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2000-11-20 REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 20, 2000 7:04 P.M. Mtg #52 Res. #453-469 BOH Res. #40-41 TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT SUPERVISOR DENNIS BROWER COUNCILMAN JAMES MARTIN COUNCILMAN THEODORE TURNER COUNCILMAN DANIEL STEC COUNCILMAN TIM BREWER TOWN COUNSEL MARK SCHACHNER TOWN OFFICIALS Henry Hess, Comptroller Rick Missita, Highway Superintendent Mike Travis, Deputy Highway Superintendent Ralph VanDusen, Water/Wastewater Superintendent Chris Round, Executive Director of Community Development Dave Hatin, Director of Building & Codes PRESS: Glens Falls Post Star Supervisor Brower called meeting to order. . . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN DANIEL STEC RESOLUTION CALLING FOR QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 453, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec 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 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES: None ABSENT: None QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH HEARING - HEALTH HAZARD - ROBERT & KIM NORTHGARD 7:06 P.M. SUPERVISOR BROWER-Is anyone here? Dave, do you want to give us a little background on this? DAVE HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-Yes, if the board remembers, two weeks ago I showed you pictures of a garage at 425 Corinth Road that contained approximately a large dump truck load of garbage and rubbish. I know this was left at the door because the mail is, it says served by has returned so I left notice at the door. To my knowledge that has not been picked up either and the whereabouts of the owners, to my knowledge are in North Carolina somewhere or South Carolina. SUPERVISOR BROWER-When did you leave notice? MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-It would have been the Tuesday following the last board meeting. SUPERVISOR BROWER-And no response? MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-No response. I don't know if anybody is here tonight, but I don't believe so. SUPERVISOR BROWER-Is anyone here on behalf of the owner, the residence? None. No one indicated such. Okay and your recommendation? MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-My recommendation would be that you go ahead with this resolution. There is a letter from Doctor Evans that you requested with the resolution and authorize me to clean it up if no activity takes place in the next three days which I doubt it will. SUPERVISOR BROWER-Board members? COUNCILMAN BREWER-I would just have one question about the first WHEREAS, oh wait a minute. I'll withdraw that. SUPERVISOR BROWER-Okay. Any other comments? COUNCILMAN BREWER-Yea, I do have one question for Mark. If we have to get into this building or whatever, do we break the door down or what do we do? TOWN COUNSEL SCHACHNER-I don't, I hope that that's not necessary. MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-No, the building is TOWN COUNSEL SCHACHNER-I was lead to believe it's open access. MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-Right, it is open. There is access to the garage right now without having to do that. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Just in the garage? MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-Yes. TOWN COUNSEL SCHACHNER-And my understanding is, all we're talking about is cleaning up the property, meaning removal of things not destruction of property. MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-Right. COUNCILMAN BREWER-Right. Well, I mean if everything was locked up, how would you get in? TOWN COUNSEL SCHACHNER-I'd be concerned about that. There are ways of doing that but they often involve courts but I don't think we're in that situation. MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-No, this property is not locked at this time, the garage portion of it. COUNCILMAN TURNER-The letter you sent to North Carolina or South Carolina came back? MR. HATIN, Director of Building & Codes-Actually, the only address we have is 425 Corinth Road, we sent that hoping that would get forwarded to the forwarding address and it did not, it was returned within two days. Returned undeliverable. So, like I said, to the best of my knowledge, from what I've been able to find from neighbors and in fact the woman that was here the last meeting is that Mr. Northgard is in North or South Carolina, nobody is really sure and his wife is somewhere, her whereabouts unknown. SUPERVISOR BROWER-Do we have a motion from any board member? COUNCILMAN STEC-Yea, I'll move it. COUNCILMAN TURNER-I'll second it. RESOLUTION ORDERING ROBERT AND KIM NORTHGARD TO CLEAN-UP AND SECURE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 425 CORINTH ROAD, QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 40, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, David Hatin, Town of Queensbury Director of Building and Codes Enforcement, advised the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health that he received a complaint about a large amount of garbage in the garage on property located at 425 Corinth Road, Queensbury (Tax Map No.: 147-1-10.1), owned by Robert and Kim Northgard, and WHEREAS, Mr. Hatin investigated and inspected the property and has advised the Local Board of Health that there is a large amount of garbage and rubbish in the garage and therefore, in his opinion, the property is a health hazard and nuisance to the neighborhood and the structure is unfit for human occupancy and unsafe to the general public and therefore Mr. Hatin strongly recommends that the Board of Health take action if the property owners fail to clean-up and secure the property as more specifically set forth in Mr. Hatin's letter dated October 3rd, 2000, and WHEREAS, Robert L. Evans, D.O., the Town's Public Health Officer, has advised the Town by letters dated November 2nd and November 8th, 2000 that in his opinion the property is a health hazard and public nuisance, and therefore has recommended that the property be cleaned up and the garbage removed immediately, and WHEREAS, on November 6th, 2000, the Local Board of Health declared this property to be a potential object of attraction to rodents and animals, a nuisance, health hazard, unsafe and dangerous, and ordered Mr. and Mrs. Northgard to commence cleaning-up and securing the property, and WHEREAS, the Local Board of Health held a hearing concerning the property on November 20th, 2000 and notice of this hearing was served in accordance with the provisions of the New York Public Health Law, and WHEREAS, the Director of Building and Codes has advised the Local Board of Health that he has again inspected the property and in his opinion, Mr. and Mrs. Northgard have not commenced cleaning-up and securing the property, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health hereby determines that Robert and Kim Northgard have not commenced cleaning-up and securing the property located at 425 Corinth Road, Queensbury, such property being a potential object of attraction to rodents and animals, a