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FINANCIAL\2018\Donation from Beverly Maine for Hovey Pond Pavilion—4-16-18
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF $10,000 DONATION
FROM BEVERLY MAINE TOWARD PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION
OF PAVILION AT HOVEY POND PARK
RESOLUTION NO.: ,2018
INTRODUCED BY:
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY:
WHEREAS, Beverly Maine has offered to donate $10,000 to the Town of Queensbury Parks
and Recreation Department toward the purchase and installation of a pavilion at Hovey Pond Park, and
WHEREAS, Charlie Maine, a former Recreation Commission Member, recently passed away
after serving on the Commission for 18 years, and
WHEREAS, Charlie Maine's expertise with soil science was instrumental in developing certain
elements of the current Hovey Pond Park, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board is honored by Beverly Maine's generous offer, feels that such
donation will benefit Town residents, and therefore wishes to approve and authorize such donation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves and accepts the donation of
$10,000 from Beverly Maine to the Town Parks and Recreation Department to be used toward the
purchase and installation of a pavilion at Hovey Pond Park, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the contributions made by Charlie Maine to Hovey Pond Park be
recognized and that the Hovey Pond Pavilion shall be named in his honor, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to deposit
the donation and increase the Capital Construction Expense Account No.: 146-7110-2899 by$10,000
and the Revenue Account No.: 146-0000-52705 by$10,000, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town's Director of Parks and
Recreation to send a certified copy of this Resolution to Beverly Maine with a letter from the Town
thanking her for her generosity.
Duly adopted this 16ffi day of April, 2018,by the following vote:
AYES
NOES
ABSENT:
April 2, 2018
Dear Steve Lovering and Queensbury Parks & Rec. Commissioners,
Enclosed please find funds to be used to purchase and install a pavilion
at Hovey Pond in memory of Charlie Maine. This has been discussed
with The Recreation Commission and was formally accepted.
My husband, Charlie, was so pleased to have played a part in seeing the
Hovey Pond project come to fruition. Always frugal and willing to put
his soil science training to use, he was glad he could recruit Dick Dykstra
to work with him on the project, thus saving the town some money.
Our family feels this would be a fitting tribute to Charlie.
Sincerely,
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DECEMBER 5, 2017 RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Subject: HOVEY POND PARK— Early Development Issues
In light of the very generous donation being made by Beverly Maine — wife of Charlie
Maine — a Recreation Commissioner for 18 years (1992 — 2010), I have attached some
early park development information as covered in the Post Star. Charlie Maine played an
important role in the development of an acceptable method of creating what is now
viewed as a "Town Gem". Charlie's design plan was accepted by DEC — the permitting
body supervising and approving the work to be completed.
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Queensbury Supervisor Mike Brandt looks at a proposal for Hovey Pond "
developed by town resident Charles Maine during a meeting at the town hall. .
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By Paul.Ertelt Department of Environmental Conservation's
Staff Writer • .dam safety division may accept a plan that '
would allow the project to be completed-
. • An old,hand at building'pondi gave the without a dam..
• Queenshury Town Board some advice One proposal is to have a "dugout" pond,
Tuesday on finishing the Hovey Pond project basically what is there now, with th sides
Charles R Maine,.a retired soil scientist and. sloped. The hole could be filled about-4 feet
• former official of the Soil conservation. higher than the currentlevel.. . I
Service, presented three proposals to the "That'll be the cheapest way to.finish the:
board, including two,that would not require pond,"he said. : • •
the building of an expensive((lath. - • • The town could also-go with a modified .
• Residents near the pond have been putting dugout, with compacted fill material 1 to 1Y2 •
increasing pressure on town officials to finish feet high at the north end of the pond, which
the 4-year-oldproject to dredge the pond end "would allow a slightly higher level,he said.
create a park. They have complained that the The third proposal,building a concrete dam, .
protracted project has created an eyesore in would actually do little-to increase the size of
their neighborhood. • the pond,unless the town goes to the expense
But Supervisor Mike Brandt said money is . of dredging south of the area that has already
the key factor in finishing the Project- been dredged,he said. • • .
"In the end,just like anything else we do,it Maine said he plans to meet with DEC soon
gets down to how much money it'll cost,"he to see what stipulations the agency would
said. attach to the Proposals,Any plan for the pond
If the town has to build a dam at the north must be approved by the DEC;but Maine said
end of the pond, to replace the ancient dam he is confident Of getting approval for all three
breached earlier in the project, it could cost options.
more than$200,000. Finch, Pruyn & Co. donated the 10-acre_ •
But Maine,a town resident who volunteered property to the-town•in-1981-Town highway
to study the problem, said the state crews have dredged part of the shallow pond.
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