088.2021 Memorandum of Understanding with US Dept. of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN TOWN OF QUEENSBURY AND UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NATURAL RESOURCES
CONSERVATION SERVICE
RESOLUTION NO.: 88, 2021
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. George Ferone
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Supervisor’s Office was contacted by Program
Analyst Kimberley Glenn, a representative of the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) regarding an NRCS Emergency
Watershed Protection Program (Floodplain Easements), and
WHEREAS, Jim Lieberum, Warren County Soil & Water Conservation District
Manager, and Tom Bielli, USDA NRCS Service District Conservationist, toured the Town
following a major storm that occurred on October 31, 2019 and determined that two properties
located immediately adjacent to Halfway Brook as the Brook passes under Meadowbrook Road,
might be eligible for the NRCS Emergency Watershed Protection Program, and
WHEREAS, the two properties that experience periodic flooding as a result of their location
adjacent to the Halfway Brook are:
1. 236 Meadowbrook Road, Queensbury, NY 12804
a. Owner: Nina Bakhtin
b. Lot #: 297.13-1-2
c. North side of Halfway Brook
d. 0.91 acres
e. Town assessment/full market value: $116,600
and
2. 228 Meadowbrook Road, Queensbury, NY 12804
a. Owner: Kenneth and Marisa Colvin
b. Lot #: 297.13-1-3
c. South side of Halfway Brook
d. 0.62 acres
e. Town assessment/full market value: $158,500
and
WHEREAS, Town Supervisor John Strough and Ward 2 Councilperson Harrison Freer
met with these two impacted property owners and discussed with them the NRCS Emergency
Watershed Protection Program, and
WHEREAS, these property owners indicated interest in proceeding with this program
process which would result in the owners’ conveyance of permanent floodplain easements over
their properties, and
WHEREAS, the program requires the Town to participate as a program sponsor and to
assist in disseminating information about the program, accepting applications from eligible
property owners who wish to enroll in the program and other related tasks, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury and the USDA NRCS wish to establish and
formalize their working arrangements in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), and
WHEREAS, the MOU requires no expenditure of funds by the Town, but is a necessary
step in the NRCS process to enroll the two eligible property owners into the program, and
WHEREAS, a proposed MOU is presented at this meeting and is in form acceptable to
Town Counsel,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes the Supervisor to
execute the Memorandum of Understanding between the Town of Queensbury and the United
States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service substantially in the
form presented at this meeting and to execute any further documents necessary to further the
purpose of the Memorandum of Understanding, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board authorizes the Supervisor and/or Town Budget
Officer to undertake any further actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution.
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Duly adopted this 8day of March, 2021, by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone
NOES: None
ABSENT: None