246.2003
CONSENT RESOLUTION, FINDINGS AND ORDER APPROVING
ANNEXATION OF VETERANS FIELD INDUSTRIAL PARK (NORTHWAY
BUSINESS PARK) BY CITY OF GLENS FALLS
RESOLUTION NO. : 246, 2003
INTRODUCED BY : Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY : Mr. Theodore Turner
WHEREAS, the City of Glens Falls (the “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 or the Northway Business Park, and
WHEREAS, the City and the Town entered into a Wastewater Treatment Agreement
dated April 1, 2002 (the “Wastewater Agreement”), which requires annexation of the Veterans
Field Industrial Park Property (Northway Business Park) by the City as a condition to the Town’s
right to purchase Additional Purchased Capacity pursuant to the Wastewater Agreement, and
WHEREAS, the development of such area for light industrial and manufacturing uses
would promote economic progress within both the City and Town by increasing the probability of
such industrial and manufacturing development and the creation of additional employment and tax
base as well as cash flow within both the City and the Town, 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, the City and the Town have agreed upon various details of the proposed
annexation and prepared an Annexation Agreement dated as of June 1, 2003 (the “Annexation
Agreement”), which specifies certain terms and conditions of the annexation, and
WHEREAS, thirty days written notice of the meeting of the Town Board at which the
question of such annexation was discussed was given to the Queensbury Union Free School
District, the Glens Falls City School District and the Crandall Public Library District, and these
Districts were given an opportunity to appear at such meeting and present objections to the
proposed annexation,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby states that it has fully and carefully
considered the effects of the proposed annexation of the Veterans Field Industrial Park Property
(Northway Business Park) by the City of Glens Falls on (a) the territory proposed to be annexed, (b)
the City of Glens Falls, (c) the remaining area of the Town, (d) the Queensbury Union Free School
District and the Glens Falls City School District (e) the Crandall Public Library District and (f) all
affected Town fire protection districts (such as the West Glens Falls Fire District) and all affected
Town special districts and the comments and recommendations of the Queensbury Union Free School
and Glens Falls City School District and the Crandall Public Library District, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute and
deliver the Annexation Agreement substantially in the form presented to this meeting and execute and
deliver any documents and take such other action as may be necessary and proper to carry out the
intent of the provisions of this Resolution, and
BE IT FURTHER,
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RESOLVED, that the Town Board finds as follows:
(1) The proceedings followed by the Town Board in effectuating the proposed annexation
have substantially complied with the requirements of General Municipal Law Article 17.
(2) The proposed annexation of the Veterans Field Industrial Park (Northway Business Park)
to the City is in the overall public interest. Such determination is based on the items detailed in this
Resolution, in the Wastewater Agreement and in the Annexation Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the consent and approval of the Town Board is
hereby given to the annexation of the Veterans Field Industrial Park Property (Northway Business
Park) to the City, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that this Consent Resolution, Findings and Order are contingent upon the City
authorizing, signing and delivering to the Town the fully-executed Annexation Agreement prior to
annexation proceedings being completed by the City and becoming effective, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to file
this Consent Resolution, Findings and Order as may be required by law.
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Duly adopted this 19 day of May, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor
NOES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer
ABSENT: None
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