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TROY CITY COUNCIL FINANCE MEETING AGENDA August 1st, 2024 6:00 P.M. Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call Public Forum Presentation of Agenda ORDINANCES 40. Ordinance Authorizing The Sale Of Surplus Real Property Acquired By In Rem Foreclosure Of The Premises At 74 New Turnpike Road 41. An Ordinance Adding Chapter 72 (“Planning Board”) To The Code Of The City Of Troy RESOLUTIONS 124. Resolution Of The Troy City Council Establishing Training Requirements For All Members Of The City Planning Board And Zoning Board Of Appeals (Council Member Casey) (At The Request Of The Administration) 1  ORD40 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY ACQUIRED BY IN REM FORECLOSURE OF THE PREMISES AT 74 NEW TURNPIKE ROAD The City of Troy, in City Council convened, ordains as follows: Section 1. The City of Troy lawfully acquired real property at 74 New Turnpike Road (Tax Map Parcel No. 70.74-1-1 and 70.74-5-2) by in rem foreclosure deed filed on August 3, 2012. Section 2. Pursuant to Resolution 2023-57 (passed June 1, 2023) and section 83-3 (F)(7) of the Troy City Code, the City Council authorized the Mayor to enter into a Real Estate Brokerage and Agency Agreement with Heer Realty, Inc., for the marketing and sale of various parcels of surplus real property owned by the City, and the Mayor thereafter retained the services of Heer Realty, Inc., on behalf of the City. Section 3. Two credible purchase offers for 74 New Turnpike Road were received and reviewed by the Property Review Committee, which has unanimously recommended approval of the offer of Gulfstream Developers, LLC, to purchase the property for $275,000.00, to be paid in cash with no mortgage or inspection contingency. The sale is contingent upon attorney approval and the approval for the construction of cottage-style senior housing. Section 4. The City Council hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute a contract substantially in the form attached hereto for the sale and purchase of the City owned surplus real property at 74 New Turnpike Road to Gulfstream Developers, LLC, for a sale price of $275,000.00, subject to review and approval of the contract by Corporation Counsel and inclusion of such terms, conditions, and provisions as Corporation Counsel may require for the protection of the City and the public. Section 5. The City Council also hereby authorizes the Mayor to convey the parcel at 74 New Turnpike Road to Gulfstream Developers, LLC by quitclaim deed without warranty as to title or condition upon full satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the contract. Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately. Approved as to form, ____________________________ ______________________________________________ Dana Salazar, Corporation Counsel 1  ORD40 Carmella Mantello Sharon L. Martin, IAO Mayor Assessor Seamus Donnelly Deputy Mayor Office of the City Comptroller Phone: (518) 279-7126 City Hall 433 River Street Troy, New York 12180 DATE: July 19, 2024 TO: Dana Salazar SUBJECT: Support Memo for the sale of 74 New Turnpike Road FROM: Sharon Martin, IAO, Assessor The Property Review Committee met on Friday, July 19th to discuss the two offers presented by Realtor Dean Heer, for the property at 74 New Turnpike Road (former Leonard Hospital site). The committee unanimously chose the offer from Gulfstream Developers of $275,000. Although the offer was less money than the other offer, the committee thought the development plan was a better choice for the City.  ORD41 AN ORDINANCE ADDING CHAPTER 72 (“PLANNING BOARD”) TO THE CODE OF THE CITY OF TROY ________________________________________________________________________ The City of Troy, in City Council convened, ordains as follows: Section 1. This Ordinance enacts a new Chapter to the Troy City Code in order to create a Planning Board to guide development in the City of Troy. Section 2. The Planning Board created by this Ordinance shall replace the Planning Commission previously authorized by Troy City Code Chapter 71 (repealed by Local Law No. 3-2024). Section 3. Troy City Code Chapter 72, entitled “Planning Board”, is hereby enacted as follows: Chapter 72 PLANNING BOARD ARTICLE I. Definitions § 72-1. Definitions and interpretation. ARTICLE II. City Planning Board § 72-2. Establishment; appointments and qualifications. § 72-3. Appropriation for Planning Board. § 72-4. Alternate members; appointments. § 72-5. Terms of members first appointed. § 72-6. Organization and meetings; voting. § 72-7. Training and attendance requirements. § 72-8. Removal of members. § 72-9. Special authorization and powers. § 72-10. Rules and regulations. § 72-11. Public records.  ORD41 ARTICLE III. City Map, Comprehensive Plan, and Subdivision Plats § 72-12. City Map. § 72-13. Comprehensive Plan. § 72-14. Submission of proposed City projects. § 72-15. Approval of plats. ARTICLE IV. Continuity with Planning Commission § 72-16. Pending applications and City Code references. Article I. Definitions § 72-1. Definitions and interpretation. A. As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated: BOARD The City Planning Board. CITY The City of Troy, New York. CITY MAP The official map of the City of Troy in existence at the time this article goes into effect, as modified from time to time, showing the location and width of streets in the City in use as public streets as well as the lines of future streets and future street widening and extension. COUNTY CLERK The Clerk of the County of Rensselaer. COURSE The direction of a line of a boundary and/or of a description. EASEMENT An authorization by a property owner for the use by another and for a special purpose of any designated part of his/her property and/or any feature in connection therewith. FINAL PLAN The recommended subdivision map which must be approved by the Planning Board before it can be filed for record with the County Clerk.  