nuisance, health hazard, unsafe and dangerous, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Town of Queensbury Local Board of Health, in accordance with the New York Public Health Law, hereby orders Robert and Kim Northgard to abate the nuisance and health hazard by cleaning up the garbage and debris within three (3) days of the date of service of this Resolution and Order upon Mr. and Mrs. Northgard and posting on the property, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that if the nuisance is not abated within such time, then the Local Board of Health hereby authorizes and directs the Director of Building and Codes Enforcement to make the necessary arrangements to clean-up the property immediately in accordance with the emergency provisions of the New York Public Health Law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that in accordance with the New York Public Health Law, Robert and Kim Northgard are responsible for the clean-up expenses and the Local Board of Health may authorize and direct Town Counsel to commence an action seeking a Court Order authorizing the clean-up and/or collection of the cost of the clean-up, including legal expenses, if necessary. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING QUEENSBURY BOARD OF HEALTH RESOLUTION NO.: 41, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Board of Health hereby adjourns from session and enters Regular Session of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower NOES: None ABSENT: None REGULAR SESSION OPEN FORUM 7:10 P.M. Ms. Barbara Bennett noted that the budget is proposed for adoption tonight and yet there are no budgets available for distribution... I've asked three people, I asked at the last board meeting to project the date and nobody knew. .. So, this goes on most every year. Supervisor Brower-The town held a public hearing on the budget two weeks ago, the 9th of November and budgets were available then. Ms. Bennett noted that she asked three people to project the date and nobody would give a date. . .. I hope in the future you'll do something about it. Town Counsel Schachner noted that he had a copy of the budget and would give Ms. Bennett the copy. Mr. John Salvador referred to Resolution 5.7, 'Resolution Authorizing Boundary Line Agreement Between Town of Queensbury and Dareen Langdon' ... noted, do not believe the town can enter into a boundary line agreement unless there is uncertainty as to where the boundary line is, both parties are uncertain... Here, I believe you are saying, confirm the actual boundary between Glen Lake Road and the parcel. .. If there is an actual boundary then it's just up to the parties to begin to recognize it, you don't have to enter into an agreement. Town Counsel Schachner-I don't agree with Mr. Salvador's principal of law that you can't enter into a boundary line agreement unless there's a disagreement about the boundary line, I don't believe that's a correct statement oflaw. Mr. Salvador noted that it's a principal of surveying, not of law. Referred to the joint City Council, Town of Queensbury Town Board Meeting and noted, I raised the issue of the Crandall Public Library. At that meeting, I expressed my disappointment with Mayor Regan in that he had not supported the other two municipalities in asking for a comptroller's opinion with regard to the legality of the bonding that was being proposed. I'm concerned that the taxes that are eventually levied on each of the communities are fair and equitable and non excessive, the way that the budget is apportioned to each of the three communities. You know the formula, it deals with total assessed valuation of each of the municipalities as well as the member, the number of members from each of the municipalities that belong to the Southern Adirondack Library System. What I did to this end was foil the library for a list, a print out of the registered card membership. I've gotten a reply that their position is that this information is of a confidential nature and is not to be distributed. I can't understand that, this library district was formed in accordance with the general municipal law, town law and city law and I believe anything dealing with such an improvement district is in the public domain and I think should be available. But in any case, what does the town do to satisfy itself that it is not being excessively taxed for the library? Do you perform any kind of an audit on this, on these numbers, these ratios? Mr. Henry Hess, Comptroller-My office has not and we've talked about it with our audit firm and since we don't recognize the revenue nor the expenditures, it strictly comes through the tax collector's office and straight to the library. As far as I know, it goes to the voters for approval of the budget and once it passes, we don't have any other authority that I'm aware of. Mr. Salvador-The library board notices the Town Clerk as to what this amount of money for the Town of Queensbury is going to be and it's based on their computation. Don't we have the privilege of auditing their computation? Supervisor Brower-It seems like we would. Mr. Salvador-I should think so. I'm going to continue to pursue this but I trust that you will help me. Supervisor Brower-It sounds like a reasonable request to me. Councilman Stec-I agree, we should be able to look at where that ratio comes from. OPEN FORUM CLOSED 7:20 P.M. DISCUSSION - ASSEMBLY POINT ROAD - C.T. MALE (Feasibility Report on file in the Town Clerk's Office) Alex Rhodes from C. T. Male introduced Rick Wakeman, Vice President of the Civil Engineering Group and the Geotechnical Engineer on the project along with Mike Mitchell to make their presentation regarding the Feasibility Report for the Remediation of Assembly Point Road. Noted that the report discusses our findings and explains our investigations, that the findings were based on. Mr. W akeman- The last time we were here you had concerns over cracks that were along the road and there was one small area of the road which had subsided a little bit, more cracks and you raised concern that the road was moving into the lake. So, our study focused on taking first actual physical measurements. We established five survey based lines. Those base lines consisted of driving wood hubs flush into the ground on the lawns of these houses and a little tack in the top of the survey hubs and along each side of the road in the center we drove what is called a PK nail. The purpose of those was to give us very fixed points that we could measure between to see if they were separating from one another and also to determine the elevation of those points to see if the ground was subsiding. We set the initial points on August 22nd, came back about a month later, September 26th and just came back last Friday to get a second reading. Of those readings over a little more then two months, two and a half months we have not recorded any measurable movement. Either out towards the lake or down. You can't see these readings but the readings are to the one hundredth of a foot and that's about as accurate as we can be. Secondly, to