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City of Syracuse Funding Prorites 1 Table of Contents A Message from Mayor Walsh 02 Funding Requests: Priority Initiatives 03 Project 1: Public Drinking Water Intake Extension 03 Project 2: West Genesee Street “Dig Once” Reconstruction 03 Project 3: Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative | New Home Construction 03 Project 4: Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative | Blight Remediation 04 Project 5: Urban Forest Master Plan | 4,000 Trees in City Neighborhoods 04 Project 6: Armory Square “Dig Once” Reconstruction 04 Project 7: Syracuse Surge | Smart Cities NYS Center for Smart Cities 04 Project 8: Syracuse Surge | High-Speed Connectivity 05 Project 9: Syracuse Build | Interstate 81 Jobs 05 Project 10: Bus Rapid Transit 05 Funding Requests: Other Major Projects 07 Legislative/Policy Priorities 12 Appendix A: Comprehensive Funding Requests by Amount 16 B: New York Conference of Mayors Statewide Priorities 26 GROWTH. DIVERSITY. OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. 2 City of Syracuse A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR WALSH When I became Mayor, my administration set a vision for Syracuse to be a growing city that embraces diversity and creates opportunity for all. It has been accepted across our community and has guided every action we have taken since. Over the past three years with your partnership, we have made great progress toward achieving this vision. I am pleased to report that Syracuse is standing strong despite the strains that our community and nation confronted in 2020. We faced the blows of the pandemic, and while the threat of COVID-19 is not over, we have met the challenges at every stage. Instead of waiting for outside financial help, working with the Syracuse Common Council, we took responsible action to offset huge losses due to the pandemic. With your support, my administration also partnered with the economic arms of city government to extend more than $1.3 million in grants and loans to city small businesses to help them get through COVID-19. During the past year, we have made progress on the Syracuse Surge, our strategy for inclusive growth in the New Economy and the Resurgent Neighborhood Initiative, our comprehensive program to revitalize targeted neighborhoods and their surrounding business corridors. The City of Syracuse continues to make great strides and is well-positioned to experience a resurgence of opportunity. To maintain momentum for the people that we serve, we will continue to need the assistance of our state and federal government partners. In the pages that follow, we outline critical financial needs and policy opportunities identified by our team across city government. They represent a broad range of priorities in infrastructure, public safety, neighborhoods, jobs, and economic development. With support for the projects and legislative priorities identified herein, Syracuse will overcome, succeed, and thrive. Thank you for your steady and strong support for the City of Syracuse. I look forward to continuing our work together. Ben Walsh, Mayor CITY OF SYRACUSE 3 Funding Requests: Priority Initiatives This section provides an overview of major initiatives and priority projects for 2021-2022. An entire list of funding opportunities organized by amount is included in Appendix A. Project 1: Public Drinking Water Intake Extension This project will extend the City of Syracuse No. 2 public drinking water intake pipe in Skaneateles Lake to deeper water. The investment will help prevent the need to construct water treatment facilities for the City and the villages of Skaneateles, Jordan, and Elbridge at the cost of several hundred million dollars to state and local government. Without the extension, the city water supply is susceptible to intake closures due to turbidity and Harmful Algae Bloom (HAB) events. If continued or more serious violations of turbidity occur, the City has the potential to lose its New York State Health Department filtration waiver, which would require the construction of one or multiple water treatment plants to ensure the continued supply of public drinking water to approximately 200,000 local residents. Funding Need: $13,000,000 Project 2: West Genesee Street “Dig Once” Reconstruction This project will fund the “Dig Once” reconstruction and replacement of the sewer and water infrastructure along a 2.3 mile section of West Genesee from Downtown Syracuse to the city line. The work will align with the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) funded mill and pave of the same section of West Genesee Street. The investment will save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars and prevent future disruption by aligning the underground reconstruction with the FTIP project. Funding Need: $17,450,000 Project 3: Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative | New Home Construction This project will include the construction of new single-family houses in the City. It is part of the Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative (RNI) Infill Housing plan to build 200 units of one and two-family affordable homes in targeted neighborhood corridors in all sectors of the City. Despite the pandemic, progress