TOWN OF CRAWFORD
TOWN BOARD MEETING
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town Board of the Town of Crawford will hold its special meeting on Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. in person at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York. In addition, the public may attend this meeting via remote ZOOM videoconference, as described further below.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that persons who attend the meeting via Zoom will be able to see and hear the meeting, but will not be able to make or submit oral or written comments during the meeting. Any person who attends by Zoom and who wishes for his or her comment to be heard during a public hearing or the public comment session can send his or her comments in advance of the meeting to [email protected] or call 845-744-2020 by no later than 4:00 PM on February 25, 2021.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, to the extent practicable, the Town Board’s agenda will be made available online in advance of the meeting at www.townofcrawford.org.
INSTRUCTIONS TO ACCESS THE VIRTUAL MEETING: If you have a computer, tablet,
or smartphone, you can register, log in, and see the video and hear the audio of the live session. You can access the Town meeting as follows:
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NOTICE OF A PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING
TOWN OF CRAWFORD PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS
` The Town of Crawford has announced that a Public Information Meeting will be held to discuss the proposed sidewalks along NYS Route 52 Pedestrian Safety Project. The meeting will be held at Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 7:00 pm.
The Town of Crawford will make every effort to assure that the hearing is accessible to persons with disabilities. Anyone requiring special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations should contact the Town Clerk.
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN OF CRAWFORD TOWN BOARD
JESSICA KEMPTER, TOWN CLERK
Dated: February 2, 2021
Town of Crawford
County of Orange
State of New York
Special Meeting Notice
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crawford regular Town Board meeting scheduled for Thursday, February 18, 2021 has been rescheduled to Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York.
Date: February 2, 2021
BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD
Jessica M. Kempter, Town Clerk
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town of Crawford Town Board special meeting scheduled for February 18, 2021 at 6:30pm Pursuant to New York State Executive Law 203 on Police Reform and Reinvention Collaboration has been rescheduled to February 25, 2021 at 6:30pm at the Crawford Senior and Community Center, 115 State Route 302, Pine Bush, New York.
Community comments will be accepted in advance of the public hearing if residents prefer instead of attending the public hearing and should be sent to the attention of Supervisor Carnes, 121 State Route 302, Pine Bush, NY 12566. Community comments will be forwarded to the committee to assist in formulating a plan of action in accordance with the Executive Order. When the plan is formulated by the committee it will be presented to the community and Town Board.
PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
121 Route 302
Pine Bush, NY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing to amend a site plan to add a propane filling station at the property located at 11 Boniface Drive designated as 8-2-69.62 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the BP-Hamlet Zoning District, owned by BW10 Realty LLC (Beer World). Said hearing will take place on February 10, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Planning Board
Linda Zwart, Chairman
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Planning Board of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing for a site plan to add a ground-mounted 11.04kw residential solar array at the property located at 76 Ulsterville Road designated as 8-1-13.24 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA Zoning District, owned by Albert K. and Brenda Otto. Said hearing will take place on February 10, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Crawford will hold a public hearing for a use variance for a temporary storage container at the property located at 893 Route 302, designated as 19-1-77 on the Tax Map of the Town of Crawford in the RA Zoning District, owned by William Shalders. Said hearing will take place on February 3, 2021, at 7:30 P.M. at 121 Route 302, Pine Bush, NY.
For the Zoning Board of Appeals
Bruce Schwope, Chairman
The Town of Crawford was incorporated in 1823. However, its development had its beginnings well before that year. It made significant progress since its early days. When started as an inland, wooded and rocky area which grew slowly at first. Many old maps have various names for the area we know today as Crawford. Crawford was originally part of the Town of Montgomery, as shown by the Montgomery town records from approximately 1768 through 1777. The first settlers of the area were of German, Dutch, Scottish and Irish decent. These early settlers migrated north from the Wallkill River area. The descendants of the Huguenot and Dutch ancestries migrated south from Ulster County, near the New Paltz and Shawangunk areas to what is now Crawford. The main reason for this migration was for farming areas for the families to cultivate and make a living from. Many of the old families still have descendants in Crawford. The names of Bruyn, Bull, Crawford, Youngblood, Sinsbaugh, and others are still families that line within the Crawford town limits. Many of these families also came to the Crawford area from Newburgh, Montgomery, and New Windsor areas. Early settlements have recorded documentation in the Town of Montgomery records. Many of the early names for the area were Dwaars Kill, Shawangunk Kill, Snyder's Mill, Big and Little Pokanisink, Snyder's Meeting House and Robert Milligan’s Saw Mill. Johannes Snyder was one of the earliest settlers in the town, which later became known as Crawford. He began a small settlement on both sides of the Dwaar Kill near the present hamlet of Searsville at about 1740. He operated a mill at this location in 1768, and had a major role in establishing a meetinghouse in the same hamlet. Robert Milliken operated a saw mill on the opposite side of the town on the Shawangunk Kill at around the same period. Below Millikin's saw mill, there was a flour mill operated by Pat Boyce, as did Abraham Bruyn in the same location. In addition to these mills along the Shawangunk Kill, there also existed a combined saw, grist, and carding mill run by the Slotts family.
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