2016-264 2016-264
Resolution Authorizing Professional Services In Connection With An Extension Of The United
Wappinger Water District (Uwwd) To The Tall Trees Subdivision
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New
York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on October 11, 2016.
The meeting was called to order by Lori A. Jiava, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being called,
the following was recorded:
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-264
Q Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended Lori A.Jiava Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William H.Beale Mover Q ❑ ❑ ❑
El Tabled
William Ciccarelli Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn John J.Fenton VoterQ El El ElMichael Kuzmicz___ Seconder___ Q ❑ ❑ ❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Beale and seconded by Councilman
Kuzmicz.
WHEREAS, the Tall Trees Subdivision, located off of Wheeler Hill Road in the Town of
Wappinger is provided water through the Tall Trees Water Improvement Area; and
WHEREAS, the wells servicing the Tall Trees Water Improvement Area have been unable to
provide sufficient quantity of water to supply the needs of the inhabitants of the Tall Trees Subdivision;
and
WHEREAS, the Town, through the United Wappinger Water District (UWWD), constructed a
water main along Old Hopewell Road, through New Hamburg Road, through Wheeler Hill Road,
through Carnwath Farms and eventually to River Road, to supply the New York City DEP Chelsea site,
as well as the inhabitants of Chelsea with water; and
WHEREAS, the Town had received permission to construct an emergency interconnection
between the water facility at the Tall Trees Water Improvement Area and the water main constructed
along Wheeler Hill Road; and
WHEREAS, the emergency interconnection was constructed above-ground and the Dutchess
County Health Department has directed the Town to construct a permanent underground interconnection
from the water main on Wheeler Hill Road and the Tall Trees water facilities on an emergency basis;
and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined it is in the best interest of the residents of the Tall
Trees Subdivision to make a permanent underground interconnection between the Tall Trees Water
Improvement Area facilities and the UWWD waterline along Wheeler Hill Road on an expedited basis,
in contemplation of a formal extension of UWWD to serve the residents of the Tall Trees Subdivision.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as follows:
1. The recitations above set forth are incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth and
adopted herein.
2. The Town Board has determined that the above-ground interim water connection
between the Tall Trees Water Improvement Area and the UWWD water main is in danger of freezing as
winter months' approach, and declares that an emergency exists for the purposes of installing a
permanent underground water connection as authorized by the Dutchess County Health Department.
3. The Town Board further authorizes the Engineer to the Town, the Attorney to the Town,
and the Town's Bond Counsel, to undertake all necessary work needed to construct an underground
emergency permanent water connection from the UWWD waterline on Wheeler Hill Road to the Tall
Trees Water Improvement Area facilities as approved by the Dutchess County Health Department and in
accordance with the Dutchess County Health Department's rules and regulations and the rules and
regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
4. The Town Board authorizes the construction of this underground waterline to be done on
an emergency and expedited basis and that the funds necessary therefore shall be paid from the fund
balance presently existing in UWWD, with the intention that the same shall be reimbursed to UWWD at
such time as Town Serial Bonds are issued to pay for the costs of the formal extension of UWWD to the
Tall Trees Subdivision.
5. The Town Board, because of the emergency situation, suspends the Town's Procurement
Policy and the provisions of General Municipal Law § 103.4 for the construction work necessary to
complete the permanent underground interconnection and directs the Engineer to the Town to solicit at
least three bids from qualified contractors to undertake the construction work required for the
underground emergency interconnection upon plans prepared by the Engineer to the Town and approved
by the Dutchess County Health Department.
6. The Town Board directs the Engineer to the Town to prepare a Map, Plan and Report in
contemplation of an extension of UWWD to the Tall Trees Subdivision.
7. The Town Board further directs that the Town's Bond Counsel, Douglas Goodfriend of
Orrick, prepare the necessary Resolutions indicating the Town's intent to Bond the funds necessary to
pay for the construction costs of the emergency interconnection to Tall Trees Water Improvement
facilities, indicating the Town's intent to reimburse the costs back to UWWD for any borrowings from
the UWWD fund balance.
8. The Town Board also directs that a public informational meeting be scheduled for the
residents of the Tall Trees Subdivision to apprise them of the steps being taken to connect them to
UWWD.
The Town Supervisor is further authorized and directed to execute any documents, contracts or other
instruments necessary to implement the provisions of this Resolution.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: William H. Beale, Councilman
SECONDER: Michael Kuzmicz, Councilman
AYES: Jiava, Beale, Ciccarelli, Fenton, Kuzmicz
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
10/11/2016
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
JOS/ P P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK