274.2015 Elk Ridge Subdivision RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEDICATION OF ELK RIDGE DRIVE
IN ELK RIDGE SUBDIVISION
RESOLUTION NO.: 274,2015
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Doug Irish
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, Foothills Builders, LLC (Developer) has offered a deed to the Town of
Queensbury to dedicate Elk Ridge Drive in the Elk Ridge Subdivision to the Town of Queensbury as
more particularly described in a survey map prepared by Bolster and Associates, Professional Land
Surveyors, dated July 14, 2015, and
WHEREAS, the Town Highway Superintendent has inspected the road and recommended its
acceptance contingent upon the Developer completing the top coat of the black-top within two years
of the date of acceptance or by August 3rd, 2017, and if applicable, all drainage easements being in
place, and
WHEREAS, the Developer has provided the Town with a $21,712 cash escrow to ensure
placement of the top coat on the road consistent with the Town Highway Superintendent's
requirements, and
WHEREAS, the Town Water Superintendent/Wastewater Director has indicated that an
inspection has been made of the water mains and appurtenances installed in the Elk Ridge Subdivision
and the installation has been made in accordance with the requirements of the Town Water/Wastewater
Department, with the Developer to be responsible for the installation's repair and maintenance for one
year from the date of Town Board approval of the road dedication or through August 3rd, 2016, and
WHEREAS, the Town's Director of Planning, Zoning and Code Compliance and/or Director
of Building and Codes Enforcement have confirmed that they have inspected Elk Ridge Drive and it
was found to be in general compliance with the requirements of their offices except that adequate lot
numbering signage and permanent survey monuments have not yet been installed,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby accepts and approves the dedication of
Elk Ridge Drive in the Elk Ridge Subdivision contingent upon the Town Highway Superintendent
confirming that street and/or stop signs have been installed and all documentation related to such
dedication being in form acceptable to Town Counsel, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute,
sign and affix the Town seal to any and all documents necessary to complete the transaction including
the Escrow Agreement substantially in the form presented at this meeting, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Developer to record the
deed in the Warren County Clerk's Office, after which time the deed shall be properly filed and
maintained in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to add the
roads to the official inventory of Town Highways as follows:
Name: Elk Ridge Drive Road Number: 2015-3
Description: Beginning at Peggy Ann Road and continuing in a southerly direction a
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distance of 1,064±' and .0 hundredths of a mile and ending at a cul-de-sac.
Feet: 1,064±' and .0 hundredths of a mile
Duly adopted this 3rd day of August, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish
NOES None
ABSENT: Mr. VanNess
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