An Overview of Planning Issues in Herkimer and Oneida Counties
Summer ◆ 1998 Volume 17, Number 3
building has long been recognized by archi- tects, architectural historians and historians. Henry-Russell Hitchcock in Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, the standard work on this period, illustrates the building in a full page photograph, and says: “No European public edifice has a grander Greek Doric portico than that which domi- nates the tremendous four-story front block of the Lunatic Asylum in Utica, New York, of 1837-43, designed by no architect, ac- cording to the records, but by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, William Clarke.” In its announcement of the proposed sale the Empire State Development Corp did not specifically mention that the state is offering to the highest bidder the opportu- Utica Landmark Offered for Sale nity to own one of New York’s great nine- teenth century architectural landmarks which he Empire State Development Corp. Register of Historic Places because of its has long been recognized as a regional, Thas announced plans to sell 68 acres of architectural significance and because of state, and national asset. The state should the former Utica Psychiatric Center located the pioneering work in the treatment of the require, as a condition of sale, that in adapt- on the west side of York Street between mentally ill which has taken place there ing the property to a new use, the purchaser Court Street and Noyes Street. The sale is to since the opening of the structure in 1843. be required to follow the National Park include the 1843 main building and the 1847 The newer buildings are considered eligible Service’s guidelines for historic preserva- additions. for inclusion in the National Register. tion and thus is eligible for federal The main building is on the National The monumental design of the main assistance. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ Utica Landmark for Sale ...... 1 ◆ Herkimer County Awarded Herkimer County Awarded State Grant State Grant for Integrated for Integrated Services Plan Services Plan ...... 1 ◆ Recent Listings on the National Register ...... 2 overnor George E. Pataki announced addition, the Herkimer-Oneida Counties ◆ Gon June 15, 1998 that Herkimer Comprehensive Planning Program staff will Fall Planning and Zoning Workshops: Back to Basics ...... 3 County, along with 14 other counties across expand their scope of human services plan- the state, will receive annual grants of ning and will now work with the newly ◆ ITS Good for Transportation ...... 5 $65,000 over the next five years in order to formed Herkimer County Human Resources ◆ Transportation Equity Act for establish an integrated county plan for chil- Planning Team so as to develop one inte- the 21st Century: TEA-21 ...... 6 dren and family services. This money will grated plan for all of these agencies. ◆ Transit Coordination & enable the county to combine and enhance Up to now, each public agency was Consolidation Study Forges Ahead ...... 6 the planning efforts of the Department of required to prepare their own services plan Social Services, Youth Bureau, Probation for submission to the state. Each had their in this issue ◆ Updating the SIC System for the 2002 Economic Census ...... 7 Department, Mental Health Department, own planning guidelines and schedules by ◆ Employment and Training, Public Health Region Receives HUD Planning Grant ...... 8 Department and Office for the Aging. In "HC Receives Grant" continued on page 6 1 tury Gothic Revival style. Today the church retains much The Zion Episcopal of the fabric of Richard Upjohn’s Church is an excellent original 1850-51 design but incor- example of nineteenth porates modifications by his son century gothic revival. Richard M. Upjohn in 1866-67 and his grandson Hobart B. Upjohn in 1920-21. The 1884 parish house was de- signed by Frederick Hubbard. The firm of Nelson and Van Wagenen enlarged the par- ish house in 1912 and connected it to the church with a stone cloister and rector’s office (now a chapel). Richard Upjohn is best known for his Trinity Church, 1839-46, at the head of Wall Street in New York City. The region is fortunate to have Zion Church and Grace Church as examples of his work. The Remington House at 1279 Upper Recent Listings on Barringer Road, near Kinne Corners, in the Town of Frankfort, was built about 1810 of the National Register locally quarried limestone for Eliphalet Remington I, who arrived in Herkimer ince Fall, 1996 when Outlook last single family house had three owners. After County from Enfield, CT in 1799. Eliphalet S printed a list of National Register prop- 1948 it was divided into several apartments. Remington II resided in this house from erties in Oneida and Herkimer Counties, Fortunately, most interior details were re- 1810 to 1818 when he married and estab- two Oneida County