528.2005
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT WITH
WARREN COUNTY REGARDING ROUTE 9/GLEN LAKE ROAD TRAFFIC
IMPROVEMENTS
RESOLUTION NO.: 528, 2005
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Great Escape has requested that the Town of Queensbury participate in and
help defray the cost of roadway infrastructure improvements mandated by the New York State
Department of Transportation (DOT) at the Route 9 corridor/Glen Lake Road intersection, including
installation of a traffic light, and
WHEREAS, the Warren County Department of Public Works (DPW) has offered to provide
or make arrangements for provision of such improvements, and
WHEREAS, DPW and the Town of Queensbury have negotiated terms to split the costs of
such improvements with the Town to pay up to $65,000 and Warren County to pay up to $235,000,
and
WHEREAS, the Town Board feels that such road improvements would benefit Town residents
and therefore wishes to authorize execution of an Intermunicipal Agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes an Intermunicipal
Agreement with Warren County in connection with roadway infrastructure improvements mandated by
the New York State Department of Transportation (DOT) at the Route 9 Corridor/Glen Lake Road
intersection including the installation of a traffic light with the understanding that the Town of
Queensbury will pay up to $65,000 and Warren County will pay up to $235,000, and such
authorization to be contingent upon the Great Escape either deeding over the properties to the west of
I-87 or allowing the Town of Queensbury an easement for whatever the Town determines to be the
most appropriate place for the bike trail that Councilman Strough is working on, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to
execute an Intermunicipal Agreement in form to be approved by the Town Supervisor and Town
Counsel and take such other and further action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of November, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Strough
NOES : None
ABSENT:None