2011-1392011-139
Order Calling Public Hearing in the Matter of Establishment of Extension No. 1 to the
United Wappinger Water District in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York
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 March 28,
2011.
The meeting was called to order by Christopher Colsey, Supervisor, and upon roll being
called, the following were present:
PRESENT: Supervisor - Christopher J. Colsey
Councilmembers - William H. Beale
Vincent F. Bettina (Arrived at 7:34 PM)
Ismay Czarniecki
Joseph P. Paoloni
ABSENT:
The following Resolution was introduced by Supervisor Colsey and seconded by
Councilman Bettina.
WHEREAS, a written petition (in two parts) has been duly filed with the Town Board of
the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, in relation to the establishment of a proposed
water district extension, to be known as Extension No. 1 to the United Wappinger Water District
(hereinafter, the "Extension"), pursuant to Article 12 of the Town Law, which petition, together
with a map, plan and report accompanying each part and together constituting the map, plan and
report for said Extension (the "map, plan and report") have been filed in the office of the Town
Clerk and are available for public inspection; and
WHEREAS, said map, plan and report include a map showing the boundaries of the
proposed extension, a general plan to serve said Extension, and a report of the proposed method of
operation thereof, and was prepared by Morris Associates and Clark Patterson Lee, competent
engineers duly licensed by the State of New York; and
WHEREAS, the boundaries of said Extension shall be as described in Exhibit A attached
hereto and hereby incorporated herein and the Extension area consists of two (2) parcels, one parcel
owned by MDA Associates, LLC (MDA), and a second parcel owned by Adams-Wappinger, LLC
(Adams); and
WHEREAS, the improvements proposed for said Extension consist of the following: (a)
purchase and installation of water distribution mains for connection to the existing ten (10) inch
diameter Town water main located along the western right-of-way of Old Route 9 and extending
south along Old Route 9 approximately 350 feet then east through a boring under Old Route 9 to the
site, and also in a southerly direction approximately 230 feet to a point near the northeastern portion
of the Town owned right-of-way of Fowlerhouse Road, including original furnishings, equipment,
machinery, apparatus, appurtenances, and incidental improvements and expenses in connection
therewith, and (b) purchase and installation of a further extension of the above-described water
distribution mains from Fowlerhouse Road approximately 300 feet in a northerly direction to the
parcel of land located at 134 Old Post Road, including original furnishings, equipment, machinery,
apparatus, appurtenances and incidental improvements and expenses in connection therewith, all as
more fully described in the map, plan and report hereinbefore described; and
WHEREAS, the maximum estimated cost of said improvements is $224,625; and
WHEREAS, the cost of said improvements shall be paid by the owners of property therein
and no serial bonds of said Town shall be issued therefore; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of hook-up fees to the typical property in said Extension is
$0 to a one or two family home therein, there being none, and $8,000.00 for the MDA parcel, and
the hook up fee for the Adams parcel has been waived in consideration of the extension of water
line down Route 9 and then east bound to Old Post Road; and
WHEREAS, the estimated cost of said Extension to the typical property therein in the first
year in which operation, maintenance, debt service and other charges and expenses are to be paid is
$0 to a one or two family house therein, there being none, and for MDA is $1,070.39 for capital
benefit assessments and $882.68 for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) charges, and for the
Adams parcel, it is $1,303.69 for capital benefit assessments and $28,575.68 for O&M charges; and
WHEREAS, a detailed explanation of the manner by which were computed said estimated
costs of hook-up fees and first-year costs to the typical property has been filed in the office of the
Town Clerk where the same are available during regular office hours for examination by any person
interested in the subject manner thereof, and
WHEREAS, said capital project for said Extension and the establishment thereof has been
determined to be a Type I Action pursuant to the regulations of the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation promulgated pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act,
the implementation of which as proposed and a full Environmental Assessment Form has been
prepared in connection therewith and it has been determined said capital project will not result in
any significant adverse environmental effects; and
WHEREAS, it is now desired to call a public hearing upon the question of the
establishment of said Extension, the petition therefor, and the improvements proposed therefor, all
pursuant to Section 193 of the Town Law;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, by the Town Board of the Town of
Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, as follows:
Section 1. A meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, shall be held at the Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, in Wappingers Falls, New York, in
said Town, on the 25th day of April, 2011, at 7:30 P.M., Prevailing Time, for the purpose of holding
a public hearing to consider the establishment of the Extension in said Town as described in the
preambles hereof, to be known as Extension No. 1 to the United Wappinger Water District, the
petition therefor, and the improvements proposed therefor, and to consider the map, plan and report
filed in relation thereto, and to hear all persons interested in the subject matter thereof concerning
the same, and for such other action on the part of said Town Board as may be required by law or
shall be proper in the premises.
Section 2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this
order to be published once in the official newspaper(s) of said Town, the first publication thereof to
be not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the day set herein for the hearing as aforesaid,
and said Town Clerk shall also cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign -board of the Town
maintained pursuant to subdivision 6 of Section 30 of the Town Law not less than ten nor more than
twenty days before the day set for the hearing as aforesaid.
Section 3. This Order shall take effect immediately.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
CHRISTOPHER COLSEY, SUPERVISOR
Voting:
AYE
WILLIAM H. BEALE, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
VINCENT F. BETTINA, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
ISMAY CZARNIECKI, COUNCILWOMAN
Voting:
AYE
JOSEPH P. PAOLONI, COUNCILMAN
Voting:
AYE
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
3/28/2011
The Resolution is hereby duly declared adopted.
HN C. MASTERSON, TOWN CLERK