115.2024 Order Setting PH Proposed Improvement of Qby Consol Water Dist Facilities St Rt 9 & 254 Water Main Replacement Project ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENT OF QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED
WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES - STATE ROUTES 9 AND 254
WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 115,2024
INTRODUCED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
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, by Resolution No.: 335,2023, the Queensbury Town Board authorized and
ratified emergency water main repairs relating to a catastrophic water main failure at the Intersection of
State Routes 9 and 254, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to now authorize improvement of the District's water
transmission facilities to restore permanent fire flow to the commercial district located south of Quaker
Road and east of Bay Road by replacing approximately 550 linear feet of 12" cast iron water main
with new 14" HDPE water main (12.40-inch I.D.) to be directionally drilled under Route 9 and
Route 254 with a new casing piping and replacing the existing PRV vault with a new PRV vault
to be relocated on the other side of Route 254 (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 some of these Recovery
Funds, as well as funds from the Town Water Department's Undesignated, Unassigned Fund
Balance Account No.: 040-0000-0909 and/or by issuance of Bond Anticipation Note(s) (which
would have to be duly authorized by a subsequent Bond Resolution), for this qualifying
infrastructure investment Project, and
WHEREAS, the Town Water Superintendent previously recommended that the Town Board
engage the professional engineering services of Delaware Engineering, DPC (Delaware) for the
design, bidding and construction administration and observation services related to the Project and by
Resolution No.: 51,2024, the Town Board authorized engagement of Delaware for such services
and the establishment of the State Routes 9 and 254 Water Main Repairs Capital Project No.:
252, and
WHEREAS, Delaware has prepared an Engineering Report issued March 2024
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 Engineering Report, this is a replacement of the water
infrastructure in kind on the same site which also includes street openings and right-of-way openings to
reconstruct and maintain the existing utility facilities, and therefore a Type 11 action under 6 NYCRR
Section 617.5(c)(6) and (c)(2) 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)(6)
and(c)(2) and therefore the project is not subject to SEQRA review.
2. The proposed improvements consist of the replacement of approximately 550
linear feet of 12" cast iron water main with new 14" HDPE water main (12.40-inch I.D.) to be
directionally drilled under Route 9 and Route 254 with a new casing piping and replacing the
existing PRV vault with a new PRV vault to be relocated on the other side of Route 254.
3. The estimated cost of such improvements is $1,354,250.
4. The cost of the improvements will be funded by ARPA Funds, funds from the Town
Water Department's Undesignated, Unassigned Fund Balance Account No.: 040-0000-0909
and/or by issuance of Bond Anticipation Note(s) (which would have to be duly authorized by a
subsequent Bond Resolution), to be paid from Capital Project Fund No.: 252.
5. The proposed improvements shall be constructed and installed as specifically
delineated in the Engineering Report 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, April V, 2024 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 18t'day of March, 2024 by the following vote:
AYES Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Dixon
NOES None
ABSENT: None