has continued on the plan, with 31 houses funded and ready to break ground in 2021. Half of the homes will get constructed this year, while the other half will begin in 2022. This funding is essential to fill gaps in neighborhoods left by vacant and abandoned properties over the past decade. Funding Need: $1,000,000 GROWTH. DIVERSITY. OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL. 4 Project 4: Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative | Blight Remediation As part of RNI, the City has identified eight block clusters throughout the city for targeted transformation and revitalization. In addition to our infill housing development project, we have identified about 80 parcels, most of which are owned by our Land Bank, which require substantial blight remediation and/or removal in order to make those sites ready for redevelopment. Removing or remediating blighted structures is a key step in our effort to stabilize these high priority city blocks and improve the quality of life for residents in these neighborhoods. Funding request: $500,000 Project 5: Urban Forest Master Plan | 4,000 Trees in City Neighborhoods This project will fund the protection and expansion of the tree canopy across the City. Trees in urban areas improve air quality, beautify neighborhoods, and improve economic activity in business districts. As outlined in the City of Syracuse Urban Forest Master Plan, funding will support: (1) planting of 4,000 trees over three years starting in areas of the City with low canopy areas, (2) creating jobs for young people to plant trees, and (3) removing and repairing hardscape to plant trees and protect existing healthy trees. Funding Need: $2,000,000 Project 6: Armory Square “Dig Once” Reconstruction This project will fund the “Dig Once” reconstruction and replacement of the sewer and water infrastructure on Walton Street in Armory Square in Downtown Syracuse, as well as reconstructed streetscape to correct ADA deficiencies and enhance public spaces and outdoor dining areas. It will also ensure safe travel for all modes in our premier urban retail and nightlife district. The work will align with planned sewer infrastructure work by Onondaga County in the same area. The investment will save taxpayers millions of dollars and prevent future disruption and negative economic impact in this active and highly trafficked section of downtown. Funding Need: $7,440,000 Project 7: Syracuse Surge | Smart Cities NYS Center for Smart Cities This project will fund the creation of the New York Center for Smart Cities, a public-private center of excellence for the development and implementation of Smart City and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. It will be located in the expanded Greater Syracuse Tech Garden at the heart of the Center City Innovation Hub in Downtown Syracuse. The project will solidify Syracuse’s and New York State’s position as a global leader in Smart Cities. The City’s Digital Command Center will be based in the NYS Center for Smart Cities, to centralize municipal data collection and advanced real-time analytics, and to co-develop Smart City solutions with researchers and technology companies. Funding will be used to support key technology and digital infrastructure needs for the center, including enhanced connectivity and digital networking capabilities, data storage and security tools, powerful analytics capabilities, data CITY OF SYRACUSE 5 visualization tools, and additional IoT sensors and related equipment. Funding Need: $3,000,000 Project 8: Syracuse Surge | High-Speed Connectivity This project will install high-speed fiber optic lines to the five targeted Resurgent Neighborhoods Initiative Neighborhood Business Corridors located across the City of Syracuse. It will help close the “digital divide” for city residents by increasing the presence of free public Wi-Fi areas and will attract economic investment in these corridors. Businesses in these areas could be afforded the opportunity to connect into the high-speed network as a competitive advantage for doing business in the City. Funding Need: $5,500,000 Project 9: Syracuse Build | Interstate 81 Jobs This project will provide funding for two key priorities under the collaborative Syracuse Build workforce development and career readiness program for job opportunities created by the Interstate 81 project. Funds will be used for services and training for young people ages 16-24 who are considered “hard to serve” because they are neither in school nor in the formal labor market. Beyond basic economic barriers, many of these individuals are caught up in cycles of trauma and conflict. In addition, funding will be used to support the Syracuse Build “Career Readiness Network” in partnership with neighborhood community centers, CNY Works, and SUNY EOC. Syracuse Build is seeking funds to build a shared data and client tracking system and have the capacity to provide assessments and referrals at a high volume. Funding Need: $450,000 Project 10: Bus Rapid Transit This project will enable Syracuse and Onondaga County residents who need jobs to get to employers by implementing a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system in the City of Syracuse.
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