in the link above and will be published the day of the meeting for easy reference.