western new york regional sustainability plan

Sustainability PlanWestern New York Regional

2013

Table of ContentsAcronyms v

Glossary of Terms vi

NYSERDA Disclaimer ix

Executive Summary

WNY Region Sustainability Vision Statement xi

WNY Regional Sustainability Plan xii

WNY Planning Process xii

Sustainability Goals and Strategies xiv

Sustainability Strategies xvi

Sustainability Indicators and Targets xx

Sustainability Actions xxi

Implementation Strategy xxi

1 Introduction and Methodology

WNY Region Sustainability Vision Statement 1-1

Concurrent Planning Efforts 1-7

Existing Regional Plans 1-5

2 Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory

Purpose of the GHG Inventory 2-1

Methodology for the GHG Inventory 2-2

GHG Inventory Data Collection, Calculation Methods, and Results 2-3

Electricity Generation and Consumption 2-3

Conclusion 2-6

3 Energy Resources

3.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current Trends 3-2

3.2 Sustainability Goals and Strategies 3-5

3.3 Sustainability Targets 3-13

3.4 Sustainability Actions 3-14

4 Land Use and Livable Communities





5 Transportation





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6 Agriculture and Forestry





7 Water Resources





8 Waste Management





9 WNY Sustainability Plan Implementation

Implementation Strategy 9-1

Appendix A Sustainability Projects Summary Matrix

Sustainability Projects Table A-1

Project Categorization A-2

Appendix B Planning Consortium and Working Group Directory B-1

Appendix C Public Meeting Outcomes C-1

Appendix D Indicator Memo D-1

Appendix E Tier II GHG Inventory Report E-1

Appendix F Municipal Center Mapping F-1

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AcronymsBNMC Buffalo Niagara Medical Center

BTU British thermal unit

C&D construction and demolition

CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy

CO2e carbon dioxide equivalents

CFC chlorofluorocarbon

CGC Cleaner, Greener Communities

CHP combined heat and power

CNG compressed natural gas

CNT Center for Neighborhood Technology

CSO Combined Sewer Overflow

DOE (United States) Department of Energy

E & E Ecology and Environment, Inc.

EPA (United States) Environmental Protection Agency

ESF SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

EV electric vehicles

FAO (United Nations) Food and Agriculture Organization

FIT Feed-in Tariff

GBNRTC Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transit Council

GHG greenhouse gas

GLRI Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

HCFC hydrochlorofluorocarbon

HUD (United States) Department of Housing and Urban Development

IDA Industrial Development Agency

I & I infiltration and inflow

LWRP Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan

MMBTU one million BTUs

MPO (Federal) Metropolitan Planning Organization

MSW municipal solid waste

MT metric tons

MWC municipal waste combustion

MWh megawatt-hours

NFTA Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority

NGO non-governmental organization

NYIS New York Independent System Operator

NRCS Natural Resources Conservation Service

NYPA New York Power Authority

NYSDEC New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

NYSDOS New York State Department of State

NYSDOT New York State Department of Transportation

NYSERDA New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

NYISO New York Independent System Operator

Plan WNY Regional Sustainability Plan

PSC Public Service Commission

ROW right-of-way

RPS Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard

SSO Sanitary Sewer Overflow

TDM Transportation Demand Management

UB (State University of New York) University at Buffalo

UB RI (State University of New York) University at Buffalo Regional Institute

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

USEPA United States Environmental Protection Agency

VMT vehicle mile traveled

WNY Western New York

WNY REDC WNY Regional Economic Development Council

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Glossary of Terms[Terms defined below are bolded in text of document.]

Sustainability. A planning concept focusing on meeting the present needs of our communities without compro-mising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It includes the creation and maintenance of conditions under which communities utilize the resources we have in the most effective ways to permit social and economic growth while preserving natural resources.

Energy Efficiency pertains to technological tools or infrastructure enhancements that reduce energy con-sumption (e.g., installing a programmable thermostat to reduce energy draw from heating, cooling, and ventila-tion of an unoccupied house).

Energy Conservation refers to adjustments in human behavior to reduce energy consumption (i.e., integrating cleaning activities into daytime operations to avoid having to keep buildings lit and heated during unoc-cupied night times).

Smart Growth. Principles that work to ensure that developments in urban, suburban, and rural communi-ties are being coordinated so that they support local economies as well as protect the environment.

Location Efficient Housing is characterized by housing that is located close to employment centers and trans-portation options.

NYS State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy

Act, which went into effect on September 29, 2010, requires most state agencies and all state authorities, prior to approving or funding any public infrastructure project to verify that a project is consistent with the Smart Growth Criteria stated in the Act.

New York Municipal Home Rule Law grants power to all counties outside of New York City and all cities, towns, and villages to have a legislative body elected by the people; power to adopt local laws; the right to have local officers elected or appointed by the local

residents or officers; the power to agree, as authorized by the legislature, with the federal government, a state or other government to provide cooperative governmental services and facilities. The Home Rule law prevents the state legislature from acting with respect to “property, affairs or government” within local municipalities.

Complete Streets. Roadway design features that accommodate and facilitate safe travel by pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists of all ages and abilities. These features include sidewalks, paved shoulders suitable for use by bicyclists, bicycle lanes, “share the road” signs, crosswalks, pedestrian control signalization, bus pull outs, curb cuts, raised crosswalks, ramps, and traffic-calming measures designed to allow pedestrian and motor traffic to easily and safely coexist.

NYS Complete Streets Legislation (S.5411A) requires state, county, and local transportation agencies to con-sider roadway design features that increase the safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists.

Transportation Disadvantaged. Elderly, disabled, and low-income populations that historically have limited access to transportation options.

Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) is a policy mechanism designed to accelerate investment in renewable energy technologies that could include compensation to renewable energy producers and provide price certainty and long-term contracts that help finance such investments.

NYS Article 10 Unified Siting Law. Article 10 provides for the siting review of new and repowered or modi-fied major electric generating facilities in New York State by the Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment (Siting Board) in a unified proceeding instead of requiring a developer or owner of such a facility to apply for numerous state and local permits.

Main Street. Traditional town and village center streets or traditional urban neighborhood retail centers.

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Municipal Centers. Areas of concentrated and mixed land uses that serve as centers for various activities including but not limited to central business districts, main streets, downtown areas, brownfield opportunity areas, downtown areas of local waterfront revitalization areas, transit-oriented development, environmental jus-tice areas, and hardship areas. Also includes areas that are designated for future concentrated development in a municipal or regional comprehensive plan.

Urban Sprawl. Associated with the expansion of low- density development that does not reflect local popula-tion changes.

Food Desert. An urban or rural community with little or no access to large grocery stores and/or farmer’s markets that offer fresh and affordable food needed to maintain a healthy diet.

Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO). Combined sewer sys-tems are sewers that are designed to collect rainwater runoff, domestic sewage, and industrial wastewater in the same pipe to a sewage treatment plant. CSOs are designed to overflow and discharge excess wastewater directly to nearby streams, rivers, or other water bodies if the wastewater volume in a combined sewer system is exceeded during periods of heavy rainfall or snowmelt. CSOs contain not only storm water but also untreated human and industrial waste, toxic materials and debris and are a major water pollution concern for cities that have combined sewer systems.

Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO). Properly designed, operated, and maintained sanitary sewer systems are meant to collect and transport all of the sewage that flows into them to a publicly owned treatment works. Occasional unintentional discharges of raw sewage from municipal sanitary sewers are called sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs). SSOs generally occur due to blockages, line breaks, sewer defects that allow storm water and groundwater to overload the system, lapses in sewer system operation and maintenance, power failures, inadequate sewer design and vandalism. The untreated sewage from these overflows can contaminate our waters, causing serious water quality problems. It can also backup into basements, causing property damage and threatening public health.

Infiltration and Inflow (I & I). Infiltration and inflow is the clean storm water and/or groundwater that enters the sanitary sewer system through holes, breaks, joint failures, downspouts, and other sources. Most inflow comes from storm water and most infiltration comes from groundwater.

Great Lakes Compact. Great Lakes-St.Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.

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NYSERDA Disclaimer

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The WNY region encompasses Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua,

Allegany, and Cattaraugus counties.

Executive SummaryThe five-county Western New York (WNY) region

includes a wide variety of natural and cultural

resources, industries, and communities. The WNY

Sustainability Plan is the product of a region-wide

planning effort where private, public, not-for-profit

organizations, and stakeholders from throughout

the region’s communities came together to discuss

the strengths of our region and to formulate goals

for creating sustainable growth in the coming years.

WNY is strategically situated in the state, sharing both

an international and an interstate border. The region

hosts critical natural resources such as abundant

fresh water supply and also key industries including

energy generation facilities that supply other parts

of our state with needed power. The region faces

challenges related to a shrinking population, aging

infrastructure in some areas, and economic and regu-

latory barriers that can be unsupportive of new and

existing businesses.

WNY Region Sustainability Vision StatementThe WNY region seeks to create a future where social and environmental issues are addressed within a frame-

work of a sustainable regional economy. The pursuit of sustainability includes the creation and maintenance

of conditions under which our communities utilize the resources we have in the most effective ways to permit

social and economic growth while preserving natural resources.

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WNY Regional Sustainability PlanThe WNY Regional Sustainability Plan (the Plan) was developed for Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Allegany, and Cattaraugus counties by the Regional Planning Consortium with input from key stakeholders and the public. The Plan was developed with a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the Cleaner, Greener Communities (CGC) program established by Governor Cuomo in 2011. This program was designed to empower local regions throughout the state to create plans for more sustainable communities that address the diverse needs of the individual region.

The WNY region partnered with public and private experts across a wide range of fields, along with com-munity stakeholders, to lead the development of a regional sustainability plan and to promote projects that will significantly improve the economic and envi-ronmental health of our area. This plan is intended as a guide for integrated, sustainable solutions to improve our quality of life. These solutions include ideas for regional decision-making on land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, energy, and environmental practices.

The CGC program administered by NYSERDA is a two-phase competitive grant process. Phase I funding was provided to each of the ten regions throughout the state, as defined by the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC), to create sustainability plans or to expand the scope of existing sustainability plans. Grants were awarded to a municipality within each region, acting on behalf of a consortium of other municipalities.

Phase II of the New York CGC Program will provide up to $90 million in funding statewide, awarded on a competitive basis, toward regional projects that support and implement the regional sustainability goals identi-fied during the planning process and that provide the greatest opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, save energy, and deploy renewable energy while improving the economic and environmental

health of our communities. Phase II is scheduled to be launched by NYSERDA in 2013. Phase II funding is an important part of the planning process; however, this Plan is intended to be used in multiple ways beyond the NYSERDA Phase II funding.

This Plan addresses the issue of climate adaptation across each of the sustainability focus areas. Examples include strategies to protect adequate and appropriate spaces for future use (for example, protecting prime farmland for future agricultural use), better manage-ment of natural resources, and improvement of aging sewer, water, and transportation infrastructure to better protect and preserve water resources and coastal areas in the region. Educational needs and capacity building at the local and county level are also identified within this Plan as initiatives that improve the capability to identify vulnerabilities to climate change and further incorporate climate adaptation initiatives into existing policies and community planning actions.

This plan was developed as a starting point, and is designed to evolve overtime based on changing or new sustainability issues the region is facing.

WNY Planning Process

The WNY Regional Planning Consortium consists of county government representatives from each of the five counties in the WNY region. The Regional Planning Consortium identified six focus areas that are critical to attaining sustainability in the region: Energy,

Land Use and Livable Communities, Transportation,

Agriculture and Forestry, Water Resources, and Waste

Management. In addition, in order to help identify links between the Plan and the REDC’s plan, A Strategy for Prosperity in WNY, the Consortium included Economic

Development as a focus area that overlaps the six tech-nical areas that would ensure the priorities of the REDC strategy are addressed throughout this Plan.

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Topic-specific working groups were convened that addressed the six sustainability focus areas and economic development. The membership of these working groups was selected with the input of the Consortium. The working groups consisted of over 140 representatives from state, county, and local governments, including elected leaders and agencies, as well as members from industry and local non-profit organizations.

In addition, input from members of the public was a key part of the planning process, solicited via the project website www.sustainable-ny.com and during two rounds of public meetings held throughout the region in July and October 2012. Overall, approximately 270 members of the public added their input to the planning process through attending public meetings or submitting com-ments via the project website.

A Tier II Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory was developed in order to inform the WNY Sustainability Plan as well as future planning efforts related to GHG reduc-tion. The purpose of this GHG inventory was to estimate regional emissions so that the information could be used to help identify necessary sustainability goals and actions. The total GHG emissions for 2010 in WNY were estimated at 17.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MT CO2e) or 12.48 MT CO2e per capita. Transportation, residential energy consumption and commercial energy consumption being the largest sectors contributing to that emissions total.

In 2008, New York State emitted approximately 254 mil-lion MT CO2e GHG emissions, equating to about 13.09 MT CO2e per resident. This represents about 3.7% of GHG emissions from the United States, although New York has 6.3% of the U.S. population: New York’s per capita GHG emissions are approximately 43% below the U.S. average of 22.1 MT CO2e per capita (NYS Climate Action Interim Plan, 2010). New York’s high percentage of renewable electrical energy and the population-dense urban region of New York City, which has smaller homes and public transportation, are likely the reason that New York is well below the U.S. average. In WNY, lower than

average industrial and commercial energy use are likely the reason per capita averages are below the state and national levels.

Part of the focus of this Plan is to identify goals and strate-gies that will allow us to continue to grow our regional economy, improve our communities, and support local industry while reducing this overall GHG emissions total for our region. Specifically, the Plan identifies:

Current GHG emissions and energy use along with available natural resources and economic assets;

Strategies for GHG emissions reduction, energy efficiency improvements, and the deployment of renewable energy sources;

Sustainability goals for each of the following sustain-ability focus areas: energy, land use and livable com-

munities, transportation, agriculture and forestry,

water management, and waste management; and

Strategies to achieve these goals and barriers to implementation.

It should be noted that although air quality was not a spe-cific focus area, to which a working group was convened, this issue was considered with respect to each of the six focus areas. Additionally, the goals and strategies outlined in this Plan will work to improve air quality overall within the region.

The Plan also includes projects ideas (Appendix A) that provide examples of how local stakeholders can col-laborate, provide timetables for targeted milestones, and identify completion dates for the actions identified.

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Sustainability Goals and Strategies

The Plan considers the opportunities and constraints that the region is facing with respect to achieving sus-tainability throughout the region. As a result, a broad set of goals that are achievable in the region were identi-fied for each sustainability focus area. All of the goals were developed with consideration given to economic development, governance, and the impacts of climate change on the region. Strategies were then designed to meet the regional sustainability goals for each focus area as well as across focus areas.

The sustainability goals and strategies for each focus area share a number of themes. These common themes are addressed throughout this Plan and include the following:

GHG Emissions Reduction. A successful regional sus-tainability plan should result in an overall reduction in GHG emissions.

Enhancement of the Regional Economy. Sustainability should be achieved in coordination with the support and enhancement of the regional economy.

Government Policy and Programs. Local government policy and programs can support regional sustainability initiatives.

Consideration of Diverse Land Uses. Sustainable prac-tices should meet the diverse needs of urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Conservation of Natural Resources. Conserving, enhancing, and protecting the region’s abundant natural resources, including air, water and land, is vital to regional sustainability.

Education. Promoting and improving public aware-ness of sustainability issues is essential in realizing the region’s sustainability goals.

Revitalization of Main Streets. Revitalization of the region’s cities, main streets, and community centers will create more livable communities and support local economies.

Economic Viability of Agriculture. Supporting the economic viability of the agricultural industry in WNY and protecting the region’s agricultural and forestry resources will serve to maintain their viability for con-tinued sustainable uses.

Sustainable Energy Use and Production. Building energy efficiency programs while increasing infra-structure for the public and private use of alternative fuels will help build diverse energy production within the region.

Improve and Enhance Air Quality. The reduction of fossil fuel energy generation and fuel use throughout the region will work to reduce harmful air emissions being emitted throughout the region. Additionally, strategies to focus development within existing cor-ridors resulting in the conservation of open space.

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Energy Goals1. Promote energy efficiency and conservation efforts

throughout WNY in the most environmentally sound and cost-effective way, which provides access to such efforts for all incomes and business sizes and results in a real reduction of GHG emissions.

2. Increase renewable energy generation in the region, including technologies listed in the NYS Renewable Portfolio Standard. Applications would include solar water heating, photovoltaic, landfill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, fuel cells, anaerobic digestion, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, and fuel cells using renewable fuel; and geothermal.

3. Upgrade the existing conventional energy infra-structure in the region in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.

4. Support innovative energy projects that are consis-tent with the sustainability goals of the region and that encourage economic development.

Land Use and Livable Communities Goals1. Increase the number of local municipalities that are

developing, adopting, and implementing “smart growth” policies.

2. Develop a mechanism for regional land use plan-ning assistance and collaboration.

3. Encourage and focus development in areas served by existing infrastructure.

5. Encourage the expansion of location-efficient housing that increases access to employment centers and transportation options.

6. Preserve, protect, and enhance the viability of agriculture, including agricultural lands and urban agriculture.

7. Encourage, enhance, and coordinate regional park, greenway, and waterfront planning to connect the public with the region’s natural resources and promote economic development and recreational opportunities.

Transportation Goals1. Increase and improve alternatives to driving alone

(public transit, car/vanpool, park and ride, bicycle, walking) through interagency partnerships and cooperative efforts, especially in serving transporta-tion disadvantaged populations.

2. Improve regional fuel efficiency, especially in public and commercial fleets and through public and private investment in infrastructure and planning to increase the use of alternative fuels.

3. Prioritize transportation infrastructure projects in line with regional smart growth efforts in existing communities and corridors, especially through proj-ects that exemplify “Complete Streets” principles.

Agriculture and Forestry Goals1. Strengthen the economic viability of agriculture and

forestry enterprises.

2. Achieve more efficient uses of energy inputs and maximize use of agriculture and forestry by-products for energy production.

3. Increase support from government officials and the public for the protection of farmland, continued use of farmland for agricultural purposes, and for strengthening the business climate for agriculture and forestry in the region.

4. Promote environmentally sustainable management systems for the agriculture and forestry sector.

The regional sustainability goals developed for WNY are as follows:

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Water Management Goals1. Improve regional water quality through a focus on

the identification and management of pollution sources and protection of healthy watersheds.

2. Improve regional water management systems and increase efficiency of infrastructure.

3. Address regional water quantity concerns through a focus on flooding, storm water/runoff, infiltration, and regional water use.

4. Ensure better coordination of water management with land use and conservation planning and deci-sions regarding where future development occurs, including public access to water resources.

Waste Management Goals1. Reduce the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW)

that is disposed of (via landfills or incineration) by reducing waste generation and/or increasing recycling.

2. Maximize the diversion of organic waste from dis-posal facilities (landfills and incinerators) and the beneficial reuse of the organic material.

3. Reduce the amount of construction and demolition (C&D) waste that is disposed of by reducing waste generation and/or increasing recycling.

4. Increase the number of waste transport vehicles that use alternative fuels.

Sustainability Strategies

For each of the goals stated above, a range of implementation strategies was developed by the planning team. These strategies are detailed in Sections 3 through 8 of the Plan and are viewed as potential mechanisms or ideas that would help the region achieve its stated goals. While the strategies are associated with a specific goal and a specific sustainability focus area within the Plan, many of them cut across other focus areas and would be beneficial to a broad range of the sustainability goals.

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The sustainability strategies identified in the plan include:

STRATEGY Energy. Promote clear and simplified access, navigation, and implementation of energy efficiency funding programs and education on energy conservation options through one-stop websites or other public outreach tools.

STRATEGY Energy. Conduct focused outreach to mid-sized businesses and industries and mid-income families that inform them on existing funding opportunities for energy efficiencies upgrades.

STRATEGY Energy. Encourage municipalities to implement energy efficiency programs, energy conservation practices and renew-able energy within municipal operations through the promotion of programs such as NY’s Climate Smart Communities and considering regulations and incentives that stimulate such programs in the community.

STRATEGY Energy. Promote energy efficiency programs in business and industry through establishment of the Green Business Roundtable.

STRATEGY Energy. Promote distributed power and the eco-industrial business model of co-locating symbiotic industrial processes and other methods.

STRATEGY Energy. Complete a feasibility analysis to inform the potential development of an implementation-ready, written, regional feed-in-tariff (FIT) program to spur renew-able energy development and job creation, using successful programs in Germany, Ontario, and Long Island as models.

STRATEGY Energy. Promote the use and develop-ment of renewable energy through demonstration projects that integrate public education.

STRATEGY Energy. Encourage the installation of renewable energy such as solar, wind and geothermal in new and existing developments.

STRATEGY Energy. Ensure fuel diversity in our region and promote GHG reductions through the support of co-firing biomass technology as well as conversion to other less expensive and GHG-intensive fuel sources at existing coal-fired generating plants while consider-ing other environmental factors.

STRATEGY Energy. Enhance existing programs that support the development of sustainable advanced manufacturing enterprises as well as innovative projects for alternative energy generation within the region.

STRATEGY Land Use. Develop municipal and county-level land use planning tools for use within the region such as a technical assistance handbook for smart growth.

STRATEGY Land Use. Provide technical assistance and identify sustainable funding and partnership opportunities to build regional planning capacity, though the support and coordina-tion of the REDC Smart Growth Work Group’s proposed “Smart Growth Coordinating Council.”

STRATEGY Land Use. Revitalize main streets and community centers through redevelopment and adaptive reuse of abandoned, underuti-lized, or historic buildings and brownfield sites by providing municipalities with funding, technical assistance, and/or stream-lining the review/approval process.

STRATEGY Land Use. Encourage rehabilitation of existing housing stock and siting of new housing developments in mixed-use development that are served by existing sewer and water infrastructure.

STRATEGY Land Use. Improve existing transportation infrastructure to better connect people to employment centers, schools, shopping, and transportation options.

STRATEGY Land Use. Update existing farmland protec-tion plans that include protection of timberland at the county level, with the leadership from the cooperative extensions and farm bureaus, encourage plan develop-ment at the local level, and support implementation of plans where they already exist.

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STRATEGY Land Use. Develop and implement Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans (LWRPs) in all eligible municipalities that include consideration of public access to regional waterfronts for recreation to promote economic development associated with tourism.

STRATEGY Land Use. Connect recreational trails across municipal boundaries through enhanced multi-jurisdictional coordination.

STRATEGY Transportation. Develop new alternative transportation programs through strategic partnerships, particularly programs that increase options for under-served populations.

STRATEGY Transportation. Educate the public on existing transportation options through on-line resources, including regularly updated maps of all regional transportation options.

STRATEGY Transportation. Implement projects such as fueling and charging stations that would increase the number of CNG and electric-powered vehicles through private and public programs.

STRATEGY Transportation. Implement traffic efficiency and optimization projects while encourag-ing walking and biking.

STRATEGY Transportation. Prioritize transportation infrastructure within main streets and along important corridors.

STRATEGY Transportation. Implement Complete Streets projects throughout the region by providing technical assistance to create or modify comprehensive plans and zoning codes that integrate bike and pedestrian traffic into transportation infrastructure plans and projects by, for example, develop-ing a “Complete Streets” zoning template.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Establish a WNY Food Hub or Agricultural Processing Facility.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Develop a mechanism to continue to advocate activities that will help achieve these sustainability goals on a long-term basis. One possible solution would be to create a regional Agriculture Council.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Connect local farmers with markets in new or more effective ways that increase farmers’ profit margins through higher prices, value-added products, specialty products in demand by consumers, meeting demand in food deserts, etc., through the establish-ment of local farmers’ and cooperative markets within the region.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Provide farmers with resources and training for sustainable and energy efficient agriculture produc-tion, processing and distribution. One possible solution would be to create a community food training center.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Implement energy generation projects that use agriculture and forestry by-products as fuel sources.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Update existing farmland protection plans that include protection of timberland at the county level, with the leadership from the coopera-tive extensions and farm bureaus, encourage plan development at the local level, and support implementation of plans where they already exist.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Educate the general public, youth, and public officials on the importance of local agriculture including promoting farmer markets and purchasing local produce.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Promote and preserve agricultural enterprises through farmer recruitment programs and innova-tion and entrepreneurship programs for small farms.

STRATEGY Agriculture and Forestry. Facilitate adop-tion by large and small farms of variable rate application technologies that can reduce the use of pesticides and fertilizers without reducing production.

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STRATEGY Water Resources. Educate the public on the ways that they impact and/or improve the health of local watersheds, reduce stress on water management infrastruc-ture, and promote water conservation through public education programs and demonstration projects.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Implement targeted sewer infrastructure improvements for pollution sources known to impact impaired waterbodies in the WNY region.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Identify and implement green infrastructure practices (i.e. perme-able pavement, raingardens or bioretention ponds) that reduce excessive storm water flows and runoff, which are a leading source of non-point source pollution.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Increase efficiency and effectiveness of water management infrastructure through implementation of system upgrades and consolidation of existing water systems.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Assess and seek to remove regulatory and administrative barriers to green infrastructure projects posed by local codes and permitting processes.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Promote the preserva-tion and restoration of land and natural systems that can be used to naturally manage storm water and runoff.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Develop and implement Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans (LWRPs) in all eligible municipalities that include consideration of public access to regional waterfronts for recreation to promote economic development associ-ated with tourism.

STRATEGY Water Resources. Develop and maintain links between water quantity and quality infrastructure and local land use planning (i.e. future development and land conserva-tion), as well as the GLRI and Great Lakes Compact.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Educate the public, government, businesses, and institutions regarding waste management regulations and requirements, the benefits of reduce/reuse/recycle, how to effectively reduce/reuse/ recycle, and the costs associated with waste management.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Institute more Pay-as-You-Throw programs and every-other-week trash pickup, which incentivize waste reduction and recycling.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Increase MSW recycling operations (collection, recovery, and processing) in WNY and the use of recycled MSW materials in goods produced in the region.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Encourage product stewardship that considers the life-cycle of the product for goods produced in WNY. As necessary, enact related legislation.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Improve the infra-structure for effectively recycling organic material (commercial, institutional, and residential) in WNY.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Increase C&D recy-cling operations (collection, recovery, and processing) in WNY and the use of recycled C&D materials in goods produced in, and processes conducted in, WNY.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Encourage building deconstruction and subsequent material reuse and recycling, as opposed to building demolition.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Encourage the conversion of waste transport vehicles, both municipal and private, to alternative fuels, such as CNG.

STRATEGY Waste Management. Implement projects such as fueling and charging stations that would increase the number of CNG and electric-powered vehicles through private and public programs.

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TARGET Energy. The region’s target is to increase renewable energy generation to 75% by 2025.

TARGET Energy. The region’s target is to increase the implementation of NYSERDA-funded energy efficiency projects by 34%, or to 250,000 MMBtu by 2015.

TARGET Energy. The region’s target is to double the number of Climate Smart Communities (18 communities) in WNY by 2015.

TARGET Energy. The region’s target is to reduce the total regional GHG emissions from a 2010 baseline by 30% by 2020 of 17.5 million MTCO2e.

TARGET Land Use. The region’s target is to keep the developed land per capita constant through 2017 from the 2011 baseline.

TARGET Land Use. The region’s target is to have five municipalities per year (one per county) update their comprehensive plan and/or zoning code to incorporate smart growth principles over the next five years.

TARGET Land Use. The region’s target is to reduce the proportion of median income spent on transportation and housing to 50% by 2020 and 45% by 2035.

TARGET Transportation. The region’s target is to reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMTs) by 3% through 2020.

TARGET Agriculture and Forestry. The region’s target for acres of harvested cropland is to keep the acreage constant through 2017 from the 2007 baseline.

TARGET Water Resources. The region’s target is to reduce storm water flow and frequency of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) by 40% over a period of 20 years.

TARGET Water Resources. The region’s target is to reduce the total miles of impaired streams by 20% (156 miles) to 625 miles 2035.

TARGET Waste Management. The region’s target for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposed of per capita is to reduce disposal to 0.11 tons per person per year (0.6 pounds per person per day) by 2030.

Red House, Allegany State Park, Cattaraugus County

Sustainability Indicators and Targets

The Plan establishes a framework for measuring progress toward a more sustainable region. Sustainability Indicators provide benchmarks for quantifiable results to measure the success of moving closer to achieving the sustainability goals identified in the Plan. Each sustainability focus area discussed in the Plan includes a list of specific metrics that can be used to ensure that the results of the implementation of the Plan are tracked and measured over time to gauge success. In addition, each focus area has set the following targets in which to show progress toward achieving sustainability in the region:

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Implementation Strategy

The WNY REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group will spearhead the implementation of the WNY Regional Sustainability Plan. Implementation of a region-wide sustainability plan fits squarely within the core strategies of the WNY REDC’s Plan to Implement Smart Growth, which includes assistance in implementing not only the NYS Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Act but also this Plan. This is one of several examples of the links between the goals of this Plan and those identi-fied in the WNY REDC Strategy for Prosperity (available at http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov).

Sustainability Actions

Sustainability projects were solicited from the stake-holders, including members of the public, and were included as tangible actions that can be implemented to work toward achieving these goals. It was important that each action be considered for project readiness, applicability toward sustainability goals, GHG emissions impact, and WNY REDC economic development goals detailed in the Strategy for Prosperity. The sustainability projects included with this Plan are those that would help the region meet the goals described above. Since the goals and strategies of this Plan align closely with the WNY REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity, it is anticipated that the implementation of this Plan will lie with the WNY REDC’s smart growth coordinating council and as the projects identified are completed, others could be added that move the region closer to the stated sustain-ability goals. A summary of all the identified sustain-ability projects garnered through public feedback is located in Appendix A.

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1 Introduction and Methodology

WNY Region Sustainability Vision StatementThe WNY region seeks to create a future where social and environmental issues are addressed within a framework

of a sustainable regional economy. The pursuit of sustainability includes the creation and maintenance of condi-

tions under which our communities utilize the resources we have in the most effective ways to permit social and

economic growth while preserving natural resources.

The WNY Regional Economic

Development Council developed the

“Strategy for Prosperity” in 2011. This

document is a comprehensive plan to

create a more dynamic and sustainable

economy for the WNY region. The

document is available, along with

additional information about the WNY

REDC, at: http://regionalcouncils.ny.gov

WNY Regional Sustainability Plan

The WNY Regional Sustainability Plan (the Plan) was developed for Erie, Niagara, Chautauqua, Allegany, and Cattaraugus counties by the Regional Planning Consortium with input from key stakeholders and the public. The Plan was developed with a grant from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) under the Cleaner, Greener Communities (CGC) program established by Governor Cuomo in 2011. This program was designed to empower local regions throughout the state to create plans for more sustainable communities that address the diverse needs of the individual region.

The region partnered with public and private experts across a wide range of fields, along with community stakeholders, to lead the development of a regional sus-tainability plan and to promote projects that will signifi-cantly improve the economic and environmental health of our area. This Plan is intended as a guide for integrated, sustainable solutions to improve our quality of life. These solutions include ideas for regional decision-making on land use, housing, transportation, infrastructure, energy, and environmental practices.

The CGC program administered by NYSERDA is a two-phase competitive grant process. Phase I funding was provided to each of the ten regions throughout the state, as defined by the Regional Economic Development

Council (REDC), to create sustainability plans or to expand the scope of existing sustainability plans. Grants were awarded to a municipality within each region, acting on behalf of a consortium of other municipalities.

Phase II of the New York CGC Program will provide up to $90 million in funding statewide, awarded on a competitive basis, toward regional projects that support and implement the regional sustainability goals identi-fied during the planning process and that provide the greatest opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, save energy, and deploy renewable energy while improving the economic and environmental health of our communities. Phase II is scheduled to be launched by NYSERDA in 2013. Phase II funding is an important part of the planning process; however, this Plan is intended to be used in multiple ways beyond the NYSERDA Phase II funding.

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the six focus areas. Additionally, the goals and strategies outlined in this Plan will work to improve air quality overall within the region.

The Sustainability Planning Team. At the direction of the Regional Planning Consortium, Ecology and Environment, Inc. (E & E) and the State University of New York at Buffalo Regional Institute (UB RI) facilitated the monthly working group meetings, assisted with data collection, coordi-nated public meetings, and prepared the draft Plan.

Working Group Process. Topic-specific working groups were convened that addressed the six sustainability focus areas: energy, land use and livable communities, transportation, water resources, waste management, and agriculture and forestry. In addition, the economic development working group was assembled and was charged with ensuring that the priorities of the REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity are addressed in the sustainability goals for the focus areas. The membership of these work groups was selected with the input of the Regional Planning Consortium, as well as stakeholder recommen-dations and consisted of over 140 representatives from state, county, and local governments, including elected leaders and agencies, as well as members from industry and local non-profit organizations. A full list of working group members is located in Appendix B.

From May 2012 through October 2012 each working group met once a month throughout the region. The working groups researched and discussed existing con-ditions, opportunities, issues, and best practices relating to sustainability within and outside the region; gener-ated sustainability goals and strategies; recommended projects for implementation within existing community budgets; and reviewed the draft Plan.

Public Participation. Input from the public and stake-holders was a key part of the planning process. The public and stakeholders were notified of plan developments and public meetings through the project website (www.sustainable-ny.com), emails to stakeholder networks, and through the media networks. In addition, public input was solicited during two rounds of public meetings

Planning for Sustainability

The Plan was developed over an eight-month period by the Regional Planning Consortium, with input from key stakeholders who were actively involved and seven focus area working groups. The effort and results of the working groups were presented to the public and their feedback was received and incorporated into the Plan.

This plan was developed as a starting point, and is designed to evolve overtime based on changing or new sustainability issues the region is facing.

Regional Planning Consortium. The Regional Planning Consortium consists of county government representa-tives from each of the five counties in the WNY region. The Consortium’s primary responsibility was to oversee the planning process for the region and to ensure that the regional plan accurately represented the diverse needs of the region. In addition, the Consortium initially identified stakeholders that would be interested in developing a successful sustainability plan.

The Regional Planning Consortium identified six focus areas in WNY that are critical to attaining sustainability in the region: Energy, Land Use and Livable Communities,

Transportation, Agriculture and Forestry, Water

Resources, and Waste Management. In addition, in order to help identify links between the Consortium’s Sustainability Plan and the REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity plan, the Consortium included Economic Development as a focus area that overlaps the six technical areas.

It should be noted that although air quality was not a specific focus area, to which a working group was con-vened, this issue was considered with respect to each of

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held throughout the region in July and October 2012. The first round of meetings focused on receiving feed-back from the public on the preliminary sustainability goals and the second round of meetings on reviewing portions of the draft Plan and soliciting sustainability project ideas for inclusion in the Plan. Overall, approxi-mately 270 members of the public added their input to the planning process (see Appendix C, Public Meeting Outcomes), through attending public meetings or sub-mitting comments via the project website.

More than 270 members of the public

attended public meetings held in July and

October 2012, throughout the region.

Sustainability Focus Areas

A summary of current conditions and the need for sustainability of each focus area is discussed below. Economic development, climate change, and gover-nance have been integrated into the goals and strate-gies of each focus area.

Energy. WNY is a net exporter of energy, particularly hydropower. The region’s Niagara Power Project is currently the largest producer of

electricity in New York State. To move closer to energy sustainability, the region will have to identify opportuni-ties to implement energy efficiency programs, harness its abundant natural resources to increase renewable energy production, upgrade to existing conventional energy generation, and promote energy innovation.

Land Use and Livable Communities. WNY has a history of land development that has not always been consistent with sustainable principles and

practices. The industrial past of much of WNY has left blighted areas throughout the region that are in need of redevelopment. However, there are many opportuni-ties to ensure sustainable land use and create livable communities throughout the region moving forward. It is essential to implement smart growth principles throughout the region to ensure that future growth and

transportation/infrastructure investments reflect the character of individual communities while providing for economic growth and improved quality of life in the community.

Transportation. A more sustainable WNY transportation system will reduce vehicle miles traveled and GHG and other hazardous air emissions while

also meeting the diverse transportation needs of the population. Successful strategies will use smart growth principles to increase options for personal travel and freight shipments, improve overall fuel efficiency through alternative fuels and other measures, and build and improve infrastructure along existing corridors.

Agriculture and Forestry. Agriculture and forestry are two important industries for the WNY region, providing tremendous economic value and

environmental benefits to local communities. While both these industries are key to regional sustainability in themselves, it is also critical to incorporate sustainable practices within them to ensure their viability, protect agricultural lands, and increase the availability of local value-added products in the community. The economic viability of agriculture in the region is important in sup-porting the entire food system from farmers to proces-sors and transportation to restaurants and grocers. Additionally, land that remains in farming—agriculture or managed forest—can provide scenic, recreational, employment and/or tourism benefits while avoiding the costs of urban sprawl.

Water Resources. New York State has the benefit of being a Great Lakes state, thanks to the WNY region’s proximity to Lakes Erie and Ontario.

These waterbodies have a unique historical, economic, and cultural significance in the region and it is essential that WNY makes an effort to conserve and enhance these abundant and natural water resources for future generations. Targeted implementation of strategies that both improve water quality and ensure the efficient use of water will work to preserve this region’s water resources while addressing the needs of the community.

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Waste Management. Waste generation without recy-cling is an unsustainable practice, and the goal of the region should be to move toward

achieving zero waste disposal. Although this goal prob-ably cannot be achieved in the near future, it is impor-tant to consider strategies that move the region toward a more sustainable waste management system, including reducing waste generation and increasing recycling, which have the added benefit of reducing GHG emissions from landfills and manufacturing. The region also has a great opportunity to create a “closed loop” system for recyclables that includes processing recyclables locally and using the recycled product in local industry and processes.

Measuring Success

The Plan establishes a framework for measuring prog-ress toward a more sustainable region. Sustainability

Indicators provide benchmarks for quantifiable results to measure the success of moving closer to achieving the sustainability goals identified in the Plan. Each sustainability focus area discussed in the Plan includes a list of specific metrics that can be used to ensure that the results of the implementation of the Plan are tracked and measured over time to gauge success. Additional details for each indicator identified in this Plan are provided in the Indicator Memo located in Appendix D.

Developing Goals and Strategies

The Plan considers the opportunities and constraints that the region is facing with respect to achieving

sustainability throughout the region. The stakeholders for each working

group developed broad goals and strategies that are achievable in the region. The goals chosen for the plan

were developed during multiple meetings and discussions with

region-wide stakeholders.

These discussions were informed by the baseline indicator information presented in this Plan and by the previous experiences and challenges faced by the stakeholders. The final goals were selected because they represent a critical level of consensus among par-ticipating stakeholders about the direction of the region with respect to sustainability. Goals were not prioritized one over the other. Rather, they are designed to be implemented together in most cases and to comple-ment multiple sustainability focus areas. The strategies presented within the Plan are viewed as potential mechanisms or ideas that would help the region achieve its stated goals. While the strategies are associated with a specific goal and a specific sustainability focus area within the Plan, many of them are cut across other focus areas and would be beneficial to a broad range of the sustainability goals. The goals represent broad concepts. However, the strategies were designed to point the way toward specific actionable steps to be taken throughout the region that would advance region-wide indicators toward the stated targets.

The sustainability goals and strategies for each focus area share a number of themes. These common themes are addressed throughout this Plan and include the following:

GHG Emissions Reduction. A successful regional sus-tainability plan should result in an overall reduction in GHG emissions.

Enhancement of the Regional Economy. Sustainability should be achieved in coordination with the support and enhancement of the regional economy.

Government Policy and Programs. Local government policy and programs can support regional sustainability initiatives.

Consideration of Diverse Land Uses. Sustainable prac-tices should meet the diverse needs of urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Conservation of Natural Resources. Conserving, enhancing, and protecting the region’s abundant


natural resources, including air water and land, is vital to regional sustainability.

Education. Promoting and improving public aware-ness of sustainability issues is essential in realizing the region’s sustainability goals.

Revitalization of Main Streets. Revitalization of the region’s cities, main streets, and community centers will create more livable communities and support local economies.

Economic Viability of Agriculture. Supporting the economic viability of the agricultural industry in WNY and protecting the region’s agricultural and forestry resources will serve to maintain their viability for con-tinued sustainable uses.

Sustainable Energy Use and Production. Developing energy efficiency programs throughout the region while increasing infrastructure for the public and private use of alternative fuels will help reduce the region’s use of fossil fuels.

Improve and Enhance Air Quality. The reduction of fossil fuel energy generation and fuel use throughout the region will work to reduce harmful air emissions being emitted throughout the region. Additionally, strategies to focus development within existing cor-ridors resulting in the conservation of open space.

Identification of Sustainability Projects

Over the eight-month planning process, project ideas that would help meet the region’s sustainability goals were solicited from the stakeholders and the public. The project ideas were evaluated by the Consortium for project readiness, applicability of sustainability goals, GHG emissions impact, and economic development. The sustainability projects included with this Plan are those that would help the region meet the sustainability goals of the region. The projects included in this Plan are intended to be a broad overview of example projects that could be implemented in the region. As additional

projects are identified that align with the region’s sustainability goals and strategies, the Plan would be modified accordingly. A summary of all the identified sustainability projects garnered through public feed-back are located in Appendix A.

Connection with other Regional Planning Efforts

A priority of this regional planning process has been to identify links between existing regional plans and cur-rent regional planning efforts. The existing state and regional plans were considered during the development of the sustainability goals and strategies of this regional sustainability plan. Throughout the planning process, the participants sought to find connections with existing plans and to coordinate with groups currently working on new plans that will have an overlapping focus with the WNY Regional Sustainability Plan.

Existing Regional Plans

Strategy for Prosperity for WNY, WNY Regional

Economic Council Strategic Plan (November 2011). The WNY REDC led the creation of the plan, working with stakeholders to set WNY’s economic development priorities to build realistic, comprehensive, regional strategies for achieving the vision of a prosperous and


sustainable economic future. The WNY REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity identifies smart growth principles that address issues pertaining to land use, transportation, governance, energy efficiency, and conservation of natural resources as keys to the economic development of the region.

2035 Long-Range Transportation Plan (May 2010).

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC) prepared a long-range multi-mode transportation plan for Erie and Niagara counties that is updated every four years. The plan considers long-term goals and objectives that address the region’s projected needs based on the anticipated demographics of the region over the next 25 years.

Erie-Niagara Framework for Regional Growth

(October 2006). Erie and Niagara counties partnered to develop the Framework for Regional Growth. The framework establishes basic policies and principles to guide the future growth and development of the region for the next 15 years.

Southern Tier West Transportation Strategy (June

2009). Through its Transportation Committee and a grant from the NYS Department of Transportation, Southern Tier West prepared the 2009 Southern Tier West Transportation Strategy. The document describes how non-metropolitan public officials representing units of rural local government are able to provide input to local, county, and regional transportation plan-ning. Their Transportation Strategy contains a mission, vision, goals, and objectives for the region’s transporta-tion system. The vision supports the development of a comprehensive transportation network that will allow the region to compete in the global economy while at the same time emphasizing safety, increased quality of life, and environmental stewardship.

Southern Tier West Region Comprehensive

Economic Development Strategy (September

2011). The Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board has developed a strategic plan for economic development for New York State’s Southern

Tier West Region, which includes Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua counties. This plan addresses the region’s economic health and quality of life and iden-tifies goals that allow the region to regain and retain economic competitiveness. The plan identifies the need to maintain and cultivate the value‐added sec-tors of its economy including manufacturing, service, or agricultural.

Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy,

Erie County, New York (July 2011). The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy for Erie County devel-oped by the Erie County Industrial Development Agency was built on elements of several existing county and regional strategies that consider a variety of economic and smart growth principles. For example, the targeting of sustainable development that is detailed in The Framework for Regional Growth is considered throughout the strategy.

Niagara Count y Comprehensive Economic

Development Strategy (June 2012). This strategy is the product of a committee by the same name organized to maximize economic opportunity in Niagara County and, ultimately, the region as well. It describes existing conditions of the infrastructure, natural resources, demographics and socioeconomics, and local legisla-tion and details how these areas of focus come together for mutual improvement. The County Economic Development Committee continues to meet on a vol-untary basis to discuss progress and future plans.

County Comprehensive Plans. Comprehensive plans from Niagara, Erie, Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties have been developed to ensure sustainable future development, including the focus on improved economic development and smart growth principles. Although the Allegany County comprehensive plan does not include any specific sustainability measures for future development of the county, it was still con-sidered in the development of this Plan.

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). The GLRI is a task force of federal agencies that is charged with


improving the Great Lakes through a focus on five areas: 1) cleaning up areas of concern; 2) addressing invasive species; 3) promoting nearshore health; 4) restoring wetlands and other habitats; and 5) working with partners on outreach and accountability. The third and fifth focus areas have the most overlap with the WNY Sustainability Plan because they address common issues and themes. The third focus area includes tar-geting high-priority watersheds and reducing polluted runoff from a variety of sources (urban, suburban, and agricultural), and the fifth focus area includes the formation of strategic partnerships and undertaking outreach efforts.

Great Lakes Compact. The Great Lakes Compact is a multi-state agreement to adopt water-conservation plans and to abide by Compact rules for allowing and managing diversions of Great Lakes water.

Beyond Waste Plan. The Beyond Waste Plan is a sus-tainable materials management strategy for New York State (December 2010). The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) funded this strategy that provides an in-depth look at improving waste management, focusing on how waste originates and emphasizing increasing recycling efforts statewide. NYSDEC estimates that nearly 21 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) GHG emissions could be reduced by implementing this plan.

Concurrent Planning Efforts

One Region Forward. Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the GBNRTC is playing a lead role in preparing a Regional Plan for Sustainable Development. The two-county plan covering Erie and Niagara counties will serve as a roadmap for improving mobility, pro-moting more efficient land use patterns, strengthening basic infrastructure, growing a 21st century economy, assuring broad access to healthy food, protecting housing and neighborhoods, and responding to the challenge of global climate change.

Buffalo Green Code. The City of Buffalo is currently revising the city’s land use and zoning policies to pro-mote investment, facilitate job creation, and improve the environment. The revisions are intended to help create a healthy, sustainable, and prosperous com-munity and have been championed by local residents throughout the city. The goal of the Green Code is the economic resurgence, community renewal, and environmental repair of Buffalo.

WNY Regional Economic Development Council. The WNY REDC is made up representatives from each of the region’s five counties—Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara. Ten regional councils for New York State, each with its own unique economic strengths and challenges, were created by Governor Cuomo as a key component of his approach to state-wide economic development. The WNY REDC is a public-private partnership made up of local experts and stakeholders from business, academia, local gov-ernment, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The REDC convenes ongoing work groups and encour-ages stakeholder engagement to address regional issues pertaining to economic growth, including encouraging smart growth, fostering a culture of entre-preneurship, and preparing our workforce. In 2011, WNY was named a best plan awardee and received $100.3 million for the implementation of its plan, WNY REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity.

Buffalo Investment Strategy, Metropolitan Business

Plan. New York State is helping the Buffalo area to realize immediate economic growth while setting the foundation for sustainable economic opportunity for future generations. Governor Cuomo committed an historic $1 billion in state funds to the Buffalo area economy to enable the region to attract an additional $5 billion in investment from across the country and around the globe. This planning effort is currently under way and builds on the guiding principles denoted in the WNY REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity.


2 Regional Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory

As part of the CGC Program, each region in New York State was required, under the terms of its NYSERDA grant, to complete a GHG inventory to provide a baseline indication of emissions sources for the region. Each region would then be able to use the GHG inventory results to identify priorities for developing sustainability goals and actions.

Purpose of the GHG InventoryThe WNY regional GHG inventory provides specific information for county and local decision makers to use in prioritizing local efforts to reduce GHG emissions. While a Tier I, or “top down” inventory, uses only alloca-tion and averages to estimate regional emissions, the Tier II analysis completed for this project uses a “bottom up” approach, using local utility usage or other specific regional data to create the inventory. Specific Tier II data were used when available, prioritizing efforts to collect

information on large GHG emission sources or sources where specific data provided important information to the WNY Sustainability Plan Working Groups. Data sources for each sector are defined in the discussion of each sector in this document. A regional GHG inventory is a collection of data summarizing the sources of GHG within and specific to a region, quantifying the GHG emissions that result from these sources.


AGRICULTURE

2%WASTEWATER TREATMENT

1%SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT

2%

OZONE-DEPLETINGSUBSTANCES

2% INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES

1%

TRANSMISSIONLOSSES

6%INDUSTRIAL ENERGY

CONSUMPTION

6%

WNY GHG Emissions 17.5 Million MT CO2e

COMMERCIALENERGY

CONSUMPTION

17%RESIDENTIAL ENERGY

CONSUMPTION

25%

TRANSPORTATION

38%

Figure 1 WNY CO2e Emissions Baseline Year 2010

Methodology for the GHG InventoryTo establish a uniform method for the development of the regional GHG inventories, NYSERDA established the GHG Inventory Protocol Working Group, assigned to develop the NY GHG Protocol for the CGC Program. The Protocol Working Group was made up of members from other regional teams in the state, as well as representa-tives of New York State agencies such as the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC), and NYSERDA. NYSERDA also provided a preliminary Tier I GHG inventory, developed in April 2012, to provide a regional GHG inventory for each region which was based on allocation of state-level energy data. The Protocol Working Group collaborated for seven months to develop a regional GHG inventory protocol and reporting template to provide a summary of the agreed-upon GHG inventory calculation methods and to report the resulting GHG inventory for each region. Valuable lessons were learned by the NYGHG Protocol Group through the NYGHG Protocol development process. Most importantly, energy use, transportation

priorities, and data availability vary significantly across the state, and this work provides key information to manage the variety. To be useful, this data needs to be collected and analyzed in a consistent, transparent, and replicable fashion. The WNY regional planning team utilized discus-sions and references from the Protocol Working Group to assemble a Tier II GHG inventory, which relies on specific regional data to the extent possible. The Tier II regional GHG inventory for WNY provides specific information for state, county, and local decision makers to use in prioritizing state-wide as well as local efforts to reduce GHG emissions. The results of the Tier II GHG inventory for WNY are summarized below. For complete information on the GHG inventory calculation methods and results see Appendix E, Tier II GHG Inventory Report.

The total GHG emissions for 2010 in WNY were estimated at 17.5 million metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equiva-lents (CO2e) or 12.48 MT CO2e per capita. A breakdown of the emissions by sector is provided in Figure 1 below.

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GHG Inventory Data Collection, Calculation Methods, and ResultsAs stated above, the Tier II GHG Inventory for WNY uti-lized the method and reporting template developed by the Protocol Working Group. These methods, calculations, and the WNY CGC Regional GHG Inventory Reporting Template are included in Appendix E. The WNY regional GHG inventory used data from 2010 for the baseline year, in order to coincide with the most recent U.S. Census. The inventory includes an evaluation of the following sectors: electricity generation and consumption; direct stationary energy consumption; transportation; industrial process sources; energy transmission losses; solid waste and wastewater management; and agriculture and forestry.

Electricity Generation and Consumption

Electricity is categorized and tabulated in two separate ways in the GHG inventory: generation and consump-tion. Generation refers to the electricity created at power plants in the region, and the direct GHG emis-sions are calculated based on the specific type of fuel used. Consumption refers to electricity used in the region, and these emissions are considered indirect and calculated from sales data provided by supply companies and average emission factors. The differ-ence between generation and consumption, allowing for the transmission and distribution losses from regional consumption, represents electricity that is exported and therefore consumed outside the region.

The WNY region generated 23.8 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2010, resulting in 9.8 MT CO2e. Most of this energy, more than 13.6 million MWh, was generated without direct GHG emissions at the Robert Moses hydroelectric plant in Niagara County. Sixty percent of the electricity generated in WNY was exported to other regions of the state.

As renewable energy results in almost zero emissions, most GHG emissions from electricity generation in the region are from the use of coal. Figure 2 shows the GHG emissions from WNY grid-tied electricity generation.

In 2008, New York State emitted approximately 254 million MT CO2e GHG emissions, equating to about 13.09 MT CO2e per resident. This represents about 3.7% of GHG emissions from the United States, although New York has 6.3% of the U.S. population: New York’s per capita GHG emissions are approximately 43% below the U.S. average of 22.1 MT CO2e per capita (NYS Climate Action Interim Plan, 2010). New York’s

high percentage of renewable electrical energy and the population-dense urban region of New York City, which has smaller homes and public transportation, are likely the reason that New York is well below the U.S. average. In WNY, lower than average industrial and commercial energy use are likely the reason per capita averages are below the state and national levels.

Figure 2 WNY 2010 Grid-Tied Electricity Generation GHG Emissions

FUEL OIL

0.16%MUNICIPAL WASTE

3.22%

NATURAL GAS

2.09%

PETROLEUM COKE

5.09%TIRES

0.31%

WOOD

0.01%

COAL

89%

WNY Electricity Grid-Tied Generation GHG Emissions(9.8 Million MT CO

2e)


While WNY contributes to a big portion of New York’s renewable energy (about 45%), the region also con-tributes a big portion of the state’s electricity genera-tion GHG emissions (about 20%). Regional priorities should continue to build on the region’s renewable assets while facilitating a shift from high-carbon energy sources.

In the WNY region, 9.0 million MWh of electricity were consumed, resulting in 2 million MT CO2e that is attrib-uted to the region’s use of electricity. This represents 11% of all the GHG emissions generated in the region. Figure 3 shows the percentage of electricity consump-tion by sector.

Direct Stationary Energy Consumption

Direct consumption of other fuels includes the use of natural gas, distillate and residual fuel oil (but not gasoline), propane and liquid natural gas, and wood or biomass. This energy use in residential, commercial, and industrial facilities amounted to 6.4 million MT CO2e, or 36% of WNY regional GHG emissions.

Industrial Process Sources

Emissions resulting from industrial processes or fugitive system emissions are considered separately from building and facility emissions. These emissions include emissions from industries such as metal processing and pulp and paper production as well as fugitive refrigerants and lubricants such as SF6 and hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) and chloro-fluorocarbon (CFC). This category represents a small percentage (3%), of emissions in the region.

Energy Transmission Losses

GHG emissions are also attributed to losses in energy resulting from transmission, either through the loss of power through the generation of heat, in the case of electricity, or from direct emission losses of natural gas. These emissions represent 6% of GHG emissions in the WNY region.

Transportation

Energy consumption from the operation of vehicles and mobile sources includes a broad range of uses. All mobile sources result in 6.6 million MT CO2e, or 38% of regional GHG emissions (see Figure 4). On-road vehicle travel represents the majority of transportation total emissions, while emissions from aircraft, rail, and marine vessels represent a small percentage of this category. Non-road mobile sources such as construc-tion equipment, landscaping equipment, and recre-ational vehicles (including boats and snowmobiles) are included as well. Figure 5 provides a breakdown of transportation GHG emissions by source.

Figure 3 WNY 2010 Electricity Consumption by Sector

INDUSTRIAL

29%

COMMERCIAL

30%

RESIDENTIAL

42%

Electricity Consumption in WNY (9 Million MWh)


Figure 4 WNY 2010 Grid-Tied Electricity Generation

WNY Grid-tied Net Electricity Generation Million Megawatt-hours (MWh)

ON-ROAD VEHICLES

86%

COMMERCIAL MARINE VESSELS

1%

NON-ROAD VEHICLES

9%

AIRCRAFT

2%RAILROAD

3%

Western New York Transportation GHG Emissions(6.6 Million MT CO

2e—37% of Regional Western New York Total)

Figure 5 WNY 2010 Transportation GHG Emissions by Source


Agriculture

GHG emissions from manure management, livestock populations, and fertilizer applications are primarily methane and nitrogen dioxide. These operations represent only 2% of regional GHG emissions.

Forestry

Forests in rural areas and even in some urban areas can represent a source for carbon absorption. While this source is a complex and difficult sector to estimate accurately, the GHG inventory provides an assess-ment of current carbon sink values of existing rural and urban forests within the region. Research into the amount of carbon stored in trees and forests has

been used to estimate the total CO2e stored in the region’s forests and also the annual amount of GHG emissions absorbed by urban trees. Total forest carbon is estimated based on types and amount of forest land in the region. It is estimated that 306 million MT CO2e is sequestered in WNY regional forests. In addition, urban trees can provide an important carbon sink in the region. Urban forest carbon is calculated based on the estimated density of trees and the amount of urban space in the region. Urban trees sequester 0.3 million MT CO2e of GHG emissions annually in WNY.

Solid Waste and Wastewater Management

Unlike energy use emissions, which are mostly carbon dioxide (CO2), emissions from waste and wastewater management consist primarily of methane and nitrogen dioxide, resulting from the breakdown of organic materials. Most waste-related methane emis-sions are controlled by methane capture for energy production or flaring. GHG emissions are attributed to the region based on the amount of waste gener-ated during 2010. Waste and wastewater result in only a small amount of GHG emissions in our region (1.8% and 0.8%, respectively). Most landfill methane, more than 70%, is captured and used to generate electricity in the region, reducing the climate impacts of the methane by preventing its release into the atmosphere and replacing other GHG-emitting fuels used for electricity generation.

Grazing dairy cows, Allegany County

Conclusion WNY GHG emissions are similar to state averages for most sectors, except the percentage of commercial and industrial emissions is lower. As WNY expands its economy, it will be important to address the inevi-table increases in energy use and activity that could

increase regional GHG emission levels in total and on a per capita basis. Addressing the efficiency of existing buildings, transportation, and other activities will also help ensure a decline in GHG emissions as the regional economy grows.


3 Energy ResourcesTo ensure energy sustainability it is essential to promote energy efficiencies, increase renewable energy generation capacity, identify potential upgrades to conventional energy generation facilities, and support innovative tech-nologies. Cost, potential energy savings, and GHG emission reductions as well as short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies to achieve energy sustainability also must be evaluated. The following were considered in the development of the region’s energy goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Increasing and promoting energy efficiency of existing buildings;

Evaluation of energy efficient building standards for new construction;

Analysis of existing financing tools that support energy efficiency and renewable energy investment;

Consideration of innovative ownership, financing, or leasing mechanisms for renewable energy systems;

Development of community-scale energy systems; and

Energy generation, use, and on-site combustion by building type (residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional).

Energy plays a significant role in the generation of GHG emissions in the WNY region. In 2010, approximately 48% of regional GHG emissions come from energy consumption in buildings and facilities. Of the electricity generation in WNY, approximately 60% is exported out of the region, evidence of the strength of the resource in our region. Additional data regarding GHG emissions associated with energy consumption and generation are provided in the GHG Inventory Memo, Appendix E.

Electricity generation in WNY comes from a diverse range of fuel sources. In 2011, more than

66% of the electricity generated within the WNY region was from renewable sources.


3.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe energy indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline conditions of the region. These indicators were used to inform the goals established to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy, which will result in decreased GHG emissions. Additional detail on the sustainability indicators is provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.

A more in-depth look

ENERGY

Energy efficiency projects

saved 186,154 MMBtu

in WNY in 2010

Energy Savings Realized ThroughEnergy Efficiency ProjectsYear: 2010

Data SourcesNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority. (2012).

1,44410,211 10,397

148,525

15,577

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

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MM

BTU

Energy Saved Through Implementation ofEnergy Efficiency Projects


ENERGY

Average energy

consumption per person

is 181 MMBtu per year

Energy Consumption Per CapitaYear: 2010

39%Transportation

33%Residential

7% Industrial

21%Commercial

How does WNY Consume

its Energy?Data SourcesEcology and Environment, Inc. (2012). Cleaner, Greener Communities Western New York Regional Tier II Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

* For a complete list of data sources, refer to CGC WNY Regional Tier II GHG Inventory.

INDICATOR Energy Consumption

Per Capita

In 2010, the average energy con-sumption per capita in the region was 181 MMBtu, which includes energy consumed for residential, commercial, industrial and transportation uses. According to the United States Energy Information Administration, the New York State average per capita energy consumption was 192 MMBtu; the national average was 317 MMBtu. Implementation of actions that work to increase energy efficiency in all sectors within the region will reduce this number as long as the population remains constant.

INDICATOR Energy Savings Realized

Through Energy Efficiency

Projects

Energy savings generated by specific energy efficiency projects can provide more imme-diate estimates of energy reductions. In 2010, NYSERDA energy-efficiency program projects in the region accounted for a sav-ings of 186,154 MMBtu. This indicator pro-vides continued tracking of energy savings gained through projects funded through new or existing NYSERDA funding, and other utility programs.

3-2 3 ENERGY RESOURCES

INDICATOR Electricity Generated from

Renewable Sources

The expansion of renewable energy is a goal of New York State through the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS), of 30% renewable electricity generation by 2015. WNY is a key contributor to this goal because 58% of the electricity generated in the region in 2010 was from renewable sources and 66% was renewable in 2011. The variability of the amount of renew-able energy generation from 2010 to 2011 was due to fluctuations in energy produced by the region as managed for the NY Independent System Operator (NYISO) by the Public Service Commission (PSC). Of the renewable electricity produced in the region, almost all (98%) is from hydropower associated with the Robert Moses hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls. Other renewable electricity generation sources include wind power, biomass, and landfill gas, which together represent only 2% of the region’s renewable energy generation. This provides the region an opportunity to increase the amount of renewable energy produced by increasing this type of renewable energy generation.

INDICATOR Average Carbon Dioxide

Emissions per MWh of Electricity

Generated

The other 42% of electricity generated in the region comes from the combustion of more carbon-intensive fuels (e.g., coal, natural gas, petroleum coke, tires, waste-to-energy), a major source of GHG emissions in the region. The average CO2 emissions per MWh of elec-tricity generated in the region, including all sources, was 899.99 lbs CO2/MWh for 2010, which is higher than the upstate average for consumption (approximately 500 lbs CO2/MWh), despite the 58% of electricity generated in the region coming from non-emitting, renewable energy sources. Tracking this average provides information on the region’s progress towards reducing GHG emissions.


ENERGY

Renewable sources

have generated

15,010,892 MWh,

or 66% of electricity

in WNY

Electricity Generated from Renewable SourcesYear: 2011

Data SourcesU.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy. (2012). Reporting programs (Form 923) for all electricity generators.

14,744,871

6,840,573

233,830

290,395

221,460

199,165

38,482

6,079

20,507

02,0

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NaturalGas

LandfillGas

MunicipalWaste

Wind Wood Fuel Oil

Electricity Generation by Source (MWh)

Renewable Sources


ENERGY

On average, 899.99 lbs

of CO2 was emitted per

MWh of electricity

generated in WNY in 2010

Average Carbon Dioxide EmissionsPer MWh of Electricity GeneratedYear: 2010

Data SourcesU.S. Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy. (2011). Reporting programs (Form 923) for all electricity generators.

0 0

1,103

1,676

2,176 2,213

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900

0

500

1000

1500

2000

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Fuel Oil

Coal PetroleumCoke

Tires All Sources

CO2 Emissions by Source (lbs/MWh)


INDICATOR Climate Smart

Communities

Nine communities that have made a pledge to become a Climate Smart Community. This initiative signifies a com-munity’s dedication to reduce GHG emissions and adapt to climate change. To carry out the pledge, communities must develop a climate action plan and set goals for GHG emissions reductions. Climate Smart Communities ben-efit from making more informed decisions that encourage energy security, promote smart economic growth, protect the environment and, ultimately, improve the quality of life for current and future residents.

INDICATOR Regional Greenhouse

Gas Emissions

Since the majority of GHG emis-sions are from energy use, it is important to consider the overall GHG emissions from all sources, as described in the Tier II GHG Inventory, on a per capita basis. In 2010 this average per capita was 12.48 MT CO2e. The goals and strategies included in this Plan have been developed to consider reductions in overall GHG emissions; therefore as this Plan is implemented this indicator will go down, as long as the population remains constant.


ENERGY

9 communities in WNY

have pledged to become a

Climate Smart Community

Climate Smart CommunitiesYear: 2013

Data SourcesNew York State Department ofEnvironmental Conservation. (2013).List of Climate Smart Communities: New York State’s Climate Partners. Retrieved March, 2013 from http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/56876.html

n-depth look


ENERGY

WNY’s 2010 baseline

greenhouse gas emissions

were 17,473,481 MT CO2e,

or 12.48 MT CO2e

per person

Regional Greenhouse Gas EmissionsYear: 2010

1,043,685Industrial Energy

Consumption

4,421,513Residential Energy Consumption

403,144 Agriculture140,000 Waste Water Treatment

315,347 Solid Waste Mgmt.320,462 Ozone Depleting Substances

245,562 Industrial Processes1,000,961 Transmission Losses

6,614,316Transportation

2,968,491Commercial Energy

Consumption

Where do WNY’s GHG Emissions

Come From?(MT CO2e)

Data SourcesEcology and Environment, Inc. (2012). Cleaner, Greener Communities Western New York Regional Tier II Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

* For a complete list of data sources, refer to CGC WNY Regional Tier II GHG Inventory.


3.2 Sustainability Goals and Strategies

Of the total GHG emissions for the region, approximately 48% result from residential, commercial, and industrial energy consumption. A reduction in the GHG emissions associated with consumption in the region can be real-ized through implementation of energy efficiencies and conservation. Energy efficiency and conservation programs, such as those programs offered through NYSERDA, are aimed at identifying opportunities to reduce energy consumption in residential, commer-

cial, and industrial settings, thereby decreasing GHG emissions. Increased use of existing funding programs can be realized through awareness, education, and tech-nical assistance programs that can be targeted strategi-cally to specific markets including local governments, businesses, and homeowners. The strategies below work to expand the implementation of existing and the development of new energy efficiency programs and conservation practices throughout the region.

Energy Sustainability Goal 1: Promote energy efficiency and conservation efforts throughout WNY in the most environmentally sound and cost-effective way, which provides access to these programs for people at all income levels and business sizes and results in a real reduction of GHG emissions.

GOAL

Zero Energy Demonstration Home at Alfred State College, Wellsville, Allegany County

Energy efficiency pertains to technological tools or infrastructure enhancements that

reduce energy consumption (e.g., installing a programmable thermostat to reduce

energy draw from heating, cooling, and ventilation when your house is unoccupied).

Energy conservation refers to adjustments in human behavior to reduce energy

consumption (i.e., integrating cleaning activities into daytime operations to avoid having

to keep buildings lit and heated during unoccupied night times).


STRATEGY Promote clear and simplified access,

navigation, and implementation of

energy efficiency funding programs and

education on energy conservation

options through one-stop websites or

other public outreach tools.

To assist with implementation of energy efficiency mea-sures, both public and private customers can apply for funding, technical support, or reduced power pricing through NYSERDA, the New York Power Authority (NYPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), as well as the local power utilities. A one-stop interactive website could be developed that would identify existing oppor-tunities for potential funding sources for residential, commercial, or industrial energy efficiency projects, as well as detailed information about the respec-tive funding process. The website could also include educational outreach to the general public regarding energy conservation practices that would further work to reduce energy consumption.

A one-stop website could be developed by a local col-lege or university that has students enrolled in technical programs geared toward energy efficiency, renewable energy or sustainability degree programs such as Alfred State College, Alfred University, or Jamestown Community College. The development of the website could be a student project and then maintained by that college or university. With the involvement of a local college/university this strategy could be implemented and maintained with limited funding that could poten-tially be obtained through NYSERDA or other programs, which aims to promote energy efficiency and installa-tion of clean technologies to reduce energy costs and reduce GHG emissions.

STRATEGY Conduct focused outreach to mid-sized

businesses and industries and mid-

income families that inform them on

existing funding opportunities for energy

efficiencies upgrades.

Many existing energy-efficiency programs from federal, state, and local government, utilities, non-government organizations (NGOs), and other organizations are avail-

able in the region. There are programs that provide public outreach to lower-income consumers, such as small businesses and low-income families regarding financial incentives that are available. Larger energy consumers, such as large commercial-industrial facilities tend to implement energy-saving measures because there are fiscal incentives to reduce energy use and they have the upfront capital needed to implement such measures. Mid-sized businesses and middle income residents are eligible for some additional programs such as NYSERDA’s Green Jobs/Green New York program that offers reduced cost or free home energy audits, as well as traditional or On-Bill Recovery financing. Additionally, mid-sized businesses are eligible for NYSERDA’s Flex Tech and Existing Buildings programs. However, gen-erally participation in these programs is low due to the lack of focused outreach to these communities to educate them on the existing programs.

A potential solution would be to create public outreach program that would work increase aware-ness of energy efficiency opportunities for funding through existing programs that are available to mid-income families and businesses. The program could be implemented locally by a community non-profit organization such as PUSH Buffalo who is already doing such work for low-income communities. A pro-gram like this could work with the existing NYSERDA-contracted organizations across the state that have been working to help build trusted relationships with

Yahoo Energy-Efficient Data Center, Niagara County


property owners to increase program participation and thereby reduce the costs of mass advertising and marketing. The goal of the program would be to make energy efficiencies available to a large portion of the community resulting in such upgrades being more affordable to implement and extending energy cost savings. As these existing funding opportunities are identified and potential gaps are identified, there may be a need to develop an additional regional financing vehicle, such as a regional revolving loan fund, that could provide additional opportunities for property and business owners throughout the region. However, any additional regional funding opportunities would not be eligible for existing or new NYSERDA funding, and additional funding options for a program such as these would need to be explored further.

STRATEGY Encourage municipalities to implement

energy efficiency programs, energy

conservation practices and renewable

energy within municipal operations

through the promotion of programs such

as NY’s Climate Smart Communities and

considering regulations and incentives

that stimulate such programs in the

community.

Municipalities also have the ability to increase energy efficiency in the community through the adoption of stricter codes or regulations. Municipalities should be aware that when considering implementing energy efficiency codes or standards for new construction or major renovation, in some cases incentive programs may be the most effective tool for promoting both sus-tainability and economic development goals. Doing so can be very effective at meeting sustainability goals in an area with a growing population. However, in areas without prominent growth the implementation of stricter codes could deter development, due to actual or perceived high cost of construction. In these cases, voluntary incentive programs may be preferable.

Technical assistance from programs like NYS’s Climate Smart Communities Program can help municipalities evaluate what types of regulatory changes and/or

incentive programs would be the most effective for them to employ to increase efficiency. An essential part of the program included education to the public regarding mechanisms that can be implemented to achieve emission reductions, and demonstration of methods to implement energy efficiency and con-servation. The Climate Smart Communities program also encourages municipalities to create individual climate action plans to reduce GHG emissions when considering their own municipal operations.

Local governments consume energy and generate GHG emissions through their operations. Assessments of energy use and GHG emissions were identified as effective tools to improve the sustainability footprint of local governmental agencies. Additional programs for municipalities to reduce their GHG emissions include conducting a study to evaluate the electricity loads of a municipality’s top energy users, as well as conducting a GHG inventory of municipal operations that includes identification of methods to reduce specific GHG emissions. Furthermore, as local govern-ments begin to incorporate energy efficiencies and conservation practices, there is a potential to set an example to their residents.

These types of studies and programs will need to be implemented by the respective municipality or county and would require in-kind funding from municipal budgets as well as support from energy efficiency pro-grams such as New York State Department of State’s Local Government Efficiency Program. The additional staff that may be required to support such work could be sustained beyond the initial studies through cost saving associated with the energy saved through energy efficiency and conservation programs.

STRATEGY Promote energy efficiency programs in

business and industry through establish-

ment of the Green Business Roundtable.

The development of a Green Business Roundtable would be an example of a resource that would encourage and assist businesses to increase energy


efficiencies and conservation that would reduce their carbon footprint and other environmental impacts. Establishing this type of collaboration in the region would not only provide existing sustainable busi-nesses a peer to peer resource to help them network to improve their programs but would also be an effec-tive marketing tool to get other businesses to adopt sustainable practices and GHG reduction objectives.

At a minimum the Green Business Roundtable will include the following:

Presentations and training regarding sustainable business practices and services;

An environmental benchmarking system for track-ing GHG reductions as well as other environmental and economic benefits;

A recognition program to recognize and reward businesses for sustainable accomplishments;

Marketing and outreach program to continually recruit business participants;

Organizing business partnerships to further sustainable goals;

Development of a an independent, self-supporting sustainable business collaboration, and

Adoption of a business advisory board to direct and determine all of the roundtable’s programs and initiatives.

The development of this program would require funding to establish the infrastructure of the round-table and build membership and support from the business sector to the point where the membership through a participation fee structure would sustain the effort. Potential funding through a USEPA P2 Grant and could assist with the initial startup costs.

STRATEGY Promote distributed power and the

eco-industrial business model of co-locat-

ing symbiotic industrial processes and

other methods.

Efficiencies in industrial applications can be realized by co-locating symbiotic processes (i.e., facilities that use each other’s products or by-products) and using on-site power generation. These practices have been termed the eco-industrial business model and have been identified as an innovative way to increase industrial efficiencies and attract new business to the region. This type of process is currently being utilized within the region. Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy facility located in Niagara Falls provides its steam by-product to neighboring industries that require steam for their processes, which result in decreased overall energy consumption.

This strategy requires symbiotic industries to be sited near each other. Therefore implementation of this strategy remains ultimately with the industries to iden-tify when this would be beneficial. However it could also be a consideration from local planning boards when reviewing the siting of new industry in their munici-palities. The costs of implementation could be funded by NYS Empire State Development Environmental Investment Program, which is a financial assistance program to help businesses capture the economic ben-efits of pollution prevention, waste reduction, and reuse and recycling, including awards for the use of industrial wastes into higher value products.


Buffalo Niagara International Airport,

Solar Panels, Erie County

Energy Sustainability Goal 2: Increase renewable energy generation in the WNY region (including technologies listed in the NYS Renewable Portfolio Standard: solar water heat, photovoltaic, land-fill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, fuel cells, anaerobic digestion, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, and fuel cells using renewable fuel, and geothermal).

GOAL

Electricity generation in the region accounts for 9.8 million MT CO2e annually, which includes electricity that is exported and consumed outside the region. As mentioned earlier, approximately 66% of the electricity produced in the region is from renewable sources, of which 98% is from the Robert Moses hydroelectric plant in Niagara Falls. Therefore there is significant opportunity to increase other forms of renewable energy within the region.

Renewable energy development is also currently con-strained due to regulatory hurdles such as municipal home rule, the lack of an expedited screening process (i.e., NYS Article 10 uniform siting law), and public opposition. Increased generation and use of renew-able energy will significantly lower GHG emissions.

Current regulatory processes can be cumbersome for siting small-scale projects. It is essential that regulatory reforms that promote innovative renewable energy development are adopted.

Upgrading the aging transmission infrastructure, as called for in the NYS Energy Highway Program, can relieve congestion, promote distributed generation, and reduce line loss. In addition, constraints on the transmission of energy can also inhibit renewable development; local transmission line improvements would allow new projects to be connected to the larger grid, and regional line improvements would allow renewable power to be transmitted to higher paying regions (i.e., New York Independent System Operator [NYISO] Zones G-K).


STRATEGY Complete a feasibility analysis to inform

the potential development of an imple-

mentation-ready, written, regional

feed-in-tariff (FIT) program to spur renew-

able energy development and job

creation, using successful programs in

Germany, Ontario, and Long Island

as models.

The implementation of a feed-in-tariff program in the region could potentially increase the rate of develop-ment of renewable energy projects. A feed-in-tariff is a long-term contract that could be put in place by the New York Power Authority to establish a long-term, fixed-rate power purchase agreement. Implementation of a feed-in-tariff program in the region would require action at the state level, however, planning stakeholders felt that the strategy is worthy of a feasibility study to determine the potential benefits and challenges for the region from the implementation of a feed-in-tariff. The outcome of the study should determine an entity, such as a local utility, that could implement a pilot program in the region. This would also require a decision from the NYS Public Services Commission.

A feasibility study could be undertaken by the Sierra Club, as they are currently advocating for this type of program in the region. The funding of the feasibility study could be supported by funding through New York State Empire State Development Economic Development Fund.

STRATEGY Promote the use and development of

renewable energy through demonstration

projects that integrate public education.

Public opposition to renewable energy generation projects can prohibit these types of projects from being permitted and built, and thus it is important to incor-

porate public education as a tool in promoting the use and development of renewable energy. One strategy to combat the public opposition is the development of highly visible renew-able energy generation projects that serve as an opportunity to educate the

public on the benefits and opportunities for renewable energy generation. One example of this in the region is the University at Buffalo (UB) Solar Strand, which was placed into service April 2012. The UB Solar Strand is a 750-kilowatt, 3,200 photovoltaic array that generates electricity for the university which is also open to the public, serving as a natural classroom for UB students, as well as K-12 classrooms. This project was funded through the university and NYPA. Another example of this type of demonstration project is Alfred State College’s Zero Energy Demonstration Home that was built by students and is used as a learning tool for the college.

There is an opportunity for projects similar to the UB Solar Strand and the Zero Energy Demonstration Home that demonstrates other types of renewable energy to be integrated into other colleges and universities in the region. For example, Daemen College is in the process of developing a geothermal demonstration project with funding from US Department of Energy, NYSERDA, and funding from private foundations.

STRATEGY Encourage the installation of renewable

energy such as solar, wind and geother-

mal in new and existing developments.

There is an opportunity to incorporate individual renewable energy installations into new and existing buildings. The installation of renewable energy can accommodate all or a portion of a building’s energy needs and will reduce the building’s energy costs and the energy needed from the grid. In order to encourage the implementation of these small-scale renewable energy installations the cost of these units must have a reasonable payback period to the customer. As the cost of these installations can be prohibitive to a majority of consumers, it can be offset by funding through NYSERDA (Existing Facilities Program, Solar PV Program Incentives, On-Site Wind Programs, Solar Thermal Program Incentives) and US Department of Energy (Solar Tax Incentives), which are eligible to residential, commercial and industrial customers.

UB Solar Strand, Amherst, Erie County


Energy Sustainability Goal 3: Upgrade existing conventional energy infrastructure in the WNY region in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.

GOAL

Coal-fired power plants provide 38% of the electricity generated in the WNY region while accounting for 89% of the GHG emissions associated with electricity generation. The generating capacity of these facilities is essential to the overall electricity on the grid, but progress can be made in reducing emissions and pro-moting sustainability.

STRATEGY Ensure fuel diversity in our region and

promote GHG reductions through the

support of co-firing biomass technology

as well as conversion to other less expen-

sive and GHG-intensive fuel sources at

existing coal-fired generating plants while

considering other environmental factors.

Fuel diversity and reduced emissions can be realized through partial or complete conversion of existing coal-fired generating plants to high efficiency, low emission biomass and other less GHG-intensive fuels. To encourage such conversion there needs to be a financial incentive in order to make the conversion financially

viable in the long term. The existing coal-fired plants in the region could make this transition to either high efficiency, low emission biomass or natural gas co-firing. They would need to start the process with a feasibility study that considers the cost to retrofit the current operations, as well as to ensure there are the proper mechanisms in place to ensure local fuel suppliers price and volume certainty for the fuel.

The conversion of these facilities to less GHG intensive fuel sources can result in significant reductions in GHG emissions. For example if the USNYPP Somerset Operating Facility converted a portion, 50MW of its generation to biomass, that would result in a decrease of GHG emissions by 10%. As these facilities begin converting and are made more financially viable, even further conversions can be achieved. Potential funding for these studies and the eventual upgrades to the facilities could be supported by the US Department of Energy or NYSERDA.

GHG Emissions by Electrical SourceFUEL OIL

0.16%MUNICIPAL WASTE

3.22%

NATURAL GAS

2.09%

PETROLEUM COKE

5.09%TIRES

0.31%

WOOD

0.01%

COAL

89%

WNY Electricity Grid-Tied Generation GHG Emissions(9.8 Million MT CO

2e)

Conventional energy generation produces significant GHG emissions in the region. Renewable energy generation associated with hydropower and wind does not produce GHG emissions.


Energy Sustainability Goal 4: Support innovative energy projects that are consistent with the sustainability goals of the region and encourage economic development.

GOAL

Great progress is often made from new ideas that have yet to be formulated. Other technologies are in their infancy but promise to deliver when they reach maturity. In order to maintain a stronghold in the sustainability arena, innovative technologies and programs must be considered. Support for energy education and development of new ideas will promote problem solving while spurring economic and intel-lectual development.

Some innovative technologies that should be pro-moted in the region include the following:

Distributed generation, such as fuel cells, and combined heat and power (CHP) to enable collec-tion of energy from many sources while reducing transmission losses.

The eco-industrial business model, through which networks of neighboring businesses use each other’s products or waste products as inputs (e.g., one facility’s waste heat could help heat green-houses for another enterprise).

Modern, environmentally compliant waste-to-energy facilities that produce power from a nontraditional fuel source while diverting waste from landfills.

STRATEGY Enhance existing programs that support

the development of sustainable

advanced manufacturing enterprises, as

well as innovative projects for alternative

energy generation within the region.

The region has the opportunity to become the hub of innovative alternative energy generation devel-opment, as well as supporting sustainable advance manufacturing that are currently under way in the region’s colleges and universities. For example, the Alfred State College School of Applied Technology is currently working to enhance current technologies and provide students opportunities to learn hands-on about sustainable construction, operation, and mainte-nance. Future plans for the college include the devel-opment of the Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Center (SAMC) that will integrate Alfred State’s existing machine tool, welding, and drafting/CAD students in a highly efficient facility where students will be trained in state-of-the-art techniques of sustainable manufac-turing, including lighting, HVAC, and motor upgrades, as well as process improvements through waste reduc-tion and Lean Six Sigma processes. The center will also be used for prototyping and to assist manufacturers in the development of new products and systems. A program like this will work to develop and enhance new technologies while producing graduates that will have the skill sets to be integrated into industry throughout the region. Funding for projects similar to this could be through NYSERDA’s Industrial and Process Efficiency Program.


3.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. These targets are intended as reasonable quantifica-tions that the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements the projects associated with this sustainability plan. Further information about the targets and associated indicators is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET The region’s target is to increase the

energy saved from the implementation of

NYSERDA-funded energy efficiency

projects by 34% or to 250,000 MMBtu

by 2015.

The implementation of strategies associated with Energy Goal 1 – Increase Energy Efficiency and Conservation will work to increase the number of energy efficiency projects within the region. It is important to set a target to increase the number of projects that are imple-mented within the region in order to show progress.

Energy-efficient projects reduce the overall energy demands of residential, commercial, and industrial con-sumers in the region. NYSERDA has many programs in place to assist end-users in implementing these projects. However, these programs can be underutilized. This can be accomplished through implementation of efficiency projects through more effective outreach and use of existing programs.

TARGET The region’s target is to increase renew-

able energy generation to 75% by 2025.

The implementation of strategies associated with the Energy Goal 2 – Renewable Energy can be measured by the amount of renewable energy genera-tion facilities that come on line. Since the region already produces 66% of its energy from renewable resources, of which 98% is from hydropower, setting a target to increase the amount of renewable generation that is from non-hydropower sources will work to increase the diversification of renewable generation facilities in the region while also increase the overall amount of renewable energy available on the grid.

This target is in line with the state’s goal of reducing statewide GHG emissions by 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. Due to varying interests in the region, consensus

was not met on this target. The established target listed above is based on input from the working group, the planning consortium, and readily available data. Some working group members pushed for a stronger target of 85% by 2025 and 100% by 2050. However, consensus was not met on these aggressive targets. Conventional generation facilities provide considerable tax revenue in their host communities. Additionally, many of the con-ventional generation facilities are in the process of partial or complete conversion to less GHG-intensive fuels (e.g., biomass and natural gas) or processes (e.g. combined cycle gas turbines). The 75% target can be met by the addition of one of the following: approximately 1,000 MW of additional wind turbines, approximately 1,800 MW of additional solar generation capacity, or approximately 650 MW of additional hydroelectric generation capacity.

Due to the region’s status as an exporter of electricity, the mix of electricity generated in the region does not necessarily represent the mix of electricity used in the region. However, it is a valuable measure of progress of the amount of installed renewable generation capacity. The total amount of electricity generated is a compli-cated mix of demand across the WNY region, state, and neighboring states, as orchestrated by the PSC.

TARGET The region’s target is to double the

number of Climate Smart Communities to

18 communities by 2015.

The implementation of the strategy will increase the number of NYS Climate Smart Communities, detailed in Goal 1 – Increase Energy Efficiency and Conservation. As this target is achieved the region will see progress toward meeting Energy Goals 1 and 2, as both energy efficiency/conservation and renewable energy is a priority for the Climate Smart Communities program.


3.4 Sustainability ActionsThe promotion of energy efficiencies, renewable energy development, upgrades to existing conven-tional energy facilities, and innovative energy technol-ogies are examples of actions that would benefit the WNY region and result in a more competitive energy economy that is aligned with the goals set forth in the WNY REDC’s Strategy for Prosperity. Implementation of these types of actions would also serve to realize direct and indirect reductions in GHG emissions.

The region’s economy would be advanced through the sustainment of existing employment in the energy industry and the creation of new jobs in sustainable energy development. The strategies of this plan are designed to create an environment where advance-ments in innovative energy technologies can be dis-covered, manufactured, and demonstrated locally. As a result WNY could become a hub of innovative energy

development that would entice new industries and skilled workers to the region.

Reducing the emissions associated with electrical gen-eration could be accomplished by reducing electricity generation in the region, or the more favorable option of replacing more GHG-intensive electricity sources with renewable energy, or other less intensive GHG energy sources. Therefore it is critical that the region pursue the goals and strategies discussed here, not just because of their positive economic benefits but for the added need to reduce our carbon emissions in the region in keeping with stated goals.

