Barrett Township, Pa

CQMPWENENSIVE CO MM drNl TY PLAN

TOWNSHIP OF BARRETT

M 0h'R 8 E C Q UNT Y 17 P E NN SY L V AH I A

PREPARATION OF THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN FINANCED IN PART THROUGH AN URBAN PLANNING GRANT FROM THE HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 707 OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED. THESE STUDIES WERE PREPARED UN- DER THE SUPERVISION OF THE BUREAU OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

8 E''L.L A N T E AND CLAUSS

PLANNING- CONSULTING SERVICES TOWNSHIP Of BARRETT

MONROE COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIA

BOARD OF TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS

Rapha C. Sieg Chairman ktcher M. Camthers Secretary Stanley Bender

TOWNSHIP PlLAEKtNO COMMISSION

Elmer J. Daniels Chairman Lawrence Wile Secretary Chester Seese Marshall Reese mu Lewis

TOWNSHIP SOLICITOR Christie D. Shull

TOWNSHIP ENGINEER

Edward C. Hess BARRETT TOWNSHIP COMPREHENSIVE PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MEMORANDUM TITI2 -PAGE No. 1 Description of Barrett Township and the Planning h-ogram 1 to 3

MAPS Area Map following Page 1

No. 2 Existing Land Use and Development 1 to 6 Appendix -MAPS Existing Land Use following Page 1

No. 2A Vacant Lsnd Analysis 1 to 3

Topography following Page 2 Vacant Land Analysis Page 2

No* 3 Population Characteristics and Projections 1 to 12

Population Distribution following Page 3

No. 4 Economic Base Study 1 to 6 No* 5 Housing Report 1 to 7

NO. 6 Community Facilities Survey 1 to 6

Community Facilities following Page 5

No. 7 Fiscal Analysis 1 to 7 Appendix

No. 8 Traffic and Parking Study 1 to 5

Road Conditions following Page 3 Highway Adequacy Page 4 Parking Facilities Page 5 I 1

I MEMORANDUM TITLE 7PAc;E No* 9 Comprehensive Development Plan 1 to 19 1 -MAPS land Use Plan following Page 8 I Traffic Plan Page 14 No. 10 Capital Improvements Program 1 to 5 1 I I I I 1 I 1 I 1 I I 1 d I I 1 MEMORANDUM NO. 1 I

I BARRETT TOWNSHlP MASTER PLAN 1 I

I DESCRlPTlON OF BARRETT TOWNSHIP AND THE PLANNING PROGRAM I Township of garrett, ,Monroe County, Pennsylvania I IN TRODUCTlON Incation Barxett Township is located in the northeast corner of Monroe I COU~Q,the heart of the Pocono Mountain Resart Area. ManJr of the largest and most popular Pcpcono resorC attractions and developments may be found in the 'kosmship, including the Pocono Playhouse, Onawa Lodge, Skybop Irodge, I and 'Fhe Inn at Buck Hill FerlLs which is the largest resort hotel in Pennsylvania

The Township is easily accessible both as a resoxt area and as a hg.aaing I residential area withfn reasonable proximity 'bo the region's centers of employmento I Major State roads which traverse the Township include Routes 191, 290, 390, and ll23 major highways which are not in the Township but provide easy access to the 'pownship inalude Ua S, Routes 611, eO9, the Northeast I Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and Pennsylvania Woutes 940 and U.5; praposed roads which will serve the area include the Bystone Short- way and Interstate Routes 81s and 84. I This extensive network of highways all increase aecessgbility from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvaniaj it will also increase the area's accessibflity to major employment centers such as Scranton, WILlkea-Barre, I Bazhton, EaBton, and AUntovn, I ~~ ~~ ~ _~__~~~ ~

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NEW YORK

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WASHI NGTON PLANNERS ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS VlRG lNlA 1 1 'Size,- Barrett Township is the second largest Township in Monroe County havw an area of about 5104 square miles. &e 1960 population level was I reported at 2,395 persons; this represents a nominal increase of about ten percent from the 1950 level of 2,190 persons. I Development, Development in Barrett Township is concentrated in the five (5) villages of Skytop, CanadensSs, Buck Hill Falls, MountaLnhome, and 1 Cresco, which run from North to Sputh respectively, Only about 16 percent of the !Bwnshlp is developed; thSs development is scattered throughout the !bwnship with heavy concentration In. the central. area dong Rates 390 and 290, &e Township is relatively undeveloped to I the East and West,

Natural Features. The elevation of the Township ranges from 840 to 2,040 I feet above mean sea level, Approxbately nine water courses provide drainage for Barrett Township. m These are Brodhead Creek, Mill Creek, Buck Hill Creek, Spruce Mountain Run, Rattlesnake Creek, Goose Pond Run, Bright Creek, Stony Run, and Spruce Cabin Ruzo I The Township is fortunate in having several large lakes, some of which have been developed for fishing, sw-, andboating. I State Parkso Among other attractions of the Township as a residential and resort area axe the Promised Land State Park on Route 390 to the north, Ccouldsboro and TobyheLnna State Parks on Rout!e 611 to the West and the State Game Lhds which is partially located in the southwest corner of the Town- I ship along Route 191,

Railroads. The Township is served by the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad which m has its passenger and freight station in Cresco. Historical Background. In 1847 the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail- I road was constructed through the Cresco section of the Township. By 1900 a group of Quakers from Philadelphia came to the area and eslxib- lished a resort a* Buck Hill Falls. This was the beginning; of the resprt 1 and entertainment facUities in the Pocono Mountains.

The populaeion of Barrett Township has been Increasjng steadily since the I mea was settled. En the f'uture, the increase in population -1 probably be at a much faster rate than ever before due to the increased emphasis on tourLst a&%ivitiesby the State Department of Comerce andbecause the area I wfll be more easily accessible when the new interstate highways are completed. -1 Page 2 1 1 THE PLANNING PROGRAM

During the winter of 1961, the Township of Barrett authorized its Planning Comission to undertake a comprehensive planning program to guide the future growth anddevelopment of the Township. This program is being undertaken under Section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954 as amended, The cost of the program is distributed between the Federal Government and the Township, In order to expedite the planning program, the Township has employed planning consultants who will provide technical assistance, advice, and guidance. The plans, however, will be developed by the Township's Planning Commission and its elected officials.

Essentially the planning program will include three phases:

1. Inventory and analyses of existing conditions, needs, and resources including land use and development, population, houshg, economy, f2nance, and community facilities,

2. Plans for the rUture developmen%of land, roads, utilities, and public facilities.

3. The effectuation of plws through zoning, subdivision regulations, and capital improvements programming.

These are the basic elements of the planning program, but the planning process will not be concluded upon the completion of the studies and plans,that are currently scheduled. The master plan uill be a starting point - - a blueprint to guide the rUture development of the Township. The mas%er plan should be contbually revised and up-dated to reflect changing conditions, aMZtudes, and goals of the Township. The success of the planning program will be measured only in the form of accomplishment; the effectuation of the plan wXLl be the responsibility of the Township's residents; it will require public support and positive action by the Board of Township Supervisors. J MEMORANDUM NO. *2

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

EXISTING LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT

Township of Barrett, Monroe Cwnty, Pennsylvania

IN TRODUCTlON This is the second memorandum In a series of studies of fhe Township of Barrett, Pennsylvania, being prepcared under the Townshlp'e "701" Master Plasnbg Program, This mnoraaldxun is concerned with the ex%stihguse and 8evelopmnt of land Sr. the TOWnship.

The character of the existing development waa determlmd by a, smyof the entire !bwnship. %be data accumulated !Ln this survey has been mapped, tdbu- lated and analyzed. 'Fhis data Ss presented in the form of a colored Property Map, at a scale of one Inch equrels 1,000 feet, which shows elght different oategorigs of uses found %nthe !bwnshIp. me maps incl-d in thls IpQp1oran- 8um are more hkalled than the colored map and show tan different categories of uses. Ike data, maps turd (c3L&1yses inoluded herein are designed to set forth the existlng characteristics of dmelopment in the Townah%p. SURVEY DATA '! The basic land use data was obtained from a detailed fleld smyof the Tawnship as well as fromthe examhation of aerial photographs an& available mps lnolrrBing U.S. Geological Survey Maps and Monroe County Assessment Maps. I I I I I 1 I I I SOUTHWEST I iI

I I I I I 1 \\ EXISTING 1AN.D USE

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I I PREPARED BY BELLANTE AND CLAWS INC I 1 PLANNERS ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS I I , DECEMBER 1961 -_ I ---- , --__---_ I SUMMAR;/ OF MAJOR LAND USES

Barrett Totimskslp is prba,rily a resort community located in the heart of the Pocono Vacationland. The Township contains ab 900 acres of land (51.4) sqwe miles) of which about 5,300 acre 6 percent is developed; this development Includes residential, c lal, Sndwtrial, public, resort uses and roads. The remainder of the !bmship is made u$ of vacant or wooded lands and water areasa

Hearly 2,000 acres, or 37 percent of' the developed land is us and resorb purposes, This includes such uses as resort; hotels, motels, tourist homes, gif"t; @hops, golf courses, etc. Residenkhl uses occupy about 1,220 acres or nearly 23 percent of all developed land. The remainder of the Township's built-up mea includes commercial, industrial, public, and street uses.

Definition of terms used in this report and a complete breakdown of the Township's land use characteristics am presented in the Appendix.

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I SUMMARY OF MAJQR IAN33 USES BARRE'IPP "SHP9 1961 I Monroe County, Pennsylvanh ACRES PERCENT OF PERCm OF I I DEVELOPED LAND TOTAL AREA .I 92 1-7 03 113 2.1 03 I Streets 627 1~8 1.9 I ptiblic 1,278 24.1 3.9 Residential 1,220 23.0 3.7 I Resort 1,764 33.2 504 Motels & Cottage 212 4*0 .6 I Sub-total 5 9 306 100 e 0 16.1

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1 WATER 516 1,6

I GROSS AEiEA 32,896 100. 0 Includes approximately 8 acres in mixed residential-commercial use. Includes approximately 39 acres of railroad land and 11 acres occupdted I by utilities. I Source: FieQril Survey, 1961. I I I

_I- -a . -- a I I DEVELOPED LAND USES Resort Uses. The resort uses occupy the greatest percentage of developed land, Abou% 33 percent (1,764 acres) of developed land is in this category. I This type of 'use is scatteredthroughout the Township. The degree to which this type of land is developed varies greatly. Some of the parcels along the highways are intensely developed with gift shops and other tourist attractions, while some include golf courses, lakes, ski slopes, riding trails and other I types of open uses, Among the ma,ny attractions In the' area is the famous Pocono Playhouse in Moun%ainhome off Route 191. I Resldentid, Residentfal uses occupy about 1,220 acreso This is approximately 23 percent of the total developed land in the Township. Of the total residential acreage, ab0u.t; 99 percent is used for one and two family development, The remainder is made np of a nomhaJ number of apartments, I trailers, and seasonal dwelling developments.

Most of the residential development is very attractive and the density of de- I velopment is low, The average lot size is about 20,000 square feet. Some of the better examples of good resIdentb3 development are found in Buck Hill I Falls Mountainhome and Canadensis, Comercidl., mere are only 92 acres of the Township devoted to uses which are comercSaZ 5n nature, and which axe not strickly for tourist or resort pm- poses, This acreage includes retau estmshments, gasoline filling stations, I banks, restaurants, etc, Most of this development is located in Cresco and Mountainhome e

I Industr?Lal. About 74 acres of Land axe occupied by various small bdus- tries and utfl$ties. The hdustrial establishments in the Township include the WeUer Brush Com.pw, the Jb A, &Wardt Oompany, a printing conpay, I a sawm~,and otherso Railroads. The Erie-Lackawanm RaUroad provides Bmett Township with both passenger and freight service; the railroad station is in Creacoe I Thirty-nine (39) acres of land me occqpied by the rarllroad,

' Publie. The amowxb of land used for public and semi-public purposes is I abou-km acres, 3315s form of development includes public buildings, the Basrett TomshAp School on Rowbe 390 3.n HowrbaPahome, recreation areas, churches, eeme.t;er&es, and the huge traa8, of State Game Lands in the south- I' westem porbion of the Tmmsh5pb Street and Highways, Street and Highway rights-of-ww occupy about 12 percent of the Townsh&% developed land, This Is a relatively low per- I centage and Is due prPmarily %o large resickntlial lot sizes and huge tracts of land used for resort purposes, 'I Motel or Cottage. Motds and eottqes occupy ab0ut.W acres of land in BmttTownship. mese uses are separated from resorb uses because of the different character ~fmo%land eo%%age developmento I> Page 4 1, 'I I PLANNING DJSTRICT CHAR ACT ERlSTlCS The patterns of land use vary throughout the Township, and glve each neighborhood a unique character. As a basis for the f'uture development of de- I tailed neighborhood plans, Barrett %wnship has been divided into n- (9) "planning aistricts," the boundaries of which are shown on the Land Use kp. I Table 51, follcnslng, summarizes the salient characteristics of each dlstrict. !PABLE3I I COMPAR.A!EWE PlXT"G DISTRZCT DATA BARREEC TOWPISHIP, 1961 I Monroe County, Pennsylvanb AFaA 9 OF (3s ACRES1 -Iwp. Buck HU Central 1,465 4.5 The Inn Falls Township Fire House Canadensis Dutch HSl Central 290, 390 1,920 5.8 Post Office Greenhouse Nursery

Seese Hill South- 4,840 14.7 Wildwood Manor east Girls Camp Bortheast North- 9,850 29.9 Brown's Lake east Goose Pond Camp Canadensis on Ransbemy Pond Bruht Creek Park Assn. MUrSe;ry

Cresco South- 6.8 Weiler Brush Coqpany Central Pocono Press Saw m3ll Post Office FiR Passenger Station

Mountain- NorCh of 191, 112 7.7 Barrett Twp. School home Cresco Pocono Playhouse J. A, Rehhardt Go. Post Office Junk yaxd Roadside businesses Northwest Horthwest 1101 Cnmp Pocono Plateau SWP E3Orth- 5.4 Swop Lodge on Mountab Central Lake Greenhouse, Hursery 4,650 State Game Lands Southwest Southwest 191 734*1 32,900 loo .o I I

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~I The study of land WBB in Barrett Township reveal8 the follcrwin$ cW- acter%stiesof existin& development. I lWes%denk;$alAreas %ere are several residential areas of the. p which ap”e very attractive and well laid out. Of these areas ~o~~~~~eand Wek k%UFalls are good examples of well planned and ma8ntained residential developmentsb Most residential lots in I ship are large, the buildings, have adequate setbacks, the streets are quiet and fkee fsom heavy traffic, and shade trees are I pkntif’dl, Hxed hnd gee The mixture of incompatible land u5es exists in marlgy parts of the !ibwnshi.p, fn some districts residential areas ase interspersed with commercial uses or are located near n?a.nufa@tuPing I‘ uses without adequate buffer zones to protect the residential areas from the adverse environmental influences of these other usesr These mixtures of larid uses serve neither as goodbusiness nor as I good living environments3 they general* spedestructusal deterioration and neighborhood bUght. Planning and zoning controb are needed to eorreet these haphazard land use patterns and to prevent I such random development in tbe f’uture. Lmd-Locked 89areeI.s There are several parcel6 sf land in the Wwnship whleh we surmundeaby Zand owned by others. Sese parcels I are isolated and have no access other than easements which can &on- cePvably be ebsed offo BeveUpment such as this should be prohibited I in the fibre to protee%landowners* BiULboaaPds and Advertisiq Scattered alon$ the roads of the 2kwnskl.p are maw signs and billboards of every size and description. I [email protected];f&ng is very -portant, but it should be eoabohd. The size, typ, and hoatbn of billboard8 should be restricted I in oPdex0 to mafntafn a high quaU.ty of land developlmento I I I

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EXISTING LAND-USE AND DEVELOPMENT

APPENDIX a I 1 I BARREEI? mmm, 1961 I Monroe county, Pennsylvania LAND USE CA!DWRY PERCEZW OF PERCEIJT OF I I One asd ZIWo Fanily Residential 3.66 22.71 I Other Residential 05 .28 Comerc ial .28 1.73 I Mixed Residmtial-CollPnereial .02 .I5 LQh* Comercial Heavy Commercial I Industrial 34 2.13

Xndustry .I9 1.19 I Ut ilitles 003 021 Railmads 012 , 73 I Resort Uses 5.36 33.24 Motels and Cottages .64 4.00 I Riblia Uses 3.88 24.08 I Streets and Hi@wa,ys 1.91 21.82 m!??AL %306 16.13 100 .00 I VAlJAaT LamD AND WA!F.f2R I Vacant Land I Water 516 1.57 I mTAL 27,590 83.87 32,896 100.00 I GROSS AREA Page 1 I I

1 APP ENDlX I GLOSSARY Total of Gross Land, The entire area within the boundaries of the Township I including ~3.1 developedland, all vacant land, and all bodles of water. Developed Land, All land used pwductively and all land improved with structures or other features, including streets; it is equTvalent to total I land less vacant. land and bodies of water. The following uses aze included in "developed land: It I 10 Residential a. One and Two Fam3.Q: single family structures, and two family I structures including duplex and double dwelling units. b. Other Residential: apcurt;ments containing three or more families.