properties and three tained. Its present owners have removed lished a home nearby. The Remington House Herkimer County properties have been added partitions constructed as part of the conver- is the only extant early home of the to the register. A third Oneida County sion and have returned it to a single family Remington family. At the time the house property has been nominated and is under house. was constructed, Eliphalet Remington I es- review. Zion Episcopal Church at 140 W. Lib- tablished a forge 1/2 mile away on Steele The new Oneida County listings are the erty Street at Washington Street in Rome Creek. That is where Eliphalet II worked Mills House at 507 North George Street in was consecrated in 1851. It was designed by while he developed his famous rifle barrels. Rome and Zion Episcopal Church at 140 W. Richard Upjohn, architect, of New York Eliphalet II made his first rifle barrel for his Liberty Street in Rome. Under review is the City. Upjohn also designed Grace Church own use in 1816. His rifle was so successful Vernon Methodist Church on Route 5 in in Utica, which is listed on the National that he was soon making barrels for others. Vernon. Register, and Utica City Hall (1851-1968). This production was in addition to the forge’s The new Herkimer County listings are Built of stone weathered to a rich brown, it regular production of farm tools and other the Balloon Farm on Cemetery Road in the is an excellent example of nineteenth cen- products for local residents. By 1820 the Village of Frankfort, the Remington Farm- house on Upper Barringer Road in the Town of Frankfort, and the Church of the Good Shepherd at Cullen in the Town of Marshall. The Mills house at 507 North George Street in Rome is a high Victorian style residence built by a prominent local builder in 1877 at a time when development was extending north of Thomas Street. Its tim- ber frame and brick veneer construction was unusual for its date. Its form and massing is Queen Anne in style and it includes orna- ment in style that is Venetian Gothic and Eastlake derived. From 1877 to 1948 the
The Remington House was built in 1810 from locally quarried limestone.
2 basement was truss system, historic oak furniture, and pol- used for hydrogen ished brass furnishings retaining complete generating equip- integrity of design and materials. Several ment. Balloons services are held at the church each summer. were varnished Vernon Methodist Church is the most and tested on the recent Oneida County National Register lawns surrounding nomination. It is a wood Queen Anne style the house. The structure on the southeast corner of Route 5 grounds had the and Sconondoa Street in Vernon. Designed appearance of sup- by architect Melvin H. Hubbard and erected porting a growing in 1892, it follows the "Akron Plan" found Balloon experiments Steele Creek crop of balloons and the place was popularly frequently in Methodist churches. This fea- conducted on the forge had five called the “Balloon Farm.” tures a diagonal, sloping seating plan with grounds gave the waterwheels Beginning in 1881, Gates’ wife Mary large sliding doors separating the sanctuary appearance of a crop that powered began making balloon ascents at fairs and from the adjacent parish hall. The lectern of growing balloons, hence the name several other public events as “Carlotta the Lady and chancel were located in one corner. The "The Balloon Farm." triphammers, Aeronaut.” Over the next 10 years, she purpose of this plan was to improve the a blowing en- appeared at public events all over New York comfort of the worship service and make a gine, and a State. Sometimes she was joined by her convenient expansion area for special events. variety of grinding and finishing machin- daughter Bessie Aerial. Myers continued The Vernon church has original furniture ery. In 1828, Remington moved the forge his work at the Balloon Farm until 1909 and historic finishes, and retains, intact, the north to the bank of the new Erie Canal. The when he and his wife joined their daughter, Akron Plan. house on Barringer Road remained in the Mrs. Newton Wing, in Atlanta. Myers died Architect Hubbard (1852-1921) was a Remington family until 1931. It is now a in 1925 at age 83. His wife Mary died in native of Hubbardsville in Madison County private residence. 