126.2020 Res Authorizing Proposed Improvements - QBY Consolidated Water District Facilities - Ridge Road Water Main
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
OF QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT FACILITIES –
RIDGE ROAD WATER MAIN REHABILITATION
AND LINING PROJECT
RESOLUTION NO.: 126, 2020
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
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
rehabilitating certain existing water main along Route 9L/Ridge Road between Route 254/Quaker
Road and Cronin Road (Project) in accordance with Town Law §202-b, and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No.: 83,2019, the Town Board authorized engagement of The
Chazen Companies (Chazen) for professional Design, Bidding and Construction Phase
Engineering Services and establishment of the “Ridge Road Water Main Replacement Capital
Project Fund #225,” to fund expenses associated with the Project, and
WHEREAS, Chazen has prepared an Engineer’s Report issued March 3, 2020 concerning
the Project together with an estimate of its cost, a copy of which Engineer’s Report is duly filed in
the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office and made available for public inspection and presented at this
meeting, and
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WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, subsequent to the filing of the Map and Plan with the Town
Clerk, the Town Board adopted Order No.: 107,2020 (Public Hearing Order) reciting (a) the proposed
improvements; (b) the estimated amount proposed to be expended for the improvements; (c) the fact
that an Engineer’s 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
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Monday, March 23, 2020 and the Town Board has considered the evidence given together with other
information, and
WHEREAS, as detailed in the Map and Plan, this is a maintenance and repair project involving
no substantial changes in an existing structure or facility, and therefore a Type II action under 6
NYCRR Section 617.5(c)(1) of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations
and therefore, no further environmental review is required, 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),
WHEREAS, the cost of the improvements will be paid from various District funds being a
combination of serial bonds and/or bond anticipation notes, current fund balance and/or current funds,
and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to authorize the proposed Water District improvements
in accordance with Town Law §202-b, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
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;
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2. It is in the public interest to improve the water transmission facilities by rehabilitating
certain existing water main along Route 9L/Ridge Road between Route 254/Quaker Road and Cronin
Road in the Queensbury Consolidated Water District as described in the Map and Plan on file with the
Queensbury Town Clerk, such improvements generally being the rehabilitation by a Class IV
structural lining of certain existing water main along Route 9L/Ridge Road between Route
254/Quaker Road and Cronin Road in the Town of Queensbury; 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 and
Plan 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 Transportation;
3. the preparation of definite plans, specifications, a careful estimate of the expense and a
proposed contract for the execution of the work and adoption thereof by the Town Board; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes the expenditure for the improvements as
set forth above and in the Engineer’s Report, in an amount estimated not to exceed $1,374,000, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Water
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Superintendent, Town Budget Officer and/or Town Counsel to take any and all actions necessary to
effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 23 day of March, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mrs. Switzer
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