A summary of identified sustainable energy projects that align with the goals and strategies of this Plan is located on pages A-2 through A-8 of Appendix A.

There are currently 9 communities within the WNY region that have made a pledge to become a Climate Smart Community. These communities have pledged to identify ways to reduce GHG emissions, become energy independent, promote smart economic growth, protect the environment and ultimately, improve the quality of life for current and future residents, save taxpayer dollars and advance communities goals for health and safety, economic vitality, energy independence and quality of life. These communities must develop a climate action plan and set goals for GHG emissions reductions. As more communities sign on to this initiative, the GHG emissions produced within the region will ultimately be reduced.

TARGET The region’s target is to reduce the total

regional GHG emissions by 30% by 2020

from a 2010 baseline of 17.5 million

MTCO2e.

The implementation of the strategies associated with most of the goals discussed in this Plan will address

this overall target toward achieving sustainability in the region. As the sustainability strategies detailed in this Plan are implemented through the region, the region will experience a reduction of GHG emissions.

Total GHG emissions for the region are a composite of electricity consumption, direct energy use, transpor-tation, and other minor sources, as presented in the indicator section and the GHG inventory (Appendix E). Therefore, this target applies to subject areas aside from energy. Energy usage in buildings (not transporta-tion) accounts for approximately 48% of total regional GHG emissions. The target was established as a total target, rather than per capita, so the trend of declining population would not artificially increase the indicator value. Progress can be made by reducing overall energy consumption, converting to less GHG-intensive fuels for electricity generation and direct energy use, and implementing energy efficiency projects.


Steel Winds, Lackawanna, Erie County


4 Land Use and Livable Communities

Sustainability as it pertains to land use and livable communities in the WNY region includes the incorporation of smart growth principles in land use planning and the creation and preservation of livable communities. Because of the diversity of the WNY region, sustainability strategies need to consider how urban, suburban, village/hamlet, and rural communities can use land efficiently and sustainably while providing opportunities for economic growth and improved quality of life for their residents. The following were considered in the development of the region’s land use and livable communities goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Smart Growth principles work to

ensure that developments in urban,

suburban, and rural communities are

being coordinated so that they support

local economies as well as protect

the environment.

Potential to align infrastructure and transportation investments to support equitable land-use develop-ment throughout the region;

Identify ways to stimulate both public and private investment in mixed-use developments, brown-fields redevelopment, and adaptive reuse of existing buildings and historic structures within existing Main Streets and community centers;

Protection of natural ecosystems and encourage-ment of sustainable use of natural resources;

Consider the incorporation of natural ecosystems projects, including green infrastructure, in future land use development projects;

Evaluate future development within areas currently served by adequate water, sewer, and transporta-tion infrastructure; and

Consider ways to encourage the expansion of location-efficient housing and infrastructure to existing housing that increases access to employ-ment centers and transportation options.

Ischua Creek, Cattaraugus County


4.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe Land Use and Livable Communities indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline conditions of the region. These indicators were used to inform the goals established for land use and livable communities in the region. Additional indicators were considered but due to lack of data at the date of this Plan were not included. Additional detail on the sustainability indicators is provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.

Knox Farm State Park,

East Aurora, Erie County

In order to guide public officials and planners, this Plan identifies municipal centers, as defined by the New

York State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy

Act, as areas where future development that aligns with the principles of smart growth should be encouraged. These centers were identified for the express purpose of encouraging and facilitating targeted growth in loca-tion-efficient, developed areas with increased mobility options. The development of the municipal center’s mapping (Appendix F) was based on natural resource mapping, identification of main streets and community

centers, access to public transportation, proximity to major employment centers, brownfield opportunity areas, existing Local Waterfront Revitalization Plans (LWRPs) and environmental justice areas.

Several regional planning groups in WNY are addressing land use development, including the WNY REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group. The WNY REDC Smart Growth Work Group’s ongoing planning work is an opportu-nity to coordinate the goals of this Plan with regional economic development.


LAND USE

There are 0.23 acres of

developed land per

person in WNY

Developed Land Per CapitaYear: 2011

Data SourcesU.S. Geological Survey. 1997. 1992 New York Land Cover Dataset.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, NationalAgricultural Statistical Survey, Research and Development Division, Geospatial Information Branch, Spatial Analysis Research Section. 2011. New York Cropland Data Layer.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties of N.Y.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2000. Annual Estimates of the Resident Populationfor Counties of N.Y.

-5%

-20%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Change in Population

Change in Developed Land

Change in Population and Developed Land,1992-2011

107%

INDICATOR Developed Land

per Capita

Since 1992 the WNY region has experienced an unsustainable increase in acres of developed land. Over the past 20 years the region has experienced a 107% increase of developed land while over the same time period the region’s population decreased by 5%. The developed land per capita in 1992 was 0.103 acres per person and by 2011 it increased by more than double to 0.23 acres per person. However, the region’s developed land per capita is slightly lower compared with all of upstate New York (which excludes the nine downstate counties), which is 0.28 acres per person. As smart growth principles are implemented throughout the region, the amount of developed land per person should remain constant, and not increase.

4-2 4 LAND USE AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES

INDICATOR Agricultural

Land Loss

The region has lost 41.5 square miles of farmland each year for the past 20 years. This indicator should be considered alongside the developed land per capita indi-cator as both show that the region has been encroaching on agricultural lands for further development. This increased use of more land resources that is serving a shrinking population base has left urban areas in need of redevelopment and resulted in the loss of agricultural land and open space throughout the region. Implementation of actions that are focused on the preserva-tion and enhancement of agricultural lands will work to reduce this annual loss of agricultural lands throughout the region.

INDICATOR Housing and Transportation

Affordability

In 2009, the typical family in WNY spent 52% of its income on housing and transportation costs, which is in line with upstate New York as a whole, which also spends 52% on housing and transportation. According to the Center for Neighborhood Technology, any number less than 45% is considered affordable. Each of the counties in the region have affordability indexes greater than what is considered affordable. The three southern counties, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany, have the highest cost for this indicator due to the rural communities in this part of the region having high cost of transportation associated with the greater distances these residents often need to drive to reach necessities such as employment centers, schools, and shopping options. As the region implements strategies that reduce transportation options and associated costs while working to improve main streets, the region will become more affordable for the residents.

Agricultural land in 2011

Ag. Land Lost Since 1992


LAND USE

WNY has lost

41.5 square miles

of farmland each

year since 1992

Agricultural Land LossYear: 2011

Data SourcesU.S. Geological Survey. 1997. 1992 New York Land Cover Dataset.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistical Survey, Research and Development Division, Geospatial Information Branch, Spatial Analysis Research Section. 2011. New York Cropland Data Layer.


LAND USE

A typical family in WNY

spends 52% of its income

on transportation

and housing

Housing and Transportation Affordability Year: 2009

Data SourcesCenter for Neighborhood Technology (CNT).2009. H+T affordability index. http://htaindex.cnt.org.

20% 20% 21% 24% 22%

36% 37% 36%27% 30%

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10.00%

20.00%

30.00%

40.00%

50.00%

60.00% 56% 57% 57%51% 52%

Housing Costs Transportation Costs

Proportion of Median Income Spent on Transportation and Housing



INDICATOR Municipalities with a

Comprehensive Plan and

Zoning Code

Within the past 15 years, approximately 13% of municipalities in the region (24 out of 190) have adopted and updated their comprehensive plan and zoning code, an indication that these municipalities may be currently incorporating smart growth principles into their land use planning. While these updates are considered positive, it is critical to provide all local municipalities with the tools and support needed to assist them to make these updates and to increase the number of comprehensive plans and zoning codes in the WNY region that incorporate smart growth principles.

INDICATOR New Homes Built near

Municipal Centers

Sin ce 20 0 0, ap p rox imate l y 20% of all new homes were built within one-quarter mile of a municipal center. Municipal centers within the region as defined by New York State Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Policy include down-towns, central business districts, main streets, Brownfield Opportunity Areas, LWRP areas, public transit access locations, low-income census tracts or major employ-ment centers. This indicates that the majority of all new housing developments in the region are likely increasing the amount of developed land in the region as these new developments are likely being built on former agricul-tural or open space lands. This indicator should increase as smart growth principles are implemented throughout the region, resulting in a reduction of the loss of agricultural and developed area per capita.


LAND USE

20% (3,831 homes) of

WNY homes built since 2000

are within 1/4 mile of a

municipal center

New Homes Built Near Municipal CentersYear: 2010

Data SourcesN.Y. Department of Taxation and Finance, Office of Real Property Tax Services. 2011. 2010 Real Property Data.Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority; Southern Tier West; Allegany County. 2012. Public Transit Access Locations.Walk Score. 2012. Retrieved October, 2012 from www.walkscore.com.County planning staff, personal communication, September – October, 2012.N.Y. Department of State; New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012. Brownfield Opportunity Area and Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan Boundaries.U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) Dataset Version 6.1.U.S. Census Bureau. 2011. 2005-2009 AmericanCommunity Survey

Municipal Centers

Homes built in since 2010

Comp Plan only

Zoning Only

Comp Plan and Zoning

No Comp Plan or Zoning

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Both updated within last 15 yrs.


LAND USE

13% of municipalities in

WNY (24 of 190) have

updated both their

comprehensive plan

and zoning code within

the past 15 years

Municipalities with a Comprehensive Plan and Zoning CodeYear: 2012

Data SourcesN.Y. Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. 2008. Survey of Land Use Planning & Regulations in NYS, Appendix A: Directory of Basic Land Use Tools Used by Cities, Towns, and Villages.

County Planning Department, personal communication, September 2012.

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INDICATOR Population Living Near Public

Parks of Conservation Areas

In 2010, approximately 16% of the residents within the region live within one-quarter mile of a publicly owned public park, playground, athletic field or conservation area. This indicator should be considered in association with the public parks and con-servation areas per capita discussed below, as together they provide a understanding of the proximity and amount of public parks available to the community. The availability of these public open spaces are critical to create a livable community.

INDICATOR Public Parks and Conservation

Areas per Capita

There are 162 acres of public parks or conservation areas for every 1,000 residents within the region. This includes land classified as public parks, greenways, bike trails or publicly owned forest lands. This indicator should be considered in association with the population living near public parks and conservation areas discussed above, as together they provide a understanding of the proximity and number of public parks available to the community. The increased availability of public open spaces are critical to creating a livable community.


LAND USE

16% of WNY residents

(227,607 people) live within

a 1/4 mile of public park

and conservation areas

Population Living Near Public Parkand Conservation AreasYear: 2010

Data SourcesErie County Department of Environment & Planning; Niagara County Department of Economic Development; Southern Tier West. 2012. Parcel Boundary Data.

N.Y. Office of Cyber Security. 2010. NYS Public Land Boundaries.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. TIGER/Line Shapefile, New York, 2010 Census Block State-based.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2012. TIGER/Line Shapefile, New York, Roads.

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13.9%

18.9%

16.6%15.5% 16.3%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

Allegany Cattaraugus Chautauqua Erie Niagara WNY

Population within Walking Distance of a Public Park and Conservation Areas


LAND USE

There are 162 acres of

public park and

conservation areas for

every 1,000 people

living in WNY

Public Park and Conservation Areas Per CapitaYear: 2010


NYS Office of Cyber Security. 2010. NYS Public Land Boundaries.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. Summary File 1: New York State, Total Population by County.

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Summer Street, Ellicottville,

Cattaraugus County

INDICATOR Walkability of Local

Main Streets

In 2012, 58% of the region’s main streets were rated very walkable or better. These are main streets that have infrastructure that allow pedestrians to safely access a variety of amenities along the main street such as groceries, drug stores, restaurants, and other shops and entertainment options while also having safe access to public transportation. An example of a “walker’s paradise” is East Aurora’s Main Street, which has recently been updated to increase sidewalk and road infrastructure to accommodate walkers and bicyclists throughout the entire stretch of the village. It should be noted that the calculation of this score has some issues in rural communities throughout the region due to the limitation of www.walkscore.com. An example of this is the Village of Alfred in Allegany County, which is a very walkable community but is only rated “somewhat walkable” using the calculation from www.walkscore.com. As communities incorporate smart growth into their planning it is likely that the walkability of local main streets will improve throughout the region.

INDICATOR Waterfront Municipalities with a

Local Waterfront Revitalization

Programs

In 2012, 38% of “waterfront communities” as defined by the NYS Department of State (NYSDOS) have an approved LWRP. A LWRP pro-vides comprehensive support and planning for critical issues regarding waterfront management and development. This is an indicator that shows progress toward increasing the number of com-munities in the region that are considering spe-cific land use polices that protect and promote waterfront resources in the community.

Approved LWRP

Environmental ProtectionFund LWRP

Waterfront Communitieswithout LWRP


LAND USE

38% of waterfront

municipalities in WNY

have a NYS approved LWRP

Waterfront Municipalities with a Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP)Year: 2012

Data SourcesN.Y. Department of State, office of communities and water fronts. 2012. Approved Local Waterfront Revitalization Programs.

N.Y. Department of State, office of communities and water fronts. 2012. Environmental Protection Fund Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Grants.


LAND USE

58% (61) of local

“main streets” have

favorable walkability

scores

Walkability of Local Main StreetsYear: 2012

Data SourcesWalk Score. 2012. www.walkscore.com

County Planning Department, personal consultation with planning staff participating in the planning process. October, 2012.

Somewhat Walkable

Very Walkable

Walker’s Paradise

Mostly Car-Dependent

Completely Car-Dependent

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

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Cattara

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43%

29%

14%

21%

39%

21%

18%

8%

38%

38%

8%

8%

13%

20%

40%

20%

7%

3%

20%

31%

37%

9%

11%

30%

30%

23%

5%

“Main Street” Walk Score Classifications by County


Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 1: Increase the number of local municipalities that are developing, adopting, and implementing smart growth policies.

GOAL

Local municipalities throughout the region need tech-nical land use planning tools to update existing com-prehensive plans, zoning ordinances, and other land use controls to include smart growth policies in their communities. Smart growth policies work to support the local economy as well as protect the environment. It is essential that local municipalities, the public, and developers understand the impacts, costs and benefits for incorporating smart growth principles in to their land use planning efforts.

Future land use planning must consider New York

Municipal Home Rule Law, which provides each municipality control over developing and imple-menting local laws and zoning ordinances. Therefore it is important that the smart growth policies consider the diverse needs of each individual community, including the urban, suburban, and rural communities.

STRATEGY Develop municipal and county-level land

use planning tools for use within the

region, such as a technical assistance

handbook for smart growth.

Encouraging municipalities to update zoning and other land use controls must include methods that make it easier for municipalities, understanding the lack of resources currently available to undertake such initia-tives. A method that could be implemented region-wide would be the development of technical assistance handbooks to provide guidance on how to incorporate smart growth principles into municipal compre-hensive plans or zoning documents. Additionally, the handbook could serve as a means of educating municipalities on the benefits of implementing smart growth policies. These handbooks could be developed for a county planning department and provided to the individual municipalities within that county; and, depending on the applicability of the handbook, it could be used or modified to meet the specific needs of other counties within the region. Other technical assistance programs could include training and other outreach to further educate municipalities about smart growth. Potential funding assistance for these types of programs could come from the New York State Housing and Community Renewal Community Block Grant programs.


Ulrich City Centre, Lockport, Niagara County


Many local municipalities throughout the region lack the technical resources to develop and implement smart growth policies in their communities. As such it is essential to provide municipalities throughout the region with technical assistance and incentives to adopt smart growth policies in their comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances as well as to inform the community of the impacts, costs, and benefits of smart growth policies.

STRATEGY Provide technical assistance and identify

sustainable funding and partnership

opportunities to build regional planning

capacity, though the support and coordi-

nation of the REDC Smart Growth Work

Group’s proposed “Smart Growth

Coordinating Council.”

It is important for the region to go beyond providing only technical assistance and work to build a regional planning assistance entity. Since the regional county and local gov-ernments currently have limited budgets and planning resources, other means of accomplishing this must be

identified. There is potential for the REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group proposed “Smart Growth Coordinating Council” to work to build planning capacity throughout the region through the identification of funding sources for the technical assistance and financial incentives to municipalities that are implementing smart growth in their communities.

The region must work to identify funding opportunities to assist in this process through federal and state grants and local community foundations as well as more sus-tainable sources, e.g. fee-for-service. Potential funding opportunities for building planning capacity in the region includes the New York State Housing and Community Renewal Community Block Grant programs.

The increase in planning capacity and technical assistance within the region is vital to the success of the rest of the goals and strategies, as this in an overarching strategy that will encompass the strategies detailed below for land use and livable communities.

Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 2: Develop mechanisms for regional land use planning assistance and collaboration.

GOAL

Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 3: Encourage and focus development in areas served by existing infrastructure.

GOAL

Through the provision of technical assistance and edu-cation to local municipalities, development in areas of existing infrastructure—especially in existing water and sewer districts— and redevelopment and adaptive reuse of brownfields, vacant and underutilized buildings in the vicinity of main streets, and community centers can be encouraged.

Identification of municipal centers, which are areas that the state has targeted for investment, will help to revi-talize these areas and promote economic development in these areas. The municipal centers within the region are detailed in Appendix F.

STRATEGY Revitalize main streets and community

centers through redevelopment and

adaptive reuse of abandoned, underuti-

lized, or historic buildings and brownfield

sites by providing municipalities with

funding, technical assistance, and/or

streamlining the review/approval process.

The implementation of smart growth principles will assist with the revitalization of the region’s main streets and community centers. It will be the responsibility of the municipality to prioritize the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of abandoned, underutilized or historic buildings and brownfields within areas of existing water


and sewer infrastructure, in lieu of the construction of a new building/development in a “greenfield.” This has many benefits to the community, such as reduced cost of infrastructure as well as economic revitalization in older communities.

One way to provide financial assistance to municipalities would be the development of a county main street revi-talization fund that would assist communities in demol-ishing vacant, abandoned and dilapidated buildings. This has specifically been planned in Chautauqua County, with funds tied directly to the Chautauqua County Land Bank, which may receive some funding through the Mortgage Settlement money from these properties.

As discussed in the strategy above, this can be accom-plished through building planning capacity within the region that can educate municipalities about the benefits and opportunities to redevelop existing buildings, as well as providing the technical assistance and capacity needed to apply for funding assistance. Municipalities could also work to expedite the review process for site plans associated with redevelopment.

There are a variety of funding sources that can provide financial assistance for projects that revitalize main streets and community centers such as NYS Housing and Community Renewal Main Street Program and Rural

Area Revitalization Program; Community Development Block Grant Program; NYS Empire State Development Grant Funds; NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Historic Tax Credit Program; and/or NYS Department of State’s Brownfield Opportunity Area program.

City of Buffalo, Erie County

Lake Erie

Lake Ontario

Main Streets

Transit Access Areas

Major Employment Centers

Local Waterfront Revitalization Program Areas

Brownsfield Opportunity Areas

Downtowns

Hardship Areas

Environmental Justice Areas

Municipal Centers as Defined by the New York State SmartGrowth Public Infrastructure Policy Act, Western New York


Remington Lofts on the Canal,

North Tonawanda, Niagara County

Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 4: Encourage the expansion of location-efficient housing and improved infrastructure/services for existing housing that increases access to employment centers and transportation options.

GOAL

As new housing developments are sited in the region, it is essential that proximity to employment centers and transportation options are considered. In addition, encouraging upgrading existing infrastructure (sewers, sidewalks, bike paths, etc.) and siting employment cen-ters and transit stops in villages and community centers makes existing housing more location-efficient.

STRATEGY Encourage rehabilitation of existing

housing stock and siting of new housing

developments in mixed-use development

that are served by existing sewer and

water infrastructure.

As previously discussed, since 2000, only 20% of new homes in the region were built within ¼ mile of a municipal center. This has resulted in an increase in the developed land within the region that is not in-line with the population trends of that same time period. This has also resulted in the expansion of the sewer and water infrastructure and associated costs for the municipalities where this growth is occurring. Therefore it is essential that municipalities consider alternatives to

new developments in “greenfields” and focus on the rehabilitation of existing house stock and siting new developments in areas that are already served by sewer and water infrastructure. In order to assist municipali-ties to consider these alternatives they need additional planning capacity to update their local comprehensive plans and zoning that identify this type of development in these areas as a priority, as well as working with local developers to help site new development that reduces the need for new infrastructure.

STRATEGY Improve existing transportation infra-

structure to better connect people to

employment centers, schools, shopping,

and transportation options.

In order to enhance the existing housing stock within the region it is important to focus on upgrading existing transportation infrastructure including sidewalks, bike paths and public transit stops along existing roads that will work to better connect people to the employment centers. Improving the transportation infrastructure to include safe options for pedestrians will reduce the transportation costs residents experience. This should be considered when a municipality is focusing their attention to revitalizing neighborhood or a community that lacks safe pedestrian access to major destinations.

An example is the Village of Allegany, in Cattaraugus County, which is proposing to build a Bicycle-Pedestrian Connector trail that connects the village to the middle and high school, which are located on a major county road that currently has no safe access for student pedestrians, and that will also provide access to the Alleghany River. Potential supplemental funding for similar projects includes the National Safe Route to School Program; the Federal Highway Administration’s Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21); and the Transportation Enhancement program.


Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 5: Preserve, protect, and enhance the viability of agriculture, including agricultural lands and urban agriculture.

GOAL

Encroachment on agricultural lands should be discour-aged and land that is to be used for agricultural pur-poses, including in urban areas, protected. Protecting and conserving the region’s agricultural lands from further development is essential to limiting urban sprawl and focusing land use development in areas of existing infrastructure but also to protect the viability of the agriculture industry in the region. In addition, the continued development of urban agriculture initia-tives, and community gardens that facilitate growing, production, distribution, and consumption of regionally produced agricultural products both regionally and elsewhere should be encouraged.

STRATEGY Update existing farmland protection

plans that include protection of timber-

land at the county level, encourage plan

development at the local level, with

leadership from the cooperative exten-

sions and farm bureaus, and support

implementation of plans where they

already exist.

Currently, each county has a Farmland Protection Plan for their county. However, Chautauqua and Niagara Counties are older than 10 years old, and Allegany and Cattaraugus counties were last updated in 2006 and 2007 respectively. Erie County just recently updated their plan in 2012. A farmland protection plan gives a


Land Use and Livable Communities Sustainability Goal 6: Encourage, enhance, and coordinate regional park, greenway, and waterfront planning to connect the public and natural resources to each other while promoting economic development and recreational opportunities.

GOAL

The region’s proximity to water-based resources such as Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, Chautauqua Lake, Niagara River, Alleghany River, Genesee River and the Cattaraugus Creek, as well as abundant four-season rec-reational resources throughout the five-county region is an asset for the region and should be enhanced to encourage public access, as well as economic develop-ment, including tourism. The region should work to protect, maintain, connect and expand regional trails, greenways, and other projects that encourage walk-able, public access to waterfronts, open space areas, and other natural resources. In addition, the region’s abundant public forest resources should be protected from forest and habitat fragmentation and conserved for public access.

STRATEGY Develop and implement Local Waterfront

Revitalization Plans (LWRPs) in all eligible

municipalities that include consideration

of public access to regional waterfronts

for recreation to promote economic

development associated with tourism.

As mentioned previously, only 38% of “waterfront” communities have an NYS Department of State (DOS) approved LWRP. An LWRP is a plan and implementa-tion program that includes specific zoning and site plan review for development along the waterfront portion of a community. The LWRP must be in compliance with the Waterfront Revitalization of Coastal Areas and Inland Waterways Act. These plans provide many benefits to the community including a community’s ability to attract specific development along the waterfront and

municipality the tools to preserve and protect existing agriculture and maintaining it as a vital and important part of their economy. It is important that each of the counties within the region regularly review and update the Plan to ensure they are adequately representing

the conditions of their county. Counties also encourage similar plan development at the local level. As the planning capacity is increased within the region, there will be more resources to assist local municipalities to develop and update their plans regularly.

Funding for local municipalities to develop a farmland protection plan would include the cost to develop a plan, and could potentially be funded through in-kind resources from the municipality along with supple-mental funding from NYS Department of Agriculture and Market County Farmland Protection Planning Grants as well as the United States Forest Service (USFS) Forest Legacy Program.

This strategy also works toward meeting the Agricultural and Forestry Goal 1 – Strengthen the economic viability of agriculture and forestry enterprises, discussed further in Section 6.2.

Massachusetts Avenue Project

Farm Stand, Buffalo, Erie County


technical assistance for implementing the plan, as well as financial assistance that includes public and private funding for projects. Additionally, LWRP’s should take in to consideration potential impacts associated with cli-mate change and include climate adaptation measures.

The NYSDOS provides municipalities technical and financial assistance for the preparation and implemen-tation of LWRPs. In addition, municipalities that are located along a designated waterbody (as defined by the NYSDOS) are eligible for funding from the New York State Environmental Protection Fund for projects that are identified in the LWRP. LWRPs must be approved by the municipality and the Secretary of the State.

STRATEGY Connect recreational trails across munici-

pal boundaries through enhanced

multi-jurisdictional coordination.

The region currently has a network of multi-use trails that are not necessarily connected between municipali-ties or counties. Therefore, the region should develop a greenway plan that would work to connect existing multi-use trails and other walking and biking infrastruc-ture that connects the regions’ natural resources and population centers to each other. Chautauqua County currently has a “Chautauqua County Greenway Plan” that details efforts to develop a high-visibility multi-use

trail utilizing existing Rights-of-Way (i.e. rail lines, utility corridors and existing paths). One of the findings of the Chautauqua Greenway Plan is that their existing trails would benefit from a regionally connected net-work across counties. This would allow the region to have a network of trails that could connect Lake Erie, Chautauqua Lake, the Alleghany River, Niagara Falls, the Genesee River, and other significant inland natural resources within the region for recreational purposes.

The development of a region-wide Greenway Plan would require an entity to take this on that already focuses on planning for the entire region, such as the Smart Growth Coordinating Council as previously mentioned. However, this may be best implemented by the individual counties within the region to ensure they are coordinating with neighboring counties to extend the trails beyond the county boundary. Potential funding could come from the New York State Empire State Development Grant Funds, the respective county economic development departments, or private foun-dations funds.


4.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. These targets are intended as reasonable quantifica-tions that the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements the projects associated with this sustainability plan. Further information about the targets and associated indicators is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET The region’s target is to keep the devel-

oped land per capita constant through

2017 from the 2011 baseline.

The strategies outlined to achieve the Land Use and Livable Communities Goals 1 through 5 are focused on keeping the developed land per capita within the region constant. It is important to set a target associated with the amount of developed land per capita as it is a prime indicator for the success of the implementation of smart growth policies outlined in this Plan.

Since the current trend is moving up (from 0.103 in 1992 to 0.23 in 2011), in order to decrease sprawl while not restricting positive growth and development, the target for this indicator would be to keep it constant over the next five years. As the population in the region stabilizes or possibly increases, the target would be decreased as the developed land per capita moved past this initial target.

TARGET The region’s target is to reduce the

proportion of median income spent on

transportation and housing to 50% by

2020 and 45% by 2035.

The strategies outlined to achieve the Land Use and Livable Communities Goals 1 and 2 are focused on improving regional planning capacity and technical assistance that would assist in the updating of municipal comprehensive plans and zoning. Although this target only measures municipalities updating their plans and zoning and is not necessary if they have incorporated any smart growth principles, it is an indicator as to the increase in technical assistance being provided throughout the region.

In 2009, the typical household in the region spent approximately 52% of their income on housing and trans-portation costs. This indicator, and its data calculation, have been developed by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). This measure gives an indication of

how much of our population lives in location-efficient neighborhoods, those with compact, mixed use and convenient access to jobs, transit or amenities. According to the CNT methodology, any percentage less than 45% is deemed affordable or efficient. Therefore, as this indicator decreases it will show progress toward the Land Use and Transportation goals associated with smart growth and increase availability of public transportation and walkable main streets.

TARGET The region’s target is to have five

municipalities per year (one per county)

update their comprehensive plan and/or

zoning code to incorporate smart

growth principles over the next

five years.

The strategies outlined to achieve the Land Use and Livable Communities Goals 3 and 4 focus on upgrading existing housing and siting new housing within existing infrastructure while improving the transportation infra-structure. As a result these will reduce housing costs associated with taxes that are spent on maintaining such infrastructure as well as transportation costs. It is impor-tant to set a target for Housing and Transportation costs as this shows how the implementation of smart growth principles affect the cost of living in a region.

The sustainability goals that were developed for land use and livable communities are designed to encourage smart growth principles for future development in the region. By providing local municipalities with the land use planning tools to incorporate smart growth prin-ciples into their local land use planning documents, it is anticipated that these municipalities will update their comprehensive plan and zoning codes to include smart growth principles.


4.4 Sustainability ActionsAs the strategies identified for land use and livable communities are implemented, the region will begin to realize both economic and environmental benefits associated with smart growth. Technical assistance will encourage municipalities to adopt land use planning that focuses on the revitalization of municipal centers through adaptive reuse, improving infrastructure, pro-tecting valuable agricultural lands, expanding location-efficient housing, and improving access to the abundant natural areas and water resources within the WNY region. These strategies align with the REDC goals as they will enhance the overall image of the WNY region and could become a catalyst that would help attract additional economic development that would in turn increase and retain employment opportunities. Additionally, smart growth strategies would save regional taxpayers from incurring the immense costs associated with unsustain-able land use patterns.

The region would experience direct and indirect reduc-tions in GHG emissions associated with the development of more walkable communities while providing more opportunities for people to live closer to employ-ment centers and transportation options. In addition, redeveloping brownfield sites and sites within existing infrastructure instead of new development on green land or farmland will avoid GHG emissions associated with constructing and servicing new sewer and water infrastructure. A summary of identified sustainable land use and livable communities projects that align with the goals and strategies of this Plan is located on pages A-22 through A-26 in Appendix A.


5 TransportationThe transportation network in the WNY region is defined principally by the region’s roads and on-road activity, but also encompasses walking and biking, railroads and rail corridors, aviation, and marine transportation activities.

Sustainable approaches to improving regional transportation systems that reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMTs), increase transit-oriented development, increase fuel efficiency and improve transportation infrastruc-ture will improve air quality, reduce GHG emissions, reduce runoff from roads, improve mobility (especially for transportation-disadvantaged populations), and support economic development through improved access to job centers and efficient shipping and distribution channels throughout the region. Thus, transportation projects and programs will address not only the transportation sector’s significant contribution (37%) to regional GHG emissions but other regional priorities as well. The following were considered in the development of the region’s transportation goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Evaluate existing transportation systems and identifying improvements that would provide more efficient system operation, especially in serving the transportation-disadvantaged populations includ-ing low income, disabled and elderly;

Evaluate potential programs to encourage the use of more efficient fuels, vehicles, and modes of trans-portation, including alternatives to driving alone;

Consider street, highway, transit, and fueling infra-structure that would support and complement the expansion of transportation choices and align with smart growth land use policies, e.g., projects built according to NYS Complete Streets Legislation principles; and

Identify ways to coordinate and partner at the multi-county level to support the degree of information and idea-sharing required to address complex issues.

Alfred State College, Alternative Fuels Fleet, Allegany County


Southern Tier West prepared the 2009 Southern Tier West Transportation Strategy. The document describes how non-metropolitan public officials representing units of rural local government are able to provide input to local, county and regional transportation plan-ning. The Strategy contains a mission, vision, goals and objectives for the region’s transportation system. The vision supports the development of a comprehensive transportation network that will allow the region to compete in the global economy while at the same time emphasizing safety, increased quality of life consider-ations, and environmental stewardship.

Following the preparation of this Plan and the One Region Forward Plan, actualizing new projects and programs in the transportation sector requires the steady participation and cooperation of transit agencies, municipalities, counties, multiple state agencies, and non-profit organizations. The regions’ leaders will need to facilitate effective, ongoing working relationships among transportation champions and other sectors and networks as described in this Plan.

In WNY, the two northern counties are served by the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council and the federal Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) responsible for transportation planning and policy-making. Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the GBNRTC is currently playing a lead role in preparation of a One Region Forward Plan for sustainable development in Erie and Niagara counties. The plan will serve as a roadmap for improving mobility, promoting more efficient land use patterns, strengthening basic infrastructure, growing a 21st century economy, assuring broad access to healthy food, protecting housing and neighborhoods, and responding to the challenge of global climate change.

The three southern tier counties are not served by an MPO. However, the Southern Tier West Regional Planning and Development Board, which serves the three counties, have an active transportation planning function. Through its Transportation Committee and a grant from the NYS Department of Transportation,

Harlem Road Roundabouts, Cheektowaga, Erie County

5-2 5 TRANSPORTATION

5.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe transportation indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline condition for the region. These indica-tors were used to inform the goals established for transportation in the region. Additional detail on the sustainability indicators is provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.


TRANSPORTATION

For each person in WNY,

our vehicles travel

9,043 miles per year

Vehicle Miles Traveled Per CapitaYear: 2009

Data SourcesN.Y. Department of Transportation. 2009. Vehicle Miles Traveled data in Cattaraugus, Chautauqua and Allegany County.

Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council. 2009. Vehicle Miles Traveled data in Erie and Niagara County.


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TRANSPORTATION

15.8% of workers in

WNY commute to work

by walking, biking,

public transportation

or carpool

Workers Commuting Via Alternative Transportation ModesYear: 2010

Data SourcesU.S. Census Bureau. 2010. American Community Survey 2010 1-year estimates: Means of transportation to work for workers in Erie, Cattaraugus, and Chautauqua County.

U.S. Census Bureau. 2010. American Community Survey 2008 - 2010 3-year estimates: Means of transportation to work for workers in Niagara and Allegany County.

80.8%Single

Occupancy Vehicle

3.5% Public Transportation

0.4% Bicycling

3.7% Walking2.5% Work at Home

How do WNY Workers

Commute to Work? 8.2% Carpool

0.9% Other Means

INDICATOR Vehicle Miles Traveled

per Capita

In 2009, the region’s annual total VMTs was 9,043 miles per person. Comparatively, the state’s total VMTs was 6,945 miles per person, and the U.S. was 9,666 miles per person. The calculation of VMT per capita includes all the region’s vehicles in addition to all transient vehicles divided by the total population of the region. As efforts to get more people within the region to com-mute via alternative transportation VMTs per capita will be reduced.

INDICATOR Workers Commuting via

Alternative Transportation

Modes

In 2010, the primary mode of transportation to work in the region was single occupancy vehicles, with only 15.8% of workers in WNY commuted to work by walking, biking, public transportation or carpool. Increasing the rate of workers who travel via means alternate to single occupancy vehicles corresponds to fewer vehicles on the road, fewer miles trav-eled and lower greenhouse gas emissions. Implementation of strategies to increase options to travel via alternative transportation should work to increase this indicator.


INDICATOR Transit Trips

per Capita

An average of 17.7 one-way trips were taken via public transportation for each person residing within the region. In the Erie-Niagara portion of the region this includes transit trips by the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority’s service to Erie and Niagara counties. The Southern Tier portion of the region reflects the combined trips of the Chautauqua Area Rural Transit System (serving all of Chautauqua County), the Student Association of SUNY-Fredonia (serving the student population), First Transit of Olean (serving Olean, NY), and Allegany Transit (serving Allegany County). As efforts are made to increase the awareness of and use of public transit throughout the region, it is anticipated that the transit ridership will also increase.

INDICATOR Alternative Fuel

Stations

As of 2012 the WNY region had 36 alternative fueling stations of which 20 are publicly accessible. There are four types of alternative fuel stations in the region— compressed natural gas (CNG), ethanol-85, electricity, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)—and the majority of the fueling sta-tions in the region are located in Erie and Niagara counties. Encouraging the purchase of more efficient vehicles with lower GHG emissions would encourage building more alternative fuel stations throughout the region.


TRANSPORTATION

In WNY, an average of

17.7 public transit trips

are taken per person,

per year

Transit Trips Per CapitaYear: 2011

Data SourcesU.S. Census Bureau. 2010. American Community Survey 2010 1-year estimates: total Population.

SUNY Fredonia. 2011. Student population data. http://www.fredonia.edu/academicaffairs facts.

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority; Chautauqua Area RegionalTransit System; SUNY-Fredonia Student Association; First Transit and Allegany Transit. 2011. Annual ridership data.

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Compressed Natural Gas (11)

Ethanol-85 (1)

Electric (4)

Compressed Natural Gas (4)

Ethanol-85 (6)

Electric (6)

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (4)


TRANSPORTATION

There are currently

36 alternative fueling

stations in WNY

Alternative Fuel StationsYear: 2012

Data SourcesU.S. Department of Energy. 2012. Alternative Fuels Data Center.

Information has been supplemented with working group member knowledge of alternative fueling station locations.

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Adopted a Complete Streets Policy

Currently Developing a Complete Streets Policy

Counties with a Complete Streets Policy


TRANSPORTATION

10 municipalities in WNY

have adopted a complete

streets policy

Municipalities Adopting Complete Streets PoliciesYear: 2012

Data SourcesN.Y. Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations. 2011. The Complete Streets Fact Sheet.

Information has been supplemented with working group member knowledge of the current status of local legislation regarding complete streets.

INDICATOR Municipalities Adopting

Complete Streets Policies

As of 2012, ten municipalities have adopted a complete streets policy. While the presence of a complete streets policy does not necessarily mean a municipality is imple-menting complete streets in its road recon-struction projects, it is considered a positive indication that the municipality’s policy is to consider building streets for all modes of travel. As more municipalities adopt complete street policies and those that already have one adopted begin to implement such poli-cies, the region will see positive gains in roads that are safe for all modes of transportation.cicieses,, ththee reregigionon wwwililll sesesesee ee e popopoosissitititt vevev ggaiaiaiaia nsnsnns iiinnnn rororoadadadada ss ssthththhhatatat aaaarerererr sssafafafe e e fofofoorr r alalalalall ll l momomomomodededededess sss fofofofof tttttrarararanssnsnsnsspopopopopop rtrtrtrtrtatatatatatioioioioion.n.n.n.n


5.2 Sustainability Goals and StrategiesInvestment in transportation infrastructure must be evaluated not only in terms of a single goal or com-munity, but in terms of short-term and long-term impacts on all affected communities. For instance, how will a hamlet be affected by the Main Street in the nearest town becoming more walkable? What should a municipality do about informal park and rides? What should a community do if trucks are being routed down its streets by GPS-enabled devices? What will be the long-term impacts of a new bypass on all communities potentially affected? How are regional economic development objectives best aligned with air quality concerns in a particular neighborhood, such as in considering the development of new Peace Bridge facilities that could potentially increase vehicle crossings and resulting emissions?

This plan does not attempt to answer such questions but to provide a framework under which such ques-tions and issues may be considered. The so-called “triple bottom line” view of sustainability applied to transportation considers the economic aspects (such as short and long-terms benefits and costs), social aspects (such as impacts on human health and safety and com-munity dynamics), and environmental aspects (such as resource use and long-term ecosystem impacts) of any such question or related project.

The uninterrupted pavement that connects all roads and highways together makes the interrelationship of transportation decisions at the local and regional level somewhat more palpable than such interrelationships in other sectors. Policies and projects designed to improve the transportation network in WNY will recognize and account for such connections.


Addressing sustainability with respect to transporta-tion includes reducing VMTs while increasing mobility through better options for public transit, carpooling and vanpooling, park and ride, biking and walking, and through transportation demand management (TDM) strategies such as providing incentives to encourage alternatives to driving alone. Given the persistent funding challenges faced by regional transportation providers, improving overall mobility— particularly for transportation-disadvantaged populations including low income, disabled and elderly constituencies—will require enhanced regional coordination, interagency partnerships, and creative solutions.

STRATEGY Develop new alternative transportation

programs through strategic partnerships,

particularly programs that increase

options for under-served populations.

Programs to encourage residents to adopt alternatives to single-occupant vehicle travel must be developed according to the characteristics of the area and popula-tion served, with significant differences in rural and urban contexts. In the cities and dense suburbs, public transportation is the only option for some travelers. Others who currently use their own vehicles may only consider adopting transit modes if offered a combi-nation of affordability, convenience, and a high level of service. In rural communities where mass transit service isn’t available or limited, reducing VMTs will be addressed by facilitating carpooling, through program such as online ride matching resources, well-placed park and rides, and by focusing on improving para-transit options for disabled and elderly populations needing to travel to town and urban centers.

Across the region, in light of tight budgets faced by seemingly all transportation providers, multi-agency partnerships show the most promise in terms of the

potential to improve and expand services. Some suc-cessful partnerships include the following:

Olean Area Transit Service partnering with the Seneca Nation of Indians to provide public bus service to Salamanca;

Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC) partnering with Buffalo CarShare, GO Bike Buffalo, and the NFTA to increase transit trips, carsharing, rideshar-ing, and biking on and adjacent to its campus, in an effort to provide more sustainable commuting options for its swiftly growing employee base; and

The Center for Transportation Excellence partnering with People Inc., Aspire of WNY, and Southeast Works to plan, implement, and study a new coordi-nated transportation model for day habilitation and pre-vocational programs.

Additional partnerships such as the proposed Go Buffalo Integrated Mobility Hub, which would enhance existing partnerships with the NFTA, BNMC, Buffalo CarShare and GO Bike Buffalo, is designed to promote and improve the city’s growing alternative transporta-tion system. The Mobility Hub will provide neighbor-hood residents and BNMC employees with greater access to transit and mobility services, such as Metro info, carsharing, bikesharing, and community bicycle workshops. The Hub also will be a source of informa-tion and a venue to educate community members and employees about their alternative transportation and transit options.

Efforts to re-establish passenger rail service in Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, and to launch a new multi-county bus service from the southern counties into Buffalo are also more likely to succeed if additional partners can be engaged. Funding for these types of coordination proj-ects can be supported through the NYS Department of Transportation’s Rural Transportation Assistance Program or Large Urban Area Program.

Transportation Sustainability Goal 1: Increase and improve alternatives to driving alone (public transit, carpool, vanpool, park-and-ride, bicycle, walking) through interagency partnerships and cooperative efforts, especially in serving the transportation-disadvantaged.

GOAL


Transportation Sustainability Goal 2: Improve regional fuel efficiency, especially in fleets and through strategic investment in infrastructure and planning to increase the use of alternative fuels.

GOAL

Cars, trucks, and buses are responsible for nearly a third (31%) of total regional GHG emissions in the region, with nearly a quarter (23%) coming from personal vehicles alone. Programs and policies that reduce total VMTs, increase fuel efficiency, and provide incentives to switch to alternative fuels will also reduce GHG emissions and other harmful emissions.

