092.2005
RESOLUTION DESIGNATING TARGET NEIGHBORHOODS FOR
PURPOSE OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION GRANT
APPLICATION
RESOLUTION NO.: 92, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHO MOVED FOR ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has developed an Affordable Housing Strategy,
and
WHEREAS, the Affordable Housing Strategy document included a detailed analysis of
neighborhoods in the Town, and
,
WHEREAS that document identified Census Tract 708 and 706 Block Group 2 (known
locally as West Glens Falls and South Queensbury) as areas which contained high concentrations
of lower income, owner-occupied housing in need of significant rehabilitation assistance which
cannot be met by the private sector without governmental assistance, and
WHEREAS, that document identified that Strategy 1 included in the Affordable Housing
Strategy was the “Protection and Expansion of the Stock of Affordable Housing in the Existing
Neighborhoods”, and
WHEREAS, The Town has received a HOME grant from the New York State Division
of Housing and Community Renewal targeting the rehabilitation of existing owner-occupied
homes in these Census areas, and
WHEREAS, in designating these areas as part of the HOME Application process the
Town has established that housing conditions in the area are characterized as deteriorating,
substandard and in need of basic rehabilitation, and
WHEREAS, the Town in the adopted Affordable Housing Strategy specifically identified
the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation as an important source of funds to
implement the Town’s program of owner- occupied housing rehabilitation in these targeted
areas,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED,that the Town of Queensbury reaffirms the analysis and conclusions
included in the Affordable Housing Strategy and designates that Census Tracts 708 and 706
Block Group 2 as an area, as described in 21B NYCRR Section 2161.2 of the Regulations of the
Affordable Home Ownership Development Program in which governmental assistance is
necessary and appropriate to make necessary investment in homes in the area.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of February, 2005 by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
I, Caroline H. Barber, Deputy Town Clerk I of the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New
York, do hereby certify that I have compared the foregoing with the original resolution as listed
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above adopted at a Regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury held on the 7
day of February, 2005 at which a quorum was present and that the same is a correct transcript
therefrom and of the whole original thereof to date.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, I have hereto set my hand and the SEAL of said Town of Queensbury,
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this 8 day of February 2005.
SEAL SIGNED:______________________________________
Caroline H. Barber
Deputy Town Clerk I
Town of Queensbury