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APPOINTMENTS\Advisory Committee—Lower Watershed Recreation Management-Halfway Brook Trail—10-17-16
RESOLUTION APPOINTING MEMBERS TO
LOWER WATERSHED RECREATION MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
RELATING TO HALFWAY BROOK TRAIL LICENSE AGREEMENT
RESOLUTION NO. ,2016
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 308,2016, the Queensbury Town Board expressed its non-
binding support of a proposed Halfway Brook Trail License Agreement (Agreement) between the
Town of Queensbury(Town) and City of Glens Falls (City), and
WHEREAS, such Agreement provides for the formation of a joint committee to be known as
the Lower Watershed Recreation Management Committee (Committee) to be comprised of six (6)
members, with three (3) members being from the City and three (3) members being from the Town,
with such Committee to be responsible for developing a Lower Watershed Recreation Management
Plan which, upon completion, shall be adopted by a majority vote of the members of the Committee for
recommendation to the City and Town for approval, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to appoint its three(3)members,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby appoints the following three (3)
members to the Lower Watershed Recreation Management Committee:
• John F. Strough, Town Supervisor;
• Wendy Matthews, Town Recreation Commission Representative;
• Jim Underwood, Town Citizen Representative;
and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that such Committee members shall serve at the direction of the Town Board
with their terms to begin immediately, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town and City specifically agree that such Committee is advisory only
and the governing bodies of the Town and City shall maintain jurisdiction and control over the terms of
the Agreement, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to mail a
certified copy of this Resolution to the City of Glens Falls and the Town Supervisor and/or Town
Clerk to take any necessary actions to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 17ffi day of October, 2016,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR HALFWAY BROOK TRAIL LICENSE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
AND CITY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO.: 308,2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Doug Irish
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury (Town) and City of Glens Falls (City) are
adjoining communities that share in the use and enjoyment of recreational resources, and
WHEREAS, the Town and City wish to enter into a License Agreement to provide for the
construction, use and maintenance of a pedestrian use recreation trail to be known as the Halfway
Brook Trail located on property owned by the City located within the Town in the Halfway
Brook Reservoir Watershed, such License Agreement to be generally referred to as the Halfway
Brook Trail License Agreement, and
WHEREAS, a proposed, draft License Agreement has been prepared and presented at this
meeting, and the Town Board wishes to express its support of such License Agreement with
certain modifications and urge the Glens Falls Common Council to move forward in its
consideration of such License Agreement, and
WHEREAS, such expression of support of such License Agreement is non-binding, with
no legal commitment by the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the Agreement will not come into effect until and unless it is approved by the
Queensbury Town Board,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, the Queensbury Town Board hereby expresses its non-binding support of the
proposed Halfway Brook Trail License Agreement with certain modifications between the Town
of Queensbury and City of Glens Falls and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to send a
certified copy of this Resolution to the Glens Falls Common Council with a letter urging the Glens
Falls Common Council to move forward in its consideration of such License Agreement as
modified, and to take such other and further action as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of
this Resolution.
Duly adopted this 12th day of September, 2016,by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Irish, Mr. VanNess, Mr. Strough,Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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