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Resolution Making SEQRA Determination For Fleetwood Sewer District Planning Study
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 April 24, 2023.
The meeting was called to order by Richard Thurston, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being called, the
following was recorded:
✓ Vote Record - Resolution RES -2023-60
2 Adopted Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted as Amended Richard Thurston Voter Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated William H. Beale Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Tabled Angela Bettina Seconder Q ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Withdrawn Christopher Phillips Mover 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
Al Casella Voter 2 ❑ ❑ ❑
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Phillips and seconded by Councilwoman
Bettina.
WHEREAS, the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) awarded a $30,000 Engineering Planning
Grant (EPG) to the Town of Wappinger for an engineering report to identify sources of inflow and infiltration in
the Fleetwood Sewer District, evaluate alternatives, and recommend improvements to the Town of Wappinger's
wastewater collection system; and
WHEREAS, Title 6 of the New York Code of Rules and Regulations (6 NYCRR) Section 617.5 under
the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) provides that certain actions identified in subdivision (c)
of that section are not subject to environmental review under the Environmental Conservation Law; now,
therefore
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger hereby determines that the
proposed engineering study to identify sources of inflow and infiltration in the Fleetwood Sewer District,
evaluate alternatives, and recommend improvements to the Town of Wappinger's wastewater collection system
is a Type II action in accordance with 6 NYCRR Section 617.5(c) (27) which provides that "conducting
concurrent environmental, engineering, economic, feasibility and other studies and preliminary planning and
budgetary processes necessary to the formulation of a proposal for action, provided those activities do not
commit the agency to commence, engage in or approve such action;" is a Type H action and is therefore not
subject to further review under 6 NYCRR Part 617; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Clerk is hereby directed to provide a certified copy of
this Resolution to the Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC) as required by the EPG program.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Christopher Phillips, Councilman
SECONDER: Angela Bettina, Councilwoman
AYES: Thurston, Beale, Bettina, Phillips, Casella
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
4/24/2023
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Adopted.
P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK