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A regular meeting of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency was convened in public session on July 13, 2021, at 8:00 a.m., local time at 333 West Washington Street, Syracuse, New York.
The meeting was called to order by the (Vice) Chairman of the Agency and, upon roll being called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT: Patrick Hogan
Janice Herzog Victor Ianno Steve Morgan Susan Stancezyk Fanny Villarreal
ABSENT: Kevin Ryan
ALSO PRESENT: Robert M. Petrovich, Executive Director
Jeffrey W. Davis, Esq., Agency Counsel The following resolution was offered by Janice Herzog, seconded by Victor Ianno, to wit:
AGREEMENT.
WHEREAS, Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (the “Agency’) is
authorized and empowered by the provisions of Chapter 1030 of the 1969 Laws of New York, constituting Title 1 of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law, Chapter 24 of the Consolidated Laws of New York, as amended (the “Enabling Act”), Chapter 435 of the Laws of 1970 of the State of New York and Chapter 676 of the Laws of 1975 of the State of New York, as amended (said Chapter and the Enabling Act being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Act”) to promote, develop, encourage and assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping and furnishing of manufacturing, warehousing, research, commercial and industrial facilities, among others, for the purpose of promoting, attracting and developing economically sound commerce and industry to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the State of New York, to improve their prosperity and standard of living, and to prevent unemployment and economic deterioration; and
WHEREAS, to accomplish its stated purposes, the Agency is authorized and empowered
under the Act to acquire, construct, reconstruct and install “projects” (as defined in the Act) or to cause said projects to be acquired, constructed, reconstructed and installed, and to convey said projects or to lease said projects with the obligation to purchase; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to a resolution dated August 11, 2020, the Agency authorized the
Executive Director to submit an Amended Brownfield Cleanup Program (“BCP”) Application (the
“Application”) for the 800 Hiawatha Boulevard West (former Roth Steel) Site (the “Site”); to reduce the boundary under the Brownfield Cleanup Agreement Index No. C734983-01-16 with an effective date of January 21, 2016; and
WHEREAS, on June 23, 2021, the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (the “NYSDEC”) informed the Agency that the Application had been accepted and provided Amendment 1 to the Brownfield Site Cleanup Agreement (the “Amendment”) ; and
WHEREAS the Executive Director, with the advice of counsel, has reviewed the
Amendment and finds the Amendment satisfactory and necessary to prepare the Site for future economic development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ONONDAGA
COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Executive Director is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to execute and deliver the Amendment in substantially the form thereof presented at this meeting. Section 2. The Chairman, Vice Chairman and/or Executive Director of the Agency are hereby authorized and directed to distribute copies of this Resolution and to do such further things or perform such acts as may be necessary or convenient to implement the provisions of this Resolution.
The question of the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows:
AYE NAY ABSENT
Patrick Hogan x Janice Herzog Xx Victor Janno x Steve Morgan x Susan Stanczyk x Kevin Ryan x Fanny Villarreal Xx The Resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.
) ss.:
I, the undersigned Secretary of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I have compared the foregoing extract of the minutes of the meeting of the members of the Agency, including the Resolution contained therein, held July 13, 2021, with the original thereof on file in my office, and that the same is a true and correct copy of such proceedings of the Agency and of such Resolution set forth therein and of the whole of said original so far as the same relates to the subject matter therein referred to.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that (A) all members of the Agency had due notice of said meeting, (B) said meeting was in all respects duly held, (C) pursuant to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law (the “Open Meetings Law”), said meeting was open to the general public and due notice of the time and place of said meeting was duly given in accordance with such Open Meetings Law, and (D) there was a quorum of the members of the Agency present throughout said meeting. I FURTHER CERTIFY that as of the date hereof, the attached Resolution is in full force and effect and has not been amended, repealed, or rescinded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this _ day of July, 2021.
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