Town Board Regular Meeting Agenda, Sep 28, 2026 — Agenda

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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg
September 28, 2026 Meeting
4.23. SEQRA Resolution – TOWN of Hamburg Ambulance District

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Hamburg, New York, County of Erie (“Town”) has
determined that the availability of reliable, adequately staffed, and properly equipped emergency
medical and ambulance services and vehicles within the Town is critical to maintaining the health,
safety and welfare of those within the Town;

WHEREAS, the Town Board, pursuant to Article 12-a of the New York Town Law, desires to establish
the Town of Hamburg Ambulance District (“District”) to provide adequate funding, and a stable and
sustainable funding mechanism, to meet the emergency medical and ambulance services needs within
the Town (“Project”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 of the
Environmental Conservation Law (“SEQRA”); and

WHEREAS, August 10, 2026, the Town Board adopted a resolution (i) determining that the formation
of the District is an Unlisted Action, and (ii) accepting the Short Environmental Assessment Form for
the District; and

WHEREAS, on August 24, 2026, the Town Board adopted a resolution accepting an Amended Short
Environmental Assessment Form which corrected an inconsistency regarding the identification of the
potential boundaries of the District; and

WHEREAS, under the Amended Short Environmental Assessment Form, it remained that the formation
of the District will not require any bonding, cash outlay, new development, construction, or physical
work by the Town for the District, and as such, it remains that there are no anticipated environmental
impacts; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board has prepared a Full Environmental Assessment Form (Parts 1, 2, and 3)
and received input from the public and its consultants, and has taken a hard look at the social,
economic, and environmental impacts of the Project; and

WHEREAS, the findings of this review indicate that the Project will not adversely affect the natural
resources of the State and/or the health, safety and welfare of the public; and

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