analyze if the road was slipping down, if we didn't have any physical measurement of the road moving, we ran a computer analysis to see the factors safety or the safety against its slipping into the lake. To get the information for that, we drove some test borings along the road way, three borings separated about five hundred fifty to six hundred feet apart beginning at house 171, one in front of 182, 189 and one in front of 197. That information told us not a lot of surprises. There's sand and gravel, thirteen to twenty-one feet deep that sits on top of what a contractor might call hard pan or glacial till, very compact, very dense soil that's laid down under the weight of a glacier. With that information, we input soil properties into our computer program and analyzed the stability of the slope, or the stability of the roadway as a whole, when I say this, as a whole slipping into the lake. Not the edge of the slope, not right at the edge of the road but as the whole road slipping right into the lake. What you're looking for if the road is safe, you want a factor safety of 1.25 to 1.5 or even greater then that. We looked at the slope that varied from nine to twelve feet high, it was inclined as steep as one on one, forty-five degrees, in some cases, a little bit flatter. Factor safety varied from 1.3 approximately to 1.6. That told us that the road was not in danger, as a whole, of slipping into the lake. So, the next thing that we looked at was, obviously at one location, there was that little pavement failure where it was slipping down, it was cracked and that was close to, I think between 182 and 189. That told us maybe something was happening along of the face of the slope. A slope that is inclined, one on one, forty-five degrees or close to that. That is steep and what gives that slope it's stability and has over the years is that it's heavily vegetated. It has trees and root masses that hold that soil in place. In addition, in our report, we took some photographs, we were able to get up close and show where there's some timber crib walls. Some of the walls next to boathouses are made of railroad ties, put together and if you look closely through the vegetation, you will actually see some timber cribbing. In looking close you see some of the timber cribbing as rotted to varying degrees, it's been there a long time, I suspect. There's a little sign of the ground moving and so from that assessment it's clear to us that there is the chance, at some time in the future that there may be some slight subsidence along the side of the road. I don't think that's a frequent situation and that's what I stated in the report and you're a better attest to that having been residents there and seen the condition of the road over the years. So, what we focused on is, what are ways of approaching this problem. Option one, the least expensive option is to fix that little spot. Take out that broken asphalt that's really only about five, ten feet square, excavate out the soil, place a better soil and aggregate, crushed stone, build it back up, repair the road and we added placing a guardrail along that section of the road. That option came out to be twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars. Each of these options by the way, we're looking at six hundred feet of road. Not trying to piece meal it, we're just trying to make, compare apples to apples. Another option, what we did is we took a photograph from one of the docks, this is what it looks like before the Fall set in with the leaves in place, a lot of vegetation, a few scattered trees, you see the power lines in the background, the camp here and we took some pictures of surficial slope stabilization methods. So, if you go to the next step and you don't just fix the one section of the road and put a guardrail, you can actually take out all that vegetation. Strip it out, remove sections of timber cribbing that you find have been rotted and in it's place, you armor the slope with rock rip rap. That armoring, this is blasted rock from a quarry. Another approach, and that may not be too attractive, another approach is to use cobbles, the cobbles might be from a sand and gravel quarry, it's oversized materials that they screen out. Sometimes it's called river run cobbles. Cost of that option, ranged from, I think we said ninety to a hundred thousand for six hundred feet of road treatment. Now, we're not getting into details as you approach walkways to docks and things like that. We're just looking at it in a broad brush approach. And we looked at another approach which as I continue to go through these, these are getting more and more expensive. I'm sure being from the Adirondacks you've seen where they've taken large stone and they piled the stone one on top of another. It takes some craftsmanship to do this. You really have to hand pick out the pieces of stone, it's time consuming to set them. I think the stone, we found out from one contractor, about fifteen boulders per day to set them, to set them neatly and this approach here is, it ends up being a very attractive wall, more of a natural setting, quite expensive due to the time consuming nature of it, three hundred twenty-five thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand. It' takes a lot of man hours and time. The last one which is very, very attractive. This is probably not what you're used to seeing but sometimes you've seen stone filled wire baskets called gabions. This is not a gabion, it looks like a gabion. This is something called mechanically stabilized earth which is simply a wire form that you see here in the picture. What you don't see very well is the black plastic that is like a fish net, it's right behind that and what's behind the fish net is little stone that faces that and it actually looks like a gaping basket but it's much faster to install then individually filling gabion baskets and the cost of that option was two hundred eighty thousand, two hundred ninety for six hundred feet of road, again. And our last option was, get rid of the road and move it and came up with a lineal footage of four thousand feet at an estimated cost, there's a lot of things that go into this cost and Alex may be able to add to it if you have questions about it. Ms. Rhodes-We came up with a construction cost of five hundred and sixty thousand dollars based on current data but that includes no purchasing of property or right-of-ways, permitting, engineering design or legal fees. That would be very hard to predict at this time and also the routing, to really nail down the footage cause there's different ways you could route it. I have a price per lineal foot, that we could look at different options for rerouting. Councilman Martin-What's the price per lineal foot? Ms. Rhodes-A hundred and twenty-five. Councilman Martin-Does that include drainage? Ms. Rhodes-Yes. Councilman Martin-Do any of these estimates here of these repairs include drainage fixes or is that just the treatment of the bank? Ms. Rhodes-It's just treatment of the bank. Councilman Martin-So, any of the things talked about in the town's stormwater plan such as re-sloping the road and putting in drainage so the drainage does not go into the lake and all that would be an addition to this cost? Ms. Rhodes-Yes it would. The reason why it was put together this way, so that you could do sections at a time. In the monitoring process, if you observed another area that you wanted to rehabilitate then you would go to that area rather then do everything all at once and as you do areas then stormwater should be addressed at that time. Councilman Martin-In your opinion, after having done the work and having in mind what our overall goal here is to achieve and that is a stable safe road condition that's going to have some durability and life, what would you say is the most cost effective approach, in your opinion to that end? Mr. Wakeman-I found it very difficult, speaking candidly to feel that the road was in danger of slipping into the lake and that the edge of the road was more then a local problem that might on occasion develop as in that one area. Not being a resident, I favor the first option, the first option being, repairing one area and putting a guide rail along the road. I do not, I honestly do not feel that the problem that showed up this past year or that I saw for the first time this last year is going to happen on a frequent basis. I can't convince myself that it will happen year after year after year. Councilman Martin-So, you're saying the first option being the, just the guide rail? Mr. Wakeman-And the road surface repair in that one location. Councilman Martin-You don't even think that the rip rap face or the cobble stone face along the slope is warranted? Mr. Wakeman-I don't at this time. Let me read right from the report if I may. According to the above assessment, we are of the opinion that the surficial sloughing of the road's shoreline slope is not likely to occur extensively but might occur locally at some time in the future as a result of one or more of the following reasons; rotting of wood comprising retaining walls adjacent to docks, boathouses and or the collapse of the walls themselves, as I understand happened in particular case, clearing and or dying out of vegetation presently covering the slope. Again, losing the root mass that's holding the surface together. And three, progressive erosion of soils at the water's edge due to wave action and or stormwater runoff, as you eluded to. There is one picture in the report that shows the stormwater pipe just coming out the effacement of the bank. So, I think it's primarily one of these reasons and I don't see this happening year after year after year. On occasion, I see it happening and I would treat it as a maintenance issue. Councilman Martin-This is a road by use and not a road by deed, and as such, I don't know what costs if any would be associated with permission to work in those areas? Is there any allocation to that or is this a raw construction cost of just what I'm seeing in the pictures. Mr. Wakeman-Raw construction cost. There's a separation in cost there, the bulk of that cost was guide rail, six hundred feet. Councilman Martin-Alex, I'm going to put you on the hot seat. Having worked in this area of the community now for several years, what would your recommendation be concerning the work in this area? Would it be an optimal time to address the drainage and go from there, include that in this project, in this road surfacing, guard rail option and address as planned for in our stormwater management plan? Ms. Rhodes-Yes, I do. I think we can keep it simple enough that it can be done in piece meal, like in sections. Town Board held discussion regarding road by use, town right -of-way and placement of guide raiL.. board held discussion regarding appropriate time for construction, the amount of time for construction, the process involved and impact on the residents... Town Board agreed that it would make sense to avoid keeping the road the way it is and repair it before the winter sets in, if the blacktop plant is still open and the Highway Department is able to schedule the repair. .. Councilman Martin recommended taking a wider approach next spring to consider the whole eighteen hundred feet, address the specific problem areas and take up the important factor of drainage. . . RESOLUTIONS 8: 10 P.M. RESOLUTION ADOPTING ANNUAL TOWN BUDGET FOR 2001 RESOLUTION NO.: 454,2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board conducted a public hearing on November 9th, 2000 concerning the proposed 2001 Preliminary Budget and all interested persons were heard, and WHEREAS, New York State Town Law ~27 provides for the setting of salaries of Elected Officials of the Town, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the salaries for the Town of Queensbury Elected Officials shall be as follows: Supervisor Deputy Supervisor Town Councilpersons (4) Town Clerk Highway Superintendent Town Justices (2) $52,250 per annum; $ 1,250 per annum; $13,500 per annum; $50,100 per annum; $55,000 per annum; $32,400 per annum; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts without changes the 2001 Preliminary Budget as the Town of Queensbury Annual Budget for 2001 and authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to enter the adopted Budget in the minutes of the Town Board proceedings, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to prepare and certify duplicate copies of the Annual Budget and deliver one copy to the Queensbury Town Supervisor so that he may present it to the Warren County Board of Supervisors. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RENEWAL CONTRACTS FOR EMPLOYEE GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS WITH EMPIRE BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD RESOLUTION NO.: 455, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury previously entered into agreements for employee group health insurance plans with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, and WHEREAS, the Town Comptroller, in conjunction with Capital Financial Group, has negotiated renewal contracts for the year 2001 with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and has presented the contract rate adjustment pages delineating the proposed 2001 monthly premiums at this meeting, and WHEREAS, the proposed contract rate adjustment pages have been presented at this meeting and are in form approved by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes renewal contracts for the year 2000 with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield as presented in the contract rate adjustment pages presented at this meeting, with the 2001 monthly premiums as follows: MEDICARE Individual 2-Person Family Individual 2-Person Matrix 381.13 nla 1,070.28 441.15 nla Deluxe PPO 217.60 nla 636.11 200.13 nla Blue Choice HMO 224.66 440.00 654.49 168.43 383.81 Dental 49.37 nla 49.37 nla nla and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or Town Comptroller to execute any documentation and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ADOPTION OF GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE COST SHARING FORMULAE FOR ELIGIBLE RETIREES RESOLUTION NO.: 456, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, eligible retired Town of Queensbury employees contribute toward the premium and receive group health insurance and prescription drug coverage provided under the Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Matrix Plan, Empire Deluxe PPO Plan or the Blue Choice HMO plan, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to adopt group health insurance cost sharing formulae for all eligible retirees effective January 1, 2001, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts group health insurance cost sharing formulae for all eligible retirees effective January 1, 2001 as follows: Retiree Share Town Share Medicare Premium Reimbursement Matrix Empire Deluxe PPO Blue Choice HMO 20% 9% 0% 80% 91% 100% 80% 91% 100% and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller's Office to sign any documentation and take any and all steps necessary to implement the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION SEEKING LEAD AGENCY STATUS AND AUTHORIZING TOWN CLERK TO SUBMIT PETITION FOR CHANGE OF ZONE FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY Y AFFEE F AMIL Y PARTNERSHIP TO PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION NO.: 457, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin WHEREAS, Yaffee Family Partnership has submitted an application to the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office for rezoning of a parcel of property and the application has been reviewed by the Town Planning Staff and deemed complete for purposes of review, and WHEREAS, applications for rezoning and zoning amendments are forwarded to the Town Planning Department and Planning Board for recommendations in accordance with ~ 179-94 of the Town Zoning Ordinance, and WHEREAS, following such recommendations, the Queensbury Town Board will review the rezoning applications and take such other action as it shall deem necessary and proper, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to submit the following application to the Queensbury Planning Board for report and recommendation: APPLICATION OF Yaffee Family Partnership TAX MAP NO'S: 63.-1-5; 63.-1-4; 63.-1-3.1; 63.-1-3.2 LOCATION OF PROPERTIES Corner of Quaker and Country Club roads, 1/3 Mile East of Route 9, Queensbury, NY APPLICATION FOR Rezoning of one (1) parcel currently zoned Plaza Commercial- One Acre (PC-IA) and three (3) parcels currently zoned Single Family Residential- 1 Acre (SFR-IA) to Highway Commercial- One Acre (HC-IA) and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby indicates its wish to be Lead Agency for SEQRA review of this project and directs the Department of Community Development to notify any other involved agencIes. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY POSITION AND APPOINTING ROBERT KEENAN TO POSITION RESOLUTION NO.: 458, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to establish the full-time position of Director of Information Technology who will serve as Department Manager and perform all the duties set forth in the job description for that position, and WHEREAS, the Town posted availability for the position, reviewed resumes, interviewed interested candidates and wishes to appoint a Director of Information Technology, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby establishes the position of Director of Information Technology, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby appoints Robert Keenan as Director of Information Technology effective December 4th, 2000, subject to administrative guidelines set forth in the Town's Employee Management system and any applicable Civil Service requirements, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that Mr. Keenan shall be paid an annual salary of $52,000, 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 documentation and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHT AT INTERSECTION OF VAN DUSEN ROAD AND HERALD DRIVE RESOLUTION NO.: 459, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to arrange for the placement of a street light on Pole #11 at the intersection of VanDusen Road and Herald Drive in Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves installation of a 70 watt high pressure sodium lamp on Niagara Mohawk Pole # 11 at the intersection of VanDusen Road and Herald Drive in Queensbury. Since this light will not be located within a Street Lighting District, charges will be paid from the appropriate General Fund Account, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor's Office to make all necessary installation arrangements with Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and take any other action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None Discussion before vote: Mr. Hess, Comptroller requested an amendment to the resolution in the first resolved, as follows: a period at the end of Queensbury, and then a sentence, since this light will not be located within a street lighting district, charges will be paid from the appropriate general fund account. .. agreed by the board and accepted by Councilman Brewer and Councilman Turner who moved and seconded the resolution... vote taken. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND DAREEN LANGDON RESOLUTION NO.: 460, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, Glen Lake Road in the Town of Queensbury is a road by use, and WHEREAS, Dareen Langdon ("Langdon") of Glen Lake Road, Queensbury, is Executrix of the Estate of Peter and Marion Hay who owns a parcel along such road being 177 Glen Lake Road, and WHEREAS, Ms. Langdon and the Town of Queensbury wish to confirm the actual boundary between Glen Lake Road and the parcel, and WHEREAS, a Boundary Line Agreement confirming the boundary line has been presented at this meeting and is in form approved by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves the Boundary Line Agreement between the Town and Dareen Langdon, as duly appointed Executrix of the Estate of Joseph and Marion Hay, presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Boundary Line Agreement and any documents associated with the Agreement, take any further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution, including payment of any necessary filing fees, and authorizes and directs Town Counsel to file and record these documents with the Warren County Clerk's Office. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION REQUESTING INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 9 AND GLEN LAKE ROAD RESOLUTION NO.: 461, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec Town Board held discussion and agreed to pull for further discussion... it was noted that the Great Escape, in their plans, have proposed paying for two at the intersections of Round Pond Road and Route 9 and Glen Lake Road and Route 9... RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW PROHIBITING PARKING ON BURKE DRIVE, QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO.: 461, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to consider adoption of a Local Law which would prohibit parking on a portion of Burke Drive in the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, such legislation is authorized in accordance with Town Law, Vehicle and Traffic Law (1660(18) and the Municipal Home Rule Law, and WHEREAS, before the Town Board may act on such a Local Law, it must conduct a public hearing, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on December 4th, 2000 to consider the proposed Local Law presented at this meeting, hear all interested persons and take such action required or authorized by law, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to publish and post the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting in the manner provided by law. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND WEST GLENS FALLS VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, INC. FOR USE OF POLE BARN RESOLUTION NO.: 462, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury Highway Superintendent has requested Town Board authorization to enter into an agreement with the West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., (Fire Company) for use of the Fire Company's Pole Barn located at the Fire Company's Station #1, Luzerne and Veterans Roads in Queensbury for the purpose of storing Town Highway equipment, and WHEREAS, it is understood between the Town and Fire Company that the Fire Company will not be held liable for the Town equipment while it is stored in the Fire Company Pole Barn, and WHEREAS, a proposed Agreement between the Town and Fire Company has been presented at this meeting and is in form approved by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and authorizes the Agreement with the West Glens Falls Volunteer Fire Company, Inc., (Fire Company) for use of the Fire Company's Pole Barn located at the Fire Company's Station #1, Luzerne and Veterans Roads in Queensbury for the purpose of storing Town Highway equipment, such Agreement being substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute the Agreement and the Town Highway Superintendent to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None Discussion before vote: Town Board held discussion and Mr. Hess, Comptroller recommended to amend the proposed lease agreement by deleting paragraph 6 . .. board agreed, vote taken. RESOLUTION TO AMEND 2000 BUDGET RESOLUTION NO.: 463, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the attached Budget Amendment Requests have been duly initiated and justified and are deemed compliant with Town operating procedures and accounting practices by the Town Comptroller, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Comptroller's Office to take all action necessary to transfer funds and amend the 2000 Town Budget as follows: PURCHASING: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 01-1345-2010 (Office Equipment) 01-1680-2031 (Technology) 400. WATER: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 40-8340-2020 (Vehicles) 40-8340-4330 (Equipment Maintenance) 2,000. HIGHWAY: FROM: TO: $ AMOUNT: 04-5130-4510 (Radio Repair) 04-5130-2060 (Tools) 900. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION APPROVING TRANSIENT MERCHANT/TRANSIENT MERCHANT MARKET LICENSE FOR NORTHEAST REALITY DEVELOPMENT/NAOMI POLITO RESOLUTION NO.: 464, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, Northeast Reality DevelopmentlNaomi Polito (Northeast Reality) has submitted an application to the Queensbury Town Board for a Transient Merchant/Transient Merchant Market License to conduct a transient merchant market from June 4th, 2001 through June 10th, 2001 to sell motorcycle products at 1652 State Route 9, Queensbury in accordance with the provisions of Town Code Chapter 160, and WHEREAS, the application is identical to applications submitted by the applicant in previous years and since the Queensbury Planning Board conducted site plan review of the prior applications, it is not necessary to again refer the application to the Planning Board for site plan review, and WHEREAS, the Warren County Planning Board also reviewed the applicant's prior applications and recommended approval of the prior applications with the condition that the applicant coordinate traffic control with the Warren County Sheriffs Department, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with the requirements set forth in Queensbury Town Code ~ 160- 8, the Town Board hereby grants a Transient Merchant/ Transient Merchant Market License to Northeast Reality DevelopmentlNaomi Polito to conduct a transient merchant market to sell motorcycle products in the parking lot located at 1652 State Route 9, Queensbury, subject to the following: 7. Northeast Reality must pay all fees as required by Town Code Chapter 160; 8. Northeast Reality must submit a bond in the amount of $10,000 as required by Chapter 160; 9. Northeast Reality must submit proof of authorization to do business in New York and authorization of agent to receive service of summons or other legal process in New York; 11. The License shall be valid only from June 4th through June 10th, 2001 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., and the license shall expire immediately thereafter; 12. This approval is conditioned upon Northeast Reality coordinating traffic control with the Warren County Sheriffs Department; 13. The Transient Merchant License shall not be assignable; and 14. Northeast Reality must comply with all regulations specified in Town Code ~160-8. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING WARREN COUNTY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO SUBMIT APPLICATION FOR DESIGNATION OF AN EMPIRE ZONE ON BEHALF OF WARREN COUNTY AND THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY RESOLUTION NO.: 465,2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, Warren County has been notified that it is an eligible applicant for the designation of an Empire Zone under the New York State Empire Zones Program, and WHEREAS, the Warren County Regional Economic Development Corporation wishes to prepare and submit an application on behalf of Warren County and the Town of Queensbury requesting designation of an Empire Zone within the County and the Town, and WHEREAS, the designation would benefit the citizens of Warren County and the Town of Queensbury by increasing job opportunities, NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Warren County Regional Economic Development Corporation to complete and submit on its behalf a County application for designation of an Empire Zone in Warren County and the Town of Queensbury under the Empire Zones Program, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the Warren County Regional Economic Development Corporation and sign any documentation and take any action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000 by the following vote: AYES Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO.: 430, 2000 AND ESTABLISHING NEW CAPITAL PROJECT FUND #124 - LOW LIFT PUMP REPLACEMENTS AT TOWN WATER TREATMENT PLANT RESOLUTION NO.: 466, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 