
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Prepared For: Village of Rouses Point Prepared By: Clinton County, New York Plattsburgh, NY January - March 2009 This document was prepared for the Village of Rouses Point by AES Northeast and The Development Corporation of Clinton County New York with funds provided by the New York State Department of State under the Quality Communities Grant Program. This document was prepared for the Village of Rouses Point by AES Northeast and The Development Corporation of Clinton County New York with funds provided by the New York State Department of State under the Quality Communities Grant Program. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................1 1. COMMUNITY PROFILE ..................................................................................2 a. Overview ......................................................................................................2 i. Major Amenities:.......................................................................................2 ii. Transportation Systems............................................................................3 iii. Border Crossing Facilities.........................................................................4 2. INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS.........................................................................5 a. Contextual Setting........................................................................................5 i. Adjacent Areas and Vicinity ......................................................................5 b. Community Visioning....................................................................................8 c. Village Boundaries .....................................................................................10 d. Public Infrastructure ...................................................................................11 i. Water System .........................................................................................11 ii. Sewer System ........................................................................................13 iii. Electric System.......................................................................................17 iv. Natural Gas.........................................................................................18 e. Planning and Zoning ..................................................................................18 i. Existing Zoning .......................................................................................19 ii. SEQR .....................................................................................................22 iii. SHPO .....................................................................................................22 iv. Agricultural Districts ............................................................................23 f. Site Reconnaissance/Existing Conditions Analysis....................................24 i. Parcel Based Analysis ............................................................................24 ii. Wetlands.................................................................................................25 __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment i Strategy and Implementation Plan iii. Soils........................................................................................................26 iv. Likelihood of Contaminants.................................................................26 g. Site Selection Process ...............................................................................27 i. Descriptions of Potential Development Sites ..........................................27 ii. Parcel Evaluation System.......................................................................27 3. ECONOMIC/MARKET ANALYSIS.................................................................29 4. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.............................................................................34 a. Planning and Zoning ..................................................................................34 b. Design Standards and Guidelines..............................................................35 c. Site and Infrastructure Projects ..................................................................36 d. “Lead” Approach ........................................................................................39 e. Funding ......................................................................................................40 i. Private Financing....................................................................................40 ii. Public Financing .....................................................................................41 iii. Grants.....................................................................................................42 f. Marketing ...................................................................................................42 5. CONTACT INFORMATION ...........................................................................44 6. LIST OF APPENDICES .................................................................................47 Appendix 1 – Documents related to 2/12/2009 Public Meeting and 3/16/2009 Public Meeting Appendix 2 – Aerial photo view showing Village Corporation Boundary Appendix 3 - Land Use District Map, Dimensional Requirements Chart and Permitted Use Chart from Zoning Code Appendix 4 – GIS maps with various layers displayed Appendix 5 - Table of Identified Parcels __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment ii Strategy and Implementation Plan Appendix 6 - Parcel Evaluation Table Appendix 7 - Soils - Brief Map Unit Descriptions and Engineering Properties (Soils Reports by United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service) Appendix 8 - Information on Location of Village Boundaries Appendix 9 - Information in Relation to Existing Public Water and Sewer Systems Appendix 10- SEQR Compliance Documentation Appendix 11- Implementation Plan Table __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment iii Strategy and Implementation Plan INTRODUCTION The Village of Rouses Point encourages redevelopment of vacant and under- utilized parcels within and adjacent to its corporation boundary, consistent with the strategy set forth in this plan. Rouses Point is uniquely positioned to attract new development due not only to its unique geographic location, but also because it offers electric rates among the lowest in the nation. Rouses Point is already home to one of the largest pharmaceutical plants in New York State. Akrimax Pharmaceuticals recently purchased a major portion of the Wyeth Pharmaceutical plant in Rouses Point. Akrimax, along with Wyeth, occupy approximately one million square feet. Many additional development opportunities exist in Rouses Point and the area immediately surrounding the Village. This report identifies those opportunities and provides a strategy to implement the redevelopment of Rouses Point, New York. __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment 1 Strategy and Implementation Plan 1. COMMUNITY PROFILE a. Overview The Village of Rouses Point sits in the northeast corner of New York State on historic Lake Champlain, the nation’s “Sixth” Great Lake. Here are some numerical facts about the Village: • Size: 1.8 square miles • Elevation: 112 feet above sea level • Population: 2,227 (2000 Census data latest update) • Year Incorporated: 1877 i. Major Amenities: • Municipal Electric Franchise offers low-cost power o Power provided by New York Power Authority (hydro source). NYPA is America’s largest state-owned power organization ( http://www.nypa.gov/economic.htm ). __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment 2 Strategy and Implementation Plan • Public Water and Sewer – excess capacity; recently upgraded elevated water storage tank facility • Broadband and DSL available • Over 2 miles of lake frontage on Lake Champlain • Community Civic Center (in-door public ice skating, hockey rink) ii. Transportation Systems • Rail service – Canadian Pacific __________________________________________ Village of Rouses Point Community Redevelopment 3 Strategy and Implementation Plan o The New York City to Montreal line lies within the Village limits o Amtrak passenger stops twice daily at the Rouses Point Station • 4 miles from Interstate 87 • U.S. Route 11 and State Route 9B intersect in Rouses Point • Airports o 30 minutes from Plattsburgh, New York International Airport o 1 hour from Montreal International Airport o 1 hour from Burlington, Vermont International Airport • Intra-county public transit bus system serves the Village • A half hour from Port of Montreal (St. Lawrence Seaway). This international shipping port can be reached directly by both highway and CP Railway. iii. Border Crossing Facilities The Village of Rouses point is a short distance from two U.S-Canadian Border Crossings. The Champlain border crossing, located just 4 miles from Rouses Point on Interstate 87 is one of the top four commercial gateways on the U.S.- Canadian Border. This crossing has recently seen the completion of a massive new $107 million U.S. border crossing campus, including extensive new truck/commercial processing facilities, and is the only major commercial crossing on the northern
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