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265.2010 consol. Agree. Cent. Qsby Quaker Rd H RESOLUTION ENDORSING CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT AND SETTING PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF CENTRAL QUEENSBURY QUAKER ROAD SEWER DISTRICT AND HILAND PARK SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT RESOLUTION NO.: 265, 2010 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Tim Brewer WHEREAS, New York General Municipal Law Article 17-A authorizes water and sewer districts to consolidate into combined districts if such combination “shall be conducive to the public health, welfare, and convenience and be of special benefit to the lands of the district”; and WHEREAS, the Central Queensbury Quaker Road Sewer District (“CQQRSD”) was duly established by the Town Board and constructed in late 1980 to serve the business area of Quaker Road, Aviation Road, Route 9 and Bay Road area and has added 12 District extensions over the years, and WHEREAS, the Hiland Park Sanitary Sewer District (“HPSSD”) was duly established by the Queensbury Town Board and constructed in early 1990 by developer Gary Bowen to serve the Hiland Park PUD and has added two district extensions, Adirondack Community College and Willowbrook apartments, over the years, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is the body responsible for the administration of all its sewer districts, including the CQQRSD and the HPSSD, and WHEREAS, the Town Wastewater Director has studied whether it would be to the mutual benefit, and in the best interests of the customers each serves, to combine the CQQRSD and the HPSSD into one District, and determined that such a combination would create greater operating efficiencies, provide better service to the public each serves, and generate cost savings by avoiding duplication in administrative services, and WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board is the governing entity for each of the Districts (the local government entities), so the statutory requirement for a joint Resolution is hereby ratified by a single Resolution by the Queensbury Town Board action on behalf of each District, and WHEREAS, New York General Municipal Law Article 17-A requires, by joint Resolution, the local government entities to endorse a Consolidation Agreement to commence proceedings to consolidate Districts; and WHEREAS, Town Counsel and the Town Wastewater Director have prepared a proposed Consolidation Agreement and provided it to the Town Board for its review; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED: 1. The Town Board hereby endorses the proposed Consolidation Agreement. 2. As stated in the proposed Consolidation Agreement, the Town Board shall meet at the th Queensbury Activities Center, 742 Bay Road, Queensbury on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. to hear public comments on the proposed Consolidation Agreement and to take such other and further action as may be required or authorized by law. 3. The Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk and the Technology Coordinator, as appropriate, to: (a) cause a copy and a summary of the Agreement to be displayed and readily accessible to the public for inspection in a public place within each District; (b) cause a copy and a summary of the Agreement and a reference to the public place where they may be examined to be displayed on the Town’s website; and 2 (c) arrange for the summary of the Agreement and a reference to the public place where they may be examined to be published at least once each week for four successive weeks in the Post Star, not more than five business days after adoption of this Resolution, as required by the New York General Municipal Law. 4. The Town Board further authorizes and directs the Queensbury Town Clerk and the Technology Coordinator, as appropriate, to cause a Notice of the Public Hearing, including a summary of the Agreement and a reference to the public place where it may be examined, to be published and displayed on the Town’s website not less than 10 or more than 20 days before the Public Hearing, as required by the New York General Municipal Law. 5. The Town Board directs and authorizes the Town Supervisor, the Town Wastewater Superintendent, the Town Clerk and the Technology Coordinator to take all actions necessary to effectuate this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 26 day of July, 2010 by the following vote: AYES: Mr. Strough, Mr. Brewer, Mr. Stec, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Montesi NOES: None ABSENT: None 3