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Comprehensive Plan Town of Westerlo Town of Westerlo 2021 Comprehensive Plan DRAFT - June 3, 2021 Acknowledgments This Comprehensive Plan update was completed by the joint efforts of Town Officials, the Comprehensive Plan Committee, and our residents. The Committee was integral in the drafting of this update through the contribution of their time, energy, and knowledge to the development of the Comprehensive Plan components. The Town would also like to thank all members of the community and stakeholders who contributed to the vision for this Plan and helped shape its contents for the betterment of the greater Westerlo community. Town Board Supervisor William F. Bichteman Jr. Councilman Joseph J. Boone Councilwoman Amie L. Burnside Councilman Richard Filkins Councilman Matthew Kryzak Comprehensive Plan Committee Dave Lendrum, Chairman Tom Della Rocco Jill Henck Bill Scrafford John Sefcik Additional Contributors: Steve Cornell Dennis & Sue Fancher Kelley Keefe Barbara Russell Dianne Sefcik Dottie Verch Plan Prepared By: Special Thanks to • The Hudson River Valley Greenway for funding a portion of this effort • The Capital District Regional Planning Commission for their significant assistance with providing mapping, community survey assistance, and data analysis • The Capital District Transportation Committee for providing data and technical assistance Table of Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 5 Plan Purpose 6 Planning Process / Document Organization 7 Public Participation Efforts 8 Background & History 12 Community Profile 18 Our Town 19 Hamlets 20 Population 22 Age 23 Race and Ethnicity 23 Educational Achievement 24 Housing 24 Municipal Finances 26 Municipal Services 28 Zoning 34 Environment 35 Renewable Energy & Infrastructure 48 Non-Renewable Energy 56 Vision & Goals 62 Business/Commercial 64 Agriculture 66 Tourism 68 Hamlet 70 Non-Renewable Energy 72 Lake Onderdonk 74 Environmental Initiatives 76 Aging in Place 78 Town Government & Finances 80 Renewable Energy & Infrastructure 82 Endnotes 90 Photo References 92 Implementation Matrix 93 Appendices 105 Appendix A - Comprehensive Plan Maps Appendix B - Existing Conditions Report Appendix C - Survey Data Report Tables and Figures List of Tables Table 1: 1865 Agricultural Census 16 Table 2: Town of Westerlo Percentage of Value 27 Table 3: Town of Westerlo Historical Coefficient of Dispersion Values 27 Table 4: Town of Westerlo Historical Price Related Values 27 Table 5: Town of Westerlo’s Agricultural District #2 Environment 33 Table 6: Sound Levels of Common Activities 44 Table 7: Maximum Recommended Noise Dose Exposure Levels 45 Table 8: Costanza PILOT Payment Schedule 53 Table 9: RT32 Westerlo Solar 1 PILOT Payment Schedule 53 Table 10: RT405 Westerlo Solar 2 PILOT Payment Schedule 53 Table 11: Westerlo NY 1 PILOT Payment Schedule 53 Table 12: Medusa NY 1 PILOT Payment Schedule 53 Table 13: Hazards Associated with Natural Gas Releases 60 Table 14: Some Litigation Related to Iroquois Gas Pipelines 60 Table 15: Recent Area Accidents on the TEPPCO P41 LP Pipeline 60 Table 16: Hazards Associated with HVL releases 61 List of Figures Figure 1 : A road in Westerlo, NY 3 Figure 2 : Westerlo NY in the Winter Months 5 Figure 3 : The Westerlo, NY landscape 7 Figure 4 : The Latham House 12 Figure 5 : Hamlet of Westerlo Looking East 14 Figure 6 : Snyder Sawmill 17 Figure 7 : Looking north on County Route 401 18 Figure 8 : A Farm in Westerlo 19 Figure 9 : Hamlet of Westerlo Tax Map 20 Figure 10: Open space in Westerlo 21 Figure 11: Town of Westerlo School Districts 29 Figure 12: Westerlo Library 30 Figure 13: Greenville Library 30 Figure 14: Westerlo’s Zoning Map 34 Figure 15: Albany County Watersheds 36 Figure 16: Mohawk River Watershed in Westerlo 36 Figure 17: Westerlo Flood Zones 38 Figure 18: State Forests in Albany County 39 Figure 19: Westerlo Wildlife Management Units 40 Figure 20: Westerlo Land Cover Map 41 Figure 21: Fossil Rock from Stone Wall, Westerlo, NY 42 Figure 22: Nighttime Lights 46 Figure 23: Population Density 46 Figure 24: Nighttime Lights Adjusted for Population Density 47 Figure 25: Solar Farm in Westerlo 48 Figure 26: Electric Energy Production in NYS by Fuel Source. Note: Westerlo is in Load Zone F 49 Figure 27: NYS Land-based Wind Speed Map 51 Figure 28: Land-based Wind Speed-Albany Area 52 Figure 29: A Solar Farm in Westerlo 54 Figure 30: A buried gas line in Westerlo 55 Figure 31: New York Shales 56 Figure 32: Map of Albany County Pipelines 58 Figure 33: A Buried Gas Line Easement in Westerlo 59 Figure 34: Iroquois Gas Pipeline Map - Albany County Area 59 Figure 35: Teppco Pipeline 60 Executive Summary Over the last year and a half, the Town throughout the planning process and in the community. It articulates an of Westerlo has come together in an even through the Covid 19 pandemic. overall vision for the Town and the effort to define comprehensively a In fact, one public workshop, 6 means to achieve the objectives future for the community. What kind public focus group meetings, 29 CPC defined. The process for and contents