430,2000, the Queensbury Town Board authorized the construction of low lift pump replacements at the Town of Queensbury Water Treatment Plant, authorized funding for the project and specifically awarded the bid for the general contract to U. W. Marx, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $358,000, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to clarify Resolution No.: 430,2000, and WHEREAS, the exact amount of the bid for the General Contract to U. W. Marx, Inc., is $324,950, and WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 431,2000, the Queensbury Town Board authorized the issuance of $358,000 serial bonds to finance construction of the low lift pump replacements, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to establish a Capital Project Fund to fund all expenses associated with the construction of the low lift pump replacements, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the establishment of a Capital Project Fund to be known as "Low Lift Pump Replacements Capital Project Fund #124," which Fund will establish funding for all expenses associated with the construction of the low lift pump replacements at the Town's Water Treatment Plant, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby establishes initial appropriations for the new Capital Project Fund #124 in the amount of $358,000, the source offunding to be $358,000 from the issuance of serial bonds, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby amends Resolution No.: 430,2000 to award the bid for the General Contract to the lowest responsible bidder, U. W. Marx, Inc., for the specific contract amount of $324,950, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further ratifies Resolution No. 430,2000 in all other respects, including the authority for the Town Water Superintendent to execute any necessary change orders in connection with the project in an amount not to exceed $5,000, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water Superintendent and/or Town Comptroller's Office to execute any documentation and take such action necessary to effectuate the terms and provisions of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF EXTENSION OF BROOKFIELD RUN IN BROOKFIELD ESTATES SUBDIVISION RESOLUTION NO.: 467, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. James Martin WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHEREAS, Schermerhorn Properties, Inc., has offered a deed to dedicate an extension of Brookfield Run located in the Brookfield Estates Subdivision to the Town of Queensbury as more particularly described in the Map of a Survey prepared by VanDusen and Steves Land Surveyors, LLC dated October 18th, 2000 and presented at this meeting, and WHEREAS, the Town Highway Superintendent has recommended acceptance of the road extension, and WHEREAS, the Town Water Superintendent has advised that the Brookfield Estates Subdivision is not located within the Town's Water District and therefore Town Water Department review is not required, and WHEREAS, the form of the deed and title to the road extension offered for dedication have been reviewed by Town Counsel, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby accepts and approves the deed for the dedication of the extension of Brookfield Run located in the Brookfield Estates Subdivision contingent upon receipt of proper Title in form approved by Town Counsel, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute, sign and affix the Town seal to any and all documents necessary to complete the transaction, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the road be added to the official inventory of Town Highways to be described as follows: Name: Brookfield Run (Extension) Road Number: 455 Description: Beginning at Brookfield Run and continuing in a southeasterly direction a distance of 1775' and .33 of a mile and ending at a cul-de-sac. Feet: 1775' and .33 of a mile Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brower NOES None ABSENT: None Town Councilmen's Concerns Councilman Stec questioned Councilman Turner of the status regarding NIMO and the street light maintenance issue. Councilman Turner-They've been called, that's the best I can do. They don't have a street lighting crew any more anyways, my understanding is that the foreman goes around and fixes them. Supervisor Brower-I believe Niagara Mohawk has cut back on that service, they're having regular crews replacing lights now. Mr. Hess, Comptroller noted that they recently completed the audit of street lights done by Cost Control Associates. .. They are going to provide the town with a map and a list of all the lights, a complete inventory from around the town over to Bill Lavery's office so that at least as we find out that a light is out, he's got a follow up method to contact NIMO to get it back on to make a special request. We don't even have that mechanism in place now. It will have pole numbers and street designations and he'll actually provide a map of where they are. As far as doing a routine check, my suggestion was to go to the fire companies to see if they could do it for us. Councilman Brewer-I think that's a good way to keep track of them, if they have to do it four times a year or something to make sure that all the lights are working and they get, I don't know how the point system works but I think that's something we should absolutely talk to the fire companies about. That way, it serves two purposes, they get points, we get a service from them to make sure that the lights are working. Can I approach the fire companies to ask them if they think that would be a reasonable request? Supervisor Brower-Certainly, thank you. Councilman Stec referred to Chris Round and questioned the status of the noise ordinance? Chris Round, Executive Director-I drafted a regulation based on the guidance the board had given us. I've got comment from Chazen Companies on it. I passed both the ordinance and the comments onto Town Counsel and Town Counsel has it on their work schedule. The next step, from your direction was to, once we had a working document approach Town Justices as well as the County Sheriff to seek their buy-in and get back to you with those issues that they identify, then draft an ordinance and conduct another workshop. Councilman Stec-Okay, I'd like to see something in time for Spring. Mr. Round, Executive Director-Hopefully, we'll be meeting with those individuals and we'll have a draft ordinance within the next six to eight weeks. Councilman Turner-I have a letter from Mike Travis from Highway in reference to the Fort Amherst sidewalks and I'll read it. As I previously mentioned to you, the final cost of the installation of sidewalks on Fort Amherst Road is two thousand seventy-eight point twenty-nine cents higher then the original estimated seventy-three hundred. As you know, we originally planned this project for six days however it required an additional two days to complete the necessary work. There was unanticipated difficulty removing the pre-existing sidewalks due to tree roots and ecetera. As a result, more