RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ AND HODGES:
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INTERMUNICIPAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF YONKERS AND THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH RELATED TO USE OF THE YONKERS POLICE AND FIRE SPECIAL OPERATIONS TRAINING CENTER
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WHEREAS, the City of Yonkers (the “City”) owns and operates a police and fire special operations training center on the property located at 120 Fullerton Avenue, Yonkers, New York and designated on the Official Tax Map of the City as Section 5, Block 5053, Lot 200 (the “Training Center”);
WHEREAS, the Training Center contains unique facilities that allow for specialized police and fire training;
WHEREAS, the Town of Greenburgh (the “Town”) wishes to use the Training Center to provide training to members of the Town’s police and fire department (the “Personnel”) and allow the Personnel to engage in instructional exercises (collectively, the “Activity”);
WHEREAS, New York State General Municipal Law Article 5-G, Section 119-o, authorizes municipal corporations and districts to enter into agreements for the performance of various functions; and
WHEREAS, the City and Town desire to enter into an intermunicipal agreement to allow the Town to use the Training Center for the purpose of engaging in the Activity in accordance with the terms set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City be and is hereby authorized to enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the Town authorizing use of the Training Facility for the purpose of engaging in the Activity; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the intermunicipal agreement shall contain and provide for the following terms and conditions:
(1) no fee shall be charged for use of the Training Facility; and
(2) the intermunicipal agreement shall be for a term not to exceed 12 months; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Mayor or his authorized designee is hereby empowered to execute all instruments and take all actions reasonable and necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the above action constitutes a “Type II” action under the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and its implementing regulations, 6 NYCRR Part 617, which is an action determined not to have a significant adverse effect on the environment and, therefore, requiring no further review under SEQRA; and be it further
RESOLVED, that this resolution will take effect immediately.