Public Hearing: Improvements to Water District facilities

TOWN OF RIVERHEAD

ORDER CALLING PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITIES OF RIVERHEAD
WATER DISTRICT-PROPOSED RTE. 105 TRANSMISSION MAIN

WHEREAS, a recommendation has been made to the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, as governing body of the Riverhead Water District, by H2M Group, consulting engineers to the Riverhead Water District, by letter dated February 23, 2012, that there is a need to improve the facilities of the district through the installation of approximately 3,200 linear feet of 12-inch transmission water main along Route 105 from Plant No. 17 to the existing high zone water main on Sound Avenue, and

WHEREAS, the maximum amount proposed to be expended for said improvements is $329,000.00, with said funds to be paid from existing District funds, and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that a public hearing be held on the question of the increase and improvements of the entirety of said District as described above, in accordance with the provisions of Section 202-b of the Town Law.

NOW THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY

ORDERED, by the Town Board of the Town of Riverhead, as follows:

1. A public hearing will be held at the Riverhead Town Hall, 200 Howell Avenue, Riverhead, New York, on the 3rd day of April, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. on the question of the increase and improvement of the facilities of the Riverhead Water District in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County, New York, in the manner described in the preambles hereof, and to hear all persons in the subject thereof, concerning the same, and to take such action as is required or authorized by law.
2. The Town Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a copy of this resolution to be published in the March 22, 2012 edition of The News Review, the newspaper hereby designated as the official newspaper for this purpose, and also to cause a copy thereof to be posted on the sign board of the town, such publication and posting to be made not less than ten nor more than twenty days before the date designated for the public hearing.
3. The project described in the preambles hereto is hereby determined to be an “unlisted action” under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, the implementation of which, as proposed, will not result in any significant environmental effects.
4. This order shall take effect immediately.

Dated:    Riverhead, NY
              March 20, 2012

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF
THE TOWN OF RIVERHEAD,
SUFFOLK COUNTY, NY