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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; 2 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 3 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 4