255.2019 Warren County Soil & Water Conservation MS4 Stormwater Grant Application-Wincrest Drivedoc00224120190514140430
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF WARREN COUNTY SOIL
AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT’S MS4 STORMWATER
GRANT APPLICATION REGARDING STORMWATER RUNOFF ON
WINCREST DRIVE
RESOLUTION NO.: 255, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 191,2011, the Queensbury Town Board authorized an
Agreement between the Town and the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District
(WCSWCD) whereby the District assumed the role of Queensbury’s Stormwater Management
Officer, becoming the primary contract for the Town on matters related to the MS4 Program, and by
Resolution No.: 243,2019 the Town Board authorized an Agreement extension/renewal through
June 30, 2020, and
WHEREAS, the WCSWCD is applying for a New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation non-agricultural nonpoint source planning grant to address
stormwater issues on Wincrest Drive in the Town of Queensbury (Project), and
WHEREAS, if awarded grant funds, WCSWCD would request Town support of the Project
as Wincrest Drive is a Town-owned road, such support proposed to be the Town’s contribution of
up to $1,500 in a local match to be comprised of force labor and equipment usage utilized during the
planning and design phases which may include, but not be limited to, field inventory and
evaluations with Town Highway and Planning Department staff, test pits, review and comment of
draft and subsequent final designs, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize its support of WCSWCD’s grant
application for the proposed Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes its support of the
Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District (WCSWCD)’s application for a New York
State Department of Environmental Conservation non-agricultural nonpoint source planning
grant to address stormwater issues on Wincrest Drive in the Town of Queensbury (Project), and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that should the project be awarded, the Town Board pledges the Town’s
contribution of up to $1,500 in local match to be comprised of force labor and equipment usage
utilized during the planning and design phases which may include, but not be limited to, field
inventory and evaluations with Town Highway and Planning Department staff, test pits, review and
comment of draft and subsequent final designs, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor
and/or WCSWCD staff to sign any necessary documents in connection with the submission,
including all applications, certifications and forms and further authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor, Town Budget Officer, Town Highway Superintendent and WCSWCD staff to take
such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 15 day of July, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier
NOES: None
ABSENT: None