270.2024 Adopting Updated Town of Queensbury MS4 Stormwater Management Program Plan RESOLUTION ADOPTING UPDATED TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
MS4 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PLAN
RESOLUTION NO.: 270, 2024
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury is a regulated municipality under the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Program(MS4
Program), which MS4 Program regulations help to protect and improve the quality of public water
bodies, and to comply with State requirements, in 2009 the Town Board added Chapter 146 "Storm
Sewer System Discharges,Activities and Connections"to the Town Code after conducting a SEQRA
review and declaring a Negative Declaration, and
WHEREAS, for the purpose of implementing Chapter 146, the Town Board authorized an
MS4 Stormwater Management Services Agreement with the Warren County Soil and Water
Conservation District(District)providing for the District assuming the role of the Town's Stormwater
Management Officer to implement and enforce MS4 Program requirements, and
WHEREAS,the District presented the Town with an MS4 Stormwater Management Program
Plan (Plan) outlining activities and measures to address stormwater education, outreach and other
implementation required under Chapter 146 and New York State law and regulations and by
Resolution No.: 56,2016,the Town Board adopted such Plan, and
WHEREAS, the District has presented the Town Board with an updated Plan in order to
comply with new State requirements and the Town Board wishes to adopt such Plan,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that adoption of the updated Town of Queensbury MS4 Stormwater
Management Program Plan (Plan) prepared by the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation
District(District) is consistent with the Negative Declaration issued for the addition of Town Code
Chapter 146 and will not result in any significant adverse environmental impacts,and the Town Board
hereby affirms the SEQRA Negative Declaration, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED,that the Town Board hereby adopts the Plan in substantially the form presented
at this meeting and authorizes and directs the Warren County Soil and Water Conservation District,
as the Town's Stormwater Management Officer,to take all actions necessary to implement the Plan,
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor/Deputy Supervisor and/or Director of Planning, Zoning and Code Compliance to take
such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 15'h day of July, 2024,by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Dixon, Mr. Strough
NOES None
ABSENT: Mr. McNulty