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From: Ginny <>
Subject: Re: [NYDUTCHE] Nelson House
Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 10:04:22 -0500


Hi Bruce,

This is the way I understand the siutation:

The County Owns the Property on which the Nelson House is situated on Market Street in the City of Poughkeepsie. The City of Poughkeepsie, the first part of next year, will vote whether or not to confirm the City's Historic District and Landmarks Commission Nomination to the City Common Council to declare the Nelson House a City Landmark. The City Mayor does have a preservation mindset. However, she is only one vote on what I believe is an 8 member Common Council. I understand there may be a legal question right now which is being investigated as to whether or not the County has to comply with the City's Zoning Code regarding Historic Preservation once the building is declared a City Landmark - Personally I see no reason whey the County should not have to comply.

Regardless the Building cannot be demolished if our County Legislature does not pass any future bonding resolution for such demoliton or refuses NOW to accept the County Executives 2006 Capital Plan if it includes demolition.

Of course, the County can always destroy the builing by benign neglect!*? I have never thought our County Government had a preservation mindset - especially since our Current County Executive has been in office - as shown by our County's Executives failure to keep his word so far to appoint a County Historian THIS year after 13+ years of vacancy all during the Current County Executives 4 Consecutive 4 Year Elected Terms. I am hoping the hearing on this past Thursday night may have gone quite a distance in impressing upon our elected officials the importance of preservation and possibly instilling in them a bit of the mindset we would like them to have!

The squeaky wheel gets the grease; we have squeaked before; we are squeaking now; and, we will continue to squeak. We must get greased!

Ginny


On 12/3/2005 2:00:47 AM, wrote:
I can't seem to grasp the politics of this issue. How can county
government tell an incorporated city what it can or can not do with
property located within the city? Just curious.

Bruce,
in Florida

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