ORD41 LOT A portion of a subdivision or other parcel of land intended for transfer of ownership or for building development. OWNER Any and all persons whose consent is necessary to the filing of a subdivision map and to the making of the dedications of land or other property shown therein and to pass a clear title thereto. PRINT May be a blueprint, photostat, lithoprint or other copy which reproduces exactly the original tracing from which it was made. STREET Includes street, avenue, terrace, road, alley, lane, highway, boulevard, concourse, parkway, culvert, sidewalk, crosswalk, viaduct, and every class of public road, square and place. SUBDIVISION A lot, tract or parcel of land to be divided into two or more lots or other divisions of land for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of transfer of ownership or building development, including all changes in street or lot lines. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP A map showing grade elevations by contour lines and the location of important material and other subjects. B. The Planning Board's interpretation shall be final as to the meaning of any definition, statement, requirement, rule, or other matter in connection with the rules and regulations of the Board and the application thereof. Article II. City Planning Board § 72-2. Establishment; appointments and qualifications. A. There shall be a City Planning Board appointed by the Mayor. The Board shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of Article 3 of the General City Law. B. The Board shall be composed of five members, at least three of whom must have substantial experience in one or more fields related to land use, including, but not limited to, engineering, architecture, real estate, law, surveying, or other profession or experience related to land use. C. Members shall be appointed to serve for a term of five years, except that the Mayor as necessary shall appoint a member to serve for less than a full term in order to equalize as near as practicable the number of appointments to be made each year. If a vacancy shall occur, other than by expiration of term, the Mayor may at any time fill the vacancy for the balance of the unexpired term remaining at the time of the new appointment. Each member of the Board shall hold over after the expiration of his or her term until a successor shall have been duly appointed  ORD41 and qualified. Before assuming office, each member of the Board shall file in the Office of the City Clerk the constitutional oath of office. D. No member of the City Council shall be eligible for membership on the Board and not more than a minority of the members of the Board shall hold any other public office or position in the City. Any municipal official serving on the Board shall not by reason of membership thereon forfeit the right to exercise the powers, perform the duties, or receive the compensation of their municipal office during such membership. But no municipal officer or employee shall be appointed to the Planning Board if performance of the duties of his or her position will conflict with the performance of his or her duties as a member of the Board. No person shall be disqualified from serving as a member of the City Planning Board by reason of serving as a member of a county planning board. E. The Mayor may remove any member of the Board for cause. § 72-3. Appropriation for Planning Board. The City Council may make such appropriation as it deems fit for Planning Board expenses, including the compensation of Planning Board members. The Planning Board shall have the power and authority to employ experts, clerks, and a secretary, and to pay for their services, and to provide for such other expenses as may be necessary and proper, but in no case exceeding in all the appropriation that may be made therefor by the City Council. § 72-4. Alternate members; appointments. A. There shall be two alternate members of the City Planning Board. An alternate shall substitute for a member in the event the member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest. Each alternate member of the Planning Board shall be appointed by the Mayor to serve for a term of three years. Alternate members shall be paid one-half of the regular compensation of members. B. The Chairperson of the Planning Board may designate an alternate member to substitute for a member when the member is unable to participate because of a conflict of interest concerning an application or matter before the Board. When so designated, the alternate member shall possess all the powers and responsibilities of a member of the Board for that application or matter. Such designation shall be entered into the minutes of the initial Planning Board meeting at which the substitution is made. C. All provisions of this Chapter relating to Planning Board member training and continuing education, attendance, conflict of interest, compensation, eligibility, filing of oath, vacancy in office, holding over, removal, compatibility of office, and service on other boards, shall also apply to alternate members.  