Town Board Regular Meeting Agenda, Sep 14, 2026 — Agenda

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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg
September 14, 2026 Meeting
4.33. The Proposed Town-Wide Drainage and Stormwater Management District

WHEREAS, the Town of Hamburg (the “Town”) manages a drainage system which provides collection
of the rainfall and snow melt runoff for properties within the Town and controls the quantity and quality
of runoff into local, state, and federal waterways; and

WHEREAS, the Town has determined it will need a dedicated sole source of funding to continue to
construct, operate, and maintain sufficient stormwater infrastructure to comply with increasingly
stringent permit requirements, provide sufficient capital to repair/replace aging infrastructure, and to
address the effects of increasing precipitation as a result of climate change; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town, pursuant to Article 12-a of the New York Town Law,
desires to create a Town-wide Drainage and Stormwater Management District (the "District") to
manage and fund the entire stormwater system; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board directed the Town Engineer to prepare a Map, Plan and Report for, and to
support the potential formation of, the proposed District (“Report”), in such detail as required by
Section 209-c of the Town Law; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board previously adopted a Resolution, dated August 10, 2026, calling for a
public hearing on the establishment of the District; and

WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has subsequently prepared and delivered to the Town Board an
Amended Map, Plan, and Report (“Amended Report”) which accurately describes the proposed District
and complies with the requirements of Section 209-c of the Town Law; and

WHEREAS, the formation of the District requires the Town to comply with the New York State
Environmental Quality Review Act (Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and its
implementing regulations at 6 NYCRR Part 617) and the Town’s Local Waterfront Revitalization
Program; and

WHEREAS, the Town has prepared an Environmental Assessment Form that evaluates the potential
environmental impacts of the District:

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