337.2019 Application Funds from NYSDOT NYSERDA Adaptive Signal Control Tech. Aviation Rd & Quaker Rds
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION FOR FUNDS
FROM NYSDOT/NYSERDA FOR AN ADAPTIVE SIGNAL
CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES FEASIBILITY STUDY OF
AVIATION & QUAKER ROADS
RESOLUTION NO. 337, 2019
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Jennifer Switzer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHEREAS, the New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) and New
York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) issued Program
Opportunity Notice (PON) #3833 in April 2019 requesting innovative proposals to improve the
efficiency of New York’s transportation system while reducing energy consumption and
greenhouse gas emissions, and
WHEREAS, in August 2019, the Town of Queensbury and the Adirondack/Glens Falls
Transportation Council (A/GFTC) submitted a Concept Paper to NYSDOT and NYSERDA
proposing to identify the feasibility and applicability of Adaptive Signal Control Technologies
(ASCT) within the Aviation/Quaker Road Corridor from Exit 19 east to Lower Warren Street,
and
WHEREA, in September 2019, NYSERDA notified the Town that the Concept Paper
was favorably reviewed and the Town was invited to submit a Full Proposal by November 4,
2019, and
WHEREAS, the estimated total cost of the project is Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000)
with the Full Proposal requesting grant funding of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000), and
WHEREAS, the required twenty-five percent (25%) cost share of the project will be
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000), to be provided through in-kind staff services of the Town’s
Senior Planner, A/GFTC staff and other project partners, and
WHEREAS, NYSDOT and NYSERDA require the applicant to attest that they are
authorized to commit their organization to the proposal submitted, and
WHEREAS, the Senior Planner has requested Town Board authorization to prepare and
submit the Full Proposal with a Town commitment to the proposal,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes, directs and ratifies the
submission of the Full Proposal for funding to NYSDOT and NYSERDA for the Queensbury
ASCT Feasibility Study, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Senior Planner to
prepare and submit the requested documentation and certifications for the Queensbury ASCT
Feasibility Study Full Proposal as set forth above, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor,
Town Budget Officer and/or Senior Planner to take any other actions necessary to effectuate
the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of October, 2019, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Ferone, Mrs. Switzer
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mrs. Atherden