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245.2006 RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING ON TOWN OF QUEENSBURY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT RESOLUTION NO.:245, 2006 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. John Strough th WHEREAS, on March 10, 2003, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) required a Notice of Intent (NOI) for the Town of Queensbury to comply with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Phase II Storm Water Regulations for regulated small municipal separate storm water sewer systems (MS4s) in order to comply with the Federal Clean Water Act, and WHEREAS, MS4s are conveyances owned by a public entity that discharge to U.S. waters and are designed to collect and convey storm water, are not a combined sewer, and are not part of a publicly owned treatment works, and a “small MS4” is an MS4 within municipalities with a population of less than 100,000, including the Town of Queensbury, and WHEREAS, the federal Census Bureau designated all or parts of the following municipalities as “urbanized areas”: the City of Glens Falls, Warren County, Washington County, Town of Fort Edward, Village of Fort Edward, Village of Hudson Falls, Town of Kingsbury, and Town of Queensbury, collectively known as the “Greater Glens Falls Urbanized Area MS4s,” and as an MS4 community, the Town of Queensbury is therefore required to comply with the EPA’s Phase II Storm Water Regulations, and WHEREAS, the NOI outlines a multi-year plan to address new requirements designed to minimize effects of uncontrolled release of storm water to "waters of the US", and 1 WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury applied for and received a State Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (SPEDES) Permit for MS4 discharge under New York State DEC General Permit No.: GP-02-02, and WHEREAS, DEC requires an annual report on progress and compliance with SPEDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s), Permit No. GP-02-02 in the following management practice areas: ? public education ? public participation/involvement ? illicit discharge detection and elimination ? construction site stormwater runoff control ? post-construction stormwater management ? pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operation and WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury must adopt an Ordinance that is equally as protective as the NYS SPEDES regulations by January 8, 2008, and WHEREAS, a requirement of the SPEDES Permit is that the Town submit an annual st report to DEC by June 1 of each year and such annual report must be presented in a public forum, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board shall hold a public hearing on Monday, May th 15, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at which time all interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the Town of Queensbury’s Storm Water Management Program Annual Report SPEDES No.: NYR20A112, and 2 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to provide 10 days notice of the public hearing by publishing the Notice of Public Hearing presented at this meeting in the Town’s official newspaper and posting the Notice on the Town’s bulletin board, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Clerk, Town Supervisor and/or Executive Director of Community Development to take any actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. st Duly adopted this 1 day of May, 2006, by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Strough, Mr. Stec NOES: None ABSENT :Mr. Brewer 3