278.97
RESOLUTION DETERMINING PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF COLE'S WOODS
BY THE CITY OF GLENS FALLS TO NOT BE IN THE
OVERALL PUBLIC INTEREST
RESOLUTION NO.: 278. 1997
INTRODUCED BY: Mrs. Connie Goedert
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mrs. Carol Pulver
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury received a petition from the
City of Glens Falls for annexation of the approximately 90.4 acre
area of the Town known as Cole's Woods, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury and the
Common Council of the City of Glens Falls held a joint public
hearing to receive comments on the proposed annexation on April 10,
1997, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury has
carefully reviewed the comments presented at the public hearing and
other relevant documents and information and has evaluated the
effects of the proposed annexation on (a) the territory of Cole's
Woods, (b) the City, (c) the Town and (d) any school, fire or other
district situated wholly or partly in Cole's Woods, and
WHEREAS, based on its review of all of these factors, the Town
Board has determined that:
A. Adequate police protection is currently provided to
Cole's Woods by the Warren County Sheriff's Department, and this
protection would not be improved as a result of the proposed
annexation;
B. Adequate fire protection is currently provided to
Cole's Woods by the Queensbury Central Fire Station, which has the
only piece of equipment capable of responding to a fire emergency
at the City's water tanks located in Cole's Woods, and this
protection would not be improved as a result of the proposed
annexation;
C. Adequate emergency medical service is currently
provided to Cole's Woods by the West Glens Falls Emergency Squad,
and this service would not be improved as a result of the proposed
annexation;
D. No water and sewer services are currently provided
to Cole's Woods and none are proposed as a result of the proposed
annexation;
E. The territory to be annexed would not benefit from
the proposed annexation;
F. Principal access to Cole's Woods is through Town
streets rather than City streets;
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G. The environmental quality of Cole's Woods and the
Halfway Brook corridor is currently well protected by the Town's
zoning restrictions while the environmental safeguards currently
relied upon by the City are inappropriate for this area and those
that might be enacted are unknown and uncertain;
H. The proposed annexation would create a jagged and
highly irregular projection in the boundary between the City and
the Town;
I. The Town and its affiliated taxing districts would
lose substantial tax revenues as a result of the proposed
annexation;
J. The City has no genuine need to include the area of
Cole's Woods within its boundary and would benefit from the
proposed annexation solely by reduction of its tax payments, for
which the Town in a spirit of cooperation, has already offered
relief to the City;
K. Public sentiment at the public hearing weighed
decidedly against the proposed annexation; and
L. The existing status of the property in question,
principally owned by the City, but located within the Town and
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subject to Town zoning requirements, maintains an ideal system of
checks and balances to prevent future misuse of the property;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
determines that the petition for annexation submitted by the City
appears to substantially comply with the form required by Article
17 of the General Municipal Law, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby
determines that annexation of Cole's Woods by the City of Glens
Falls would not be in the overall public interest.
Duly adopted this 7th day of July, 1997, by the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Turner, Mrs. Goedert, Mrs. Pulver, Mrs. Monahan, Mr.
Champagne
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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