Looking for Members for 2010

Next meeting Saturday May 15 at 11am at Danby Townhall

Members

Requirements for membership:

1. •annual $50 membership fee + $12 for soiltest (The membership fee can be paid in donated work hours if preferred.   If you feel this is too high you can always negotiate with us.)
   

2. •Own mowable fields: 7 or more acres
   

3. •Land located in Danby, NY  
   

Benefits

1. •Fields cleared
   

2. •Taxes decreased through agricultural assessment
   

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Agricultural Assessment starts after the lease is signed and will be reflected in next year’s taxes beginning with 2011 School Tax, but affects both School tax and Town and County tax.  There is no penalty if lease is broken, unless development occurs on field.

Requirements for agricultural assessment (member has responsibility for filling out and delivering forms :

1. •Copy of Soil Worksheet form ADP1.   This form has to be registered with Tompkins County Soil and Water Conservation District which costs $35.   Need the tax parcel numbers, the # of tillable acres per parcel, number of acres of woodland if woodland is on the property.  Other questions just call and talk to Jon at 607-257-2340 there.  They will fill in the soil type.
   

1. •The above form plus the following forms must to registered with Tompkins County Department of Assessment office by April 1 of applicable year – for this season it will be by April 1, 2011.
   

2. •Download Danby Land Bank 5 year lease   
   

3. •Copy of Agricultural assessment form - RP-305 - of this only the section on page 1 that says “completed by applicant” and on page 3 a single line that says – “Name and mailing address of party to whom land is rented”  need be filled out.    As a response to the latter enter Danby Land Bank, 638 E Miller Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850.
   

To Learn More

The following participated in the first year of establishing the Cooperative:

Ben Altman

Candace and Alan Collmer

Dick Costello (for John Wimsatt)

Louis Derry

Brian DeSocia

Jack DeMonica

Richard Erhrhardt

Dan Evett

Jonathan Joseph

Sharon Kaplan

Elizabeth Keokosky

Guillermo Metz

Russell Nitchman

Tony Nekut

George Payton

Jim Reed

Tom Ricketson

Mike and Cory Rutzke

Joe Schwartz

Mark and Deidre Silverman

David Weiss

Members