C. Ztrailersr occupied house trailers, including those located in a I trailer peke 1 2, CommerciaJ, a. Mixed Residential and Commercial buildings: includes all such I combinations . b, Light Commericals retail stores, offices, restaurants, theatres, services, banks, commercial recreation, etc. I c. Heavy Commercials auto sales and repaAr, Lumber yards, gas stations, etce 1 3. 3ndustry ae Manuf'acturingn small plants engaged in the manufactme of a I product bo Utilities: water storage tanks, telephone buildings, drmrps, etc.

I co Railroads: all rauroad rights-of-way. I 4. Ptiblfc and Semi-Public School, parks and recreation areas, churches, cemeteries, public 1 buadings, etc, 5. Streets and Alleys All open streets and a.llgrs, public and private, as measured by their I rights-of-way. I Pee 2 i \

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All lands used by resort hotels, which provide lodgkg and eakiIg includ.ing special faoilities for recreation, tourist

\ attractions, eta. 7. Motel and Cottage

Developments, designed to serve tourists, which offer only facilities for lodging . Open Laad, All undeveloped land witbia a g;Lven area, beludesr 1. Bodbs of Water

Creeks, lakes, and ponds, but not flood plains nor marshes.

2. Vacant Land

Open land including wooded axeas and watershed areas. MEMORANDUM NO. 2A

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

VACANT LAND ANALYSIS

Township of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

INTRODUCTION I Barrett Township, which is comprised of about 32,900 acres of land in northeastern Monroe County, is only about 16 percent .built-up. Eighty-two percent, or about 27,000 acres, of the Township is vacant. About 500 acres I are covered by water. The future character of the Township will depend upon the amount, location, and physical characteristics of the vacant land. The potential uses of I vacant land and its availability for development purposes are dependent on two major factors: highway frontage and topography.

I HIGHWAY FRONTAGE A small percentage of the vacant land in Barrett Township has highway frontage. Highwayrfrontage or access to highways can be provided tQprac- tically any parcel of land in the Township's area without much difficulty. I TOPOGRAPHY In Barrett Township some of the land is too steep to be used for development. Other areas of vacant land have moderately steep slopes and only limited use- I fulness. To analyze the extent of these limitations, the Township's vacant hnd was separated into four slope categories: less than 5 percent, 5 to 15 I percent, 15 to 20 percent, and more thaa 20 percent. 1 I 01 to 5 Percent Slope, About 41 percent, or nearly 11,100 acres, of the Township's vacant land has a slope of less than 5 percent. 'phis is relatively ~I flat land and is appropriate for all types of use, including hdwtry. Most of the land wifh a slope of under percent is located in the northeastern part of the %wnship. However, there axe sWl concent;;rations in all parts of ~I Barrett To.ransh%p, 3 to 15 Percent Slope, ForQ percent, 10,800 acres, of the vacant land I in the Township has slopes of from 5 to 15 percent. Land with thds degree of slope is not u&3.ly dtable for lmge industrial stmctures, alehough it can be used for resldenkb.l. and lQh%oamercia3 buildings, Land with this degree I of slope is scatbered nearly unifo OwhOUt the tOWIISh%pr 15 to 20 Percent Slope, Bere me about 2,600 acres of vacant land ath a slope which falls into the 19 to 20 percent category, This land is scattered 1 throughout the !hwnship, with a large concentration in the souihwes4 corner. Land with such slopes can be used for resl&ntia.l sb.mtures on large lots of land if special design techniques are used, bu-b $ts use 1s generally limited I unless a shortage of o%her land exists. Over 20 Percent Slope, 0- ten percent, or 2,700 awes, of the vacant land 3.h Barr&% Township has a slop of 20 percent or more. This land is I sca-btered thrmghout the cen6ra.l and weaC@rn portion of the laownshipo Hone of it can be considered usable for bdldin@:purposes, I TABLE 1 VACABIT LAHD BY DECIREE: OF SIOPE BARRE'Pg .fPOWLSSHTP, 1961 I Monroe County, Pennsylvania I SLOPE (PERCrnl AREA Df ACRES I 0-5 11,100 41 5 - 19 10,830 40 1 15 - 20 2,437 9 Over 20 at701 -10 I MTAL 27,074 100 I I Page 2 I I

D EqVELOR*ME N T PO TENTI AL

Resfdentletl.. There are more than 24,000 acres of land which, based on steepfiess of slope, can be used for residential development;. Some of this land is presently subdivided end small groups of homes are planned for construction, Most of the subdivision activity is in the Mountahhome section. Barrett Township offers many advantages for residential development including good sites, scenery, and recreation facilities.

Commercial and Industrial. Nearly 22,000 acres couldbe developed for comercial and industrial purposes. mere are many sites which would be suitable for such development.

Other factors contributdng to the desirability of these potential sites include t

1. Good transportation facilities which is essential for oaamnercW and industrial development, These facilities inolude. Routes 191, 290, 390, and 112, the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, and the planned Xnterstate Highways,

2. Utilities, especially the sewers now being planned.

llourist Facilities, All of the vacant land, about 27,000 acres, can be used for addiktonal motel, resort, and tourist facfilties. !&e State Department of Commerce is now empusizing tourist actidtbs, AS a resat of this promotrional activity the development of additional fadlities is expected in the Township.

CONCLUSIONS Barrett Township As very forbmate in having vast areas of vacant land. In order to provide for the proper development of the Township, land shadbe set aside now for needed Srrture uses. This can be accomplished through zoning controls. Barrett Township, which is locatad in the heart of the Pocono Vacation Land, has vast weas of land which are sultable for additional verca'eion facilities, Existing tourist facilities in the TownshAp will kerease in importance because of the Snterst&e Highway System which -1 cut travel time to the Poconos, MEMORANDUM NO. 3

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

P 0 P ULAT 10 N CHAR A C T ERIST I CS AND P ROJEC TI0NS

Township of Barreit, Monroe County, P enns ylvania

INT RODUC TI0N This report in Barrett Township's series of Master Plan studies is intended to analyze past trends and existing characteristics of the Township's population; it is also intended to determine, or estimate possible future levels of population in the Township, The analysis of past and present characteristics is an essential phase of estimating future levels of population. It is equally important to determine such future levels in order to evaluate the long-range needs of the Township in terms of community facilities and services.

POPULATION TRENDS The population of Barrett Township has increased consistently during the past thirty years, attaining a net growth of 41$ of the 1930 populat2on. This growth is of approximately the sme scale as that experienced by Monroe County and of considerably greater proportions than the growth recorded in either the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the Middle Atlantic Region* of the United States.

When considered over a shorter more recent period of time, growth in Barrett Township assumes proportions more similar to those found in state-wide trends.

* The Middle Atlantic Region includes the States of Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey. During the decade between 1950 and 1960, Bwrett'a population increased by 9 percent over the 1950 level. This compares with gains of 17 percent in all of Monroe County, 8 percent in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and 13 percent in the Hiddle Atlantic Region, In contrast with this experience, growth experienced in Barmtt !Pornship during the decade of the l9bO's was proportionately greater than that recorded in any of the larger geographic areas used here for oomparlson.

POPULATIOE !iTBF?DS X@l BARRETT TOWNSHIP, AND SEWECTED AREAS, 1930 To 1960 GEOGRAPHIC PERCENT Pmcm PERCERT AREAS 1930 1940 CWGE 1950 CHANGE 1960 CHANGE 1930-40 1940-50 -, 1950-60 L Bazrett 1,695 1,841 + 9 2,190 +19 2,395 '9 Monroe 28,286 29,802 + 5 33,773 +13 39,567 +17 County Pike County 7,483 7,452 -0.4 8,425 +13 9,158 +9

Pennsyl- p,6p,$O 9,900,180 + 3 10,498,012 +6 11,39,366 +8 vania

Micp Atlantic 26,260,750 27,539,487 + 5 3at163,533 +lo 34,168,000 +13 Region*

* The Niddle Atlantic Region includes Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. Source: UeS. Census of Population, 1930, 1940, 1950, and 19600

Page 2 POPULATION DISTRlSUTlON

The concentration of the population in Barrett Township is located in an area which runs generally north-to-south in the central part of the Township. Included in this band are the Villages of Buck Hill Falls, Canadensis, Cresco, Mountainhome, and Skytop. More detailed iuformation about population concentrations in these meas, as well as in the remainder of the Township, can be seen on the Population Distribution Map which accompanies this report.

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

Introduction

There are several important characteristics which may help to describe the Township's population. Taken together and in proper perspective, these characteristics provide a sound basis on which to form population projections. Consequently, a thorough understanding of these characteristics is an essential pre-requisite to any such valid projections.

The first of these characteristics is age compositioa. Data relating to this Characteristic is presented in several perspectives. The age composition of the population of Barrett is cornpamd with age composition io, Monroe County and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The informatton for Pennsylvania closely approximates that for the nation as a whole and is used here as the norm for comparison. Distortions in age composition in Barrett Township become clear when the Township data is compared with that for Pennsylvania. Secondly, development of any apparent distortions in age structure may be traced historically by comparing age composition data for 1940 and 1950 with the most recent data.

A second descriptive characteristic of population is the sex ratio found in the population as a whole, and in certain age groups within the population. This ratio expressed as the number of females per hundred males, is also presented both chronologically and in comparison with Monroe County and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Average household size, defined as the number of persons per occupied housing unit, provides a reliable indication of population density in developed areas. Comparative household size data for the Commonwealth and the nation indicates the extent to which trends in household size in Barrett Township have been comparable with those in larger geographic areas. he CornPosition

The distribution of Barrett's population according to age group shows several areas of variance with State and National Bistributions. Two of these variances hold particular significance for projections of future population levels and composition.

These distortions occur at both extremes of' the age distribution. The age group of 24 years and under accounts for only 36% of the total population in Barrett, as compared to 40% in Monroe County, 4346 in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and 44% in the United States as a whole. Conversely, the age group of 45 years and over accounts for 39% of Barrett's total, fully 10% more than is represented by the same age group in the nation as a whole. Page 3 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I COMPARATIVE PEZUXIVT DISTRIBUTION OF TRE POPULA!TION BY AGE, FOR BARRETT TOWNSHIP, MONROE COuNm COMMONWEAEI" OF PENNSYLVANIA, AWD TRE UNITED STATES, 1960 11

BARRETT MOmROE UNITED AGE GROUP TOWNSHIP COUNTY PETWSYLVABTIA STATES

Under 5 8 10 11 11

15 - 24 12 13 13 13

TOTAL 24 or less 36 40 43 44

25 - 34 11 12 13 13 35 - 44 15 14 14 13

TOTAL 25 - 44 26 26 27 26

45 - 54 14 12 12 11 55 - 64 12 10 9 9 65 or over 13 11 10 9

TOTAL 45 or over 39 33 31 29

TOTAL* 100 100 100 100

*Detail may not add to 100 due to rounding

Source: U. S. Census of Population, 1960

Page 4 1 I The distortion from the normaJ. age composition apparent in the data shown is the result of a recognizable trend toward a relatively older population, Comparison of age composition in Barrett in 1940 with the most recent data ,1 (age composition figures are not available for 1950) reveals that the group between the ages of 25 and 44 have declined significmtly. 2211s group, which accounted for 32 percent of the total in 1940, had been reduced to ~I 26 percent of the total by 1960. And the group comprising those who are 45 years of age and over accounted for 39 percent in 1960, as compared with 'I 31 percent in 1940, TABLF: 3 !PREXDS OF POF'ULA!t'IOH BY AGE GROUPS I BA€VB!E' TOtdMSHP, 194.0 AND 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania I 1940 1960 AGE GROUP -Mumber Percent Number Percent I Under 5 128 7 201 8 5 - 14 252 14 379 16 15 - 24 307 17 281 12 I .- TOTAL UNDER 25 861 36 1 687 38 25 - 34 262 11 I 35 - 44 351 15 1 TOTAL: 25 4-4 594 32 613 26 45 - 54 . 218 12 324 14 55 - 64 182 10 292 12 I 65 and over 160 9 305 13

1 560 3 921 39 I TOTAL 1,841 100 2,395 100 Notez Percentage figures may not add to totals due to rounding. I Source: U, S, Census of the PopulatLon, General Characteristics of the Population, Pennsylvania, 1940 and 1960 I 1 # It seems unlikely that this shifting age composition may be atrtributed to out-migration of the younger age groups, Exsmination of totd population figures indicates Lnstead that there has been net migration into the Town- ship. The net 5ncrease recorded in the decade of the 19kOfs, 19 percent, is too large to be attributed solely to the excess of births over deaths; part of this increase resulted from migration into the Township. This fact, coupled with the trend in age composition, indicated above, revertls that a substantial portion of the total migration into the Township has been composed of persons in the age groups of 45 years and over. Sex Distribution

Like populations of communities and states throughout the Nation, the population of Barrett Township has been characterized by an increasing ratio of females to males. This trend is attribu*d on a national level to the tendency for women to outlive men, and for mom females than males to survive infancy.

Barrett Township in 1960 had 108 females for every hundred desin the population, a slbht increase over the 1940 ratio. This was a slightly higher ratio than was found in either Moaroe County or the Commonwealth, which registered ratios of 104,

In the marriageable and childbearing age groups, those between the ages Qf 15 and 34, the ratio in Barrett was 110; again, this was a slightly higher proportion than was found in either the County or the Commonwealth.

SEX DXSTRIMFTIOM By AGE GROUP BAEW3TT TowlgSHZP, MONROE COUNT!f, m PEPBWSYLVANIA, 1940 AND 1960 AGE GROUP PmsYLvAmx 1960

Under 5 106 101 100 96

5 9 14 97 89 93 96 15 - 34 102 110 106 108 35 - 64 1ll 113 105 107 65 and over 1U. 126 121 122

TOTAL POFtJLA~OH 106 108 104 105

* Expressed as number of females per hundred males Ln each group. Source: U. S. Census of the PoPulatLon, General Characteristics of the Population, PennsylvaLa, 1940-and 1960. Page 6 This unbdanced sex ratio my, if preserved over a long period of time, adversely affect future birth rates. This would be the net result of either a reduced marriage rate or an increasing rate of out-migration, among fema3es in the 15 to 34 years group, either of which may result from prolon@;ationor intensification of the present sex balance. Household Size

Household size, defined as the nrrmber of persons per occupied housing unit, is of primary importance for planning purposes since it directly affects the demand for housing, as well as demands for community services related to housing. TABLE 5 AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD SIZJ3, COMPARISON AMD TRemDs B-TT TOWMSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, PI3"XLVm9 AMD THE: UNITED STA!IXS, 1930-1960 BARRETfl -YEAR TOWITSHIP MONROE COUNTY PENNSYIJVMIA UKIm Sam 1930 3963 3.92 4. 3 4.11 1940 3.42 3.69 3.94 3.77 1950 3008 3.31 3.49 3.53 1960 2.93 3.15 3.30 3. 38 Source: U. S. Census of Housing for Pennsylvania, 1930, 1940, 1950, and

~ 1960. Average household size in the United States has declined consistently since 1880, falling from 4.93 to 3.38 by 1960. This trend has been pre- dominent in a3_1 parts of the Nation to v-ing degrees, and has resulted in a decline in Pennsylvania from 4,31 in 1930 to 3.30 in 1960.

Monroe County a.nd Barrett Township have experienced trends shJle,r to those in the Nation. By 1960, household size in Barrett had declined to 2.93, lower than the figure for either the County, the Commonwealth, or the Nation for the same year.

Household size for the Nation is expected to continue to decline during the next twenty years, but it is unlikely that the rate of decline in Barrett will keep pace with that in the nation since household size in Barrett is already considerably lower than it is in most parts of the nation. The exact rate of decline is difficult to foresee, but it will probably be considerably less than the 5$ decline from the 1960 level projected for the nation by 1980.

FACTORS AFFECTING POPULATION CHANGES The inter-action of three basic factors determine the net population change in any community or other geographic mea. These factors include births, deaths and net migration into or out of' the community. As there is no data reported for the Township on these considerations, Monroe County data has been interpolated to apply to Barrett's population characteristics.

Births

The birth rate in Monroe County has been slightly below the rate for the state as a whole in recent years; it has averaged 20.0 births per thousand population per year for the decade of the 1950*s, as compared to an average rate of 22.0 for the State during the same period.

