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492.94 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE SHERMAN AVENUE EXTENSION, PEGGY ANN ROAD, EASY STREET, AND HILAND PARK WATER DISTRICTS WITH THE QUEENSBURY CONSOLIDATED WATER DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY, WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK RESOLUTION NO.: 492, 94 INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Nick Caimano WHEREAS, there has, heretofore, been established and created a Consolidated Water District known and described as the Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and WHEREAS, there has, heretofore, been established and created Water Districts known and described as the Sherman Avenue Extension Water District, Peggy Ann Road Water District, Easy Street Water Extension, and Hiland Park Water District, and WHEREAS, a notice of public hearing was given in the official newspaper of the Town of Queensbury and a public hearing was held on September 26th, 1994 on the subject matter of the proposal to consolidate the Sherman Avenue Extension Water District, Peggy Ann Road Water District, Easy Street Water Extension, and Hiland Park Water District with the Queensbury Consolidated Water District, pursuant to Section 206 of the Town Law of the State of New York, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby determines upon the evidence given at the public hearing that it is in the public interest that the districts as described above be consolidated, and that the resulting Consolidated Water District be known as the Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and that all property of the Sherman Avenue Extension Water District, Peggy Ann Road Water District, Easy Street Water Extension, and Hiland Park Water District and of the currently existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District, become the property of the new Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and that the new Consolidated Water District assume and pay the indebtedness of each of the original districts as if such indebtedness had been incurred subsequent to the consolidation, pursuant to Town Law §206, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby determines that it is in the public interest to consolidate the districts, and that it is in the public interest that future assessments of all costs of operation, maintenance, and improvements of such Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and Sherman Avenue Extension Water District, Peggy Ann Road Water District, Easy Street Water Extension, and Hiland Park Water District, including any such costs that were formally assessable by law, upon the taxable real property in the aforesaid Districts, be assessed upon the taxable property in the new Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby orders and directs the consolidation of the Water Districts as determined to be in the public interest, and orders and directs that there be annually be assessed upon all taxable real property in such new Queensbury Consolidated Water District amounts sufficient to pay the principal and interest of all such Consolidated Districts outstanding indebtedness, including the aforesaid indebtedness of the Sherman Avenue Extension Water District, Peggy Ann Road Water District, Easy Street Water Extension, and Hiland Park Water District and the currently existing Queensbury Consolidated Water District, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that if there are any Office of Commissioners provided for in any of the districts, the offices shall be abolished upon the effective date of the aforedescribed consolidation, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 206, Subdivision 4 of the Town Law, the Town Clerk is hereby directed to publish and post notice of this resolution within ten (10) days after the adoption of this resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that this resolution shall be subject to a permissive referendum as provided by Section 206 of the Town Law. Duly adopted this 26th day of September, 1994, by the following vote: AYES: Dr. Wiswall, Mr. Caimano, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Champagne NOES: None ABSENT:None