RESOLUTION
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BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER DIAZ, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, MERANTE, RUBBO, AND WILLIAMS.
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RESOLUTION ISSUING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION PURSUANT TO SEQRA FOR
VARIOUS CITY OF YONKERS CAPITAL PROJECTS
WHEREAS, there is pending before the City Council ordinances to authorize a lease financing agreement to the finance the projects (the “Projects”) set forth in Schedule “A” annexed hereto and forming a part hereof; and
WHEREAS, following adoption of this Resolution, City Council approval of finance agreement will be required in order to adopt said finance agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Yonkers has reviewed the potential environmental impacts associated with said Projects;
WHEREAS, the City Council sought to be Lead Agency pursuant to SEQRA related to the installation of Ground Mount SolarPV system arrays at the Water Treatment Plant, and an Environment Assessment Form (“EAF”) was completed for the project and annexed hereto as Schedule “B”; and
WHEREAS, the remaining projects set forth in Schedule “A”, have been reviewed and determined to be “Type II” Actions, under SEQRA and no further environmental review is required at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Yonkers, Westchester, State of New York, as follows:
RESOLVED, following City Council’s review, which classified installation of Ground Mount SolarPV system arrays at the Water Treatment Plant as an “Unlisted” Action under SEQRA, the City Council declares itself Lead Agency and has reviewed the Environment Assessment Form (“EAF”) completed for the project, a copy of which are annexed hereto as Schedule “B”, hereby determines that there will be no significant adverse impact on the environment from this project and therefore the City Council does not require any further environment review and the Council hereby adopts a negative declaration for the projects, and be it further
RESOLVED, following review by the City Council, it was determined that the remaining projects set forth in Schedule “A”, have been reviewed and determined to be “Type II” Actions, under SEQRA and no further environmental review is required at this time; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the City Council President is authorized to sign the EAF for the installation of Ground Mount SolarPV system arrays at the Water Treatment Plant, and the City Clerk is authorized and directed to execute and publish any documentation as SEQRA may require; and be it further
RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall take effect in accordance with law.