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Cold Spring board authorizes acquisition of parcels to secure access to upper dam
Summary
The board approved a resolution authorizing the mayor to acquire two parcels needed for access and staging at the upper Cold Spring reservoir and ratified prior mayoral actions; the board also cleared the project under SEQRA, finding no significant adverse environmental impacts.
The Village of Cold Spring on March 25 authorized the mayor to execute documents to acquire two parcels at 260 and 261 Lakes Surprise Road from seller Rita Sue Seagull, concluding the purchase is integral to access, safety and protection of the village's upper dam and drinking-water supply.
Attorney James Arabido, counsel to the village, led the board through the short-form environmental assessment (EAF) and read the part-two checklist to the public, stating that because no construction or site work is proposed at acquisition the "impacts are expected to be none." The board then adopted a SEQRA determination by roll-call and read the acquisition resolution into the record before voting to approve it.
The resolution describes the parcels together as approximately 4.6 acres and authorizes pre-closing tasks including boundary surveys and phase-one environmental site assessments. The board authorized spending for those tasks (the resolution lists $3,480 for phase-one assessments, $8,400 for survey work and $1,800 for legal descriptions, and directs a 20% contingency on quoted costs).
Mayor Foley read and presented the resolution on the record and the board adopted it by roll-call (vote recorded as four in favor, none opposed, one absent).
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