The 2011 guidelines for the federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, call for steadily increasing fuel economy in new vehicles through 2025. The more efficient vehicles entering the market over the next decade will gradually improve the overall average fuel efficiency of vehicles in the region, but other programs designed to improve economy in the operation of vehicles currently on the road, such as anti-idling measures and programs designed to change driver behavior, should also be pursued. For example, truck stop electrification projects give drivers a viable

alternative to idling, and Fleet Management Plans for private and public fleet operators can improve overall fleet efficiency.

The increased use of alternative fossil fuels that generate fewer emissions and reduce transportation costs makes sense in the near-term. While not currently attainable, the eventual, long-term goal should be a regional transportation network powered entirely by renewable energy with no harmful effects on air quality.

STRATEGY Implement projects such as fueling and

charging stations that would increase the

number of CNG and electric-powered

vehicles through private and public

programs.

Introducing more CNG and electric vehicles will reduce GHG emissions, but the upfront costs for fueling infra-structure and converting fleets are significant obstacles. Many government agencies and private companies in the region recognize the potential cost savings of CNG

STRATEGY Educate the public on existing transpor-

tation options through on-line resources,

including regularly updated maps of all

regional transportation options.

Enhancing mobility entails improvements to peak-hour commuting and also to the types of travel that make up the majority of daily trips—e.g., trips to school, medical appointments, cross-border trips, delivery vehicles, etc. Current and future mobility needs for the transporting disadvantaged populations region-wide pose a growing challenge. For example, rural communi-ties in the southern portion of the region need regular transportation for patients to medical services that are only available in the northern portion of the region. Helping these populations identify and access all cur-rently available transportation options is a first step.

In the southern portion of the region, Southern Tier West, in partnership with the three southern counties, is seeking to develop a user-friendly website that provides updated information for all modes. Southern Tier West is also working with the three counties to pursue a study to identify up to six locations where new park-and-ride lots could be sited. As a meeting place for carpools, whether for workplace commutes or non-work-related trips and outings, park-and- rides throughout the region serve an important role in facilitating alternatives to single-occupant travel. The development can be sup-ported through in-kind funding from such organiza-tions as Southern Tier West, as well as supplemental funding from NYS Department of Transportation’s Rural Transportation Assistance Program.


vehicles and are interested in obtaining these vehicles, as long as the upfront investments in fueling station infrastructure and vehicle purchases or conversions can be made. Formation of the group CNG for Upstate NY is indicative of the degree of interest and coordination of efforts, principally in Erie and Niagara counties.

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) has introduced hybrid diesel-electric buses into its fleet and is moving to introduce more CNG-powered buses into its operations, such as installing a CNG fueling station and CNG-powered circulator shuttles at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The BNMC has also proposed a CNG-powered circulator shuttle and public safety vehicles on its campus, which could potentially refuel at an adjacent CNG station owned and operated by NYSDOT.

Efforts to increase CNG vehicles in the three southern counties are more preliminary, but representative stakeholders view CNG as a promising option. The Jamestown Board of Public Utilities has completed a fea-sibility study for the installation of a CNG fueling station and is currently moving forward on the development of the station, which is going to be shared by multiple public and private partners.

Other options such as hybrids, electric vehicles (EVs), and propane-fueled vehicles should also be encour-aged to the extent that, like CNG, they can offer both cost savings and reduced GHG emissions. For instance, the BNMC has installed multiple electric-vehicle charging stations on its campus, and the Erie County Sheriff’s department would like to address high fuel costs by introducing propane-fueled vehicles, and has installed GPS units in their fleet as part of a program to reduce idling.

In order to alleviate some of the initial upfront costs of alternative fuel fleet conversions and associated fueling infrastructure there are several NYSERDA transportation programs that provide supplemental funding for such projects.

STRATEGY Implement traffic efficiency and optimi-

zation projects while encouraging

walking and biking.

Traffic efficiency and optimization projects such as roundabouts and coordinated traffic signals along corridors with high traffic volumes have the potential to reduce congestion and idling, producing gains in terms of air quality and fuel efficiency. Recognizing the principle that communities can’t simply escape congestion by building more roads, such projects must be implemented in the context of a broad smart growth approach, meaning that other concerns such as increasing walking and bicycling are considered when corridors are optimized.

Traffic optimization can be achieved by coordinating poorly timed traffic signals, which contribute to increased travel times and frequent stopping, which in turn causes increased pavement wear, safety concerns, fuel consumption, and emissions. As a part of optimiza-tion it is important to also begin collecting continuous traffic data on arterials for planning, real-time opera-tions, and regional traffic modeling functions. Projects such as this that are being implemented throughout the region include the Buffalo Niagara Regional Arterial Management System, which is designed to mitigate cur-rent deficiencies of NYS Department of Transportation (NYSDOT), City of Buffalo, and NFTA facilities. This system is being managed and funded through NYSDOT infrastructure budget funding. Additionally the NYSDOT is collaborating with the Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition to support the collection of transportation data.


As discussed in the land use section of this plan, land use policies and decisions that result in more mixed-use communities and site housing, employment, retail, and services (including public transit) closer to one another have a positive effect on mobility while reducing the length of trips and limiting the need for new roads. In terms of transportation, smart growth in the region should be characterized by preserving and improving existing infrastructure and focusing improvements on existing communities and corridors.

Emphasizing and prioritizing existing infrastructure does not, however, mean that no new roads should be constructed. The long-planned extension of Route 219, for instance, affords a variety of economic develop-ment and quality of life benefits for multiple munici-palities in Cattaraugus County, as well as benefiting truck freight haulers traveling through the region.

STRATEGY Prioritize transportation infrastructure

upgrades within main streets and along

important corridors.

There is no reason to expect that the region will not experience the same heightened transportation costs anticipated nationally as roads, bridges, and other

infrastructure built in the first half of the twentieth century ages to the point at which significant reinvest-ment and/or redesign is necessitated. As the popula-tion in the region has remained relatively steady, the expectation should be that existing road capacity is sufficient, and development concentrated in or near city, town, and village centers makes the most sense in terms of handling long-term transportation costs.

Projects such as the proposed Springville Bike/Pedestrian Master Plan and Central Business District Streetscape Design, which aim to increase pedestrian and economic activity along main street, should be encouraged. Transportation infrastructure improve-ment projects that are initiated by the municipality, that are focused along their main streets, include safe access for pedestrians and increase economic develop-ment within the main street area may be eligible for funding from NYS Housing and Community Renewal Main Street Program or Community Development Block Grant program.

Transportation Sustainability Goal 3: Prioritize transportation infrastructure projects in line with regional smart growth efforts in existing communities and corridors, especially through projects that exemplify “Complete Streets” principles.

GOAL


STRATEGY Implement Complete Streets projects

throughout the region by providing

technical assistance to create or modify

comprehensive plans and zoning codes

that integrate bike and pedestrian traffic

into transportation infrastructure plans

and projects by, for example, developing

a “Complete Streets” zoning template.

As stated earlier, ten municipalities in the region have adopted Complete Street policies. Additional munici-palities should be encouraged to adopt Complete Streets principles in their comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances as part of broader efforts to restore and/or maintain walkable main streets. The aesthetics, safety, and comfort of a streetscape for pedestrians and bicyclists are important factors that impact, in both obvious and more subtle ways, how residents and visitors perceive a given neighborhood and corridor. In order to assist municipalities to adopt Complete Streets it would be beneficial to develop a “Complete Streets” zoning template for Complete Streets prin-ciples which, when coupled with technical assistance education, would ultimately extend the benefits of the Complete Streets model to new parts of the region.

As municipalities that have adopted Complete Streets begin to integrate these policies into their transporta-tion designs the region will begin to realize how they benefit the community. The recent reconfiguration of Linwood Avenue in the City of Buffalo to include bike lanes is an example of a municipality that has integrated Complete Streets concepts into its design guidelines. Additionally, there are several proposed Complete Streets projects throughout the region such as the redesign of Niagara Street in Buffalo, Buffalo Avenue Heritage District Streetscape in Niagara Falls, and the North Union Street/Walkable Olean Infrastructure Project in Olean, which would bring further gains in terms of bike and pedestrian-friendly corridors.

Pursuant to adopting such policies, municipalities must be proactive in clarifying the particular desired changes or improvements and in communicating them

early and clearly to the government entity responsible for constructing and maintaining the road. In many cases the principal thoroughfare is a state-owned transportation infrastructure, so the municipality should begin working with NYSDOT as soon as pos-sible before any construction would occur.

While finding funding can be a challenge for smaller municipalities, partnerships to combine multiple smaller projects into one multi-jurisdictional project hold promise. Several communities in the three southern counties have adopted Complete Streets as a result of a successful Cornell Cooperative Extension program. Limited funding has slowed progress in terms of making proposed changes to sidewalks and roads, so funding will be pursued jointly. Possible funding to supplement the additional costs incorporating these principles into transportation improvement projects include NYSDOT’s Safe Route to Schools or through infrastructure improvement funds.

The outcome of the 2011 New York State Complete Streets legislation and the adoption of similar guide-lines by NYSDOT in 2010 should be increased activity statewide in terms of physical changes to transporta-tion infrastructure to better accommodate pedestrians, bicyclists, and bus riders. The NYSDOT has a number of programs and policies that support sustainability: GreenLITES (a project ranking tool based on sustain-able factors in the project development stages), Complete Street policies, and Smart Growth policies.Regional municipalities and eligible organizations should be proactive in understanding and pursuing limited funding available through NYSDOT and other state and federal sources.


Additional important considerations

Stakeholders also identified several key considerations that did not fall under the goals and strategies but should be considered to fully address sustainability with respect to transportation:

Education and knowledge-sharing, such as educat-ing highway officials in best practices for culvert design, construction, and maintenance, and ensur-ing that travelers can easily identify all transporta-tion options.

Railroads and rail corridors, including responding to opportunities to increase passenger rail speeds and develop the high speed rail Empire corridor; restor-ing and increasing freight rail service, which offers both economic and environmental benefits (relative to more energy-intensive and expensive truck ship-ping) especially along the two corridors supported by the Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, and

Steuben Southern Tier Extension Railroad Authority; and making best use of abandoned rights-of way (ROWs), especially in lengthening and connecting recreational trails adjacent to and between towns and villages.

Buffalo’s port has not been a hub of commercial activity in recent decades, but as with rail, oppor-tunities to move goods and materials efficiently at lower cost and with lower environmental impact will align with the Plan’s goals, subject to questions such as “what materials are being shipped and for what purpose?”

Aviation, which accounts for a small part of regional greenhouse gas emissions but factors into regional economic development plans, such as through the proposed expansion of Niagara Falls International Airport. The stated goals would call for such devel-opment to align with smart growth objectives.

Logistics and Canadian-American Trade, recogniz-ing that the WNY REDC and the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise Economic Development Logistics Council have identified strong growth opportunities via increasing Canadian-American trade, supported by the development of a logistics hub and improved border crossings. The portion of such trade that can be considered “local,” in that shipping across hundreds of miles is not necessary, will have a better (smaller) transportation footprint. Related projects and programs should produce positive local impacts such as improved air quality associated with idling vehicles, while improving regional infrastructure to support increased freight activity.

Highway and road maintenance and construction, such as the expansion of Route 219 as a four-lane highway, construction of a Route 219 bypass around Ellicottville, and restoring problematic sections of Interstate 86 to a state of good repair. Understanding the local context and the fuller scope of such projects can show how they fit into smart growth, economic development, and social and environmental plans and objectives. New road construction that is best understood as sprawl would not, however, align with the goals.

City of Buffalo Bike Racks, Erie County


5.4 Sustainability ActionsThe implementation of the strategies associated with increasing alternative transportation options, encour-aging more efficient use of vehicles, and implementing complete streets throughout the region will have a direct impact on the regional economy as well as pro-viding direct and indirect reductions in GHG emissions. Implementation of the strategies will improve regional transportation options for urban and rural residents, thus improving the ability of the existing workforce, par-ticularly the low-income workforce, to access job oppor-tunities located throughout the region. In addition, the adoption of complete streets initiatives throughout the region would enhance the overall attractiveness of the

WNY region to employers, thus providing opportunities for additional economic development.

GHG emissions associated with transportation account for 37% of the total emissions generated in the region. Therefore it is critical that the region pursues the goals and strategies discussed here, not just because of their positive economic benefits but for the added need to reduce our carbon emissions in the region.

A summary of identified sustainable transportation proj-ects that align with the goals and strategies of this Plan is located on pages A-10 through A-20 in Appendix A.

Rainbow Bridge, International Crossing, Niagara Falls, Niagara County

5.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. These targets are intended as reasonable quantifications that the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements the projects associated with this sustainability plan. For further information about the targets and associated indicator is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET The region’s target is to reduce vehicle miles

traveled by 3% through 2020.

The strategies outlined above to achieve all the Transportation Goals will work to decrease VMTs throughout the region. It is important to set a target for reducing VMTs because it is a key indicator of the successful implementation of the transportation strate-gies outlined in this Plan.

Total regional vehicle miles traveled have remained relatively flat over the last five years while the long

term trend over the last several decades has been a significant increase. A reduction of 3% in regional VMT per capita is attainable based on increased travel by alternatives to driving alone and more residents select-ing housing located closer to employment centers and other common destinations, but it is important to note that this indicator is affected by a number of factors such as the price of gas, demographics such as net population change and age distribution, major land use and development decisions, etc.


Maple Sugar Shack, Allegany County

6 Agriculture and ForestrySustainability as it pertains to agriculture and forestry in the region includes the incorporation of agricultural best management practices (BMPs) that minimize soil erosion and runoff and that allow flexibility in production systems to be able to respond to changing economic conditions, markets, regulations, environmental conditions, and climate. Because of the diversity of the region, sustainability strategies need to consider how urban, suburban, village/hamlet, and rural communities provide economic growth and a high quality of life. The following were considered in the development of the region’s agriculture and forestry goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Identify ways to strengthen the economic viability of agriculture and forestry enterprises;

Consider ways to increase efficient uses of energy inputs;

Evaluate the feasibility of using agricultural and forest industry by-products for energy production;

Consider short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies that will improve surface water quality through land management changes designed to improve energy efficiency or energy production; and

Evaluate costs, potential energy savings, and related GHG emission reductions for each strategy.

The agriculture and forestry industries in the region provide multiple economic and environmental ben-efits. These activities provide access to local food and forestry products for residents of the region as well as a significant source of employment. Additionally, land that remains in farming—agriculture or man-aged forest—can provide scenic, recreational, and/or tourism benefits while avoiding the costs of urban sprawl.

Sustainable agriculture, as defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is “[that which] conserves land, water, and plant and animal genetic resources, does not degrade the environment, and is economically viable and socially acceptable.”

All identified strategies for Agriculture and

Forestry work to strengthen the economic

viability of this sector.

Vineyards, Chautauqua County


INDICATOR Acres of Harvested

Cropland

In 2007, the most recent published National Agriculture Census, the WNY region had 406,719 acres of harvested cropland, which includes lands used in orchards, Christmas trees, vineyards, nurseries and greenhouses. The total acreage gives us an indication of how much of our land is actually being used for productive farming purposes. Current trends have seen reduc-tions in active cropland acreages; therefore as these areas are protected from encroach-ment by development and agriculture is made more economically viable, these areas continue to be productive.

INDICATOR Acres of

Timberland

In 2011, there were 1,702,094 acres of timberland; 82% of these are located in Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties. Timberland, as defined by the USDA Forest Service Forest Inventory Analysis (FIA), is a subset of forest land that is producing or is capable of producing industrial wood crops (at least 20 cubic feet per acre in natural stands) and is not excluded from timber utilization by statute or administrative regulation. As these areas are protected from encroachment by development and are made more economically viable, these areas continue to be productive.

6.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe agriculture and forestry indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline conditions for the region. These were used to inform the goals established for agriculture and forestry in the region. Additional detail on the sustainability indicators is provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.


AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

406,719 Acres of WNY

land are used for

harvested cropland

Acres of Harvested CroplandYear: 2007

Data SourcesCensus of Agriculture, USDA-National Agricultural Statistical Service. 2009. Table 1. County Summary Highlights: 2007. Table 8. Farms, Land in Farms, Value of Land and Buildings, and Land Use: 2007 and 2002, N.Y.

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A more in-depth look 1,702,094 Acres of

WNY land are classified

as timberland

Acres of TimberlandYear: 2011

Data SourcesUSDA Forest Service, The Forest Inventory Analysis Program. 2011. Forest Inventory Data Online.


6%96,767 Acres Niagara County

26%437,589 Acres Allegany County

33%567,831 Acres Cattaraugus County

23%395,014 Acres

Chautauqua County

12%207,893 Acres

Erie County

Proportional share of all WNY

Timberland

6-2 6 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY

INDICATOR Right-to-Farm

Communities

In 2012, 30 individual munici-palities also adopted right-to-farm laws. The majority of the right-to-farm communities are located in Erie County (23 municipali-ties). Niagara County has six and Chautauqua County has one, while Cattaraugus and Allegany counties do not have any right-to-farm communities. Also, four of the five counties have passed right-to-farm legisla-tion. Although Allegany County doesn’t currently have a formal right-to-farm law, it does have legislation that serves a similar purpose. Communities that have adopted a right-to-farm law work with and educate farmers, residents, and municipalities about dispute resolution and maintaining a positive agricultural business environment as well as protecting agriculture land from development. In addition, each county has a Farmland Protection Plan that has been adopted. Erie County recently completed an update to their plan in 2012. Allegany and Cattaraugus counties updated theirs in 2006 and 2007, respectively. Chautauqua and Niagara counties plans are older than 10 years and were adopted in 2001 and 1999, respectively. Increasing the number of Right-to-Farm communities as well as counties with updated Farmland Protection Plans will work to preserve farmland in the face of encroaching development.

INDICATOR Farms with Completed

Energy Audits

In 2012, 48 farms in the region completed an energy audit through NYSERDA , the U. S . Depar tment of Agriculture–Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS), or a local utility pro-gram. Energy audits recommend ways to reduce energy consumption and cost-effec-tive ways to purchase fuel and electricity and install renewable energy. Although energy audits are a good indication of the number of farmers who are interested in managing their energy use more sustainably, the implementation of the recommendations from these energy audits depends on the needs and resources of the specific farmer.

Counties withRight-to-Farm Laws

Municipalities withRight-to-Farm Programs

A more in-depth look 30 communities in

WNY have adopted

Right-to-Farm laws;

4 out of 5 counties have

Right-to-Farm laws

Right-to-Farm Communities Year: 2012

Data SourcesErie County Farm Bureau; USDA-NRCS District Conservationists; County Soil and Water Districts (Cattaraugus, Allegany); and Allegany County, personal communication. October 2012.


A more in-depth look 48 Farms in WNY have

recently completed

energy audits

Farms with Completed Energy AuditsYear: 2012

Data SourcesUSDA District Conservationists for each county; EnSave, Inc.; NYSERDA, personal communication. October 2012.


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Farmers are often caught between the rising costs of production and static or falling prices for farm products. A key method to strengthen the viability of agriculture throughout the region is to identify how farmers can sell their products locally. Increasing access to local agricultural products increases consumption of local food. Consumers are typically unwilling or unable to go out of their way to obtain local foods, which may be more expensive, especially when their grocer provides the same item at a lower cost and a more convenient location. However, local food con-sumption not only supports the local economy, it can also lower farm transportation costs, thus maintaining the viability of farm activity into the future. Current distribution systems may be better suited to exporting products out of the region than supplying the region with high-quality, locally grown farm products. Increasing intra-regional consumption of food and wood products could have a beneficial impact on the regional economy and the economic viability of farms and forest businesses.

Effective aggregation, processing, and distribution sys-tems that can match the types and sizes of farms in the region to consumer demand would be instrumental to increasing access to and consumption of local foods. Changes that favor both regional farmers and consumers may also provide opportunities to address the existence of “food deserts” in both urban and rural areas of the region. Increasing urban agriculture is a way to connect consumers with the source of their food and educate them about the value of local agri-culture. The experiences of other regions suggest the region could provide opportunities to expand markets while improving overall public health.

STRATEGY Establish a WNY Food Hub or

Agricultural Processing Facility.

The region is home to several thousand small farms that are involved in a wide variety of agriculture. The demand for locally sourced food products has increased over the last several years. While the direct-to-consumer segment of farm retail has grown (i.e., farm markets, community supported agriculture), this is still by and large a fragmented system of access to local food. Large sectors of the food economy are unable to access the local products their consumers are demanding (i.e., grocery stores, school districts, institutional buyers) because of gaps in infrastructure (i.e., processing, aggregation, quality assurance, distri-bution). The creation of a regional food hub would fill in some of these gaps so as to increase access to local farm products and grow our local food economy.

In order to implement this strategy there are two phases that need to be undertaken. The first phase is a feasibility study that would encompass research

Agriculture and Forestry Sustainability Goal 1: Strengthen the economic viability of agriculture and forestry enterprises.

GOAL



to identify the market-based solutions to address bottlenecks and gaps in our current food system infra-structure. Currently, there is very little, if any, informa-tion regarding the current supply of local food when it comes to the wholesale sector in our region. The supply analysis will identify what is currently available for wholesale and when, the farm’s ability and capacity for scaling up production to meet demand, and the services and infrastructure needed to alleviate market entry barriers. Additionally, there will be a demand analysis, which aims to quantify the potential invest-ment by food retail, food service retail and institutional food buying sectors. The demand analysis will also identify the challenges and barriers food buyers face, on any scale, when purchasing local farm products. Through this market research, the appropriate food hub business-model will be planned and developed to best meet the needs of farmers and buyers in region. The second phase, is the implementation of the busi-ness plan that will address processing, aggregation, quality assurance and distribution of local farm prod-ucts, ultimately increasing access to these products.

There is currently an organization that is seeking funding to implement the first phase, Field & Fork Network, a local non-profit organization dedicated to food system growth in the region. Potential funding for the development of a regional food hub includes a variety of funding options from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Agriculture programs as well as the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentive programs. Further funding options for the implementation of a food hub in the region are detailed in the USDA’s “Regional Food Hub Resource Guide,” April 2012.

STRATEGY Develop a mechanism to continue to

advocate activities that will help achieve

these sustainability goals on a long-term

basis. One possible solution would be to

create a regional Agriculture Council.

A regional Agriculture Council could be developed to provide resources and networking with agricultural professionals, economic development professionals and county planners to work on regional agriculture devel-opment projects. This could be created by exploiting existing relationships and resources that the Cornell Cooperative Extensions use regularly. It is anticipated that municipal officials, community leaders, farmers, food processors/distribution professionals, as well as economic development agents would be invited to sit on such a council. This could benefit the region as it would provide ideas for local government officials to understand the many economic opportunities that are available and ensure that their policies do not hinder agriculture development.

The development of a regional Agriculture Council would require in-kind funding from the organization that would be responsible for organizing and funding for any conferences or meetings throughout the year. This could be supported by funding from the USDA Rural Agriculture programs and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive programs.

Niagara Wine Trail, Niagara County


STRATEGY Connect local farmers with markets in

new or more effective ways that increase

farmers’ profit margins through higher

prices, value-added products, specialty

products in demand by consumers,

meeting demand in food deserts, etc.,

through the establishment of local

farmers’ and cooperative markets within

the region.

Farmers’ markets and cooperative (co-op) markets are opportunities for local farmers to bring their products directly to the consumer, which increases the eco-nomic viability of the region’s agricultural industry, by providing access to natural, sustainable goods while supporting the local economy through the region’s local growers. An example of such a project is the East Aurora Co-op Market, which has been in development since 2010 and has conducted a feasibility study, and is in the process of developing their membership base, siting their location, and building connections with local growers. The market will also have a focus on community education and outreach that promotes a

healthy and vibrant community. The East Aurora Co-op is expected to serve a market of approximately 54,000 people and will generate sales of $2.4M per year in the first year, with projections for 13% growth annually. The development of this co-op used resources and tech-nical assistance from the Food Cooperative Initiative, Cooperative Development Services, and the National Cooperative Grocers Association, as well as financial assistance from the Lexington Co-op, located in Buffalo.

The development of farmers’ and cooperative markets can be supported through funding through member-ship campaigns, as well as other potential funding sources including USDA Rural Agriculture programs and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive programs; NYS Housing and Community Renewal Rural Revitalization Program, Main Street’s program, or Community Block Development Grant. Additionally, the development and construction of farmers’ markets can be funded through the NYS Farmers’ Market Grant program.


Agriculture and Forestry Sustainability Goal 2: Achieve more efficient uses of energy inputs and maximize utilization of agriculture and forestry by-products for energy production.

GOAL

Incorporating energy efficiencies and reducing GHG emissions in agricultural processes can be accom-plished by investing in energy-efficient on-farm infrastructure, adopting more energy-efficient crop management methods, improving manure manage-ment, increasing feed-conversion efficiency, enhancing local market distribution, and by using agricultural waste products, forest products and by-products, and other low-carbon technologies to produce energy. Providing opportunities to reduce fossil fuel-based energy consumption can reduce GHG emissions of farm equipment and power plants while reducing overall costs for farmers.

STRATEGY Provide farmers with resources and

training for sustainable and energy

efficient agriculture production, process-

ing and distribution. One possible

solution would be to create a community

food training center.

On-farm energy audits or an Agricultural Energy Management Plan quantify energy use by assessing the various components of farm operation and provide recommendations for changes in equipment and man-agement that will save energy while accomplishing the same or greater production. On-farm energy audits are available to individual farmers through the NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive Program. However, it is important to educate farmers on the availability of these types of programs and provide assistance implementing the findings of the audits.

One solution to provide these resources to farmers is through the creation of a community food training center which would be a one-stop for agriculture-based workforce development, community research and education, and new linkages and training for local farmers. A community food training center would house training space for sustainable rural and urban

agricultural production, processing, distribution and marketing; a teaching kitchen; a resource library; and be a resource for linking young people and immigrant populations with emerging employment and training opportunities.

Potential funding resources to assist with the develop-ment of a community food training center could be through USDA Rural Agriculture programs and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive programs.

STRATEGY Implement energy generation projects

that use agriculture and forestry by-prod-

ucts as fuel sources.

Implementation of energy generation projects that use agriculture and forestry by-products require further studies and collaboration to identify potential opportunities for this type of energy generation in the region. An example is a proposed project through the Alfred State College in partnership with SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and pri-vate sector partners, in the planning and development of an innovative bio-refining and bioenergy produc-tion facility that will utilize wood waste projects and low value trees for energy production. The New Forest Economy program led by project partner ESF is cur-rently demonstrating state of the art clean technolo-gies using hot water extraction for the manufacture of fuel, bio products and bio chemicals using wood. Part of ESF’s research and commercialization plan calls for the development of 5 strategic pilot facilities across New York State; the Wellsville site is one of these sites. Potential funding support for this and similar project could come from NYSERDA’s Biomass Heating R&D and Biomass Resources programs.


Land use plans and policies need to be coordinated among towns and counties and revised where needed to more effectively discourage sprawl and bolster the tenure of farm and forestry businesses. In some localities, land conservation that results in permanent easements restricting future development may be useful. Such easements can be established with the cooperation of willing landowners by purchase or transfer of development rights or donation of conser-vation easements. This process may be a useful way to enhance the viability of farming in the region while maintaining the economic, environmental, and quality of life contributions of farms and forests in the region and beyond. In addition, regional land use planning should consider ensuring continued use of farm land and forest land for production of food and fiber.

This would discourage sprawl and develop solutions that give due consideration to the value to the region of agricultural and forestry economic activities.

STRATEGY Update existing farmland protection plans

that include protection of timberland at

the county level, with the leadership from

the cooperative extensions and farm

bureaus, encourage plan development at

the local level, and support implementa-

tion of plans where they already exist.

This strategy was discussed in Section 4.2 for the Land Use and Livable Communities Goal 5 - “Preserve, and protect and enhance the viability of agriculture, including agricultural lands and urban agriculture,” and works to address this goal as well.

STRATEGY Educate the general public, youth, and

public officials on the importance of local

agriculture, including promoting farmer

markets and purchasing local produce.

Educational outreach programs that promote the availability of farmers’ markets as well as educate

the public on the benefits to the local economy and their health when purchasing local produce can be accomplished through outreach from local non-profit organizations, such as GrowWNY.org, Buffalo First, or the Field & Fork Network, that are currently working to promote such activities. These groups are currently working to engage the public to buy local and pro-mote farmers’ markets and co-ops throughout the region. These organizations should continue to expand their efforts and reach. Additionally, local farms such as the Massachusetts Avenue Project, which is an urban farm, regularly invite students and volunteers into their farm. This is a great way to promote local farms while also educating the public and gaining awareness throughout the region.

STRATEGY Promote and preserve agricultural

enterprises through farmer recruitment

programs and innovation and entrepre-

neurship programs for small farms.

A crucial part of protecting farmland for agricultural use is ensuring that there is a younger generation of farmers that can replace an aging workforce. Historically, farming has been a trade handed down from generation to generation, requiring a lifetime

Agriculture and Forestry Sustainability Goal 3: Increase support from government officials and the public for the protection of farmland, continued use of farmland for agricultural practices, and for strengthening the business climate for agriculture and forestry in the region.

GOAL

Grazing Cows, Chautauqua County


of learning to develop a successful product. Some sustainable practices require a shift in the techniques that farmers have spent generations perfecting while others may require the use of new technology. In order to obtain region-wide adoption of sustainable practices it will be necessary to provide farmers and aspiring farmers with access to teaching programs and training facilities in order to bolster that knowledge transfer.

It is important that the region identify and implement strategies that attract young people to work and stay in agriculture and forestry businesses. This can be accomplished through work with secondary and post-secondary education programs to incorporate farming and forestry into their curriculum and certificate and degree programs. Additional measures include:

Encouraging adequate and sustained financial support to continue existing educational programs on farming and industry that have been used in elementary education;

Identifying opportunities for farm employees to take on equity positions in agricultural operations, where the traditional practice of family transfer to the next generation is unlikely;

Addressing the need for qualified and willing seasonal farm workers. This affects farmers during the time-sensitive harvest and cultivation season; and

Addressing the need for a qualified workforce for full-time, year-round farm and forestry work. When younger family members choose not to continue in the family farm and forest businesses, business owners often are left with few options for growing or even continuing their businesses.

The farmer recruitment program could be taken on by the Cornell Cooperative Extension and potentially funded through the NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets Agriculture Development Program or Farmland Protection Program; and USDA Rural Agriculture programs.


Farmers and forest managers shape the region’s environment by deciding how the large majority of our natural environment is used. Farmers and forest managers have choices when deciding what to grow and how to grow it, decisions that affect businesses and the environment. The methods and technology of managing crops, livestock, and forests is complex. This requires farmers and forest managers to weigh multiple interacting factors while caring for our shared

environment and also making sound business deci-sions. Requirements for environmental management have the potential to disrupt business needs with the result that farmers and foresters can lose money when trying to comply with regulations. Regulatory agen-cies need to provide flexibility in how environmental needs are met so that farm and forest managers can use methods that achieve the desired environmental outcome and that are also economically sustainable.

STRATEGY Facilitate adoption by large and small

farms of variable rate application tech-

nologies that can reduce the use of

pesticides and fertilizers without reduc-

ing production.

The latest agricultural methods and technologies have been developed to help farmers grow and protect their crops while minimizing negative impacts on the air and water we share. Not all technologies are as easily adopted by all farm operators. Sometimes the need for training in these new technologies can present barriers to adoption; sometimes the initial investment in equipment presents a barrier, even if the technology ultimately is economical to use.

Potential funding is available to local farms to imple-ment these programs including the USDA’s Agricultural Water Enhancement Program and NRCS Environmental Quality Incentive programs. Since these types of project require individual farmers to implement, the key is conducting outreach directly to farmers on the benefits and opportunities of the projects, such as through the community food training center dis-cussed previously.

Agriculture and Forestry Sustainability Goal 4: Promote environmentally sustainable management systems for the agriculture and forestry sector.

GOAL


6.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. These targets are considered reasonable quantifica-tions that the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements this sustainability plan. Further information regarding the targets and associated indicators is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET The region’s target for acres of harvested

cropland is to keep the acreage constant

through 2017 from the 2007 baseline.

The strategies outlined for all the Agriculture and Forestry goals work to retain and make more viable the acreage of cropland currently being harvested. It is important to set a target associated with the acres of harvested cropland as it is a prime indicator for the success of the implementation of the strategies outlined in this Plan.

This target is important in order to measure the success of the efforts to continue the use of agricultural land for productive farming purposes. Cropland numbers fluctuate from year to year depending on weather and

markets, but according to the Census of Agriculture, in the ten years between the 1997 and 2007 harvest cropland acres in the five western New York counties declined 1.3 percent. Between 1987 and 2007 there was an 11.4 percent decline of harvested cropland in the same region. Since the long-term trend for acres of harvested cropland has been one of decline, keeping the acres of harvested cropland consistent will be showing progress toward meeting the goals of the Plan. Maintaining the harvested cropland base would dem-onstrate the economic vitality of farms and ability of farm businesses to withstand economic pressures that have tended to force land out of agricultural production.


Massachusetts Avenue Project, Aquaponics Tilapia Farm and Greenhouse, Buffalo, Erie County

6.4 Sustainability ActionsImplementation of the strategies associated with sus-tainable agriculture and forestry will strengthen the eco-nomic viability of the agriculture industry while directly and indirectly reducing GHG emissions. Agriculture is an important industry in WNY, accounting for one in seven of our local businesses. The implementation of these strategies will support small to medium-sized farms through local distribution of their products, opportuni-ties for value-added products, and allowing farmers to share costs, receive marketing assistance, and recruit additional workers/operators while also identifying opportunities for efficiencies in their agricultural pro-cesses. These strategies would work together to make the local agricultural industry more economically viable while reducing direct and indirect GHG emissions.

GHG emissions associated with agricultural operations (applying nitrogen fertilizers, manure management, and livestock digesting their feed) accounts for 2% of the total emissions generated in the region. Additional GHG emissions are associated with the energy use of managing and operating farms. The goals and strategies discussed in the Plan would reduce the carbon footprint of our local farm operations in addition to benefiting the economy. Additionally, our significant forested lands should be managed in sensible ways so as to protect their function as a carbon sink for our region.

A summary of identified sustainable agriculture and forestry projects that align with the goals and strategies of this Plan is located on pages A-28 through A-30 in Appendix A.


7 Water Resources Sustainability as it pertains to water resources in the region includes addressing water infrastructure needs as well as ground- and surface water quality, investments in water management systems (both water supply and wastewater), improving water use efficiency or reuse, preservation of the region’s water resources, and reduction of energy use and GHG emissions. Infrastructure needs include the delivery or distribution of clean drinking water and collection of wastewater. The following were considered in the development of the region’s water resources goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Evaluate impacts of water delivery, transportation, and housing infrastructure projects on surface water quality;

Consider how investments in water management systems can increase efficiency and improve water quality;

Consider the development of programs and prac-tices to improve water use efficiency or appropriate reuse of water;

Identify ways to implement green infrastructure practices to improve water quality and reduce storm water flows

Evaluate ways to preserve the quality and quantity of the region’s water resources;

Evaluate power production through sewage treat-ment; and

Identify ways to reduce energy use and GHG emis-sions associated with movement of water.

In developing a sustainability plan that addresses water resources in the region, it is critical that previous and current efforts are integrated with this planning process. Examples of other relevant plans and efforts include the Buffalo Sewer Authority’s Long Term Control Plan, ongoing efforts of the WNY Stormwater Coalition, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI), Great Lakes

Compact (Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact), Southern Tier West Watershed/Stormwater Task Force, the Lake Erie Watershed Protection Alliance (LEWPA), as well as the WNY Regional Economic Development Council.

Consistency with other regional initiatives is a prominent issue that was stressed throughout the planning process. Stakeholders emphasized the importance of looking to the larger Great Lakes region for consistency with the GLRI and the Great Lakes Compact and the major initia-tives within each of those that can be brought to the local level. An important aspect of the implementation of this Sustainability Plan will be leveraging funding sources common to these efforts and also creating partnerships that help to advance the goals of all three efforts.

Green infrastructure seeks to introduce

built systems that mimic natural systems

by capturing rainwater and maximizing

infiltration. Examples of green infrastruc-

ture include green roofs, rain gardens,

porous pavement, and other practices.


7.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe water resources indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline conditions for the region. These were used to inform the goals established for water resources in the region. Additional water resources indicators were considered but due to lack of data at the date of this plan were not included. Additional details on the sustainability indicators are provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.


WATER MANAGEMENT

214,757 acres of land are

conserved in WNY

Acres of Conserved LandYear: 2012

Data SourcesN.Y. Office of Cyber Security. 2010. NYS Public Land Boundaries.

N.Y. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012. New York State Regulatory Freshwater Wetlands.

Western New York Land Conservancy. 2012. List of Protected Properties.

The Conservation Registry. 2012. National Conservation Easement Database.

more in-depth look

Acres of Conserved Land

DEC Land

Conservation Wetlands

Conservation Easements

Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy sites

WNY Land Conservancy(not to scale)

NFTA Green Roof Bus Shelter, Buffalo, NY

INDICATOR Acres of Conserved

Land

In 2012, the WNY region had 215,248 acres of conserved land, areas that are protected from development and that help to improve water quality throughout the region. The lands conserved included NYSDEC wet-lands, conserved lands owned by the Western New York Land Conservancy and lands identified through the National Conservation Easement Database data. Conserved land indi-cates how much of our land is protected from encroaching development which, as a result, contribute to water quality and management efforts in the region.

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INDICATOR Linear Miles of Shoreline

with Public Access

In addition, 107 miles of publically accessible shoreline regional waterbodies are listed on the New York Environmental Protection Funds list of coastal and inland waterbodies. This represents 22% of all the shorelines in the region. Public access to the region’s waterways is critical to improve the region’s tourism and economic development assets and to improving the water quality through incorporation of appropriate land uses along such waterways.

INDICATOR Miles of Impaired

Streams

In 2010, there were 781 miles of streams in the region that were classified as impaired by the NYSDEC. Impaired waters are waters that do not fully support the designated uses as established by the state’s water quality standards. As strategies are implemented that improve water quality, the miles of impaired streams should decrease.

INDICATOR Miles of Trout-Classified

Streams

There are 1,352 miles of trout-classified streams within the region. Trout streams are waters that provide habitat in which trout can survive and grow within a normal range on a year-round basis. Trout waters are typically indicative of higher or better water quality because trout are a more sensitive aquatic biota. Therefore as the miles of impaired streams are reduced due to improved water quality it is anticipated that miles of trout-classified streams may increase as a result.

A more in-depth look 781 miles of WNY’s

streams are classified

as impaired

Miles of Impaired Streams Year: 2010

Data SourcesN.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012. Waterbody Inventory/Priority Waterbodies List in NYS.

WATER MANAGEMENT

Impaired Streams

Trout-ClassifiedStream

A more in-depth look 1,352 miles of

streams in WNY are

trout-classified

Miles of Trout-Classified StreamsYear: 2010

Data SourcesN.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2010. NYS Water Quality Classifications Data Set.

WATER MANAGEMENT

A more in-depth look 107 of the 492 miles

(22%) of shoreline along

major regional water

bodies are publicly

owned

Linear Miles of Shoreline with Public AccessYear: 2010 and 2012


N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012. List of Coastal Waterbodies and Designated Inland Waterways.

U.S. Geological Survey. 2012. National Hydrography Dataset.

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WATER MANAGEMENT


INDICATOR Combined and Sanitary

Sewer Overflows

As a measure of inefficiency of the existing wastewater infrastructure, in 2011 there were 88 Combined Sewer Overflows

(CSO) and 29 facilities that generate Sanitary

Sewer Overflows (SSO) throughout the region. The excessive storm water runoff and snowmelt in CSOs and SSOs cause untreated waste water to be released into the region’s waterways, negatively affecting the water quality of the region. As measures to decrease the amount of runoff that enters these sys-tems are implemented, through green infrastructure as well as improvements to wastewater infrastructure, the number of CSOs and SSOs will decrease, resulting in improved regional water quality.

INDICATOR Water Usage

per Capita

The region uses 1,116 gallons of water per person per day accounting for public supply, domestic, irrigation, livestock, aquaculture, industrial, mining, and thermo-electric power use. Increasing the efficient use of water in residential, commercial, and industrial processes will save water and the energy used to process and treat wastewater.

A more in-depth look WNY’s residents and

businesses use

1,116 gallons

per day, per person

Water Usage Per CapitaYear: 2005

Data SourcesU.S. Geological Survey. 2005. Estimated Use of Water in the United States County-Level Data.

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CSOs are those discharge points that release excess untreated wastewater at times when

an elevated amount of snow melt or storm water runoff causes the intake capacity of the

system to be exceeded. Sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) are spills, discharges, diversions

or overflows of partially treated or entirely untreated wastewater from a sanitary sewer

system. SSOs may cause a number of system errors, inefficiencies, or defects .

A more in-depth look WNY has 88 combined

sewer overflows (CSOs) and

29 facilities that generate

sanitary sewer overflows

(SSOs)

Combined and Sanitary Sewer OverflowsYear: 2012

Data SourcesN.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012a. Strategy Implementation Report for Combined Sewer Overflows.

N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation. 2012b. Storm Sewer Overflow (SSO) Tracking Sheet.

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WATER MANAGEMENT


Improving the region’s water quality is a key focal point for water management sustainability because good water quality affects different facets of the region – the economy (fishing, water-related tourism, etc.), recre-ation, and the health of the watershed. Existing sources of degraded regional water quality need to be identi-fied and solutions developed to address them. Primary sources of degraded regional water quality include non-point source pollution, especially in the rural areas of the region, as well as CSOs and SSOs.

STRATEGY Educate the public on the ways that they

impact and/or improve the health of

local watersheds, reduce stress on water

management infrastructure, and

promote water conservation through

public education programs and demon-

stration projects.

The importance of educating local residents and stakeholders on the role that they play in achieving the region’s sustainability goals was a common theme that impacts all the strategies outlined for water resources. Providing education for residents that explain how they impact water quantity and quality is a major first step in achieving a decrease in non-point source pollution. Providing education on water conservation practices is critical in achieving more efficient water use; residential household and potable water use; and commercial facility and industrial water use, including industrial processes and treatment of drinking and wastewater. Therefore, each strategy or project implemented as part of this Plan should include an educational component.

An example within the region is Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, which is actively involved in water resources education in Erie and Niagara counties. Among other educational programs they are developing a Storm

Drain Identification program that includes attaching metal medallions to curbside storm drains that read “No Dumping Drains to Waterway.” An educational outreach program such as this, is highly visible and works to increase public awareness against dumping into storm-water drains. Additionally, the implementation of pilot projects throughout the region that demonstrate green infrastructure in public places such as county parks or along road medians, along with signage, increase public awareness about different types of green infrastructure and how it works to improve water quality in the region.

