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1999-02-10 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 10, 1999 7:10 P.M. MTG #4 RES 56-66 BOH 5-7 BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR FRED CHAMPAGNE COUNCILMAN RICHARD MERRILL COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN DOUGLAS IRISH COUNCILMAN PLINEY TUCKER TOWN COUNSEL Benjamin Pratt Mark Schachner TOWN OFFICIALS Paul Naylor, Highway Superintendent Chris Round, Executive Director of Community Development Henry Hess, Controller PRESS: G.F. Post Star PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER Supervisor Champagne called meeting to order... announced that the resolution accepting the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.'s FEIS has been tabled. The town asked for some additional information from Cracker Barrel, that information arrived on my desk some time this afternoon and other members of the Town Board did not have an opportunity along with myself to really study what Cracker Barrel had presented. So there will be no action taken on it this evening. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO. 56, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters as the Queensbury Board of Health. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON VARIANCES FROM SANITARY SEW AGE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE FOR JAMES AND ROSEMARY DAVIDSON BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 5, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill WHEREAS, by law the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is also the Town's Local Board of Health and is authorized under Chapter 136 of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance to issue variances from the Ordinance, and WHEREAS, James and Rosemary Davidson have applied to the Local Board of Health for two (2) variances from Chapter 136 of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, such application requesting that variances be granted to allow: l.the absorption field to be located eighty-six feet (86':!:) from the well line in lieu of the required one- hundred feet (100') setback; and 2.the absorption field to be located eight feet (8') from the property line in lieu of the required ten feet (10') setback; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health for the Town of Queensbury will hold a public hearing on March 1st, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, (reasonably accessible to persons with mobility impairment) 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider James and Rosemary Davidson's application for two (2) variances from the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance on property situated at 73 Assembly Point Road, Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 6-1-10 and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing and send a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing to neighbors located within 500 feet of the subject property, as required by law. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON VARIANCES FROM SANITARY SEW AGE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE FOR NEIL HA VERL Y BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 6,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHEREAS, by law the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is also the Town's Local Board of Health and is authorized under Chapter 136 of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance to issue variances from the Ordinance, and WHEREAS, Neil Haverly has applied to the Local Board of Health for five (5) variances from Chapter 136 of the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance, such application requesting that variances be granted to allow: l.the absorption field to be located five feet (7':!:) from the property line in lieu of the required ten feet (10') setback; 2.the absorption field to be located ten feet (4':!:) from the right-of-way in lieu of the required ten feet (10') setback; 3.the septic tank pump station to be located seven feet (7':!:) from the property line in lieu of the required ten feet (10') setback; 4.the force main to be located five feet (5':!:) from the property line in lieu of the required ten feet (10') setback; and 5.the absorption field to be located eighteen feet (18':!:) from the foundation in lieu of the required twenty feet (20') setback; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health for the Town of Queensbury will hold a public hearing on March 1st, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, (reasonably accessible to persons with mobility impairment) 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, to consider Neil Haverly's application for five (5) variances from the Town of Queensbury On-Site Sewage Disposal Ordinance on property situated on Cleverdale Road, Queensbury and bearing Tax Map No.: 13-3-26, and at that time all interested persons will be heard, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Local Board of Health authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish the Notice of Public Hearing and send a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing to neighbors located within 500 feet of the subject property, as required by law. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO:. 7,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns and enters Regular Session of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None REGULAR SESSION PUBLIC HEARING - LOCAL LAW - SEWERS & SEWAGE DISPOSAL ORDINANCE NOTICE SHOWN 7:13 P.M. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE- We should open it to see if there are any comments, local laws on sewers. I'm sure most of you here this evening probably are not too familiar with what are plan is but actually, Chris if you just want to make a notion here. CHRIS ROUND, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-The town allows holding tanks under variance to the Chapter 136, Sewers and Sewage Disposal Ordinance and I won't go through the details when they allow a variance but the variance, there's design standards within our ordinance that specify two thousand gallon tanks and be of concrete construction, ecetera. The ordinance was drafted in excess often years ago. There's now new materials available that might provide for safe construction, alternative size and ecetera. So this proposed local law was going to examine that and make some allowances for different materials other then concrete. We don't see a lot of these variances but we wanted to make sure that the law was up to date and was accurate, consistent with today's technology. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Okay, any other comments? Thank you. We'll close the public hearing, the local law for sewers and sewage disposal. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about that in the future. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING - EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQAUD, INC. NOTICE SHOWN 7:15 P.M. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Henry, do you want to? HENRY HESS, CONTROLLER-Yea, I'djust like to mention that the, this is the, the last contract was expired this past December, it was a two year contract. The contract amount in the last year, that 1998 was a hundred and twenty thousand. What we're proposing is a one year contract this time for 1999 only and primarily because there are some changes taking place and they're considering different methods of funding operations and we're going to look at that this year. So, we're going to enter into a one time contract. The amount of the contract for Bay Ridge this year is a hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight seventy-three. There's, we've changed the format of the contract slightly this year. Actually the format has been changed more then slightly but a couple of provisions. Because of an audit that was conducted by the town this past year on all emergency services, we've done a few things with the contract for EMS and one of them is to establish more firm dates for administrative compliance or compliance with administrative issues in the contract. We're a, firmed up the requirement to conform with timely financial statements submission and conformity as to form also, and we've tied the payment schedule from the town to the squads to the compliance with the, with the administrative requirements. So, the contract primarily is one of, it's just a hundred and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-three dollar contract for all, for providing all emergency services within Queensbury for that section of town. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Okay, with that said, anyone from the public care to speak for or against the contract with the Bay Ridge Rescue? Anything from the Town Board? COUNCILMAN TUCKER-You're happy with this, right, Henry? MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-Yes. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-If there's nothing more to be added, we'll close the public hearing. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING 1999 EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND BAY RIDGE RESCUE SQUAD, INC. RESOLUTION NO.: 57,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, in accordance with (184 of Town Law, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury may contract with an ambulance service certified or registered in accordance with Article 30 of the Public Health Law for general emergency ambulance service within the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Town and Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc., have negotiated terms for a new Agreement for general emergency ambulance services, and WHEREAS, ~184 of the Town Law and ~209(b) of the General Municipal Law require that the Town conduct a public hearing prior to entering into agreements for emergency ambulance service, and WHEREAS, the Town Board held a public hearing concerning the proposed 1999 Agreement between Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. and the Town of Queensbury on February 10th, 1999 and all interested persons were heard, and WHEREAS, the proposed 1999 Agreement is fair, reasonable and in form approved by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and enters into the 1999 Emergency Ambulance Service Agreement with the Bay Ridge Rescue Squad, Inc. as presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None PUBLIC HEARING - APPROVE PURCHASE OF RESCUE UNIT AND CHASSIS AND INCURRING OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF SOUTH QUEENSBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY,INC. NOTICE SHOWN 7:15 P.M. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-We'll open the public hearing on approving the purchase ofa rescue unit and chassis and incurring the financial obligation on the part of South Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. Henry, do you want to bring us up to date on that one? MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-These is a less frequent transaction. One of their trucks and I don't, I'm not an expert in the trucks, somebody else I think from the fire company here, if people have questions, we'll have to get information on the truck. But what you're, what it's basically a four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar purchase of an air, a light air truck. The squad, the company over there has five operating vehicles or five vehicles that will rotate throughout their fleet and because of the size of the commitment that the company would be making and the size of the commitment the town makes throughout all of the squads in the town in investment and commitment, we've adopted a procedure where we went out and we projected the cash needs for debt service and the vehicle fund for this company for a twenty-two year which is the life expectancy of the truck from before purchase until it's retired and we've come up with arrangements submitted to the bank and without incurring additional expense by the town over a twenty- two year period, we can cover the expense of this truck and the replacement of all of their fleet on a timely basis throughout the useful life of this truck, a twenty-two year period, without, and that's without, I'll repeat that, without incurring additional expense to the town. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-I think that's one of the things that was very critical as we looked into the expenditure and looked at the appropriation was, over the twenty year life of the truck, obviously, I don't believe they have any outstanding truck debt at the present time. I think you're free of all debt. I do believe that the mortgage against the property there will be paid off in two thousand eleven or twelve. So, with that in mind as we looked at the numbers over the next twenty years and with the replacement of other vehicles, it was certainly Henry's opinion along with that being shared with my own that there would be no increased cost incurred by the town, based on vehicle and mortgage. MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-When we constructed the cash flow projection for that company, for South Queensbury Company, we made several, we determined several things. One, we had to maintain the property or the building that they now have, it's a mortgage on it and the building is going to be twenty years older twenty years from now. So, we determined that there's probably going to be some work needed on that, we provided for cash for that in that cash flow schedule. They have five vehicles, two of which are light duty vehicles which we'll probably replace twice within that time. The other ones are twenty year vehicles that will all be replaced once. So, you know, this is going to be required careful management and it's going to take a commitment on behalf of the bank but I spoke to the local bank that's dealing with this squad, they indicated that based on the cash flow projection we provided, it looks like a viable deal. We still have to get a commitment from them and the resolution you're asked to pass is continued upon the bank giving their final approval which should happen any day now but and there's a couple other conditions in there also. One is I think that the squad has to finish filing it's tax exempt status with IRS and receive that and they also have to agree to modifying their contract to give the town oversight over all equipment expenditures, not just those that are fifty thousand dollars because this will tax their vehicle fund. Carefully managed it will work like a charm but if not carefully managed, it will tax it severely so we asked for that change in the contract. COUNCILMAN TUCKER-Is there someone here to speak for the company and is authorized to tell us you're going to do this stuff? BILL DUELL-I'm Bill Duell, 2nd Assistant Chief and Secretary for the fire department. As far as we're concerned that's a doable thing. COUNCILMAN TUCKER-And the company is agreeable to the instructions in this thing? COUNCILMAN IRISH-Have you guys already filed with the IRS, Bill? MR. DUELL-It's in process right now, yea. MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-George has been very cooperative in working that out. We have a time constraint but they're working with it timely. COUNCILMAN IRISH-How often does that have to be filed with the state? SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Once. I think it's just an, it's a singular application. I don't believe they've ever applied for non-for-profit status. I know Bay Ridge did this when they bought their truck and up until that point, I don't believe any of the companies had really gone for the non-for-profit. The only reason for doing that, as I understand it, at least when Bay Ridge was the first to introduce it was for the purpose of borrowing, to get that reduced interest. COUNCILMAN TUCKER-It was a change in the law, wasn't it? COUNCILMAN IRISH-I thought under state law, the town could MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-There's actually a couple of reasons, one has to do with financing so you can get the benefit. The other has to do with a contractual relationship with the town. The town can contract with a non profit organization to provide service and they're, they have to have that status in order for our contract to be valid. COUNCILMAN TUCKER-I believe the reason that none of the other squads ever did it, it wasn't a requirement until a few years back. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Yea, yea, that's true. MR. HESS, CONTROLLER-Until recently and some of the squads are just catching up with it, yes. This is the last one, right. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Okay, the other bit of information for the record, tell us a little bit about the truck itself in terms of how it supports other fire companies with the oxygen tank and so forth. MR. DUELL-Right now we have a piece of equipment that can carry enough oxygen on it to fill approximately fifty air pack bottles and then we have to go back to our station and fill it up off our compressor back there and then we can go back to the scene and fill more bottles. With the new four point five bottles that are coming out, we can only fill approximately fourteen of those at the scene and then we have to go back and fill up. This new truck is going to have a five stage compressor on it with eight bottles, eight very large bottles, DOT bottles and that can sit right at the scene, it can make air right there, we can stay right at the scene, we don't have to leave the scene at all. So, we can supply continuous air to either a confined space rescue or a structure fire, haz-mat scene like that truck that flipped over on 149 here this winter, that could have been a lot worse than it was. SUPERVISOR CHAMPAGNE-Okay, anyone else from the public here to add, pro, con, yea, nay? Anything more from the board? Thank you, Bill. We'll close the public hearing. PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED RESOLUTION APPROVING PURCHASE OF RESCUE UNIT AND CHASSIS AND INCURRING OF FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF SOUTH QUEENSBURY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY,INC., RESOLUTION NO.: 58,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the South Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. (Fire Company) have contracted for fire protection services and such Agreement is in full force and effect, and WHEREAS, the Agreement sets forth a number of terms and conditions, including an agreement that the Fire Company will not purchase or enter into any binding contract to purchase any piece of apparatus, equipment, vehicles, real property, or make any improvements that would require the Fire Company to acquire a loan or mortgage without prior approval of the Queensbury Town Board, and WHEREAS, the Fire Company proposes to purchase one (1) 1999 Saulsbury Custom Built Cardinal Stainless Steel Air/Light Rescue Unit and one (1) 1999 Spartan Motors, Inc. GA42L Aluminum Gladiator Chassis in the total approximate principal mount of $425,955 and proposes to finance the purchase in accordance with tax-exempt financing provided under ~ 14 7(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and WHEREAS, the Fire Company proposes to put $109,955 cash down on the purchase from its vehicle fund, including its 1999 appropriation, and WHEREAS, the Fire Company has negotiated with Evergreen Bank to enter into a financing agreement for the amount of $315,000 for 20 years at a market rate expected to be approximately 4.95%, and this financing arrangement qualifies as tax-exempt under ~147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended, and WHEREAS, the Fire Company is applying for IRS tax exempt status under 501(c)(3), and WHEREAS, in accordance with ~ 14 7(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the Fire Company has requested that the Town Board conduct a public hearing to authorize approval of the financing and the Town Supervisor to execute approval of the financing to comply with the statutory requirements, and WHEREAS, on February 10th, 1999, the Town Board held the required public hearing, all interested persons were heard and the Town wishes to facilitate the financing on behalf of the Fire Company, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby approves of the purchase of one (1) 1999 Saulsbury Custom Built Cardinal Stainless Steel Air/Light Rescue Unit and one (1) 1999 Spartan Motors, Inc. GA42L Aluminum Gladiator Chassis for the approximate sum of $425,955 by the South Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., under the following conditions: (1) Fire Company will put approximately $109,955 cash down from its vehicle fund (including 1999 appropriation); (2) That a financing agreement has been committed to by Evergreen Bank, at the then current market rate for 20 years; (3) That before taking delivery of the truck the Fire Company receive its tax exempt determination letter from the IRS under 501(c)(3); (4) That the Fire Company agrees to contract amendments that will subject all incurrences of debt and all uses of vehicle funds to Town Board approval, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby approves the incurring on the part of the South Queensbury Volunteer Fire Company, Inc. of financial obligations in the maximum, aggregate principal amount of $315,000 in accordance with tax -exempt financing provided pursuantto ~ 147 (f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provided, however, that the Town Board shall not and does not by this Resolution create or intend to create any assumption on the part of the Town of Queensbury of any obligation or liability for the financing. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None DISCUSSION BEFORE VOTE: Mr. Hess, Controller recommended the following change to the resolution on page 3, paragraph 2, the change to reflect, the then current market rate. The current rate is 4.95, we really don't expect it to be 4.95 then. We don't know if it will be approximately 4.95 but it will be the current market rate. The delivery of the truck is six months away and we can't predict what the market is going to do in that time... Town Board agreed to change... vote taken. PRESENTATION - GLEN LAKE WATERSHED Dave Wick, District Manager of Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District and member of the Glen Lake Technical Advisory Committee noted that the document was initially put together by this board, by the Queensbury Town Board. About four and half years ago I sat up here with a couple of other folks on the committee or what was then to be the committee and presented the idea of developing a watershed management plan, lake management plan for Glen Lake and at that time the town put forward a resolution authorizing a committee to be put together under the auspicious of the town to develop what you have in front of you today and it has taken a while but through all the efforts we think we have a pretty decent plan. What I want to do tonight is pretty much introduce you to this plan what the objective behind it was and what we're looking to get out of this whole concept here in the future. The Glen Lake Technical Advisory Committee has been working since 1994 on this plan, there's been representatives from the Glen Lake Protective Association, the Soil and Water District, the Town of Queensbury through three Executive Directors including Chris, the Adirondack Community College and a number of other groups you have in the acknowledgments page. What we're looking for is first, initial support of the plan, the plan that you commissioned four years ago, saying yes that we agree to this concept, we're in support of this concept of looking more closely at the lake and what can we do about it and then secondly, looking to the future for what can we actually achieve with this plan. We have tangible tasks identified in this plan, we've reviewed the lake, the watershed and we've come up with specific recommendations as to how we can protect and improve Glen Lake. The whole purpose of this plan as identified in the task was to come up with very specific tasks that can be done by the Soil and Water District, that can be done by the Town of Queensbury, the Highway Department, the Glen Lake Association to protect and improve the quality of Glen Lake. For example, page 26, task number 1, this one is geared toward the protective association. Sponsor an annual septic system, wastewater workshop for shoreline residents. Very easy, very tangible to undertake. Number 6, the Town of Queensbury, create a GIS map overlay of the greater Glen Lake Watershed and location of stormwater outlets and can we find ways to improve the water that's coming out of that outlet before it gets to the Town of Queensbury. Very specific, very tangible. Going onto Nuisance Aquatics on page 29, continue to monitor Glen Lake for zebra mussels. That can be done through a very structured monitoring program. So, what we tried to do was to make sure this plan was as user friendly as possible and get a group of folks that are interested in doing these types of things both on the local level, the town level, get some state representation to sit down and say, okay what can we do in 1999. Well, let's take a look. We have tasks one through thirteen for water quality. What do we think we can accomplish in 1999. Sit down with three or four people and say, okay, let's take a look at number 4, number 9, and number 11, those are nice short term goals to get the ball rolling. It won't cost a whole lot of money and we don't need to go through a grant process to undertake some of these activities. That's what we're looking for tonight, some support from the Town of Queensbury and the Planning staff which has been more then supportive in this whole process. You'll notice there's a lot of educational efforts that can be undertaken. You'll see a lot of smaller scale implementation projects which we have a very good track record of finding grant money to undertake and you're going to see a lot of programs that are looking to do general outreach with the public and involve Adirondack Community College, involve local volunteers, people on the lake, people within the watershed to do very specific things that can help out, protect, and improve the quality of the lake. After all the science was done, DEC, ACC and everybody else with the scientific backgrounds studying the lake, it's in very good shape. It's what's called an oligotrophic lake which means it's very clean, there's a very good clarity to it. It is starting to moving towards a little bit more of a mesotrophic state which has a little bit more algae in it. But right now it's a very high quality lake so what we're looking at is keeping the quality of the lake as it is and protecting it for the future. It's one of the most highly developed lakes in Warren County with the development that's going around the lake. So, what are we really looking at. We're looking at stormwater inputs. We're looking at septic inputs. We're looking at fertilizer and pesticide runoff. All of these things that can be very easily identified and very tangibly taken care of. A lot of it comes from education and implementation, we have a pretty good track record of finding smaller grants to undertake some of these and when we come towards the longer term of things, the higher scale projects or the stormwater management, we can find environmental protection fund grants or bond act grants to undertake some of these. We're willing to step up and say, on a shorter term goal within the next month we'd like to sit down with at least one or two representatives of the town, one or two representatives of the Glen Lake Association and one of our representatives and say, we'd like to identify these on the short term, not seek any specific funding from the town but undertake a couple of smaller tasks, find out how easy this is to do because it's actually pretty simple to do and then identify a little bit longer term plan to undertake some of the