No data on birth and death rates are available for small civil divisions within Mouroe County, However, since the sex ratios and the percentage composition in the marriageable and child-beariag age groups are comparable for Barrett Township and Monroe County, the available birth rate data for the County may be considered valid for the Township. Using this data, the birth rate in Barrett appears to have remained almost constant during the past five years, at a level slightly higher than that experienced in the ten years prior to 1955. Deaths

As noted above, the percentage of Bmrett's total population in the 45 years-and-over age group has grown steadily during the past twenty years. This group accounts for 39% of the total population. Since thiEs is a considerably higher proportion than was recorded in either Monroe County or Pennsylvania, it is unlikely that the death rates prevailing at the County and State levels accurately represent the current rate in Barrett Townshipp Instead of remaining fairly constant at a level somewhat higher than the national average, as was the case with the County and State death rates, the death rate in Barrett may be expected to have risen slightly in accordance with the increased proportion of older persons during the past twenty years. Death rate data for Monroe County has been adjusted to reflect this expectation and applied to Barrett Township for calculations of approximate natural increases in the past

On this basis, the death rate in Barrett Township may be assumed to have risen from about 10,9 in 1950 to approximately 11,7 in 1960. Whether it remains at the present level or declines towmd the prevailing national rate in the future will depend largely on future trends in age composition. These trends will, in turn, depend to some extenk an the patterns and characteristics of future migration.

Page 8 Migration

Comparison of total population figures for the past twenty years with estimates of probable natural increases during that time indicate that Barrett Township has benefitted from net in-migration of varying proportions during the period between 1940 and 1960. The bulk of thW migration apparently took place between 1940 and 1950, when total population increases amounted to 19%of the 1940 population. Since only half of this increase may be explained by the excess of births over deaths, the net volume of migration into the Township must have accounted for the additional 250 persons.

In the decade between 1950 and 1960 there was no net migration either in or out of the Township. The net increase in population was due entirely to natural growth.

FACTORS AFFECTING POrmLATION CHANGE BpiRRElT TOWNSHIP, MONROE COuNm PEMNSYLVMIA, 1940 to 1960 1940 to 1950 1950 to 1960

Initial population 1841 (1940) 2190 (1950) Births* 379 455 Deaths* -217 -255 Net Natural Increase 162 200 Expected Population 1943 2390 Actual Population 2190 (1950) 2395 (1960) Net In-migration 247 5 * Birth and death rate data are not available for civil divisions within Monroe County. The rates used in these calculations are Monroe County rates, with the 1950-1960 death rate adjusted to reflect changing age composition in Barrett. The rates used, expressed as births and deaths per thousand population per year, are: Birth Rate Death Rate 1940-50 sg 00 10 .g 1950-60 20.0 11.3

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Sowrce: Monroe County data compiled by Pennsylvania Departmeut of Health. I I

SUMMARY

Examination of the data presented above reveals several characteristics of Barrettls present population which may be helpful in forming estimates of future population size and characteristics

The present population of Barrett is characterized by a larger than usual proportion in the age group of 45 years and over, and by a somewhat heavier than normal ratio of females to males in the marriageable and child-bearing age groups. This combination has resulted in slightly lower birth rates and slightly higher death rates than those prevailing in the Commonwealth during the past ten years.

The disproportionate age distribution is &he result, in part, of the character of the migration into Besrett Township. This migration, the bulk of which took place in the 1940'8, included considerable numbers of older people, causing this group to became mare predominant in the Township's overall age composition.

The disproportionate sex distribution found in Barrett is, for the most part, common to the Commonwealth and Nation. This disproportionate age-sex ratio in the Township may also indicate some out-migration mong males in the younger age groups, even though total net migration has been into the Township,

All of these characteristics, as well as the trends which contributed to their development, will affect estimates of the Township's future population size and characteris%ics*

ESTIMATES OF FUTURE POPULATION LEVELS Estimates of future population size and composition size and composition are necessary if future requirements for facilities and services are to be intelligently anticipated. Estimates of future population levels, however, must be based on assumptions as to future birth and death rates and economic conditions. Since rates of migration and natural increase are determined to some extent by economic conditions and expectations, and since valid estimates of future economic trends is a tenuous process, these assumptions must be qualified. Consequently, it must be understood that projections based on these assumptions are limited in their validity by such qualifications

Economic activity in Monroe County is expected to increase perceptibly, both in volume and in rate, during the next twenty years. The completion of several major construction endeavors in the Monroe County area may be expectdd to have a significant impact on the economy of the region. One of these, the completion of the Interstate Highway System, will provide the aree with direct limited access highway connections to the major market areas of the eastern and mid-western United States.

Page 10 The second major project now being planned is the Tocks Island Dam and reservoir, to be built by the Army Corps of Engineers. Direct expenditures for all phases of the project are expected to approach $10,000,000 a year during the period of construction. Direct and indirect expenditures after completion of all phases of the work are expected to considerably exceed that amount. Major developments such as these, combined with the many existing characteristics which make the Monroe County area desireable for residential and commercial location, all indicate future economic growth at a rate not known in the past,

If these expectations are borne out, migration into the area in large numbers may be expected during the next twenty years, The rate of this migration will probably be relatively low for the next few years, and increase steadily thereafter as economic activity increases,

On this basis, migration into Barrett Township is estimated at the following rates: 1$ of the 1960 population per year through 1965, increasing steadily thereafter through 1980, and averaging 2% of the 1965 population per year,

Birth and death rates are less flexible than rates of migration, and may be estimated with somewhat more accuracy. Estimates of nation- wide birth rates indicate that these rates will decline by the rnid-l970*s, The disproportionate sex balance of the Township, especially in the 15 to 34 age group, leads us to believe that this trend will apply even more so to Barrett Township. National death rates are also expected to decline, but this will probably not apply in the case of Barrett Township where there me such great numbers of older residents. It is therefore estimated that the Township's death rate will remain fairly constant. TABLE 7 ESTIMATED IWTUFE LEVELS OF POPULATION BARRET TWP ,, 1960-1980 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

1960 - Current Population 2,395 1960 - Estimated Met Increas ( a) 200 to 1970 - Estimated Net In-Migration (b) 340 1970 - Estimated Population 2,935 (4 I 1970 - Estimated Net Increase 230 1880 - Estimated Net In-Migration(b) 650 1980 - E6 timated Population 3,815

(a) Net increase is based on estimates of birth and death rates as follows: Birth Rates: 1960 to 1970-19/1000; 1970 to 1980 - 18/1000 Death Rates: 1960 to 1980 - 11/1000 (b) Net in-migration is estimated at the following annual rates: 1.960 to 1965 - 1%; 1965 to 1970 - 1.5%; 1970 to 1980 - 2$ Page 11 1 1 ~I ESTIMATES OF FUTURE HOUSEHOLD SIZE

As noted above, average household size in Barrett is considerably 'I lower than it is in the Cornonwealth or the Nation; it is, in fact, lower now than the national household size is expected to be in 1980. Therefore, only very small additional declines may be expected I! during the next twenty years. I Even if no further declines materialize, however, requirements for housing in Barrett will increase with increasing population. On I the basis of population increases alone, over 1300 permanent (year-round) household units will be required, compared to I approximately 750 permanent units utilized in 1960. CONCL USlONS

I Barrett Township's population has been rising steadily over receat years Concurrently the housing supply has also been increasing. It is estimated that the Township's population will continue to I grow in the foreseeable future. Such growth willlje derived from a combination of natural increases and from in-migration. A combination of this growth and declining household sizes will also 1 create a demand for additional housing, The Township's population is expected to approach a level of between 2,750 and 3,000 by 1970, and a higher level of between 3,750 and 4,000 I by 1980. This will result in a potential housing demand of about 1400 housing units by comparison with the current housing supply of I about 800 units. 'I 1 I I I I I MEMORANDUM NO. 4:

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

ECONOMIC BASE STUDY

fbhvnship of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

INTRODUCTION

This, the fourth report in the Barrett Township Master Plan series, includes an examination of the composition and character of the economic bases of Barrett Township and Monroe County, It includes a discussion of economic factors relating to future planning determinations.

Economic Development of Monroe County

Monroe County's location in the center of 8 vast and growing urban metropolis, which extends from Boston 4% Washington, has always been a valuable asset. The Pocono Vscationland was created here because of its ease of access to the Nation's centers of population. Early industries were also related to location and geographical features, Tanbark was furnished by the forests for the production of leather; lumbering was important to meet the demands of the neighboring anthracite areas; and natural ice became an important product because of the numerous lakes, cold weather, and proximity to the large population centers ad. urban markets e

Current Eco nomz

The economy of Monroe County today is dependent to varying degrees upon several types of endeavors, The least important of these is agricultural production, necessarily limited in Monroe County because of irregular topography and heavily wooded character of much of the County. Agricultural activity in Monroe County produced B total of Just over three million dollars worth of products in 1959* This is considerably less than the total for Lackmanna County and only one-fourth as much as was earned in nearby Morthampton County in the sme year. I I More important to Monroe County's econoqy are the various types of manufacturing establishments located in the County. The 91 manufacturing I firms in the County in 1957 produced goods valued at more than 4-0 million dollars and disbursed papolls totalling almost 14 million dollars. I The most important general classification of economic activity in Monroe County is non-manufacturing, which accounts for almost two-thhb of all employment in the county; the largest single component of this group is I the selected services industry reflecting the importance of the vacation and tourist business in the County. Other bnportant non-manufacturing activities include the wholesaleeretail trades; and Federal Government employment reflecting the size and economic power of the operation of I the U, S. Army Signal Corps Supply Depot at Tobyhanna. The combination of these three activities accounts for about 50 percent of aJ.1 employment in the Countyo !his percentage is considerably higher Uhzring the peak I tourist months when resort and tourist emplopent is approximately five times higher than the normal. level.

It is difficult to determine exactly how much is earned by tourist and I tourist-related activities since they fall into several retall trade and selected service categories. Based on a,u estbate made in 1957 by the Federd. Reserve Ba,nk of Philadelphia, total. tourist and vacation I spending may be assumed to have been about 42 milllon dollars An 1960, in the Monroe-P%ke Caunty vacation area. There are approximately 500 resort zestablfshments In the tw*coun%y area employ&ng about 10,000 I persons dur- the peak seasono Most of the employees are seasonal and come from outside the area for summer work. Dura 1961, i%is estimated, more than twhe as many persons (7OO,OOO) spent vacations in the Docono I Mountains than in Hawaii, Wholesale and retail trade establishments, employing over 2,000 persons, generated total sales of nearly 65 million dollars in 1958. Expressed I as sales volume per capita (permanent population) the figure for Monroe County is hjtgher than tht for any other county in the region, Over %he past ten years, however, most countles in the Anthracite Region have been I increasing per capita sales at fester rates than has Monroe County. This is due in part to the higher 1948 volume on which Monroe County's rate of growth must be calcufa-bed, and in par% to the declining populations in I the a.nthrac%te-producing counties. Selected services accounted for more than 22 million dollars in receipts in Monroe County in 1958, This category includes many of the tourist- I related businesses such as hotels, motels, amusements, recrea'bion services, etc. I It is clear that both trade adservice activities are impor%nt to the economy of the County, and that a large part of the retail sales volume is dependent on the success of the vacation and tourist establishments.

I Page 2 I I I I

I Monroe and Pike Counties, combined, comprise the Pocono Labor Market Area as defined by the Pennsylvania State Employment Service, %e available labor supply in this labor market fluctuates considerably because of the I resort industry. During the summer months, employment opportunities exceed the available local labor force, and some workers must be brought in from outside the area, These include some professional workers, who follow I the trade year-round, and many students who want only summer work. Ma& laydffs occur at the end of August when summer establishments close, Some of the resorts operate through the month of October, and numy operate year- round. Since some of the seasonal workers are drawn from outside the Pocono I Labor Market Area, unemployment in the area does not rise in direct proportion to the number of workers laid off., I TABm 1 I OCCUPATIONAL GROUP E.iRIMBER PERCERP OF !RlTAL

I Clerical and Sales 138 15 Service Occupations 119 13 Agriculture, Fishery, Forestry and Kindred 30 3 I Skilled Occupations 1% 21 Semi- skilled occupations 222 25 Unskilled occup.ations 123 14 I Entry occupations 76 9 2\3TAL 900 100 I Somcet Pennsylvania State Eygloyment Service. I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF BARRETT TOWNSHIP In 1847 the Delaware, Lackawm and Western Railroad was constructed in the Cresco section of the Township. The first resort was established in 1900,* by a group of Quakers from Philadelphia. The tomist industry has flourished I and grown steadily sbce th2s early beginning. Tow Barrett Township is the heart of the Pocono Vacationland., In 1960 nearly half of the labor force of Barrett Township was employed in the selected service trades, Thds reflects I the importance of the resort industry in the Townshipo Wholesale and retail trade accounts for 147 jobs in the Township, construction employment in third 1 in importance followed by manufacturing. * This was at Buck Hill Falls, Page 3 I I I I I I TABLE 2 ENPLOYMEXI! OF BARRETT ~WNSHIPRESXIBNTS - 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

'I plpLoylviEIdT CA!T!EGORIES NO, OF PERSONS PERCENT I Labor Force (civilian) 1,116 100 Unemployed 75 6=? Employed 1,041 93.3 I Agriculture 12 1.2" I Mj-niw 4 4* Construction 126 12*l* I Manufacturing 96 9.e Transportation, Communication, and I mlic Utilities 16 1*5* Trade 14 .l* I Service 48 8* I Other 132 12 7* * Percent of tofd employed* I Source: U. S, Census of Population, 1960. =re are no employment figures available for the Township for years prior I to 1960 and therefore no comparisons can be made, Occuppationa3. characteristics of the BEtrrett Township labor force are shown I in the followbg table, I I I Page 4 I I TABLE 3 OCCUPATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS IN BARI?FJT EIWNSHIP - 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

OCCUPATLOFZ NO, OF PERSONS PERCEXT

ProfessZonal and Technical 67 6.4 Farmers and Farm Managers 8 .8 Managers, Officials and Proprietors 128 12.3 Clerlcal and Kindred 118 11.3 Sales Workers 44 4.8 Craftsmen, Foremen, and Kindred 212 20.4 Operatives and Kindred 99 9.5 Private Household Workers 16 1.5 Sexvice Workers 208 20.0 Farm Laborers and Farm Foremen 4 .4 Laborers 67 6.4 Occupation Not Reported -70 -6.7 Tow 1,041 99 9(a) la) Does not add to 100.0 due to rounding. Source: Uo S. Census of Population, 1960,

The 1960 Census reported that more than 90 percent of the 1,041 workers living in Barsett Township worked in Monroe County, In addition to the tourist facilities and retail establishments as sources of employment, the Township has five manufacturing establishments. Other residents of the Township are employed at the Tobyhanna Signal Corps Depot.

Ma,nufacturing in the Township

According to the Pocono Mountains' Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania Department of Internal Affairs there were five manufacturing firms in Barrett Township in 1959; these are shown on the following table. TABU 4 XNINSTRIES IR BARRETP 'JDWNSHP - 1959 Monroe County, Pennsylvania I?AME OF FIRM LOCATION EO* OF EMPLOXEZS PRODUCT

Weiler Brush Coo Cresco 51 Fabricated Metal Products J, A, Reinhardt Go, Mountainhome 45 Fabricated Metal Products Pocono Press C re sco 7 Printer matter Spangenberg & Son Canadensis 4 Lmber and Wood Products Kkeckman Co. Cresco 2 Electrical Machinery

Source: An Economic Survey of Monroe County, the Penna. State University, 1959. I I I Retail Trade and Selected Services

1 There are no figares for retail trade or service establishments for places as small as J3arrett Tomship and therefore no comparisons can be made. It is assumed, however, that receipts in the selected service establishments I and total retail sales have been increasing steadily over the past few years, as has been the trend in the County.