of community does Westerlo want meetings, and 1 SWOT (strengths, of the plan are consistent with New to be? The answer to this question weaknesses, opportunities, and York State Town Law 227-A, and as helps to provide a context for the threats) workshop, and a written such must be adopted by the Town many decisions that the community survey have been conducted thus Board following a Public Hearing. will make now and over the next far to facilitate this discussion and The approval process, however, ten to fifteen years. It helps guide develop a list of goals, objectives and does not preclude future review and and prioritize the investments that recommendations. This emphasis amendment. The visions and policies must be made to enhance the Town’s on public involvement has improved in the plan should be perceived as future. With development advancing everyone’s understanding of the flexible. As the conditions upon in certain areas of the Town, the rural variety of viewpoints about growth which the document is based change, landscapes and close-knit hamlets and development in the community. it is reasonable to assume that its that are characteristic of Westerlo A full description of the public process contents may need to be changed as could be altered. Furthermore, is located in the Public Participation well. As noted previously, the Plan is modern land development section of this document. intended to serve as a guide for the mechanisms for renewable energy, The Westerlo Comprehensive Plan next ten to fifteen years, but during greenhouse gas reduction, and seeks to achieve broad consensus that time it should be reviewed habitat conservation lacked about the development of the Town periodically by the community. basis in the prior comprehensive over the next ten or fifteen years. It The people of Westerlo value the plan. As such, an update to the is understood that not all individual rural character, agricultural heritage, Comprehensive Plan was needed to interests can be accommodated natural beauty, and environmental help guide and enforce development through its recommendations. It resources of our Town. These are with appropriate contemporary is further understood that the plan the primary reasons people live policy recommendations that would is a living document and must be here. Scenic vistas, rolling terrain, conserve the Town’s natural and reevaluated from time to time to abundant open spaces and farmland scenic areas and preserve its rural, address changing circumstances. are some of the features that small Town character. These goals However, the recommendations make our community so special. and policies will also help to develop within this comprehensive plan do Recreational facilities are available all new land use regulations, and indeed direct the community toward here. Regional employment centers support future grants and funding an overall vision to which the most are available within a thirty minute opportunities theDRAFT Town may seek residents of Westerlo can agree. It drive. Westerlo will continue to to address current and future has been crafted with the intent of support its current farming industry, sustainability needs. achieving balance – balance between recognizing its valuable economic and This is the first comprehensive plan various rural land use perspectives; aesthetic contributions to the Town. update completed by the Town of balance between the need and The Town will support and expand Westerlo. As such, many longstanding desire for economic growth, for tax its Hamlet areas and well-designed issues related to change in the base expansion and diversification, commercial development that meets community have been discussed and for the stewardship of finite land the community’s economic and social and debated. In 2019 the Town and environmental resources; and needs. Commercial and residential Board established a Comprehensive balance between the short-term and development will occur at a rate and Plan Committee (CPC) to do the long-term health, safety, and welfare density that is suitable for existing update and subsequently guide its of the community. and future infrastructure and will be consulting team, Barton & Loguidice The Town of Westerlo Comprehensive designed to maintain the Town’s rural (B&L) in addressing important Plan provides an overall framework character and cultural heritage. challenges facing Westerlo. The CPC for future public and private held meetings open to the public investment and decision making Town of Westerlo Comprehensive Plan Update 1 Executive Summary Vision Statement: “Westerlo shall proactively foster well planned and aesthetically pleasing residential and commercial growth while encouraging preservation and protection of its: “small Town” rural character; prime agricultural assets; historic locations; vital natural resources; and exceptional quality of life for all residents to the extent it is reasonably and economically possible. Necessary services will be supported by a tax base that is broad, diverse, and expanding.” Guiding Principals 3.
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