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258.2007 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING IMPROVEMENTS TO QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT – CONNECTOR ROAD WATER LINE RESOLUTION NO. 258, 2007 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board duly established the Town of Queensbury Consolidated Water District (the "District") in accordance with New York Town Law, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to improve the District’s water transmission facilities by installing a new water main along a new Connector Road to be constructed between Luzerne Road and Main Street in the Town of Queensbury, which new water main will provide water service, fire protection and a redundant connection between the two existing 12” water lines on Main Street and Luzerne Road, all in accordance with Town Law Section 202-b, and WHEREAS, Barton & Loguidice, P.C., professional engineers, have prepared a Map and Plan concerning such proposed improvements together with an estimate of the cost of such improvements, and WHEREAS, the Map and Plan was duly filed in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office and made available for public inspection, and WHEREAS, although the Town of Queensbury is a town partially within the Adirondack Park, the District does not contain State lands assessed at more than thirty percent (30%) of the total taxable assessed valuation of the District, so permission of the State Comptroller to the proposed expenditure is not required under Town Law §202-b(5), st WHEREAS, on May 21, 2007, subsequent to the filing of the Map, Plan and Report with the Town Clerk, the Town Board adopted an Order (Public Hearing Order) reciting (a) the proposed improvements; (b) the maximum amount proposed to be expended for the improvements; (c) the fact that a Map, Plan and Report describing the improvements is on file in the Town Clerk’s Office; and (d) the time and place of a public hearing on the proposed Water District improvements, and WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed Water District improvements was duly held on th Monday, June 4, 2007 and the Town Board has considered the evidence given together with other information, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the proposed Water District improvements in accordance with Town Law §202-b, and WHEREAS, the cost of the improvements will be paid from the current funds in the 2007 operating budget of the District and therefore, the annual cost of the District for debt service and operation and maintenance costs to the typical property and the typical one- or two-family home will not be increased, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby determines that these actions are Type II actions under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and therefore are exempt from SEQRA review, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that it is the determination of the Queensbury Town Board that: 1.The Notice of Public Hearing was published and posted as required by law and is otherwise sufficient; 2 2.It is in the public interest to authorize and approve the improvements to the Queensbury Consolidated Water District as described in the Map, Plan and Report on file with the Queensbury Town Clerk, such improvements generally being the: (a)installation of approximately 1800 linear feet of new 8-inch ductile iron water main along the new Connector Road; and (b)installation of water valves at the connections to the existing water main. (c)installation of hydrants at approximately 800-foot intervals along the transmission mains. and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and approves the improvements to the Queensbury Consolidated Water District as set forth above and in the previously described Map, Plan and Report and construction of the improvements may proceed and service provided subject to the following: 1. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State Department of Health; and 2. the obtaining of any necessary permits or approvals from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation; and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure for the improvements as 3 set forth above and in the Map, Plan and Report, in an amount not to exceed $121,200, to be paid for from the 2007 operating budget, capital construction line item no: 040-8340-2899 and engineering line item no.: 040-8310-4710. th Duly adopted this 4 day of June, 2007, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough NOES : None ABSENT: None 4