1932. The Balloon Farm was sold to New and entered architecture after practical ex- The “Balloon Farm,” also known as the York State in 1919. It functioned as a perience in construction supervision and Gates-Myers House, is a three story, 30 residential unit of the Rome State School drafting. He obtained a business college room, mansard roof mansion built in 1878 from 1919 through the 1980s. It was sold by education, completed several courses in de- for Frederick Gates, son of the founder of New York in 1994 and is now a privately sign, and worked as a draftsman for McKim, the Gates Match Factory in Frankfort. owned bed and breakfast. Mead & White in New York City. He Frederick Gates sold the match business to The Church of the Good Shepherd at opened his own architectural office in Utica the Diamond Match Company in the 1880s. Cullen in the Town of Warren, Herkimer in 1886 and specialized in the design of He became interested in community devel- County is located at the intersection of Earl churches. His obituary reported that Hubbard opment in the south and in 1889 sold the Road and NY State Route 167. It was designed and supervised construction of over mansion to Carl Myers. constructed in 1892 as a private chapel to 400 churches in central New York; Wash- Myers, 1842-1925, grew up in Mohawk serve residents and guests at the adjoining ington, D.C.; Minneapolis, MN; and worked at a variety of jobs. While Crain family estate, “Cullenwood.” Conse- Jacksonville, FL; New Orleans, LA; working at the Mohawk Valley Bank, he crated as an Episcopal Church in 1898, it Northhampton, MA; and Norwich, CT. ◆ developed a system for detecting counter- remains under the control feit currency which was widely adopted. He of the Bishop of Albany. later became a telegrapher, built his own The Gothic inspired equipment, and established the first tele- design of the church, its graph office in Mohawk. In 1867, he became steeply pitched roof, interested in photography and started a photo shingle exterior and lan- studio in Hornell, which he operated until cet, rose, and cruciform 1875. He then became interested in balloon windows evoke the feeling flight and balloon construction. Gates pat- of a picturesque chapel of ented a process for varnishing silk and cotton rural England. The inte- balloon fabric so it became impervious to rior has an exposed roof hydrogen gas. He also developed a portable hydrogen gas generator for inflating bal- Built in 1892, the Vernon loons. In 1889, he purchased the Gates Methodist Church follows house making it his residence and work- the "Akron Plan, " a shop. His office and library were on the design found frequently in main floor. The third floor ballroom be- Methodist churches. came a loft for cutting and sewing balloons, a woodworking shop, and a photo lab. The 3 Planning Board Basics Fall Planning and Zoning Workshops: • The powers and duties of town, village, and Back to Basics city planning boards • State enabling statutes and the municipal his year’s planning and zoning continue to compile results from any addi- planning process T workshops will be held on the follow- tional surveys we receive to help plan future • 239 referrals ing Wednesday evenings: September 23rd workshops. • The comprehensive plan and the role of and 30th, October 7th and 28th. The work- Responses were relatively evenly di- the planning board in its development shop topics are Planning Board Basics; Zon- vided between preferring workshops during • An in-depth discussion of the subdivision ing Board of Appeals Basics; State Environ- the day and weekday evenings, with a slight review and approval process, including fac- mental Quality Review Act Basics; and a majority preferring evening workshops. tors to consider when reviewing the layout session on specific zoning topics including Saturday workshops were the least preferred. of a proposed subdivision plat gravel mining and home occupations. The Although most respondents chose Thursday September 23, 1998; 7:00PM to 9:30PM workshops will be held from 7:00 to 9:30p.m. evening as the most convenient, we were at Mohawk Valley Community College in obliged to schedule our workshops on Zoning Board of Appeals Basics Utica. A brochure with more detailed infor- Wednesday evenings in order to obtain the • The powers and duties of the local legisla- mation about the workshops, including the assistance of trainers from the NYS Depart- tive body, the ZBA, the enforcement of- schedule and location, will be widely dis- ment of State. ficer, and the local planning board in the tributed in mid-August. The workshops are being sponsored by zoning process Workshop topics were chosen based on the Department of State and the Local Gov- • Zoning and its relationship to town, village, responses received from the “Sharpening ernment Education Committee of Cornell and city planning Your Skills” survey sent out with the last Cooperative Extension of Oneida County. • 239 referrals issue of Outlook, as well as requests for The committee includes elected officials • Standards for the issuance of use and area information from local planning officials to and former officials from six towns and variances regional planning program staff. Survey villages in Oneida County. Agencies repre- • Administration and enforcement of zoning results and information requests indicate a sented on the committee include the September 30, 1998; 7:00PM to 9:30PM need for training in the basic duties of plan- Herkimer-Oneida