ORD41 § 72-5. Terms of members first appointed. The terms of the members of the Planning Board first appointed shall be so fixed that the term of one member shall expire at the end of the official year in which such member was initially appointed. The terms of the remaining members first appointed shall be so fixed that one term shall expire at the end of each official year thereafter. At the expiration of the term of each member first appointed, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of five years. § 72-6. Organization and meetings; voting. A. The Planning Board shall elect a Chairperson annually from its own members. In the absence of the Chairperson, Board members may designate a member to serve as acting Chairperson. B. The Planning Board shall be entitled to the assistance of the City Engineer and the legal advice of the Corporation Counsel. The City Engineer shall attend meetings and act as Executive Secretary to the Board. The Corporation Counsel, or his or her designee, shall attend meetings and act as legal advisor to the Board. C. The Board shall meet at least once a month. The Board also shall meet at the call of the Chairman, or whenever a majority of the authorized membership, not including alternate members, request the Chairman to call a meeting. Written notice of Planning Board meetings shall be given no less than seven calendar days before a meeting. A majority of the authorized membership of the Board, not including alternate members, shall constitute a quorum. D. Unless the affirmative vote of a super majority is required by law, every motion or resolution of the Planning Board shall require for its adoption the affirmative vote of a majority of the authorized membership of the Board, not including alternate members. E. The Board shall keep regular minutes of the business transacted at each meeting. At the conclusion of each year, the Board shall report to the Mayor, in writing, regarding its activities and may provide any recommendations it desires to make. § 72-7. Training and attendance requirements. A. Each member of the Planning Board shall complete, at a minimum, four hours of land use training each year. Up to two hours of training received by a member in excess of four hours in any one year may be carried over by the member into the succeeding year or may be applied to the immediately preceding year in order to meet the requirements of this subdivision. Training shall be subject to approval of the City Council and may include, but not be limited to, training provided by a municipality, regional or county planning office or commission, county planning federation, state agency, statewide municipal association, college, or other similar entity. Training may be provided in a variety of formats, including but not limited to, electronic media, video, distance learning, and traditional classroom training. B. No member shall be eligible for reappointment to the Planning Board unless the member shall have completed the training required by this subdivision.  ORD41 C. The training required by this subdivision may be waived or modified by resolution of the City Council when, in the judgment of the Council, it is in the best interest of the City to do so. D. No decision of the Planning Board shall be voided or declared invalid because of a failure to comply with this subdivision. E. Members of the Planning Board are expected to attend all regular monthly meetings of the Board. Failure to attend two or more consecutively scheduled meetings, or non-attendance at three or more meetings in a calendar year, or other recurring non-attendance shall be cause for removal by the Mayor. § 72-8. Removal of members. Any member of the Board may be removed by the Mayor for cause, after written notice and public hearing. “Cause” includes, but is not limited to, misconduct, incompetence, failure to attend two or more consecutively scheduled meetings, non-attendance at more than three meetings in a calendar year, recurring non-attendance at meetings, failure to complete mandatory training requirements, or other neglect of duty. § 72-9. Special authorization and powers. In addition to its other authority and powers, the Planning Board is hereby authorized and empowered to examine any and all subdivisions and developments within this municipality that have been recorded in the County Clerk's office without the approval of the City Planning Board or Commission (as the case may be) since April 20, 1945, which subdivisions have lots therein which are occupied by structures, to the extent of 10% or less of the total area of the subdivision. The Planning Board shall reexamine such subdivisions and developments and treat them as new subdivisions, making such changes in streets and other facilities that it deems best for the public health, safety, and general welfare, where in its judgment such changes may be effected without working undue hardship upon any individual person. § 72-10. Rules and regulations. A. The Planning Board may recommend to the City Council rules and regulations relating to any subject matter over which the Board has jurisdiction and which it shall deem proper for the administration of the Board and the matters before it. The City Council may adopt any such rules and regulations by duly enacted ordinance. B. With the advice of the Board, the City Council shall adopt rules and regulations governing the subdivision of land. (1) Such regulations shall require that the land shown on a plat shall be of such a character that it can be used safely for building purposes without danger to health or peril from fire, flood or other menace and may provide for the proper arrangement and width of streets in relation to other existing or planned streets, and to an adopted Comprehensive Plan, for adequate, convenient and suitable open spaces for traffic,  ORD41 utilities, access of fire-fighting apparatus, recreation, light and air, and for the avoidance of congestion of population, including minimum width and area of lots. (2) As conditions precedent to the approval of a plat, such regulations shall provide the extent to which streets, roads, highways and other public places shall be graded and improved and to which water, sewer and other utility mains, piping or other facilities, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, street signs and lighting standards shall be installed, in accordance with standards, specifications and procedures of the City Engineer, and that suitable monuments be placed at such