245.2003
RESOLUTION OF SEQRA DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE
CONCERNING ANNEXATION OF VETERANS FIELD INDUSTRIAL
PARK PROPERTY (NORTHWAY BUSINESS PARK) BY
CITY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO. 245, 2003
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the City of Glens Falls (City) is the owner of certain uninhabited territory
within the Town known as Veteran’s Field which has been rezoned to a light industrial district
designated the Veterans Field Industrial Park, and
WHEREAS, the City and the Town entered into a Wastewater Treatment Agreement
dated April 1, 2002 (Wastewater Agreement), which requires annexation of the Veterans Field
Industrial Park Property by the City as a condition to the Town’s right to purchase Additional
Purchased Capacity pursuant to the Wastewater Agreement, and
WHEREAS, the City and the Town agree that it would be mutually advantageous to
adjust their municipal boundary to include the Veterans Field Industrial Park and certain adjacent
lands (Veterans Field Industrial Park Property or Northway Business Park) within the City, and
WHEREAS, in accordance with 6 New York Code of Rules and Regulations ("NYCRR")
Section 617.6, the Queensbury Town Board has determined that such annexation process is an
Unlisted action under the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA"), and
WHEREAS, coordinated SEQRA review is not required for Unlisted actions and the
Town Board has determined to conduct uncoordinated SEQRA review of the action, and
WHEREAS, the Town has prepared Parts 1 and 2 of the SEQRA Short Environmental
Assessment Form (EAF) for the action, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has reviewed and fully considered the proposed action and
Parts 1 and 2 of the EAF, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that the action will not result in any large or
important impacts and, therefore, is one which will not have a significant impact on the
environment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BEIT,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby finds that the action will not have a significant
impact on the environment and authorizes the filing of a SEQRA Negative Declaration - Notice of
Determination of Non-Significance with respect to the action substantially in the form attached to
this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to sign
any documentation and take all action necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 19 day of May, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Boor, Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower
NOES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer
ABSENT: None