076.2011 Set PH Wastewater Disposal District NO
ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
ESTABLISHMENT OF WASTEWATER DISPOSAL DISTRICT NO. 1
RESOLUTION NO.: 76, 2011
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Ronald Montesi
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury wishes to establish Queensbury Wastewater
Disposal District No. 1 (Rockhurst) (the “District”) to serve properties located on the Rockhurst
peninsula on the east shore of Lake George in accordance with New York Town Law Article 12-
A, and
WHEREAS, Map, Plan and Report for establishment of the District has been prepared by
David Decker, P.E. of the Lake George Watershed Coalition, and
WHEREAS, the Map, Plan and Report has been filed in the Queensbury Town Clerk's
Office and is available for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, Part 1 of a State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) Full
Environmental Assessment Form (“EAF”) has been prepared for establishment of the District, and
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to be Lead Agency for purposes of the
environmental review required for the project under SEQRA,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED:
1. The boundaries of the proposed Wastewater Disposal District are as follows:
All that tract or parcel of land, situate in the Town of Queensbury, County of
Warren and State of New York, and more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the northerly side of NYS Route 9L, said point being at
the southwest corner of tax parcel 240.5-1-26, thence in a northerly direction,
along the westerly bounds of said tax parcel, 604 feet, more or less, to the
southwest corner of tax parcel 227.17-2-2; thence in a northwesterly direction
along the westerly bounds of tax parcels 227.17-2-2, 3, 4 and 227.17-2-6, 614
feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of tax parcel 227.17-2-6, said point also
being in the southerly bounds of 227.17-2-9; thence in a southwesterly direction
along the southerly bounds of said tax parcel 132 feet, more or less, to the
southwesterly corner of said parcel; thence in a northerly direction, along the
westerly bounds of said tax parcel 168 feet, more or less, to a point in the
southerly bounds of tax parcel 227.17-2-10; thence in a southwesterly direction
along the southerly bounds of said parcel, 98 feet, more or less, to the southwest
corner of said parcel; thence in a northerly direction, along the westerly bounds of
tax parcels 227.17-2-10, 227.17-2-11, and 227.17-2-17 in part, 525 feet, more or
less, to a point, said point being the southeast corner of tax parcel 227.17-2-24;
thence in a westerly direction, along the southerly bounds of said tax parcel, 200
feet more or less to the southwest corner of said parcel; thence in a northerly
direction, along the westerly bounds of said parcel, 150 feet, more or less, to the
northwest corner of said parcel, said point being in the southerly bounds of Church
Road, thence in a westerly direction, along the southerly bounds of Church Road,
and also the southerly bounds of tax parcel 227.17-2-26, 301 feet, more or less, to
the southwest corner of said parcel; thence in a northerly direction, along the
westerly bounds of tax parcels 227.17-2-26 and 227.17-1-60, 456 feet, more or
less, to the northwest corner of the last mentioned parcel, said point also being in
the southerly bounds of Rockhurst Road, thence continuing in a northerly
direction, crossing Rockhurst Road, 41 feet more or less, to a point in the
northerly bounds of Rockhurst Road, said point being the southeast corner of tax
parcel 227.13-2-20, thence along Rockhurst Road in a westerly direction 770 feet,
more or less to a point, thence along the southwesterly bounds of tax parcel
227.13-2-20, in a northwesterly direction, 48 feet more or less, to a point in the
easterly bounds of Cleverdale Road; thence along the easterly bounds of
Cleverdale Road in a northerly direction, 1,539 feet, more or less, to a point in the
southerly bounds of Fielding Road; thence along the southerly bounds of Fielding
Road 524 feet, more or less, to a point in the northerly bounds of tax parcel
227.13-2-20, said point being on the shore of Lake George, at the purported high
water mark; thence northeasterly along the purported high water mark, and the
northerly bounds of tax parcels 227.17-2-20, 21, and 22, 959 feet, more or less, to
a point, said point being the southwest corner of tax parcel 227.17-2-23; thence
along the purported high water mark, around the entire peninsula of Rockhurst in a
northerly, easterly, and southerly direction, 4,454 feet, more or less, to the
southerly most corner of tax parcel 227.13-2-57; thence in a generally southerly
direction, along the purported high water mark of the easterly shore of Warner
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Bay in Lake George, 4,193 feet, more or less, to a point in the easterly bounds of
tax parcel 240.5-1-26; thence in a southwesterly direction along the easterly
bounds of the remainder of said tax parcel 107’, more or less, to the southeast
corner of said parcel, at a point in the northerly bounds of NY State Route 9L;
thence along the northerly bounds of Route 9L, 460 feet, more or less, to the point
or place of beginning. Containing 85 acres, more or less.
Intending to include all tax parcels within the above described boundaries:
Section 227.9 Block 1 Lots 1 thru 14, Section 227.17 Block 1 Lots 24 thru 60,
Section 227.13 Block 2 Lots 20 thru 59, Section 227.17 Block 2 Lots 2 thru 15,
17 thru 24, and 26, Section 240.5 Block 1 Lot 26.
2. The proposed District services are as follows: providing a management structure
and plan to ensure the timely inspection of individual on-site septic disposal systems to detect
signs of failure and/or malfunction and to optimize the systems’ operating efficiencies through
routine and scheduled pump-out of the system components.
3. The maximum amount proposed to be expended for such services is Two Hundred
Eighty Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($280,450) over ten (10) years, with a maximum
annual expenditure of Twenty-six Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($26,200) after the first year.
The total estimated cost for the first year of operation is $43,900; the Town expects that grant
funds and a 50% subsidy for pump out will total $32,200, resulting in approximately $11,700 in
net cost for the first year.
4. There will be no District hook-up fees.
5. The cost of the District to the typical property, which is a one family home, will be
Ninety-Seven Dollars and fifty cents ($97.50) per year for ten (10) years.
6. The proposed method to be employed for financing the District services is as
follows: (a) $15,000 grant from NYS Department of State, Environmental Protection Fund –
Local Water Front Revitalization Program, via the Lake George Watershed Conference, under
contract to the Town of Bolton, FY 2004 (b) $100,000 grant from NYS Department of
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Environmental Conservation, Environmental Protection Fund, round IX, Environmental Quality
Program, via the Lake George Watershed Conference, under contract to the Town of
Queensbury, FY 2006, and (c) equal benefit assessments on properties (excluding the Town’s
parcel) within the proposed District.
7. A Map, Plan and Report describing the proposed District is on file in the office of
the Queensbury Town Clerk for public inspection.
8. The Queensbury Town Board shall meet at the North Queensbury Volunteer Fire
Company Fire Station, 2663 State Route 9L, Queensbury, New York, on Wednesday, March
rd
23, 2011, at 7:00 p.m. for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the proposal to
establish Queensbury Wastewater Disposal District No. 1 (Rockhurst) to provide the services
specified above, at which time and place all persons interested in the subject thereof may be heard
concerning the same.
9. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to
send a copy of the EAF and a copy of the Map, Plan and Report to all potentially involved
agencies, together with a letter indicating that the Town Board wishes to be Lead Agency for
coordinated SEQRA review and that a Lead Agency must be agreed upon within 30 days.
10. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town of Queensbury
Community Development Department to prepare a report identifying any environmental impacts it
believes should be considered at the time the SEQRA review is conducted.
11. 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 §209-d, and complete or arrange for the
securing of two (2) Affidavits of Publication of Notice and two (2) Affidavits of Posting of Notice
of the Public Hearing required hereby and to file a certified copy of this Order with the State
Comptroller on or about the date of publication.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of February, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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