630.2006
RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
INCREASE IN PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES CAPITAL
PROJECT FUND NO. 148
RESOLUTION NO.: 630, 2006
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, by adoption of Resolution 426,2004 the Queensbury Town Board created the
Planning Ordinance Review Committee (PORC) and appointed its members, and
WHEREAS, by such Resolution, the Town Board directed the PORC to review and address
inconsistencies and problems known to be at issue in, among other things, the Town’s Zoning
Ordinance and Map, Subdivision Regulations and Comprehensive Land Use Plan, and
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WHEREAS, on May 19, 2005 the PORC adopted a Resolution recommending the hiring of a
consulting firm to provide professional planning services to the Town, such services to include the
updating of the 1998 Comprehensive Land Use Plan, Town Zoning Code, and Town Subdivision
Regulations, and
WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the project was one-hundred thirty-thousand dollars
($130,000.), and
WHEREAS, this project was funded through a transfer from the Capital Reserve Fund #64
established by Resolution No. 322, 2001, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 295,2005, the Town Board authorized creation of the 2005-
2006 Professional Planning Services Project Capital Project Fund #148 and transferred into such Fund
$130,000 from the Capital Reserve Fund #64, and
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WHEREAS, the Senior Planner and PORC have has advised the Town Board that
additional funds are necessary to finance five more months of consultant services to complete the
proposed code revisions and therefore the Town Board wishes to withdraw and expend additional
moneys from the Capital Improvement Plan Reserve Accountin the amount of $9,000 to cover
such increased amount, and
WHEREAS, the total for the 2005-2006 Professional Planning Services Capital Project Fund
#148 after the additional transfer from the CIP fund will be $139,000, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Town’s Capital Improvement Plan Policy (CIP), the
Town Board must conduct a public hearing before approving any specific Capital Project or
increase in any specific Capital Project listed on the CIP,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the
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Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, January 22,
2007 to hear all interested persons and take any necessary action provided by law concerning the
proposed $9,000 increase in the 2005-2006 Professional Planning Services Capital Project Fund
#148, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk
to publish and post a Notice of Public Hearing concerning the proposed Capital Project in the manner
provided by law.
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Duly adopted this 18 day of December, 2006, by the following vote:
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AYES: Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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