318.2000
RESOLUTION ENDORSING QUEENSBURY AVENUE SEWER
DISTRICT EXTENSION PROJECT AND INDICATING INTENT TO
CONTRIBUTE FUNDS AND ENTER INTO
INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT
RESOLUTION NO.: 318. 2000
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. James Martin
WHEREAS, Washington County Sewer District #1 (the "District") has entered into an
Order on Consent ( the "Consent Order") with the State of New York Department of
Environmental Conservation providing for action to be taken in response to the District's alleged
violation of the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ("SPDES") permit effluent limits for
a wastewater treatment plant ("WWTP") operated by the District, and
WHEREAS, the District provides wastewater disposal services to several properties,
including the Warren-Washington Counties Industrial Park (the "Industrial Park") which is
partially owned by the Warren-Washington Counties Industrial Development Agency (the
"WWCIDA") and includes property in the Town of Kingsbury, Washington County and the Town
of Queensbury, Warren County, and
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WHEREAS Robert A. Regan, Mayor of the City of Glens Falls (the “City”) has indicated
that the City’s WWTP has excess capacity and has offered to sell this excess capacity to
Queensbury at a buy-in cost of $1.25 per gallon for 25,000 gallons and an operation and
maintenance fee of $2.00 per 1,000 gallons of metered usage, and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that it is not feasible to upgrade the District's WWTP
to remedy the problems addressed in the Consent Order but that it would be preferable to
abandon the WWTP, purchase a portion of the City’s excess WWTP capacity and connect the
District's wastewater collection system to the City’s WWTP by constructing a gravity sewer line
along Queensbury Avenue connected to a pump station opposite the Floyd Bennett Memorial
Airport which would lift wastewater through a force main to a gravity sewer manhole in Dix
Avenue (the "Project"), and
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WHEREASthe Town of Queensbury plans to form a new sewer districtin connection
with the Project, and
WHEREAS, the availability of expanded municipal wastewater disposal service in this
area can be expected to facilitate economic development of the area, including the Industrial Park,
the Airport, property owned by Warren County and individually owned parcels along the route of
the proposed sewage disposal system, and
WHEREASutilization of the City of Glens Falls facility will minimize and avoid
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significant environmental impacts by mitigating the potential effects of sewage disposal from
development of such parcels, and
WHEREASintermunicipal cooperation among the various municipalities and municipal
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agencies will allow the serious problem of the failure of the District's WWTP to be remedied in a
cost-efficient and effective manner to facilitate full development of the Industrial Park as originally
envisioned and will provide additional benefits to other properties in the vicinity, including the
Airport and several privately owned parcels, and
WHEREAS, sources of payment of the cost of the Project will include a combination of a
United States Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration ("EDA") Grant,
a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ("NYSDEC") Environmental
Bond Act Grant and apportionment of remaining costs among the municipalities, municipal
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agencies and individual properties which will be benefited by it, with the expectation that the
Town of Queensbury will issue its general obligation bonds or bond anticipation notes to finance a
portion of the Project, and
WHEREAS, the Project will be generally beneficial to the residents of Warren County, the
Town of Queensbury, the Town of Kingsbury and the District, and the municipalities and
municipal agencies involved wish to demonstrate their full support for the Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town of Queensbury (the "Town") hereby endorses and expresses
its support for the Project; and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town intends to agree to contribute Seventy-five Thousand Dollars
($75,000) in the form of a lump sum amount in payment of its fair share of a portion of the capital
costs of the Project, including the purchase of excess capacity for future use by other properties in
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, based on current cost
the Town, and
estimates
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town intends to agree to pay its fair share of the capital costs of
the Project which are expected to be financed by the municipal bonds and/or notes to be issued by
the Town, which share is estimated to be Three-Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Dollars
($369,000) plus a pro rata portion of the total One-Hundred Thirty Thousand Dollars ($130,000)
in costs to be allocated to the Airron Industries properties based on those Airron properties which
will be located in the Town's new sewer district, by contractually agreeing to make at least annual
payments over twenty (20) years to pay its share of such financed capital costs, and
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BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town intends to agree to pay its fair share of the costs of operation
and maintenance of the Project based on actual use as determined from time to time by the
Queensbury Wastewater Department and the City, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town expects to enter into an Intermunicipal Agreement with the
Town of Kingsbury, Warren County, the Queensbury Economic Development Corporation, the
District and the WWCIDA which will implement the Map, Plan and Report for the Project
currently being finalized by Jarrett-Martin, LLP and specify the details of the financing,
construction and operation of the Project.
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Duly adopted this 7 day of August, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Stec, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Martin, Mr. Brower
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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