Narrative of Resolution:
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Enter into an Agreement with the Town of Fallsburg for Capital work on the Sullivan O&W Rail Trail.
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Amount to be authorized by Resolution: $275,000
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RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TOWN OF FALLSBURG FOR CAPITAL WORK ON THE SULLIVAN O&W RAIL TRAIL
WHEREAS, completing the development of the Sullivan O&W Rail trail (the “Trail”) has been identified as a priority of the Sullivan County (“County”); and
WHEREAS, the County successfully obtained a grant from New York State Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation to conduct a feasibility study for the completion of the Trail; and
WHEREAS, the feasibility study was completed in 2019, with the participation of the Town of Fallsburg (“Town”); and
WHEREAS, the Neversink Crossing project (“Project”) was identified as a priority project as a connector of two existing trails creating a trail of regional significance; and
WHEREAS, the Town and the County worked together to finalize the engineering for the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Town, as owner of the Neversink Crossing section of trail, will be overseeing the letting and construction of the project; and
WHEREAS, the County successfully requested funding through the Friends of the Upper Delaware River to advance the Neversink Crossing project in the amount of $100,000; and
WHEREAS, the County passed Resolution 385-24 to allocate $550,000 for the construction phase, of which $275,000 has already been committed as the matching funds required for a federal grant secured by the County to fund the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Legislature wishes to authorize an agreement with the Town in order to provide the remaining funding which has been secured to further the project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Manager is authorized to execute an Inter-Municipal Agreement with the Town of Fallsburg to provide funding in the amount of $375,000 for construction of the Neversink Crossing Project, which includes $100,000 of grant funding secured by the County from Friends of the Upper Delaware and the remaining $275,000 that was allocated by resolution 385-24, in such form as the County Attorney shall approve; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that should any funding be terminated, the County shall not be obligated to continue any action undertaken by the use of this funding.