I ECONOMIC POTENTIAL Barrekt Township owes much of its economic success to its location. The value of its proximity to large centers of urban population should increase I in the Ammediate future. The Township is fortunate with respect to existing and proposed high-speed highways, The Pennsylvania !i?urnpjJse is fairly accessible from the Pocono Interchange. All of the highways of Northeastern Penn- I sylvania's XnterstaLe System Routes 80, 81, and 84 will be located near the Township. The next; few years should make the vacation facilities in the I Township %ncreasfn@;lyimportant because of the improved highwa,y conditions. Industry has been attracted 2n recent years to areas which afford good transportation facilities, good recreational facilities and good pleasant living conditions, l3arrett Township is an area which can offer such advantages to an industry seeking a suitable location,

The Tocks Islad Dam, to be built aLon@; the extreme eastern edge of' Monroe and Pike Counties, will give the economy of both Counties a tremendous boost. This should also affect the economy of Barrett Township,

In addition, the a-ort at Nomt Pocono is expected to be expanded to handle regularly schedvled airlines and will provide an essen-blal service to the area . Expansion of existing facllikies which is planned for tm area firms should be beneficial to the Pornship. The J. A. ReWardt Company in Mountainhome is expected to double its present employment as soon as the new addition to their building 16 completed this year. At Swiftwater, the I?ational Drug Compa,ny is expandgneS its facilities. This expansion is expectedto provlde 100 new jobs. Some local people will be hired; however, many professional people will be brought Into the area by the Company. A portion of these people will probably settle in Barrett %wnship. The economic future of both Barrett Township and Nonroe County appears to be very encouraging. The factors contributing to this favorable economic climate include varPous Federal and State Projects (highways and recreation), attractive housing developments, and extensive community and regional faci- litleso

Page 6 I I I MEMORANDUM NO. 5 I I BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN I I HOUSING REPORT I

I Township of Barrett I Monroe County, Pennsylvania IIN TRODU C T 10 N I This memorandum is primarily concerned with the delineation and evaluation of the existing condition of housing throughout the Township. The evaluation of any commuaftyvs attractiveness is based on the quality of its I housing and the appemseee of its residential aeighborhoods. Ideal neighborhood characteristics include areas which are well planned and designed, free of blighting ikaf'luenees, and served with adequate facilities I such a8 schools, recreation areas aod utilities. This analysis is intended to determine the extent and location of substandard housing conditions in the Towwhip, and to determine such measures I as may be most appropriate to alleviate undesirable housing conditions. Bamett Township is fortunate, however, in that nearly all of its housing I is in good condition, well-planned, and adequately served by facilities. There are only a few mattered housing units which are below the standards of decent, safe and sanitary housing facilities.

I Only one area of concentrated housing deterioration was delineated by the consultant's survey of' housing, I Following is a description of the characteristics of Bmett's housfng as reported by the 1960 Census of Housing, I I I I GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS Number of Hoolsfng Units I In 1960 there were 1,533 housing units in the !Cornship; this is about a 55 percent increase over the 1950 housing supply of 986 units. Only 175, or nearly one-third, of these new housing units are year-round type housing I units; the other 372 ourits am of the seasonal type. The 1950's represented the Township's most active period of housing construction; it indicates a potential trend toward the rapid growth and development of the 'Pownship, I especially as a resor%community. This expanded supply of housing, both year-round and seasonal, has and will continue to require more extensive service and facilities to be provided by the %whip to meet current and I future demands. Such rapid gmw%halso %nd%c&tesa need for zoning and subdivision rem- la%fons to emwe a high qual%%yof housing developnrent which will be an I asset ra%br%baa a lfi;bflf%y t=o %he TomshJip. I I I Nearly aZ1 of the housfgg -5%~ $n the Township are of the single-fmily type* Of the 1,533 housfng units, only 6 are of the tw-ftuaily type; there 6u"6 BO mult8-fwdly ungts for more $&an 2 famil%es, Bere are, however, 24 I mobile trailers; .$hem are also 8 farmhouses in the lZbwnsship. 3% is estima%ed tBs% nearly half of all of the !?hwnship's housing =its are I seasonal; %hesem&%s are gerllleerally occupfed during the sugID86r months only. This assump%Aon %s supprbed by the occupan@y charac%eristics of the Town- I ship's housing, as reportad below,

Of the h$p's 1,533 un5ts Q 761 were occupied in Ap~sl1960; 772 I units or $0 preen%were m~carx6~Of the approxhately 847, 86 or 10 percent year-poui uglt%s we~evaeant and available. Since the census was taken in April, during %he off-season, 2% is assumed $ha%nearly a11 of the vacant I u111i%s,which wem not available are of %he seasonal 'kype. Zt is estimated that %herewere 686 mean% seasow dwell* m%%s. I I I I I I Of the 761 occupied units only 28 pereent were renter-occupied. The other 545 units were owner-occupied. This predominance of owner-occupied units iB further evidence of the relatively high quality of housing found in the Township,

TABLE 2 !CZNBRE AND OCCUPANCY OF HOUSLBTCZ BARRETT TOWNSHIP, 1960 Monroe Couraty, Pennsylvania

Occupancy Moo of Units Percent of Units Owner -occupied 545 36 Renter-occupied 216 14 I Vacant 772 -50 Totals 1,533 100 I Source: Uo S, Census of Housing, 1960 Household Size

1 There is an average of 2.93 persons per occupied housing unit in the Township; the average household size Pn 1950, however, was 3.08. This decline in the household size is in accordance with National ad regtonal I treads; it is a reflection of the increasing ability of elderly persons to maintain individual units and the generally decreasing size of families. I Persons Per Room Only 4 percent of the Township's houeiag supply is overcrowded with 1,Ol or more persons per room. More than half of the occupied housing I units include O,5O persons or less per roomo TABLE 3 PERSONS PER ROOM I BARRETT TOWNSUP, 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

I Persons Occupied Housing Units Per Room -No 0 Percent I 0,50 or less 54 0051to 0.75 22 0.76 to 1.00 20 more 4 I 1,Ol or - - Total Reported 753 100 I Source: U, S, Census of Housing, 1960 I I &e of Housing As indicated earlier, half of the housing units in Barrett Township were constructed recently. About 547 units or 36 percent were constructed between 1950 and 1960; 209 units were constructed between 1940 and 1949. Only 50 percent of a11 the units were built before 1940. The relative newness of most of the Township's housing supply is a further indication of the high quality of housing found in Barrett,

Of the 545 owner-oceupied units in the Township, 175 or nearly one-third were built between 1950 and 1.960, TABLE 4 AGE OF HOUSING UNITS BAI~E?~TTOWNSHIP, 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

Year Built -NO 0 Percent 1950 to 1960 547 36 3940 to 1949 209 14 1939 or earlier -777 -50 Total 1,533 LOO

Source: U. S. Census of HOUSL~~~,1960 Housing Values

More than two-thirds of a11 owner-occupied housing units (reported) were valued at $109000 or more; only 3 percent were valued at less than $5,000; more than one-third were valued at $15,000 or more; the median value* of housing in Barrett Township was $12,87g0 The value of housing in Barrett Township is among the highest in the State, Table 5, following, describes the proportionate value of the 465 housing units reported in the 1.960 Census.

TABLE 5 VhLU3.2 OF OwmW-OCCuPSED HOUSIXG UNITS. BARRE332 TOWNSHIP, 1960 Monroe County, Pennsylvania Value- No.- Percent Less than $5,000 12 3 $5,000 to $9,900 121 26 $10,000 to $14,000 147 31 $15,000 to $19,900 82 18 $20,000 or more -103 -22 Total Reporting 465 100

Source: U, S, Census of Eousing, 1960 * Half of the reported owner-occupied units were valued at more than $12,879; the other half were valued at less, Page 4 I I I Rental Costs The gross rent of most mn%a~.units in the !bmsh%pis less than $100. OW 51 un%%s, or 24 percent, cost mom thm $100, Ifearly two-thirds of all rental. I unit8 cost between $40 and $99 per month. I 9- 6 I mRcI4gp

4 2 I 4 2 54 25 47 22 I 30 13 26 12 4 2 I 47 -22 a6 100 1 Source: OOSo Census of Holqs;tn@;, 1960.

I HOUSING CONDITIONS Nearly all of BaPrett 'popmshfp's housing is In good condition as msy be expected front the precedbg descriptfon of general housing characteristics, The U. S, Census of HowSn@;, however, reported that 1,481 of the l,fi48* I wits, or 96 percen$, were sound; the remaining 67 units were either stmctway unsound or lacked certain basic sanitary facflttieso S-e the Census repor% does not id,ent%py We loca%ion of these uuits, the Con- I sultan% tandeptuaok: a survey of exter5or housiug conditions k the !%waship. Th%s survey, however, revealed only 11 dilapidated units as compared with 16 which we= des3gna-d as such by the Census, %e only concentration of I subshdard housw found by the Consultan% was at the westerly end of Hapdytown Road abu%tingthe tracks of the Erie-LackaTsbuura Railroad, Seven of the ten un3,ts &n this section of Cresco were considered substandard. I !he o%herfour substandard un%%swere sparsely distributed throughoa'b the ToWnsh5p 0 Bble 7, following, indicated the character of the deficiencies reported I by %he Census. I * Data based OB advanced census data which reported 15 more Units I than shown 3.n final reports. I 1 I I I cmcTERIIsms JRMEER OF UXSTs pERcEN!f OF I Sound with all plmibing 1,461 94.4 no hot water 4 0. 3 I a0 toflet, bath or rrurnbg water -16 -1.0 mmsom 1,481 95.7 I Deteriorating with all plumbing 36 2.3 no hot water 2 0.1 I no toilet, bath or running water 13 0.g I 'porn DETERxoRAFIl!iG 51 3.3 Dilapidated -16 -1.0 I mAL 1,548 100 .o Source: 1960 U. S. Census of Housing- I Be sbove indicates that of 1,548 housing units, 1,461 are standard in all respects; 67 are structurally deficient, and 20 lack basic sanitary facilities. Of the 67 stmctWrerUy deficient structures, however, 15 als~lack I necessary sanltary facflities. The criteria for these determiaations are as eet forth in the following I census deffniktons: Sound Housbqg is defined as thak wb&ch has no defects or only slight defects which are mrmtslly corrected during the com'se 'of aaintenance. I Le, lack of paint, slight damage to porch or steps, small cracks in Wls, plaster or chimney, broken gutters or drainspouts, slQhtwear OIL floors or doorsills 0 I I)eterioratin@; needs more repair than would be provided in the cour6e of rem m&ntenance. 3ct has one or more defects qf an btermediate nature that must be correc*d if the &elling unit Is to eontime to pro- I vide safe and adequate shelter, Le. shazry or unsafe porch or steps, holes, open cracks or mbsing msterfals over a small area of the floor, walls, or roof; rottedwhbw sills or fraxnes; deep wear on stairs, floors, or doorsills; broken or loose stab %rea& or missing balusters. Such defects tiare I 6ig;ns of nekflecf which lead to serious structural deterioration or we if not corrected, I Page 6 I 1 I l Dilapida%ed housing does not provide a safe and adeqwte shelter. It has one or more critical defects; or has a combination of intermediate de- 'I fects in sufficient number to reqUjLPe extensive repair or rebuilding; or is of imdeqw%e origfn&L cons6ruction. Cri%ical defects result from continued neglect or indicate serious damage to ithe structure. Le. holes, open cracks I or missing materials over a large area of the floors, walls, roof, or other parts of the structure; sagg- floors, walls, or roofs; damage by stom or fire, Xm3.equa'ke original construction includes structures built of make- I &if% materMs and inadeqmtely convex%ed cellars, sheds or garages not or$gimlIy in'bladed for livhg I CON C LUSIQ N S !The above analysis of housing characteristics in Barrett Township indicates a relatively high qWi$y of housing as follows: approximately 50 percelOt of I all housing units am rela%ively new and have been built since 1940. C The value of single-family dwellas Is high, having a median value of I $12 > 879 Bere is a very high degree of owner-occupied units, reflect- a high level I of maintenance. Nearly all (94%) of the !Township's housing is structurdly sound and provides I adequate SelIhjltary facilkties. There is some housing in the Township which is considered to be substandard. This can be remedied through redevelopment (clearance) or conservation (code I adoption and enforcement). __ A No recommendations are included in this memorandum as to txe type of action which shouldbe applied to specific areas. Such recommendations I requh -her development of the Township's plans and obgectives on a preliminary basis, however, it would appear that the only area eligible for a Federal clearance project is the section of Cresco I defined by the Consul$an%'s survey; the feasibility of such a redevelopment program, however, has not as yet been established. Zt is further believed that conserva%ionmeasures would be appropriate to I remedy .&heother housing deficiencies found in $he Township. %e overall pictwe of the %wnship's housing supply is certainly attractive. I The quality of Barre%%s resiiden-khiJ, areas are douabtless largely responsible for the rapid growth and development of a hQh quality of housing which Barred% As elcper%enchgo €%her fac%ors whlch are encouraging this activity bclude loca%kmal consideratdons, recreat5onal facilities, adthe imminent I / developen% of a public sewer sys$emo Y .,--+ I Page 7 I I MEMORANDUM NO. 6

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

COMMUNITY FACILITIES SURVEY

Township of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

INTRODUCTION

This report, the sixth in the Barrett Township Master Plan Series, includes a survey and an analysis of the adequacy of all public facilities in the Township. It is concerned with the Township's recreational areas, public buildings, schools, utilities and refuse disposal system. The adequacy and availability of community services and facilities are of primary concern to all Township residents since they reflect the quality, convenience, and general character of the Township as a place in which to live and work.

SCHOOL SURVEY

Barrett Township is one of eight member school districts of the Pocono Mountain Joint School System, A new JuniorSenior High School serving this jointure was dedicated in the Fall of 1961 at Swiftwater. This new school provides excellent facilities for high school students from Barrett Township as well as for students from the other jointure members. The school in Barrett Township was used for both elementary and high school classes unkil 1961. Presently this Barrett Township Elementary School provides education facilities for students in grades 1 through 6 from both Barrett and Paradise Townships. 1 I I School Enrdlment The total &er of students frm Barrett Township enrolled in public schools has been increasbg slowly over the past few years. Total enroll- I ment'has risen from 392 in 1956-1957 to 448 in 1960-1961. EnroUmetnlLs are expected to rfse to &out 525 by 1970 and to nearly 675 by 1980.

The following -le shows school enrolbents for the years froln 1956 to I 1961 and projected enrolhnents for 19'10 and 1980. I I -gEAR I 1956-57 233 159 392 1957-58 932 161 393 1958-59 238 179 417 I 1959-60 238 193 43 1960-61 2% 217 4-48 1970 230 525 1 1980 295 675 Source: 1956-61, PrincipeP1's office; 1970 and 1980, estimates by Consultant. I Exir'kSng Facfiities

'&e Bwrett Township Elementary School, located on Route3 390 in Mountain- I home, sems grades 1 tbrough 6. Chllbrern attending claslses here are from both B&rrett and Paradise IPatsnship. The masonry structure, which was built fn 1926 is fn good cond.i=tican, Xt is a two-story bullding with a capacity I for 375 students. The only special faallit$ in this school is a gymnasium. Il"lae schoolbttilding is adequate to handle the present enro-nt and will be able to accommodate the entire Barrett !Po,wnshlp elemntarp enrollment I through 1980 if the Paradise Township students are transferred to another SChOQl e

The moden st;afrs and floors are the only structural deficiencies in thls I buildin@;. The Pocono Mountain Joint &mior-Senlor High School, whicb was completed

I in 1961,-I is aa ultra-mrsdern structure Mth a capacity for 1,108 students. 'Ehe enrollmgnt a% the school in September 1961 ks850. I Page 2 I I I I The f'acil%%y, da adation $0 classrow, hcludes a lbrge @;bymassiwn, a ' cafe$erfa, and an"aud3%orfum0There are also vocational education shops, I music rooms, scbnce labora%ories, art rooms, hom economics rooms, a library, a ~WSQ'S office, and admhistra$ive offices in the buildhg. "$he school is qy.Se adeqxaak at the presen% the and w3.U. contfnue to be I sa%fsfachnfop years %o come, Xf add.i%bW space is needed in the fibre, new seafions canbe added to the structure; $he site is large I and %he s%gue.ttwe 1s deswd'to accomoda%e add5tions. Conclus%lons

"%heschool plana Is a&q,%e for current needs. %e 3wrior-Senior High 1 School walbe adeqm%eto me% low-rme enroUment increases. The elementary school, however, will not be adequate meet future enroll- 1 ments of both Paradise adBa~re.&%r Townshipso RECREATlON SURVEY I BesSden%s of EaazlPett Tomhip have access %o excellent recreational faci- 13tles, 'phe %waship, located fI8 the Beart of the Pocono Vacationland, has uilhited recreational facilikies- Most of the facilities are intended for use vacationers and are open to the publSc for a fee. I Sone of the types of faeilieies open to the public are golf courses, ski-slopes, summer theaeres, and fish- at private lakes. I The Poeono MsUg&a%ns are noted for besu%ff'ulscenery, wabrfalls, stmaw, and lakes, 'Bwee State Parks auad a St&e %ms% picnic area lie within Mome CaetIp$g, mese parks offer facilikks for fishing, picnicking, I swlnonjagg, ceuolphg, and bathingo The Cmty has more than 114 of trout streams and 13 acres of lees and ponds which lbpe stocked by the State, Monroe County is also I known for Ats excellem$ hm$;%lagareas.,

All of %he facU%%$esmen$ioned above are abilarble %Q Barrett resldents. I &I aWtbn, %he Tbwnshfp has .$;as0 ppiblfc pecma%;iogal areas and is planning the &v@lopn%of a third- I %he sh%phas faro ac$ive play areas, cmprising atotal area of approximahly 6-25 acres 5s Is eqdwent to s06 acres of public I PecreatAomil ma, pep 1,008 persons, based on 1960 Census figures. The s'tmda~de$e% up by %he Rational Rmxx?at%onAssoebtion recommends a m5nbum of 5,6 acres per 1,000 populakion, Of this total Peccmrmended I acreage, 3,1 acres should be used fop acfSve mereation and the remainder fQP PerPk WX?BSo

Since &wre$t %wnsh%p is a resod c~mman5P;;V,wi%h all types of commercial I recpeaW.on axeas and a wide vwie%y of %our%st attractions, the park acreage as recommendrtdby %he B,R,A, would not necessarZLy apply. The Township, Werefom, is considered 80 be lack only f8 active public recreation I acreage , 1 The two existing recpea$ional &peas located fi Barmtt 'Posmship am &- scribed below:

BaPrett Little League Bsllfieild

Location: Mountainhone Sfze : Four acres Fac Ui%ies : Ballf feld Barrett Elementary Playground Locatdon: Route 390, Mountainhome Size : 2,25 acres Facilities : Apparatus, court; games, ballfield, open play area Adetguscgr of Recreational Facflftbs Public facilities for recreation, a%the present time, are not adequate. A well-balanced recreational system should have enough variety to provldR for both the actave and passive recreational needs of all age groups, Standards for the dRs.%rableamant of land needed for various types of' recreational purposes have been developed by the Hatiowl Recreation Associ8tion. 'Fhese standapds, modified &o fit the Township, provide a useful guide for deter- mining the overall needs for mcresbion space.

!The total. anom%of' land provided for recreakional facflities in Barrett is somewhat less than desirable. When the new proposed Community Center is developed, %he Tomsh$p -1 have ample space for recreation. This area, consisting of seven acres, is located along Route 290, north of CapsdensSs. Xt was dogated %o $he 1%owQsh%pwith the mderstandfng that it would be developed as a recreation area and beach,

PUBLIC BUILDINGS SURVEY Public Buildings fn Barmtt Township consist of the Barmtt -hip Volunteer Flre Campany, the BmttFriendly Library, and the two Tmmshfp storage sheds. The acbquacy of these build%ngs and related facilities are outlined below.

Be are compaq buSSdhg is a fairly new, one-story masonry structure. It is locabd on the Buck HalFalls Company property and is owned by that company. The build- is leased to the Township for one do- per year. !f!he fire &ation is in exeellent condition. Epipment housed at the fire station consists of:

Eahn Pumper 500 gepem, Go #e Go mper 750 gapem. Ford Pumper 500 g,p,m. Tank wagon 1,600 gallon h5gh pressure fogger 25 g.peme Page 4 1 I Evaluation. The station appears to be in excellent condition, having adequate space for the equipment housed there and being of sound construction. I The location of the station is good; it is approximately in the center of development in the Township. I The Barrett Friendly Library

The library is located in a masonry building in Mountainbome. The people of Barrett Township support their library through the Barrett Welfare Fund, This library receives books on loati from the County library. The library has recerrtly been closed most of the time, In order to provide better service to the residents of the Township, the library is in the process of reorganizing, Township Storage Sheds

The Township's two storage sheds are used for the storage of trucks and other Township equipment, One of the sheds is a new structure, built of metal, It is located in the Cresco areao The second shed is a wood frame structure located in the Onawa Lodge mea on Route lgl. These sheds provide ample space for the storage of equipment at the present time.

Water- Water is supplied to residents of Barrett from a number of different sources. In the Buck Hill Falls area water is supplied by the Buck Hill Water Company, The Mountainhome Water Company supplies most of the famflies in the Mountain- home area, Residents of other parts of the Township get water from other smaller companies or from individual wells or springs. Most of the water in the Township is from either streams or springs. Sewers

The only sewers in the Township are in the Buck Hill Falls and Skytop areas. The sewage is treated in private facilities owned by the Skytop Lodge and Buck Bill Falls Company. Sewage disposal in other parts of' the Township is handled by individual septic tanks. The Township has recently undertaken an engineering study to determine the feasibility of developing 8 comprehensive sewer system with sewage treatment facilities, Ref use Disposal

At the present time a private contractor collects refuse from all residential and commercial establishmenlks in the Township on an individual fee basis. This refuse is hauled to the Township dump where most of the combustible material is burned, The open dump is a health hazard and should be eliminated.

I I State law prohibites open dumping and requires that communities use the sanitary landfill method of refuse disposalo This method eliminates health I hazards inherent in open dumping, Dumped refuse, in addition to being compacted, is also covefed with six inches of earth at the close of each day's operation, The sanitary landfill is an economic and efficient method I of refuse disposal, The soil structure of the Township, however, has been a deterrent to more rapid action in the development of' a sanitary landfill I system of disposal. I I I I I I 1 I I I I 1 I I Page 6 MEMORANDUM NO. 7 I I BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

I FISCAL ANALYSIS I I I IL Township of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania IN T ROD UC TlON This memorandum is designed to evaluate the long-range financial resources of Barrett Township. The purpose of this analysis is to determine a financially feasible level of improvements to be recommended in the course of the Township Planning Program. The analysis includes a study of Township assessments, taxes, other revenues, expenditures and Indebtedness.

Due to the technical nature of this study a glossary of terms is included in the Appendix. ASSESSMENTS Township assessments for taxing purposes include real property and occupation assessments. In 1961 the real property assessment was $7,659,125 and the occupational assessment was $344,660, The total assessed valuation in 1961 was $8,003,800, This assessment is the result of the reassessment which was first reflected in assessments in 1959. The reassessment increased assessments threefold

Despite the relatively rapid growth in the Township over the past several years, there have been no effective increases in tax ratables, except in the occupation assessments. This may be due, however, to adjustments resulting from the reassessment program, Since the Township's tax base is strongly supported by the tourist development, future tax ratables will also depend largely on the growth and development of resort establishments. Future residential growth will also contribute strongly to the tax base. ASSESSMEZJT T"DS BARIETT ~IIISBHP,1957 'PIS 1961 Monroe County, Pennsylvania ASSES- -YEAR Real Property Occupations -mAL 1957 $2,523,600 $162,100 $2,685,700 1958 2,686,900 1959 8,033,500 1960 7,569,700 345,600 7,915,200 1961 7,659,100 344,700 8,003,800

In accordance with the fWare population estimates for the Township, new housing units may be expected at the rate of up to 10 per year through 1970 and up to 30 per yep between 1970 and 1980, Future assessments laay therefore be expected to grow at the rate of about $100,000 per year through 1970 and $250,000 per year through 1980. mese estimates also provlde for the expansion of ~~SOI&facilities e If this grow%h is realized, the tax base wlU approach $11,000,000 by 1980, as followa:

1960 $7,500,000 1965 8,000 ,000 1970 4,500,QOO 1975 9 9 7-50>ooo 1980 11,0~,000

Since the occupation assessmenes represent only 4 parcent of the totat valu- ations, they az% not expecbd to ser2oplsl.y affect the fiture level of assessment s

TAXES The tax rab in 1957 and 1958 remabed constant at 10 mills, includin$ 9 ncl.11~ for general %wnsh%p purposes and 1 mill for fire protection, h 1959, however, the greab;er valuation result- from the reassessment required a reduction of the tax rate to 3.6 mflls, including 3*25 mills for general purposes and O,35 maLls for fhw protectiono The fire protection tax rate has since risen to 1 mill and the gene- Township tax to 5 dls. Page 2

i TABLE 2

TAX RATES BARRETT TOWNSHIP, 1957 TQ 1961 (Taxes in Mills)

YEAR omm FIRE TOTAL 7 - - 1957 9.00 1.00 10.0 1958 9,oo 1.00 10.0 1959 3.25 0.35 3.6 1960 4,,00 1.00 5 .o 1961 5,oo 1.00 6.0

Tax income has also been rising in accordance with the tax rate increases. Tax receipts have increased by about $10,000 per year since 1959. Most of this increase has been from the real property tax. The occupation tax receipts have been fairly constant at less than $2,000 per year. A one mill tax rate increase may therefore be expected to provide additional revenue of $7,000 from real property, based on the current assessments.

TAX INCOME BARRETPTmms~n, 1957 To 1961 Monroe County, Pennsylvania SOURCE 1957 1958 1960 1961+ Real Estate Current 23.1 23.4 25.5 34.4 41.9 De 1inquent -1,4 -la4 -1.6 -1.7 -1. 7 Sub-total 24.5 24.9 27.1 36.1 43.6 Occupations Current 1.7 1.8 1.4 1*7 1 .9 Delinquent -0*1 -0 01 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Sub- t Ot al 1.8 1.9 1.5 1.8 2 00

TOTAL 26. 3 26-8 28.6 37 -9 45.6 * 1961: total is actual; detail is estimated from the Budget. Future tax income, based on the current tax rate, should increase at the average rate of &out 1percent through 1970 and nearly 3 percent between 1970 and 1980. This would result in tax receipts of about $66,000 per par by 1980, 88 follows: 1 1960 $38,Qoo w55 48,000 1970 51t QQo 1975 58,500 1980 66,000

REVENUES %=ship revenues are derfved from numerous sources, including the property and occupation tax, State and Cmty-aid, liquor license andbeverage tax refslads, aad other miscellaneous sources.

As discussedbelow, net revenues include only those sources of revenue in- cane which are expected to rem annrrally.

Liquor License and Bevera.$e tFax 4,O 4.3 4.1 3.7 3.7 State-aid Other

sub-tom 18,s 19.0 19.8 19.7 19.9

Countpaid 0- 4.2 1,8 -9 11 02 -26.4 -26.8 -28.6 37.9 45.6 44*9 50.0 50.2 57.6 76.7 * 1%1: sula-htal and total are actual; detail is estimated frolathe Budget. As shown in ?able 4, %he only fakly consistent sources of revenue we the State-aid, l&quor license and miscellmwus. Revenue from fhese sources has increased slfghtly, but they lnay conservatively be esWaated to continue at abou%$20,000 per year. Coun-by-aid bas fluctuated erraticmy betmen $11,800 and $5,600 per year- !&aces, dlscussed above; are the dmainmt source of net mvenue, representing between 5% and 65 percent of the total. Page 4 On the basis 09 the above Womatlion and esthates of future tax rkceipts, i%is assumed $ha% immml. revenues will be about $70,000 by 1965, $75,000 by 1970, $85,000 by 1975, md $95,000 by 19800 mer somcds qf om &fee%* the total revenue Snelude remursements fro@ the S%ah for merdor briQe construction, tenporaJPy loan6 and cash balances fpam preceding $ears, @mssrevenues, Sncludfng net revenues and these otiher sowrces of hcome have fluctxated between $80,000 -15 $l7O,OOO per JreW SbCe 1957 (ApPW&afx%ble a)o EXPENDITURES

Expenditures for dgverse WwnshAp purposes includ$ng general. government, police and fire protection, highwap, debt service and miscellsneous cost have fluctuatedybetween $60,000 and $l53,OOO per year since 1957* m5

msE 1957 1959 1960 1961

Operating Costs Wneral Wvement 4,8 205 5.2 3.7 3.9 hro*ction 2*8 3.8 10 -6 12.8 12.2 I%scellaneous -4J 803 50s 3.7-4.4 21.7 14,6 21a3 20 02 20.5

29,o 3903 24.1 49.2 16@3 21.3 -22.8 -1.4.7 152 a 59.9 81.9 67.1 84.4

PWPECrnQH

FWor $0 1959 %h&e costs included only bemen $3,000 and $4,000 per year far fire pm%ec%kqn. Shbf 1949 police cos'hs hsve been between $5,000 and $6,500 per year, TQ$~pro%c%ion costs have therefore risen fam $3,000 h 19% to $12,200 i.n 1961, "1Elbese cos$s have risen sharply due fo recent expamsAoas of service. Accordingly, as the population increases, -her proQect%ons costs will be required. page 5 1 I Protection costs have been currently estimated at about $5 per capita, as the population increases, however, per capita protection costs should decline. I If the population approaches 4,000 by 1980, as estimated, the per capita cost may decline to about $4 thereby effecting a protection cost of about $16,000 per year; at that time.

I HIGHWAYS

Highway costs are the highest costs and the most variable in the Township's I budget. Since 1957 they have fluctuated between $25,000 and $95,000. The $95,000 expenditure in 1957, however, was largely the result of a $55,000 reimbursed bridge construction, Exclusive of the bridge cost highway costs 1 have been less than $40,000 per year. A reasonable level of future highway costs may be considered between $30,000 and $35,000 per year. This level of expenditure will, however, depend on the Township's financial position each I year ., MISCELLANEOUS 1 Miscellaneous costs have varied between $3,700 and $8,300 per year between 1957 and 1961. These costs have averaged about $5,000 which may be considered I a reasonable level at which they will conthue. DEBT SERVICE

Debt service expenditures, including principal and interest, have been for I the retirement of temporary loans, These costs have been between $l5,OOO and $25,000 per year since 1958. In 1963, however, the Township will also begin the retirement of a recent $14,000 improvement bond, This will require average I annual costs of about $3,000 between 1963 and 1967. The current practice of temporary borrowing will also continue. Debt service costs will therefore be about $25,000 per year

1 IND E B TEDN ESS The Township's borrowing capacity is about $550,000, including the Township Supervisors' ability to borrow $l5O,OOO and 8n additional $bO,OOO with the I approval of the electorate, Only $14,000 of this borrowing power has been utilized, The Township's borrowing power may be expected to rea& $600,000 by 1970 and more than $750,000 by 1980 due to the estha.ted growth of the 1 tax base ., The impact of a $100,000 bond authorized over a 20 year period of an interest rate of 3 percent would require average annual payments of about $7,000 per I yeax. This would require a 1 mi31 tax rate increase. Future borrowings will I therefore have to be related to the tax structure and assessments. Page 6 1 I I 1 CON CLUSlONS The Township's financial. position appears to be steadily improving. Assess- ments are increasing and similarly all tax receipts have bben increasing. 1 Revenues as a whole are expected to increase from the current level of about $65,000 to nearly $100,000 per year by 1980. This reflects average annual in- cxeases of about $1,500 per year. This is only a conservative estimate, however, as net revenues have actually increased at an average annual rate of about $6,000 per year since 1957.

Expenditures, too, have been increasing. Exclusive of variable highway and debt service costs, expenditures have,risen from about $13,000 in 1957 to $20,000 in 1959 when police protection was added to the budget. These costs have remained fairly etable at about $20,000 per year since 1959. %lese operating costs are only expected to incream at the rate of about $500 per year. The Township will therefore be in a position to provide new services or expand the level of current services. APPENDIX

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MAS'ZER PLAN

FISCAL AN A L Y SIS I

I APPENDIX I G L 0 SSA R Y I Following is a brief description of the various terms used in this analysis: I REYEZWES I General. lWu3.s received by the cMmntnity for services and licenses, etc- -Taxes, litrnds received by the community from tax levies, including property, I per capita and wage taxes. E9cPEzm- I net Elrpendtbures. M.anicipal expendAtures for general operations includLng salaries, rents, heat, supplies, etc.

Capital Expenditures Municipal costs for physical hprovements including I structural repairs, new construction, replacement of major equipmzxt, street improvenen%s, etc.

I Debt Service Costs, Principal and interest payments on indebtedness, I The ab%l$ty of a conmnuasfiy to borrow money within the Pennsylmh statutory 1Mtatians

I Statutory BorpovJfng Power, Pennsylvania staixtes permit communities to borrow up to seven (7)percent of the assessed value of their taxable I properties ., Cmu1c3,lmufc Borrowing Power, A community may only borrow up to two (2) per- I cent of %ts true properby value wikhout getting; permission from the electorate, Electorate Bomowing Power. Be electorate ma~rauthorize borrowing for an additional five (5) percent prodding the tomborrowing power of sewn (7) I percent .,

I Xn accordance with Pennsylvania statu%#$$the real property taxing power of a comnunf%y is United to kenty (20) mills except that by permission of the courts the millage nay be hcressed to twenty-five (25) mills. Additional I taxes for special pmoses such as recreation am also permitted, I Page 1 I I APmM 'EABLE I GROSS I.IEvE1\IuEs

I SOWRCE 1961* 'Eexes 26.8 28.6 45.6 Miscellaaeous I Liquor Licnnses 4.0 43 4,1 3.7 State Aid 12.8 12.7 12.6 12.6 State Reimbursement 62.4 6.8 -- -- 1 County Aid -111 4.2 1.8 u.2 Other Hiscellaneous 1-7 3.0 3.1 3.6 I Temporary Loans 39.0 9*0 25.0 16.5 Cash Uance -20.4 __14.0 -20.8 26,. 7 I mA,L 166.7 80.8 96*0 119.9 * Miscellaneous sources of revenue are estimated for the Budget. %e I totals represent actual receipts.

