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2006-138
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Resolution Authorizing an Intermunicipal Agreement for the Creation of a Regulated MS4
Coordination Committee
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 May 22"a,
2006.
The meeting was called to order by Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor, and upon roll being
called, the following were present:
PRESENT: Supervisor - Joseph Ruggiero
Councilmembers - Robert L. Valdati
Vincent F. Bettina (arrived at 7:37 PM)
Joseph P. Paoloni
Maureen McCarthy
ABSENT:
The following Resolution was introduced by Councilman Paoloni and seconded by
Councilman Valdati.
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger has been designated as operating a Municipal
Separate Storm Sewer System regulated under the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation Phase II Stormwater Small MS4 Permit (State Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System GP -02-02), and has filed Notice of Intent for coverage under GP -02-02; and
WHEREAS, as a condition of obtaining coverage under GP -02-02, the Town of
Wappinger must design a Stormwater management program that addresses six (6) Minimum
Control Measures designed to protect the quality, and to control the quantity, of Stormwater
runoff, and which (where applicable) also must achieve a reduction of any pollutant of concern
specified in any Total Maximum Daily Load or 303 (d) listing for any watershed that is in part
encompassed by a designated MS4; and
WHEREAS, the 303 (d) list designates pollutants of concern for Fallkill Creek, Hillside
Lake, and Wappingers Lake that must be reduced to the greatest extent possible under the Phase
II Stormwater Program; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger recognizes that it is advantageous to participate in
a coordinated approach to developing means to address the six Minimum Control Measures and
other requirements of the Phase 11 Stormwater Program; and
WHEREAS, there has been proposed an intermunicipal organization entitled the
Dutchess County MS4 Coordination Committee, which consists of one or more of the designated
MS4 jurisdictions within Dutchess County; and
WHEREAS, it is the purpose of the committee to promote a discussion of those issues of
mutual concern with regard to the implementation of the Phase H Stormwater program that face
the aforementioned communities, to propose recommendations and make reports that identify
mutually beneficial solutions to the concerns facing the participating communities and to seek
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funding sources that may help to accomplish the goals of the Committee and the participating
municipalities; and
LWHEREAS, an intermunicipal organization will also provide a mechanism for
coordinating the implementation of regional solutions by the municipalities; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger recognizes that it is beneficial to promoting the
future health, safety, and general welfare of the populace of the Town of Wappinger to
participate in the aforementioned intermunicipal organization, which will address the
requirements of the Phase H Stormwater program; and
WHEREAS, General Municipal Law Article 5-G and Article 5-J grants the authority to
local municipalities to enter into intermunicipal agreements in the furtherance of planning for the
future of the municipalities
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. That the Town of Wappinger supports the creation of an intermunicipal organization of
the regulated Dutchess County MS4 municipal corporations, and that by adoption of this
resolution acknowledges its desire to participate in said organization.
3. That the Town of Wappinger, having expressed its desire to participate in said
intermunicipal cooperative, appoints Joseph Ruggiero, Supervisor, to represent the Town
of Wappinger on the Dutchess County MS4 Coordination Committee.
4. That the Town of Wappinger does also hereby ratify the By -Laws of the Dutchess
County MS4 Coordination Committee attached hereto.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
JOSEPH RUGGIERO, SUPERVISOR
Voting:
AYE
ROBERT L. VALDATI, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
VINCENT F. BETTINA, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
MAUREEN McCARTHY, COUNCILWOMAN
Voting:
AYE
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
5/22/2006
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
PHN C. MA TERSON, T•