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061.2018 Grant Agreement NYS Housing Trust Fund Corp RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TOWN SUPERVISOR TO SIGN GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND NEW YORK STATE HOUSING TRUST FUND CORPORATION AND SETTING APPROPRIATIONS AND ESTIMATED REVENUES FOR GRANT AWARD RESOLUTION NO.: 61,2018 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr.Anthony Metivier WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Queensbury Town Board authorized submission of an application for New York State Community Development Block Grant funds through the New York State Office of Community Renewal(NYS OCR), and WHEREAS, Resolution No.: 163,2017 the Town Board pledged a required five percent(5%) local cash share of the total project cost, and WHEREAS, the grant application was submitted and the NYS OCR awarded a forty-seven thousand five hundred dollar($47,500) grant to the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the Town has received a proposed Grant Agreement from New York State concerning the awarded grant funds and such Agreement is in form acceptable to Town Counsel, and WHEREAS, the Town Board must designate a Certifying Officer as the Responsible Entity for conducting environmental reviews, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the Town Supervisor to execute the Grant Agreement, establish a CDBG Special Grant Fund and set appropriations and estimated revenues for the grant award, and WHEREAS, the receipt, administration and use of these block grant funds are primarily management decisions undertaken for the purpose of creating an Affordable Housing Strategy for the Town of Queensbury, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that under 6 NYCRR Part 617.5(c)(21) the proposed Affordable Housing Strategy is a SEQRA Type II Action and is exempt from the provisions of SEQRA, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby approves of the Grant Agreement between the Town of Queensbury and the New York State Housing Trust Fund Corporation, represented by the New York State Office of Community Renewal and authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign the Grant Agreement in its current form or in a form substantially similar which is acceptable to the Town Supervisor, Town Senior Planner and Town Counsel, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby commits a five-percent (5%) match of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and authorizes the Town Budget Officer to transfer two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) from Contingency Account No.: 001-1990-4400 to Transfer to Operating Funds Account No.: 001-9901-9128 to provide for such match, for a total project cost of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board sets appropriations and estimated revenues in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in CDBG Grant Fund 416 for the New York State Community Development Block Grant Community Planning program funds received by the Town through the New York State Office of Community Renewal, such appropriations and estimated revenues as follows: • Increase Revenues in Interfund Rev Account No.: 016-0000-55031-2017 by $2,500; and • Increase Revenues in Grant Revenue Account No.: 016-0000-54788-2017 by $47,500, • Increase Appropriations in CDBG Grants Account No.: 016-8668-4705-2017 by $50,000; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Budget Officer to amend the Town Budget, make any adjustments,budget amendments and transfers, and/or prepare any documentation necessary to establish such appropriations and estimated revenues and effectuate all terms of this Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby designates Stuart Baker, Senior Planner, as the Certifying Officer responsible for acting as the Responsible Entity for conducting environmental reviews related to this project and authorizes the Town Supervisor to inform the Office of Community Renewal of such designation, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Budget Officer, Senior Planner and/or Town Counsel to take any actions necessary to effectuate all terms of this Resolution. Duly adopted this 22"d day of January, 2018,by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Metivier, Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough NOES: None ABSENT: None