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Page 2 I MEMORANDUM NO. 8 I BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN I

TRAFFIC AND PARKING STUDY I 1

I Township ol Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania

IN TRQDUCTlON

I !Chis memorandum is intended to describe and evaluate the Barrett Township traffic circulation system and parking facilities with regard to the I accommodation of current an8 future traffic volumes. REGlQNAL TRAFFIC SYSTEM BmttTownship is located in the northeast corner of Monroe County. There I are no U. S. highways located in the Township, and therefore there is no long distance through traffic to be accommodated. The only appreciable through I traffic is Chat going to and from Lake Wallenpanpack and Promised Land Lake. Be Township is easily accessible from U. S. 611. !be major State H;Lghwsys in the Tbwnship are Pennsylvania Routes 191, 290, and 390, which provide I access In and out of the !hwnship. There are a n-er of State Highways and a County road in the Township which I are more local in nature. These include the followin@: A0120 county LOR. 45029 State I L,R. 45031 State L.R. 45070 State * Legislative route number (LR 000) is defined fn 'Pable 1. I I DESCRIPTION OF THE MAJOR ROAD SYSTEM "Major Roads" are the principal streets which connect Barrett Township with I the surrounding region and which collect or distribute local traffic throughout the Township. The Magor Roads in Barrett Township are: L.R. 171 L.R, 458 L.R. 4503 A0120 I LOR, 324 L.R, 45029 LR. 45032 L.R. 45070 I Residential areas should be devoid of heavily travelled roads. Major roads or collector roads should serve residentia andbusiness areas only h terms of collecting traffic from or distributing traffic to these areas. Such roads I may also serve to separate incompatible forms of development. Two undesirable traffic situations in BaPrett Township are illustrative of the lack of traffic I planning in relation to surrounding development: L.R. 171. This road, better known as Pennsylvania Route 191, diagonally traverses the southeast corner of the Township, going through the resi- I dential/business sections of Cresco and Mountainhome. The heavy volume of traffic in Mountainhome has created traffic congestion in this area. L.R. 324. This road, comprieed of portions of Pennsylvania Routes 290 I and 390, extends north from Price Township to Canadensis then south to its intersection with Pennsylvania Route 191 in Mountainhome. The traffic volume on a residential portion of this road is the highest in the Town- 1 ship and in relation to its paved width it is the most congested. I ROADWAY WXPfHS The right-of-way widths of the maJor roads in Barrett Township are either 30, 33, 40, 50 or 60 feet. The maJority of them have 40 feet rights-of-way. Pavement widkhs on the Township's magor roads range between 16 and 22 feet. I All of the mador roads, except a portion of L.R, l7lhave narrow pavement widths of either 16 or 18 feet. With these narrow pavement widths it is h- I possible to park along the roads without interfering with traffic. TABLE 1 ROADWAY WIMI3Is I BIA"RREW TWTSHXJ?, JULY 1962 Monroe County, Pennsylvania

I STATE HIGHWAYS

L.R. 17l (Pennsylvania Route 191) 1 L.R. 324 (Pennsylvania Routes 290 and 390) 40 - 50 18 L.R. 458 (Pennsylvania Route 290) 33 - 4-0 16 - 18 A0120 (Pennsylvania Route 112) 33 18 1 L.R. 45029 Mill Creek Road) 33 16 LOR. 45031 I Seese Hill Road) 33 16 L.R. 45032 (Pennsylvania Route 390) 33 - 60 16 L.R. 45070 (Pennsylvania Route 112) 33 - 60 16 I Source: Field Survey, July 1962 and examination of available maps. I Pwe 2 1 I

I Most of the roads in the Township are pavced with a bituminous wearing surface; however, of these roads in the residential areas are very rough and are graded bpmperly. This is due to inadequate original construction, The I shoulders along'portions of LORa 171 and the paving on the northern end of L.R, 438 are in poor conditiono The street conditions lnap delineates the above-mentioned deficiencies and the location of unpaved streets. I STREET GRADES

There are a few minor streets, particularly in the "Buck Hill Falls" section, I which have steep grades. The considerably small volume of traffic on these streets, however, negates this deficiency. I The horizontal aljbgpment of most naJor roads in Barrett !bmship is fair to good, %%e sharp bend on LOR, 45032 just north of Mountain We is hazardous I and dhould be elimbated if possible. I TRAFFIC PATTERNS TRAFl?E VouilVlEs I The analysis of traffic patterns and volumes is essential to determine the adequacy of the street system to accommodate current and future traffic loads. Traffic volume data considered here has been derived from the traffic counts I of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways which were projected through 1960. Average da%ly traffic volumes for 1960 on all State Highways within the Town- ship varied considerablyo L.R. 45029 averaged only 140 vehicles per day whUe I a% the same the LORa 324 averaged 5,220 vehicles per day. I TABU 2 "%RAFFIC mms BARRFW "BSBHP, 1960 I Monroe County, Pennsylvania STAm HIGHWAY AVERA@E DAHLY VOLUMZ PEAK HOUR VOWME I 1,550 - 5,000 130 - 425~: 944) - 5,220 80 - 445 330 - 850 30 - 70 I 1,550 130 140 - 390 10 - 35 530 45 360 - 1,670 30 - 140 I 280 25 I Source: Average Ik~%lyVolumes from the Pennsylvania Department of HQhways. I Peak Hour Volumes calculatied to be 8.5 percent of the Average Daily Volume a 'D Psrgg 3 I \ I I I I I I I 1. I TFtAFFE GmmRs ~I &e major traffic generators b Barrett Township are the summer resort facilities, Duphg the summer season most of %he local traffic and much regional traffic is drawn by %he shopping facilities in Mountahhome and Canadensis. I The southern po&%on of L.R. 17.1 and the western portion of L.R. 324 are the principal mads in the 1cbwgship providing ingress and egress. I ADEQUACY OF ROADS The capacities of existing roads in Barrett Towgship have been analyzed to determine %he peak hourly traffic volumes which they may be expected to carry, I without congestion, The capaci%yof %he road network is dependent upon the paved width and overall condition of the roads, The practical hourly two-way capacity of the various maaor mads in the Township varies from about 10 to I 425 vehicles per hour. The distribution of two-way traffic in the peak hours is assumed to be 50 percent in each direction in shopping areaso Pn o%her areas it is assumed to be 55 percent in one direction and 45 percent in the other direction. It is also assumed that traffic is unobstructed by stop signs, etc., about 65 percent of the time in the shopping areas and 75 percent of the tlme in the I outlying areas.

The 1960 and the estimated 1980 peak hour traffic volumes have been compared I with the presen% capacity of the mador road system. This indicated the location of both presen% and future deficiencies if no improvements are made to the existing road systemo

~ I: . It is estimated that during peak hours in 1960, traffic its capacity by 17.1 percent. 1980 Adequacy. !Praffie volumff4s %n $he TbwnshAp are generally expected to be at least 50 percent greater in 1980 than in 1960 with the exception of the roads which will connect with Interstate Route 84, II These roads, Pennsylvania Routes 191, 290, and 390 are expected to have loo$ greater traffic volumes. This is based on an expected substantial increase in %he area's tourist trade in 1980. A comparison of the estbated 1980 pe&-howr volumes with the existing street capacities indicates $ha$ overload3ng wlll QCCUT on LORe171, LOR. 324, and LOR, 450go

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' 1. Page 4 I JJ PREPARED BY BELLANTE AND CLAUSS, INC. \\ II PIKE COUNTY PLANNERS ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS GREENE TOWNSHIP \\ 1 APRIL 1962 \\ e I I i I I a I a I I / I 0 I 0 I I I . \\ SCALE IN FEET I I v e 2000 0 2000 4000 1 I ~I 0 I I . 0 I . I / *i 0 0. I I m - I '/ - I 0 -0. LEGEND ~OADWAYCAPACITIES I -- 1960 TO 1980 ADEQUATE I MI 1980 AT OR NEAR CAPACITY (SURPLUS CAPACITY - 1960) I I 1960 DEFICIENT i 1980 DEFICIENT I I SCALE OF ROADWAY DEFICIENCIES I 0 I I I I I i /* I i 0* i I I .. . 11-0 THE PREPARATION Op THIS MAP WAS FINANCED IN PART HWAY ADEQUACY THROUGH PN URBAN PLANNING GRANT FROM THE HOUSING /* 4;\\ AND HOME FINANCE AGINCY, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 701 OF TH@ HOUSING ACT OF 1954. AS AMENDED I I WITH SUPERVISION BY THE BUREAU CF COMMUNITY DEVEL- ARRETT TOWNSHIP OPMENT, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. I ONROE COUNTY, PENNA. I I TABL;E 3 ~I PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES, CAPACXTIES AWD DEFICDNCmS I BARRETT TOWMSHTP, 1960 AND 1980 'I Monroe County, Pennsylvania STATE HIGHWAYS PEAK HOUR VOLUMES PRACTICAL PERCENT OVERLOADED -1960 1980 HOUEUY CAP. 1960 1980 I 260 .. 850 620 160 - 890 380 60 - 140 240 - 380 I 195 380 15 - 50 24Q 70 240 I 60 - 280 240 40 240 I.. --

I CONCLUSlONS The preceding analysis of Barrett Township's traffic and circulation system indicates that except for the existing condition on L.R. 324 She present I traffic system conditions are generally good. The projected traffic conditions for 1980 will be the same with the exception of two deficiencies. It will be necessary to widen the paved width of L.R, 324 between Mountainhome and Cam- I dens-is to at least 22 feet, PARKING SURVEY A recent survey undertaken by the consultant reveals an adequate number of I parking spaces in the business areas of Barrett Township. MISTING PA!AK33% FACILITIES I There are two types of parking facilities withb the Township's business areas; (1) perpendicular parking off the side of the paved roads and (2) off-street parking along the sides of some business establishments. It is very fortunate I that most of the business establishments have setbacks from the roads to allow the perpendicular parking, but these setbacks have been inadequate and cars still extend into the roadway. none of the roads are wide enough to allow I normal parallel curb-parking without creating a traffic problem. Since there was no apparent parking problem in the Township, the Planniw Commission sug- gested that a typical study be made at the intersection in Canadensis. The I existing parking facilbties at this intersection are shown on a map entitled "Parking Facilities It CON CLUSlONS I Although the existing parking facilities are adequate in number, there is one prime deficiency. The perpendicular parking as it exists has uncontrolled access to the roads. !Phis is a dangerous condition and in the f'uture any new I business establishments should be required to provide controlled access to their off-street parking facilities and greater setbacks to provide adequate i space for parking. I N I I I I I I I ,- J

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R) u) -NO. OF PARKING SPACES 0 \ THE PREPARATION OF THIS MAP WAS FINANCED IN PART 1 THROUGH AN URBAN PLANNING GRANT FROM THE HOUSING OFF-STREET 3 AND HOME FINANCE AGENCY, UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF -PERPENDICULAR PARKING SECTION 701 OF THE HOUSING ACT OF 1954, AS AMENDED WITH SUPERVISION BY THE 0UREAU COMMUNITY DE- SURVEY AREA OF ----- VELOPMENT, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. SOURCE: FIELD SURVEY, JUNE 1962 4 MEMORANDUM NO. 9

BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN

COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Township of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania 1 IN T RO DUCT10 N I This comprehensive development plan for Barrett Township is based on the preceding analyses of conditions and weds, current and f’uture. Be Barmtt Townshlp Development Plan has been prepared in the fonn of three individual plaas: 1 Land Use Plan I Major faboroughfares amd Park- Plan Community Facilities Plan The findings of the Township’s planning program, which have provided the i basis for the proposals included in the development plan, are described I in the following sulgl&s~y* I s SUMMARY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS

I LAID USE

The area of the Township is about 32,900 acres, of which only 16 percent is I dewoped, %is 16 percent, or 5,300 acres, includes approximately 1,760 wms of reso& development and 210 acres of motel and cottage development which is s%nUar to resork development. Other uses in this total developed I acreage include abou$ 1,280 acres Pn publlc use (thfs includes %he Bate Bane Lands), 1,220 acres of residential development, 630 acres in street and highway rij@%s-of-way, 110 acms of indus%rial land, and about 90 acres I of commercial developmen'b. Water mas in BarPett Township cover approxknately 520 acres of land. The I remainder of the Tbwnship, about 27,075 acres, is presently undeveloped. mmm I Approximately 82 percent of %he Township, 27,075 acres, is vacant. %is acreage comprises all land which is not developed, Including wooded areas. There are several facbre which are inp@r%antIn evaluating the development I potentm of vacant land, The nos% critical of these factors is the degree of slope, or topogriaphyo The vacan% land in Bmrett Tbwnship was divided into four slope categories: %he flattest land is suitable for nearly all I types of development. As the degree of slope of vacant land increases the usability of this land decreases. Most of the Township's vacant land is developable. This f9cludes about 11,100 acres with a slope of 5 percent I or less, nearly 10,800 acres with a slope of 5 15 percent, and about 2,400 acres with slops of between 15 and 20 percene. Xn aWtion, there are about 2,700 acres of vacant land with slopes of mre than 20 percent. I This steep land Baa only limibd usefulness.

I Be populakfon of the Township has been growing steadily since before 1930. There is, however, a dispropcwtionate age distribution and sex balance in the TownshJbp's popula%ion, The age dfs%ribu$ion includes a huher than I average propofifon of the older age gmups and a lower than average pro- por%ion of the younger age groups compared with the State as a whole. %e proport$,om of females Bo males is also higher than the ,statewide averages. Despite these characbristics of 'bhe presern6 population, the I an%icipeeled excess of births over deaths and in-migration are expected to result bn population gr&h which would dtncrease %he current level of I about 2,400 to 3,000 by 1970 and about 4,000 by 1980,

!be economy of Barrett %wnsh%p is based on the tourist =badeof the Poconos. I Miscellaneous business establArshmen%srely heavily on the tourist trade to supplement the business generated by local residents. Bert? are also BOB B manufacturing establishments in the 'Bnmsh%po Page2 . I lphe tourist trade is expected to expand as a direct result of 13tl111~3rous I factors, bcluding: 1. Increased accessibility to be provided by the expansion of I the Interstate Highway Systen. 20 Popula%ion growth in the area served by the Pocaso 'Eburist InduStq. s 3, The development of the Tocks Island Dam. In order to develop a more diversified tax base and to increase year-round II employment opportunities to support the future Township population, manufacturing activities should be expanded, The most recent addition of manufacturing activity in the Township is the expansion of the Reinhardt Company whlch is located in Mountainhome.

HOUSIMG II %e nuniber of housing units in Barrett Township has been inereasha rapidly. These new units include both year-round and seasonal dwellings. Housing conditions me exceptionally good due to a relatively high proportion of owner-occup8scy and low density a8 evidenced by large. lot sizes. Only one small section of the %wnship requires redevelopment activities to eliminate substandard housing.

COMMUISITY FACILXTIES

Schools. All available school facilities are adequate to meet current enrollment needs. !be elementary school, however, will soon require expansion or the relocation of Paradise Township students. The elementary school has wooden floors and stairways which should be fireproofed. Public Buildingso !€be fire house, library, and Township sheds are In good condition.

Recreation. The two existlng recreation areas are well-developed. 'she addition of the planned Community Center will supplement exist- facilities I to provide residents with adequate reoreaBional facilities. Utilities. Water supply in the Township is handled by a number of small companies or by individual wells. me methods used are adequate. There is no public sewage disposal system anywhere in the ToMlship. Wth the Buck Hill Falls and the Skytop developments have private sewage treatment. All other householdgrs in Barrett Township must provide their own on-lot sewage disposal system, Plans am now being developed to provide the urbanized portions of the ToMship with public sewage collection and disposal facilities.

I Refuse disposal procedures are inadaquate; however, the soil characteristics of B-tt Township and most of Monroe County preclude the feasibility of a I sanltar$ landfill systmo I !he major traffic problems in Barrett Township includo: 1. Harrow roads which restrict the safe flow of traffic.

2. Poorly designed intersections.

3* Through-traffic traversing residential meas.

4. Poor alignment, both horizontal and vertical, resulting in dangerous carves aad steep grades. %ese traffic conditions are accerrtuated by estimates of traffic volmnes &&ling by 1980. The principal parking deficiency is the magner in which parking facilities have been developed. Most off-street parking facilities have uncontrolled access and 5nadeq-h drspth, !Ibis requires parked vehicles to back out on- to heavily-travelled roads.

FIIVAHCES

'&e fFownship is expectedto have sufficient funds to implement this plan. Ekbnsive unused borrowing power is available and revenues are increasing rapidly because of a high growth ral~.

Page 4 LAND USE PLAN

%e land use plan des-tes six major tmes of uses. Bese uses are identifled on the Land Use Plan Map as follows:

1, Residential 2. Business So Eaanufscturing 4, Resort 5. Public 60 special Purpose

!be objectives and characteristics of each use, together with means for fulfilling the plan, are describedbelow. RES- LABYD WSE PLAN Objectives. The objectives of the residential land use plan are:

lo The creation of attractive residential areas, free f'rom adverlse environmenbl fgfluences.

