1. Town of New Hartford Southern Area GEIS Summary Presentation Planning Board Meeting Monday, June 23 2008 5:30 pm

2. AGENDA - Provide a summary of the project - from Comprehensive Plan to Future Land Use Plan for Southern Area to Planned Growth Concepts for Southern Area to environmental review of impacts associated with the suggested planned growth design plans.

4. The design plans are a starting point… For the types of communities that New Hartford has and are based on: Zoning Land potential …and can support similar populations in a better designed community such as proposed for Washington Mills & Chadwicks …

5. Designed to bring population to the hamlet and not outlying areas

6. mixed use low and medium density residential office space potential stormwater management

7. Areas for Planned Growth Management

8. The GEIS Process… …began with adoption of Comprehensive Plan: structured on types of communities New Hartford has and wants to keep identified existing issues including stormwater runoff, traffic congestion devised a future land use plan based on existing zoning and land potential … from the adoption of the Plan, the Town determined that continued development of the Southern Area would result in pronounced impacts on the existing issues… …therefore a review of the types of communities the Southern Area can support in a better designed community was performed in the context of SEQRA.

9. SUMMARY of PLANNED GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN: 1-mile growth boundary around hamlets Preservation of agricultural lands via zoning and transfer of development rights Establishing roadway hierarchy and standards for future upgrades and construction Setting guidelines for future infill development and redevelopment Utilizing natural resources for redevelopment of water-side uses in Washington Mills & preserving unique or rare natural features or resources (physical features; unique wildlife habitats) in existing Natural Resource Protection Overlay District Establishing residential densities in each hamlet

10. IMPACTS Stormwater – Causes & SW Group Comments: Steep slopes cause water runoff from storm events to surge into valley areas, Washington Mills and Chadwicks Large lot development in areas further from the valley consume permeable lands that are otherwise able to facilitate storm events through natural percolation and absorption HOWEVER…. As indicated by Stormwater Committee…. upland development that is limited to that which mimics the natural order, i.e. large lots keeping significant areas as open space (vegetated) has shown to be less costly than mitigation via land acquisition for detention basin construction. Further, the Committee indicates that companion zoning is necessary! Practice Smart Growth land use planning Detention basins may prove too costly simply due to needed maintenance. municipal services become more expensive and increasingly unfeasible as development continues further away from where potable water and sanitary sewer lines exist

11. Stormwater -- some Planning Board concerns… Schedule regarding storm water and whether it is sized for the build-out design proposed for Washington Mills and Chadwicks Flood plains: evaluate impacts by comparing to existing conditions Has the stormwater analysis accounted for surge that impacts the hamlets? The Regional Water Authority plans for water extensions in the future – need to determine how that may/may not impact development in the West portion of the Town if lines are extended along Tibbetts & Snowden Hill up to and including Kirkland

12. Traffic Intersections in the Study Area are currently operating with acceptable Levels of Service. However, this does not imply that every hour of every day is acceptable, rather, the data indicates that on a typical day, during the peak commuter traffic hour, drivers will experience minimal delay at intersections. Minimal is less than 55 seconds which would make it a failed intersection. Based on the planned growth management projections for development, delay will increase, and at different points, some approaches to intersections will start to experience unacceptable delay (LOS E, with delay time greater than 55 seconds). THIS IS NOT ANTICIPATED UNTIL 2028, AND IS ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON BUILD OUT vs POPULATION PROJECTIONS What can be done: widening for additional through lanes and turn lanes, and signal phasing and timing modifications. access management program to consolidate turning vehicles at specific locations. Roundabouts are an alternative to traffic signals, and have been proven to reduce delay and serious accidents. Roundabouts do require larger right of ways (but can have less pavement) and can also be problematic in areas with large numbers of pedestrians. IMPACTS

13. HOW DOES THE ‘DESIGN PLAN’ WORK? Evolves under revised (or existing) zoning. If Alternatives 2 or 3 are the chosen path the Town wishes to take for controlling growth, then rezoning is necessary The time frame the GEIS covers is a 20 year period: This means that over the next 20 years, if development were to occur as the land potential allows, the impacts are addressed for this period of time In 20 years or so, the Town would need to review the development that has ensued and re-evaluate the impacts

14. Final Details… Town of New Hartford Planning Board Comments – Are being incorporated to GEIS Revised final document to be submitted to Planning Board in the very near future

16. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM How they are calculated: HIGHWAYUnit of Measure Total costs = $28,691,000Residential = 10 trips/day/unit Commercial = 43 trips/1,000 SF SANITARY SEWERUnit of Measure Total costs = $10,016,350 – Alternative 2 Residential = 400 gpd/unit $9,743,550 – Alternative 3Commercial = 0.1 gpd/sf

17. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM Apportionment of fees: Alternative 2: Residential # of Units = 11,440 Commercial Sq Ft = 1,037,698 Computation: 11,440 x 10 trips per unit = 114,400 trips 1,037,698/1,000 = 1,037 x 43 trips per 1,000 sf = 44,621 trips Total trips = 159,021 Residential:Commercial: 114,400/159,021 = 72%44,621/159,021 = 28%

18. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM Fee rate for highway: Alternative 2 Residential: $20,657,520 (72%) Commercial: $8,033,480 (28%) $1,805/unit (residential) $7.74/SF (commercial)

19. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM Fee rate for highway: Alternative 3 $18,649,150 (65%) $10,041,850 (35%) $2,220/unit (residential) $9.67/SF (commercial)

20. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM Fee rate for storm/sanitary: Alternative 2 Total improvement costs: $10,016,350 Residential: $9,715,859 (97%) Commercial: $300,490 (3%) $675/unit (residential) $0.19/SF (commercial)

21. Voluntary Fees in lieu of Mitigation – FILM Fee rate for storm/sanitary: Alternative 3 Total improvement costs: $9,743,550 Residential: $9,451,243 (97%) Commercial: $292,306 (3%) $832/unit (residential) $0.18/SF (commercial)