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ORDER SETTING PUBLIC HEARING
CONCERNING PROPOSED EXTENSION TO THE
QUEENSBURY TECHNICAL PARK SEWER DISTRICT TO BE
KNOWN AS THE TECHNICAL PARK SEWER DISTRICT EXTENSION NO. 2
RESOLUTION NO. : 241, 98
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Pliney Tucker
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Douglas Irish
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury is desirous of
establishing an extension to the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District to be known as
the Technical Park Sewer District Extension No. 2, and
WHEREAS, Amerada Hess Corporation (the “Developer”) has agreed to make all
necessary improvements and pay all the costs of such extension, and
WHEREAS, a Map, Plan and Report has been prepared by James E. Mitchell,
P.E., of The Environmental Design Partnership, LLP (EDP), an Engineer licensed by the
State of New York, 900 Route 146, Clifton Park, New York 12065, regarding the
proposed extension to the existing Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District to serve an
area located along the north side of Dix Avenue, opposite the K-Mart property, just west
of the intersection with Quaker Road in the Town of Queensbury such area consisting of
those parcels or lots being identified as Tax Map No.’s: 110-1-2.7 and 110-1-1.25 as more
specifically set forth and described in the Map, Plan and Report, and
WHEREAS, the Map, Plan and Report has been filed in the Queensbury Town
Clerk's Office and is available for public inspection, and
WHEREAS, the Map, Plan and Report delineates the boundaries of the proposed
sewer district extension, a general plan of the proposed sewer system, a report of the
proposed sewer system and method of operation, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury desires to establish the
proposed sewer extension pursuant to Town Law, Article 12A, and consolidate the same
with the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District pursuant to Town Law §206A, and
WHEREAS, Part I of a Long Environmental Assessment Form has been prepared
and presented at this meeting and a coordinated SEQRA review is desired,
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS
ORDERED:
1. The Town Board of the Town of Queensbury shall hold a public hearing
and consider establishing the proposed extension to the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer
District previously described in this Resolution and to be known as the Technical Park
Sewer Extension No. 2.
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2. The boundaries of the proposed extension and benefitted areas of the
Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District are to be as follows:
All that certain parcel of land located on the northerly side of Dix
Avenue in the Town of Queensbury, Warren County, New York,
and which said parcel is more particularly bounded and described
as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northerly bounds of Dix Avenue
approximately 842 feet westerly of the westerly bounds of New
York State Route 254, also known as Quaker Road and which said
point is also located at a distance of 353.22 feet, measured westerly
along said northerly bounds, from the southeasterly corner of
premises conveyed by George P. Powhida, administrator of the
Estate of Michael Powhida, and administrator of the Estate of
Helen Powhida, to Gerald J. Hewlett and Roger G. Hewlett by
deed dated June 8, 1978 and recorded in the Warren County
Clerk’s Office in Book 614 of Deeds at Page 824; running thence
from the point of beginning in a general westerly direction and
along the northerly bounds of said Dix Avenue, North 65 degrees
06 minutes 40 seconds West for a distance of 172.68 feet to a
point; running thence in a general northerly direction on a course
which is perpendicular to the northerly bounds of said Dix Avenue,
North 24 degrees 53 minutes 20 seconds East for a distance of
292.24 feet to a point; running thence in a southeasterly direction,
South 40 degrees 15 minutes 50 seconds East for a distance of
190.30 feet to a point; running thence in a general southerly
direction, South 24 degrees 53 minutes 20 seconds West for a
distance of 212.27 feet to the point of beginning containing 1.00
acre of land.
ALSO ALL THAT CERTAIN TRACT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF
LAND SITUATE in the Town of Queensbury, County of Warren,
State of New York lying at the intersection of the northerly line of
Dix Avenue, County Road No. 42 and the southwesterly line of
Quaker Road, County Road No. 70, N.Y.S. Route 254-Scenic
Highway and being further bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point marked with a concrete monument set at the
point of intersection on the northerly line of Dix Avenue, County
Road No. 42 with the common division line of lands now or
formerly of Michael Mango and George S. Khachadourian as
conveyed in Book 905 of Deeds at Page 84 to the west and the
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parcel herein being described to the east; thence from said point of
beginning along said common division line, North 24 deg. 53 min.
