133.2024 Authorizing Proposed Improvement of Qby Consolidated Water District Facilites States Route 9 abnd 254 Water Main Replacement Project and Advertisement for Bids RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF
QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES -
STATE ROUTES 9 AND 254 WATER MAIN REPLACEMENT PROJECT
AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
RESOLUTION NO.: 133,2024
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
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, on March 18th, 2024, subsequent to the filing of the Engineering Report with the
Town Clerk, the Town Board adopted Public Hearing Order No.: 115,2024 reciting: (a)the proposed
improvements; (b) the estimated amount proposed to be expended for the improvements; (c) the fact
that an Engineer's Report describing the improvements is on file in the Town Clerk's Office; and (d)
the time and place of public hearing on the proposed improvements, and
WHEREAS, such public hearing was duly held on Monday, April V, 2024 and the Town
Board has considered the evidence and information provided, 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), 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 wishes to authorize the proposed Water District improvements
in accordance with Town Law §202-b,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED,that it is the determination of the Queensbury Town Board that:
1. The Notice of Public Hearing was published and posted as required by law and is
otherwise sufficient;
2. It is in the public interest to improve the water transmission facilities 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; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and approves the improvements to the
Queensbury Consolidated Water District as set forth above and in the previously described Engineering
Report and construction of the improvements may proceed and service provided subject to the
following:
1. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State
Department of Health; and
2. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State
Department of Transportation;
3. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from Warren County;
4. the preparation of definite plans, specifications, a careful estimate of the expense and a
proposed contract for the execution of the work and adoption thereof by the Town Board; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure for the improvements as
set forth above and in the Engineer's Report, in an amount estimated not to exceed$1,354,250, and
BE IT FURTHER,
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town's Purchasing
Agent to post and publish an advertisement for bids for this Project and as will be set forth in bid
documents and specifications prepared by Delaware, the Town Water Superintendent 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, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water
Superintendent, Town Budget Officer and/or Town Counsel to take any and all actions necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this I'day of April, 2024,by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Dixon, Mr. McNulty
NOES None
ABSENT: None