Educational outreach programs can be implemented by local non-profits, such as the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, or through municipal and county departments. Funding for public demonstration projects can come from in-kind municipal funding and supplemented through such programs as the United States Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Improvement funding.

STRATEGY Implement targeted sewer infrastructure

improvements for pollution sources

known to impact impaired waterbodies

in the WNY region.

The region’s existing sewer infrastructure system is inadequate and is not equipped to handle excess wastewater, which result in CSOs and SSOs that dis-charge untreated wastewater directly to the region’s waterways. As mentioned earlier, in 2011 there were 88 CSO events and 29 facilities that generated SSOs. This infrastructure needs to be upgraded and maintained to reduce these direct discharges that result in the impair-ment of the region’s waterbodies. An example of this is Chautauqua Lake, which is currently being impaired by an adjacent sewage treatment plant that is contributing


Water Resources Sustainability Goal 1: Improve regional water quality through a focus on the identification and management of pollution sources and protection of healthy watersheds.

GOAL


20% of the phosphorous load to the lake. As a result Chautauqua County is proposing upgrades to this plant and septic systems within 1,300 feet of the lake in order to improve the lake’s water quality. Potential funding sources for such upgrades could be through the United States Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Improvement program or the USEPA’s Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund program.

STRATEGY Identify and implement green infrastruc-

ture practices (i.e., permeable pavement,

raingardens, bioretention ponds, etc.)

that reduce excessive storm water flows

and runoff, which are a leading source of

non-point source pollution.

The region should identify and implement green infra-structure practices that reduce excessive stormwater flows to alleviate the flows to the sewer systems as well as runoff directly to waterways. Such practices as per-meable pavement and raingardens are proven methods

that reduce rain runoff by allowing storm water to fil-trate directly into the ground. They types of projects can be completed by individual municipalities, non-profit organizations as well as local citizen organizations.

An example of a completed green infrastructure project is Buffalo’s Pervious Pavement Project. The City of Buffalo, in coordination with the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, installed pervious pavement asphalt on one test road within the city. This asphalt allows rainwater to permeate directly into the ground. This project was completed with partial funding from the USEPA Green Innovation Grant Program. This project is currently being monitored so that the amount of water seeping into the asphalt can be tracked.

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Niagara Falls, Niagara County


Allegany River, Cattaraugus County

Although the region is located within the Great Lakes and Allegany River basin, where there is ample freshwater, the region must consider the importance of promoting wise use of the region’s freshwater resources. Addressing existing municipal water and wastewater systems that operate inefficiently is a key step to efficient regional water use. Municipalities have opportunities to increase water efficiency by looking at inefficient, separate sys-tems and by identifying ways to minimize redundancies in their water systems.

STRATEGY Increase efficiency and effectiveness of

water management infrastructure

through implementation of system

upgrades and consolidation of existing

water systems.

Municipalities within the region should work to identify water systems that are in need of upgrades to reduce leaks in the system, as well as identify redundancies in the overall water system that will increase the overall efficiency of the system. In addition, the regional water systems should be monitored and repaired for leaks to prevent water loses, as well as infiltration and inflow (I & I),

which is where clean stormwater or groundwater enters the sanitary sewer system though holes, breaks, joints, failures, downspouts and other sources. Assessing these systems for water quality and quantity, as well as water and energy efficiency can result in short-term invest-ments that could result in long term cost savings for the municipality.

An example of a means to improve water efficiency in the region is the Erie County Division of Sewerage Management (ECDSM), a conglomerate of small municipal and private sewer systems, that is proposing to combine individual systems into a larger regional system. The regional system would improve collection and treatment efficiency through the elimination of redundant facilities and the construction of regional gravity systems that can cross municipal boundaries. Projects such as these would work to increase water efficiency, as well as reduce energy demand and associated GHG emissions. Potential funding sources for such upgrades could be through the United States Army Corps of Engineers Infrastructure Improvement program.

Water Resources Sustainability Goal 2: Improve regional water management systems and increase regional water use efficiency.

GOAL


Regional water quantity issues are regional flooding and the damages that can result in both urban and rural environments, the strong interplay between storm water and flooding, and the importance of land use (developed versus open spaces and functioning natural systems). Flow reduction for the overall region was highlighted as a key priority, as it is tied to water quality issues (CSOs and SSOs) but also to monetary costs for infrastructure and maintenance.

STRATEGY Assess and seek to remove regulatory and

administrative barriers to green infrastruc-

ture projects posed by local codes and

permitting processes.

In order to increase the use of green infrastructure throughout the region, there is a need for a qualitative assessment of the barriers posed by local codes and permitting processes to green infrastructure require-ments. A study such as this is proposed by the Erie County Department of Environment and Planning, in coordination with the WNY Stormwater Coalition. The goal of the study is to identify local administra-tive obstacles while identifying opportunities to make green infrastructure practices and educational outreach regarding these practices more available to municipal planning and permitting agencies. As these barriers to implementation of green infrastructure are identified and removed, more such practices will be integrated resulting in improved water quality within the region. This study could be funded partially through in-kind county/organizational funding, as well as the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Small Watershed Program.

STRATEGY Promote the preservation and restoration

of land and natural systems that can be

used to naturally manage storm water

and runoff.

An important aspect to managing stormwater is the pres-ervation and restoration of land and natural systems that will naturally filtrate water, reducing runoff. Municipalities should evaluate these areas within their communities and identify ways to protect them from development and/or restore them. An example of habitat restoration is the Urban Habitat Project, at the Buffalo Central Terminal. The project demonstrates the benefits of habitat restoration of a 3-acre urban abandoned space adjacent to the Buffalo Central Terminal. The site was planted with large groves of pine trees, hawthorns, native shrubs, and vast meadows of grasses and wildflowers. This restoration resulted in native regional habitats, improved soil quality, and the increase of natural stormwater infiltration, as well as a 320,000 gallon bio-retention pond. In addition, the project is functioning as a living inner-city classroom for schools, community centers, churches and residents.

Potential funding for restorations or preservation proj-ects could come from public land bank or open space funds, The NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Community Grant’s, as well as private foun-dation funding.

Water Resources Sustainability Goal 3: Address regional water quantity concerns through a focus on flooding, storm water/runoff, infiltration, and regional water use.

GOAL

Urban Habitat Project, Buffalo Central Terminal, Erie County


Coordination with land use planning processes begins at the local level through the integration of regional goals and policies regarding water management and sustainability in local comprehensive plans and zoning. Making sound decisions on where future development is sited can have positive implications for regional water quality and can also increase the efficiency of regional water use by maximizing existing infrastructure. Initiatives at the Great Lakes regional level—namely the GLRI and Great Lakes Compact—can provide guidance and important tie-ins to this planning effort and, therefore, consistency should be maintained between these efforts and this Plan.

STRATEGY Develop and implement Local Waterfront

Revitalization Plans (LWRPs) in all eligible

municipalities that include consideration

of public access to regional waterfronts for

recreation to promote economic develop-

ment associated with tourism.

This strategy was discussed in Section 4.2 for the Land Use and Livable Communities Goal 6 – “Encourage, enhance, and coordinate regional park, greenway, and

waterfront planning to connect the public and natural resources to each other while promoting economic development and recreational opportunities,” and it works to address this goal as well.

STRATEGY Develop and maintain links between

water quantity and quality infrastructure

and local land use planning (i.e. future

development and land conservation), as

well as the GLRI and Great Lakes Compact.

Managing storm water and run-off should be coor-dinated with land use planning, especially to ensure that new development adheres to green infrastructure standards, including practices that reduce I & I and the implementation of these practices increase region-wide. As discussed in Section 4.2, there is the potential for the REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group proposed “Smart Growth Coordinating Council” to work to build land use planning capacity throughout the region. It would be through this effort that the strategies outlined in this Plan relating to land use all would be integrated into local land use planning efforts. Additionally, the regional initiatives such as the GLRI and Great Lake Compact can provide additional guidance as municipalities are considering water quality and quantity issues in land use planning.

Water Resources Sustainability Goal 4: Ensure better coordination of water management with land use and conservation planning and decisions regarding where future development occurs, including continued and increased public access.

GOAL


7.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. These targets are intended as reasonable quantifica-tions that the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements this sustainability plan. For further information of the targets and associated indicators is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET The region’s target is to reduce storm

water flow and frequency of CSOs by 40%

over a period of 20 years.

The strategies outlined to achieve Water Resources Goals 1, 2 and 3 will work to decrease the number of CSOs throughout the region. It is important to set a target for the reduction of CSOs as it is a key measure of success of the implementation of water quality and quantity strategies outlined in this Plan.

The implementation of region-wide green infrastruc-ture will have a direct impact by reducing storm water flows and frequencies of CSOs. This target was set to be consistent with regional existing plans for reducing CSOs such as the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper Draft “Green Infrastructure Solutions to Buffalo’s Sewer Overflow Problem” (March 2011), the Alliance for the Great Lake’s “Reduce Combined Sewer Overflows in the Great Lakes: Why Investing in Infrastructure is Critical to Improving Water Quality” (June 2012), and the current updates to the Buffalo Sewer Authority’s “Long-Term Control Plan.”

TARGET The region’s target is to reduce the total

miles of impaired streams by 20% (156

miles) to 625 miles b 2035.

The strategies outlined to achieve Water Resources Goals 1 and 2 will work to decrease the number of impaired streams throughout the region. It is important to set a target for the number of impaired streams, as it is a key measure of success of the implementation of water quality strategies outlined in this Plan.

In 2010, there were 781 miles of NYSDEC-listed impaired streams within the WNY Region. These waters are clas-sified as not fully supporting the designated uses as established by the state’s water quality standards. From 2008 to 2010 three streams were delisted, while from 2010 to 2012 no streams were delisted or added to the list within the region; therefore the water quality within the region is remaining relatively constant. The imple-mentation of actions that will improve water quality within the region include such actions that address CSOs and provide centralized wastewater treatment as well as the installation of green infrastructure that reduces stormwater runoff. These collective efforts will work together to increase water quality within the waterways of the region, resulting in a reduction of miles of impaired streams.

West side vacant lot regeneration, Buffalo, Erie County


7.4 Sustainability ActionsThe strategies associated with water resources will ensure the sustainable use and management of one of the region’s most abundant natural resources. The strat-egies outlined above address water quality and quantity concerns through natural management, improved and efficient water systems, and coordination with regional land use planning. The effect these actions have on the regional economy would be associated with reduced cost for municipalities responsible for maintaining and

operating these systems and thus a reduced cost for the taxpayer and the job creation associated with con-struction and upgrades to these systems. In addition it is critical to acknowledge that these actions can serve to minimize significant negative impacts on the economy associated with erosion and sedimentation, flooding, and water quality issues.

The GHG emissions associated with wastewater treat-ment resulting from the breakdown of organic materials accounts for 1% of all the GHG emissions in the region. In addition, there are additional GHG emissions associ-ated with the energy used to collect and treat waste-water and distribute public water. Real reductions and avoidance of those emissions can be realized through improving water management systems to reduce redundancy and improve efficiency and, through natural water management, reduce the energy needed to operate these systems.

A summary of identified sustainable water resources projects that align with the goals and strategies of this Plan is located on pages A-32 through A-38 in Appendix A.

Restoration of the Buffalo Central Terminal, Urban Habitat

Project, Erie County


8 Waste ManagementTruly sustainable solid waste management would be zero waste disposal. While currently considered to be imprac-tical, it is still the ultimate goal. To achieve this challenging goal, solid waste management has shifted in recent years to a more comprehensive materials management. This more holistic approach assesses how materials are managed before they become a waste as well as how they are managed once labeled a waste. New York’s Beyond Waste Plan (NYSDEC, 2010) addresses the current strategy for solid waste, which is to “reduce demand for energy, reduce dependence on disposal, minimize emission of greenhouse gases, and create green jobs.”

The WNY Sustainability Plan evaluates representative solid waste management practices throughout the region to determine strategies to reduce the waste produced and stored in the region and reduce GHG emissions associated with waste management. The following were considered in the development of the region’s waste management goals and strategies set forth in this Plan:

Identify methods to reduce and prevent waste;

Identify ways to increase recycling of conventional recyclables (e.g., paper, plastic, cardboard, glass, and metal);

Identify ways to increase recycling of organic materials (e.g., via composting, land application, or anaerobic digestion);

Consider handling and recycling construction and demolition (C&D) debris;

Consider alternatives to landfilling;

Identify and evaluate the feasibility of landfill methane capture and use (landfill-gas-to-energy); and

Energy recovery from waste incineration (waste-to-energy).

Modern Corporation, Commercial Compost Facility, Niagara County


The real cost of waste management is not just the cost of disposal but is instead a life-cycle cost that also factors in manufacturing, transportation, and environmental and human health. The WNY region consists of municipalities, businesses, and institutions with varying waste manage-ment needs depending on their size and proximity to disposal and recycling facilities. It is not expected that each waste management unit will accomplish sustainable waste management in a standardized way. This is espe-cially true since municipalities, businesses, and agencies have limited budgets and resources to collect and track comprehensive data pertaining to waste management.

Regardless of strides in environmental and energy awareness, the majority of waste generated in WNY, the state, and the nation is still landfilled. Landfilling is the lowest priority waste management strategy because it uses valuable land, does not eliminate the waste, and produces the greenhouse gas methane, which builds up in landfills as waste breaks down in the relative absence of oxygen (i.e., anaerobically). Methane is a much more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Landfilling is the largest direct contribution to GHGs of any waste management technique.

In the hierarchy of sustainable waste management, the number one strategy is to reduce the overall generation of solid waste to begin with, known as waste reduction or waste prevention. Waste reduction saves energy and resources by reducing the overall amount of material that needs to be handled, processed, manufactured, collected, transported, and disposed of, and consequently also results in less GHG production from that life cycle. Next to waste reduction, recycling (including reuse) is the second most effective waste management strategy to reduce GHG emissions and conserve energy and resources. Recycling avoids the methane generation of landfilling as well as the extra energy, resources, and pollution from manufacturing using virgin materials. In 2010, the 3.7 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) materials recycled in New York State helped to avoid more than 12 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and conserve 99 trillion BTUs of energy (NYSDEC’s Beyond Waste Plan, 2010).

This Plan addresses sustainable management of MSW, organic waste, and C&D waste that is eligible for

disposal in a landfill or incinerator (the term “disposal” encompasses both landfilling and incineration). MSW includes household and commercial/institutional solid waste, and excludes industrial, separately managed C&D, and specialized organic wastes.

Waste diversion is any method of

preventing a waste from being disposed

of via landfill or incineration and includes

recycling, composting, and other reuse.

The majority of active MSW landfills in WNY capture a portion of the landfill gas (methane) and use it for elec-tricity, amounting to 233,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) in 2010. This practice derives a useful commodity (energy) from waste disposal while at the same time helps to mitigate the contribution of landfills to GHGs. One large area landfill (the Republic/Allied Waste landfill in Niagara County) does not collect landfill gas because the landfill does not routinely accept biodegradable waste. Because the majority of regional landfills that can reasonably col-lect landfill gas are already doing so, the stakeholders determined that landfill-gas-to-energy was not an effec-tive area of emphasis for waste management for this Plan.

The WNY area contains one of 10 municipal waste com-bustion (MWC) facilities in New York State. That facility (Covanta in Niagara County) generated more than 240,000 MWh of electricity in 2010 and is one of the largest MWCs in the state. WNY also has a waste-to-energy incineration facility for tires and selected C&D wastes. A waste-to-energy operation derives a useful commodity (energy) from waste disposal, avoids the methane gener-ated by landfilling (although incineration generates some GHGs during combustion), and boosts metals recycling by actively separating out metals from the waste stream prior to incineration. MWC is a viable disposal technique for waste that cannot otherwise be prevented or recycled and, from a climate standpoint, NYSDEC considers it to be preferable to landfilling. Because WNY has an operating MWC facility, the stakeholders determined that waste-to-energy was not an effective area of emphasis for waste management for this Plan.

8-2 8 WASTE MANAGEMENT

INDICATOR Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

Disposed of per Capita

Landfills are currently the pri-mary destination for waste disposal in the region. In 2010, the WNY region disposed of 0.79 tons per person of MSW via landfill or municipal waste combustion. MSW consist of household and commercial/institutional solid waste. It excludes industrial, separately managed construction and demolition, and specialized organic wastes. The status of this indicator is inversely related to MSW recycled, assuming the amount of waste material being produced remains constant, as efforts are made to increase MSW recycled this indicator will decrease respectively.

INDICATOR Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)

Recycled per Capita

In 2012, approximately 0.15 tons per person of MSW was diverted from landfills, by recycling. MSW recycled consists of conventional household and commercial/institutional recyclables like paper, cardboard, metal, glass, and plastic. They exclude industrial, separately man-aged construction and demolition, and specialized organic recyclables. The status of this indicator is inversely related to MSW disposed of, assuming the amount of waste material being produced remains constant, as efforts to increase recycling within the region increase the MSW disposed of will be reduced.

8.1 Sustainability Indicators and Current TrendsThe waste management indicators discussed below are a measure of the baseline conditions of the region. These indicators were used to inform the goals established for waste management for the region. Other waste management indicators might be applicable in the future as sustainable waste management practices evolve over time and better data pertaining to waste management are collected. Additional detail on the indicators is provided in the Indicator Memo in Appendix D.

A more in-depth look In 2010, 0.79 tons per

person of municipal solid

waste from WNY were

disposed of

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)Disposed of Per CapitaYear: 2010

Data SourcesNYSDEC. 2010. Annual landfill reportsand municipal waste combustion reports submitted for key facilities.


Tons of Municipal Solid Waste Disposed of per capita

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0.63

0.84 0.83 0.79

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0.70

0.90

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person of municipal

solid waste from WNY

were recycled

Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Recycled Per CapitaYear: 2010

Data SourcesNYSDEC. 2010. Annual recyclable handling and recovery facility reports submitted for key facilities.


0.14

0.11

0.150.16

0.13

0.15

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.08

0.10

0.12

0.14

0.16

Allegan

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Catta

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Chautauqua

Erie

Niagara

WNY

Tons of Municipal Solid Waste Recycled per capita

WASTE MANAGEMENT



WASTE MANAGEMENT

In 2010, 0.10 tons per

person of C&D waste

from WNY were

disposed of

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Disposed of Per CapitaYear: 2010

Data SourcesNYSDEC. 2010. Annual landfill reports submitted for key facilities.


0.10

0.07

0.19

0.08

0.110.10

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0.05

0.10

0.15

0.20

0.25

Allegan

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Catta

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Chautauqua

Erie

Niagara

WNY

Tons of C&D Waste Disposed of per capita

In 2010, 0.35 tons per

person of C&D waste

from WNY were recycled

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste Recycled Per CapitaYear: 2010

Data SourcesNYSDEC. 2010. Annual C&D processor reports submitted for key facilities.



Tons of C&D Waste Recycled per capita

0.001 0.002 0.02

0.35

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INDICATOR Construction and Demolition

(C&D) Waste Disposed of per

Capita

In 2010, approximately 0.10 tons per person of C&D waste from WNY were disposed of in a landfill. C&D waste consists of building materials like concrete, wood, metals, plate glass, asphalt, and other building components. The status of this indicator is inversely related to C&D waste recycled, as efforts to increase C&D recycling, the amount of this waste that ends up in landfills will be reduced.

INDICATOR Construction and Demolition

(C&D) Waste Recycled per

Capita

In 2012, approximately 0.35 tons per person of C&D waste were diverted from the landfills by recycling. Implementing strategies to reduce waste and increase recycling in the region will reduce the amount of waste that is disposed of. C&D waste consists of building materials like concrete, wood, metals, plate glass, asphalt and building components, much of which is recyclable. The status of this indicator is inversely related to C&D waste disposed of, as efforts to increase C&D recycling, the amount of this waste that ends up in landfills will be reduced.

INDICATOR Organic Waste Recycled

per Capita

In 2010, 0.017 tons per person of organic material from the region were recycled. The amount of organic waste that was disposed of is unknown because this information is not tracked, but it is thought to be substantial based on typical waste composition profiles. Recycling and reuse of organic materials is an obvious opportunity for reducing the amount of waste ending up in landfills, as well as GHG reduction.


person of organic waste

from WNY were recycled

Organic Waste Recycled Per CapitaYear: 2010

Data SourcesNYSDEC, Division of Materials Management. 2011. Biosolids Management in New York State, Table 5, Part 360 Permitted Biosolids Beneficial Use Facilities. Data are for year 2010.

NYSDEC. 2010. Part 360 Permitted Composting Facilities. List dated September 28, 2010.

NYSDEC, Division of Materials Management. 2012. Personal communication, October 31, 2012


0.001

0.025

0.005

0.017

0.000

0.005

0.010

0.015

0.020

0.025

Allegan

y

Catta

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Chautauqua

Erie

Niagara

WNY

Tons of Organic Waste Recycled per capita

WASTE MANAGEMENT


INDICATOR Waste Transport Vehicles that

Use Alternative Fuels

In 2012, there were at least 33 alternative-fuel vehicles in privately operated waste collection fleets in the region, and as yet, no such vehicles in municipal fleets. Increasing the number of waste collection trucks that use alternative fuels will decrease regional GHG emissions associated with waste and recyclables collection and transport.

A more in-depth look There are 33 alternative-

fuel waste transport

vehicles in WNY

Waste Transport VehiclesThat Use Alternative FuelsYear: 2012

Data SourcesModern Disposal Corp. 2012. Personal communication, September 27, 2012.

Other waste management companies operate alternative-fuel waste transport vehicles, but the data are unavailable for this Plan.

Alternative-Fuel Waste Transport Vehicles

WASTE MANAGEMENT

33

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10

20

30

40

Private Fleets Municipal Fleets

Waste Management Sustainability Goal 1: Reduce the amount of MSW that is disposed of (via landfills or incineration). Accomplish this by reducing waste generation and/or increasing recycling.

GOAL


In their Beyond Waste Plan, NYSDEC states that New Yorkers send 4.1 pounds per person per day (0.75 tons per year) of MSW to disposal facilities. This Plan estimates the amount for WNY to be about 4.3 pounds per person per day (0.79 tons per year). NYSDEC has set a disposal reduction goal of 0.6 pounds per person per day (0.11 tons per year) by 2030.

Although there are active MSW recycling programs throughout the region, still too much of that mate-rial is landfilled that otherwise could be recycled, and more needs to be done to divert recyclable materials from disposal. The statewide MSW recycling rate is esti-mated to be about 20%, which is short of the national average of 33%.

According to NYSDEC’s Beyond Waste Plan, on a per-ton basis, anywhere from four to ten jobs can be cre-ated to process recyclable materials and prepare them for market for every one job in disposal, and the jobs ratio is higher when the recycled materials are in turn used in manufacturing.

C&D Waste Recovery


STRATEGY Educate the public, government, busi-

nesses, and institutions regarding waste

management regulations and require-

ments, the benefits of reduce/reuse/

recycle, how to effectively reduce/reuse/

recycle, and the costs associated with

waste management.

In order to achieve real progress in reducing waste and increasing recycling in the region, education and aware-ness are needed across all sectors (residential, business, institutional, government) regarding sustainable waste management practices and their economic and envi-ronmental benefits.

Municipalities should provide public outreach to their businesses and residents regarding the costs and benefits of sustainable waste management. Education outreach can take many forms, including:

Distributing flyers and mailings to the public and businesses with tips for reducing waste and increas-ing recycling;

Public service announcements;

Holding educational seminars for municipal governments, businesses, and institutions regarding waste management best practices and the positive economic impact of sustainable waste manage-ment; and

Addressing good waste management practices in K through 12 school curricula.

These types of programs could be implemented by municipalities through municipal budgets; however, the money saved from decreasing waste and increasing money received from recycling could end up compen-sating for the initial costs. Other options such as educa-tional outreach from non-profit organizations such as the Buffalo Recycling Alliance could work to supplement municipal outreach. Additionally the Green Business Roundtable discussed in Section 3.2 would be a means of educating business and industry within the region on best practices regarding waste reduction, including recycling and composting.

STRATEGY Institute more Pay-as-You-Throw

programs and every-other-week trash

pickup, which incentivize waste reduction

and recycling.

Municipalities throughout the region should work to incorporate Pay-as-You-Throw programs so that the residents or businesses within the municipalities have an incentive to reduce their waste. In addition, reducing trash pick-up to every other week would save fuel costs from collecting waste. These types of changes save money but would require public outreach and support from the community in order for successful implementation.

STRATEGY Increase MSW recycling operations

(collection, recovery, and processing) in

WNY and the use of recycled MSW materi-

als in goods produced in the region.

The majority of MSW recyclables collected in WNY are shipped out of the region. They typically are not used in manufacturing streams or processes in the region, meaning that their secondary-market value and energy-savings value are realized elsewhere. As the MSW recycled increases in the region through public outreach and the implementation of Pay-as-You-Throw programs, there is a need to increase the number of facilities that process this material and incorporate it into goods being produced in the region.

The development of such facilities will require an entity such as an Industrial Development Agency (IDA) to lead a targeted market development study. Once the study is conducted the agency can incentivize the development through tax abatement, IDA incentives, and low-cost power as well as other private and public financial assistance and funding sources.

STRATEGY Encourage product stewardship that

considers the life-cycle of the product for

goods produced in WNY. As necessary,

enact related legislation.

Product stewardship considers a product’s life cycle, from manufacture to disposal, has responsibility for the environmental impact of the product, and is important


to sustainable waste management. NYSDEC’s Beyond Waste Plan calls product stewardship a key strategy for both waste and GHG reduction. According to the EPA, 42% of the national GHG inventory is influenced by the energy consumed in the production, use, and management of the materials that become waste. Key concepts of product stewardship are reducing product packaging; using recyclable product packaging; and requiring manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to be involved (financially and otherwise) in the final disposi-tion of the product.

Encouraging manufacturers to adopt product steward-ship in the region could be another goal of the Green Business Roundtable that was discussed in Section 3.2. Businesses and industry meeting and sharing ideas about best practices that are already being imple-mented and how much they cost or even save will encourage others to adopt such practices. Additionally, state and federal government can enact legislation that requires product stewardship.

Waste Management Sustainability Goal 2: Maximize the diversion of organic waste from disposal facilities (landfills and incinerators) and the beneficial reuse of the organic material

Organic waste includes yard waste, food residual waste, food processing waste, wood waste, and biosolids (sewage treatment sludge). Composting, recycling, or other reuse of organic wastes is not widespread, and the majority of those materials are currently landfilled. In addition to improving waste diversion, recycling of organics is an opportunity to reduce GHG emissions since organic material is highly degradable and con-tributes readily to landfill gas.

STRATEGY Improve the infrastructure for effectively

recycling organic material (commercial,

institutional, and residential) in WNY.

In order to remove organic material from the waste stream there is a need for more infrastructure to effec-tively recycle this material. There are several methods that could be implemented through the region to increase the recycling of this material, such as:

Municipalities conducting public outreach and assistance to residents, businesses and farms to assist in utilizing backyard or bin composting for both food and yard waste;

Increasing the number of industrial composting facilities in the region through IDA incentives;

Municipalities instituting routine organics collection for residences and businesses; and

Increasing the use of anaerobic digesters for food waste and biosolids. In addition to increasing waste diversion and reducing GHGs, anaerobic digestion systems also typically recover methane for energy.

These methods to increase recycling material would have to be a combination of increasing the number of commercial composting facilities along with instituting municipal organic collection for the community. Similar to MSW recycling operation, the development of such facilities will require an entity such as an IDA to lead a targeted market development study. Once the study is conducted, the agency can incentivize the development through tax abatement, IDA incentives, low-cost power, and other private and public financial assistance and funding sources. In addition to the work from the local IDA, this would require a commitment from the local municipality to collect such wastes, and ultimately to be successful it would require public education as to how to collect and sort organic wastes.

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Waste Management Sustainability Goal 3: Reduce the amount of C&D waste that is disposed of by reducing waste generation and/or increasing recycling.

GOAL

C&D waste consists of bulky materials like concrete, wood, metals, plate glass, asphalt, and building com-ponents, much of which is recyclable. Similar to MSW, although there are active C&D recycling and recovery programs throughout the region, much of that material that otherwise could be recycled is landfilled and more needs to be done to divert recyclable C&D materials from disposal. Also similar to MSW, the majority of C&D recyclables collected in WNY typically are not used in enough local manufacturing streams or processes.

STRATEGY Increase C&D recycling operations (collec-

tion, recovery, and processing) in WNY

and the use of recycled C&D materials in

goods produced in, and processes

conducted in, WNY.

Similar to MSW recycling operation, the development of such facilities will require an entity such as an Industrial Development Agency to lead a targeted market develop-ment study. Once the study is conducted there agency can incentivize the development through tax abatement, IDA incentives, low-cost power, and other private and public financial assistance and funding sources.

STRATEGY Encourage building deconstruction and

subsequent material reuse and recycling,

as opposed to building demolition.

In order to encourage building deconstruction and subsequent material reuse, there needs to be a processing facility, as well as market for those recycled materials. The work currently being done by Buffalo ReUse is an example of how to make this type of strategy financially viable. Buffalo ReUse has developed a business model for building salvage and deconstruction that facilitates the reclamation of quality building materials and preservation of the architectural heritage of buildings that would otherwise be destroyed. The materials are then sold at their store as low-cost building materials that are used to enhance the structural and aesthetic quality of existing homes in the city. As this type of strategy becomes more cost effective, more contractors within the region will work with existing programs or develop new programs to deconstruct and reuse construction materials.

Recycled Materials Sorting


Waste Management Sustainability Goal 4: Increase the number of waste transport vehicles that use alternative fuels.

GOAL

As discussed in the transportation section of the Plan, many municipalities and private companies recognize the potential cost and GHG savings of converting their fleets to alternative fuels such as CNG, ethanol, or biodiesel. Waste and recycling haulers are particularly well served by converting their fleets to CNG, given the higher amount of idling, slower speeds, and slower acceleration of their vehicles. Using alternative fuels for waste transport vehicles will reduce GHG emissions and fuel costs. The conversion to alternative fuels will require upfront investments by haulers for fueling station infra-structure, alternative-fuel vehicle purchases, and conver-sion of existing fleets. An added benefit for the region would be installing additional fueling infrastructure that could be made available for public use.

STRATEGY Encourage the conversion of waste

transport vehicles, both municipal and

private, to alternative fuels, such as CNG.

A complicating reality is that the goals of reducing waste, greenhouse gases, and waste management costs are not necessarily compatible on a case-by-case basis. For example, the high cost of transportation often makes it cheaper in the short term to dispose of waste rather than recycle it, especially if recycling facilities are not local or convenient. Therefore it is important to find ways to reduce fuel costs associated with hauling waste, e.g., the conversion to CNG fueled vehicles. Making this cost-effective for the municipal waste manage-ment companies to make this conversion will require providing financial incentives. Potential funding to assist with the investment would be through NYSERDA’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program.

STRATEGY Implement projects such as fueling and

charging stations that would increase the

number of CNG and electric-powered

vehicles through private and public programs.

As discussed in Section 5.2, this strategy would work to increase the number of CNG fueling stations that could be used for waste collection vehicles and also serve as a public fueling station. Specifically, for waste collection fleets, it would be the responsibility of the waste collection company to install the CNG fueling station to fuel their fleet as well as for potential public use. Potential funding to assist with the investment for the CNG fueling station would be through NYSERDA’s Alternative Fuel Vehicle Program.

Modern Corporation, CNG Fueled Waste Truck


8.4 Sustainability ActionsBy following the sustainable waste management hierarchy and implementing waste reduction and recycling best practices, the region would conserve energy and resources, benefit economically, and reduce GHG emissions. Investments and initiatives to inform Western New Yorkers about sustainable waste management and increase the recycling infrastructure will be key strategies. By encouraging more recycling throughout the region and incentivizing the market for recycled materials, municipalities and businesses would experience reduced landfill fees and increased revenue from the recycled materials. As well, recycling creates more jobs when compared with waste disposal alone, especially if the recycled materials are in turn used in the area in manufacturing or other processes. Actions to increase recycling in the region and close the market loop would generate employment and economic opportunities. Manufacturers that use the

recycled materials in their processes and recyclers that sell the collected materials would find it attractive to operate in the region.

Solid waste management accounts for 1.8% of the GHG emissions attributed to the regional GHG inven-tory. Those emissions are associated with landfill gas (methane) that will result from waste generated in 2010 that is not captured for energy. Additional GHG emis-sions are associated with the manufacture of products and materials and the energy required to collect and manage waste. The region would reduce GHG emis-sions by reducing waste, increasing recycling, and converting waste transport vehicles to alternative fuels.

A summary of identified sustainable waste manage-ment projects that align with the goals and strate-gies of this Plan is located on pages A-35 to A-38 in Appendix A.

8.3 Sustainability TargetsSustainability targets were established for selected indicators. The targets are intended to be reasonable quantifica-tions the WNY region should strive to achieve as it implements this Plan. Further information about the targets and associated indicator is provided in Appendix D.

TARGET Reduce municipal solid waste (MSW)

disposal to 0.11 tons per person per year

(0.6 pounds per person per day) by 2030.

The strategies outlined to achieve Waste Management Goals 1 through 3 focus on reducing the amount of MSW that is disposed of through the diversion of waste products that can be recycled or otherwise reused. It is important to set a target for MSW disposed of as this

shows how the successful the implementation of the strategies detailed are at reducing the overall MSW disposed of within the region.

This target is consistent with the statewide goal in NYSDEC’s Beyond Waste Plan. Reducing MSW disposal would be achieved from some combination of waste reduction and recycling, both of which would benefit the region environmentally and economically.


9 WNY Sustainability Plan Implementation

Implementation StrategyThe focus of the regional sustainability planning process has been the creation of broad goals and strategies to create a more sustainable region and to improve oppor-tunities for economic growth. Project ideas that would help meet the region’s sustainability goals were solicited from stakeholders region-wide. The project ideas were evaluated by the Consortium for project readiness, appli-cability to the sustainability goals, GHG emissions impact, and economic development. These projects are listed and described in Appendix A. One way in which the region will implement this Plan will be through the implementation of those individual projects which will move us closer to one or more of the sustainability goals included in the Plan.

The Sustainability Projects table (Appendix A) is intended to provide a snapshot in time of the projects that stakeholders within the WNY region have identi-fied during the 8-month planning process. The projects that were compiled through this process would help to achieve the sustainability goals and strategies identi-fied in the Plan and are in varying stages of design and planning. All the projects that were fully formed and that would work to meet at least one of the region’s sustainability goals are summarized in the Sustainability Projects table of this appendix. It is anticipated that this list of projects will change over time as projects are completed, new projects are identified, and priorities or opportunities change. In addition, the projects were categorized in order to provide a better understanding

of how each project would impact the region. The fol-lowing categorization was applied to each project:

1. Project has region-wide impact and significant and measurable GHG impacts.

2. Project has local impact and significant, measurable GHG impacts.

3. Project has modest GHG reduction impacts or does not have measurable GHG impacts but meets one or more regional sustainability goals.

4. Project does not have any GHG impacts but meets one or more regional sustainability goals.

This categorization is meant to provide a better under-standing of how a project could impact the region and what funding streams might be potential fits for implementation. Projects that would have significant and measurable GHG impacts (categories 1 and 2) may be potential candidates for funding under the anticipated CGC Implementation Phase, which will be administered by NYSERDA in 2013. Each individual project proponent is responsible for implementing the project, including seeking funding for that project. In addition to the CGC Implementation Phase Funding, a variety of other funding streams should be considered by project proponents. These include other NYSERDA programs, other programs run by state agencies such as the NYSDEC as well as federal funding streams adminis-tered by the USEPA and others. There are also projects that would require private funding for implementation or that might require public-private partnerships.


In addition to the implementation of individual projects by the project proponents, it will be necessary for the WNY region as a whole to reassess progress toward its goals and to measure the specific targets set for various sustainability indicators. As such, it is intended that the WNY REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group assist the region with this process.

The WNY REDC’s Smart Growth Work Group is a standing body that is well poised to take action in moni-toring the implementation of this Plan, assess progress toward established targets, and conduct reanalysis of planning indicators where necessary. The implementa-tion of this Plan fits within the Core Strategies of the REDC’s Plan to Implement Smart Growth, which include assistance in the implementation of not only NYS Smart Growth Public Infrastructure Act but the WNY Regional Sustainability Plan.

The sustainability planning team sought to include projects that not only advanced the stated sustainability goals but also met the three threshold questions used by the WNY REDC to evaluate projects:

1. Does it create, retain, or fill jobs?

2. Will it maximize return on investment?

3. Is the project ready for implementation?

While not all projects included in this Plan can answer all 3 questions in the affirmative, many can. This informa-tion is noted in the “Advances Key REDC Goals” column of the projects table in Appendix A.

The work of actually implementing the specific proj-ects and actions included in this Sustainability Plan is in the hands of the project proponent agencies and private entities that are listed. It will be these project proponents who build the partnerships and identify and acquire the funding needed to make their projects a reality. The Smart Growth Work Group, which continues to meet in the course of the execution of the duties of the WNY REDC, will monitor the implementation of spe-cific projects from the Plan, as well as evolving regional priorities and changing opportunities for funding. As projects are implemented and goals are achieved it will be the work of the Smart Growth Work Group to update the list of projects and actions included in this Plan and to set new bars of achievement that reflect regional goals for sustainable development in the region.

9-2 9 WNY SUSTAINABILITY PLAN IMPLEMENTATION

Appendix A Sustainability Projects Summary Matrix

Sustainability Projects Table The Sustainability Projects table is intended to provide a snapshot in time of the projects that stakeholders within the WNY region have identified during the 8-month planning process that would help to achieve the sustainability goals identified in the Plan. This projects table is intended to be a fluid part of the Plan that will be updated over time to include new projects that are identified throughout the implementation phase of this Plan and to remove those projects that have been completed or become obsolete for any reason.

The Sustainability Projects table consists of projects that were submitted by the consortium, working group members as well as members of the public or private sector representatives. A project identification form was available to the public on the www.sustainable-ny.com website. The form was used by the Consortium to obtain information regarding the proposed projects including the project proponents, overall cost and financial need, project readiness and how it would help advance the sustainability goals established in the Plan.

The projects that were compiled through this process are in varying stages of design and planning. All the projects that were fully formed and that would work to meet at least one of the region’s sustainability goals are summarized in the Sustainability Projects table of this appendix. The projects table provides key information including:

A brief project description and impact location;

The name of the entity that would be responsible for implementation;

Project type (education, public/private infrastruc-ture, Planning, funding program, etc.);

Identification of which sustainability goals the project would work to meet;

An estimate of the GHG impact (direct/indirect avoidance/reduction);

A summary of the project’s compatibility with key WNY REDC goals;

A statement of the project’s potential to create and/or retain jobs in the region; and

Estimated project cost and funding requirements.

Some project submissions were received that were very conceptual in nature which either lack the above key information and/or need significant development before it could be considered for funding. These proj-ects were included in a separate Conceptual Projects list located at the end of this appendix.

WNY REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN A-1

The categorization of these project is not meant as a prioritization as there may be some projects that would greatly move the region toward meeting the sustain-ability goals that wouldn’t have a significant or mea-surable GHG impact. This categorization is meant to provide the reader with a better understanding of how a project could impact the region and what funding streams might be potential fits for implementation.

Project CategorizationEach project was evaluated to provide understanding of how a project would impact the region either region-wide (more than one county) or locally and based on the project potential GHG impacts. Within the projects table, each project has a number 1-4 next to the project name which indicates the level of impact in the region. The following categorization was applied to each project:

1. Project has region-wide impact and significant and measurable GHG impacts.

2. Project has local impact and significant, measurable GHG impacts.

3. Project has modest GHG reduction impacts or does not have measurable GHG impacts but meets one or more regional sustainability goals.

4. Project doesn’t have any GHG impacts but meets one or more regional sustainability goals.

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emph

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clin

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f gre

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prod

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cycl

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tatio

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wat

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mea

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prov

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Par

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tmen

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et in

clud

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anti-

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aini

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nd a

n ef

fort

to re

duce

pes

ticid

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Cou

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golf

cour

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all

sola

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sign

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thro

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dit

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on

sid

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n ad

ditio

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plem

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mat

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pro

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uden

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lfred

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mes

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signe

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appr

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scho

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sum

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man

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900

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as a

mod

el a

nd c

ase

stud

ies t

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unic

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appr

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lean

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roug

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new

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rain

wat

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ff th

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colle

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at w

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filtr

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of th

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to b

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on

the

expe

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om th

e Ze

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stra

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e th

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as p

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stud

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on

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Alfr

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to d

evel

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low

cos

t alte

rnat

ive

to tr

aile

rs in

th

e re

gion

that

will

hav

e a

sign

ifica

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pera

tiona

l sav

ings

to lo

w in

com

e in

divi

dual

s. Th

e ZE

MH

pro

ject

adv

ance

d sy

stem

s, in

clud

ing

geot

herm

al h

eatin

g an

d co

olin

g, sm

all w

ind,

pho

tovo

ltaic

syst

ems a

nd so

lar t

herm

al fo

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ting

wat

er. T

he

goal

will

incl

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deve

lopi

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smal

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type

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will

be

able

to g

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to fu

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oduc

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of a

hig

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effic

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bui

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sign

that

is a

fford

able

and

can

be

prod

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loca

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the

prot

otyp

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mpl

er m

onito

ring

syst

ems w

ill b

e in

stal

led

for a

typi

cal h

omeo

wne

r. Th

e re

new

able

ene

rgy

syst

ems w

ill b

e op

tions

bas

ed o

n av

aila

bilit

y of

fund

ing.

Ad

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ns/

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ten

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nd

ing

So

urc

es:

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ed S

tate

Col

lege

wou

ld b

e co

mm

itted

to th

e de

sign

and

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

prot

otyp

e an

d th

e fir

st 2

to 3

hom

es. T

he p

roje

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osts

incl

ude

assi

gnin

g a

proj

ect m

anag

er to

the

proj

ect a

nd m

ater

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con

stru

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n an

d fa

culty

tim

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bui

ld th

e pr

ojec

ts w

ould

all

be in

-kin

d m

atch

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and

Use

and

Liv

able

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mun

ities

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ket S

tree

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ter i

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ated

on

the

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al is

an

agin

g 75

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squa

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stria

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urre

ntly

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out 1

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f the

bui

ldin

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oper

atio

nal a

s the

Art

Cen

ter.

The

futu

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deve

lopm

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f thi

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inco

rpor

ate

sola

r ene

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whi

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rtin

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to a

com

mun

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rient

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ace

that

wou

ld b

e a

mod

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e re

use

of in

dust

rial s

pace

for c

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unity

use

.

