Rs SEQRA Lead Agency Resolution 3_6_2025 (OCIDA – WEP)

ONONDAGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF
WATER ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

SEQRA LEAD AGENCY RESOLUTION
A regular meeting of the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency (the
“Agency”) was convened in public session on March 6, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. at 335 Montgomery
Street, 2" Floor, Syracuse, New York.
The meeting was called to order by the (Vice) Chairperson of the Agency and, upon roll
being called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT: Patrick Hogan
Janice Herzog
Kevin Ryan
Elizabeth Dreyfuss
ABSENT: Cydney Johnson
Susan Stanezyk
Fanny Villarreal
ALSO PRESENT: _ Robert M. Petrovich, Executive Director
Amanda M. Fitzgerald, Esq., Agency Counsel
The following resolution was offered by Kevin Ryan and seconded by Janice Herzog:

RESOLUTION CLASSIFYING A CERTAIN PROJECT AS
AN UNLISTED ACTION AND DECLARING THE INTENT
OF THE ONONDAGA COUNTY = INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO BE LEAD AGENCY FOR
PURPOSES OF A COORDINATED REVIEW PURSUANT
TO THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY REVIEW
ACT
WHEREAS, 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, constituting Section 895 of said General Municipal Law (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
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sound commerce and industry to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and
economic welfare of the people of the State of New York (the “‘State’’), 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 grant “financial assistance” (as defined in the Act) in connection with the
acquisition, reconstruction and equipping of one or more “projects” (as defined in the Act); and
WHEREAS, the Onondaga County Department of Water Environmental Protection (the
“Department”) on behalf of itself and/or entities formed or to be formed on behalf of the foregoing,
has requested access (the “Request for Access”) to all or a portion of property located at 5064 State
Route 31 in the Town of Clay, County of Onondaga (tax map number 064.-01-06.1) (the
“Premises’”), which Request for Access requests that the Agency consider the following
(collectively, the “Project’’): (A) the right to access by vehicle and by foot the Premises; (B) the
right to undertake certain activities consistent with its Oak Orchard municipal sewer expansion
project; (C) the subdivision of the Premises; (D) the ultimate sale of the Premises to be purchased
by the Department; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law of the State of
New York, as amended, and the regulations of the Department of Environmental Conservation of
the State of New York promulgated thereunder (collectively referred to hereinafter as “SEQRA”),
the Agency is required to make a determination whether the “action” (as said quoted term is
defined in SEQRA) to be taken by the Agency may have a “significant impact on the environment”
(as said quoted term is utilized in SEQRA) and the Project constitutes such an action; and
WHEREAS, to aid the Agency in determining whether undertaking the Project may have
a significant impact upon the environment, the Department has prepared and submitted to the
Agency an Environmental Assessment Form (the “EAF”) with respect to the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has examined the EAF in order to classify the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has not approved the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Project is to facilitate the ultimate sale of the approximate 1.32-acre
parcel to the Department to facilitate its Oak Orchard municipal sewer expansion project which
has been previously reviewed under a separate SEQR process wherein it was concluded that Oak
Orchard municipal sewer expansion project will not result in any significant adverse impact on the
environment; and
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the members of the Onondaga County Industrial
Development Agency as follows:

(1) Based upon an examination of the EAF, the criteria contained in 6 NYCRR
§617.7(c), and based further upon the Agency’s knowledge of the area surrounding the Premises,
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and such further investigation of the Project and its environmental impacts as the Agency has
deemed appropriate, the Agency makes the following findings and determinations with respect to
the Project pursuant to SEQRA:
(A) | The Project consists of the components described above in the third
WHEREAS clause of this resolution; and
(B) — The Action constitutes an “Unlisted Action” (as said quoted term is defined
in SEQRA); and
(C) | Asaconsequence of the foregoing, the Agency hereby declares its intent to
act as “Lead Agency” (as said term is defined in SEQRA) with respect to a coordinated agency
review of the Project pursuant to SEQRA; and
(D) | The Agency’s counsel shall arrange for publication and distribution of its
notice of intent to be “Lead Agency” and is hereby authorized to take such actions as are necessary
and appropriate to assist the Agency in fulfilling the requirements under SEQRA for the Project
and to work with the Department and its agent(s) in connection therewith.
(2) A copy of this Resolution, together with the attachments hereto, shall be placed on
file in the office of the Agency where the same shall be available for public inspection during
business hours.
(3) This Resolution shall take effect immediately

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 xX
Janice Herzog x
Cydney Johnson x
Elizabeth Dreyfuss Xx
Susan Stanezyk Xx
Kevin Ryan x
Fanny Villarreal Xx
The Resolution was thereupon declared duly adopted.

STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS:
COUNTY OF ONONDAGA )
1, 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 on March 6, 2025, 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, | have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Agency
this 6" day of March, 2025.
Que eyo Rodrigurr
Alexis Rodriguez, Secretary ‘
(SEAL)