340.2002
ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING FOR PROPOSED EXTENSION NO.
7 TO CENTRAL QUEENSBURY QUAKER ROAD SEWER DISTRICT - -
SOUTHERN BAY ROAD CORRIDOR
RESOLUTION NO.: 340, 2002
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Roger Boor
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to establish an extension to the Central
Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District to include the southern Bay Road Corridor to be known as
Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District Extension No. 7, and
WHEREAS, a Map, Plan and Report has been prepared by Thomas W. Nace, P.E., an
engineer, licensed by the State of New York regarding the proposed extension to the existing Central
Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District to serve the southern Bay Road Corridor, such area
including the Baybrook Professional Park on the east side of Bay Road consisting of 12 approved
office lots and 3 approved residential/professional building lots, the Baybridge Townhouse
development currently comprised of 14 attached Townhouses containing 64 dwelling units and 22
detached single family structures making a total community of 86 active housing units, the 48 unit
Baybrook Apartment complex on the north side of Walker Lane, one individual residence presently
utilizing on-site septic and two commercial facilities presently connected to the existing sewer system
as contract users, the Glens Falls Ballet Center on Bay Road and the Bay Meadows Golf Course on
Cronin Road, such parcels bearing Tax Map No.’s: 296.58-1-49, 296.11-1-28, 296.15-1-27, 296.15-
1-19 and 296.16-1-2, as more specifically set forth and described in the Map, Plan and Report, and
WHEREAS, the Map, Plan and Report has been accepted as the Map, Plan and Report and
has been filed in the Queensbury Town Clerk's Office and is available for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, the Map, Plan and Report delineates the boundaries of the proposed sewer
district extension, a general plan of the proposed sewer system, a report of the proposed sewer
system and method of operation, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to establish the proposed sewer extension in
accordance with Town Law Article 12A and consolidate the extension with the Central Queensbury
Quaker Road Sewer District in accordance with Town Law §206A, and
WHEREAS, Part I of an Environmental Assessment Form has been prepared and presented
at this meeting and a coordinated SEQRA review is desired,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS
ORDERED:
1. The Town Board shall hold a public hearing and consider establishing the proposed
extension to the Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District previously described in this
Resolution and to be known as the Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District Extension No.
7.
The boundaries of the proposed extension and benefitted areas of the Central Queensbury Quaker
Road Sewer District are to be as delineated in Exhibit B of the previously described Map, Plan and
Report.
3. The proposed improvements consist of construction of new gravity sewers, pump
station and force main as specifically delineated in the Map, Plan and Report and the cost shall also
include a buy-in to the City of Glens Falls Wastewater Treatment Plant due at the time of initial hook-
up.
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4. All costs of construction, legal and engineering fees shall be shared by all users within
the proposed Sewer District Extension #7 in accordance with a formula delineated in the Map, Plan
and Report and shall be constructed and installed in full accordance with the Town of Queensbury's
specifications, ordinances or local laws, and any State laws or regulations, and in accordance with
approved plans and specifications and under competent engineering supervision.
5. The maximum cost for the Sewer District Extension improvements will be $319,676.
The Town’s maximum cost for 76,000 gallons of excess capacity will be $142,293. In addition, new
members of the Sewer District Extension will be charged a $1.00 per gallon fee for Glens Falls
Wastewater Treatment Plant capacity. The areas or properties that comprise the extension will be
subject to the same cost for operation, maintenance and capital improvements as in the Central
Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District.
6. The estimated cost of hook-up fees to the typical property will be $0. The estimated
annual cost of the extension to the typical property (which is the typical one or two family residence
in the proposed District) will be $298.08 and approximately $60 for sewer rents; the total estimated
annual cost for such typical property is $360.
7. In accordance with Town Law §206-a, all future expenses of the Central Queensbury
Quaker Road Sewer District, including all extensions included heretofore or hereafter established,
shall be a charge against the entire area of the district as extended.
8. The Map, Plan and Report describing the improvements and area involved and a
detailed explanation of how the hook-up fees and the cost of the District to the typical property, and,
if different, the typical one or two family home was computed are on file with the Town Clerk of the
Town of Queensbury and available for public inspection.
9. The Town Board shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Queensbury Activities
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Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury at 7:00 p.m., on Monday, September 9, 2002 to consider the
Map, Plan and Report and to hear all persons interested in the proposal and to take such other and
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further action as may be required or authorized by law.
10. The Town Board will proceed with considering the extension and hold such public
hearing only if Schermerhorn Construction L.L.C.prior to such hearing executes an agreement
drafted by Town Counsel concerning the extension.
11. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to duly
publish and post this Order not less than ten (10) days nor more than twenty (20) days before the
public hearing date, as required by Town Law §209-d, and complete or arrange for the securing of
two (2) Affidavits of Publication of Notice and two (2) Affidavits of Posting of Notice of the Public
Hearing required hereby and to file a certified copy of this Order with the State Comptroller on or
about the date of publication.
12. The Town of Queensbury Community Development Department is hereby requested
to prepare a report on any environmental impacts that should be considered at the time a SEQRA
review is conducted.
13. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Community Development
Department to send a copy of this Resolution, Part I of the Environmental Assessment Form
presented at this meeting and a copy of the Map, Plan and Report to all potentially involved agencies
and to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State
Department of Health together with all documentation to be sent out with a letter indicating that the
Town Board is about to undertake consideration of the project identified in this Resolution, that a
coordinated SEQRA review with the Queensbury Town Board as Lead Agency is desired and that a
Lead Agency must be agreed upon within 30 days.
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Duly adopted this 19 day of August, 2002, by the following vote:
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AYES : Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Brower, Mr. Boor
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Turner
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