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2020-145 2020-145 In The Matter Of The Increase And Improvement Of The Facilities Of The United Wappinger Water District, In The Town Of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York (Interconnection With Village) 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 August 24, 2020. The meeting was called to order by Richard Thurston, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being called, the following was recorded:  Vote Record - Resolution RES-2020-145 Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent Adopted  Richard Thurston Voter      Adopted as Amended William H. Beale Seconder     Defeated  Angela Bettina Voter     Tabled  Christopher Phillips Mover      Withdrawn Al Casella Voter     The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Phillips and seconded by Councilman Beale. WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, directed the Engineers to the Town to prepare a map, plan and report, including an estimate of cost, pursuant to Section 202-b of the Town Law, relating to the increase and improvement of the facilities of the United Wappinger Water District, in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York (the “Water District”), being the construction of a booster pump station building with booster pumps, check valves, water meter and chlorine boosting components to allow flow from the Village of Wappingers Falls to the UWWD. The proposed UWWD improvements also include an 8” water connection from the Village of Wappingers Falls distribution main located on North Meiser Avenue to the Woodhill Green Condominiums with a booster pump and meter vault, including incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, at a maximum estimated cost of $2,634,000; and WHEREAS, the Town Board has received and reviewed the map, plan and report prepared by CPL which was last revised August 3, 2020 and the Town Board finds that it complies with the requirements of Article 12 of the Town Law; and WHEREAS, the cost of construction includes excess capacity in accordance with Town Law §192-a which may be used by adjacent areas that may be served by the Water District facilities in the future and shall be originally constructed as a Town charge; and WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger has applied for and received certain grants in aid to reduce the costs of construction; and WHEREAS, said capital project has been determined to be an Unlisted Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act ("SEQRA"), the implementation of which as proposed, the Town Board has determined will not result in any significant environmental effects and the documentation relating to SEQRA is available in the office of the Town Clerk for inspection during normal office hours; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to call a public hearing on the question of the increase and improvement of the facilities of said Water District, in the matter described above, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, concerning the same, in accordance with the provisions of Section 202-b of the Town Law; NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, by the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, as follows: 1. A public hearing will be held in the Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, in Wappingers Falls, New York, in said Town, on September 28, 2020, at 7:30 o’clock P.M., Prevailing Time, on the question of the increase and improvement of the facilities of United Wappinger Water District in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, in the manner described in the preambles hereof, and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof, concerning the same, and to take such action thereon as is required or authorized by law. 2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing hereinafter provided to be published once in the official newspaper, and also to cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign board of the Town, such publication and posting to be made not less than ten, nor more than twenty, days before the date designated for the hearing. 3. The notice of public hearing shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and hereby made a part hereof. 4. This Order shall take effect immediately. The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows: RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman SECONDER: William H. Beale, Councilman AYES: Richard Thurston, William H. Beale, Christopher Phillips, Al Casella ABSENT: Angela Bettina Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York 8/24/2020 The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted. ___________________________________________ JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK