258.2007
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMPROVEMENTS TO QUEENSBURY
CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT –
CONNECTOR ROAD WATER LINE
RESOLUTION NO. 258, 2007
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board duly established the Town of Queensbury
Consolidated Water District (the "District") in accordance with New York Town Law, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to improve the District’s water transmission facilities by
installing a new water main along a new Connector Road to be constructed between Luzerne Road and
Main Street in the Town of Queensbury, which new water main will provide water service, fire
protection and a redundant connection between the two existing 12” water lines on Main Street and
Luzerne Road, all in accordance with Town Law Section 202-b, and
WHEREAS, Barton & Loguidice, P.C., professional engineers, have prepared a Map and
Plan concerning such proposed improvements together with an estimate of the cost of such
improvements, and
WHEREAS, the Map and Plan was duly filed in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office and
made available for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, although the Town of Queensbury is a town partially within the Adirondack
Park, the District does not contain State lands assessed at more than thirty percent (30%) of the
total taxable assessed valuation of the District, so permission of the State Comptroller to the
proposed expenditure is not required under Town Law §202-b(5),
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WHEREAS, on May 21, 2007, subsequent to the filing of the Map, Plan and Report with the
Town Clerk, the Town Board adopted an Order (Public Hearing Order) reciting (a) the proposed
improvements; (b) the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improvements; (c) the fact
that a Map, Plan and Report describing the improvements is on file in the Town Clerk’s Office; and (d)
the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed Water District improvements, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed Water District improvements was duly held on
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Monday, June 4, 2007 and the Town Board has considered the evidence given together with other
information, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the proposed Water District improvements
in accordance with Town Law §202-b, and
WHEREAS, the cost of the improvements will be paid from the current funds in the 2007
operating budget of the District and therefore, the annual cost of the District for debt service and
operation and maintenance costs to the typical property and the typical one- or two-family home will
not be increased,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that these actions are Type
II actions under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and therefore are exempt
from SEQRA review, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that it is the determination of the Queensbury Town Board that:
1.The Notice of Public Hearing was published and posted as required by law and is
otherwise sufficient;
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2.It is in the public interest to authorize and approve the improvements to the
Queensbury Consolidated Water District as described in the Map, Plan and Report on file with the
Queensbury Town Clerk, such improvements generally being the:
(a)installation of approximately 1800 linear feet of new 8-inch ductile iron water
main along the new Connector Road; and
(b)installation of water valves at the connections to the existing water main.
(c)installation of hydrants at approximately 800-foot intervals along the
transmission mains.
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and approves the improvements to the
Queensbury Consolidated Water District as set forth above and in the previously described Map, Plan
and Report and construction of the improvements may proceed and service provided subject to the
following:
1. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State
Department of Health; and
2. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure for the improvements as
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set forth above and in the Map, Plan and Report, in an amount not to exceed $121,200, to be paid for
from the 2007 operating budget, capital construction line item no: 040-8340-2899 and engineering line
item no.: 040-8310-4710.
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Duly adopted this 4 day of June, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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