224.93
RESOLUTION REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF ENGINEER/PLANNING CONSULTANT
FOR HUDSON POINTE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 224, 93
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Michel Brandt
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has, by
previous resolution, required the preparation of an Environmental
Impact Statement for the proposed Hudson Pointe Planned Unit
Development, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has also, by
previous resolution, indicated that a scoping session would be
conducted, that the retention of an engineer and/or planning
consultant would be appropriate and that the Executive Director
should request proposals from certain engineers/planning
consultants, and
WHEREAS, the Executive Director has received responses
concerning his request for proposals and has reviewed the same with
the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
authorizes the retention of the services of Morse Engineering with
the understanding that the services to be performed shall be
generally consistent with the Request For Proposal previously
authorized, and more particularly:
1) that the services requested of the professional at this
time are only for purposes of assistance through the
scoping session;
2) that timing is an important element in the SEQRA review,
and the Town Board will want to review the matter
expeditiously;
3) that the professional's fees will be billed on a time
expended basis per rates of proposal and in any event
shall not exceed the sum of $ 4,400.00 without prior
approval of the Town Board and Developer, and that
exceeding this amount without Town Board approval and
Developer will result in non-payment;
4) that the project will be overseen by the Executive
Director, James M. Martin, and he will be the contact
person for the Town Board; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the services of the professionals shall be paid
for by the developer of the Hudson Pointe Planned Unit Development
and an amount of $ 4,400.00 shall be paid over to the Town of
Queensbury to be held in escrow in accordance with an escrow
agreement to be entered into with the developer, which will provide
that the Town may expend monies from the escrow account to pay for
the engineer's services once a month, and that no monies shall be
paid for from the escrow account until such time as the developer
or developer's attorney shall have at least 10 days to review the
billing prior to payment thereof, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Supervisor is hereby authorized to
execute an Escrow Agreement with the developer consistent with the
previous terms and provisions and in a form approved by the Town
Attorney.
Duly adopted this 5th day of April, 1993, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Monahan, Mrs. Goetz, Mr. Caimano, Mr.
Brandt
NOES: None
ABSENT:None