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dit

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on

sid

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Po

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om p

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pub

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fo

r

All

eg

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and

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Stud

ents

from

Alfr

ed U

nive

rsity

wou

ld d

o a

feas

ibili

ty st

udy

to d

eter

min

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timal

rene

wab

le e

nerg

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ojec

ts fo

r cou

nty

faci

litie

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plac

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agin

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fras

truc

ture

with

rene

wab

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nerg

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stem

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at w

ould

hav

e th

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ded

bene

fit o

f pr

ovid

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a w

orki

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odel

of r

enew

able

ene

rgy

pow

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faci

litie

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t are

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d co

uld

prov

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an e

duca

tiona

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ility

for U

nive

rsity

cou

rses

. Th

e pr

ojec

t wou

ld in

trod

uce

rene

wab

le sy

stem

s int

o re

mot

e lo

catio

ns fo

r suc

h fa

cilit

ies a

s wat

er p

umpi

ng st

atio

ns, w

ater

filtr

atio

n pl

ants

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cou

nty

land

fill.

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gy st

orag

e w

ould

be

inve

stig

ated

with

the

conc

ept o

f pro

vidi

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ff-gr

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gy fo

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thes

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asib

le. W

ind,

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s ene

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syst

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ill b

e in

vest

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volv

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ork

at th

e Al

lega

ny C

ount

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ndfil

l to

utili

ze th

e ex

istin

g an

d fu

ture

met

hane

that

is b

eing

gen

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ed. T

he A

llega

ny C

ount

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ndfil

l has

bee

n in

use

sinc

e th

e la

te 1

980’

s. T

he fa

cilit

y is

in th

e la

st te

n ye

ars o

f its

w

orki

ng li

fe. T

his f

acili

ty h

as si

x de

ep w

ells

and

an a

dditi

onal

two

will

like

ly b

e cr

eate

d in

the

clos

ure.

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re a

re p

rese

ntly

thirt

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pass

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vent

s and

an

addi

tiona

l thr

ee w

ill b

e lik

ely

to b

e cr

eate

d in

the

clos

ure.

Thi

s pro

ject

will

mov

e aw

ay

from

ven

ting

the

met

hane

to th

e at

mos

pher

e an

d cr

eate

a m

etha

ne re

cove

ry, a

nd c

olle

ctio

n in

fras

truc

ture

. Onc

e th

e in

fras

truc

ture

is in

pla

ce a

n an

alys

is of

the

quan

titie

s tha

t are

bei

ng c

reat

ed a

nd a

det

erm

inat

ion

will

be

mad

e w

hat i

s the

be

st m

etho

d of

eith

er b

urni

ng o

ff or

usi

ng it

for c

reat

ion

of e

lect

ricity

. Thi

s pro

ject

will

con

trol

of o

ff-si

te m

igra

tion

of m

etha

ne th

roug

h su

rrou

ndin

g so

ils. I

t will

ass

ist w

ith o

dor c

ontr

ol. L

FG, p

artic

ular

ly su

lfur c

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unds

in th

e m

ixtu

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an

crea

te si

gnifi

cant

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r pro

blem

s aro

und

the

land

fill.

Colle

ctio

n an

d co

mbu

stio

n of

LFG

eff

ectiv

ely

dest

roys

odo

rous

com

poun

ds. T

he p

roje

ct w

ill c

ontr

ol o

f haz

ardo

us v

olat

ilize

d co

mpo

nent

s in

the

gas,

Gre

enho

use

gas e

miss

ions

con

trol

. Th

ere

is a

pote

ntia

l for

Ene

rgy

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very

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

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nd

ing

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urc

es:

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Cou

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will

pro

vide

supp

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equi

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mat

ches

and

pro

vide

in-k

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serv

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all

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impl

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effic

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build

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bee

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sign

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as a

his

toric

Loc

al L

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ark

by T

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mhe

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rese

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Com

miss

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ject

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lead

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sust

aina

bilit

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wou

ld fu

rthe

r dem

onst

rate

the

utili

zatio

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geo

ther

mal

tech

nolo

gies

and

syst

ems t

o he

at a

nd c

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ing

build

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on

the

cam

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educ

atio

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this

case

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uild

ing

of re

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isto

ric si

gnifi

canc

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his t

echn

olog

y al

so m

aint

ains

and

enh

ance

s an

hist

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bui

ldin

g’s a

esth

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s bec

ause

ther

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no o

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t.

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and

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and

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nspo

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ire u

p to

50

mw

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bio

mas

s at U

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Som

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t Ope

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mpa

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OC)

boi

ler.

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all t

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d fu

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eliv

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syst

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inje

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ass f

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the

SOC

boile

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add

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vide

a m

echa

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insu

re lo

cal f

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supp

liers

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d vo

lum

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rtai

nty

for a

5 y

r per

iod

for t

he fu

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his p

roje

ct w

ould

off

set a

ppro

xim

atel

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% o

f the

CO

2 em

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ons f

rom

coa

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set f

acili

ty a

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loca

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en

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pro

duct

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est

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at a

ppro

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,000

acr

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eded

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the

biom

ass f

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00,0

00

The

Jam

esto

wn

BPU

, whi

ch o

pera

tes o

ne o

f thr

ee c

oal p

lant

s in

WN

Y, w

ill c

onve

rt o

ne o

f the

ir co

al b

oile

rs to

ope

rate

on

natu

ral g

as. T

his b

oile

r will

als

o pr

ovid

e w

aste

hea

t to

the

dist

rict h

eatin

g sy

stem

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

Jam

esto

wn

BPU

is c

urre

ntly

ass

essi

ng th

e fe

asib

ility

of t

he p

roje

ct a

nd w

ill h

ave

a fin

al d

eter

min

atio

n by

the

end

of th

e ye

ar.

Su

sta

ina

ble

Ad

va

nce

Ma

nu

fac

turi

ng

Ce

nte

r (S

AM

C)

Wel

lsvi

lle, A

llega

ny C

ount

y

Ed

uca

tio

n/M

an

ufa

ctu

rin

g

Alfr

ed S

tate

Col

lege

3

1Th

roug

h Ed

ucat

ion

Ye

s

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$4,0

00,0

00/

$4,0

00,0

00

The

prop

osed

SA

MC

at th

e Sc

hool

of A

pplie

d Te

chno

logy

on

Alfr

ed S

tate

Col

lege

’s W

ells

ville

cam

pus,

will

inte

grat

e Al

fred

Sta

te’s

exis

ting

mac

hine

tool

, wel

ding

, and

dra

ftin

g/CA

D st

uden

ts in

a h

ighl

y ef

ficie

nt fa

cilit

y w

here

stud

ents

will

be

trai

ned

in st

ate-

of-t

he-a

rt te

chni

ques

of s

usta

inab

le m

anuf

actu

ring,

incl

udin

g lig

htin

g, H

VAC,

and

mot

or u

pgra

des a

s wel

l as p

roce

ss im

prov

emen

ts th

roug

h w

aste

redu

ctio

n an

d LE

AN S

ix S

igm

a pr

oces

ses.

The

cent

er w

ill a

lso

be u

sed

for

prot

otyp

ing

and

to a

ssis

t man

ufac

ture

rs in

the

deve

lopm

ent o

f new

pro

duct

s and

syst

ems.

The

ultim

ate

goal

is to

hav

e a

zero

ene

rgy

man

ufac

turin

g sy

stem

that

pro

duce

s mor

e en

ergy

than

it u

ses.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Req

uire

$4

mill

ion

in fu

ndin

g. T

he c

olle

ge a

lread

y ha

s all

mos

t of t

he e

quip

men

t for

the

faci

lity.

Thi

s pro

ject

eas

ily fi

ts th

e ne

eds o

f the

col

lege

and

als

o w

ould

be

supp

orte

d by

the

Educ

atio

nal F

ound

atio

n of

Alfr

ed.

Alf

red

Ce

nte

r fo

r T

ec

hn

olo

gy

Tra

nsf

er

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

/Ma

nu

fac

turi

ng

/

Ed

uca

tio

n

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

Off

ice

of D

evel

opm

ent

Thro

ugh

Educ

atio

nY

es

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$2,0

00,0

00/

$2,0

00,0

00

The

Alfr

ed C

ente

r for

Tec

hnol

ogy

Tran

sfer

will

tran

slat

e re

sear

ch a

nd a

pplie

d te

chno

logi

es, c

ente

red

in a

nd a

roun

d A

lfred

Uni

vers

ity a

nd A

lfred

Sta

te C

olle

ge, in

to lo

cal i

ndus

try

and

jobs

. Pro

duct

s and

pro

cess

, rea

dy fo

r pro

toty

ping

and

pr

oduc

tion,

will

be

iden

tifie

d, re

crui

ted

and

prov

ided

bus

ines

s pla

n de

velo

pmen

t ser

vice

s, ba

ck o

ffic

e su

ppor

t, ac

cess

to v

entu

re c

apita

l, fa

cilit

ies d

evel

opm

ent a

nd w

orkf

orce

pre

para

tion.

ACT

T w

ill b

e a

Loca

l Dev

elop

men

t Cor

pora

tion

with

focu

s on

deve

lopm

ent o

f loc

al m

anuf

actu

ring

and

job

crea

tion.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Pos

sibl

e m

atch

from

NYS

Hou

sing

Pro

gram

s, U

SDA

Biom

ass d

evel

opm

ent f

undi

ng, f

ound

atio

ns a

nd v

entu

re c

apita

lists

.

Bu

ffa

lo S

ew

er

Au

tho

rity

Co

mb

ine

d

He

at

an

d P

ow

er

Pro

jec

t

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Buff

alo

Sew

er A

utho

rity

2D

irect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce,

and

In

dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e

Ye

s

Dire

ct T

empo

rary

Jobs

$20,

000,

000/

$2

0,00

0,00

0

This

proj

ect w

ill c

onve

rt se

wag

e sl

udge

into

rene

wab

le e

nerg

y. C

urre

ntly

, the

Buf

falo

Sew

er A

utho

rity

(BSA

) use

s ana

erob

ic d

iges

tion

to tr

eat b

io-s

olid

s and

cre

ate

met

hane

. We

then

use

this

gree

n ga

s to

inci

nera

te o

ur sl

udge

. Inc

iner

atio

n cr

eate

s was

te h

eat a

s a b

y-pr

oduc

t whi

ch w

e co

nver

t to

stea

m, w

hich

we

use

to h

eat a

nd c

ool t

he p

lant

. Thi

s pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t will

ent

ail r

epla

cem

ent o

f our

inci

nera

tor w

ith a

new

stat

e-of

-the

-art

inci

nera

tor t

hat w

ill p

rovi

de fo

r cle

aner

air

and

use

less

ene

rgy;

repl

acem

ent o

f old

was

te h

eat r

ecov

ery

boile

rs w

ith n

ew o

nes t

hat w

ill c

onve

rt th

e w

aste

hea

t to

stea

m; a

nd in

stal

latio

n of

a n

ew st

eam

turb

ine

crea

te e

lect

ricity

. We

will

use

this

elec

tric

ity fo

r pro

cess

. Thi

s co-

gene

ratio

n pr

ojec

t will

giv

e BS

A th

e fle

xibi

lity

to u

se th

e st

eam

or t

he e

lect

ricity

bas

ed u

pon

need

s and

the

ener

gy m

arke

ts. T

he n

ew sy

stem

will

allo

w th

e BS

A to

acc

ept a

dditi

onal

bio

-sol

ids f

rom

oth

er m

unic

ipal

ities

, pro

vidi

ng m

ore

fuel

to e

nerg

y.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

11 11 33 33 11

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

-9

Ener

gy F

ocus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Ide

nti

fyin

g O

pp

ort

un

itie

s to

Le

ve

rag

e

En

erg

y E

ffic

ien

t D

istr

ict

He

at

&

Co

oli

ng

in

Do

wn

tow

n B

uff

alo

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pla

nn

ing

Buff

alo

Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent C

orpo

ratio

n

No

Impa

ct; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs

TBD

/TBD

The

City

of B

uffa

lo c

urre

ntly

ow

ns a

stea

m-g

ener

ated

dis

tric

t hea

ting

syst

em th

at ru

ns th

roug

hout

par

ts o

f dow

ntow

n Bu

ffal

o. W

hile

this

syst

em m

ay h

old

pote

ntia

l as a

n en

viro

nmen

tally

sust

aina

ble

econ

omic

dev

elop

men

t too

l, it

has

been

infr

eque

ntly

util

ized

, and

in n

umer

ous i

nsta

nces

, tur

ned

dow

n by

priv

ate

prop

erty

ow

ners

as a

sour

ce o

f hea

t for

reas

ons r

angi

ng fr

om u

ncom

petit

ive

pric

ing

to in

com

plet

e in

fras

truc

ture

con

nect

ions

. The

pro

pose

d pr

ojec

t is a

sy

stem

s ass

essm

ent &

feas

ibili

ty st

udy,

whi

ch w

ould

ass

ess t

he c

halle

nges

and

opp

ortu

nitie

s tha

t may

exi

st fo

r rep

ositi

onin

g th

is in

fras

truc

ture

into

a su

stai

nabl

e an

d vi

able

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

ool.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

11

A-1

0

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

No

rth

ern

Ch

au

tau

qu

a L

oc

al

Wa

terf

ron

t R

ev

ita

liz

ati

on

Pla

n (

LW

RP

)

Nor

ther

n Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty

Pla

nn

ing

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y O

ffic

e of

Pla

nnin

g an

d D

evel

opm

ent/

Chad

wic

k Ba

y Re

gion

al D

evel

opm

ent C

orpo

ratio

n.

Th

roug

h Ed

ucat

ion

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

$90,

000/

$4

5,00

0

Dev

elop

men

t of a

com

mun

ity-b

ased

, par

ticip

ator

y Lo

cal W

ater

fron

t Rev

italiz

atio

n Pl

an (L

WRP

) for

Nor

ther

n Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty,

for s

ubm

issio

n an

d ap

prov

al fo

r inc

lusi

on in

the

NYS

Coa

stal

Man

agem

ent P

rogr

am (C

MP)

. The

pla

n w

ill b

e de

velo

ped

with

mea

ning

ful p

artic

ipat

ion

by a

ll lo

cal g

over

nmen

ts in

clud

ing

the

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of P

lann

ing

and

the

gove

rnm

ents

of t

he c

ity, v

illag

es, a

nd to

wns

des

crib

ed a

bove

incl

udin

g SU

NY

Fred

onia

. The

pla

n w

ill

serv

e as

a b

luep

rint f

or w

ater

fron

t rel

ated

pro

ject

impl

emen

tatio

n an

d th

e de

velo

pmen

t of p

olic

y de

cisi

ons b

y lo

cal p

ublic

ent

ities

. Thi

s pla

n w

ill b

e us

ed to

gui

de b

alan

ced,

sust

aina

ble

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e re

gion

, tak

ing

into

con

side

ratio

n it’

s uni

que

phys

ical

cha

ract

eris

tics a

s a L

ake

Erie

Wat

ersh

ed a

rea.

Thi

s pla

n w

ill a

lso

cons

ider

the

effe

ct o

f eco

nom

ic g

row

th d

ecisi

ons o

n la

nd u

se, g

reen

hous

e ga

s em

issio

ns, e

nerg

y us

e, w

ater

man

agem

ent,

hous

ing,

and

dev

elop

men

t.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Req

uire

an

addi

tiona

l $45

,000

. Hav

e m

atch

ing

fund

ing

from

Pot

entia

l Mat

chin

g D

olla

rs:

Lake

Erie

Man

agem

ent A

ssoc

iatio

n, C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

Occ

upan

cy T

ax, C

ontr

ibut

ions

of L

ocal

ities

, Loc

al E

cono

mic

Dev

elop

men

t Gro

up, C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

IDA

, and

in-k

ind

- Cou

nty,

loca

l, un

iver

sity

.

All

eg

an

y P

late

au

Wo

rkin

g L

an

dsc

ap

e

Ass

ess

me

nt

Erie

, Cha

utau

qua,

Cat

tara

ugus

, Alle

gany

Co

untie

s

Pla

nn

ing

/Ed

uca

tio

n

Alfr

ed U

nive

rsity

, Ed

gew

ood

GIS

Con

sulti

ng,

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

3

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sY

es

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs

$55,

000/

TBD

The

prop

osed

Alle

ghen

y Pl

atea

u W

orki

ng L

ands

cape

Ass

essm

ent p

roje

ct w

ill m

ap e

xist

ing

land

use

and

land

cov

er a

s wel

l as r

ecen

t cha

nges

in la

nd c

over

, pro

vide

a b

asel

ine

asse

ssm

ent o

f wat

ersh

ed c

ompo

sitio

n, e

valu

ate

fore

st

conn

ectiv

ity a

nd fr

agm

enta

tion,

and

ove

rlay

impo

rtan

t nat

ural

reso

urce

s suc

h as

wet

land

s and

bio

dive

rsity

hot

spot

s on

thes

e da

ta se

ts. A

ll sp

atia

l, ta

bula

r and

writ

ten

prod

ucts

of t

his p

roje

ct w

ill b

e fr

eely

ava

ilabl

e to

inte

rest

ed p

artie

s.

Zo

nin

g T

em

pla

te f

or

Co

mp

lete

Str

ee

ts

Pri

nci

ple

s a

nd

Te

chn

ica

l Ass

ista

nce

Ed

uca

tio

n

WN

Y

Pla

nn

ing

/Ed

uca

tio

n

Catt

arau

gus C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

Econ

omic

Dev

elop

men

t, Pl

anni

ng

and

Tour

ism; C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

D

epar

tmen

t of P

lann

ing

and

Econ

omic

D

evel

opm

ent

Thro

ugh

Educ

atio

n an

d Po

licy

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs

TBD

This

proj

ect w

ould

dev

elop

a te

mpl

ate

for m

unic

ipal

ities

to u

se th

at p

rovi

des t

he te

rmin

olog

y ne

cess

ary

to in

corp

orat

e Co

mpl

ete

Stre

ets l

angu

age

into

zon

ing

revi

sion

s. In

add

ition

, it w

ould

pro

vide

tech

nica

l ass

ista

nce

and

educ

atio

n on

Co

mpl

ete

Stre

ets s

o th

at th

e la

ngua

ge u

sed

is co

mm

on a

cros

s the

thre

e co

unty

sout

hern

tier

regi

on (

and

perh

aps E

rie a

nd N

iaga

ra C

ount

ies i

n th

e fu

ture

).

Co

mp

eti

tio

n T

ran

smis

sio

n

Re

me

dia

tio

n

Nor

th T

onaw

anda

, Nia

gara

Cou

nty

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Rivi

era

Thea

tre

and

Org

an P

rese

rvat

ion

Soci

ety

Inc

1D

irect

and

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rect

Av

oida

nce

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s

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ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$4,0

00,0

00/

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00,0

00

The

Com

petit

ion

Tran

smiss

ion

site

is fo

rmer

aut

omot

ive

repa

ir fa

cilit

y lo

cate

d at

68

Mai

n St

reet

in th

e do

wnt

own

area

of t

he C

ity

of N

orth

Ton

awan

da. T

he si

te w

as re

cent

ly p

urch

ased

by

a no

t for

pro

fit o

rgan

izat

ion,

the

Rivi

era

Thea

ter

and

Org

an P

rese

rvat

ion

Soci

ety

who

inte

nds t

o re

deve

lop

the

prop

erty

. The

ant

icip

ated

futu

re u

se o

f a n

ew b

uild

ing

on th

e si

te w

ill b

e fo

r com

mer

cial

pur

pose

s and

will

incl

ude:

a m

ultip

urpo

se th

eate

r, re

hear

sal/b

anqu

et h

all,

café

/bar

an

d fu

ll-se

rvic

e ki

tche

n, a

s wel

l as o

ffic

e an

d st

orag

e fa

cilit

ies.

The

first

step

in a

dvan

cing

rede

velo

pmen

t is t

o ad

dres

s con

tam

inat

ion

issue

s at t

he si

te. B

row

nfie

ld re

med

iatio

n ef

fort

s inc

lude

asb

esto

s aba

tem

ent,

and

soil

and

grou

ndw

ater

re

med

iatio

n.

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dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

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ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

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date

$85

0,00

0 ha

s bee

n se

cure

d fo

r the

pro

ject

. A g

rant

app

licat

ion

to th

e N

iaga

ra C

ount

y Br

ownf

ield

s Cle

anup

Rev

olvi

ng L

oan

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Pro

gram

tota

ling

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is c

urre

ntly

un

der r

evie

w.

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rgy

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and

Use

and

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able

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mun

ities

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nspo

rtat

ion

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ater

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ourc

es

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aste

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agem

ent

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ultu

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ores

try

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pres

ents

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goal

num

ber a

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ted

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e Pl

an

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ide,

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sura

ble

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al M

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nific

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WN

Y R

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L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

-11

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

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tio

n

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jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

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an

iza

tio

n

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lem

en

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on

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sta

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ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

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n

Imp

ac

ts

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va

nce

s K

ey

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DC

Go

als

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ate/

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in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Lo

ck

po

rt A

ir F

orc

e B

ase

Re

me

dia

tio

n

Lock

port

, Nia

gara

Cou

nty

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

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n of

Cam

bria

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o Re

duct

ion

of G

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issi

ons

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s

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ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

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ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

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n an

d Re

tent

ion

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0,00

0/$1

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In 1

980,

the

US

mili

tary

aba

ndon

ed th

e Lo

ckpo

rt A

ir Fo

rce

Base

, a m

ilita

ry c

omm

and

cent

er in

the

Tow

n of

Cam

bria

. Som

e of

the

form

er m

ilita

ry h

ousi

ng w

as tr

ansf

orm

ed in

to se

nior

and

low

-inco

me

hous

ing

units

. Sev

eral

bui

ldin

gs o

n th

e si

te w

ere

left

in a

n un

usab

le c

ondi

tion

proh

ibiti

ng th

eir s

ale

or re

use.

Env

ironm

enta

l site

ass

essm

ents

reve

aled

the

pres

ence

of c

onta

min

atio

n at

the

site

that

nee

ded

to b

e ad

dres

sed

prio

r to

the

prop

erty

bei

ng m

arke

ted

for r

edev

elop

men

t. Th

is pr

ojec

t will

bui

ld u

pon

curr

ent s

ite re

med

iatio

n ef

fort

s and

allo

w fo

r rem

edia

tion

and

dem

oliti

on o

f the

form

er m

ilita

ry b

omb

shel

ter a

t the

site

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Req

uire

s an

addi

tiona

l $1.1

5 m

illio

n in

fund

ing.

Fun

ding

secu

red

and

curr

ently

bei

ng d

raw

n do

wn

for t

he p

roje

ct in

clud

es th

e fo

llow

ing:

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50,0

00 H

UD

app

ropr

iatio

n

Le

hig

h V

all

ey

Ra

il Y

ard

Nia

gara

Fal

ls, N

iaga

ra C

ount

y

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Nia

gara

Cou

nty

Dep

artm

ent o

f Ec

onom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

21

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

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s

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ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

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ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$4,0

00,0

00/

$4,0

00,0

00

The

Lehi

gh V

alle

y Ra

il Ya

rd is

a 6

5 ac

re si

te o

wne

d by

the

New

Yor

k St

ate

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

that

con

tain

s 19

trac

ks w

ith c

apac

ity ra

ngin

g fr

om 1

9 to

69

cars

. CSX

ope

rate

s the

rail

line

as w

ell a

s an

adja

cent

rail

yard

. Am

trak

m

aint

ains

ope

ratin

g rig

hts o

ver t

he li

ne. T

he c

urre

nt N

iaga

ra F

alls

Amtr

ak st

atio

n is

loca

ted

on th

e no

rthw

est s

ide

of th

e ra

il ya

rd.

This

proj

ect i

nvol

ves c

onst

ruct

ion

of a

30,

000

sq. f

t. co

ld st

orag

e w

areh

ouse

and

pro

duce

slic

ing

faci

lity

at th

e un

deru

tiliz

ed L

ehig

h Va

lley

Rail

Yard

site

. In

addi

tion

to ra

il ac

cess

, the

site

is p

roxi

mat

e to

the

U.S

. inte

rsta

te h

ighw

ay sy

stem

. Bu

lk p

rodu

ce w

ill b

e br

ough

t in

by tr

uck

and

rail,

pro

cess

ed a

nd p

acka

ged

as fr

esh

slic

es, a

nd th

en d

istr

ibut

ed b

y tr

uck

to m

ajor

urb

an m

arke

ts fo

r con

sum

ptio

n. A

ltern

ativ

ely,

the

site

can

be

used

as a

n in

ter-m

odal

truc

k-tr

ain

carg

o tr

ansf

er

faci

lity.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

mat

chin

g fu

nds n

eede

d to

brin

g th

e pr

ojec

t to

frui

tion

will

be

depe

nd u

pon

the

equi

ty th

at c

an b

e le

vera

ged

by th

e id

entif

ied

deve

lope

r/ope

rato

r of t

he p

roje

ct.

Cam

bria

Tec

hnol

ogy

Park

Cam

bria

, Nia

gara

Cou

nty

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Tow

n of

Cam

bria

; Nia

gara

Cou

nty

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sYe

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

)/Su

ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$1,7

10,0

00/

$855

,000

The

Cam

bria

Tec

hnol

ogy

Park

is a

New

Yor

k St

ate

Cert

ified

Sho

vel-R

eady

site

thro

ugh

New

Yor

k St

ate’

s Bui

ld N

ow N

ew Y

ork

Prog

ram

. The

pro

ject

incl

udes

the

build

ing

of th

e 15

2-ac

re p

ark’

s ini

tial i

nfra

stru

ctur

e. T

he si

te is

cur

rent

ly

unde

velo

ped

land

, and

lack

s acc

ess r

oads

as w

ell a

s the

nec

essa

ry s

torm

and

sani

tary

sew

er sy

stem

s, al

thou

gh is

loca

ted

with

in a

n ex

istin

g se

wer

dis

tric

t. Th

e se

wer

ext

ensi

on w

as p

lann

ed fo

r exi

stin

g bu

sine

sses

alo

ng L

ockp

ort R

oad,

and

no

w w

ould

incl

ude

the

Cam

bria

Tec

hnol

ogy

Park

. The

Par

k is

loca

ted

with

in th

e N

iaga

ra C

ount

y W

ater

Dis

tric

t (N

CWD

) sys

tem

and

is p

rese

ntly

serv

iced

by

a 12

inch

wat

erlin

e th

at is

cap

able

of s

uppl

ying

330

0 G

PM a

t 20

psi.

The

proj

ect d

evel

opm

ent p

lan

avoi

ds a

nd p

rese

rves

wet

land

s on

the

site

and

als

o he

lps t

o pr

eser

ve /p

rote

ct so

me

farm

ing

on th

e si

te a

nd p

rote

cts t

he fa

rmin

g in

the

area

.

Will

requ

ire a

dditi

onal

$85

0,00

0 in

fund

ing.

Loc

al fu

nds w

ill b

e us

ed fo

r the

initi

al th

ree-

acre

pur

chas

e fo

r the

ent

ranc

e ro

ad. T

his i

nitia

l pur

chas

e w

ill b

e co

mpl

eted

usi

ng $

54,0

00 in

loca

l fun

ding

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

Tow

n of

Cam

bria

als

o ex

pend

ed a

ppro

xim

atel

y $4

50,0

00 to

”clo

se th

e lo

op” o

n th

e w

ater

line

at t

he si

te’s

wes

tern

bor

der.

Ex

it 2

4 S

an

ita

ry S

ew

er

Se

rvic

e

Tow

n of

Alle

gany

, Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Tow

n of

Alle

gany

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sYe

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

)/Su

ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$789

,600

/ $5

2,00

0

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

44 33 44 44

A-1

2

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

The

proj

ect i

s the

ext

ensi

on o

f sa

nita

ry se

wer

serv

ice

to E

xit 2

4 on

Inte

rsta

te 8

6 (S

outh

ern

Tier

Exp

ress

way

) in

the

Tow

n of

Alle

gany

. The

are

a ar

ound

Exi

t 24

is zo

ned

for c

omm

erci

al d

evel

opm

ent a

nd is

des

igna

ted

for c

omm

erci

al

deve

lopm

ent i

n th

e To

wn’

s 201

1 Co

mpr

ehen

sive

Pla

n. T

he P

roje

ct p

rom

otes

com

pact

dev

elop

men

t, si

nce

the

sew

er li

ne w

ould

be

exte

nded

into

an

area

that

has

wat

er se

rvic

e an

d go

od h

ighw

ay a

nd lo

cal r

oad

infr

astr

uctu

re in

pla

ce. T

he

sew

er li

ne w

ould

run

thro

ugh

an a

rea

of to

wn

that

is n

ow d

evel

oped

, and

the

Exit

24 a

rea

is lo

cate

d cl

ose

to th

e Vi

llage

of A

llega

ny. T

he p

roje

ct e

ncou

rage

s the

rede

velo

pmen

t of a

cur

rent

ly u

nder

deve

lope

d ar

ea. P

hase

1 w

ill c

onsi

st o

f a

Fina

l Eng

inee

ring

Stud

y, in

the

form

of a

Map

Pla

n an

d Re

port

, whi

ch w

ill id

entif

y a

final

rout

e fo

r thi

s pro

ject

, obt

ain

ease

men

ts if

nee

ded,

fina

lize

proj

ect d

esig

n, a

nd d

evel

op c

onst

ruct

ion

deta

il dr

awin

gs fo

r the

pro

ject

. Pha

se 2

wou

ld b

e th

e ac

tual

con

stru

ctio

n of

the

sani

tary

sew

er li

ne.

The

Tow

n ha

s com

plet

ed a

Pre

limin

ary

Engi

neer

ing

Repo

rt, w

hich

exa

min

ed v

ario

us o

ptio

ns fo

r ext

endi

ng sa

nita

ry se

wer

serv

ice

to E

xit 2

4. T

hat s

tudy

was

fund

ed, in

par

t, fr

om a

gra

nt re

ceiv

ed fr

om N

YS D

ivis

ion

of H

ousi

ng a

nd

Com

mun

ity R

enew

al.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

Tow

n re

cent

ly c

ompl

eted

the

inst

alla

tion

of a

wat

erlin

e to

this

area

.

Riv

erB

en

d C

om

me

rce

Pa

rkA

da

pti

ve

Re

use

Buff

alo

Urb

an D

evel

opm

ent C

orpo

ratio

n

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sYe

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

)/Su

ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$2,0

00,0

00/

$2,0

00,0

00

The

form

er h

ome

of R

epub

lic S

teel

, Riv

erBe

nd is

com

pris

ed o

f 260

acr

es o

n 1.

3 m

iles o

f Buf

falo

Riv

er w

ater

fron

t, lo

cate

d tw

o m

iles f

rom

dow

ntow

n Bu

ffal

o’s c

entr

al b

usin

ess d

istr

ict.

Ove

r the

nex

t sev

eral

dec

ades

, thi

s sec

tion

of th

e 1,

900-

acre

Sou

th B

uffa

lo B

row

nfie

ld O

ppor

tuni

ty A

rea

(BO

A) w

ill b

e tr

ansf

orm

ed in

to a

key

con

trib

utor

to th

e ec

onom

ic h

ealth

of t

he c

ity o

f Buf

falo

and

the

WN

Y re

gion

. The

pro

ject

will

invo

lve

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

initi

al in

fras

truc

ture

co

mpo

nent

s of P

hase

1 o

f the

Riv

erBe

nd M

aste

r Pla

n co

mpl

eted

in Ju

ne 2

011

whi

ch in

clud

es: 1

.)Riv

erBe

nd D

rive:

1,11

6 lin

ear f

eet o

f new

road

that

con

nect

s with

Riv

erBe

nd’s

only

exi

stin

g th

orou

ghfa

re, S

outh

Par

k Av

enue

. Thi

s pro

ject

will

co

ncen

trat

e so

lely

on

the

nort

hern

sect

ion

of R

iver

Bend

Driv

e ac

com

mod

atin

g a

two-

lane

, tw

o-w

ay st

reet

with

par

king

on

both

side

s and

gen

erou

s ped

estr

ian

zone

s with

ded

icat

ed si

dew

alks

and

inte

grat

ed b

iosw

ales

, filt

er b

oxes

and

tr

ees f

or st

orm

wat

er m

anag

emen

t, de

sign

ed in

-line

with

the

City

of B

uffa

lo a

nd N

ew Y

ork

Stat

e Co

mpl

ete

Stre

ets l

egis

latio

n. 2

.)Gre

en In

fras

truc

ture

: Thi

s ini

tial p

hase

of g

reen

infr

astr

uctu

re w

ill e

stab

lish

the

foun

datio

n of

all

futu

re g

reen

in

fras

truc

ture

and

all

futu

re d

evel

opm

ent o

n th

e Ri

verB

end

site

. It w

ill in

clud

e on

e bi

osw

ale

to c

onne

ct to

Riv

erBe

nd D

rive

as w

ell a

s to

futu

re st

reet

bio

swal

es a

nd b

iofil

ters

; and

one

out

fall

whe

re th

e bi

osw

ale

mee

ts th

e Bu

ffal

o Ri

ver.

Gre

en

Ga

tew

ay

s

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of B

uffa

lo

Indi

rect

Avo

idan

ceY

es

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

)/Su

ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$15,

000,

000/

$1

5,00

0,00

0

The

City

of B

uffa

lo is

als

o pr

opos

ing

a G

reen

Gat

eway

s ini

tiativ

e to

man

age

blig

ht a

nd th

e ne

ed to

act

ivel

y m

anag

e th

e Ci

ty’s

build

ing

stoc

k to

stab

ilize

the

over

all h

ousi

ng m

arke

t. O

ver t

hirt

y th

ree

thou

sand

car

s tra

vel E

llico

tt’s

Gen

esee

, W

alde

n an

d Br

oadw

ay ra

dial

s eac

h da

y. T

he b

light

alo

ng th

ese

corr

idor

s cre

ates

a st

rong

, vis

cera

l and

last

ing

impr

essi

on th

at th

e Ci

ty a

nd re

gion

are

in se

rious

dec

line.

The

City

is re

ques

ting

fund

ing

to re

duce

blig

ht a

nd im

prov

e pe

rcep

tion

of th

ree

Ellic

ott R

adia

ls. T

he p

roje

ct w

ill m

othb

all k

ey h

isto

ric st

ruct

ures

, dem

olish

det

erio

rate

d bu

ildin

gs a

long

the

City

’s El

licot

t rad

ials

, cre

ate

stro

ng g

atew

ays a

t the

City

’s bo

rder

as p

er th

e Q

ueen

City

pla

n, re

habi

litat

e de

mol

ished

an

d va

cant

site

s alo

ng th

e co

rrid

or a

s inn

ovat

ive,

stor

mw

ater

man

agem

ent l

ands

cape

s and

impl

emen

t the

City

’s Co

mpl

ete

Stre

ets p

rogr

am. T

his i

nitia

tive

will

enc

oura

ge c

ontin

ued

mul

ti-m

odal

trav

el a

long

the

City

’s ra

dial

s, pr

ovid

ing

cust

omer

bas

e fo

r sur

vivi

ng b

usin

esse

s; he

lp to

con

cent

rate

rem

aini

ng c

omm

erci

al u

ses a

t crit

ical

nod

es im

prov

ing

viab

ility

; red

uce

nega

tive

imag

e of

City

; red

uce

carr

ying

cos

t to

City

of a

band

oned

stru

ctur

es; im

prov

es li

ving

con

ditio

ns fo

r re

mai

ning

resi

dent

s and

aid

in th

e Ci

ty h

ousi

ng m

arke

t rat

iona

lizat

ion.

Sc

hre

ibe

r B

rew

ery

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Broa

d-Fi

llmor

e N

eigh

borh

ood

Hou

sing

Se

rvic

es, I

nc

1

Indi

rect

Avo

idan

ceY

es

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ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$650

,000

/ $4

08,0

00

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rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

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G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

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cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

44 33 33

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

-13

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

The

Broa

d-Fi

llmor

e N

eigh

borh

ood

Hou

sing

Ser

vice

s, In

c. is

in th

e pr

oces

s of f

acili

tatin

g a

purc

hase

of a

his

toric

late

19t

h ce

ntur

y br

ewer

y on

Fill

mor

e Av

enue

, jus

t off

Broa

dway

for a

mic

ro-b

rew

ery.

Whi

le th

e pu

rcha

se p

rice

is re

lativ

ely

mod

est,

the

cost

of r

epai

rs a

nd p

uttin

g th

e fa

cilit

y ba

ck o

n-lin

e as

a m

icro

-bre

wer

y w

ill re

quire

inve

stm

ent.

Ther

e ar

e th

ree

stro

ng re

late

d co

nsid

erat

ions

: 1) t

he b

uild

ing

may

qua

lify

as a

his

toric

land

mar

k at

the

stat

e or

nat

iona

l lev

el b

ased

on

the

hist

oric

art

wor

k/m

ural

s by

Joha

nnes

Nei

lson

on

the

inte

rior;

and

2) th

e pr

ojec

t wou

ld c

reat

e an

est

imat

ed te

n (1

0) m

uch

need

ed jo

bs in

the

com

mun

ity, a

nd 3

) pro

xim

ity o

f thi

s bui

ldin

g to

the

Broa

dway

Mar

ket a

nd C

entr

al T

erm

inal

w

ould

supp

ort t

he B

oard

way

-Fill

mor

e Co

rrid

or a

s a d

estin

atio

n fo

r loc

al a

nd re

gion

al to

urism

. Fun

ding

for u

pgra

des t

o th

is bu

ildin

g w

ould

als

o in

clud

e en

ergy

-eff

icie

ncie

s and

sola

r pan

els,

use

of lo

cally

gro

wn

agric

ultu

ral p

rodu

cts,

com

post

ing

of o

rgan

ic w

aste

, acc

ess t

o pu

blic

tran

spor

tatio

n op

tions

, col

lect

exc

ess r

ainw

ater

from

the

gree

n ro

ofs,

and

surf

ace

wat

er fr

om th

e pa

rkin

g lo

ts a

nd o

pen

prod

uctio

n ar

eas m

inim

ally

to a

bio

-ret

entio

n po

ol b

ehin

d th

e br

ewer

y.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Pro

ject

may

qua

lify

for a

dditi

onal

NYS

Off

ice

of P

arks

, Rec

reat

ion

and

His

toric

Pre

serv

atio

n fu

ndin

g fo

r res

tora

tion

of th

e hi

stor

ic st

ruct

ure.

Co

mm

un

ity

Ma

in S

tre

et

Re

vit

ali

za

tio

n F

un

d

Chau

tuaq

ua C

ount

y

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Chau

tuaq

ua C

ount

y La

nd B

ank

Corp

orat

ion

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Redu

ctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n (T

empo

rary

)

$250

,000

/ $1

00,0

00

Crea

te a

fund

ing

prog

ram

to a

ssis

t old

er c

omm

uniti

es in

dem

olish

ing

vaca

nt, a

band

oned

and

dila

pida

ted

build

ings

. Thi

s wou

ld b

e tie

d di

rect

ly to

the

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y La

nd B

ank,

and

wou

ld b

e us

ed sp

ecifi

cally

for b

uild

ings

on

Mai

n St

reet

s in

our c

omm

uniti

es, t

here

by re

mov

ing

eyes

ores

and

ope

ning

up

land

for u

rban

agr

icul

ture

act

iviti

es a

nd g

reen

spac

e. P

riorit

y ta

rget

s for

dem

oliti

on in

clud

e di

lapi

date

d ta

x fo

recl

osed

pro

pert

ies t

hat u

nder

min

e ot

herw

ise

stab

le

neig

hbor

hood

s in

the

coun

ty’s

urba

n ce

nter

--es

peci

ally

Jam

esto

wn

and

Dun

kirk

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ty L

and

Bank

Cor

pora

tion

curr

ently

has

$15

0,00

0 in

pla

ce to

supp

ort m

aint

enan

ce, d

emol

ition

, and

oth

er c

osts

The

Lan

d Ba

nk is

als

o pu

rsui

ng fu

ndin

g op

port

uniti

es th

roug

h lo

cal f

ound

atio

ns.

Urb

an

Str

ee

t A

pa

rtm

en

ts

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ad

ap

tiv

e R

eu

se

Broa

dway

-Fill

mor

e N

eigh

borh

ood

Hou

sing

Ser

vice

s

1

1D

irect

and

Indi

rect

Re

duct

ion

and

Avoi

danc

e

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n (T

empo

rary

)

$1,3

59,0

00/

$1,3

59,0

00

Rede

velo

pmen

t of t

wo

form

er B

uffa

lo S

choo

ls in

to a

n af

ford

able

rent

al p

rope

rty

(27

units

) in

an e

cono

mic

ally

cha

lleng

ed e

ast B

uffa

lo n

eigh

borh

ood.

We

are

prop

osin

g to

mak

e th

e U

rban

Str

eet A

part

men

t bui

ldin

gs a

show

case

for

inno

vativ

e ‘g

reen

’ tec

hnol

ogie

s usi

ng m

ultip

le u

ses o

f gre

en ro

of, s

olar

, win

d-en

ergy

gen

erat

ion,

stor

mw

ater

div

ersi

on w

ith o

n-si

te n

ew te

chno

logy

fitr

atio

n an

d cr

eatio

n of

a la

rge

bio-

rete

ntio

n ce

ll to

‘per

c’ c

lean

wat

er b

ack

to b

elow

gr

ound

wat

er ta

bles

, and

som

e lim

ited

food

pro

duct

ion

for l

ower

-inco

me

resi

dent

s.

The

gree

n sp

ace

for c

omm

unity

food

pro

duct

ion

wou

ld re

mov

e ol

d te

nnis

cour

ts a

nd d

ilapi

date

d pl

aygr

ound

from

the

2.5

acre

site

and

add

a q

ualit

y of

life

ele

men

t for

the

tena

nts o

f the

Urb

an S

tree

t Apa

rtm

ents

, and

pos

sibl

y fo

r el

emen

tary

scho

olch

ildre

n at

tend

ing

a ne

w B

uffa

lo sc

hool

acr

oss t

he st

reet

. It w

ould

be

a lo

w-im

pact

site

dev

elop

men

t and

soil

cons

erva

tion/

use

by in

ner-

city

resi

dent

s.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Pro

ject

requ

ires f

ull f

undi

ng.

