ROCKLAND — The Town Board in Rockland opened their June 6 meeting with a public hearing in regards to Local Law #2, a six-month moratorium on projects within the town. The Limited Land Use Moratorium was approved for six months, with the option to extend it for an additional six months. 

The moratorium will allow the town to create and implement more comprehensive zoning and planning and will suspend all unapproved pending projects, of which there are currently none.

After reading through the correspondence, the board moved into old business, which included resolutions to appoint a Trail Committee for the Rail Trail project and a NY Forward Grant Committee. Resolutions were made for seven people to start each committee, but more volunteers are welcome to join.

Following the approval of committees, the board moved into new business, which included a resolution to lease the Twin Village Golf Course clubhouse to Elizabeth DiBartolo. The concession stand will be open soon and DiBartolo will be tasked with collecting greens fees for the Town.

The board also passed a resolution to send a letter of support to the NYS Pro Housing Community.

A liquor license was requested, and approved, for a new restaurant coming to town called Threshold, which is planning to open later this year.

The board then passed a resoultion to hire Jason Moreno to help with IT and the websites for the Town of Rockland and the Twin Village Golf Course.

During public comment, it was brought to the board’s attention that a garden bed that had been disrupted to repair a water main break last year had yet to be restored. Dirt was placed on top of rock, rendering the soil unusable for planting. The board said that they would resolve the issue.

An attendee also asked if supporting the Pro Housing Community would affect the limited land use moratorium, which Supervisor Eggleton explained that it would not.