20 sec. East, 50.00 feet to a point being the most southerly corner
of other lands nor or formerly of George S. Khachadourian and
Michael Mango as conveyed in Book 929 of Deeds at Page 25,
said point located North 83 deg. 20 min. West, 0.3 feet from a bent
capped iron rod found; thence along the common division line of
said lands of George S. Khachadourian and Michael Mango as
conveyed in Book 929 of Deeds at Page 25 to the northwest and
the parcel of land herein being described to the southeast, North 48
deg. 20 min. 50 sec. East, 303.51 feet to a point in the southwest
line of Quaker Road, County Road No. 70, N.Y.S. Route 254-
Scenic highway, said point located North 37 deg. 20 min. West,
0.3 feet from a capped iron rod found; thence along said southwest
line and the west line of Quaker Road the following three (3)
courses and distances:
1) South 32 deg. 13 min. 30 sec. East, 151.35 feet to a point, said
point located North 37 deg. 55 min. West, 1.0 feet from a concrete
monument found 1.1 feet below the ground;
2) South 28 deg. 38 min. 10 sec. East, 396.00 feet to a point
marked with a masonry nail set in asphalt pavement;
3) South 61 min. 21 min. 50 sec. West, 12.00 feet to a point
marked with a masonry nail set in pavement at the point of
intersection of the west line of Quaker Road and the northerly line
of Dix Avenue; thence along said northerly line of Dix Avenue the
following two (2) courses and distances:
1) North 65 deg. 15 min. 10 sec. West, 477.17 feet to a point;
2) North 65 deg. 06 min. 40 sec. West, 82.04 feet to the point or
place of beginning of said parcel containing 2.295 ???
acres or 99,986 ??? square feet of land.
Said parcel made subject to any and all enforceable covenants,
conditions, easements and restrictions of record as they may
appear.
3. The proposed improvements shall consist of the purchase and installation
of approximately 365 lf of sewer main running from the area proposed to be included in the
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extension to an existing sewer main in the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District, as
more specifically set forth in the Map, Plan and Report prepared by James E. Mitchell, P.E.
of The Environmental Design Partnership, LLP (EDP), and the cost shall also include a
payment of the appropriate charge due the City of Glens Falls at the time of the initial
hook-up.
4. All proposed construction shall be installed and paid for by the Developer
(including the cost payable to the City at the time of initial hook-up) and shall be
constructed and installed in full accordance with the Town of Queensbury's specifications,
ordinances or local laws, and any State laws or regulations, and in accordance with
approved plans and specifications and under competent engineering supervision.
5. The maximum amount proposed to be expended for said improvement will
not be greater than $27,200, plus a one time buy-in fee estimated to be $1.35 per gallon of
average daily flow, which in this case would be $3,024, or a total of $30,224. Such
improvement costs shall be paid by the Developer and there shall be no cost to the Town of
Queensbury or the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District, for the proposed extension.
The areas or properties that comprise the extension, however, will be subject to the same
cost for operation, maintenance and capital improvements as in the Queensbury Technical
Park Sewer District.
6. There will be no financing of the construction or installation cost for the
proposed sewer extension and no amount shall be paid therefor by the extension, the Town
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of Queensbury or the Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District, the Developer being
completely responsible for the same, as well as the charge payable to the City at the time of
the initial connection of the extension.
7. The average estimated cost of hook-up fees to the typical property will be
$1,410. The estimated annual cost of the extension to the typical property will be $0 per
$1,000 assessed value for debt service and approximately $900 for metered water usage;
the total estimated annual cost range from $325 to $1,475.
8. In accordance with Town Law §206A, all future expenses of the
Queensbury Technical Park Sewer District, including all extensions included heretofore or
hereafter established, shall be a charge against the entire area of the district as extended.
9. The Map, Plan and Report describing the improvements and area involved
and a detailed explanation of how the hook-up fees and the cost of the District to the
typical property, and , if different, the typical one or two family home was computed, are
on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Queensbury and available for public inspection.
10. The Town Board of the Town of Queensbury shall meet and hold a public
hearing at the Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury, Warren County,
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New York at 7:00 p.m., on July 6, 1998 to consider the Map, Plan and Report and to
hear all persons interested in the proposal and to take such other and further action as may
be required or authorized by law.
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11. The Town Board will proceed with considering the extension and hold
such public hearing only if the Developer executes an agreement concerning the extension
in a form acceptable to Town Counsel prior to such hearing.
12. The Town Board of the Town of Queensbury hereby authorizes and
directs the Queensbury Town Clerk to duly publish and post this Order not less than ten
(10) days nor more than twenty (20) days before the public hearing date, as required by
Town Law §209-d, and complete or arrange for the securing of two (2) Affidavits of
Publication of Notice and two (2) Affidavits of Posting of Notice of the Public Hearing
required hereby and to file a certified copy of this Order with the State Comptroller on or
about the date of publication.
13. The Town of Queensbury Community Development Department is hereby
requested to prepare a report on any environmental impacts that should be considered at
the time a SEQRA review is conducted.
14. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Community
Development Department to send a copy of this Resolution, Part I of the Environmental
Assessment Form presented at this meeting and a copy of the Map, Plan and Report to all
potentially involved agencies and to the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation and New York State Department of Health together with all documentation
to be sent out with a letter indicating that the Town Board is about to undertake
consideration of the project identified in this Resolution, that a coordinated SEQRA review
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with the Town Board of the Town of Queensbury as Lead Agency is desired and that a
Lead Agency must be agreed upon within 30 days.
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Duly adopted this 15 day of June, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Turner, Mr. Irish, Mr. Tucker, Mr. Merrill, Mr. Champagne
NOES : None
ABSENT: None
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