larger goals and at that point we may come back to the town and so okay, could you front this amount of money to undertake this project. We see it as a very cost effective project and that's where you're planning staff comes in and says, well, we've sat in, we recommend this, we don't recommend this. So, we still have that tie with the town which has some fiscal obligations and responsibilities to the land within it's area. So, that's what we're looking at in terms of the Glen Lake Watershed Plan. I really encourage you to at least take a look at some of the chapters. There is a very comprehensive survey of watershed residents that was undertaken by the Glen Lake Association, very time consuming, very comprehensive and they've got some really good information out of that. The Adirondack Community College and a lot oflocal residents and the students at ACC spent a tremendous amount of time putting together information on septic system information on the lake and what came out of that. There's a lot of information on Glen Lake and this is the first plan that identifies specific tasks to be undertaken to protect and improve for the future. We have quite a group offolks here, at least thirty back there that have been involved with this plan and if there's anything I'm missing, I encourage them to step up and mention anything I may be leaving out. Virginia Etu-We formed a really nice bond with the local community college that's benefiting both sides of this project. One, the students are getting really hands on classroom experience. One of the things I would like to see is the town possibly look at some funding for this year in the Spring to continue those students to be able to go out on Glen Lake, take the water samplings, go back into the classroom and do the chemistry and the biological analysis of this. I'm not sure where the funding is going to come from that so I'm sort of here as a plea to maybe keep your minds open for future requests as we come in to see. I know the students didn't cost a lot of money, it was done during the summer program but in terms of really keeping this plan going, one of the most important things will be ongoing water analysis. So, if there's anybody here with some open minds about money, we might be back asking for a few dollars to keep this going in the Summer. The only other thing I'd like to mention, this is the only plan I believe of it's kind in New York State and it probably will become a protocol for other lakes in New York State to use. Queensbury sort of got the edge on a lot of the other lake associations. I know we were asked to do a presentation in front of the Federation of Lakes last year or the year before when they were at Roaring Brook, they were so impressed with the coalition of the town and the lake community and the college staff and everybody that was involved. Please take time to look at it but again, we may be coming back and saying, if we can dig into town coffers a little bit and keep the water quality issue and testing going this summer. Supervisor Champagne- I want to compliment you folks on an outstanding job and having been a part of this when you first came in and made the presentation, obviously for some of the board members we weren't too sure quite where this was going to take us and to have the kind of expertise that serve on that committee and to do the leg work and working cooperatively with the college, in my opinion, it's the cutting edge of the future in terms of the cooperative venture among and between the various agencies. So, I just want to congratulate you, shake your hand, do whatever we need to do. I have had the opportunity to go through most of the plan and there's an awful lot there that certainly I wasn't aware of up until this point. It's a beautiful lake, we need to protect it and again, thank you very much for the time and it must have taken all kinds of time and effort. Councilman Merrill-I'd like to add a few comments, Fred. I too are very much impressed. Dave, I want to thank you and all the members of the association for an outstanding job and a very technically sound report and I certainly would welcome the chance to work with the members to carry this through. We want it to be a living, working document and congratulations on your pioneering effort here, really. Thank you for protecting our very valuable resource. CORRESPONDENCE Caroline Barber, Deputy Town Clerk read the following letter into the record: (letter on file in the Town Clerk's Office) Dear Fred Champagne, This letter is an appeal to you to please support the residents living in the Glen Acres neighborhood by voting "No' to Cracker Barrel's request to rezone the parcel ofland across from Aviation Mall for a restaurant. I believe strongly in two points that relate to this request. First, the Town Board should uphold the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The granting of variances to this plan only serves to weaken it. Secondly, by electing you, the citizens of Queensbury have placed our trust in you to protect our residential neighborhoods. There is absolutely no benefit to the people living in the Glen Acre neighborhood from a restaurant being placed there. These people have offered in good faith to have this parcel of land rezoned to cultural- professional. This seems to me to be an excellent compromise for both for residents and the owner of the property. I hope that every member of the Town Board shows their support for the citizens living in Glen Acres and the Comprehensive Land Use Plan and votes "No" to the requested variance. Sincerely, Rebecca Meath TOWN COUNCILMEN'S COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilman Merrill noted that on February 3rd the Landfill Committee met with representatives ofDEC and CT Male along with Chris Round to discuss the proposed C & D Landfill facility, we discussed AP A jurisdiction, ... of the site and permitted weekly volumes...As a follow up, Chris Round has a written letter to AP A requesting jurisdictional determination, CT Male will look into closure certification mapping and they're also going to begin preliminary airspace calculations so they can evaluate the economics of the project. Councilman Tucker referred to the County Board of Supervisors, the intercepting of county sales tax to refinance the Burn Plant and questioned whether that includes Queensbury's percentage? Supervisor Champagne-No, just the county. Councilman Tucker referred to the Main Street corridor from Exit 18 to Glens Falls City line and noted the people in Ward 4 are very concerned regarding the publicity going to five lanes and the search for more money... questioned the status of the two hundred thousand dollars which has got to be approved by March 1st. Supervisor Champagne-My understanding is, that the two hundred thousand dollar grant, two things could happen. My understanding is that there's conceivably up to eighteen months of planning dollars to be expended over that period of time. It's not March 1, the March 1 deadline was a time limit that we put