block corners and other points as may be required by the Planning Board or the City Engineer. (3) Such regulations shall provide for the tentative approval of the plat previous to such installation, but any such tentative approval shall be revocable and shall not be entered on the plat. In lieu of the completion of such improvements and utilities prior to the final approval of the plat, the Planning Board may accept a bond with surety to secure to the City the actual construction and installation of such improvements or utilities and the reasonable cost of inspection on behalf of the Planning Board during such construction, at a time and according to specifications fixed by the Planning Board and in accordance with its regulations. (a) If any public utility company's facilities are proposed to be installed within a subdivision, the subdivider shall file with the Board satisfactory assurance that such utility company will make the installations necessary for the furnishing of its services within the time frame satisfactory to the Planning Board. The Board in its discretion may waive the bond as to the utility to be furnished. (b) The term of such bond may be extended by the Planning Board with the consent of the parties thereto. (c) If the Planning Board shall decide at any term of the said bond that the extent of building development which has taken place in the subdivision is not sufficient to warrant all the improvements covered by such bond or that required improvements have been installed as provided in this section and in sufficient amount to warrant reduction in the face amount of said bond, the Planning Board, after public hearing upon the same notice as required for the consideration of a plat, may modify its requirements for any or all such improvements, and the face amount of such bond shall thereupon be reduced by an appropriate amount so that the new face amount will cover the cost in full of the amended list of improvements required by the Planning Board, and any security deposited with the bond may be reduced proportionately. (4) In the event that any required improvements have not been installed as provided in this section within the term of such performance bond, the Mayor upon recommendation of the Board shall thereupon declare the said performance bond to be in default. The City shall enforce such bond by all appropriate legal and equitable remedies.  ORD41 (a) Upon the receipt of any sums of money collected upon said bond, the City shall install such improvements as were covered thereby and are commensurate with the extent of building development that has taken place in the subdivision but not exceeding in cost the amount of such monies so received. (b) In the event that any required improvements have been commenced or are being installed in violation of the provisions of the resolution of the Planning Board approving the plat or are not in accordance with the specifications of the Planning Board 's regulations as established by ordinance of the City Council, the City, in addition to other remedies, shall institute an appropriate action or proceeding to restrain, correct, or abate such violation. C. It is intended by this Chapter to grant to the City Planning Board all the powers necessary for guiding and accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious development of the City which will, in accordance with present and future needs, best promote health, safety, and the general welfare as well as efficiency and economy in the progress of development. The Planning Board may vary, subject to appropriate conditions, such requirements of the regulations established as provided in this section as in its judgment of the special circumstances and conditions relating to a particular plat that are not requisite in the interest of the public health, safety, and general welfare. When making its determination as to the improvements to be required, the Planning Board shall take into consideration the prospective character of the development and the allowed density of population under the applicable zoning ordinance. The Planning Board shall also hear and decide all matters upon which it is required to pass under such regulations. In addition, and subject to City Council approval, the Board shall adopt rules and regulations in respect to procedures before it and in respect to any subject matter over which it has jurisdiction, such rules not to be inconsistent with law. § 72-11. Public records. The rules and regulations of the Board and the City Map and Comprehensive Plan shall be deemed public records and shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable times in the office of the Planning Board. Article III. City Map, Comprehensive Plan and Subdivision Plats § 72-12. City Map. The Bureau of Engineering shall be the custodian of the Official City Map. It shall be the duty of the City Engineer to maintain the City Map and to register thereon all changes resulting from action authorized by law. The City Map shall be filed in the office of the City Engineer and certified copies thereof and of all changes thereto shall be filed in the office of the Planning Board. § 72-13. Comprehensive Plan. A. The Board shall review and make recommendation to the City Council on the adoption of a proposed Comprehensive Plan or amendments thereto. The Comprehensive Plan shall show desirable streets, public places, bridges and approaches thereto, viaducts, parks, public  ORD41 reservations, boulevards, parkways, playgrounds, roadways in parks, public buildings and structures, pierhead and bulkhead lines, docks and wharves, waterways, routes of railroads and omnibuses, locations of drainage systems, sewers, sewage treatment plants, incinerators, water conduits and other public utilities privately or publicly owned, zoning districts, aviation fields, public parking