Counties Comprehensive ning and zoning boards for both new mem- Planning Program, Cornell Cooperative State Environmental Quality Review bers and those who would like to brush up on Extension of Oneida County, the Mohawk Act (SEQRA) Basics their skills. Valley Economic Development District, and In all, about 1,100 surveys were sent the Northern Oneida County Council of • A review of the regulations implementing Governments. SEQRA out and about 40 have been returned (about 3 percent). Although we have already se- We look forward to seeing you at the • The role of municipal boards in meeting ◆ SEQRA requirements lected this year’s workshop topics, we will workshops this fall. • Determining lead agency status • SEQRA’s relationship to municipal plan- Riverside 5 ning Mall 90 • A “walk-through” the SEQRA process for a 49 typical development project • A review of recent case law Exit 31
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is an acronym for ITS policies, identified ITS locations, and As information technologies and ad- "ITS" Intelligent Trans- appropriate solutions in the Long Range vances in electronics continue to improve all portation Systems. ITS applies advanced Transportation Plan Update. ITS projects aspects of our daily lives, they are also being computer and Global Positioning Systems will also be programmed for implementa- applied to our transportation systems. ITS (GPS) technology to transportation systems tion in the HOCTS Transportation represents the next step in the evolution of to help save time, lives, and money. This Improvement Program (TIP). the nation’s entire transportation system. ◆ may sound futuristic, but ITS is already being used in various communities around the country and will be used to some extent Advanced Public Transportation Systems in Herkimer and Oneida Counties in the near future. Automated Vehicle Route Adaptive Signal Timing The early development and deployment Location & Vehicle Destination & Communication Control of ITS took place in larger metropolitan Identification Display areas, however, it is the smaller urban and rural communities that ITS is now being Automated Fare viewed as having the potential for even greater Collection & and more beneficial impacts. This is because Passenger Counting crashes on rural roads account for 60% of all Driver traffic fatalities nationwide due to a combi- Information nation of highway deficiencies, severe Display weather conditions, drivers unfamiliarity with roads, and longer emergency response times. The rural ITS program is concerned with alerting drivers to hazardous conditions Vehicle Diagnostic Smart Card Reader Silent Alarm and damages, and provide wide-area infor- mation dissemination of site-specific safety advisories and warnings. Emergency ser- ITS technologies include many products and services such as: vices technologies will mean quicker responses to accidents, saving lives, and • Intermodal Transportation systems, which weather and road conditions, construction will make it easier for travelers to switch activities, special events or detour infor- reducing medical costs. from one mode of transportation to another mation. ITS will also improve the efficiency of with electronic information kiosks. transit service and accessibility to rural • Advanced Public Transportation Systems • Intelligent traffic control systems that au- that allow transit systems to automate fare residents with improved dispatching through tomatically adjust signals to the flow of collection and passenger counting, display advanced vehicle locating devices and com- traffic and reduce the time drivers stop at route destination, control traffic signals, munications systems. One county in red lights. automate vehicle location, vehicle diag- Wyoming utilizing computer-aided dispatch- • In-vehicle technologies, such as intelligent nostics, and real time dispatching. ing reported that transit system operating cruise control, run-off-the-road detection, • Tourist Information, such as options for costs decreased by 50% and ridership in- enhanced night vision, and crash avoid- reaching their destination, choices of ho- creased 500%. ance systems. tels, restaurants, and tourist sites can be Both Region 2 New York State DOT • Traveler Information systems, including available at locations like rest stops, gas stations, or multimodal transportation cen- and the Herkimer-Oneida Counties Trans- changeable message signs regarding portation Study are looking at ITS solutions. ters like Union Station. New York State DOT Region 2 has hired a consultant to help develop a toolbox The United States Department of Transportation has published the benefits achieved from various ITS projects across the country including: of appropriate ITS solutions for this area. There will also be an assessment of ITS - Advanced signal control systems have re- estimated to reduce fatalities by 14% to benefits with regard to congestion reduction, sulted in travel time improvements from 32%. 8% to 25%. safety improvement, energy savings, and - Freight Mobility Systems have shown pro- societal and environmental costs. High pri- - Incident Management Programs can re- ductivity gains for private carriers of more ority areas will be identified where ITS duce delays caused by congestion by 10% than 25% per truck per day. to 45%. solutions could be of benefit. - Mayday emergency notification devices The Herkimer-Oneida Counties Trans- - On board safety systems, electronic clear- can reduce the time it takes to discover a portation Study (HOCTS) will also be ance, and automated safety inspection are rural crash from an average of 9 minutes to addressing ITS. HOCTS will be including 1 minute.
5 Transit Coordination & Consolidation Study Forges Ahead
Transit Coordination and Consol- implementation components. Staff will be A idation consultant report, funded conferring with elected officials, agency through Herkimer-Oneida Counties Trans- chairpersons and directors in order to fur- portation Study (HOCTS), noted that ther refine financial details and develop Transportation potentially substantial savings could be re- language for a Memorandum of Understand- alized in Oneida and Herkimer Counties in ing (MOU). The MOU to be proposed for Equity Act for the the provision of transit services for local municipality acceptance will address key 21st Century: residents. Services include: public transit issuessuch as financial responsibility, provided by the Utica Transit Authority debt service, manpower, and rep- TEA-21 and the City of Rome, two resentation. The agreement will private bus com- also include a proposed orga- he enactment of the panies, non-profit nizational structure for T Transportation Equity Act for the human service implementation. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TRANSIT 21st Century (TEA - 21) is notable on agencies and a ru- ANALYSIS OF Community involvement FINANCIAL C ONSOLIDATIONHERKIMER AND several counts. It represents the biggest ral transportation SERVICE will be addressed through a COORDINATIONCOUNTIES FOR ONEIDA public works program ever financed by operator. Through AND community participation the federal government, and it is the experience in imple- program with technical as- - Introduction new budget mechanism for the use of menting similar study - Stakeholder Input sistance from the - Inventory of Transportation Services Highway Trust Fund monies. The new results in various ur- - Financial Trend Analysis consultant and New York - Welfare Reform legislation encourages highway and ban areas throughout - Strategies State Department of - Financial Analysis of Options transit projects to be linked with other the country, HOCTS - Recommendation Transportation. The interests and bottom line leverage other staff is confident that public will be able to
submitted to: program resources. Leveraging trans- Herkimer-Oneida Counties through consolidation, Transportation Study (HOCTS) express their concerns
portation programs to address our submitted by: and, to a lesser extent, co- CGA CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. at meetings to be held
in association with changing societal needs is a fundamen- ordination, substantial RLS and Associates, Inc. periodically through- tal shift away from past traditional savings can be realized by out the study. A local thinking. Access to jobs, the new fed- municipalities and opera- advisory group, consisting of the major tran- eral legislation better known as the tors. Add to this the new challenge of sit providers and users, will provide input Welfare to Work Initiative, is a prime the Welfare to Work initiative, the need for and monitor the progress of the study. Jim example. a regional approach becomes more evident. Arey, Bureau Head of the Upstate Section TEA-21 reaffirms the concept of To this end, a Request for Proposal was NYS Department of Transportation, has been the original ISTEA program in that lo- circulated that called for the preparation of assigned to assist with development of the cal officials and community stake transit service and financial analysis for two MOU and to assist with the progression of holders have more control over their options: 1) Unified Transit Agency and 2) the study. The consultant efforts are pro- transportation destiny through the Met- Transit Brokerage Office, as well as de- posed to commence in September and take ropolitan Planning Officials (MPO) velop a policy decision document and draft approximately 10 months to complete.