210.2013 Plng.Bd.Lead Sub.-swr RESOLUTION REQUESTING QUEENSBURY PLANNING BOARD TO
SEEK LEAD AGENCY STATUS REGARDING PROPOSED SUBDIVISION
AND EXTENSION OF SEWER DISTRICT AND CONSENTING TO
PLANNING BOARD SERVING AS LEAD AGENCY
RESOLUTION NO. 210,2013
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. John Strough WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Brian Clements
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board has been asked to approve an extension of the
Route 9 Sanitary Sewer District to serve a planned 29-lot residential subdivision to be developed on
property adjacent to Sweet Road, and
WHEREAS, prior to taking any further action or making a decision about whether to approve
the requested Sewer District extension, it will be necessary for the extension and the proposed
subdivision it will serve to be reviewed together as one project (the Combined Project) in a
Coordinated Review under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA), for
potential environmental effects, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Queensbury's Planning Board will be undertaking a detailed review
of the planned subdivision for purposes of deciding whether to approve the subdivision, and
WHEREAS, it appears that there would be significantly greater development activities
associated with the residential subdivision than with the extension of the Sewer District, and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board has the necessary knowledge and experience to review and
evaluate the potential environmental effects of the Combined Project,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby requests that the Queensbury Planning
Board seek Lead Agency status for purposes of conducting the Coordinated Review of the Combined
Project as required under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act(SEQRA), and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that in the event the Queensbury Planning Board seeks to be Lead Agency for
SEQRA Coordinated Review of the Combined Project, the Queensbury Town Board hereby consents
to the Planning Board serving in that capacity, and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby directs the Applicant to provide any and all
information about the proposed subdivision and sewer district extension, whether or not the
information was previously supplied to the Town Board, to make the necessary copies of all such
information and provide it to the Planning Board for its use in evaluating the potential environmental
effects of the Combined Project, and
BE IT FURTHER
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town
Supervisor to execute any documents and take any other necessary actions to effectuate the terms of
this Resolution and further authorizes and directs the Town's Department of Community Development
to notify, if and when appropriate, any other Involved Agencies of the Town Board's consent to the
Planning Board serving as Lead Agency for SEQRA Coordinated Review of the Combined Project.
Duly adopted this 6t'day of May, 2013,by the following vote:
AYES : Mr. Strough,Mr.Montesi, Mr. Metivier,Mr. Clements
NOES : None
ABSENT: Mr. Brewer