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042.2005 ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES RESOLUTION NO. 42, 2005 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board duly established the Town of Queensbury Consolidated Water District (District) in accordance with New York Town Law, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to improve the District’s water transmission facilities by replacing a water main on Bay Road and installing a water main connector at § Country Club Road and Wincrest Drive in accordance with Town Law 202-b, and WHEREAS, C. T. Male Associates, P.C., professional engineers, have prepared a Map and Plan concerning the proposed water transmission system 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, the Town Board was duly designated lead agency for SEQRA review of the project and determined that the project would not have a significant adverse effect on the environment and a Negative Declaration was made, 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), NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 1. The proposed improvements are: A.replacement of existing water main with approximately 4,190 LF of 12- inch pipe along the east side of Bay Road from just north of Cronin Road to the Adirondack Community College property; and B.installation of approximately 210 LF of 8-inch pipe to connect the 8-inch water main on Country Club Road with the 6-inch main on Wincrest Drive. 2. The maximum amount proposed to be expended for such improvements is $575,000. 3. The cost of the improvements will be paid from the current funds in the Capital Reserve Fund of the District; 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 [and may decrease as a result of the project]. 4. The proposed improvements shall be constructed and installed as specifically delineated in the Map and Plan and in full accordance with the Town of Queensbury's specifications, ordinances or local laws, and any State laws or regulations, and in accordance with approved plans and specifications and under competent engineering supervision. 5. The Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury th Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, January 24, 2005 to hear all persons interested in the improvement of the District facilities described above and to take such other and further action as may be required or authorized by law. 6. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to duly publish and post this Order not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty (20) days before the public hearing date, as required by Town Law §202-b. th Duly adopted this 10 day of January, 2005 by the following vote: AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor NOES : None ABSENT: None