308.2016 Res. Support Halfway Brook Trail License Agreement with Cty of GF 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 12ffi 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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