364.2010Gaslight Vil.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AGREEMENT WITH JACKSON
DEMOLITION, INC, FOR PROVISION OF SITE PREPARATION AND
BUILDING DEMOLITION SERVICES AT THE GASLIGHT VILLAGE
PROJECT SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED
WORKPLAN OF CONTRACT WITH NYSDOS, C006868
RESOLUTION NO.: 364, 2010
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough
WHEREAS, the environmental health and overall quality of life in the Lake George
Watershed area is critical to the social and economic well being for the Town of Queensbury,
Warren County and the region in general, and
WHEREAS, the protection, preservation and proper management of water quality within
the basin is an essential ingredient to maintaining this revered natural resource as a key to the
social and economic vitality of this region, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has been an active participant in developing the
critically important water quality management plan, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 340,2008, the Queensbury Town Board authorized
submission of the Environmental Protection Fund Application for State Assistance Payments – Local
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Waterfront Revitalization Program, Year 2008-2009 dated June 30, 2008 in response to New York
State’s solicitation of Financial Assistance Grant, and
WHEREAS, the NYS Department of State previously awarded to the Town of Queensbury,
on behalf of all participating municipalities in the Lake George Watershed Coalition (LGWC), in the
amount of $1,200,000 –the agreement for which, Contract No. C006868, sets forth the workplan for
implementation of the Local Waterfront Revitalization Program for 2009-2010, such funds to
supplement an announced construction project being progressed by the New York State Department
of Transportation to reconstruct part of Route 9, extending into the Village of Lake George, with the
local match for this grant already secured by three members of the LGWC, namely the Town of Lake
George, Village of Lake George and Warren County, regarding the purchase of the Gaslight Village
property and the LGWC’s purchase of the 1400 acre Berry Pond Tract located within the West Brook
Watershed,and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has already considered and adopted Resolution No.: 297,2009,
related to the aforementioned Contract C006868, and,
WHEREAS, under the direction of Project Manager, an RFP was publicly noticed, bids
received and read aloud in the Offices of the Village of Lake George for the provision of said site
preparation and building demolition activities, and
WHEREAS, the apparent low bidder determined by this public bidding process was deemed to
be Jackson Demolition Services of Schenectady, New York, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to also authorize an Agreement with Jackson Demolition
Services, Inc. for the provision of site preparation and building demolition services, and
WHEREAS, a copy of a proposed Agreement between the aforesaid Jackson Demolition
Services, Inc and the Town of Queensbury, has been presented at this meeting,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board, in the interest of advancing the important
work of protecting the preservation of water quality of Lake George, authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor to execute the aforementioned Agreement for site preparation and building demolition
services, substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and any other associated documentation,
and take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 1 day of November, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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