TOWN OF COPAKE COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED LOCAL LAW ENTITLED “A LOCAL LAW TO OPT-OUT OF REAL PROPERTY TAX LAW §487 EXEMPTION.” PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Copake shall hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, October 8, 2020 for the purpose of taking public comment on a proposed local law entitled “A Local Law to Opt-out of Real Property Tax Law § 487 Exemption.” The proposed law amends the Code of the Town of Copake to eliminate a tax exemption that would otherwise exempt certain real property from taxes on the increase in property value due to the establishment of certain energy-generating or energy-storage facilities or systems on such property. Said Public Hearing shall be held on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 6:45 pm via Zoom video-conference. The information to access the Zoom videoconference will be posted on the Town of Copake website: (www.townofcopake.org). Copies of the proposed law, “A Local Law to Opt-out of Real Property Tax Law § 487 Exemption” are available in the Town Clerk’s Office, 230 Mountain View Road, Copake, NY, 12516 and on the Town’s website. The Hearing will be followed by the regular Town Board Meeting at 7:00 pm or as soon thereafter as the Public Hearing is concluded. Lynn Connolly Copake Town Clerk

Proposed law, “A Local Law to Opt-out of Real Property Tax Law § 487 Exemption”