454.95
RESOLUTION WITH REGARD TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF HUDSON RIVER PARK - COMMENCEMENT OF SEQRA REVIEW
RESOLUTION NO.: 454, 95
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Theodore Turner
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury has secured a Municipal Park
Project Grant under the Land and Water Conservation Fund and the
Environmental Quality Bond Act of 1986, and
WHEREAS, the Grant was secured for purposes of funding the
development of a park adjacent to the Hudson River off of Big Boom
Road in the Town of Queensbury, and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Grant is a fifty-percent (50%) matching
grant and is in the sum of $81,612., and
WHEREAS, Warren County is the owner of the property where the
park is proposed to be located and the County Board of Supervisors
has provided authorization for a revocable license agreement with
the Town of Queensbury for use of the County property for a public
park and recreation area, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury adopts this
resolution for purposes of indicating the type of development that
it feels is appropriately planned for the area, as well as
authorizing the commencement of a SEQRA review of the project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
determines that the property to be acquired from Warren County and
developed with the grant moneys from the Municipal Park Project
Grant Program, previously described in the preambles of this
resolution, shall be developed in a manner consistent with the
Hudson River Park Project Budget Summary, previously annexed and
included as part of the application for the Grant, and annexed
hereto as Exhibit A, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
indicates that it desires to conduct a coordinated review and be
the lead agency in connection with any reviews necessary pursuant
to the State Environmental Quality Review Act and directs that such
notices be sent by the Town Attorney to such other involved
agencies as may be required under SEQRA, to notify the agencies of
this action and that the Town Board desires to be lead agent in a
coordinated review and that a lead agency must be agreed to within
30 days.
Duly adopted this 21st day of August, 1995 by the following
vote:
AYES: Mrs. Monahan, Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mr. Champagne
NOES: Mrs. Pulver
ABSENT:None