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Month: March 2025

March 25, 2025 in General News

ADU Updates

PLUS ONE ADU PROGRAM

Revised HRH ADU Interest Flyer (1)

Accessory Dwelling Unit Grant – UPDATE

We just heard from Hudson River Housing that they plan to schedule orientation sessions for representatives from the participating municipalities sometime before the end of June. I will be attending this session.

In the meantime, it is recommended that you fill out an “Interest Form” found on the Hudson River Housing Website.

Go to:

https://www.hudsonriverhousing.org

Click right side arrow until you see “COMING SOON.”  Click on “Interest Form.”

Fill out and submit “Interest Form.”

By submitting this form, HRH will have an idea of how many people might be interested in the ADU Grant.

Thank you and I will keep you informed.

 

 

 

So you’re looking to build a backyard cottage? Or separate a unit within your own home? An attached accessory dwelling unit? A converted garage or barn? A basement conversion?

Discover the benefits of an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). An ADU is an additional unit on your property, either attached to your home (like a basement apartment) or detached (like a converted garage or cottage.)

Interested? The Plus-One ADU program provides grants of up to $125,000 to assist low-moderate income property owners construct or rehab code-compliant Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) to create affordable housing.

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We are pleased to share that Hudson River Housing has been awarded the Plus-One ADU Program grant to support the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) in 8 partner municipalities in Dutchess County that include the Town of Amenia, City of Beacon, Town of North East, Town of Pine Plains, Town of Poughkeepsie, Town of Stanford, Town of Union Vale, and the Village of Rhinebeck.  This funding is a significant step toward increasing housing opportunities while preserving the character and sustainability of our communities.

By working with units of government and community development partners, Plus One ADU will provide a full-service program to support low- and middle-income single-family homeowners occupants who wish to build a new ADU on their property of improve an existing ADU that needs to be brought into compliance with local and state code requirements.  Depending on the property and what the locality permits, ADU’s may be small, stand-alone (detached) units on single-family lots, basement apartments, garage conversions, or other permitted units.

Some Critical NYS Home and Community Renewal (HCR)Guidelines for the program:

  • HCR guidelines define a single-family home as (1-4 unit homes). A property with a duplex would be eligible, but a property with two separate single-family homes would not.
  • The main home must be the Participant’s primary residence. Second home properties are
  • The ADU may not be used as a short-term rental.
  • The homeowner income threshold, no more than 100% of the area median income (AMI) which is $114,800 in Dutchess County, below is a table of estimated eligible incomes adjusted for family size:

 

Household Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Maximum Annual Income $80,385 $91,815 $103,371 $114,800 $124,046 $133,163 $142,409 $151,526

 

Hudson River Housing will be receiving their contracts from HCR very soon and they will then participate in an orientation. Following that they will schedule an informational session with all municipality leads.

The Pine Plains Town Board is very excited to move forward with the Plus One ADU program.  We will keep you abreast as this process unfolds.

plus-one-adu-program-guide-updated-3.18.2025

March 21, 2025 in Town Supervisor Updates

Updates from 3/17 workshop meeting and 3/20 Town Board meeting

On 3/17 the Town Board welcomed Choice Words to do a grant presentation about grant writing. It was a very informative presentation and touched on most of our wish list to do items such as a new town hall, wastewater, downtown revitalization and others. The next step is the Town Board will get together and make a list of items and prioritize them in order and decide the amount of time needed on these items and then possibly acquire their services.

On 3/20 the Town Board held our March regular monthly meeting. A public hearing was held for feedback about our tax exemption law for ADU’s. The law was then voted on and pasted. The highway dept. reported they have started their spring cleanup with sweeping the roads and cleaning up stones from the roadway.

In the Building Inspectors report he has issued 4 building permits for the month of February.

In the Water Dept. report 1 meter head was replaced and 1 meter head was rebuilt. 3 utility mark outs were performed.

In the Police Dept. report 29 shifts were scheduled and covered.

In the Animal Control report 3 calls were answered and 4 citations for court issued.

In Recreation news basketball season ended with great success and we are moving into baseball and softball season to date we have 125 kids signed up which is strong numbers this early. March 29th will be field cleanup day volunteer turnout is needed. Beach operations are on their way already. Also, discussion on a fence for adult swimmers at the beach was brought up to separate them from the beach itself. This was presented as an access on the right-hand side about 10 feet wide and also can be utilized for kayaks. Recreation Director was advised to get some prices from a fencing company and present at Aprils board meeting.

The Beautification Committee presented their mission statement to the Town Board and will be placed on the town website.

In Old Business the Town Board was presented some changes to the Labella contract for services to the new Town Hall if accepted by Labella the contract will be signed, and we can continue with our design phase.

In New Business the following approvals where made: Megan Brenner for Camp Director, Sara Nannetti for Assistant Camp Director, Jen Blackburn for Beach Director, and Ruth Cohn to the Library Board.

In other notes:

A Thank You to George Keeler for going above and beyond to drive around and record all the telephone poles that are in violation of our new Town utility pole law.

A Thank You Jim Boyles for the great job done on the new planters in front of the clock tower.

Spring Cleanup will be May 17th at the Highway Garage from 8am -11am a list will be posted with what is accepted and the cost.

The Triathlon will take place on June 22nd this year everyone be aware of road delays and closures.

Just to remind everyone we are still in a burn ban please do not burn. With the high winds it creates a great risk of making a small fire into a larger one very quickly.

As you can see the Town is very busy heading into the spring season.