433.2022 Order Setting PH - Water District Improvement - Glenwood and Haviland Water Main Replacement Project ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENT OF QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED
WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES -GLENWOOD AND HAVILAND
AVENUES WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 433,2022
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
replacing approximately 2500 feet of 8" unlined cast iron water main on Glenwood Avenue
between Quaker and Bay Roads and approximately 900 feet of failing 6" ductile iron pipe on
Haviland Avenue between Richardson Street and Edgewater Road (Project), in accordance with
Town Law §202-b, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 261,2021, the Town Board accepted a total of
$2,794,633.02 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Grant
Funds from the New York State Department of Budget, such Recovery Funds to be used in
accordance with the terms and conditions to be set forth by the New York State Department of
Budget and/or the Federal Government, and established the ARPA Coronavirus Local Fiscal
Recovery Capital Project No. 241 and the Town Board wishes to use these Recovery Funds for
this qualifying infrastructure investment Project, and
WHEREAS, the Town's Water Superintendent requested proposals for professional Design,
Bidding and Construction Phase Engineering Services (Services) related to the Project and by
Resolution No.: 373,2021, the Town Board authorized engagement of Delaware Engineering,
D.P.C. (Delaware) for such Services, and
WHEREAS, Delaware has prepared an Engineer's Report issued October 2022
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 11 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 replacement of approximately 2,300
linear feet of 8" unlined cast iron water main on Glenwood Avenue between Quaker and Bay
Roads and approximately 950 linear feet of failing 6" ductile iron pipe on Haviland Avenue
between Riverside Drive and Edgewater Place.
3. The estimated cost of such improvements is $2,453,710.
4. The cost of the improvements will be funded by ARPA Funds and paid from Capital
Project No.: 241.
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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
Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury,New York at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, December 19t', 2022 to hear
all 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.
Duly adopted this 5t'day of December, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Ferone, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer
NOES None
ABSENT: Mr. McNulty
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