All

eg

an

y B

icy

cle

-Pe

de

stri

an

Co

nn

ec

tor

Tra

il

Alle

gany

, Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty

Pla

nn

ing

/In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Tow

n of

Alle

gany

6

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Redu

ctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n (T

empo

rary

)

$592

,000

/ $4

0,00

0

The

Proj

ect i

s the

con

stru

ctio

n of

a m

ulti-

use

bicy

cle/

wal

king

trai

l tha

t will

con

nect

the

Villa

ge o

f Alle

gany

with

the

Alle

gany

-Lim

esto

ne M

iddl

e an

d H

igh

Scho

ols o

n th

e Fi

ve M

ile R

oad

in th

e To

wn

of A

llega

ny. T

he p

roje

ct w

ill in

clud

e co

nnec

ting

the

Trai

l to

the

exis

ting

Alle

ghen

y Ri

ver V

alle

y Tr

ail i

n th

e Vi

llage

. The

prim

ary

goal

is to

con

nect

the

scho

ol to

exi

stin

g si

dew

alks

in th

e Vi

llage

of A

llega

ny to

pro

mot

e a

safe

wal

king

and

bik

ing

envi

ronm

ent f

or m

iddl

e an

d hi

gh

scho

ol st

uden

ts. I

n ad

ditio

n to

pro

vidi

ng a

rout

e fo

r stu

dent

s, th

e Tr

ail w

ill se

rve

hom

es a

long

the

Five

Mile

Roa

d, p

rovi

ding

a ro

ute

to w

alk

into

the

Villa

ge. P

hase

1 is

the

Engi

neer

ing

Stud

y fo

r the

pro

ject

. Thi

s Pha

se is

ant

icip

ated

to ta

ke o

ne

year

or l

ess,

depe

ndin

g up

on th

e ne

ed to

acq

uire

eas

emen

ts. P

hase

2, t

he c

onst

ruct

ion

stag

e, is

ant

icip

ated

to b

e re

ady

to b

egin

in th

e sp

ring

of th

e ye

ar fo

llow

ing

com

plet

ion

of th

e en

gine

erin

g de

sign

stud

y.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

In-k

ind

serv

ices

from

the

tow

n of

Alle

gany

, Vill

age

of A

llega

ny a

nd C

atta

raug

us C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of P

ublic

Wor

ks. A

dditi

onal

fund

ing

may

be

avai

labl

e th

roug

h th

e ”S

afe

Rout

es

to S

choo

ls” p

rogr

am fo

r con

stru

ctio

n.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

33 11 33

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

To

na

wa

nd

a I

sla

nd

Re

de

ve

lop

me

nt

Nor

th T

onaw

anda

, N

iaga

ra C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of N

orth

Ton

awan

da a

nd/o

r Lum

ber

City

Dev

elop

men

t Cor

pora

tion

34

Indi

rect

Avo

idan

ceY

es

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$65,

000,

000/

$1

5,00

0,00

0

The

Tona

wan

da Is

land

Red

evel

opm

ent p

roje

ct in

volv

es th

e re

deve

lopm

ent o

f 93

acre

Ton

awan

da Is

land

that

incl

udes

2.5

mile

s of N

iaga

ra R

iver

shor

elin

e. P

roje

ct e

lem

ents

incl

ude:

resi

dent

ial,

mix

ed u

ses,

and

com

mer

cial

dev

elop

men

t; a

wat

erfr

ont p

ark

and

prom

enad

es th

at p

rovi

de p

ublic

acc

ess,

and

upgr

adin

g of

the

exis

ting

road

net

wor

k an

d ot

her i

nfra

stru

ctur

e. T

he p

roje

ct w

ould

mos

t lik

ely

be c

ompl

eted

in m

ultip

le p

hase

s ove

r a fi

ve to

ten

year

per

iod.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

City

of N

orth

Ton

awan

da h

as id

entif

ied

the

rede

velo

pmen

t of T

onaw

anda

Isla

nd a

s a to

p pr

iorit

y in

its B

row

nfie

ld O

ppor

tuni

ty A

rea

and

Loca

l Wat

erfr

ont R

evita

lizat

ion

Prog

ram

Upd

ate

plan

s. A

s suc

h th

e Ci

ty c

an p

rovi

de si

gnifi

cant

fina

ncia

l and

in-k

ind

depa

rtm

enta

l res

ourc

es fo

r thi

s pro

ject

.

Ro

ute

21

9 C

om

ple

tio

n

Catt

arau

gus C

ount

y

Infr

ast

ruc

ture

NYS

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

42

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sY

es

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n (L

ong

Term

Te

mpo

rary

)

$750

,000

,000

/ $1

0,00

0,00

0 (p

er y

ear f

or 1

5 ye

ars)

The

com

plet

ion

of R

oute

219

as a

four

-lane

hig

hway

will

pro

vide

liva

ble

com

mun

ities

in C

atta

raug

us C

ount

y an

d br

ing

perm

anen

t job

s to

the

entir

e re

gion

. A p

rimar

y go

al o

f thi

s pro

ject

is to

impr

ove

safe

ty b

y de

tour

ing

heav

y lo

ng

dist

ance

traf

fic o

nto

the

high

way

, aw

ay fr

om th

e ce

ntra

l bus

ines

s dis

tric

ts; r

educ

e fu

el a

nd e

nerg

y co

nsum

ptio

n; d

ecre

ase

envi

ronm

enta

l noi

se a

nd a

ir po

lluta

nt e

miss

ions

; pos

itive

ly im

pact

ing

mot

oris

ts th

roug

h de

crea

sed

trav

el ti

mes

; and

po

sitiv

ely

impa

ctin

g ne

ighb

orho

ods b

y re

duci

ng th

e am

ount

of t

raff

ic o

n lo

cal s

urfa

ce st

reet

s. Ad

ditio

nal b

enef

its a

re a

dec

reas

e in

mot

or v

ehic

le c

rash

es a

nd fa

talit

y ra

tes,

incr

ease

d ac

cess

of e

mer

genc

y m

edic

al re

spon

se, a

nd th

e ab

ility

fo

r res

iden

ts to

safe

ty e

vacu

ate

durin

g a

disa

ster

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Thi

s pro

ject

wou

ld b

e 80

% fe

dera

lly fu

nded

and

wou

ld re

quire

20%

from

New

Yor

k St

ate/

addi

tiona

l fun

ding

sour

ces.

Ma

rill

a A

gri

cult

ure

an

d F

arm

lan

d

Pro

tec

tio

n P

lan

Mar

illa,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pla

nn

ing

Tow

n of

Mar

illa

No

Redu

ctio

n of

GH

G

Emis

sion

sY

es

Supp

orts

Indi

rect

Job

Rete

ntio

n

$50,

000/

$25,

000

The

Tow

n of

Mar

illa,

New

Yor

k (th

e To

wn)

is a

rura

l and

resi

dent

ial c

omm

unity

in th

e ce

nter

of t

he e

aste

rn e

dge

of E

rie C

ount

y, bo

rder

ing

Wyo

min

g Co

unty

. It t

akes

prid

e in

its s

mal

l-tow

n at

mos

pher

e an

d a

cont

inui

ng e

mph

asis

on

agric

ultu

re. T

o th

at e

nd, t

he T

own

inte

nds t

o pr

otec

t and

enh

ance

its a

gric

ultu

ral a

ctiv

ity b

y de

velo

ping

and

impl

emen

ting

an A

gric

ultu

ral a

nd F

arm

land

Pro

tect

ion

Plan

for t

he to

wn.

Up

da

te o

f C

ha

uta

uq

ua

Co

un

ty

Fa

rmla

nd

Pro

tec

tio

n P

lan

Chau

tuaq

ua C

ount

y

Pla

nn

ing

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

Plan

ning

and

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent

N

o Re

duct

ion

of G

HG

Em

issi

ons

Ye

s

Supp

orts

Indi

rect

Job

Rete

ntio

n

$100

,000

/$1

00,0

00

Upd

ate

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y Fa

rmla

nd P

rote

ctio

n Pl

an to

focu

s on

agric

ultu

ral e

cono

my,

and

cha

nge

land

use

/zon

ing

code

s to

mai

ntai

n ec

onom

ic v

iabi

lity

of fa

rms.

Proj

ect w

ould

pre

serv

e an

d en

hanc

e ag

ricul

tura

l lan

ds th

roug

h a

com

bina

tion

of in

nova

tive

land

use

tech

niqu

es a

nd th

e st

reng

then

ing

of th

e ag

ricul

tura

l eco

nom

y an

d ab

ility

to m

aint

ain

the

wor

king

land

scap

e.

Ba

rce

lon

a t

o C

ha

uta

uq

ua

In

stit

uti

on

Mu

lti-

Use

Tra

il

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

The

Frie

nds o

f Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ty

Gre

enw

ays

1

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Redu

ctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n (T

empo

rary

); Su

ppor

ts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

$500

,000

/ $2

50,0

00

The

crea

tion

of m

ulti-

use

trai

l tha

t con

nect

s Bar

celo

na H

arbo

r (La

ke E

rie) t

o Ch

auta

uqua

Inst

itutio

n (C

haut

auqu

a La

ke) t

o ge

nera

te in

crea

sed

entr

epre

neur

ial a

ctiv

ity a

nd jo

b op

port

uniti

es, s

tren

gthe

n th

e lo

cal a

nd re

gion

al e

cono

my

thro

ugh

dive

rsifi

catio

n, a

nd b

uild

on

the

natu

ral a

sset

s of t

he re

gion

. Thi

s tra

il an

d as

soci

ated

trai

l hea

ds w

ould

serv

e to

incr

ease

opp

ortu

nitie

s for

wal

king

trai

ls to

enj

oy th

e m

any

attr

actio

ns a

long

the

way

. It a

lso

pres

erve

s thi

s pris

tine

area

, in

clud

ing

agric

ultu

ral l

ands

, fro

m fu

ture

dev

elop

men

t.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Req

uire

$25

0,00

0 ad

ditio

nal f

undi

ng. C

urre

ntly

seek

ing

fund

ing

thro

ugh

loca

lly fu

nded

cas

h an

d in

-kin

d co

ntrib

utio

ns.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

44 44 44 44 33

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

N

Land

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

itie

s Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Blu

e T

rail

s

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ed

uca

tio

n

The

Lear

ning

Sus

tain

abili

ty C

ampa

ign

6N

o Re

duct

ion

of G

HG

Em

issi

ons

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

$100

,000

/ N

ot a

pplic

able

Blue

Tra

il-Ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent t

ool a

s rec

reat

iona

l tra

il in

wat

er (a

s opp

osed

to sh

ores

ide

Gre

enTr

ail)

for s

ail,

mot

or a

nd p

addl

e bo

ats (

kaya

ks a

nd c

anoe

s) th

at li

nks c

omm

uniti

es th

roug

h id

entif

icat

ion

of h

isto

ric, r

ecre

atio

nal,

envi

ronm

ent a

nd n

atur

e an

d co

mm

erci

al si

tes.

Firs

t pha

se ta

rget

s Buf

falo

Wat

erfr

ont a

nd h

isto

ric B

uffa

lo R

iver

site

s. Pr

ojec

t to

be m

arke

ted

onlin

e as

a st

and

alon

e si

te, a

nd w

ith p

rinte

d m

aps,

vide

o an

d ph

one

apps

, etc

. Goa

l is t

o be

a to

ol

to p

rom

ote

recr

eatio

nal a

nd c

onse

rvat

ion

orie

nted

eco

nom

ic d

evel

opm

ent b

y pr

omot

ing

hist

oric

, rec

reat

iona

l, en

viro

nmen

tal/N

atur

e, a

nd c

omm

erci

al p

lace

s. Li

nks c

omm

uniti

es w

ith c

oope

rativ

e pl

anni

ng a

nd d

evel

opm

ent t

owar

ds

prom

otin

g re

cogn

ition

of w

ater

bas

ed re

sour

ces.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Thi

s pro

ject

is c

urre

ntly

bei

ng d

evel

oped

with

coo

rdin

atio

n w

ith o

ther

gro

ups a

nd o

rgan

izat

ions

.

Art

: H2

O

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ed

uca

tio

n

Art

Ser

vice

s Ini

tiativ

e of

WN

Y6

1N

o Re

duct

ion

of G

HG

Em

issi

ons

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

$50,

000/

$4

5,00

0

Prov

ide

publ

ic a

cces

s to

art o

n an

d in

the

wat

erfr

ont v

icin

ity. A

rt w

ill b

e w

ater

and

/or s

usta

inab

ility

them

ed. M

ater

ials

reus

e w

ill b

e en

cour

aged

. The

wor

ks w

ill se

rve

as c

ultu

ral t

ouris

m a

ttra

ctio

n as

wel

l as f

or e

duca

tion

and

outr

each

. Wor

ks

will

be

inst

alle

d in

the

Buff

alo

wat

erfr

ont g

reen

way

ther

eby

prov

idin

g in

nate

con

nect

ivity

and

recr

eatio

nal u

se.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Add

ition

al fu

ndin

g pe

ndin

g. Id

eally

a 9

0% st

ate

10%

loca

l con

trib

utio

n st

ruct

ure

is at

tain

able

.

Tri

ple

Div

ide

Tra

il S

yst

em

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

Infr

ast

ruc

ture

/Ed

uc

ati

on

Gen

esee

Riv

er W

ilds

61

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Avoi

danc

eY

es

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

TBD

The

Trip

le D

ivid

e Tr

ail S

yste

m w

ill b

e a

unifi

ed c

onse

rvat

ion

and

recr

eatio

n sy

stem

stre

tchi

ng 2

30 m

iles a

long

the

Gen

esee

Riv

er a

nd P

ink

Cree

k fr

om L

ake

Ont

ario

in R

oche

ster

, NY

to th

e Su

sque

hann

a Ri

ver i

n W

illia

msp

ort,

PA. T

he re

crea

tion

syst

ems i

s bei

ng c

reat

ed b

y co

nnec

ting

rail-

trai

ls (g

reen

way

s), w

ater

trai

ls (b

lue

way

s) a

nd n

atur

al p

ark

area

s inc

ludi

ng L

etch

wor

th S

tate

Par

k, (N

Y) a

nd P

ine

Cree

k G

orge

(PA)

. The

app

roac

h is

inte

grat

ive

and

cost

eff

ectiv

e. It

com

bine

s wat

er

cons

erva

tion,

nat

ural

floo

d co

ntro

l, ou

tdoo

r rec

reat

ion,

env

ironm

enta

l edu

catio

n an

d su

stai

nabl

e ec

onom

ic d

evel

opm

ent,

incl

udin

g ne

w jo

bs in

con

stru

ctio

n an

d ec

o-to

urism

.

Ge

ne

see

Riv

er

Wil

ds

Pro

jec

t

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

Infr

ast

ruc

ture

/Ed

uc

ati

on

Gen

esee

Riv

er W

ilds,

Inc.

1

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Avoi

danc

eY

es

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

$8,6

00,0

00/

$8,6

00,0

00

The

Gen

esee

Riv

er W

ilds p

roje

ct is

par

t of t

he T

riple

Div

ide

Trai

l Sys

tem

con

cept

for c

onne

ctin

g bo

th g

reen

way

trai

ls an

d Bl

uew

ay [r

iver

] tra

ils th

at e

xten

d fr

om th

e Ro

ches

ter N

Y ar

ea so

uth

alon

g th

e G

enes

ee R

iver

acr

oss t

he st

ate

bord

er

sout

h w

ell t

hrou

gh P

enns

ylva

nia.

The

Gen

esee

Riv

er W

ilds P

roje

ct in

clud

es sp

ecifi

c de

velo

pmen

t pro

ject

for r

ecre

atio

nal a

cces

s to

the

Rive

r. Ap

prox

imat

ely

10 n

ew b

luew

ay tr

ailh

eads

are

pro

pose

d to

acc

ess t

he ri

ver w

ith K

ayak

s and

Ca

noes

, inc

ludi

ng p

arki

ng lo

ts, i

nfor

mat

iona

l kio

sks w

ith m

aps a

nd ri

ver i

nfor

mat

ion,

edu

catio

nal i

nfor

mat

ion,

pic

nic

tabl

es a

nd b

ench

es, a

nd im

prov

ed a

cces

s to

the

river

. In

addi

tion,

the

proj

ect i

s wor

king

to im

prov

e th

e ex

istin

g gr

eenw

ays a

nd c

onne

ct th

e tw

o: G

enes

ee V

alle

y G

reen

way

and

the

Upp

er G

enes

ee R

iver

Tra

il [fo

rmer

ly k

now

n as

the

WAG

Tra

il] fr

om B

elfa

st so

uth

to W

ells

ville

. Eco

logi

cal c

once

rns a

re a

lso

part

of t

his p

roje

ct w

hich

will

focu

s on

redu

cing

er

osio

n al

ong

the

river

and

trib

utar

ies o

f the

Gen

esee

Riv

er.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

re h

as b

een

initi

al su

ppor

t fro

m A

llega

ny C

ount

y an

d th

e D

epar

tmen

t of P

ublic

Wor

ks, N

YS D

epar

tmen

t of T

rans

port

atio

n, F

riend

s of t

he G

enes

ee V

alle

y G

reen

way

, New

Yor

k St

ate

Off

ice

of P

arks

, Rec

reat

ion

and

His

toric

Pre

serv

atio

n, B

icyc

ling

Club

s, H

ikin

g Cl

ubs a

nd lo

cal T

owns

and

Vill

ages

. Pot

entia

l fun

ding

sour

ces i

nclu

de c

ash,

in-k

ind

or v

olun

teer

ass

ista

nce.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

44 44 33 44

A-1

6

Tran

spor

tati

on F

ocus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Re

-est

ab

lish

Pa

sse

ng

er

Ra

il S

erv

ice

in D

un

kir

k

Dun

kirk

, Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ty

Pri

va

te I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y D

epar

tmen

t of

Plan

ning

and

Eco

nom

ic D

evel

opm

ent i

n co

njun

ctio

n w

ith th

e Ci

ty o

f Dun

kirk

.

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$20,

000/

$1

5,00

0

Reha

bilit

ate

the

exis

ting

CSX-

owne

d bu

ildin

g an

d tr

ain

load

ing

plat

form

in th

e Ci

ty o

f Dun

kirk

to re

esta

blish

rail

pass

enge

r ser

vice

. Thi

s pro

ject

pro

pose

d to

upd

ate

the

2001

stru

ctur

al e

valu

atio

ns a

nd c

ost e

stim

ates

for r

enov

atio

n of

the

CSX

railw

ay d

epot

and

boa

rdin

g pl

atfo

rm.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

rem

aini

ng $

5,00

0 w

ill b

e in

the

form

of i

n-ki

nd c

ontr

ibut

ion

from

the

City

of D

unki

rk a

nd C

ount

y of

Cha

utau

qua

CCPE

D.

En

ha

nce

d N

iag

ara

Str

ee

t

Ne

xt

Ge

ne

rati

on

Su

sta

ina

ble

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

Co

rrid

or

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

NFT

A, C

ity o

f Buf

falo

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$500

,000

/ $4

00,0

00

The

Enha

nced

Nia

gara

Str

eet N

ext G

ener

atio

n Su

stai

nabl

e Tr

ansp

orta

tion

Corr

idor

will

impr

ove

acce

ss a

nd li

vabi

lity

for c

urre

nt a

nd fu

ture

ride

rs w

ho a

re e

ither

tran

sit-

depe

nden

t or w

ho c

hoos

e to

take

adv

anta

ge o

f the

new

par

k-an

d-rid

e an

d en

hanc

ed b

us sh

elte

r to

be e

stab

lishe

d at

the

inte

rsec

tion

of N

iaga

ra a

nd O

ntar

io S

tree

ts. T

he e

nhan

cem

ents

incl

ude:

New

sola

r pow

ered

, gre

en ro

of b

us sh

elte

rs w

ith n

ext b

us n

otifi

catio

n te

chno

logy

thro

ugho

ut th

e co

rrid

or;

Est

ablis

hmen

t of t

he N

FTA

s firs

t net

-zer

o en

hanc

ed b

us sh

elte

r loc

ated

at a

new

par

k-an

d-rid

e fa

cilit

y. T

he n

et-z

ero

enha

nced

bus

shel

ter w

ill in

clud

e a

sola

r pan

el a

rray

on

the

mai

n ro

of th

at w

ill g

ener

ate

elec

tric

ity fo

r the

faci

lity

and

a so

lar-p

ower

ed w

ater

hea

ter w

ill p

rovi

de w

ater

hea

ting

need

s for

the

rest

room

faci

lity.

A g

eoth

erm

al sy

stem

will

hea

t and

coo

l the

faci

lity.

To

cons

erve

the

ener

gy th

e fa

cilit

y pr

oduc

es th

e bu

ildin

g w

ill b

e w

rapp

ed in

supe

r-ins

ulat

ion

and

othe

r inn

ovat

ive

build

ing

mat

eria

ls an

d a

gree

n ro

of w

ill k

eep

the

inte

rior c

omfo

rtab

le in

the

sum

mer

and

win

ter m

onth

s with

out a

dded

ene

rgy

use.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Sho

uld

fund

ing

be m

ade

avai

labl

e by

NYS

to im

plem

ent t

his p

roje

ct th

e N

FTA

wou

ld p

ursu

e m

atch

ing

dolla

rs th

roug

h its

ann

ual F

eder

al T

rans

it A

dmin

istr

atio

n fo

rmul

a fu

ndin

g an

d pr

ovid

e re

quisi

te m

atch

ing

loca

l fun

ds.

Bu

ffa

lo N

iag

ara

Me

dic

al C

am

pu

s

Va

np

oo

l Pro

gra

m

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pri

va

te I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

BNM

C

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Supp

orts

Indi

rect

Job

Rete

ntio

n

$600

,000

/ $5

00,0

00

Buff

alo

Nia

gara

Med

ical

Cam

pus (

BNM

C) in

par

tner

ship

with

Buf

falo

Car

Shar

e (B

CS) i

s loo

king

to p

ilot a

n in

nova

tive

empl

oyee

van

pool

ing

prog

ram

, whi

ch c

ombi

nes t

radi

tiona

l van

pool

ope

ratio

ns, a

ltern

ativ

e fu

el v

ehic

les a

nd

infr

astr

uctu

re, a

nd e

xist

ing

car s

harin

g op

erat

ions

on

the

Med

ical

Cam

pus.

The

Prog

ram

, whi

ch w

ill m

ark

the

first

van

pool

flee

t in

Wes

tern

NY

(WN

Y) a

nd th

e fir

st a

ltern

ativ

e fu

el v

anpo

ol p

rogr

am in

New

Yor

k St

ate,

will

offe

r em

ploy

ees o

n th

e BN

MC

an a

fford

able

, hig

hly-

effic

ient

, and

env

ironm

enta

lly su

stai

nabl

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

optio

n. In

add

ition

, the

Pro

gram

will

off

er in

sigh

t and

serv

e as

a m

odel

for p

ossi

ble

repl

icat

ion

amon

g ot

her e

mpl

oym

ent c

ente

rs a

cros

s the

Sta

te.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Fun

ding

for w

ill b

e fo

r 2 y

ears

of s

ervi

ce. A

dditi

onal

fund

ing

thro

ugh

BNM

C In

-kin

d st

aff t

ime

and

park

ing

spac

es a

nd le

vera

ging

mar

ketin

g do

llars

from

oth

er T

DM

pro

gram

s.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

11 11 22

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

-17

Tran

spor

tati

on F

ocus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Go

Bu

ffa

lo I

nte

gra

ted

Mo

bil

ity

Hu

b

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Go

Buff

alo

is an

alre

ady-

esta

blish

ed

colla

bora

tion

betw

een

vario

us

stak

ehol

ders

, inc

ludi

ng th

e Bu

ffal

o N

iaga

ra M

edic

al C

ampu

s, G

o Bi

ke B

uffa

lo,

Buff

alo

CarS

hare

and

oth

ers.

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Supp

orts

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$350

,000

/ $3

50,0

00

The

Go

Buff

alo

is se

ekin

g to

dev

elop

an

inte

grat

ed m

obili

ty h

ub in

clo

se p

roxi

mity

to th

e N

FTA

Met

ro A

llen/

Med

ical

Cam

pus R

ail S

tatio

n. T

he h

ub w

ill se

rve

as th

e m

ain

head

quar

ters

for G

o Bu

ffal

o: a

cam

paig

n le

d by

BN

MC,

Buf

falo

Ca

rSha

re, G

o Bi

ke a

nd o

ther

s to

prom

ote

and

impr

ove

the

city

’s gr

owin

g al

tern

ativ

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

syst

em. T

he h

ub w

ill p

rovi

de n

eigh

borh

ood

resi

dent

s and

BN

MC

empl

oyee

s alik

e w

ith g

reat

er a

cces

s to

tran

sit a

nd m

obili

ty se

rvic

es, s

uch

as M

etro

info

, car

shar

ing,

bik

e sh

arin

g, a

nd c

omm

unity

bic

ycle

wor

ksho

ps. T

he h

ub w

ill se

rve

as a

sour

ce o

f inf

orm

atio

n an

d pr

ovid

e a

venu

e to

edu

cate

com

mun

ity m

embe

rs a

nd e

mpl

oyee

s on

thei

r alte

rnat

ive

tran

spor

tatio

n an

d tr

ansi

t op

tions

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

In-k

ind

staf

f con

trib

utio

ns a

re e

xpec

ted.

The

inte

grat

ed m

obili

ty h

ub m

ay b

e co

nstr

ucte

d w

ithin

a B

NM

C ow

ned

prop

erty

as w

ell,

redu

cing

the

need

for f

undi

ng a

ssis

tanc

e.

S.I

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ran

spo

rta

tio

n

Erie

, Cha

utau

qua,

Cat

tara

ugus

and

Al

lega

ny C

ount

y; S

enec

a N

atio

n of

In

dian

s

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Sout

h To

wns

Com

mun

ity E

nhan

cem

ent

Coal

ition

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$5,5

00,0

00/

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00,0

00

Thirt

een

rura

l com

mun

ities

and

the

Sene

ca N

atio

n w

orki

ng to

geth

er to

cre

ate

a un

ique

mas

s tra

nsit

syst

em th

at w

ould

ext

end

tran

sit s

ervi

ce to

the

resi

dent

s of o

ver 3

0 co

mm

uniti

es si

tuat

ed in

4 C

ount

ies o

f WN

Y Th

is sy

stem

will

brin

g ab

out r

educ

e ai

r pol

lutio

n by

usi

ng n

atur

al c

ompr

esse

d ga

s and

cre

ate

an e

nviro

nmen

t with

few

er v

ehic

les o

pera

ting

on o

ur ro

ads.

Prov

ide

tran

spor

tatio

n ai

d to

the

Seni

ors a

nd S

hut i

ns in

rura

l par

ts o

f the

regi

on; w

ork

to in

crea

se

acce

ssib

ility

for w

orke

rs, s

tude

nts a

nd re

side

nts l

eisu

re a

ctiv

ities

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Pen

ding

fund

ing

from

the

Sene

ca N

atio

n of

Indi

ans t

o fu

nd a

por

tion

of in

fras

truc

ture

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ts (a

ppro

xim

atel

y $2

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uth

ern

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r W

est

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gio

n P

ark

an

d

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e L

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tio

n A

lle

ga

ny

, Ca

tta

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s,

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au

tau

qu

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c In

fra

stru

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Sout

hern

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Dev

elop

men

t and

con

stru

ctio

n of

par

k an

d rid

e lo

ts in

the

thre

e co

unty

regi

on. T

he p

roje

ct w

ill in

clud

e th

e id

entif

icat

ion

of si

x sp

ecifi

c lo

catio

ns (e

xcep

t whe

re c

urre

ntly

iden

tifie

d) w

ithin

thes

e co

mm

uniti

es: F

redo

nia

and

I-86

exi

t at

Pana

ma/

Chau

tauq

ua In

stitu

tion

in C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

; Sal

aman

ca a

nd A

llega

ny I-

86 e

xit 2

4 in

Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty;

and

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a an

d Be

lvid

ere

in A

llega

ny C

ount

y.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Add

ition

al fu

ndin

g so

urce

s hav

e no

t bee

n id

entif

ied

as o

f thi

s dat

e. O

ther

cas

h an

d in

-kin

d fu

nds a

re e

xpec

ted

to b

e co

ntrib

uted

for t

his p

roje

ct.

So

uth

ern

Tie

r W

est

Pu

bli

c

Tra

nsp

ort

ati

on

We

bsi

te

Alle

gany

, Cat

tara

ugus

, Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ties

Ed

uca

tio

n

Sout

hern

Tie

r Wes

t Reg

iona

l Pla

nnin

g Bo

ard

41

Indi

rect

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uctio

n an

d Av

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nce

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s

Supp

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Indi

rect

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tion

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n

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elop

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te th

at d

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ls ro

utes

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pro

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all

avai

labl

e pu

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spor

tatio

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e-co

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he g

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e co

nver

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gas

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atra

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CN

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veh

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n th

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rent

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way

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com

plet

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foot

bus

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gram

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add

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uses

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atra

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the

proc

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NG

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40

foot

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nd p

arat

rans

it ve

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roug

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ann

ual r

ollin

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ock

proc

urem

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allo

w th

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FTA

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n its

way

to si

gnifi

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ctio

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gree

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se g

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nhan

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finan

cial

stab

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ublic

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stem

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savi

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CNG

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gree

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lly.

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Thi

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qua

lifie

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75%

supp

ort t

hrou

gh th

e Fe

dera

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min

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Vol

unta

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jec

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d D

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n

Pro

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nd

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tio

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or

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sta

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als

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qu

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un

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ly ti

med

and

coo

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traf

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to d

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nclu

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ed tr

avel

tim

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nt st

oppi

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ausi

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crea

sed

pave

men

t wea

r, sa

fety

con

cern

s, fu

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onsu

mpt

ion

and

emiss

ions

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pro

ject

is to

add

ress

th

ese

defic

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ong

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follo

win

g ro

utes

whi

ch m

ake

up th

e pr

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rom

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pres

sway

to R

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om S

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d in

the

Cent

ral B

usin

ess D

istr

ict o

f the

City

of B

uffa

lo.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Any

fund

ing

rece

ived

cou

ld p

ossi

bly

be su

pple

men

ted

by fu

nds c

ontr

ibut

ed b

y th

e N

YSD

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for d

esig

n re

sour

ces

and

proj

ect m

anag

emen

t thr

ough

con

stru

ctio

n.

Bu

ffa

lo N

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ara

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issi

on

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ed

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tio

n

Sig

na

ls O

pti

miz

ati

on

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alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

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fra

stru

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Buf

falo

-Nia

gara

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iona

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affic

sign

als a

nd o

ptim

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traf

fic fl

ow in

six

corr

idor

s in

the

Citie

s of B

uffa

lo in

clud

ing

Gen

esee

Str

eet;

Del

awar

e Av

enue

; and

Sou

th P

ark

Aven

ue.

This

will

hav

e si

gnifi

cant

ene

rgy

and

envi

ronm

enta

l ben

efit.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

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ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

App

roxi

mat

ely

$35,

000

in k

ind

wou

ld b

e av

aila

ble

thro

ugh

data

pro

visi

on a

nd fi

eld

impl

emen

tatio

n to

mat

ch th

e N

YS a

mou

nt.

Cit

y o

f B

uff

alo

Tra

ffic

Sig

na

l

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nc

ron

iza

tio

n

City

of B

uffa

lo, E

rie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of B

uffa

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rect

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City

of B

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pro

posi

ng to

sync

hron

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traf

fic si

gnal

s alo

ng S

outh

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k, G

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tree

t, D

elaw

are

Aven

ue, a

nd B

aile

y Av

enue

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City

wou

ld c

ontr

act w

ith a

traf

fic e

ngin

eerin

g co

nsul

tant

to c

olle

ct d

ata

and

desi

gn a

tim

ing

patt

ern

whi

ch w

ould

redu

ce, t

o th

e ex

tent

pra

ctic

able

, the

del

ay fo

r mot

oris

ts tr

avel

ling

alon

g th

ese

corr

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el P

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fety

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d S

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n t

he

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mp

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alo,

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Cou

nty

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va

te S

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tor

Infr

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ture

BNM

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par

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ship

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prop

osed

pro

ject

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repl

ace

the

curr

ent R

osw

ell P

ark

Canc

er In

stitu

te (R

PCI)

Publ

ic S

afet

y fle

et w

ith a

ltern

ativ

e fu

el v

ehic

les,

incl

udin

g 3

plug

-in h

ybrid

ele

ctric

veh

icle

s for

pat

rols

and

2 CN

G v

ans f

or p

asse

nger

esc

orts

and

del

iver

ies.

In

addi

tion,

the

BNM

C w

ill re

plac

e th

e tw

o cu

rren

tly d

iese

l fue

led

“Wav

e” sh

uttle

bus

ses w

ith C

NG

fuel

ed v

ehic

les.

For f

uelin

g an

d c

harg

ing

infr

astr

uctu

re, t

hese

veh

icle

s will

use

the

exis

ting

21 E

V ch

argi

ng st

atio

ns o

n th

e BN

MC,

as w

ell a

s the

CN

G fu

elin

g st

atio

n at

the

adja

cent

NYS

DO

T fa

cilit

y at

Tup

per a

nd N

Oak

Str

eets

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

BN

MC

and

RPCI

ope

ratio

nal e

xpen

ses a

s in-

kind

mat

ch

Jam

est

ow

n C

NG

Sta

tio

n a

nd

Fle

et

Co

nv

ers

ion

Jam

esto

wn,

Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ty

Pri

va

te I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

Jam

esto

wn

BPU

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dire

ct R

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Avoi

danc

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ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

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The

Jam

esto

wn

Boar

d of

Pub

lic U

tiliti

es (B

PU) w

ill in

stal

l a C

NG

fuel

ing

stat

ion.

Thi

s sta

tion

wou

ld se

rve

both

pub

lic a

nd p

rivat

e cu

stom

ers.

The

BPU

and

oth

er c

ity e

ntiti

es (D

epar

tmen

t of P

ublic

Wor

ks, P

arks

Dep

t, Sc

hool

dis

tric

t, et

c.) w

ill

then

beg

in c

onve

rtin

g th

eir f

leet

s. Th

e ve

hicl

e fle

ets i

nclu

de: g

arba

ge tr

ucks

, line

truc

ks, d

ump

truc

ks, v

ac tr

ucks

, sch

ool b

uses

, pic

kup

truc

ks a

nd o

ther

mun

icip

al v

ehic

les.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

BPU

has

con

duct

ed a

bas

ic fe

asib

ility

stud

y on

the

proj

ect a

nd is

pla

nnin

g on

a C

NG

stat

ion

cons

truc

ted

in th

e se

cond

hal

f of 2

013.

The

con

vers

ion

of v

ehic

les t

o CN

G w

ould

take

a

few

yea

rs d

ue to

the

num

ber o

f veh

icle

s and

the

limite

d nu

mbe

r of i

ndiv

idua

ls ca

pabl

e of

doi

ng c

onve

rsio

ns.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

22 22 22 22

A-2

0

Tran

spor

tati

on F

ocus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Alt

ern

ati

ve

Fu

el V

eh

icle

s fo

r E

rie

Co

un

ty S

he

riff

s

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Erie

Cou

nty

Sher

iff; P

ublic

Wor

ks (F

leet

); an

d En

viro

nmen

t and

Pla

nnin

g

2D

irect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs/S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$62,

500/

$5

0,00

0

The

Erie

Cou

nty

Sher

iff’s

Off

ice

is in

tere

sted

in re

trof

ittin

g 25

of i

ts v

ehic

les t

o us

e pr

opan

e as

a fu

el. P

ropa

ne h

as b

een

used

as a

n al

tern

ativ

e fu

el fo

r law

enf

orce

men

t veh

icle

s acr

oss t

he c

ount

ry. T

he re

ason

that

pro

pane

has

bee

n se

lect

ed

over

com

pres

sed

natu

ral g

as (C

NG

) in

law

enf

orce

men

t app

licat

ions

is th

at p

ropa

ne a

ddre

sses

som

e of

the

conc

erns

of a

ccel

erat

ion

and

fuel

ing

that

CN

G p

oses

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Erie

Cou

nty

wou

ld p

rovi

de a

mat

ch o

f $12

,500

in in

-kin

d se

rvic

es.

Inc

um

be

nt

Wo

rke

r T

rain

ing

fo

r

Au

tom

ob

ile

In

du

stry

Ad

va

nce

d

Ma

nu

fac

ture

rs

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y

Ed

uca

tio

n

Chau

tauq

ua C

ount

y W

orkf

orce

In

vest

men

t Boa

rd (W

IB In

c.)

2Th

roug

h Ed

ucat

ion

and

Polic

yY

es

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs/S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$100

,000

/ $1

00,0

00

As t

he a

uto

indu

stry

pre

pare

s to

man

ufac

ture

the

nece

ssar

y pa

rts t

o pr

oduc

e a

mor

e G

HG

em

issio

n ef

ficie

nt p

rodu

ct, in

cum

bent

wor

kers

em

ploy

ed a

t adv

ance

d m

anuf

actu

rers

will

requ

ire a

gre

at d

eal o

f tra

inin

g to

ope

rate

new

equ

ipm

ent,

part

icip

ate

on n

ew li

nes,

deve

lop

new

pro

cess

es, e

tc. T

his t

rain

ing

will

be

at g

reat

cos

t to

the

adva

nced

man

ufac

turin

g bu

sine

sses

. The

Cha

utau

qua

Coun

ty W

orkf

orce

Inve

stm

ent B

oard

(WIB

Inc.

) is p

ropo

sing

to p

rovi

de a

ssis

tanc

e in

off

se

ttin

g th

e ne

cess

ary

cost

s tha

t will

be

incu

rred

to p

rovi

de th

is tr

aini

ng to

pot

entia

l em

ploy

ees i

n th

e re

gion

.

Rip

ley

Gra

de

Cro

ssin

g P

roje

ct

Ripl

ey, C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

NYS

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

(Tem

pora

ry)

$25,

000,

000/

TBD

The

Ripl

ey G

rade

Cro

ssin

g pr

ojec

t wou

ld in

clud

e a

road

way

that

goe

s und

er th

e cu

rren

t rai

lroad

trac

ks o

n Ro

ute

76. I

t wou

ld e

limin

ate

unne

cess

ary

cros

sing

and

allo

w fo

r tra

ffic

, (i.e

., ped

estr

ian,

bic

ycle

, and

veh

icle

s), t

o m

ove

free

ly in

the

corr

idor

with

out t

he n

eed

to st

op a

nd id

le w

hile

wai

ting

for t

rain

s tha

t are

in tr

ansi

t thr

ough

the

area

or a

re st

oppe

d on

the

trac

ks. T

his p

roje

ct w

ould

incr

ease

mob

ility

in th

e ar

ea a

nd g

reat

ly in

crea

se th

e sa

fety

of t

he ro

adw

ays.

Th

e pr

ojec

t obj

ectiv

es a

re to

impr

ove

tran

spor

tatio

n sa

fety

with

in th

e ha

mle

t of R

iple

y w

hile

bei

ng c

onsis

tent

with

ove

rall

com

mun

ity o

bjec

tives

. The

pro

ject

wou

ld a

ddre

ss th

e iss

ue o

f at-

grad

e cr

ossi

ng re

dund

ancy

with

in th

e ha

mle

t and

th

e sa

fety

issu

es in

term

s of a

ccid

ents

/fat

aliti

es a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith th

e ex

istin

g at

-gra

de c

ross

ings

. The

pro

ject

will

als

o re

duce

trav

el ti

mes

and

GH

G a

nd g

reat

ly e

nhan

ce th

e co

mm

unity

asp

ects

of t

he h

amle

t.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Any

NYS

ERD

A fu

ndin

g co

uld

poss

ibly

be

leve

rage

d su

pple

men

ted

by F

eder

al a

nd in

-kin

d N

YSD

OT

cont

ribut

ions

. The

NYS

DO

T pl

ans t

o co

mpl

ete

desi

gn se

rvic

es re

sour

ces f

or th

is

proj

ect,

and

will

wou

ld m

anag

e th

e pr

ojec

t thr

ough

con

stru

ctio

n. N

YSD

OT

estim

ates

the

valu

e of

thei

r des

ign

and

cons

truc

tion

over

sigh

t ser

vice

s to

be a

ppro

xim

atel

y $2

,000

,000

.

Bic

yc

le F

rie

nd

ly B

uff

alo

City

of B

uffa

lo, E

rie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re/E

du

ca

tio

n

GO

Bik

e Bu

ffal

o in

par

tner

ship

with

City

of

Buf

falo

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$1,0

00,0

00/

$800

,000

GO

bike

Buf

falo

is w

orki

ng in

col

labo

ratio

n w

ith th

e Ci

ty o

f Buf

falo

, Buf

falo

Nia

gara

Med

ical

Cam

pus,

Buff

alo

CarS

hare

and

mul

tiple

bus

ines

ses t

o cr

eate

a b

alan

ced

tran

spor

tatio

n sy

stem

supp

orte

d th

roug

h th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of B

uffa

lo’s

Com

plet

e St

reet

s ord

inan

ce th

at in

tegr

ates

cyc

ling

into

an

inte

rmod

al tr

ansp

orta

tion

land

scap

e to

est

ablis

h Bu

ffal

o as

a b

icyc

le fr

iend

ly c

omm

unity

. To

acco

mpl

ish

this

goal

an

inve

stm

ent i

n a

bicy

cle

mas

ter p

lan

and

road

way

strip

ing

will

ne

ed to

ach

ieve

d. H

owev

er, t

his m

inim

al in

vest

men

t will

ach

ieve

gre

ater

eco

nom

ic o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or a

ll re

side

nts,

help

per

suad

e yo

ung

peop

le to

stay

, att

ract

bus

ines

ses,

enha

nce

the

heal

th o

f our

com

mun

ity, a

nd im

prov

e ou

r reg

ion’

s en

viro

nmen

tal s

usta

inab

ility

– a

ll at

a re

ason

able

cos

t tha

t mun

icip

aliti

es a

cros

s the

glo

be a

re fi

ndin

g to

be

a w

ise

long

-ter

m in

vest

men

t.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

City

of B

uffa

lo h

as in

clud

ed $

200,

000

in th

e 20

13 c

apita

l bud

get t

o in

clud

e ad

ditio

nal s

trip

ing

of ro

adw

ays w

ith b

icyc

le fa

cilit

ies.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

22 33 33 33

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

-21

Tran

spor

tati

on F

ocus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

No

rth

Un

ion

Str

ee

t/W

alk

ab

le O

lea

n

Infr

ast

ruc

ture

Pro

jec

t

Ole

an, C

atta

raug

us C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of O

lean

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

) /S

uppo

rts I

ndire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$2,0

00,0

00/

$500

,000

Nor

th U

nion

Str

eet,

betw

een

Rout

e 41

7 (S

tate

Str

eet)

to M

ain

Stre

et, is

cur

rent

ly a

four

lane

stre

et w

ith d

iago

nal p

arki

ng a

nd si

dew

alks

, and

vie

wed

by

man

y w

ithin

the

com

mun

ity a

s bei

ng u

nfrie

ndly

to p

edes

tria

ns a

nd b

icyc

lists

. Muc

h of

N

orth

Uni

on S

tree

t was

des

igne

d fo

r rel

ativ

ely

high

vol

umes

of t

raff

ic. T

here

are

no

med

ians

, no

pede

stria

n isl

ands

, no

bike

lane

s and

ove

rly-g

ener

ous s

houl

ders

. Cur

b ex

tens

ions

do

exis

t for

seve

ral p

edes

tria

n cr

ossi

ngs a

long

the

stre

et,

but c

ould

be

furt

her e

nhan

ced

to c

reat

e be

tter

vis

ibili

ty. T

he u

ltim

ate

goal

of t

he N

orth

Uni

on S

tree

tsca

pe D

esig

n w

ill b

e to

cre

ate

a st

reet

that

refle

cts t

he c

hara

cter

of t

he c

omm

unity

and

mak

es th

e co

rrid

or a

safe

, com

fort

able

and

invi

ting

plac

e fo

r ped

estr

ians

and

bic

yclis

ts, w

hile

als

o ac

com

mod

atin

g ve

hicu

lar t

raff

ic.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

City

of O

lean

has

succ

essf

ully

app

lied

and

rece

ived

gra

nt fu

ndin

g to

mov

e th

is pr

ojec

t for

war

d. In

add

ition

, Nei

ghbo

rWor

ks H

ome

Reso

urce

s has

app

lied

for M

ain

Stre

et

fund

ing

unde

r thi

s las

t CFA

roun

d w

hich

, if a

war

ded,

will

aug

men

t the

City

’s ef

fort

s to

tran

sfor

m N

orth

Uni

on S

tree

t.