on trying to make a determination whether we even have the probability of getting the additional seven or eight million dollars in order to do the five lane. We were trying to hopefully get that information back to the Transportation Council to make that determination. It now appears that most likely will not happen that way and that we could proceed with a three lane plan with the understanding that a five lane could also be possible. I don't see losing the two hundred thousand dollars. Councilman Tucker referred to statement by Mr. Salvador at the last meeting where he claimed that the town had acquired land at the Hudson River Park illegally... I checked with our town attorneys and the land that we had accepted down there was perfectly legally. OPEN FORUM RESOLUTIONS Glen Lunt, 10 Carlton Drive noted disagreement with the Cracker Barrel's Draft EIS where it states 96 cars an hour for that intersection will not have a major impact on that community. Will the board be taking action? Supervisor Champagne-The board will not be acting on the resolution this evening, that the board had requested further information which was received today and the board has not had the time to properly review that information. More then likely, it will be our next meeting which is March 1st, if everything is in place and the Town Board feels comfortable with what they're seeing. Roger Boor, 83 Sunnyside East referred to the Cracker Barrel's FEIS and their dismissal of odors as their mitigating factor because there are other odors in the area. Councilman Irish-At the recent Citizens for Queensbury meeting there were no objections to the Silo staying open for dinner. Mr. Boor questioned whether once the town accepts the draft are they also accepting the mitigation they're offering? Councilman Irish-We're just accepting the draft as complete. Counsel Pratt -The process basically is that at the next meeting, and this is what was originally scheduled tonight, if it remains on the agenda the only issue for the board at that time is the acceptance of the FEIS. If the FEIS is accepted, and that's a yes or no vote, that means that it is complete, that the issues are identified and that the mitigation for those issues is identified. It does not mean that the board approves of either of those concepts. It just means the document itself is complete in that it discusses those things. There's a period of at least ten days that has to go by before any action can be taken and then at a subsequent meeting at least ten days later, let's assume the FEIS is accepted, the board then may vote on the action itself which is the rezoning. At that time the board prepares what is called a Finding Statement, either a positive or negative Finding Statement depending on the result of the vote and that details to a certain extent and comments on the merits of the proposal. Mr. Boor questioned whether the public will have another opportunity before the board votes on the rezoning to voice their concerns? Counsel Pratt-Assuming the FEIS is accepted, then sometime no sooner then ten days there will be another meeting, another agenda item and you'll have an opportunity to address that. Mr. Boor questioned whether the board would wait until the DOT report for the mall expansion is complete before voting on this? Supervisor Champagne- I can't answer that tonight. A couple of members of the board will be meeting tomorrow with Pyramid, their traffic engineers and the town traffic engineers and I think we'll have a more clearer view. Mr. John Strough, Queensbury noted serious concern with the proposed traffic flows. RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CHANGE ORDER TO ENCASE TOWN SEWER LINE LOCATED UNDER PROPERTY OWNED BY WARREN COUNTY IN VICINITY OF NEW BIKEWAY BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED OVER ROUTE 254 (QUAKER ROAD), QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO. 59, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, Warren County is in the process of constructing a bikeway bridge over Route 254 (Quaker Road) in the Town of Queensbury, such project to be completed by the end of June, 1999, and WHEREAS, a sewer main owned by the Town of Queensbury is located underneath the Warren County property in the vicinity of the bridge construction and therefore Warren County has advised the Town that the Town will have to move or protect this sewer main, and WHEREAS, Town and County representatives have met to discuss options concerning the relocation and/or protection of the Town's sewer main, and WHEREAS, the Town's Wastewater Director has recommended that the Town Board choose the option of encasing the Town's existing sewer line with a sleeve to protect it from the additional load of the bridge construction and to allow future repairs, and WHEREAS, Warren County's current contractor has proposed to install the sleeve via change order for the approximate cost of $28,000, which will enable the project to be completed for less money and within the allotted time-frame, and WHEREAS, Warren County has requested that the Town authorize this change order and then Warren County will approve the change order, pay the contractor the change order amount of (approximately) $28,000, and bill the Town of Queensbury for the work, and WHEREAS, the Town Board concurs with the Wastewater Director's recommendation to authorize this change order as this is the best course of action to resolve this matter as this solution will allow the Town to protect its sewer line, maintain service to all customers during the entire project and make any necessary repairs without affecting the new bridge, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and directs Warren County to prepare a change order for Warren County's contractor to encase the Town's sewer line with a sleeve to protect it from the additional load of the new bikeway bridge to be constructed over Route 254 (Quaker Road) in the Town of Queensbury for the approximate amount of $28,000, to be paid by Warren County and then reimbursed by the Town, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that payment for this change order shall be made from the Town's Sewer Department Budget, although the Board acknowledges that it may be necessary to transfer money later in the year from the Town's Sewer Fund Balance to the Sewer Department Budget to cover this expense, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Director of Wastewater to prepare and execute any documentation and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Irish, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES Mr. Tucker ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN WARREN COUNTY ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF WARREN-HAMILTON COUNTIES' OFFICE FOR THE AGING AND TOWN OF QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO. 60, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill WHEREAS, Warren County, on behalf of the Warren-Hamilton Counties' Office for the Aging, has presented the Queensbury Town Board with