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255.2019 Warren County Soil & Water Conservation MS4 Stormwater Grant Application-Wincrest Drivedoc00224120190514140430 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING SUPPORT OF WARREN COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT’S MS4 STORMWATER GRANT APPLICATION REGARDING STORMWATER RUNOFF ON WINCREST DRIVE RESOLUTION NO.: 255, 2019 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mrs. Catherine Atherden WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 191,2011, the Queensbury Town Board authorized an Agreement between the Town and the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District (WCSWCD) whereby the District assumed the role of Queensbury’s Stormwater Management Officer, becoming the primary contract for the Town on matters related to the MS4 Program, and by Resolution No.: 243,2019 the Town Board authorized an Agreement extension/renewal through June 30, 2020, and WHEREAS, the WCSWCD is applying for a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation non-agricultural nonpoint source planning grant to address stormwater issues on Wincrest Drive in the Town of Queensbury (Project), and WHEREAS, if awarded grant funds, WCSWCD would request Town support of the Project as Wincrest Drive is a Town-owned road, such support proposed to be the Town’s contribution of up to $1,500 in a local match to be comprised of force labor and equipment usage utilized during the planning and design phases which may include, but not be limited to, field inventory and evaluations with Town Highway and Planning Department staff, test pits, review and comment of draft and subsequent final designs, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize its support of WCSWCD’s grant application for the proposed Project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes its support of the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District (WCSWCD)’s application for a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation non-agricultural nonpoint source planning grant to address stormwater issues on Wincrest Drive in the Town of Queensbury (Project), and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that should the project be awarded, the Town Board pledges the Town’s contribution of up to $1,500 in local match to be comprised of force labor and equipment usage utilized during the planning and design phases which may include, but not be limited to, field inventory and evaluations with Town Highway and Planning Department staff, test pits, review and comment of draft and subsequent final designs, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor and/or WCSWCD staff to sign any necessary documents in connection with the submission, including all applications, certifications and forms and further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Town Budget Officer, Town Highway Superintendent and WCSWCD staff to take such other and further actions as may be necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 15 day of July, 2019, by the following vote: AYES: Mrs. Atherden, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier NOES: None ABSENT: None