512.2007
RESOLUTION CONSIDERING STORMWATER IMPACTS TO HILAND
PARK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SEQRA FINDINGS AND
MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS PERTAINING THERETO
RESOLUTION NO.: 512, 2007
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 73 of 1987 the Queensbury Town Board established itself
as Lead Agency for review of the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) under the State
Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 95 of 1987, the Town Board designated the PUD as a
Type 1 Action and required that a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) be prepared,
and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 104 of 1987 the Town Board accepted the DEIS as
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complete and set a public hearing on such DEIS, and on April 28, 1987 a public hearing was
duly held to consider the environmental impacts of the PUD, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 201 of 1987, the Town Board accepted a Final
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Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on the PUD and on July 2, 1987 the Town Board
issued a Notice of Completion for the FEIS, and
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WHEREAS, on July 14, 1987, by Resolution No. 211 of 1987, the Town Board adopted
a SEQRA Findings Statement on the PUD, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 212 of 1987, the Town Board enacted the Hiland Park
Planned Unit Development, and
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WHEREAS, on April 17, 2007, the Queensbury Planning Board adopted a Resolution
requesting the Town Board to reconsider the SEQRA Findings Statement on the PUD due to
recent developments regarding stormwater, wetlands and flooding, along with a recommendation
for a comprehensive watershed analysis of the Meadowbrook Road Corridor, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has asked the Town Engineer to consider updated wetlands
information relevant to the environmental impact of this project before the Planning Board, and
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WHEREAS, at an April 23, 2007 Town Board Workshop Meeting, the Town Board
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discussed the possibility of scheduling a public hearing and the reopening of its original July 14,
1987 SEQRA findings for the Hiland Park Planned Unit Development zone, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 224,2007, the Town Board adopted a Resolution
scheduling a public hearing to hear all interested parties concerning new information related to
stormwater management, pre-development groundwater levels, floodplains and soils and the prior
SEQRA approval and indicated its wish to reopen the SEQRA review of the Project, and
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WHEREAS, on Monday, June 4, 2007, the Town Board conducted a public hearing,
heard all interested persons and considered new information related to stormwater management,
pre-development groundwater levels, floodplains and soils and the prior SEQRA approval, and
WHEREAS, the Town’s engineer has prepared a report on the groundwater and
stormwater matters in the Hiland Park PUD, which report is dated November 2, 2007 titled
“Northern Meadowbrook Road Watershed and Drainage Study” (hereafter the “Study”), and
WHEREAS, the Study makes numerous long term and short term recommendations
aimed at alleviating currently existing stormwater issues in the Hiland Park PUD, and
WHEREAS, some of the recommendations in the Report include short term solutions
that the Town Board and Departments will consider in the coming years, and other
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recommendations include areas of concern that the Town should take into account when
reviewing projects in this area of the town, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed the Report and finds it to be sound and the
recommendations contained therein to be based on the evidence and expert analysis of the Town’s
engineer, and that the recommendations contained therein should be followed, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board finds that, with regard to future development in the Hiland
Park PUD, the Town engineer’s comments with regard to wetlands delineation, and paying
particular attention to enforcing wetland setbacks, and the overall consideration of stormwater
impacts should be particularly followed by the Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals, and
the Town Board wishes to provide for recommendations to the Planning Board and Zoning Board
of Appeals as contained herein, and as provided for under SEQRA,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board, upon reviewing new information consisting
of the Report identified above related to stormwater management, pre-development groundwater
levels, floodplains and soils for the Hiland Park PUD, and after thoroughly analyzing the development
potential in the Hiland Park PUD again for potential environmental impacts, hereby determines that in
taking into account stormwater impacts of any future development, and zoning and planning
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applications, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals should carefully consider of the
recommendations contained in the Report with particular focus on recommendations 1, 2, and 5 on
page 14 of the Report, and should also at a minimum, require all applicants for all future development
in the Hiland Park PUD to submit a full or long Environmental Assessment Form for all Unlisted
Actions, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that all members of the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and staff in
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the Zoning and Planning Department, should be forwarded a copy of the Report for their consideration
when reviewing zoning and planning applications, and the Town Clerk is directed to forward such
copies of same.
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Duly adopted this 3 day of December, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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