PUBLIC HEARING ON EXTENSION OF WATER DISTRICT
Town of Wheatland by resolution of the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland ; and WHEREAS, from time-to-time additional customers whose properties were not located within the boundaries of River Road Water District are permitted to hookup to the water service by extending the water district to include new customers at their own expense; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Town Law an extension to an already established water district may be made upon Petition by the owners of land to be included in the proposed water district extension, and
WHEREAS a petition which includes therein a map and a plan have been prepared, in such manner and in such detail as has heretofore been determined by the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland relating to the establishment of the River Road Water District Extension No. 1; and
WHEREAS, such petition, which includes therein a map and plan have been duly filed in the Town Clerk’s Office at the Wheatland Town Hall , 22 Main Street, Scottsville, New York 14546 where it is available for inspection by the public: and
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland has bound and determined that two separate parcels of land not now included in the River Road Water District should be incorporated into a water district extension to be called the River Road Water District Extension #1, in order to facilitate the supply of water to these properties to be developed and to provide for orderly development of future extensions and that all property and property owners benefitting from the proposed extension should be included therein: and
WHEREAS the individual parcels of land as the same are shown on the Assessment Roll of the Town of Wheatland prepared in 2021for use in 2022 are:
- 4558 River Road, Town of Wheatland Scottsville , New York 14546, assessed Valuation of this vacant land is $35,000, with water service $37,500.Tax ID Map Parcel Number of lot R-1-A 200.03·- 1-13.1141; 4558 River Road , Scottsville, New York 14546.
- 4564 River Road, Town of Wheatland Scottsville , New York 14546, assessed Valuation of vacant land $35,000, with water service $37,500. Tax ID Map Parcel Number of lot R-1-B 200.03·- 1-13.1142; 4564 River Road , Scottsville, New York 14546.
The costs associated with the establishment of the River Road Water District Extension #1, shall be the responsibility of the petitioners who are requesting inclusion in the River Road Water District Extension #1 and are set forth in the petition of the property owned whose property is to be included in the extension, and
WHEREAS it is not proposed that the Town will do any excavation or construction or to spend any money for the construction of improvements as said property owners have or will pay for the costs of the River Road Water District Extension #1. All units within the proposed River Road Water District Extension #1 shall be subject to annual charges for operation and maintenance from the Town of Wheatland and the Monroe County Water Authority, and
WHEREAS the Town Board of Wheatland finds that proposed water district extension is classified as a Type II
action pursuant to N.Y.C.R.R., Part 617.5 the implementing regulations of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) under Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, and by definition this action will not have a significant impact on the environment or is otherwise precluded from environmental review under SEQRA,
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that the Town Board of Wheatland determines that the proposed water district extension is classified as a Type II action pursuant to N.Y.C.R.R., Part 617.5 the implementing regulations of the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) under Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law, and by definition this action is determined not to have a significant impact on the environment or is otherwise precluded from environmental review under SEQRA, and it is further
ORDERED, that the Town Board of the Town of Wheatland shall convene at the Wheatland Town Hall , 22 Main Street, Scottsville, New York 14546, in the Town of Wheatland, New York, on the 4th day of November 2021 at 6:00 PM, local time, to consider the aforesaid petition , map, plan and report and to hear all persons interested in the subject thereof concerning the same; and it is further
ORDERED, that a copy of this Order be certified by the Town Clerk who is directed to publish such certified copy in the Sentinel, which is hereby designated as the official paper for the publication thereof, the first publication, thereof to be not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the day set therein for the hearing as aforesaid, and shall cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign board of the Town maintained pursuant to Subdivision Six of Section 30 of Article Three of the Town Law, not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the designated date for the hearing as aforesaid.
SO ORDERED
Dated October 7th , 2021
Town Board of the Town of Wheatland
LINDA M. DOBSON, Supervisor
CARL SCHOENTHAL, Councilman
LISA WASSON, Councilwoman
EDWARD SHERO, Councilman
HOWARD HAZELTON, Councilman