2. The regulation of residential densities in relation to the Township's ability to provide services and in accordance wWa the varying needs ~f different segments of the population.

3. The diversion of through-traffic from residential areasr 4. The exclusion of incompatible uses. 9. The provision of essen%ial services and shopping facilities. Character of Developmen%. %e 1960 Census of Housing retported a total of 1,533 housing units in the !Pornship. A swyof land use, conducted in the summer of 1961, revealed that a total of 1,220 acres of land was used for residential purposes. The average net density was, therefore, approximately 1.3 families per acre, which is a very low density of development. In the future, development will probably take place on smsller lots. !here is a tendency to limit the size of estates because of maintenance problems.

!he land use plan delineates about 4,500 acres for ultimate residential development. 'phis is a net increase of about 3,280 acres, including streets.

The areas desunated for ature residential development are shown on the Land Use Plan Mape Two densities of development are proposed. Areas which are, or will be, served by sewers should have a maximum of three families per net acre. Outlying areas in Barrett Township, where there is no possibflity of providing sewers, should be developed a$ a ~ilaximwmof two families per net 0 acre * Be Popula%ion Study, ~morandtunNoe 3, estimates that Barrett Township will have a 1980 popula$ion of approxhately 3,800. "phis 1s $0. increase of about 1,400 persons En %he twenty-year period from 1960 to 1980. In order to properly develop housing areaa for this expec$ed population, a total of between 160 and 240 acres of land -1 be reqtlired. Tn addition, an equal amomf of land is expecfed to be aeeded for stumner resi&nces. At least 320 to 480 acres will therefore be needed for residenthl uses by 1980. The land desfgmt@dfor residential uses In the Land Use Plan is much more than will be requimd by 1980, The principal reason for settw aside large areas ~QPresidenfhl use fa to offer a greatmr varlety of site selection.

ObJectives. !be principal ob3ective of the business land use plan is to establish well-defined and well-loca'ted shopping areas and to provide ads= quate off-stree% parking fa@11%ies%n sese commercial areas. Character of Development. Existigg conrmercial developnt ocaap&es92 acres of land In Bsrrett Township. About 50 percent of the existing commercisl developnent is related to the tourist trade of the !!?own8hlg, Other commercial activities include neighborhood-type businesses. For ma3or shopping the "r'ownahip residents have to travel ta Soranton or Strmadsburg. Approximately 210 acres of land are proposed for business uses. 'fwo arm88 have been set asib for business UBW, as follows: (Ilanadensis Shopping Area 'phe shopphg &rea concentrated at the trai'fic 1-t b Cam- bnsis is oBe of' the major business area8 of Barrett leowaerhlp. 2b is proposed thst this area be expSaaed and developed into 811 attractive shoppirrg center. Adequate off-street parking facilities will hsve 60 be provided in ordm to attract shoppers and to reduoe traffic congestion in the area. Mowtam- Shopplng ha At the present the business development exten& slow both sides of %he Peanrsylvania Routes 191 and 390 from Crsrsco to Mowtalinkome. This development, by being extended over so large an area, creabs traffic hazards by allowing UnlSmiCed &caws to the mador state hahways on which it is located. to ackfeve safer treuffic conditions, WWlsssr inarferencr by BPraffic, It is reconrmstnded that the shoppiw_- - fecilM,es in this area be concentrated &s much as poes;lble* Two amms: om mat of Pennrayl- vanla Route 191 and one east of Pemns;$lvanb Route '390, krsvea bean set aslh for comaerulsl developat. The existing oaoamarcial eetsbllshmQnts ws11 rewin, however, new business places shoal4 be encouraged to locatie In the hogp ping oeneer and to abandon the prsasent strip form of bvelopxaet. Parge 6 MANWX~GLABB USE .€" Objectives, The sbgec$ims of the mmufac$wing land use plan are as follows:

lo To reserve large meas of flat land wi$h access to utilities and transportation facilities 2e To pmfbeet poten%$8nlmanat'ae%wp~sites fmn encroachment by uses whfch mgu&.resnaller siteso The developmnt of such uses nuby destroy the dmelopmnt potentfal of these industrbl Sib36 0

4, To loca%e these sites and establish 0pra$ing standards for %heiruse 3.n order to ppevent my adverse influence on resi- den%fdsections of the Sh%po

Charac$er of Developmen%. There are very few magufacturing firms in Barrett Township a% the presene time, Since the resort activity ils of such great im- pol+XLnce in fhe ship, nwufactw%9@;will probably never be a major activity. There is a tendency fop small specieil%zed indus$ries, such as precision instru- IWI% m&W.f~C%UP~ad p-@etl%kd. ffkms, to 10CdX Pelt%tiVelyrUrd areas. Cognfzan't of this fact, an area in the Cresco section of the Township has been designa%ed fop mPacturfng useo This industrial land is consibred to be %he most sui%able area for such purposes since it Is relatively flat and has both hd.ghway and rail acxess.

Recen-kly, the hshess Supply Cwpom.%%onof America, the second largest pm- ducelp of tabula% cards and card checks, opened a sales personnel center ana &%a pro hs%alla%%onh Canadensis. This tyye of activity will benef% %he shBp and should be encouraged6 A staff of hrenty-ffve persons will work a% th9s office, Xn addA$ion, personnel fn training will be housed at local ho$els wUle a%%endAngelasses a% the cenhr.

Objectives. The p~hcipalobject$ve of"%he resorb land. use plan is .It0 estab- lfsh areas %nthe ship wh%chwould be most sui-d for such development. The primary aeonmfe ac.$$vi%y is %he msoP$ fgdustry. Many of the well- known Pocons HaUPB$a%n resor%s loc&ed %nBarrett Township. Character of' Development. Resort actSvSCies can be found in most portions of the "Posmship. Considering the Ifawnship as a vacationers' haven, large areas have been designated in the land use plan as suitrtble for resort developmento &I addition to resort uses these areas would permit residential development on large sites.

mere are many reasons to believe %hat the resort Wxstry will be increas- $ ingly important to the Township in the f"uture* The new Interstate Highway System which wfllmake the Pocono Mountains readily access5ble to msurp more urban ares is just one factore A second reason for believing that this activfty will become more imporbant is the increased tourist promotional activiky undert;aken by the Pennsylv& Departmnt of Commerce. PUBLIC LAHD VSE PLAH

!%e pdblic land use plan 9s designed to set aside amas to be used for the deve1opxnen-t of public facilitieso A detailed public land use plan is pm- sented on %he Land Use Plan Map,

SPECTat HjRposE PUB !!be objectives of the special pwrposa plan are to separate those amas which are not generally mttable for development from the remainder of the %wn- shSp, These areas are proposed to remain undeveloped, It na&r be possible to use so= of these special use areas by employing special deslgntechniques or for @onserva%ionpu~poses, t~anmssionlines, and other special uses.

I EFFECTUATlOI Zoning regulations and wban renew action are the two basic tools avail- 1 able to the Town6hip for the effectuation of the land use plan. -Zom I Zoning is the pr%mary instrument by which an ultinate land use plan can be carrfed out to its fullest intent. A zona ordinance desQnates areas of the Township where cepta3.n uses are permitted; it also regulates the ehar- I acter of dtevelopment %n terms of minbmm lot sizes, yards, off-street parking and loading, and industrial performance standards. Following fina,l adoption of the ordinance, a three-mas Board of Zoning Ad- I justment is appointed to hear zoning caseso Hormally a zona officer is apph%edt0 review applicatfons for zoning permits and to issae said permits. Et' a permit is denied on the basis that the application droes not I confom to the Zoning Ordinance, then the applicant, may request a hearing by the Board of Adjustment zf the Board of Adjuslauent turn8 down the application then the applicant may take court action, These rights of appeal an8 the ability of the governing body to amend the ordiaance OF districts makes the zoniag flexible enough to adjust to changes which lgay be required in the future 0

Another effective means of implementing a p1aauli.q program is provided through the FebraJ. Housing Act of 1949, as amended. The Act provides federal assistance to conrmunities for the prevention and removal of' blight and blighting influences in a community. The purpose of the Act is to improve living standards in a commwzity by providing a means for the elimh- ation of bl3ghted areas and a more economical use of the land. It also provides assistance in the financing of housing rehabilitation and for housing of persons displaced as a result of gomrnmental action. SdditiOR to this housing aid, assis%ance cerabe received fromthe Public Housing Admin- istration for the ffnern@ing of housing for low and medium lncome fdlies, as well as for elderly persons.

The Act specifically provides that before a coramunity can become eligible for assistance i%mst demonstrate that %t is making a concentrated effort to solve its planning problems through a sound planning program and the active &uplemmatation of the program, COMMUNITY FACILITIES PLAN

The colEnunity facilities plan is intended to outline the services and facilities needed by Barrett %mship for the next twenty years. The adequacy and availability of community services and facilities are of vital concern to all Tbwnship residents. Memorandm Blo, 6, the Conmnrnity Facilities Survey, included a survey end analysis of the adequacy of all public facilities in the Seownship.

Students fPom hrrett Township attend classes at one of the following schools: lo Barrett Elementary School 2e Pocono Mounhin Joint Junior-Senior High School 3. Pocona Ceroholic Missions Parochial School At the present time all three of these schools are large enougb to accommodate the existing enrollments. Both the Parochial School and the High School are new and will provide modern facilities for rmuty years. 'phe Elementary School, located OB Route 390 in Mountsinhome, is in good con= dition with one exception, The deficiency, which may be considered to be a fire hazard, is the use of wood in the construction of the floors and shirs

%he Barrett Elenentary School serves both Barrett and Paradlse !?ownships. Enrollments in this school have been fairly constant over the past five years, but they are expected to increase to PL point where the students from Barrett Tbmship alone will fill the school to capacity. At this tbe the school will have to be enlarged or the Paradise students re- located. REcmmm PLAEB Barrettt !k!bwnsh%p is the second largest Township in Monroe County. There are vas% areas of vacant land within its boundaries which pedt the !Porn- ship to determfne its future recreation system without being uaddLy limited by existing land development,

Many of the merresorts have various types of recresrtiona.l fatuities that are open to the public on a commercia basis. This type of recreational facility, however, should not be considered as part of the Tawsship's recrea%ionalsystern for year-round resicbats. ExSst;tng; Recreation Facilitiess At the present tlme there am only three sites %nthe Township that are considered public recreation areas.

Page 10 1 ~I These recreational facilities are: I 1. Barrett Elementary School Playground I 2. Barrett Little League Ballfield 30 High Fields (undeveloped)

Witla the development of %he seven acre site at High Fields, the Tbwnshiip Will I have adequarte space for recreation.

A primary consideration in the development of a recreation system is the I location of si'tes. Each residential area should be served by a nearby recreation ma. En addition to the three recreation areas mentioned above, the lEownship will need additional land for recreation as the Township grows. Two additional recreation sites should be purchased now and reserved for future use. The two areas shown on the Connuunity Facilities Plan are fairly well located in relation to the proposed residential &reas and shouldbe considered as possale sites.

Riblic buildings in the Township comist of the Barrett !!!omship Volunteer Fire Compaoy, the Barrett Friendly Library, and the two Township sheds. All of these buildings are in good condition and adequately serve the Town- ship's needso UTXLITIES -s Water Supplze The !Pornship residents are supplied with water by several small water companies and individual wells or sprjngs. The supply is adequate to met demands of consumers, "he water supply systen is capable of being expanded to met future needs. -Severs. According to the 1960 U,So Census of Housing only 119, or less than eight percent, of the Tomship housing units have sewers. Zpiet remaining unil.ts have hdividual septic tanks or cesspools. Most of tlse soil Bame%t !Pornship As generally unsuitable for septic tank operation because of the extensdive rock formations.

The TmnshPp has recently employed professional enginwrs to study the feasibili- of constructfi9h5 sewer lines and a sewage treatment plant to serve most built-up sections of %he %miship.

Refuse Disposal. Refbse collection 5x1 Barrett Townshtp is performed by a private collector+ This refuse is hauled to the rPownship dump where most of the combustible material is burned, While this method of disposrll is prohibited by State law, it is the only feasible method of disposal in the Townshipo The enltire Poeono lUl0untab-1 region is underlain with rock and there are no suztable sites for sanitary lendfill operations. !he dwis located some di6t&nce from development in the Township and it is covered witih earth each week 1

MAJOR THOROUCHFARE AM9 PARKING PLAN

!&e quality of edsting. and fwhre developrneat 19 the Township is directly related t~ the ability of the %wnship's roads to carry the e-crer-increash~g 1 volumes of tr&f$c, Two tries of traffic use the T07611ship's roads: through- traffic, wi%h bo%h origins and destinations outside of the Township, ad local traffic, generated withfi the 2bwnship. Traffic which passes through the Tomship wfthout stoppfng should be discouraged from travelling on the Township's mads. me pr9tncipal generator of this through-traffic are: Lake Wallenpaupack and the Stab Park at Promised Land, In order to elimbmte the heavy a;hrough-tmffie volumes and to better serve local resort II tra,f'f$@ the Pennsylvdia Deparkaent of Highways should be requested to h- prove Route 196 to the Lake Wallenpanparck area. This highm is located outside of mett !Rnmsh&pand %f 5%were to be -roved it would provide a more direct mu%@ 4x1 the Lake and to Promised Land. Local treLffic generated by %he tomfsf trade is quite heavy in the Township. Volumes dspe expected to increase by nearly 100 percent by 1980; sollie road improvements wU.1 be required b accommodste theae f'uture traffic volumes. Recommendatfons for %mprmemnts to existing roads in Bsrrett Township include a program to develop a more efficient circulatgon system and to ira- II prove e%%&hgroads, F~llowfigfs a fWIctioaal classPPication of the road neewcwk, recornended developnt standards, and proposdls for the re- digmnent or design of dsuag;emus intersections and curvesr

ROAD CLASSIFPCATION APTD STjUDARlX

As Barrett %'ownship and the smadi~gareas contime to grow, it will. be increasingly ;%mporbant to segarate throw-traffic fromtfie local. traf'fic. In order to facilitate this separation, the following is proposed as a clsssifica%ionof all mads in the -ship:

1, Major Roads - facilities on achhigh tfolum~sof through- traffic move at a rela-bively high-speed without frequent interPupt5on.

29 SeCQElW Roads.- facilities which connect the loca3 streets xi%hthe major roads and which also serve local treL9fic flo- to and from various sections of the %wnshlp. % Local Roads - facflgties which provide access to adjacent proper*t;%es Major ROadE1, The recommended staudard for mador roads in Barr&% Township 5s a right-of-way of 80 fee%and a pavenent width of 24 feet or nomr Major roads In &wred;t BEbmshfp include Pennsylvania RotzCes 191, 290, and 3900 Xt is proposed that all major mads be provided with a rninbutu pavement width of 24 feet. 'pb meet these standards, PemsJylvbisla Routes 191, 290, and 390 would have to be w%d9nedo

Page 12 Secondary Rsads. The s%mda,rd for secondmy mads As a minimum right-of-way I of 50 feet and a pavemm$ of 24 feet. %e tz-affic plan for Barre%%Tomship &sJh@;wtesSeese Hill Road, Lower Seese Hell Road, Wa%ch Hill Road, @ravelbad, Chsco Road, LA45029, Ta 57l, I and To 608, as SWQII~ madso Each of km%t sh%pes seconadary roads As less than 24 feet wide. I Necassa~grbprovemnfks to %he secondary roads include widenings, resurfacing, and mal%gnmen%.

Local. Roads, All of %he powis &n the sh%pwhich dr, not fall into one I of the two precedbg eakegories are called loceLf roadso In the fu%uredevelopmen% of local roads, special a-ktention shouldbe given I t~ %he problem of seeess to the major roads, VknlM%edaccess to these major roads will %end ta, d@prec%ta-bethe value of adjacent residential properby, %ncmas@aec$&nt baamls, and restrict traffic flow on these I roads, Access to IWLJOP roads should be lWted to a mlnimUm number of intersections. Two bas%c techniques have been developed ti0 1Mt access to major roads, These are: 1- kter.bor O~Een'tiation- under %hismethod extra deeB lots am plotted wi%h %he& mar ymds back- OB the highway. re 1s no direct access fkom the lot to the h5ghwqr; homes fmn%on a locd stree%* The extra dmp lot allows space for a prfva$ely-main%ahed buffer strip. 2, Cd-&-Sac or Loop Streets - by us* cul-de-sac or loop s$me$s exbndhg in from the highway, lots can be laid ou% so t&a% no h&es face directly og the highway.

