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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TRANSFER OF REMAINING
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS
RESOLUTION NO.: , 2019
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Queensbury Town Board authorized
submission of an application for New York State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
funds through the New York State Office of Community Renewal(NYS OCR), and
WHEREAS, Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Town Board pledged a required five percent
(5%) local cash share of the total project cost, and
WHEREAS, the grant application was submitted and the NYS OCR awarded a forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollar($47,500)grant to the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 61,2018,the Town Board authorized a Grant Agreement
between the Town and the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation represented by NYS
OCR providing for the grant funds and committed a five-percent (5%) match of two thousand five
hundred dollars ($2,500), and
WHEREAS, the Senior Planner has advised that the grant was completed under budget,
so there is $125 that needs to be returned to the Town,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Budget Officer to transfer the remaining $125 in grant funds as delineated in the preambles of
this Resolution back to the Town of Queensbury as follows:
• Interfund Transfers Account No.: 001-0000-55031 by$125; and
• Transfer to Operating Account No.: 016-9901-9128 by$125,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer
to amend the Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments and transfers, and/or
prepare any documentation necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Town Budget Officer, Senior Planner and/or Accountant to take such other and further action as
may be necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this l st day of April, 2019,by the following vote:
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN GRANT
AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND NEW YORK
STATE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION AND SETTING
APPROPRIATIONS AND ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR GRANT AWARD
RESOLUTION NO.: 61,2018
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs.Jennifer Switzer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Queensbury Town Board authorized
submission of an application for New York State Community Development Block Grant funds
through the New York State Office of Community Renewal (NYS OCR), and
WHEREAS, Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Town Board pledged a required five percent
(5%)local cash share of the total project cost, and
WHEREAS, the grant application was submitted and the NYS OCR awarded a forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollar($47,500)grant to the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Town has received a proposed Grant Agreement from New York State
concerning the awarded grant funds and such Agreement is in form acceptable to Town Counsel,
and
WHEREAS, the Town Board must designate a Certifying Officer as the Responsible Entity
for conducting environmental reviews, and
WHEREAS,the Town Board wishes to authorize the Town Supervisor to execute the Grant
Agreement, establish a CDBG Special Grant Fund and set appropriations and estimated revenues
for the grant award, and
WHEREAS, the receipt, administration and use of these block grant funds are primarily
management decisions undertaken for the purpose of creating an Affordable Housing Strategy for
the Town of Queensbury,
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT
RESOLVED, that under 6 NYCRR Part 617.5(c)(21) the proposed Affordable Housing
Strategy is a SEQRA Type II Action and is exempt from the provisions of SEQRA, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the Grant Agreement
between the Town of Queensbury and the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation,
represented by the New York State Office of Community Renewal and authorizes and directs the
Town Supervisor to sign the Grant Agreement in its current form or in a form substantially similar
which is acceptable to the Town Supervisor, Town Senior Planner and Town Counsel,and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby commits a five-percent (5%) match of two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and authorizes the Town Budget Officer to transfer two
thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) from Contingency Account No.: 001-1990-4400 to
Transfer to Operating Funds Account No.: 001-9901-9128 to provide for such match, for a total
project cost of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board sets appropriations and estimated revenues in the
amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in CDBG Grant Fund #16 for the New York State
Community Development Block Grant Community Planning program funds received by the Town
,
through the New York State Office of Community Renewal, such appropriations and estimated
revenues as follows:
• Increase Revenues in Interfund Rev Account No.: 016-0000-55031-2017 by
$2,500; and
• Increase Revenues in Grant Revenue Account No.: 016-0000-54788-2017 by
$47,500,
• Increase Appropriations in CDBG Grants Account No.: 016-8668-4705-2017 by
$50,000;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer
to amend the Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments and transfers, and/or
prepare any documentation necessary to establish such appropriations and estimated revenues and
effectuate all terms of this Resolution,and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby designates Stuart Baker, Senior Planner, as the
Certifying Officer responsible for acting as the Responsible Entity for conducting environmental
reviews related to this project and authorizes the Town Supervisor to inform the Office of
Community Renewal of such designation, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Town Budget Officer, Senior Planner and/or Town Counsel to take any actions necessary to
effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 22nd day of January, 2018,by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Metivier, Mrs. Atherden,Mr. Ferone,Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough
NOES: None
ABSENT: None