107.2020 Set PH Improvements Ridge Road Water Main Rehab & Lining Project
ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENT OF QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED
WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES – RIDGE ROAD WATER MAIN
REHABILITATION AND LINING PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 107, 2020
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
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
rehabilitating certain existing water main along Route 9L/Ridge Road between Route 254/Quaker
Road and Cronin Road (Project) in accordance with Town Law §202-b, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 83,2019, the Town Board authorized engagement of The
Chazen Companies (Chazen) for professional Design, Bidding and Construction Phase
Engineering Services and establishment of the “Ridge Road Water Main Replacement Capital
Project Fund #225,” to fund expenses associated with the Project, and
WHEREAS, Chazen has prepared an Engineer’s Report issued March 3, 2020 concerning
the Project together with an estimate of its cost, a copy of which Engineer’s Report is duly filed in
the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office and made available for public inspection and presented at this
meeting, and
WHEREAS, as detailed in the Map and Plan, this is a maintenance and repair project involving
no substantial changes in an existing structure or facility, and therefore a Type II action under 6
NYCRR Section 617.5(c)(1) of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations
and therefore, no further environmental review is required, 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),
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED:
1. The project is a SEQRA Type II action pursuant to 6 NYCRR Section 617.5(c)(1)
and therefore the project is not subject to SEQRA review.
2. The proposed improvements consist of the rehabilitation by a Class IV structural
lining of certain existing water main along Route 9L/Ridge Road between Route 254/Quaker Road
and Cronin Road.
3. The estimated cost of such improvements is $1,374,000.
4. The cost of the improvements will be paid from various District funds being a
combination of serial bonds and/or bond anticipation notes, current fund balance and/or current
funds.
5. The proposed improvements shall be constructed and installed as specifically
delineated in the Map and Plan and in full accordance with the Town of Queensbury's specifications,
ordinances or local laws, and any State laws or regulations, and in accordance with approved plans and
specifications and under competent engineering supervision.
6. The Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury Activities
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Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, New York at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, March 23, 2020 to hear all
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persons interested in the improvement of the District facilities described above and to take such other
and further action as may be required or authorized by law.
7. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to duly
publish and post this Order not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty (20) days before the
public hearing date, as required by Town Law §202-b.
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Duly adopted this 9 day of March, 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mrs. Switzer
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