Town Board Regular Meeting Agenda, Aug 10, 2026 — Agenda

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Town Board of the Town of Hamburg
August 10, 2026 Meeting
4.42. Town of Hamburg Drainage and Stormwater Management District Public Hearing and Lead
Agency

WHEREAS, the Town of Hamburg (the “Town”) manages a drainage system which provides collection
of the rainfall and snow melt runoff for Town properties 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 proposes to create a new Town-wide Drainage and Stormwater Management
District (the "District") to manage and fund the entire stormwater system.

WHEREAS, for the Town of Hamburg to form a Town-wide Drainage and Stormwater
Management District the Town of Hamburg must adopt the Order and schedule a public hearing. The
public hearing will provide involved and concerned parties an opportunity to comment on the
Map, Plan, & Report as well as voice any potential comments or issues; and

WHEREAS, the Town Engineer has submitted a proposed Order that includes a notice of the public
hearing and announces that the Map, Plan, & Report are available for public review; and

WHEREAS, the formation of the District will require 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; “SEQRA”) and the Town’s Local
Waterfront Revitalization Program; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Part 617 of the implementing regulations pertaining to Article 8 (State
Environmental Quality Review Act - SEQR) of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Town Board
has determined that developing and implementing the proposed District is an Unlisted Action; and

WHEREAS, the Town Board, in compliance with Section 209-d of the Town Law,
now desires to conduct a public hearing concerning the proposed District;

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