Draft Comprehensive Plan & Zoning Scoping Meeting

TOWN OF RHINEBECK

TOWN BOARD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on July 14, 2008, the Town Board of the Town of Rhinebeck, as Lead Agency, issued a Positive Declaration, pursuant to 6 NYCRR Part 617 with regard to the adoption of the Town of Rhinebeck Amended Comprehensive Plan; Amended Zoning Law; and Freshwater Wetlands Law. The Town Board also issued its Notice of Intent to prepare a Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement ("DGEIS") and determined also that Scoping of the DGEIS will be conducted pursuant to §617.8(e) for all three actions. The Town Board shall conduct a Public Scoping Meeting on August 14, 2008 at 6:45 p.m. at the Rhinebeck High School, located at 45 North Park Road, Rhinebeck, New York, for purposes of allowing all members of the public and all interested agencies to provide their input on the scope of the DGEIS. A copy of a Draft Scope is available for inspection at the Town Clerk's Office at the Rhinebeck Town Hall, located at 80 East Market Street, Rhinebeck, New York, during regular business hours, and has been posted on the Town's official website at www. rhinebeck-ny.gov. Copies of the proposed Amended Comprehensive Plan; proposed Amended Zoning Law; proposed Freshwater Wetlands Law; Draft Scope; and Positive SEQRA Declaration are also available for inspection at the Town Clerk's office and have been posted on the Town's official website. Copies of these documents are also available for inspection at the Rhinebeck Village Hall and the Morton Memorial and Starr Libraries. Any person or interested agency interested in obtaining copies of these documents should contact the Town of Rhinebeck Town Clerk during regular business hours.

The purpose of Scoping is to focus the DGEIS on potentially significant adverse impacts of these actions and to eliminate consideration of those impacts which are irrelevant or non-significant in conjunction with the SEQRA review of the proposed actions. A Notice explaining in more detail the Scoping Process is available from the Town Clerk, at the Rhinebeck Village Hall, and at Morton Memorial and Starr Libraries. The Notice is also available for downloading on the Town's official website.

Written comments on the proposed scope will also be accepted and may be filed either prior to, at the time of, or within ten (10) days of the close of the Scoping Meeting with the Town Clerk. Members of the public and representatives of interested agencies who wish to speak at the public meeting will be asked to confine their comments to Scoping issues, and time limits shall be established on individual public comments.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF RHINEBECK.

DATED: July 14, 2008.

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JOAN WINNE, DEPUTY TOWN CLERK

TOWN OF RHINEBECK