597.91
RESOLUTION REGARDING COMMUNITY RESIDENCES FOR THE
MENTALLY RETARDED AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS
RESOLUTION NO.: 597, 1991
INTRODUCED BY: MRS. MARILYN POTENZA
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: MR. GEORGE KUROSAKA
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has been notified by the
Wilton Developmental Disabilities Service Office (the "Sponsoring
Agency") of its intent to establish community residences for
mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons in the Town
of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury recognizes its civic
responsibility and statutory duty to cooperate with the Sponsoring
Agency to identify suitable sites within the Town that can best
accommodate the needs of the individuals which are to occupy the
community residences, and
WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Agency has identified three current
sites for community residences, namely 7 Maplewood Drive, 23 Owen
Avenue, and 81 McCormack Drive, which sites may or may not be the
most suitable sites within the Town, and
WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Agency may identify and notify the
Town of Queensbury of additional future sites for such residences,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
creates and appoints a Site Review Committee to become familiar
with the special needs of the individuals to be served and the
types of houses and locations that would be most appropriate for
meeting those needs and determines that the members of said
Committee, who shall have no authority to bind the Town Board
without the Town Board's consent, shall be as follows:
A thirteen member Board appointed by the Town Board as follows:
Three from Ward One, three from Ward Two, three from Ward Three,
three from Ward 4 and one person to be appointed by the Town Board
as Chairman who would only vote in case of a tie.
and,
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury
indicates that it:
1) shall map and identify within the Town of Queensbury
current community residential facilities and other
similar facilities licensed by other agencies of state
government in order to update the Sponsoring Agency's
data compiled pursuant to Section 463 of the Social
Services Law so that a reasonable determination can be
made as to the affect of placing a residential facility
on the nature and character of the area of each proposed
site;
2) shall suggest to the Sponsoring Agency alternative
suitable sites within the statutory time period of forty
(40) days; and
3) shall work with the Site Review Committee and seek
public input to locate and identify suitable alternative
sites within the Town.
Duly adopted this 18th day of November, 1991, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Kurosaka, Mrs. Potenza, Mr. Montesi, Mrs. Monahan, Mr.
Borgos
NOES: None
ABSENT:None