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177.2021 Engagement of Chazen Companies for Engineering & Grant Writing Services RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ENGAGEMENT OF THE CHAZEN COMPANIES TO PROVIDE ENGINEERING AND GRANT WRITING SERVICES RESOLUTION NO.: 177, 2021 INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Harrison Freer WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION SECONDED BY: Mr. Timothy McNulty WHEREAS, the onsite private septic management system at Montcalm Apartments has experienced numerous problems in recent years that threaten public health, safety and welfare, and WHEREAS, Montcalm Apartments, LLC, the management firm for the Montcalm Apartments, desires to connect to municipal sewer services for the Montcalm Apartments affordable housing development, and WHEREAS, connection to municipal sewer will require a sewer connection feasibility report and grant writing services to fund sewer line construction, and WHEREAS, by Resolution 23, 2021, the Town engaged the services of The Chazen Companies (Chazen) to provide engineering technical services for fiscal year 2021, and WHEREAS, Chazen also has the staff and expertise to assist with Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) writing services for funding public sewer construction, and WHEREAS, Chazen submitted a letter-proposal dated May 12, 2021 for the grant writing services for the proposed municipal sewer line for a proposed fee of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), and WHEREAS, Chazen submitted a letter-proposal dated May 13, 2021 for development of the 1 engineering report for a proposed fee of Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Forty Dollars ($19,540), and WHEREAS, the Senior Planner and Director of Wastewater/Water Superintendent recommends that the Town Board engage the services of Chazen for the engineering report and grant writing services for construction of a sewer line to serve the Montcalm Apartments affordable housing development, and WHEREAS, the Town Board wishes to engage the services of Chazen to assist in the CDBG grant writing as delineated in Chazen’s letter-proposal dated May 12, 2021 and presented at this meeting for an amount not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), and WHEREAS, the Town Board also wishes to engage the services of Chazen for a sewer connection feasibility report as delineated in Chazen’s letter-proposal dates May 13, 2021 and present at this meeting for an amount not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Forty Dollars ($19,540). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs engagement of The Chazen Companies to assist in the services as delineated in Chazen’s letter-proposal dated May 12, 2021 in substantially the form presented at this meeting for the amount not to exceed Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00), and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs engagement of The Chanzen Companies for a sewer connection feasibility report as delineated in Chazen’s letter- proposal dates May 13, 2021 and present at this meeting for an amount not to exceed Nineteen Thousand Five Hundred Forty Dollars ($19,540), and 2 BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, such services shall be paid for from an Escrow Account funded by Montcalm Apartments, LLC and authorized by previous Town Board Resolution, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Budget Officer shall amend the 2021 Town Budget, make any adjustments, budget amendments, transfers and/or prepare any documentation necessary to effectuate payment, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the project shall be overseen by the Senior Planner and Director of Wastewater/Water Superintendent, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor to execute any needed agreements for services with The Chazen Companies in a form acceptable to the Town Supervisor and/or Town Counsel along with any necessary additional documentation, and BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED, that the Town Board further authorizes and directs the Town Supervisor, Senior Planner, Director of Wastewater/Water Superintendent and/or Town Budget Officer to take all additional actions necessary to effectuate the terms of this Resolution. th Duly adopted this 17 day of May, 2021, by the following vote: 3 AYES: Mr. McNulty, Mr. Strough, Mr. Metivier, Mr. Freer, Mr. Ferone NOES: None ABSENT: None 4