Referred to:  The Public Works and Capital Projects Committee (Chairman Fabiano and Legislators Cahill, Greene, Heppner, and Litts), and The Ways and Means Committee (Chairman Gavaris and Legislators Archer, Bartels, Haynes, Maio, Parete, 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 at the request of the County Executive on behalf of the Department of Public Works; and

WHEREAS, Plank Road Culvert (C.R. 160) in the Town of Shandaken, was assessed by Ashokan Watershed Stream Management Program ("AWSMP") in 2018 and assigned NAACC Survey ID 62620; and

WHEREAS, Ulster County DPW compared HY-8 reports to Streamstats and found the culvert capacity is exceeded at greater than the ten-year (10-year) peak flow event.; and

 WHEREAS, the County has applied for and been awarded a grant to offset future costs for the upsizing of the Plank Road Culvert (C.R. 160) in the Town of Shandaken from the Cornell Cooperative Extension; and

WHEREAS, the County has agreed to design the culvert in house as an in-kind service to match the grant funding; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish Capital Project No. 606 to accept the grant funding, and

WHEREAS, Capital Project No. 609 will be established for the exact amount of the grant award; and

            WHEREAS, the Commissioner of Public Works requests that Capital Project No.609 be established to accept grant funding in the amount of $95,350.00 for future construction costs; now, therefore be it

RESOLVED, that Capital Project No. 609 for the Plank Road Culvert be established as follows:

                                                              CREATE                                        AMOUNT

Capital Project No. 609                    Plank Road Culvert                       $95,350.00

and, be it further

RESOLVED, that the 2021 Ulster County Capital Fund budget is hereby amended as follows:

                                                            INCREASE                                     AMOUNT                                              

HH.5197.0609-2300.2550             Capital Project No. 609                 $95,350.00

(App. #)                                           Professional Services

HH.5197.0609 -3500.5710            Revenue- Serial Bonds                  $95,350.00

(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:

$95,350.00 – COUNTY CAPITAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS

  (OFFSET BY GRANT FUNDING)

$95,350.00 – COUNTY REVENUE – SERIAL BONDS

***A BOND RESOLUTION WILL BE REQUIRED**