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Prattsville NYRCR Plan NYRCR Prattsville Planning Committee Al Creazzo, Co-Chair Kevin Piccoli, Co-Chair Glen Bellomy, Committee Member Stephanie Brasswell, Committee Member Lana Briegel, Committee Member Bonita Chase, Committee Member* Jim Eisel, Committee Member Jeff Flack, Committee Member Darcy Jaeger-Brand, Committee Member Kory O’Hara, Committee Member* Kristin Tompkins, Committee Member* John Young, Committee Member * Non-voting member. This document was developed by the NYRCR Prattsville Planning Committee as part of the NY Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) Program within the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery. The NYRCR Program is supported by NYS Homes and Community Renewal, NYS Department of State, and NYS Department of Transportation. The document was prepared by the following consulting firms: Parsons Transportation Group of New York, Inc.; River Street Planning & Development, LLC; PLACE alliance; and M.J. Engineering and Land Surveying, PC. Prattsville | NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan Foreword Introduction when they are grounded in rigorous analysis and informed by the latest innovative solutions. In the span of approximately one year, beginning in August 2011, the State of New York experienced three One hundred and two storm-affected localities across extreme weather events. Hurricane Irene, Tropical the State were originally designated to participate Storm Lee, and Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc in the NYRCR Program. The State has allocated on the lives of New Yorkers and their communities. each locality between $3 million and $25 million to These tragic disasters signaled that New Yorkers are implement eligible projects identified in the NYRCR living in a new reality defined by rising sea levels Plan. The funding for these projects is provided and extreme weather events that will occur with through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban increased frequency and power. They also signaled Development (HUD) Community Development Block that we need to rebuild our communities in a way Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program.F1 that will mitigate against future risks and build increased resilience. Forty-five NYRCR Communities, each comprising one or more of the 102 localities, were created and To meet these pressing needs, Governor Andrew led by a NYRCR Planning Committee composed of M. Cuomo led the charge to develop an innovative, local residents, business owners, and civic leaders. community-driven planning program on a scale Members of the Planning Committees were unprecedented and with resources unparalleled. identified in consultation with established local The NY Rising Community Reconstruction (NYRCR) leaders, community organizations, and in some Program empowers the State’s most impacted cases municipalities. The NYRCR Program sets a new communities with the technical expertise needed to standard for community participation in recovery develop thorough and implementable reconstruction and resiliency planning, with community members plans to build physically, socially, and economically leading the planning process. Across the State, more resilient and sustainable communities. than 500 New Yorkers represent their communities by serving on Planning Committees. More than 400 Program Overview Planning Committee Meetings have been held, during The NYRCR Program, announced by Governor Cuomo which Planning Committee members worked with the in April of 2013, is a more than $650 million planning State’s NYRCR Program team to develop community and implementation process established to provide reconstruction plans and identify opportunities to rebuilding and resiliency assistance to communities make their communities more resilient. All meetings severely damaged by Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm were open to the public. An additional 125-plus Lee, and Superstorm Sandy. Drawing on lessons Public Engagement Events attracted thousands of learned from past recovery efforts, the NYRCR Program community members, who provided feedback on the is a unique combination of bottom-up community NYRCR planning process and proposals. The NYRCR participation and State-provided technical expertise. Program’s outreach has included communities This powerful combination recognizes not only that that are traditionally underrepresented, such as community members are best positioned to assess immigrant populations and students. All planning the needs and opportunities of the places where they F1 Five of the 102 localities in the program—Niagara, Her- live and work, but also that decisions are best made kimer, Oneida, Madison, and Montgomery Counties—are not funded through the CDBG-DR program. iii Foreword materials are posted on the NYRCR Program’s website proposed by NYRCR Communities. The SARTs review (www.stormrecovery.ny.gov/nyrcr), providing several projects with an eye toward regulatory and permitting ways for community members and the public to needs, policy objectives, and preexisting agency submit feedback on materials in progress. funding sources. The NYRCR Program is continuing to work with the SARTs to streamline the permitting Throughout the planning process, Planning process and ensure shovels are in the ground as Committees were supported by staff from the quickly as possible. Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), planners from New York State (NYS) Department of State (DOS) On the pages that follow, you will see the results of and NYS Department of Transportation (DOT), and months of thoughtful, diligent work by NYRCR Planning consultants from world-class planning firms that Committees, passionately committed to realizing specialize in engineering, flood mitigation solutions, brighter, more resilient futures for their communities. green infrastructure, and more. The NYRCR Plan With the January 2014 announcement of the NYRCR Program’s expansion to include 22 new localities, the This NYRCR Plan is an important step toward program comprises over 2.7 million New Yorkers and rebuilding a more resilient community. Each NYRCR covers nearly 6,500 square miles, which is equivalent Planning Committee began the planning process by to 14% of the overall State population and 12% of the defining the scope of its planning area, assessing State’s overall geography. storm damage, and identifying critical issues. Next, the Planning Committee inventoried critical assets in The NYRCR Program does not end with this NYRCR the community and assessed the assets’ exposure to Plan. Governor Cuomo has allocated over $650 million risk. On the basis of this work, the Planning Committee of funding to the program for implementing projects described recovery and resiliency needs and identified identified in the NYRCR Plans. NYRCR Communities opportunities. The Planning Committee then are also eligible for additional funds through developed a series of comprehensive reconstruction the program’s NY Rising to the Top Competition, and resiliency strategies, and identified projects and which evaluates NYRCR Communities across eight implementation actions to help fulfill those strategies. categories, including best use of technology in the planning process, best approach to resilient economic The projects and actions set forth in this NYRCR growth, and best use of green infrastructure to bolster Plan are divided into three categories. The order resilience. The winning NYRCR Community in each in which the projects and actions are listed in this category will be allocated an additional $3 million NYRCR Plan does not necessarily indicate the NYRCR of implementation funding. The NYRCR Program is Community’s prioritization of these projects and also working with both private and public institutions actions. Proposed Projects are projects proposed for to identify existing funding sources and create new funding through a NYRCR Community’s allocation of funding opportunities where none existed before. CDBG-DR funding. Featured Projects are projects and actions that the Planning Committee has identified The NYRCR Program has successfully coordinated as important resiliency recommendations and has with State and Federal agencies to help guide the analyzed in depth, but has not proposed for funding development of feasible projects. The program has through the NYRCR Program. Additional Resiliency leveraged the Regional Economic Development Recommendations are projects and actions that the Council’s State Agency Review Teams (SARTs), Planning Committee would like to highlight and that composed of representatives from dozens of State are not categorized as Proposed Projects or Featured agencies and authorities, for feedback on projects Projects. The Proposed Projects and Featured Projects iv Prattsville | NY Rising Community Reconstruction Plan found in this NYRCR Plan were voted for inclusion by which projects and actions are best positioned for official voting members of the Planning Committee. implementation. Those voting members with conflicts of interest recused themselves from voting on any affected The total cost of Proposed Projects in this NYRCR Plan projects, as required by the NYRCR Ethics Handbook exceeds the NYRCR Community’s CDBG-DR allocation and Code of Conduct. to allow for flexibility if some Proposed Projects cannot be implemented due to environmental While developing projects for inclusion in this NYRCR review, HUD eligibility, technical feasibility, or other Plan, Planning Committees took into account cost factors. Implementation of the projects and actions estimates, cost-benefit analyses, the effectiveness of each project in reducing risk to
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