ORDER CALLING FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING TO BE HELD ON
JANUARY 21, 2026
WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Clarence (herein called the “Town Board” and “Town” respectively), in the County of Erie, New York, has entered into an intermunicipal agreement dated August 18, 2025 among the Town of Clarence, New York, the Town of Amherst, New York, and the County of Erie, New York/Erie County Sewer District No. 5, for the construction of the “Peanut Line Parallel Interceptor Sewer Project” (the “Sewer Improvement”) consisting of approximately 3,000 lineal feet of new 24-inch diameter pipe, manholes, a new chamber, flow measuring devices, and other appurtenances installed from Transit Road to Paradise Road, in the Town of Amherst, New York for the benefit of all parties to the agreement; and
WHEREAS, a map, plan and report in the form of a Technical Memorandum describing the project, prepared by GHD, competent engineers duly licensed by the State of New York, and supplied to the Town by the Town of Amherst, has been heretofore prepared and duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk for public examination; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board and the Town and other parties to the intermunicipal agreement have complied in every respect with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding environmental matters, including compliance with the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act, comprising Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law; and
WHEREAS, the proposed area within the Town to be benefited by the proposed Sewer Improvement (herein designated and called the “Benefited Area” or the “Clarence Sewer Improvement Area”), consists of the entire area of the Town outside of any villages; and
WHEREAS, the estimated total cost of the project is $5,060,000 and the maximum amount proposed to be expended by the Town for its allocated share of the cost of construction of the Sewer Improvement is estimated to be $2,500,000, which is planned to be financed by the issuance of serial bonds of the Town and a charge upon the several lots and parcels of land in the entire area of the Town outside of any villages, to be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other Town charges, to pay the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same shall become due and payable; and
WHEREAS, the annual cost of operation and maintenance of said Sewer Improvement shall be paid by a charge upon the several lots and parcels of land in the entire area of the Town outside of any villages which shall be levied and collected in the same manner and at the same time as other Town charges;
Now, therefore, be it
ORDERED, that the Town Board of the Town shall meet and hold a public hearing at the Town Hall, in the Town, on the 21st day of January, 2026, at 10:20 a.m. (Prevailing Time) to consider the construction of such Sewer Improvement, at which all persons interested in the subject thereof may be heard concerning the same, and for such other action on the part of the Town Board with relation thereto as may be required by law; and be it
FURTHER ORDERED, that the Town Clerk publish at least once in the Town’s official newspaper(s) having a general circulation in the Town of Clarence, and hereby designated as the official newspaper(s) of the Town for such publication, and post conspicuously on the bulletin board of the Town Clerk, a copy of this Order certified by said Town Clerk, the first publication thereof and said posting to be not less than ten (10) nor more than twenty (20) days before the day set and designated herein for said public hearing as aforesaid.
DATED: December 10, 2025
TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF CLARENCE
BY ORDER OF THE CLARENCE TOWN BOARD
Karen Hawes, Town Clerk
December 10, 2025
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