spaces, and also the removal, relocation, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandonment, change of use, or extension of any of the foregoing features of the plan. The Comprehensive Plan shall also show the general layout of neighborhood units and community centers therein and the replanning of blighted areas and such other features as will provide for the improvement of the City and its further growth, protection, and development, and will afford adequate facilities for the housing, transportation, distribution, comfort, convenience, health, safety, and general welfare of its population. The Comprehensive Plan may also show any of the above features in relation to areas outside the City limits and within the County of Rensselaer. B. The Board shall have the full power and authority to make investigations, maps, reports, and recommendations in connection with a proposed City Comprehensive Plan or amendment thereto relating to the planning and development of the City, provided that the total expenditures of the Board shall not exceed the appropriation therefor. C. Before the Comprehensive Plan or any part thereof relating to the area within the City is adopted, the Board shall hold a public hearing or hearings. Before a modification of any part of the Comprehensive Plan is adopted, the Board may hold a public hearing or hearings. At least 10 days' notice shall be given prior to the holding of such hearing by publication in the official newspaper or newspapers of the City. D. The various plans comprising the Comprehensive Plan, and all modifications thereof when adopted, shall be filed in the office of the Planning Board. E. The recommendation of the Comprehensive Plan, and any part, amendment, extension, or addition thereof, shall be by resolution of the Board, carried by the affirmative votes of not less than a majority of the authorized membership of the Board, not including alternate members. § 72-14. Submission of proposed City projects. A. The Council shall refer to the Board all proposals concerning or affecting the following: (1) Any proposed addition to or change in the Official Map not initiated by the Board. (2) Any proposed amendment to the zoning regulations of the City or any proposed zoning regulations to replace zoning regulations existing at the time such proposal is made, if such proposed amendment or zoning regulations are not submitted by the Board. B. After the Board receives any such proposal, it may hold a public hearing thereon, notice of which shall be published in the official newspaper or newspapers of the City at least 10 days prior thereto. If the Board fails to report on such proposal within 62 days after the Council submits it to the Board, such failure shall be deemed an approval. However, at the time of submission of such proposal to the Board, the Council may specify a longer period, not  ORD41 exceeding 60 additional days, within which the Board may report thereon. If the Board fails to report within the additional period, such failure shall be deemed an approval of the proposal. C. The City Council shall not take final action on any of the matters enumerated in Subsection A of this section until the Board has made its report thereon or the time within which the Board was required to report has expired. § 72-15. Approval of plats. No plat of a subdivision of land partly or wholly within the City shall be filed with the County Clerk until it shall have been approved by the Planning Board and the approval thereof entered on the plat by the Secretary thereof. Every plat approved by the City Planning Board shall, by virtue of such approval, be deemed to be an amendment of or an addition to or detail of the Comprehensive Plan and part thereof, if a Comprehensive Plan shall have been adopted prior to such approval. If a Comprehensive Plan or part thereof shall not have been adopted prior to such approval, then such plat so approved shall be incorporated in and made a part of any Comprehensive Plan thereafter adopted. Approval of a plat shall not be deemed to constitute or affect an acceptance by the public of any street or other open space shown upon the plat; however, the filing of an approved plat shall constitute an irrevocable offer of dedication by the owner of the land to the City of Troy of streets, roads, or highways shown on said plat and of land shown thereon as widened areas of existing streets, roads, or highways, and provided further that where such an approved plat so filed shall amend or supersede in whole or in part the layout of streets, roads, or highways shown on a previously filed plat, such offer of dedication as to streets, roads, or highways or widened areas thereof shown on such superseded plat and not shown on such amending plat shall be deemed withdrawn. The City Planning Board shall have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of Article 3 of the General City Law in relation to such plats. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of that Board to file with the County Clerk a certificate stating that the Board has been so authorized to approve plats. Such certificate also shall state that the Secretary of the Board shall issue the certificate of the City on its failure to take action on a plat whenever it is necessary to issue such a certificate pursuant to § 32 of the General City Law. Article IV. Continuity with Prior Planning Commission § 72-16. Pending applications and City Code references Upon the effective date of this Ordinance, all applications pending before the City of Troy Planning Commission shall be continued and shall be acted upon by the City of Troy Planning Board. Upon the effective date of Local Law No. 3-2024 repealing Chapter 71 of the Troy City Code, all references in the City Code to “Planning Commission” shall thereafter be interpreted as references to “Planning Board” and all references to repealed Chapter 71 shall be interpreted as references to this Chapter 72 of the Troy City Code. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect upon the filing of Local Law No. 3-2024 with the New York Secretary of Strate.  ORD41 Approved as to form, _________________, 2024 _________________________________ Dana L. Salazar, Corporation Counsel  RES41 Memorandum of Support Title: An Ordinance adding Chapter 72 “Planning Board” to the Code of the City of Troy. Summary of Provisions: This Ordinance enacts a new chapter to the Troy City Code in order to create a Planning Board to guide development in the City of Troy. It is similar in all material respects to Chapter 71 “Planning Commission” repealed by Local Law No. 3. Effect on Present Law: This action creates Chapter 72 “Planning Board” to replace Chapter 71 “Planning Commission” of the Code of the City of Troy. Fiscal Impact: The elimination of the Planning Commission and passage of this Ordinance will cost the taxpayers of the City of Troy $2,000 per annum per Board member, which is the same amount of stipend that was paid to Planning Commissioners.  RES124 RESOLUTION OF THE TROY CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY PLANNING BOARD AND ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS WHEREAS, General City Law Sections 27 and 81 provide that all members of planning boards and zoning boards of appeals in New York State, as well as alternate members of those boards, must complete a minimum of four hours of training each year; and WHEREAS, the above sections of state law provide that a member of a planning board or zoning board of appeals shall not be eligible for reappointment to such board if the member has not completed the training required by law; and WHEREAS, the above sections of state law provide that the legislative body of a city may specify the training activities that will satisfy the state requirement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following list of agencies, commissions, associations, universities, and other organizations are approved to provide training to meet the state requirement when the training they provide pertains to municipal planning, zoning, community design, environmental issues, economic development, and local government functions and practices: 1) the NYS Department of State; Department of Agriculture and Markets; Office of the State Comptroller; Department of Health; Department of Transportation; Department of Environmental Conservation; Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation; Hudson River Valley Greenway; and 2) the New York State Association of Towns, the New York Conference of Mayors, the New York State Association of Counties, the New York Planning Federation, the American Planning Association, the Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association and it sections, and the Metro New York Chapter of the American Planning Association and its sections; and 3) the Capital District Regional Planning Commission, Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board, Lake Champlain-Lake George Regional Planning Board, Hudson Valley Regional Council, and Adirondack Park Agency; and 4) the Rensselaer County Department of Economic Development and Planning, and Rensselaer County Soil and Water Conservation districts; and 5) the Albany Law School Governmental Law Center and Institute for Legal Studies, Pace Law School, Cornell University and its cooperative extension; and 6) on-line planning and zoning training programs offered by the New York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal, Pace University and Land Use Law Center, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Use Policy; and  RES124 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that other training activities may be approved on a case-by-case basis by the City Council upon the request of a member of the Planning Board or the Zoning Board of Appeals; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that any new member appointed to fill the last five months of a term shall not be required to have attended training to be reappointed to a first full term, but must thereafter comply with the municipal training policy as provided herein; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that members who complete a required training activity shall provide to the Commissioner of Planning and Community Development a certificate of attendance, on a form to be supplied by the Commissioner in substantial conformity with the form attached hereto; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Commissioner of Planning and Community Development shall create and maintain a system to record the annual training completed by individual board members, and such information shall be presented to the appointing authority prior to considering a member for reappointment. Approved as to form ________________________, 2024 Dana L. Salazar, Corporation Counsel  RES124 Certificate of Attendance for Land Use Training at the Training/Conference title:_____________________ sponsored by _______________________________________________________________ Certification By signing below, I certify that I attended the following courses at the above conference: Course title: Presented by: __________________________________________ Duration:________Hours Course title: ___________________________________________ Presented by: __________________________________________ Duration:________Hours Course title: __________________________________________ Presented by: __________________________________ Duration:________Hours _______________________________ _____________________________ Name (Please print legibly) Signature _____________________ ______________________ Address Date Please return completed form to City of Troy Planning Department