Southtowns Record

TB 2026-07-15 Agenda Packet

Government
Town of Boston
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Jul 15, 2026
Posted by publisher
Jul 15, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Budget and taxes, Public safety, Water, sewer and drainage, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation, Roads and traffic

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Same meeting

Text · page 105 of 114

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TOWN OF BOSTON - RESOLUTION NO. 2026-54
AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE FROM THE DRAINAGE RESERVE FUND FOR THE
  ANTHONY GULF STREAMBANK STABILIZATION PROJECT

  WHEREAS, the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District has requested that the
Town of Boston contribute funding toward a streambank stabilization and restoration project on
Anthony Gulf, a tributary of Eighteen Mile Creek, located between 6573 and 6595 Valley View
Lane within the Town of Boston; and

  WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of the project is Twenty-Four Thousand Dollars
($24,000.00), with the balance of the project costs to be funded through grants secured by the Erie
County Soil and Water Conservation District and contributions from the benefiting landowners;
and

  WHEREAS, the Town Board finds that the project will help reduce streambank erosion,
improve drainage, protect water quality, and preserve public infrastructure within the Town; and

  WHEREAS, the Town Board desires to contribute up to Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) from the Town's Drainage Reserve Fund toward the project; and

  WHEREAS, expenditures from the Drainage Reserve Fund are subject to permissive
referendum pursuant to applicable provisions of the New York General Municipal Law.

  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town Board of the Town of Boston
hereby authorizes the expenditure of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) from the Town's Drainage
Reserve Fund as the Town's contribution toward the Anthony Gulf Streambank Stabilization
Project being administered by the Erie County Soil and Water Conservation District; and be it
further

  RESOLVED, that such expenditure shall be subject to permissive referendum as required
by law; and be it further