an Agreement for transportation for the elderly services for 1999, with Warren County to reimburse the Town in the amount of $6,607 for the Town's provision of these services, and WHEREAS, the Agreement is in form approved by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby approves and authorizes the Agreement with Warren County on behalf of the Warren-Hamilton Counties' Office for the Aging and further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement and take such other and further steps necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPROVING DRAFT STORMW ATER MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE GEORGE WATERSHED WITHIN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND FORWARDING PLAN TO LAKE GEORGE PARK COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL RESOLUTION NO.: 61,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the Queensbury Stormwater Advisory Board (Advisory Board) was formed in 1995 to develop a Draft Stormwater Management Plan (Plan) for portions of the Lake George Watershed within the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Lake George Park Commission provided funding for the Town to engage the services of C.T. Male Associates, P. C. to assist in developing its Plan, and WHEREAS, the Advisory Board developed a Plan and conducted a public information session concerning the Plan in August of 1996 and public comments were addressed in the form of a Responsiveness Summary, and WHEREAS, the content of the Plan has not been changed since the Responsiveness Summary was prepared, and WHEREAS, the Plan identifies existing conditions within the portion of the Lake George Watershed within the Town of Queensbury, provides a background on stormwater impacts, identifies specific physical problems areas and practices, provides recommended strategies to address the physical problems and recommends policy to address problem practices, and WHEREAS, the Plan satisfies the Lake George Park Commission's requirements for development of a Stormwater Management Plan, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board has reviewed the Plan and wishes to approve and forward it to the Lake George Park Commission for review and approval prior to final adoption by the Town Board, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby approves of the Draft Stormwater Management Plan for Portions of the Lake George Watershed within the Town of Queensbury dated October 1997 and presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs its Executive Director of Community Development to forward the Plan to the Lake George Park Commission for review and approval and to take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENGAGEMENT OF SERVICES OF CONFIRM, INC. TO PERFORM EVALUATION AND ANALYSIS OF TOWN'S PARTICIPATION IN WARREN COUNTY WORKERS' COMPENSATION SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO.:, 62,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury wishes to engage the services of a consultant to evaluate and analyze the Town of Queensbury's participation in the Warren County Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Program, and WHEREAS, the Town Comptroller has recommended that the Town Board engage the services of CONFIRM, INC., to perform the necessary consulting services for an amount not to exceed $5,000, and WHEREAS, a copy of CONFIRM's Professional Services Agreement is presented at this meeting, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby approves and authorizes the engagement of the consulting services of CONFIRM, INC. to evaluate and analyze the Town of Queensbury's participation in the Warren County Workers' Compensation Self-Insurance Program for an amount not to exceed $5,000 to be paid for from the appropriate account, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Comptroller to sign the Professional Services Agreement presented at this meeting and in form approved by Town Counsel and take any further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENGAGEMENT OF O'BRIEN & GERE ENGINEERS, P.C. TO PERFORM FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CORINTH ROAD CORRIDOR SEWER EXTENSION RESOLUTION NO.: 63,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury wishes to engage professional engineering services to study the costs and feasibility of installing sewers on Main Street and Corinth Road to the Carey Park in the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc., has offered to perform the required feasibility study for an amount not to exceed $8,200, and WHEREAS, Ralph VanDusen, Wastewater Director, has recommended that the Town Board engage the engineering services of O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc., as O'Brien & Gere has prior experience working with the utilities in this area of Queensbury and can immediately begin working on the project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and approves the engagement of the services of O'Brien & Gere Engineers, Inc., to perform a feasibility study for the Corinth Road corridor sewer extension, such engineering services not to exceed the total sum of $8,200 to be paid for from the appropriate account, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury authorizes and directs the Town's Director of Wastewater and/or Supervisor to execute any forms or agreements, in form approved by Town Counsel, necessary to effectuate this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND WEST GLENS FALLS EMERGENCY SQUAD, INC. RESOLUTION NO.: 64,99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, in accordance with (184 of Town Law, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury may contract with an ambulance service certified or registered in accordance with Article 30 of the Public Health Law for general emergency ambulance service within the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Town and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc., have negotiated proposed terms for a new Agreement for general emergency ambulance services for a proposed cost of $172,700, and WHEREAS, ~184 of the Town Law and ~209(b) of the General Municipal Law require that the Town conduct a public hearing prior to entering into agreements for emergency ambulance service, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to set a public hearing concerning the proposed 1999 Agreement between West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc. and the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury shall conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed new Agreement between the Town of Queensbury and West Glens Falls Emergency Squad, Inc. for emergency ambulance service for the Town of Queensbury on March 1st, 1999 at 7:00 p.m., and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish a Notice of Public Hearing in the Post-Star Newspaper once at least ten (10) days prior to the Public Hearing. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION INCREASING SALARY OF SHARRON MEADE, DATA COLLECTOR/APPRAISER RESOLUTION NO. : 65, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 297.98, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury authorized the hiring of Sharron Meade as Data Collector/Appraiser for the annual salary of $30,000 subject to a six month probation period, and WHEREAS, the Town Assessor has advised the Town Board that Ms. Meade has successfully completed her six month probation period and has requested that the Town Board increase Ms. Meade's salary as previously discussed with the Town Board to the amount of $30,900 annually, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby increases the annual salary of Data Collector/Appraiser Sharron Meade to $30,900, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Comptroller's Office to complete any forms necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Champagne NOES None ABSENT: None OLD BUSINESS 8:24 P.M. Councilman Tucker referred to the situation at Queensbury Forest, the drainage and noted concern with the affect of Spring.... Councilman Turner noted that he spoke with Mr. Nace whose also studying the project for the Cronin Road Drainage and Mr. Nace had explained because of the weather he hasn't been able to get someone there to do the boorings... As soon as the weather breaks and they can get in there, they will get in there.... Supervisor Champagne would like to plan a session with the school board for late February, early March where the Town Board could sit down with the school board and discuss common issues...town board agreed and scheduled a joint meeting for 7 p.m., March 3rd at the school. Supervisor Champagne would like consensus from the board to move forward in scheduling the employee recognition event once again this year... board agreed. TOWN BOARD WORKSHOP Controller Hess spoke to the board regarding the overtime budgets for the various departments, the Year 2000 computer problems, the completed fire company audits, reserve funds for 1998 and the EMS contracts. OPEN FORUM 8:41 P.M. Mr. Boor referred to the Cracker Barrel FEIS and noted disagreement with their dismissal of odors and traffic concerns. Mr. Strough spoke regarding Cracker Barrel's submission, the increase of traffic it will create for Greenway North and the negative affect it will have on those residents and the traffic flow in that area. Questioned whether there was a chance of getting the rezoning issue as a referendum item? Supervisor Champagne noted that it's the board's decision. Irene Trollster, 2 Carlton Drive noted disagreement with Mr. Irish's earlier statement regarding the Silo Restaurant and felt it was unfair to compare. Councilman Irish-My point was that no one spoke against the Silo's recent addition to serving dinners and the odors created from that. Dennis Brower, Queensbury referred to the new bridge and the Exit 19 ramp and spoke regarding the possibility of an access road from the ramp to the Aviation Mall to alleviate some of the traffic congestion onto Aviation Road. Barbara Bennett, Queensbury noted her support of the joint meeting between the Queensbury Town Board and the Queensbury School Board and recommended that the Queensbury School Board and the Glens Falls School Board also meet to discuss common interests and problems. Jeremy Hammond, Queensbury-Pleased and supportive of the joint meeting between the Queensbury Town Board and the Queensbury School Board and questioned whether it will be advertised and open to the public? Supervisor Champagne-Yes. Carolyn Lunt, 10 Carlton Drive referred to the Cracker Barrel proposal and noted her frustration ... feel very threatened by this proposal and very concerned with the negative affect it will have on the value of her home and the quality of life for everyone in that neighborhood. Betty Monahan commended the board to the successful conclusion with the matter of Coles Woods and the Town of Moreau water contract... As a member of the Friends of Hovey Pond, I asked the Recreation Department for help in planning some Memorial trees and with the cooperation of the Recreation Department, Highway Department and the employees involved, we've got several more flowering trees down at Hovey Pond for the people in the community to enjoy. So I want to express my appreciation to those departments and to the employees. Frank Trollster-I would like to reiterate what I've stated before, if you look at this at a common sense standpoint, deep down, it is not warranting a high volume restaurant. Harry Trollster, 2 Carlton Drive-I would like to emphasis the situation that has occurred several times on Aviation Road, as we live there and see the traffic situation, twice this Winter, I've seen the City of Glens Falls Bus try to make the approach going west but it couldn't make the hill right at that proposed entry to the Cracker Barrel. Anybody leaving from that proposed access of the Cracker Barrel from a dead stop trying to make that hill in the Winter, won't have too much luck and I think it's going to be a big traffic hazard. Fern Hall-Last meeting, I asked the board to consider a state bill or law that's already approved tax property break for disabled people and was wondering if there's been any action. Supervisor Champagne-The attorney for the town has taken a look at the bill, at the law and to be honest with you, I don't have a copy of it here in front of me, I think it came either yesterday or today regarding the attorney's findings. Counsel Schachner-The jest of what it says, we can take certain steps, we have to do them by local law which of course means have a public hearing and enact the local law. Councilman Merrill-Does this apply to school tax and something we should be reviewing with the School Board? Counsel Schachner-I don't know, I'd have to look into that. My guess is that it does. Councilman Merrill-I think it would be appropriate that we review this as part of our discussions when we meet with the school board. Supervisor Champagne-I think the answer to your question is, we're moving forward with it, we've had research done by the attorney and we'll continue to look into it. OPEN FORUM CLOSED RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO. 66, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters Executive Session to discuss two personnel matters. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION TO ADJOURN EXECUTIVE SESSION & TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO. 67, 99 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Richard Merrill RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Executive Session and enters Regular Session, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board of Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns their Regular Town Board Meeting. Duly adopted this 10th day of February, 1999, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Turner, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT: None No further action taken. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DARLEEN M. DOUGHER TOWN CLERK TOWN OF QUEENSBURY