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WASTEWATER-SEWER\Sewer Rehabilitation Improvements Project Broadacres Pershing Ashley Area—Greater Qby Consolidated—DETERNI NATION AFTER P.H.
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RESOLUTION DETERMINING PROPOSED SANITARY SEWER
REHABILITATION PROJECT IN GREATER QUEENSBURY
CONSOLIDATED SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT - FORMER PERSHING-
ASHLEY-COOLIDGE SEWER DISTRICT - BROADACRES AREA TO BE
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND
AUTHORIZING ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
RESOLUTION NO.: 12024
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board duly established the Greater Queensbury
Consolidated Sanitary Sewer District(District) in accordance with New York State Law, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 344,2023, the Town Board authorized engagement of
Delaware Engineering, DPC (Delaware), for the provision of professional engineering services
regarding the design, bidding, construction administration and observation services related to the
rehabilitation of the sanitary sewer system within the District specifically within the former Pershing-
Ashley-Coolidge Sewer District located in the Broadacres area of the Town that borders the City of
Glens Falls (Project), and
WHEREAS, Delaware has prepared an Engineering Report dated February 2024
concerning the proposed Project, together with an estimate of the cost of such improvements, and
WHEREAS, the Engineering Report has been duly filed in the Town Clerk's Office and made
available for public inspection, 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 for the
proposed expenditure is not required under Town Law §202-b(5), and
WHEREAS, General Municipal Law §103 requires that the Town advertise for bids and award
the bid to the lowest responsible bidder meeting New York State statutory requirements and the
requirements set forth in the Town's bid documents and specifications, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board determined that the Project is a Type II Action under the
State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA ) and therefore no further SEQRA review is
required, and
WHEREAS, at a meeting held on March 4t", 2024,the Town Board adopted a Resolution:
1. describing the proposed improvements as:
A. rehabilitation of the sanitary sewers with cured-in-place pipe to provide
structural integrity to the pipe and seals it from inflow and infiltration;
B. rehabilitation of the existing manholes to provide structural integrity and
seals them from inflow and infiltration; and
C. installation of three (3) additional manholes at the municipal boundary to
delineate the sewers and one (1) additional manhole on Ashley Place near
Coolidge Avenue, and replacement of an existing clean-out at the dead-end
of the sewer system. The manholes will be installed as access points for
maintenance and are required at the end of sewer lines per the
Recommended Standard for Wastewater Facilities also known as the Ten
States Standards; and
2. specifying the estimated cost of such improvements as $285,380 and indicating that
the cost of the improvements will be paid from the Greater Queensbury Consolidated
Sanitary Sewer District's Fund Balance; and
3. stating that the Town Board would meet on March 18t', 2024 to hear all persons
interested in this improvement of the District's facilities and to take such other and
further action as may be required or authorized by law; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Public Hearing was posted and published not less than ten (10) days
nor more than twenty(20) days before the public hearing date, as required by Town Law §202-b, and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was duly held at the time and place set forth in said Notice, at
which all persons desiring to be heard were duly heard, and
WHEREAS, General Municipal Law §103 requires that the Town advertise for bids and award
the bid to the lowest responsible bidder meeting New York State statutory requirements and the
requirements set forth in the Town's bid documents and specifications
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY
RESOLVED:
1. Upon the evidence given at the Public Hearing, it is hereby found and determined
that it is in the public interest to make the improvements to the facilities of the
District as described in the Engineering Report at an estimated cost of$285,460.
2. The proposed improvements shall be constructed and installed as specifically
delineated in the Engineering Report and/or in bid documents and specifications to
be prepared by Delaware 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.
3. The Town Board hereby authorizes the Project and authorizes and directs the
Town Supervisor to take all actions necessary to effectuate this Resolution.
4. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town's Purchasing Agent to post
and publish an advertisement for bids for the Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation Project
(Project) referred to in this Resolution and as will be set forth in bid documents and
specifications prepared by Delaware and/or the Town Purchasing Agent, receive all
bids, read them aloud and record the bids as is customarily done and present the bids to
the next regular or special meeting of the Town Board.
5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
Duly adopted this 18t'day of March, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT: