1981-06-03 EMER 121
EMERGENCY TOWN BOARD MEETING JUNE 3, 1981
TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
MRS. FRANCES WALTER-SUPERVISOR
MR. DANIEL MORRELL-COUNCILMAN
MR. HAMMOND ROBERTSON-COUNCILMAN
DR. CHARLES EISENHART-COUNCILMAN
MEMBERS ABSENT: MR. DANIEL OLSON COUNCILMAN
-- MR. JOSEPH BRENNAN-TOWN COUNSEL
PRESS: G. F . POST STAR
TOWN OFFICIALS : MR. THOMAS FLAHERTY
MEETING OPENED 4 : 30 P. M.
CUEERVISOR WALTER-SOME OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY ARE
EXPERIENCING SOME PROBLEMS WITH WATER, THEIR WELLS HAVE GONE DRY AND
MR. FLAHERTY HAS CALLED THIS ISSUE TO MY ATTENTION AND THEREFORE I HAVE
GATHERED US TOGETHER TODAY TO SEE IF WE CAN GIVE SOME KIND OF RELIEF.
COUNCILMAN ROBERTSON-BASICALLY WHAT WE ARE AIMING FOR , AS YOU KNOW WE
HAVE PROPOSED A FORMATION OF A DISTRICT IN THE LAND OF PINES AREA
INSTALLATION OF MAINS ON POTTER ROAD, WEST MT. ROAD AND THE ADJACENT
SUBDIVISION. WITH THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS WE
ARE GETTING DAILY FROM THE LAND OF PINES SUBDIVISION , TAKING THE NORMAL
COURSE OF EVENTS TO FORM THE DISTRICT THERE ARE GOING TO BE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WITHOUT WATER AND PUT TO A GREAT DEAL OF EXPENSE DRILLING WELLS.
MR. FLAHERTY HAS DONE SOME RESEARCH TO FIND SOME CIVIL DEFENSE PIPING
*ICIHIS AVAILABLE THROUGH THE COURTESY OF THE COUNTY AND STATE , AND
HAS MADE A PROPOSAL THAT WE INSTALL SOME TEMPORARY MAINS, AND AT THE
SAME TIME WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE MAIN TRANSMISSION MAIN WHICH WE CAN
DO WITHOUT FORMING THE DISTRICT, IN THIS WAY WE HOPE TO BRING SERVICE
TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND OF PINES AREA, IN A MATTER OF DAYS OR WEEKS.
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_ THOMAS FLAHERTY WATER SUPT. -THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME, WE HAVE UNDER OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SCHEDULED A CONSTRUCTION
OF A 16' ' TRANSMISSION MAIN WEST ON POTTER ROAD THEN SOUTH ON WEST MT. RD.
TO THE INTERSECTION OF SHERMAN AVENUE. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REQUESTS
FROM THE LAND OF PINES , BRONK DR. AREA FOR WATER SERVICE, PHASE II 'WOULD
BE THE CREATION OF THE WATER DIST. DUE TO THE PROBLEMS IN THIS AREA , AND
TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF TO THE RESIDENTS I HAVE ARRANGED TO OBTAIN SOME
CIVIL DEFENSE PIPING TO BE USED POSSIBLY ALONG SHERMAN AVE. FROM THE
EXISTING SHERMAN AVE . WATER DIST. INTO THE LAND OF PINES SUBD.
SUPERVISOR WALTER- WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY IS TO GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO
GO AHEAD AND REQUEST THE CIVIL DEFENSE PIPING AND PROVIDE TEMPORARY WATER
SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.
THOMAS FLAHERTY- IF THIS IS ACCEPTED I CAN PROBABLY MOVE PIPE TOMORROW
AND HAVE WATER SERVICE INTO THE AREA BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
COUNCILMAN MORRELL- THE PIPE WILL BE LAYING ON THE SURFACE?
THOMAS FLAHERTY- YES
COUNCILMAN EISENHART- THE PIPE WILL BE DISMANTLED AND BROUGHT BACK TO
WARRENSBURG WHEN WE NO -`" LONGER NEED IT. . .
THOMAS FLAHERTY- ASSUMING WE CAN MOVE RIGHT ALONG WITHOUT DELAY� WE CAN
`,-_ HAVE WATER INTO THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA BY THE TIME WE HAVE FROST , NOT
INCLUDING CLEAN UP. . .
