Referred to: The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano and Legislators Cahill, Greene, Heppner, and Litts), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairwoman Archer and Legislators Bartels, Gavaris, Haynes, Maio, Ronk, and Walter)

Chairman of the Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Dean J. Fabiano, and Deputy Chair Manna Jo Greene offer the following:

            WHEREAS, this resolution has been submitted by the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, Wittenberg Road Culvert (Woodstock 7) is a County road culvert located in the Town of Woodstock; and

WHEREAS, the Wittenberg Road Culvert has had the outside span between girders collapse on June 25, 2020 and needs replacement that was not originally anticipated in the 2020-2025 Capital Program; and

            WHEREAS, a steel plate has been placed over the damaged area as a short-term fix; and

WHEREAS, the County of Ulster engineers are drawing plans for a full superstructure replacement, that will be performed by in house labor; and

            WHEREAS, based upon examination by the Ulster County Legislature, the County’s funding of this Project constitutes a Type II action as defined under Sections 4.5.5 of the County of Ulster’s State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) Type II List, which was adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 118 dated April 20, 2010, and

            WHEREAS, Ulster County has determined that this funding action does not pose a significant potential environmental impact and may be progressed as a Type II action in accordance with 6 NYCRR Part 617 of SEQRA, and does not require any further determination or procedure under SEQRA; now, therefore, be it

            RESOLVED, that the 2020-2025 Ulster County Capital Improvement Program is amended as follows:

ADD                                                 AMOUNT

Wittenberg Road Culvert                            $62,000.00

and be it further,

RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 572 is hereby established as follows:

                                   CREATE                                                                AMOUNT

Capital Project No. 572             Wittenberg Road Culvert                     $62,000.00

and be it further,

            RESOLVED, the 2020 Ulster County Capital Fund Budget is hereby amended as follows:

                                                        INCREASE                                  AMOUNT

HH.5197.0572.4100.4100               Capital Project No. 551                  $62,000.00

(App. #)                                             Wittenberg Road Culvert

                                                            Bridge Materials

HH.5197.0572.3500.5710              Serial Bonds                                      $62,000.00

(Rev. #)                     

and move its adoption.

ADOPTED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:

AYES:                     NOES:    

Passed Committee: Public Works and Capital Projects on _______________.

Passed Committee: Ways and Means on _______________.

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

$62,000.00 – ADDITIONAL 2020 CAPITAL APPROPRIATIONS

$62,000.00 – ADDITIONAL COUNTY DOLLARS – SERIAL BONDS

***A BOND RESOLUTION WILL BE REQUIRED***