Sarah Trafton reports for Columbia-Greene Media that the Catskill Town Planning Board approved plans June 25 to convert Pollace’s Family Vacation Resort into a summer camp for special needs children. The camp is at 71 Landon Ave., and will serve approximately 60 children of the Hasidic Jewish faith at a time. The board mandated, two weeks after the state of New York eliminated the religious exemption for vaccinations, that children attending the camp must be vaccinated against measles. There will be one-on-one counselors for each child and up to 50 other staff on-site, a total of 180 people each summer, with other events throughout the year. Nearby residents and worried about the increased traffic on the property at a public hearing. The planning board also mandated a rural-looking fence along the road frontage, unannounced fire inspections of the buildings at least once every year, and checked with the the code enforcement officer in Shohola, Pennsylvania, where applicant Jacob Bar-Horin had a camp one summer, Planning Board Vice Chairman Larry Federman said at the hearing. “There was only one minor complaint regarding trash near dumpsters being dislodged by animals or weather,” Federman said. “A text to Jacob quickly resolved the issue. I think we are hoping Jacob will be as good a neighbor as Pollace’s.”. Read more about this story at HudsonValley360.com.