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GRANTS\Apply-Water Instructure Improvement WIIA Jenkinsville Water Supply—6-3-2024
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
IMPROVEMENT ACT (WIIA) PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION
THROUGH NEW YORK STATE ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES
CORPORATION RELATING TO JENKINSVILLE SAFE WATER
DISTRIBUTION PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO. , 2024
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS the Town of Queensbury (Town) owns and operates a municipal public
water treatment and distribution system serving residents and businesses in the Town within
Warren County, New York, and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined through private well assessments and testing,
engineering studies, and community outreach in conjunction with the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and other interested agencies that
certain emerging contaminants have been found in privately-owned water supply wells and
extension of the public water distribution system to the Jenkinsville area in the northeastern part
of the Town may be in the best long-term interests of residents to upgrade and safeguard overall
drinking water quality, and
WHEREAS, the Town is taking necessary steps to complete Engineering Report(s), a
Map, Plan, and Report, environmental studies, and Water District formation so that the Town
will be in a position to design and bid a water distribution extension project for residents within
the Jenkinsville area, and
WHEREAS, the Town has determined that the proposed Jenkinsville Safe Water
Distribution Project and the extension of nearly 14,000 linear feet of water mains and installation
of shut-off valves and hydrants in the proposed Jenkinsville Water District will provide safe and
reliable drinking water for residents currently relying on private wells as well as added fire
protection, and
WHEREAS the Town is seeking 2024 grant assistance through the Water Infrastructure
Improvement Act (WIIA) Program administered by the NYS Environmental Facilities
Corporation (EFC) for final design and construction of the proposed Jenkinsville Water District
described previously in this Resolution and in a formal Engineering Report and related project
plans submitted to the Town Board and the EFC, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury intends to fund the remaining non-WIIA portion of
the proposed Project through debt issued under the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF) or local indebtedness incurred to cover the Total Project Costs before final design
work is underway,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor/Deputy Town Supervisor to sign all 2024 WIIA Application documents and the
Town Supervisor/Deputy Town Supervisor and/or the Town's representatives to submit the
WIIA Application on behalf of the Town to the EFC on or before June 14, 2024, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor/Deputy Town Supervisor and/or the Town's representatives to take such other and
further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this Yd day of June, 2024,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT :