VILLAGE OF RED HOOK RESOLUTION # - 2024 DATED: July 15, 2024
A meeting of the Village of Red Hook Board of Trustees was convened in public session at the Village Hall, 7467 South Broadway, Red Hook, NY on July 15, 2024. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Smythe.
RESOLUTION TO DECLARE INTENT TO SERVE AS SEQRA LEAD AGENCY FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE PHASE II
WHEREAS, the Village of Red Hook sits over a valuable aquifer that provides water to village residents, town residents, business owners and farmers; and
WHEREAS, a vibrant village requires a modern infrastructure and the Village of Red Hook desires to promote ecological and economic sustainability; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Red Hook intends to pursue an extension of the municipal sewer system in the general business district and contiguous areas and an upgrade to the existing wastewater treatment plant (the "project"); and
WHEREAS, the upgrade will increase the treatment capacity of the wastewater treatment plant from 75,000 gallons per day (gpd) to 300,000 gallons per day (gpd); and
WHEREAS, the Village of Red Hook has been advised that the projected cost of the project will be $20 million; and
WHEREAS, the Village of Red Hook is pursuing other grants and offset options to reduce the borrowing needed in order to reduce the capital costs; and
WHEREAS, a full Environmental Assessment Form (“EAF”) for the project has been prepared on behalf of the Village; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”), the Village is required to determine the classification of the project.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Red Hook as follows:
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The Board of Trustees hereby classifies the project as a Type I action pursuant to SEQRA.
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The Board of Trustees authorizes the Mayor to sign page 13 of the Full EAF.
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The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to send notice of the Village's intent to serve as lead agency along with a copy of the EAF to all involved and interested agencies as indicated in the attached list.
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The Board of Trustees shall hold a public hearing to obtain public comments on the potential environmental impacts of the project on August 5, 2024, at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall, Red Hook, NY; and
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The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish notice of said public hearing in the official newspaper of said Village, on or before July 19, 2024, which is not less than ten days prior to the date of said public hearing.
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I hereby attest that the above Resolution was approved by the Board of Trustees at its July 15, 2024, meeting, and that I have been authorized to sign this Resolution by decision of the Board of Trustees
______________________ ____________________ Jennifer Cavanaugh, Clerk Date