352.2016 City of GF Lead Agency for Proposed Halfway Brook Trail License Agreement RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONSENT TO CITY OF GLENS FALLS
BEING DESIGNATED AS LEAD AGENCY FOR
SEQRA REVIEW OF PROPOSED HALFWAY BROOK TRAIL
LICENSE AGREEMENT AND ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
RESOLUTION NO.: .352,2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Brian Clements
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.William VanNess
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury (Town) and City of Glens Falls (City) are adjoining
communities that share in the use and enjoyment of recreational resources, and
WHEREAS, the Town and City wish to enter into a License Agreement to provide for the
construction, use and maintenance of a pedestrian use recreation trail to be known as the Halfway
Brook Trail located on property owned by the City located within the Town in the Halfway Brook
Reservoir Watershed, such License Agreement to be generally referred to as the Halfway Brook Trail
License Agreement, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), the
City of Glens Falls is seeking Lead Agency status for the purposes of fulfilling the SEQRA
requirements relative to its review of such License Agreement and associated activities, and
WHEREAS, the City has requested that the Town Board consent to the City being designated
as Lead Agency, and the Town Board has concluded that the City is the most involved agency and
should be Lead Agency for the purposes of SEQRA review relating to the Project, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to therefore provide such consent,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby consents to the City of Glens Falls
acting as Lead Agency for SEQRA review relative to its review of the Halfway Brook Trail License
Agreement and associated activities and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to mail a certified
copy of this Resolution to the City of Glens Falls and take any other necessary actions to effectuate the
terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 17ffi day of October, 2016,by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough
NOES None
ABSENT: None