All roads Zn %he 9bmsh%pare =der ei%her Stake, County, or Seownship juris- Ckiction, When %he va;pious roads were batthey were sufficient to handle the Tbwnsh3p's &Wffeo As traffic increased and beesme mechanized, the reqa5mmerxbs of %hem mads e-ed and cerk4.n areas the facilities have been rendered %neffect%veby surround- developmento

Proposed WA&n-so Many of %be $mpor&w$ roads in the Townskip have narrow pavemen% widths. Even so- of the State rou$es have c-s of only 16 to 18 feet. 3% is mcommende8 %hatthe pavement widths of portions of Rmtes 191 290, an8 39s be bcrbased to a minimum of 24 feet (see !Praffie Plan Hap$, A $24 foe& pavemen$ is a desipable mhfmun for roads in sgy built-up aPeBL*

Other 9bwnsh3,p roads; which should be widened are %he MU. Creek Road and PBBnqylvanb Rouke lU0 kch of these mads am now only 16 feet wideo Al%hough there Is no congestion on $he roads they should be widened to 24 feet In order 'bo pen$&the't~aff3.c %o flow ath greater ease and safety. Proposed Btersee$Son OF A3.wne hpmvements. Streets should be laid out to hkrsect, as nearly as posssble, a% rfght angles. %is Ss to provide proper skht d%s$asee at inhrsections. When two streets converge at tan angle of less than 60 degrees i% is impossible to avoid hazardous conditions. Barre%%%wnsh%p has searera2 acute angle intersections which should be re- des%@;raed,Thess b-bersections am shown on %he Traffic Plan Map. The $n$ersect%on of Peransylvan&i Iilahs 290 and 390 at Canadensis presents a traffic hazard because the mads do not meat at right aragles. Sight distance from %hishbrsectfon fs poor in aL1 directionse &is situation is not dangerow, hQk??VeP, duping %he summer mon'ths when the traffic light is opePa%* *

On some sections of the Tbmsh3.p's mads there are very sharp curves. TWQ of these ewes are located on Pennsylvania Route 290, north of I4cmntain Lake, Another sharp curve is loc&ed on Township Route 571 between MOUR~IW home and Pennsylvania Route 290, These cmes should be elimiaated, Proposed Hew Constructiono At the present tlme them is traffic congestfon on Route 390 between Mountainhome and Caaadeasis, Hn most instances a wider pavemnt would help to improve the flow of traffic, Along this route, however, it would be nearly impossible to widen the road because of the nwmy builtlings along the havenent edge, As an altemte solution, It is retcom- mended $hat a new route be provided as shown on the Traffic Plan Map.

Proposed ResurSac-, The hip has several rmds which need resurfacing. mese are shown on the mrtp of Road Cond.it%ons fop the Tomahip. PARKlEiRG FECC)M@Z!DA~OHS

The naj'or parking problem existing in Wrett Towhip is the hazardous condition which is created when parked cars back out onto traffic lanes. It is recommended the& rtll future business establishments in the Township provide their own off-street parking spaces in properly designed lots.

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1 I I URBAN RENEWAL ACTIVITIES %mtt’2?ownsh%p 5s for%uw%e2n having a high quali%y of residmtfal developnent. 2Jearl.y all of i%shousing is in good conation, well-planned, I and adequa%el.y served by camaubitg fac%l$ties. The exmufrus$Aon of U0S, Census data snd the field survey of housbg con- I ditions revealed only one wm of the Township in need of urban renewal action. Thfs -8, the only concentration of substandard housing in the Taktship, is located along the Hklpdytown Road, mm %he Erie-Lack- I RailPoad tracks, This Harwown mawould qual- for Federal urban renewal f”unds as an areca of concentra%ed substandard housing. The Urban Renewal Admlinistration I and the Pennsylvmh IkSpartmn.t; of Commerce would provide most of the funds needed to purchase and raze the substandard propepties, After the area is cleared it muld be sujlhble for fiadustry.

I The Federal program under which %he Hardytown &ma could qualm for Federal f’unds fs known as ~e&velopmen%,which is defined as follows: I A redevelopment project involves %he elhbe%tionof all or most of the sub- standardhoushg and other structures in a designated project area. Such projects are desi.gm%ed for areas where mom thajia 50 percent of the build- I Iws are suibstanda~dtoa agree warranting clearance, or where more than 20 percen% of the buildings we substandard and there are extensive environmental deficiencies

1 !he Hapm~~narea con%ainS approxfma$ely 25 acres of land, hvelopment in the Hardy-town area consists of 10 residentfal structures, some of which I we trauers, and all of which am substandard. It may be deshble =bo clear %h%s area %norder to mloca’b the inhabitants I In see, san%tary, and decen%housing and to provide a sib for bdustry. I I

“II 1 I 1 BARRETT TOWNSHiP MASTER PLAN

CONCLUSiONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GEE$ERAL CONCLWSltOHS

1, The land use analysfs %ndfca%es that only 16 percent of the en%* Township is presen%ly developed, The remaining lad, soorie 27,000 acres, is vaca~%~AppmxfaLa$ely 2,700 acres of %h3s vacane land have a slope of 20 percent or more and is pela$fvely unusable.

U,S, Census of Population UoSo Census of Papulation UoS0 Census of Pcppuleaticpn Esthates by Consultant Esthates by Consultant

Conclusions Only one new mjor rod 5s proposed fo be constructed 5n the Township in tihe, foreseeable fi%ure. 'phis road WUgenerally papallel Pennsylvash Route 390 and will serve to elbhte some of the congestion between Muun%ahhomeand Canadensis.

Efforts should be made? %Q elhhate the heavy traffic which passes .t;hmugh %he Yawnship, w%thout stopping, on the way to We Wallenpaupack and Promised Land, mis may be accon- plfshed by the Sbte Highway Departmen% hpmvemellt of Pennsylmia Rou%e 196 $0 %he Lake mao

lhere fs Q need to widen some of the Stab B&hwaya 2n Beet% %whip t~allevhte sone of the traffic congestiono

re 81% many hazardous oondi%iorns the existing; roads whfoh, ar%'$h%ncmas%ag t&f%c, VUbecame more serious. These hazardous eondh$ti~msfaaclude dangerous, acute angle bbrseetbr%s aad s'krp curves.

2e !the %'ownshfp Bfffeials and Plannbg Cornanissfon shodd request the Pennsylvarh Depar&aaen'b of Hi@m,ys to improve Pennsylvania Route 196 bebeen Mount POCO~Qand the Lake WaUenpaupack area 9n osder to elSmba%e ,some of Barrett 'Promship's %h~~ughtraffic. page! 16 I I 1 I concl~ions

I 3, hclustr%d&velopmen% 5s ockurring at 811 ever increasing ra%e%n %he Pocono MoUg%aiBs. As the area adds maawfaoturing plm%s,new personnel will help to stimulate residential and I commercias aevelO~en%o 20 %Be dnclus3oa of industrial sites in the Township wUprovide a be%%er balance of &velopm%nt withira the c?omnnUnity; it will I also benefia the "HoSwnshAp through added tax revenues. I The amas shown on the Land Use Plan are the most suitable for haustrial developmen$. These &reas should be reserved for m&uzufae%xwhgplants whfch nay locate in the Township. %e 1 mador considerations $n selectbg %bseIndustrial areas are: a. Slop of *he lsnd, not peatar than five per- I ten% grade, nor $n a marsh &reae bo Accessible to major highwqs and/or raslroads. I eo Compatfb%llfky with adgacent land weso I COnClUS ions I 2, &my psrkhg mas which are wed 3.n conjunot&m with 'the emne~cfduses are bd,equate. Aukmob3les using the I parking spaces must, Bnn may cases, back ouf& onto major I mads, crea%$.nghazardous si.%ua.tiorasa I 1. CcmmercW developrnent should be encouraged to locate 19 I~I small concentrated ax-eas. This would el&nhmte some of %he strip development which 2s both unsightly and hazardmas to 'hef%C~

,I 20 Off-street park* fecfli%iesshould be required for all new I comme~cialestablishmen%s I 1. Barre%$ Township is a cornunity in which most of' the hasing is in exeellent oonation, 2e Bearly 50 percent of the T~msUp'shousing is seasonal in nature. Al-bhough many of the seasonal nits can be used yew-rotmd, most of %hen are used as summer homes. 36 bfng the 1950 h 1960 decade nearly 550 howin@; units were buflt in the 2bwnshSp. Most of these Units were in amas designated for residential development on the Laad Use Plan.

4, Wf%h the popu9a%ionof %he %mhip increasing at a steady rate, %herewj,ll be a need for about 1,200 aWtional hausing units by 1980, This includes both seasonal and year-round twts.

Reconunendat fons

1. #os% residenthl development shouldbe encaurPtged to take place fn %he sreas set aside for residential use on the Laad Use Plan, 2. Residential development should comply with the subdivision ordhance in order to preserve the naturaJ features of the ZPownship and ta encourage well-pl-ed neighborhoods. 3. Sasi- sewerage facflkkies should be provided for homes %n the urbanized areas of the TmnshQ.

Conclusions 1. Barmft Tomhip is located fn the heart of the Pocono Hountain Resort &ea. Et is estbated that in 1961 approxi- nmkly 700,000 people spen%the* vacations in the Pocono M0Unt-e

2* The Interstate Highway Systemwill improve access to the POCOWSfrom aJ.1 %he large urban areas of the East. Recormnenddttions 1, %ar$st trade and resort activ5ty should be encouraged in %he !Ibwslship. of %hefigest resorts of the Pocono Mon%ajtnsare located in the Tmmship. 2. Large areas of the Township have been designated for resort developaenk. In general., only resorb and resort-related activities should be permitted in these areas. At the present time gpaqy residential. un$ts are scattered throughout these &peaso Residential development will not adversely affect these weas if large lot development is encouraged.

Conclusions 1, On the basis of the proJected population, the Township wFll need expanded public facilities by 1980. Some3 of the future needs include additional well-developed recreation areas and as addition to the school. Recommendations

1, Additfoaal recreation sites should be acquired now and held for SLture use by the Township. 2e The reme d;%sposalarea should continue to operate as a. se~-leurdf%ll;that is, by covering with a layer of earWl each week. OrdlnaJrily, a sanitary landfill operation would be recommended; however, due to the subsurface conditions in the "Ilbwasbip, this is not practical.

I i I i MEMORANDUM NO. .10 I I BARRETT TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN I i CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM I I ITownship of Barrett, Monroe County, Pennsylvania IN T RO D UCT 10 N This memorandum is concerned with the effectuation of the Master Plan in I terms of the Township's physical needs.

The adoption of a Capital Improvements Program is essential to the feasibility I of financing the several projects determined to be needed by the preceding planning studies, I The proposed Capital Improvements Frogram is based on an inventory of needs, a determination of priorities and the Township's financial capacity.

PROCEDURE I A Capital Improvements Program is a five to six year plan for financing needed capital improvements. It is normally prepared by the Planning Commission and referred to the elected officials for adoption. Each year, I thereafter, the elected officials are expected to incorporate the ffrst year of the program into their budget, and the Planning Commission is to re-evaluate the program and extend it for another year. In this manner I the Township may maintain R continuing six year program. I I I __ I I I FINANCIAL CAPACITY The following estimates of the capacity of Barrett Township to undertake a capital improvements program are based on the findings of the Mscal Analysis, I Memorandum No, 7: 1. The only substantial capital improvement expenditures in recent years have been for road improvements. These have varied between I $25,000 and $50,000 per yearo On the basis of past experience, therefore, it is assumed that future expenditures for these purposes could be at least $30,000 per year; $2,500 of this I amount would be provided by State-aid. 2. This f'irst capital improvements program for the Township will include the years 1963 through 1968, During most of this period, debt I service costs will be about $25,000 per year in accordance with recent trends, After 1967, however, a recent improvement bond issue of $14,000 will be retired and this will reduce debt service I costs by about $3,000 per year. 3. Revenues are expected to increase by about $1,500 per year and I expenditures by about $5,000 per year. This will provide additional funds in the amount of $21,000 through 1968.

4. The Township has extensive borrowing power in the amount of I $136,000. In addition, the approval of the electorate may provide additional borrowing power of $400,000.

I 5s The cash balances of the Township amount to about $25,000. SUMMARY I Between 1963 and 1968, the township is expected to have additional cash resources of about $24,000 in addition to the approximately $25,000 in current balances. The Township hlso has such borrowing capacity as may I be required for the effectuation of this program. I PRIORITIES AND COSTS The proposed capital improvements are scheduled to be undertaken in accordance with the following criteria:

I 1. Projects required to elfminate safety hazards. I 2. Completion of projects which have been started. 3. Projects to conserve the usefulness of existing properties. I 4, Projects to permit increased utilization of existing properties. I 5. Project costs, I Page 2 I I I DESCRlPTlON OF IMPROVEMENTS EQUIPMENT, Equipment includes 'trolling-stock" and other road construction equipment

I 1. Police Car. The present 1961 Dodge will have to be traded in for a new police car by 1963 or 1964- Estimated cost, including "trade-in": $1800. As a general rule, most police vehicles must be I replaced about every three years. During the course of this capital improvement program, the car will have to be replaced I twice, at an estimated cost of $3600, 2. Dump Truck. The 1948, 4-wheel drive dump truck will have to be traded in for a new one within five years; estimated cost, including I "trade-in" : $6000. RECREATION. Three ty-pes of recreation expenditures are needed.

I 1. Acquisition. Liana should be purchased well in advance of needed recreation expansion to assure the availability of the required sites and to take advantage of low land costs prior to expanded I development which will increase land value. Two sites of about 10-acres each should be acquired. At the current price of about $1000. per acre the cost of acquisition I should be about $20,000. It is estimated that some State and Federal aid will be available for land acquisition. The eskimated acquisition cost to the Township will be approximately $8000. I This is based on a 20 percent federal grant and a 50 percent state grant from the proposed Project 70 program. I 2. Development. "he 9-acre community center site needs to be developed+ It is estimated that this development will cost at least $5000, but a special study should be undertaken to determine I the potential development of this site and its cost. In addition, the two sites proposed to be acquired under Item 1, above, will be development as residential growth determines the I needo 3. Special Study, As indicated above, a landscaping and site development plan should be prepared for the 9-acre community I center studyo This is estimated to cost about $1000.

-ROADS, Various types of road improvement expenditures are needed, such I as normal maintenance and reconstruction of hazardous alignments and intersections.

I 1, Normal Maintenanceo In accordance with previous studies maintenance requirements will be about $35,000 per yearo I I Page 3 I 1 \ 2. Intersection Improvements. The Township, as in previous years; will be able to spend approximately $15,000 annually on new I construction.. The traffic plan indicates intersections which are in need of improvements. I 3. New Rights-of-way, It is proposed that the right-of-way for the road between Cresco and Canadensis be purchased with State and I County funds. UTILITIES. The principal utility improvement to be provided is a sewer system for urbanized areas, !S%e cost of these improvements, however, have not yet been determined by the engineering study which is now underway. I In any event, these improvements will be provided by the Sewer Authority outside of the regular ffnancial structure of the Township. Bonds to be issued for the sewers will be amortized with receipts f!rom fees charged I for service

SCHOOLS. School expansion will not be required until after 1970. Current 1 needs, however, include the fire-proofing of the elementary school; an architectural survey will be needed to determine the cost of this improvement. All school improvement costs will be paid from school taxes by I the jointure. MIScEIJ;ANEOUS. Other expenditures which are recommended include the cost I of a Special Community Appearance Study and a Detailed Zoning Study. 1. Community Appearance Study. Current advertising sign practices throughout the Township detract from its natural scenic beauties I and create traffic hazards. A study should be undertaken to set standards and determine what action is needed to improve existing conditions. It is estimated that the cost of this I study, to the Township, will be approximately $600, 2. Detailed Zoning Studyo A draft zoning ordinance has been drawn- up for Barrett Townshfpo 'This ordinance should be studied in I greater detail in order to insure its effectiveness. It is estimated that the cost of this study will be $1800. The Township's share of this cost will be about $600, if Federal I financial assistance is made available within the framework of the "701" Planning Assistance Program. I I I I Page 4 I TABU3 1

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM BARRETT TOWNSHIP - 1.963 to 1968 (dollars in thousands)

PROJECT Special Planning Studies 0.6 0.6 1.2

Road Improvements 35 35 35 35 35 35 210.0

Intersection Improvements 15 15 15 15 15 15 90.0 Police Car 1.8 1.8 3.6

Dump Mck 6 6.0 Community Center Development 3 3 6.0 Recreation Site Acquisition 4 4 8.0

Totals 50.6 52.4 53.0 53.0 55.8 60.0 324.8

IMPACT OF PROPOSED PROGRAM Most of the improvements needed through 1968 may be feasibly accomplished within the framework of the Township's financial structure. The total cost will be about $330,000. All of the proposed capital expenditures will be financed on a pay-as-you-go basis. Capital expenditures are expected to increase annually in relation to the income of the Township. Revenues have been increasing in recent years and are expected to continue to do SO.

The improvements have been scheduled to be accomplished with a minimum impact on the annual budget at an average annual cost of between $51,000 and $60,000.