◆ process. In our two-county area, the decision making organization is the Herkimer-Oneida Counties Govern- mental Policy and Liaison Committee (GP&L). TEA-21 preserves the con- ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ cepts of federal, state, and local partnership, fiscal integrity, and modal "Herkimer County Receives Grant" continued from page 1 choice. To be sure, some changes will occur in the planning process once the the state; each developed their own plan- While the need for integrated planning TEA-21 provisions are implemented ning teams and their own needs assessments; has long been recognized, state regulations through the regulatory process. How- and each prepared their own goals, objec- and limited planning resources have made it ever, the vision, the basic structure, and tives and planned strategies. Administrators nearly impossible to accomplish. Now, the the planning process remain intact. Con- of the various public service agencies may state, with this integrated county planning gress did a fine job and our Senators Al have been familiar with the plans of the initiative, makes it possible for Herkimer D’Amato and Patrick Moynihan, and other agencies, but there has been limited County to develop a single plan for children Congressman Sherwood Boehlert, are coordination amongst their various plan- and family services. ◆ to be congratulated. ◆ ning efforts. 6 Updating the SIC System for the 2002 Economic Census
ave you ever wondered how it is that Under the NAICS classifications, these H government agencies are able to tell 300 corporate headquarter jobs would be NAICS us about the nature of our local economy? seen as Management of Companies and Codes Economic Sector How many manufacturing jobs, how many Enterprises, instead of actual mining opera- 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, high tech industries, or how many service tions. This is what is meant by focusing on and Hunting (Separate census of based companies are in our area? The an- the PROCESS of production taking place at agriculture, conducted by the swer is rather basic. Each company - from the business site. No actual mining would be Department of Agriculture, the largest corporations to the smallest mom conducted at the headquarters; rather, man- covers farming but excludes agricultural services, forestry, and pop grocery stores - are assigned a code agement functions would be. Therefore, and fisheries.) that helps identify them in terms of their role NAICS will reflect that process instead of 21 Mining in the national system. For more than 50 the corporate production goal of mining. years this coding, called the US Standard In a practical sense, this new classifica- 22 Utilities Industrial Classification system (SIC), has tion system will immediately impact our 23 Construction been useful as a means of keeping a finger perceptions of exactly what types of jobs 31-33 Manufacturing on the pulse of the economy. However, it and businesses exist locally, as well as across 42 Wholesale Trade has in many ways become a white elephant, the country. This will occur in several ways. 44-45 Retail Trade outliving its usefulness and, yet, needing a First, because of changes in our economy lot of maintenance. toward more service oriented businesses 48-49 Transportation and Warehous- ing (Census excludes U.S. Starting with the 1997 US Economic and high tech industries, NAICS will start to Postal Service, large certificated Census, and taking full effect by the 2002 identify businesses that previously defied passenger air transportation, and Economic Census, the SIC will be replaced accurate classification. NAICS will have 20 all rail transportation.) with a NEW classification system which classification divisions, up from the 10 which 51 Information will be more flexible and provide more were found under the old SIC system. While 52 Finance and Insurance (Census accurate data concerning the nature of the the details are yet to be worked out, there are excludes funds and trusts.) business conducted in our communities. This preliminary plans to provide some type of 53 Real Estate, Rental, and new system is called NAICS, or the North process for identifying a business' old SIC Leasing American Industrial Classification System. number such that a comparison can be made 54 Professional, Scientific, and NAICS is an offshoot of the North Ameri- with the new classification system. Technical Services (Census can Free Trade Act and will standardize the Second, by focussing on the process of excludes landscape architecture economic classification system across the production taking place in business sites, and veterinary services.) continent. NAICS will address several needs local communities will more readily iden- 55 Management of Companies and for improved data and, in particular, offers tify the true nature of their economies. What Enterprises one very basic change in focus: while SIC this may result in is a surprising shift in what 56 Administrative and Support, was an output based coding system (busi- has been the traditional view of local econo- Waste Management and nesses were assigned a classification based mies. For