equipment and man power, HEO's was needed. Councilman Martin-It's still a bargain. I was wondering how Cleverdale Road was coming? Mr. Round, Executive Director-I've had several calls into Tom to stake that out, that was our next step to stake the location. He has not yet staked it out and I've called him about every three days and I haven't been satisfied with the results. Jim Bean from LGA has been calling as well. Hopefully, we'll have it located this week so that we can then start talking with the residents that are going to be impacted. Councilman Martin-In the big picture of things, I'd like to have the shovel turned next spring, hopefully. I had a request from Partner's For Progress, they are that non profit group that's trying to redo the Woolworths Building in Glens Falls and they would like a resolution of support from this board for that project. Town Board held discussion, agreed to have resolution prepared for the next Regular Town Board Meeting. Councilman Martin-My last thing obviously was this article in the paper today and I want to address this directly because I hold my integrity and my honesty in high regard and I don't take it lightly when somebody without basis calls that into question and I consider this a baseless question of my integrity. Supervisor Brower-Who are you addressing this to, Mr. Martin? Councilman Martin-I'm directing this to, I would suppose Mr. Caimano. I placed a call to him at his place of employment today, asking him to call me back and I asked for an apology and I expect to get one and I hope for nothing less. There's been a lot said of my involvement on the Master Plan for the City of Glens Falls and as referenced to the two hundred and thirty thousand dollar figure is one thing, I want to correct that. In fact, the fee to the LA Group is approximately seventy-five thousand dollars. There are many consultants involved in that project, it was a large project with a large consultant team and the balance of that money went to other consultants and to reimbursable expenses so I want to correct that. And I just want to say, there's a lot of things that I was quite angry with this morning, I guess that was quite evident by some people who talked to me. I would encourage you all to read the WRADC Report which was done by Mount Auburn Associates which speaks to the need for regional economic development. As I understand it, Mr. Caimano serves on this board, probably approved the money to have that study done. I would encourage you to read that and it speaks to a lot of these efforts that were talked about in, or just touched on at our joint meeting last week and it's things like that, that are my basis. Certainly not any personal advancement of my career or my company's position. That is clearly not on my thinking at all. The other thing I would ask you to consider, how many board members of the Town Board, Common Council and the Board of Supervisors attended all the Comprehensive Plan Meetings for this community, all the Comprehensive Plan Meetings for the City of Glens Falls? How many elected officials do you know can make that statement? I only know of one and that's me and that's the basis by which I formulate these ideas and these are the ideas that come directly out of the community and I'm just trying to advance those. And I don't consider this to be the glass half empty, I consider the glass to be half full. I try to be positive about these things, I think a lot of this region and this community and I want to see us all advance and be progressive. I go around the state, I see what other communities do when they work together and what they can achieve and that's the basis on which I make these suggestions. I want us to be better. A couple of other things, I don't mind, you know like Dennis was in the paper, he was taking issue with a substantive nature of the argunIent and I'm all for that. This is meant to be put out there for open active discussion and I encourage that and if people disagree, fine, I'm willing to listen to other people's point of view, you're obviously entitled to those. But when somebody attacks me personally and takes, and just assumes that I have some motivation based in something that's dishonest or unethical, I take great issue with that. And lastly I will say, there is a process that exists for these types of things and I'm, as any of you know me, I'm one who likes to see government work as it's intended to work. There's an Ethic's Advisory Board in this community, I encourage anybody who has an issue with this to take it, I will go there, make my case and live with whatever decision is made if somebody feels so motivated. That's all I had to say about that but I want that on the record and I want it out there in the public. I didn't choose to have this put in the paper and out there in the public but if that's the place it needs to be, I have no problem with that either. With that, along those lines, Mark was kind enough to look into a resolution, he drafted one that we talked about at our joint meeting, he distributed it here to us tonight. It is in a draft form, it speaks along the lines of this idea of referring projects over to the City Planning Board and vice versa, city back to us when we have these projects that are in close proximity. As he says, there's no magic to this. If he wants to elaborate on this further, by all means, jump in but it's really quite, it's slighting some very basic standards. A lot of these already exist in, I believe in the law already in terms of referencing projects. Town Counsel Schachner-They're common standards. Councilman Martin-I think this was along the lines of our discussion. Obviously, you don't want to consider this tonight but I'd like to have this on for our next time and maybe share this resolution with the Common Council in the meantime and see if they will consider some more action. Town Board held discussion... Supervisor Brower noted concern that it may cause delay in the process... board agreed to consider resolution for next board meeting. RESOLUTION CALLING FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION RESOLUTION NO.: 468,2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourns from Regular Session and enters Executive Session to discuss Non-Union Salaries and a matter of Property Acquisition. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Martin, Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION ADJOURNING EXECUTIVE SESSION AND REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING RESOLUTION NO.: 469, 2000 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Daniel Stec WHO MOVED FOR IT'S ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourn from Executive Session and enter Regular Session of the Town Board, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby adjourn their Regular Town Board Meeting. Duly adopted this 20th day of November, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower NOES: None ABSENT: None No further action taken. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, DARLEEN M. DOUGHER TOWN CLERK TOWN OF QUEENSBURY