SUPERVISOR WALTER- WE WILL BE REQUESTING FROM OUR ENGINEERS
PRELIMINARY REPORTS ON COSTS FOR THE CREATION OF THE DISTRICT , WE WILL
THEN GO TO PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL MOVE ON THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PROCUREMENT OF PIPE
RESOLUTION N0 . 133 ._ INTRODUCED BY MR. HAMMOND ROBERTSON WHO MOVED FOR ITS
AD TION, SECONDED BY DR. CHARLES EISENHART :
WHEREAS, AN EMERGENCY EXISTS IN THE LAND OF PINES AREA OF THE TOWN OF
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QUEENSBURY DUE TO THE FAILURE> OF SEVERAL PRIVATE WELLS IN THIS AREA ,
AND
WHEREAS, THIS- SITUATION WAS BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE TOWN OF
QUEENSBURY, TOWN BOARD , AND
WHEREAS, MR. FLAHERTY HAS NOTIFIED THE TOWN BOARD THAT HE CAN 0BTA "
SOME CIVIL DEFENSE PIPE TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY WATER SERVICE TO THOSE
RESIDENTS IN NEED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA , NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED, THAT THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF QUEENSBURY HEREBY
REQUESTS THAT MR. THOMAS FLAHERTY , WATER SUPT. OF THE TOWN OF
QUEENSBURY PROCURE CIVIL DEFENSE PIPE TO BE USED TO PLACE TEMPORARY
WATER LINES , USING THE BEST ROUTE POSSIBLE TO THE RESIDENTS IN NEED
IN THE LAND OF PINES AREA.
DULY ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE :
AYES : DR. EISENHART, MR. MORRELL , MR. ROBERTSON , MRS. WALTER
NOES : NONE
ABSENT: MR. OLSON
ON MOTION THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
RESPECTFULLY ,
DONALD A. CHASE
TOWN CLERK
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
TOWN BOARD MEETING JUNE 9, 1981
TOWN BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
SUPERVISOR FRANCES WALTER
COUNCILMAN DANIEL OLSON
COUNCILMAN DR. CHARLES EISENHART
COUNCILMAN DANIEL MORRELL
COUNCILMAN HAMMOND ROBERTSON
ABSENT: JOSEPH BRENNAN-TOWN COUNSEL
PRESS : G. F. POST STAR, WBZA
GUESTS : MRS . PARADISE, MR. TURNBULL, MR. JOE DAIRE, MR. DEMEO, MR. CRAYFORD
TOWN OFFICIALS : MR. STEPHEN LYNN, MR. MAC DEAN, MR. THOMAS FLAHERTY
MEETING OPENED 7 : 31 P. M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COUNCILMAN OLSON
MOBILE HOME PUBLIC HEARING-7 : 32 OPENED-NOTICE SHOWN
ALPHONSINE PARADISE OF 20 HOMER AVENUE TO LOCATE A MOBILE HOME ON
17 HOMER AVENUE-TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP-PRESENT OWNER MR. ROBERT BERNARD
MRS . PARADISE WAS PRESENT. . .
SUPERVISOR WALTER- ASKED FOR INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC . . .NONE WAS HEARD
COUNCILMAN OLSON-ASKED IF THE SEPTIC SYSTEM WAS ADEQUATE . . .
MR. STEPHEN LYNN-NOTED THAT THE SEPTIC TANK WAS LOCATED NEEDS TO BE
PUMPED. . .NOTED THAT DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE LOT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE
TO PLACE THE TANK AT THE N. Y. STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISTANCE FROM THE
BROOK. . . IF THE SYSTEM FAILG 'jTHEY COULD PUT IN A HOLDING TANK THAT WOULD
HAVE TO BE PUMPED ONCE A MONTH. . .
COUNCILMAN DR. EISENHART-QUESTIONED THE 1965 YEAR OF THE MOBILE HOME . . .
COUNCILMAN ROBERTSON- NOTED THAT THIS MOBILE HOME PRE-EXISTED THE MOBILE
HOME ORDINANCE . . . THIS IS A CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
COUNCILMAN OLSON- IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SEPTIC SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH THE HEALTH DEPT.
AND THE BUILDING & ZONING DEPT ,