example, under the SIC codes, the Remediation Services (Census excludes landscaping services.) on the type of product that resulted from the Walmart Distribution Center in Marcy has entire company’s production effort), NAICS been classified as a retail site, accounting for 61 Educational Services (Census excludes elementary and will be based on the PROCESS of produc- approximately XXX retail jobs. Under secondary schools, colleges, tion in the actual facility at which the busi- NAICS, the site might be classified by its and professional schools.) ness is located. How will this effect our view process function, namely as a Warehouse 62 Health Care and Social of the local economy? An example might be business site, and its employees subsequently Assistance the best way to understand the significant redefined as not being in retail per se, but as 71 Arts, Entertainment, and impact this subtle change could have. being involved in warehousing functions. Recreation Let’s say that Mobil Oil located its With this change in classifications, then, 72 Accommodation and Food corporate headquarters in Utica and decided communities may have to also redefine them- Services to employ 300 people. Under the old SIC selves somewhat, taking a more realistic 81 Other Services (Except Public classification system, these 300 jobs would look at the nature of their local businesses. Adminstration)(Census be classified as mining jobs, although abso- While this may result in some surprising excludes pet care; labor, lutely no mining would be taking place in changes in perception, it should also be political, and religious Utica. So if you looked at the SIC classifica- useful as an economic development and organizations; and private households.) tions, you might be led to believe that Utica planning tool. was a true mining town. ◆ 92 Public Administration (Separate census of governments does not present data according to NAICS or SIC systems.)
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Planning Program (HOCCPP), and the and (HOCCPP), Program Planning
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• Permitting Processes: to explore ways to ways explore to Processes: Permitting •
of Oneida and Herkimer Counties, the Counties, Herkimer and Oneida of
housing and various utilities that will need will that utilities various and housing
mittee will be comprised of representatives of comprised be will mittee sary to address those impacts. those address to sary
numerous military facilities, 730 units of units 730 facilities, military numerous
and direct the planning process. This com- This process. planning the direct and downsizing and what efforts are neces- are efforts what and downsizing
tually result in the transfer of 3,500 acres, 3,500 of transfer the in result tually
A coordinating committee will oversee will committee coordinating A impressions and impacts of defense of impacts and impressions
closure of Griffiss Airforce Base will even- will Base Airforce Griffiss of closure
1999. local governments to determine public determine to governments local
8,500 jobs due to military cut backs. The backs. cut military to due jobs 8,500
project is planned to be completed in early in completed be to planned is project citizens, local businesses, and state and state and businesses, local citizens,
Counties have suffered an estimated loss of loss estimated an suffered have Counties
in the development of the three tasks. The tasks. three the of development the in The process will involve coordination with coordination involve will process The
Since 1990, Oneida and Herkimer and Oneida 1990, Since
EDGE will retain a consultant to assist to consultant a retain will EDGE public sessions and focus group planning. group focus and sessions public
Department of Defense (DOD) downsizing. (DOD) Defense of Department
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on county and regional goals, objectives, goals, regional and county on
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• Plan Development: to determine the im- the determine to Development: Plan •
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economic development projects, and to and projects, development economic Planning will consist of three elements: three of consist will Planning Planning Grant by the US Department of Department US the by Grant Planning
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sites in the region that have the potential the have that region the in sites Base and other DOD downsizing on the on downsizing DOD other and Base of an award of a $150,000 Community $150,000 a of award an of
• Primary Site Inventories: to identify those identify to Inventories: Site Primary • the impacts of the closure of Griffiss Airforce Griffiss of closure the of impacts the he County of Oneida has been notified been has Oneida of County he Region Receives HUD Planning Grant