Nia

ga

ra S

tre

et

Co

mp

lete

Str

ee

t

Imp

rov

em

en

t P

roje

ct

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of B

uffa

lo

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs (T

empo

rary

)/Su

ppor

ts In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$1,2

00,0

00

The

Nia

gara

Str

eet C

ompl

ete

Stre

et Im

prov

emen

t Pro

ject

pro

pose

s to

conv

ert t

he e

xist

ing

4-la

ne, n

orth

/sou

th o

rient

ed u

rban

art

eria

l roa

dway

of N

iaga

ra S

tree

t, to

a 3

-lane

con

figur

atio

n pr

omot

ing

mul

ti-m

odal

use

and

offe

ring

mor

e tr

ansp

orta

tion

choi

ces,

whi

le im

prov

ing

safe

ty a

nd p

rovi

ding

a re

liabl

e an

d ac

cess

ible

tran

spor

tatio

n ne

twor

k al

ong

Buff

alo’

s wat

erfr

ont.

Fund

ing

will

be

used

for r

oadw

ay im

prov

emen

ts to

app

roxi

mat

ely

2.65

mile

s in

leng

th o

n N

iaga

ra

Stre

et in

the

City

of B

uffa

lo fr

om O

ntar

io S

tree

t to

Bust

i Ave

nue.

Impr

ovem

ents

incl

ude:

Im

plem

entin

g a

new

strip

ing

for 2

trav

el la

nes,

a ce

nter

turn

, bik

e la

nes,

and

park

ing.

Ins

talli

ng la

dder

bar

cro

ssw

alks

at s

igna

lized

inte

rsec

tions

to fa

cilit

ate

pede

stria

n sa

fety

and

mov

emen

ts in

the

corr

idor

. O

ptim

izin

g tr

affic

sign

als a

long

the

corr

idor

to re

duce

em

issi

ons a

nd im

prov

e tr

affic

flow

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Fed

eral

fund

ing

that

has

bee

n se

cure

d fo

r the

pro

ject

incl

udes

: $

2,40

0,00

0 N

iaga

ra S

tree

t Gat

eway

Pro

ject

(Cur

rent

ly o

n th

e M

PO T

IP)

$3,

500,

000

NFT

A FT

A Bu

s Liv

abili

ty G

rant

Nia

ga

ra F

all

s N

ort

h G

ate

wa

y P

roje

ct

Nia

gara

Fal

l, N

iaga

ra C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

City

of N

iaga

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com

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hat h

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rail.

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initi

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with

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CBD

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prov

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ital I

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ther

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stin

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rmer

is a

ging

out

or h

as c

hang

ed c

aree

rs. A

ctiv

ely

recr

uit y

oung

farm

ers o

r far

m fa

mili

es to

the

area

thro

ugh

mar

ketin

g of

land

s to

othe

r are

as w

here

land

is sc

arce

or

mar

ket p

reve

nts

entr

y le

vel f

arm

ers f

rom

get

ting

into

the

farm

ing

busi

ness

.

Sm

all

Fa

rm I

nn

ov

ati

on

an

d

En

tre

pre

ne

urs

hip

Pro

gra

m

Alle

gany

Cou

nty,

Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty,

Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty,

Erie

Cou

nty,

Nia

gara

Co

unty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re/E

du

ca

tio

n

Cent

er fo

r Org

anic

and

Sus

tain

able

Ag

ricul

ture

(CO

SA) a

t Alfr

ed S

tate

Col

lege

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

No

Dire

ct Jo

bs; S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$750

,000

/ $6

80,0

00

Prog

ram

will

wor

k w

ith d

iver

se se

t of p

ublic

and

priv

ate

part

ner o

rgan

izat

ions

to a

ddre

ss e

xist

ing

barr

iers

to th

e de

velo

pmen

t of s

usta

inab

le sm

all f

arm

bus

ines

ses t

hat f

it th

e na

tura

l ass

ets a

nd m

arke

t cha

ract

eris

tics o

f WN

Y. P

rogr

am

trai

ning

staf

f will

dev

elop

and

supe

rvis

e su

mm

er e

xper

ient

ial e

duca

tion

prog

ram

s, in

tern

ship

s and

bus

ines

s and

mar

ketin

g ad

viso

ry se

rvic

es fo

r asp

iring

new

farm

ers a

nd su

ppor

t ent

erpr

ises

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Priv

ate

sect

or a

nd A

SC a

lum

ni d

onor

cas

h su

ppor

t - $

25,0

00, P

rivat

e se

ctor

in-k

ind

(tool

, equ

ipm

ent,

seed

, etc

. don

atio

ns) -

$25

,000

, In-

kind

(Alfr

ed S

tate

per

sonn

el) -

$20

,000

WN

Y S

ma

ll-S

ca

le F

oo

d

Pro

cess

ing

Ce

nte

r

Alle

gany

Cou

nty,

Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty,

Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty,

Erie

Cou

nty,

Nia

gara

Co

unty

Pu

bli

c/P

riv

ate

In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Alle

gany

Cou

nty

1In

dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

eY

es

Dire

ct Jo

bs/S

uppo

rts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$350

,000

Will

pro

vide

bus

ines

s opp

ortu

nitie

s for

spec

ialty

food

pro

cess

ors,

farm

ers,

grow

ers,

and

prod

ucer

s. Fa

cilit

y w

ill h

elp

farm

ers a

dd v

alue

to lo

cally

gro

wn

and

rais

ed fo

od p

rodu

cts t

hrou

gh: p

roce

ssin

g/co

-pac

king

, pro

duct

dev

elop

men

t, da

iry

incu

bato

r, di

strib

utio

n, m

arke

ting,

sale

s, an

d fo

od sa

fety

trai

ning

. Pro

duct

ion

capa

bilit

ies w

ill in

clud

e: c

hees

es, c

hees

e sp

read

s and

dip

s; yo

gurt

s and

oth

er c

ultu

red

prod

ucts

; dai

ry sp

read

s and

dip

s; m

ilk, j

uice

, cid

er a

nd w

ine

prod

ucts

. Val

ue

Add

ed sp

ecia

lty e

quip

men

t ava

ilabl

e: d

icin

g/sl

icin

g/sh

redd

ing/

grin

ding

; mod

ified

atm

osph

ere

pack

agin

g; v

acuu

m p

acka

ging

; ann

ual s

tora

ge-c

oole

r/fr

eeze

r.

WN

Y F

oo

d H

ub

Pro

jec

t

Alle

gany

Cou

nty,

Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty,

Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty,

Erie

Cou

nty,

N

iaga

ra C

ount

y

Pla

nn

ing

/Pri

va

te I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

Mar

ket r

esea

rch

and

busi

ness

-pla

nnin

g pi

ece:

Fie

ld a

nd F

ork

Net

wor

k.

Cons

truc

tion

of a

ctua

l foo

d hu

b, is

de

pend

ent o

n th

e ou

tcom

es o

f pha

se 1

.

12

2

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs/In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

Ph

ase

1: $

50,0

00

Ph

ase

2: $

150K

-$20

0K

(sta

rt-u

p ca

pita

l)

The

first

pha

se w

ill e

ncom

pass

mar

ket r

esea

rch

to id

entif

y th

e m

arke

t-ba

sed

solu

tions

to a

ddre

ss b

ottle

neck

s and

gap

s in

our c

urre

nt fo

od sy

stem

infr

astr

uctu

re. A

dditi

onal

ly, t

here

will

be

a de

man

d an

alys

is, w

hich

aim

s to

quan

tify

the

pote

ntia

l inv

estm

ent b

y fo

od re

tail,

food

serv

ice

reta

il an

d in

stitu

tiona

l foo

d bu

ying

sect

ors.

The

seco

nd p

hase

of t

he p

roje

ct is

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

a re

gion

al F

ood

Hub

bus

ines

s pla

n th

at w

ill a

ddre

ss p

roce

ssin

g, a

ggre

gatio

n, q

ualit

y as

sura

nce

and

dist

ribut

ion

of lo

cal f

arm

pro

duct

s, ul

timat

ely

incr

easi

ng a

cces

sing

to th

ese

prod

ucts

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

See

k to

secu

re P

hase

1 fu

ndin

g th

roug

h N

YS

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

22 44 44 22 33

WN

Y R

EGIO

NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

N

Agr

icul

ture

and

For

estr

y Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

oca

tio

n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

n

Pro

jec

t T

yp

e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Ea

st A

uro

ra C

oo

pe

rati

ve

Ma

rke

t

East

Aur

ora,

Erie

Cou

nty

Pri

va

te I

nfr

ast

ruc

ture

/Ed

uc

ati

on

East

Aur

ora

Coop

erat

ive

Mar

ket

1D

irect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce,

and

In

dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e

Ye

s

Dire

ct Jo

bs/In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

$2,2

00,0

00/

$500

,000

The

East

Aur

ora

Coop

erat

ive

Mar

ket w

as b

orn

out o

f a d

esire

for e

asie

r acc

ess t

o fo

od a

nd o

ther

gro

cery

item

s tha

t are

loca

lly g

row

n, h

ealth

ier f

or o

ur b

odie

s, be

tter

for o

ur e

nviro

nmen

t and

ben

efic

ial t

o ou

r loc

al e

cono

my.

The

Eas

t Aur

ora

Coop

erat

ive

Mar

ket w

ill b

e a

self

stan

ding

, ful

l ser

vice

gro

cery

stor

e th

at c

apita

lizes

on

our n

umer

ous l

ocal

gro

wer

s a m

uch

as p

ossi

ble,

but

with

the

capa

bilit

y of

brin

ging

item

s in

from

furt

her a

way

and

that

are

not

nat

ive

to W

NY,

but

pr

oduc

ed w

ith a

sim

ilar s

tand

ard

in m

ind.

The

coo

pera

tive

busi

ness

mod

el w

as c

hose

n be

caus

e of

it’s

appe

al a

s an

orga

niza

tion

of p

eopl

e w

ho w

ork

toge

ther

for a

mut

ual b

enef

it. A

food

coo

pera

tive

is op

en to

all

to sh

op in

, but

is o

wne

d an

d go

vern

ed b

y it’

s mem

bers

, via

the

boar

d of

dire

ctor

s, th

roug

h a

dem

ocra

tic p

roce

ss. T

here

is a

hig

h fo

cus o

n co

mm

unity

edu

catio

n an

d ou

trea

ch th

at p

rom

otes

a h

ealth

y, v

ibra

nt c

omm

unity

and

a fo

rwar

d th

inki

ng w

ay o

f life

. Mee

ting

the

nutr

ition

al n

eeds

of o

ur m

embe

rs w

ill b

e re

aliz

ed th

roug

h ac

cess

to n

atur

al, s

usta

inab

le g

oods

, whi

le su

ppor

ting

the

loca

l eco

nom

y th

roug

h ou

r gro

wer

s.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Cur

rent

ly se

ekin

g ad

ditio

nal f

undi

ng o

ptio

ns.

Co

mm

un

ity

Fo

od

Tra

inin

g C

en

ter

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ed

uca

tio

n/P

ub

lic

/Pri

va

te

Infr

ast

ruc

ture

Mas

sach

uset

ts A

venu

e Pr

ojec

t (M

AP),

with

supp

ort o

f the

Foo

d La

b at

the

Uni

vers

ity a

t Buf

falo

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

Ye

s

Job

Rete

ntio

n/In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$500

,000

/ $5

00,0

00

Crea

te a

n ur

ban

hub

for a

gric

ultu

re–b

ased

wor

kfor

ce d

evel

opm

ent,

com

mun

ity re

sear

ch a

nd e

duca

tion,

and

new

farm

er li

nkag

es a

nd tr

aini

ng. C

omm

unity

Foo

d Tr

aini

ng C

ente

r will

hou

se tr

aini

ng sp

ace,

a te

achi

ng k

itche

n, a

reso

urce

lib

rary

, and

will

be

a re

sour

ce fo

r lin

king

you

ng p

eopl

e an

d im

mig

rant

pop

ulat

ions

with

em

ergi

ng e

mpl

oym

ent a

nd tr

aini

ng o

ppor

tuni

ties i

n m

ultip

le fo

od sy

stem

sect

ors,

incl

udin

g su

stai

nabl

e ru

ral a

nd u

rban

agr

icul

tura

l pro

duct

ion,

pr

oces

sing

, dis

trib

utio

n an

d m

arke

ting.

It w

ill a

lso

serv

e as

a c

omm

unity

site

for t

he U

nive

rsity

at B

uffa

lo’s

Food

Lab

, and

hel

p fa

cilit

ate

com

mun

ity p

artic

ipat

ion

in re

gion

al fo

od sy

stem

s res

earc

h.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

MAP

will

con

tinue

to p

rovi

de jo

bs a

nd tr

aini

ng to

at l

east

50

youn

g pe

ople

; in a

dditi

on th

e pr

ojec

t will

cre

ate

seve

ral n

ew fa

rmer

app

rent

ices

hip/

inte

rnsh

ip p

ositi

ons t

hat w

ill le

ad

to m

ore

perm

anen

t pos

ition

s in

the

food

sect

or.

AR

T F

AR

MS

Bu

ffa

lo

Buff

alo,

Erie

Cou

nty

Ed

uca

tio

n/

Pu

bli

c O

utr

ea

ch

The

Lt. C

ol M

att U

rban

Hum

an S

ervi

ces

Cent

er o

f W.N

.Y.

1N

o G

HG

Impa

ctYe

s

Ind

ire

ct

Job

Cre

ati

on

/

Re

ten

tio

n

$328

,750

/$1

97,2

50

Buff

alo’

s urb

an fa

rms a

re a

n in

itial

resp

onse

to v

acan

t lan

d re

mai

ning

aft

er th

e m

ass d

emol

ition

of i

ts h

omes

. Now

, cul

tura

l lay

ers a

re a

dded

to m

ake

surr

ound

ing

area

s sus

tain

able

, rel

evan

t, an

d vi

able

to b

road

er a

udie

nces

. ART

FARM

S co

mbi

nes a

rts,

food

, and

cha

nges

in th

e la

ndsc

ape

into

a n

ew c

omm

unity

ass

et a

nd b

ackd

rop

for o

ther

rede

velo

pmen

t to

occu

r. Lo

cate

d in

Buf

falo

’s E

ast S

ide

Fillm

ore

Dis

tric

t, 10

agr

icul

tura

l art

wor

ks w

ill b

e em

bedd

ed in

to 4

-5 u

rban

fa

rms.

Wel

l kno

wn

artis

ts re

pres

entin

g Bu

ffal

o’s d

iver

se a

rt c

omm

unity

will

be

com

miss

ione

d to

des

ign

and

fabr

icat

e fu

nctio

nal a

rtw

orks

that

are

use

d fo

r far

min

g ac

tiviti

es. A

RTFA

RMS

attr

acts

new

inte

rest

by

chan

ging

neg

ativ

e pe

rcep

tions

, enc

oura

ging

oth

er re

deve

lopm

ent a

nd a

n up

war

d tr

ajec

tory

for t

he n

eigh

borh

ood.

Alf

red

Sta

te -

SU

NY

ES

F B

iore

fin

ing

Pro

jec

t: P

lan

nin

g a

nd

De

sig

n P

ha

se

Alle

gany

Cou

nty,

Cat

tara

ugus

Cou

nty

Pla

nn

ing

/Ed

uca

tio

n

Alfr

ed S

tate

Col

lege

(in

part

ners

hip

with

th

e N

ew F

ores

t Eco

nom

y Pr

ogra

m a

t SU

NY-

ESF)

No.

GH

G re

duct

ion

in

futu

re p

hase

Ye

s

Supp

orts

Indi

rect

Job

Crea

tion

and

Rete

ntio

n

$85,

000/

$85,

000

Prop

osal

is fo

r ini

tial r

esea

rch,

a p

artic

ipat

ory

plan

ning

pro

cess

, ref

inem

ent o

f str

ateg

y fo

r ove

rall

proj

ect d

evel

opm

ent,

and

busi

ness

pla

n an

d de

sign

for t

he in

tegr

atio

n of

a p

ublic

-priv

ate

part

ners

hip

for a

bio

refin

ing

and

bioe

nerg

y pr

oduc

tion

faci

lity.

Pro

posa

l will

als

o ha

ve c

onne

ctio

ns to

sust

aina

ble

loca

l foo

d pr

oduc

tion

(gre

enho

uses

co-

loca

ted

to ta

ke a

dvan

tage

of “

was

te” h

eat,

and

post

-sec

onda

ry e

duca

tion

for a

dvan

ced

man

ufac

turin

g an

d en

viro

nmen

tal

tech

nolo

gy.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Fun

ds u

sed

for p

lann

ing

phas

e.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

22 44 44 33

A-2

6

Agr

icul

ture

and

For

estr

y Fo

cus

Are

a Su

stai

nabi

lity

Proj

ects

Pro

jec

t N

am

e, I

mp

ac

t L

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n

an

d D

esc

rip

tio

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jec

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yp

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nd

Org

an

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tio

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Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

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als

1

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mis

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ac

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va

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Pro

jec

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qu

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d F

un

din

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Pu

rch

ase

of

De

ve

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me

nt

Rig

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gra

m

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nty

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nn

ing

/Po

lic

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Dep

artm

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f Env

ironm

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and

Plan

ning

Thro

ugh

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Indi

rect

Job

Crea

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Rete

ntio

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$100

,000

/ $5

,000

Det

erm

ine

the

feas

ibili

ty o

f dev

elop

ing

an E

rie C

ount

y pu

rcha

se o

f dev

elop

men

t rig

hts (

PDR)

pro

gram

. Pro

gram

will

use

farm

land

prio

ritiz

atio

n an

d vo

lunt

ary,

pre

-app

licat

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proc

ess t

o de

term

ine

farm

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land

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rs in

tere

sted

in

prot

ectin

g th

eir l

and.

Rev

iew

of t

he la

nd p

riorit

izat

ion

and

pre-

appl

icat

ions

will

cul

min

ate

in a

rank

ing

of p

oten

tial p

roje

cts.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Mat

chin

g fu

nds t

hrou

gh U

SDA

Nat

ural

Res

ourc

es C

onse

rvat

ion

Serv

ice

and

New

Yor

k St

ate

Dep

artm

ent o

f Agr

icul

ture

and

Mar

kets

.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

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W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

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ores

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pres

ents

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goal

num

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s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

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ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

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pact

s 22

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al M

easu

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e G

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cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

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GH

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pact

44

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GH

G Im

pact

44

WN

Y R

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L SU

STA

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BIL

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PLA

NA

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8A

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er R

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Foc

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rea

Sust

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bilit

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d D

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nti

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Imp

lem

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sta

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Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

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Ad

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jec

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qu

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d F

un

din

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WP

CF

Bu

ild

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3 a

nd

40

Slu

dg

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Co

lle

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on

Mo

dif

ica

tio

ns

Am

hers

t, Er

ie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Tow

n of

Am

hers

t Eng

inee

ring

Dep

artm

ent

13

Dire

ct R

educ

tion

and

Avoi

danc

e, a

nd

Indi

rect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce

No

Dire

ct (T

empo

rary

) Job

Cr

eatio

n; In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$3,6

00,0

00/

$3,2

60,0

00

Prim

ary

trea

tmen

t at t

he A

mhe

rst W

PCF

incl

udes

gra

vity

sett

ling

in o

ne o

f fou

r (4)

Equ

aliz

atio

n (E

Q) B

asin

s (Bu

ildin

gs 3

and

40)

. The

se fo

ur b

asin

s are

eac

h eq

uipp

ed w

ith in

fluen

t con

trol

gat

es, t

rave

ling

brid

ge u

nits

, scu

m c

olle

ctio

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stem

s, an

d sl

udge

cro

ss-c

olle

ctor

s. T

he c

urre

nt sl

udge

and

scum

col

lect

ion

trav

elin

g br

idge

syst

em is

app

roxi

mat

ely

35 y

ears

old

and

is se

vere

ly d

ilapi

date

d. T

he c

urre

nt tr

avel

ing

brid

ge e

quip

men

t will

be

repl

aced

with

cha

in-a

nd-f

light

eq

uipm

ent t

hat i

s mor

e en

ergy

eff

icie

nt a

nd w

ill p

rovi

de th

e pl

ant a

mor

e st

able

ope

ratin

g co

nditi

on a

nd le

ss p

erm

it ex

ceed

ance

s. Th

e qu

ality

of t

he tr

eate

d w

ater

dis

char

ged

is be

ing

impa

ired

due

to th

e fu

nctio

nalit

y of

the

equi

pmen

t.

Ch

au

tau

qu

a U

tili

ty D

istr

ict

WW

TP

Up

-gra

de

Tow

n of

Cha

utau

qua,

Ch

auta

uqua

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Chau

tauq

ua U

tility

Dis

tric

t3

N

oY

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Dire

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empo

rary

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Cr

eatio

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dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n

$6,5

00,0

00/

$6,5

00,0

00

Chau

tauq

ua L

ake

has r

ecen

tly b

een

liste

d as

“im

paire

d” b

y N

YSD

EC b

ecau

se o

f hig

h nu

trie

nt lo

adin

g w

hich

cau

ses a

lgae

blo

oms a

nd a

quat

ic v

eget

atio

n gr

owth

. A T

MD

L is

curr

ently

und

er re

view

by

NYS

DEC

and

the

USE

PA fo

r Cha

utau

qua

Lake

to a

ddre

ss th

e ph

osph

orus

load

ing

issue

s. Th

is TM

DL

will

resu

lt in

a S

PDES

Per

mit

revi

sion

for t

he C

haut

auqu

a U

tility

Dis

tric

t was

tew

ater

trea

tmen

t fac

ility

. The

revi

sed

perm

it w

ill re

quire

tert

iary

trea

tmen

t as w

ell a

s a c

ompl

ete

upgr

ade

of th

e 34

yea

r old

seco

ndar

y tr

eatm

ent p

roce

ss e

quip

men

t. Th

e de

tails

of t

he p

roje

ct a

re re

plac

emen

t of h

eadw

orks

, inst

alla

tion

of a

n in

fluen

t pum

p st

atio

n, se

cond

ary

trea

tmen

t rep

lace

men

t with

two

Sequ

enci

ng B

atch

Rea

ctor

s, te

rtia

ry

trea

tmen

t add

ition

with

pho

spho

rus r

emov

al p

lus u

ltrav

iole

t disi

nfec

tion,

repl

acem

ent o

f mot

or c

ontr

ol c

ente

r, ge

nera

tor,

addi

tion

of sl

udge

han

dlin

g, a

nd o

dor c

ontr

ol.

Sto

rm D

rain

Re

ceiv

ed

Ce

lls

Am

hers

t, Er

ie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Am

hers

t Con

serv

atio

n Ad

viso

ry C

ounc

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3

1In

dire

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void

ance

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Dire

ct (T

empo

rary

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Cr

eatio

n

$11,

000/

$10,

000

Dem

onst

ratio

n pr

ojec

t in

Amhe

rst,

New

Yor

k us

ing

“Jel

lyfis

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r sim

ilar e

ngin

eere

d st

orm

dra

in re

ceiv

er th

at fi

lters

sedi

men

t, ch

emic

als a

nd o

ther

stor

m w

ater

pol

lutio

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tent

is to

miti

gate

pol

luta

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lose

r to

the

sour

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pre

vent

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the

stor

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ater

syst

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era

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ten

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13

Thro

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Indi

rect

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$74,

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$1

4,15

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Sout

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wat

er D

emon

stra

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Trai

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Fac

ility

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man

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est M

anag

emen

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ill b

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tabl

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at t

he p

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sed

perm

anen

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atio

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d m

ay in

clud

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rock

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f silt

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d va

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type

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rosi

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som

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wat

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erm

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bio-

rete

ntio

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stem

s (ra

in

gard

ens,

bios

wal

es),

and

ripar

ian

buffe

rs. C

onst

ruct

ion

of th

is fa

cilit

y w

ill b

egin

in 2

013;

how

ever

, add

ition

al fu

ndin

g is

need

ed to

impl

emen

t add

ition

al p

ract

ices

, suc

h as

con

stru

ctio

n of

add

ition

al g

reen

infr

astr

uctu

re, a

nd c

ontin

ue a

n on

goin

g ed

ucat

iona

l com

pone

nt.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

App

roxi

mat

ely

$37,

050

has b

een

requ

este

d fr

om th

e Ap

pala

chia

n Re

gion

al C

omm

issio

n. A

noth

er $

5,50

0 ca

sh fr

om v

endo

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ispla

ying

thei

r war

es a

t a D

emon

stra

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Day

for t

he

open

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of th

e Tr

aini

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acili

ty. A

ppro

xim

atel

y $1

5,00

0 in

labo

r and

equ

ipm

ent t

o be

don

ated

by

loca

l sou

rces

, alo

ng w

ith $

2,40

0 th

e va

lue

of th

e la

nd d

onat

ed fo

r the

Fac

ility

.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

W

aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

1Re

pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

Reg

ionw

ide,

Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

s 22

Loc

al M

easu

rabl

e G

HG

Impa

cts

33

Not

Sig

nific

ant o

r Mea

sura

ble

GH

G Im

pact

44

No

GH

G Im

pact

22 44 44 44

WN

Y R

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NA

L SU

STA

INA

BIL

ITY

PLA

NA

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Wat

er R

esou

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Foc

us A

rea

Sust

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bilit

y Pr

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ts

Pro

jec

t N

am

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mp

ac

t L

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tio

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an

d D

esc

rip

tio

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Pro

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t T

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e a

nd

Org

an

iza

tio

n

Ide

nti

fie

d f

or

Imp

lem

en

tati

on

Su

sta

ina

bil

ity

Go

als

1

GH

G E

mis

sio

n

Imp

ac

ts

Ad

va

nce

s K

ey

RE

DC

Go

als

(Cre

ate/

Reta

in Jo

bs)

Pro

jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Ch

ad

wic

k B

ay

Re

gio

na

l De

ve

lop

me

nt

Co

rpo

rati

on

-Re

gio

na

l Wa

ter

Pro

jec

t

City

of D

unki

rk, T

owns

of P

omfr

et,

Port

land

, Dun

kirk

, She

ridan

and

Vill

ages

of

Fre

doni

a an

d Br

octo

n

Pla

nn

ing

/Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Chad

wic

k Ba

y Re

gion

al D

evel

opm

ent

Corp

orat

ion

(CBR

DC)

1D

irect

Red

uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce,

and

In

dire

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educ

tion

and

Avoi

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Ye

s

Dire

ct (T

empo

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Cr

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n

$50,

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Impl

emen

t a re

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ater

pro

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orth

ern

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l mun

icip

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ater

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ems i

n th

is re

gion

pro

duce

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er d

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tora

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faci

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very

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mun

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relim

inar

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st e

stim

ates

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an $

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illio

n do

llars

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and

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trib

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h in

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his a

mou

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owev

er, c

ould

be

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ced

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ifica

ntly

if a

regi

onal

wat

er sy

stem

app

roac

h is

impl

emen

ted.

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dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

CBR

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has b

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awar

ded

$150

,000

gra

nt fr

om A

RC a

nd $

50,0

00 fr

om C

haut

auqu

a Co

unty

Big

Sis

ter

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P A

era

tio

n U

pg

rad

es

Ang

ola,

NY

Pu

bli

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fra

stru

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Erie

Cou

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Div

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Man

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13

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ts In

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$920

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ace

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ting

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nt d

iffus

er h

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ve c

onst

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istin

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ts w

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d tu

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t wou

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gnifi

cant

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sum

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prov

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e tr

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ent p

roce

ss a

t the

pla

nt, b

oth

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crea

se c

apac

ity a

nd a

lso

impr

ovin

g th

e qu

ality

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he d

isch

arge

.

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dit

ion

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on

sid

era

tio

ns/

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ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

Pro

ject

qua

lifie

s for

a $

125,

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cent

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from

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iona

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.

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on

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we

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$250

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Usi

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us so

il ba

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atur

ally

occ

urrin

g no

n-pa

thog

enic

bac

teria

foun

d in

soil

that

bre

aks d

own

sani

tary

was

te.

Bioa

ugm

enta

tion

has b

een

show

n to

redu

ce sl

udge

pro

duct

ion

at tr

eatm

ent p

lant

s by

as m

uch

as 3

0%. A

dditi

onal

ben

efits

are

: incr

ease

d tr

eatm

ent c

apac

ity, a

nd o

dor a

nd g

reas

e re

duct

ion.

The

pro

ject

wou

ld b

e pi

lot s

tudy

to d

eter

min

e th

e be

nefit

s tha

t cou

ld b

e ac

hiev

ed a

t the

Big

Sis

ter W

TP th

roug

h co

ntin

uous

impl

emen

tatio

n.

Po

we

r P

rod

uc

tio

n t

hro

ug

h

Se

wa

ge

Tre

atm

en

t

Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Erie

Cou

nty

Div

ision

of S

ewer

age

Man

agem

ent

32

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ct R

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and

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danc

e, a

nd

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rect

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uctio

n an

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nce

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s

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ct a

nd In

dire

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b Cr

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n an

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ion

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Uni

vers

ities

hav

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own

utili

zing

an

anae

robi

c pr

oces

s in

whi

ch b

acte

ria o

xidi

ze o

rgan

ic m

atte

r in

sew

age

can

prod

uce

pow

er w

hen

the

proc

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ced

in a

fuel

cel

l lik

e re

acto

r. A

s muc

h as

2 k

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f ele

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ity c

an b

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nera

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ach

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c m

eter

of r

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olum

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mal

l sca

le re

acto

rs h

ave

be p

rove

n to

wor

k ef

fect

ivel

y. P

roje

ct w

ould

be

a pi

lot t

o im

plem

ent t

echn

olog

y in

a p

rodu

ctio

n en

viro

nmen

t on

scal

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enou

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ve v

iabi

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dit

ion

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on

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era

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ns/

Po

ten

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l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

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re m

ay b

e a

pote

ntia

l for

add

ition

al fu

ndin

g th

roug

h th

e un

iver

sity

pro

duci

ng th

e te

chno

logy

.

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rgy

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and

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and

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able

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mun

ities

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nspo

rtat

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ater

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ourc

es

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aste

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agem

ent

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ultu

re a

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pres

ents

the

goal

num

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ted

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ide,

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d D

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an

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d f

or

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lem

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on

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sta

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bil

ity

Go

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mis

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jec

t C

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/

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qu

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d F

un

din

g

Ru

sh C

ree

k I

nte

rce

pto

r

Blas

dell,

Ham

burg

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

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Erie

Cou

nty

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isio

n of

Sew

erag

e M

anag

emen

t

13

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uctio

n an

d Av

oida

nce,

and

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dire

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educ

tion

and

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danc

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s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

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n an

d Re

tent

ion

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Proj

ect w

ill a

llow

for e

limin

atio

n of

Ele

ctric

Ave

nue

Pum

ping

Sta

tion

(PS)

and

its p

erm

itted

sani

tary

sew

er o

verf

low

(SSO

), Bl

asde

ll M

ilest

rip P

S an

d its

per

mitt

ed S

SO, p

erm

itted

SSO

at t

he L

abel

le P

S in

Bla

sdel

l, th

e Bl

asde

ll W

aste

wat

er

Trea

tmen

t Pla

nt (W

WTP

), an

d th

e M

ain

WW

TP P

S lo

cate

d at

the

Blas

dell

WW

TP si

te. A

ll w

aste

wat

er c

urre

ntly

trib

utar

y to

thes

e lo

catio

ns w

ill b

e co

nvey

ed to

the

Sout

htow

ns A

WTF

via

the

prop

osed

Rus

h Cr

eek

Inte

rcep

tor s

ewer

and

the

Nor

thea

st In

terc

epto

r, or

via

the

wet

wea

ther

relie

f for

ce m

ain

durin

g ex

trem

e flo

w e

vent

s.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

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s pro

ject

has

bee

n aw

arde

d a

$5M

gra

nt th

roug

h th

e N

YSD

EC W

ater

Qua

lity

Impr

ovem

ents

Pro

ject

s pro

gram

. Add

ition

al fu

ndin

g is

ava

ilabl

e th

roug

h lo

cal a

nd E

FC b

orro

win

g.

To

wn

of

Am

he

rst,

NY

Wa

ste

wa

ter

Tre

atm

en

t F

aci

lity

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n of

Am

hers

t, N

Y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re/E

du

ca

tio

n

Tow

n of

Am

hers

t, N

Y2

32

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ct R

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and

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nd

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rect

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n an

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nce

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s

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ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

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n an

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tent

ion

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000/

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0,00

0

Maj

or re

nova

tion

of w

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent f

acili

ty. P

roje

ct to

incl

ude

envi

ronm

enta

l edu

catio

n ce

nter

and

nat

ural

wat

er re

clam

atio

n fa

cilit

y bu

ilt to

mee

t the

hig

hest

stan

dard

s and

bes

t pra

ctic

es c

urre

ntly

ava

ilabl

e in

sust

aina

ble

arch

itect

ure.

Edu

catio

nal o

ppor

tuni

ties f

or st

uden

ts, t

each

ers,

scie

ntis

ts, c

ontr

acto

rs, a

rchi

tect

s, el

ecte

d of

ficia

ls, a

nd m

any

othe

rs w

ill b

e a

part

of t

he p

roje

ct. W

aste

wat

er tr

eatm

ent w

ithou

t che

mic

als a

nd th

e us

e of

sola

r and

geo

ther

mal

sy

stem

s to

prov

ide

ener

gy, h

eatin

g, a

nd c

oolin

g fo

r the

bui

ldin

g an

d pr

oces

ses w

ill b

e op

timiz

ed.

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dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

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ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

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mat

ch

La

cka

wa

nn

a W

ast

ew

ate

r T

rea

tme

nt

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nt

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min

ati

on

Lack

awan

na, E

rie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Erie

Cou

nty

Div

ision

of S

ewer

age

Man

agem

ent i

n co

oper

atio

n w

ith th

e Bu

ffal

o Se

wer

Aut

horit

y

6

3

No

Ye

s

Dire

ct a

nd In

dire

ct Jo

b Cr

eatio

n an

d Re

tent

ion

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000,

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000,

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Citie

s of B

uffa

lo a

nd L

acka

wan

na in

WN

Y sh

are

appr

oxim

atel

y fiv

e m

iles o

f wat

erfr

ont a

long

Lak

e Er

ie. T

his s

tret

ch o

f prim

e w

ater

fron

t has

long

bee

n un

deru

tiliz

ed, m

ostly

con

sistin

g of

bar

ren

land

and

aba

ndon

ed in

dust

rial p

rope

rtie

s.

A si

gnifi

cant

road

bloc

k fo

r fut

ure

rede

velo

pmen

t of t

his p

ortio

n of

wat

erfr

ont e

xist

s tha

t inc

lude

s the

lack

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age

conv

eyan

ce a

nd tr

eatm

ent c

apac

ity. W

ithin

the

City

of B

uffa

lo, o

nly

abou

t hal

f the

Out

er H

arbo

r wat

erfr

ont a

rea

targ

eted

for d

evel

opm

ent c

onta

ins s

ewer

. Fac

ed w

ith a

sign

ifica

nt in

vest

men

t to

addr

ess s

ewer

cap

acity

issu

es a

nd b

ecau

se o

f the

ir pr

oxim

ity, t

he D

SM a

nd B

SA a

re jo

intly

con

side

ring

a pr

ojec

t tha

t wou

ld e

limin

ate

the

Lack

awan

na W

TP,

prov

ide

impr

oved

sew

er se

rvic

e to

targ

eted

wat

erfr

ont r

edev

elop

men

t are

as, a

nd im

prov

e w

ater

qua

lity

in S

mok

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reek

and

dow

nstr

eam

wat

erfr

ont a

reas

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

pro

ject

is c

urre

ntly

com

plet

ing

the

feas

ibili

ty st

udy

phas

e. S

WM

M m

odel

ing

and

prel

imin

ary

desi

gn h

as b

een

done

, how

ever

det

aile

d de

sign

has

not

yet

bee

n st

arte

d.

Eli

min

ati

on

of

Re

du

nd

an

t S

erv

ice

s

Clar

ence

, Lan

cast

er, E

ast A

uror

a,

Ham

burg

, Erie

Cou

nty

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Erie

Cou

nty

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ision

of S

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age

Man

agem

ent

13

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ct R

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and

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e, a

nd

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rect

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uctio

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dire

ct Jo

b Cr

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n an

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0,00

0

The

Erie

Cou

nty

Div

ision

of S

ewer

age

Man

agem

ent (

ECD

SM) i

s a c

ongl

omer

ate

of sm

all m

unic

ipal

and

priv

ate

sew

er sy

stem

s tha

t hav

e be

en, a

nd c

ontin

ue to

be,

tran

sfer

red

to th

e Co

unty

onc

e m

aint

enan

ce a

nd u

pkee

p pr

ove

unsu

stai

nabl

e on

an

inde

pend

ent s

cale

. By

com

bini

ng th

ese

indi

vidu

al sy

stem

s int

o la

rger

regi

onal

syst

ems,

the

ECD

SM h

as th

e op

port

unity

to im

prov

e co

llect

ion

and

trea

tmen

t eff

icie

ncy

by e

limin

atin

g re

dund

ant f

acili

ties t

hrou

gh th

e co

nstr

uctio

n of

re

gion

al g

ravi

ty sy

stem

s tha

t can

cro

ss m

unic

ipal

bou

ndar

ies.

In a

con

tinue

d ef

fort

to im

prov

e ef

ficie

ncy

and

redu

ce e

nerg

y co

nsum

ptio

n fo

r col

lect

ion

and

trea

tmen

t of s

anita

ry w

aste

wat

er in

Erie

Cou

nty,

the

DSM

has

seve

ral u

pcom

ing

proj

ects

to e

limin

ate

un-n

eede

d fa

cilit

ies t

hrou

gh c

onst

ruct

ion

of re

gion

al g

ravi

ty se

wer

s to

com

bine

flow

s. T

hese

upc

omin

g pr

ojec

ts in

clud

e th

e el

imin

atio

n of

the

Com

mer

ce G

reen

Pum

ping

Sta

tion,

the

Roge

rs R

oad

Pum

ping

Sta

tion,

an

d th

e Cl

aren

ce R

esea

rch

Park

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent P

lant

.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

se a

re u

pcom

ing

proj

ects

that

hav

e ha

d fe

asib

ility

wor

k co

mpl

eted

. The

ECD

SM h

as b

een

cont

inuo

usly

, and

will

con

tinue

to id

entif

y, a

ppro

ach

and

carr

y ou

t the

se ty

pes o

f el

imin

atio

n pr

ojec

ts in

the

futu

re.

Ene

rgy

L

and

Use

and

Liv

able

Com

mun

ities

Tra

nspo

rtat

ion

W

ater

Res

ourc

es

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aste

Man

agem

ent

A

gric

ultu

re a

nd F

ores

try

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pres

ents

the

goal

num

ber a

s lis

ted

in th

e Pl

an

11

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ide,

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sura

ble

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pact

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easu

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e G

HG

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cts

33

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nific

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r Mea

sura

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GH

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44

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mp

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an

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tio

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jec

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nd

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an

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tio

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Ide

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d f

or

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lem

en

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on

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sta

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bil

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als

1

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mis

sio

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ac

ts

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va

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Go

als

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ate/

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in Jo

bs)

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jec

t C

ost

/

Re

qu

ire

d F

un

din

g

Au

rora

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rth

Pu

mp

ing

Sta

tio

n E

lim

ina

tio

n

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aste

r, Ch

eekt

owag

a, E

rie C

ount

y

Pu

bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

Erie

Cou

nty

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n of

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e M

anag

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t

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and

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dire

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ct a

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00,0

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truc

tion

of g

ravi

ty se

wer

line

to c

ondu

ct w

aste

wat

er fl

ow fr

om th

e Au

rora

Nor

th a

nd A

uror

a So

uth

serv

ice

area

s dire

ctly

to th

e Bo

rden

Rd

trun

k lin

e to

the

BSA

. Ben

efits

incl

ude

redu

ced

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion

by e

limin

atin

g th

e pu

mpi

ng

stat

ion,

redi

rect

ing

sign

ifica

nt fl

ow a

way

from

Vill

age

of L

anca

ster

to h

elp

alle

viat

e fr

eque

nt S

SOs a

nd b

asem

ent f

lood

ing,

redi

rect

flow

from

Dep

ew P

umpi

ng st

atio

n to

redu

ce p

ower

con

sum

ptio

n, p

rovi

de se

wer

serv

ice

to se

vera

l hun

dred

ac

res o

f uns

ervi

ced

land

to fa

cilit

ate

resi

dent

ial a

nd c

omm

erci

al g

row

th, a

nd a

llow

exi

stin

g co

mm

erci

al b

usin

esse

s to

elim

inat

e th

eir p

rivat

ely

owne

d pu

mpi

ng st

atio

ns, f

urth

er re

duci

ng a

rea

pow

er c

onsu

mpt

ion.

Ad

dit

ion

al C

on

sid

era

tio

ns/

Po

ten

tia

l Fu

nd

ing

So

urc

es:

The

DSM

has

iden

tifie

d $5

,000

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for t

his p

roje

ct th

roug

h ca

pita

l res

erve

s and

EFC

bor

row

ing.

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lag

e o

f H

am

bu

rg P

ota

ble

Wa

ter

Sy

ste

m C

on

soli

da

tio

n

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burg

, Erie

Cou

nty

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bli

c In

fra

stru

ctu

re

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ge o

f Ham

burg

3

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ct R

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and

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danc

e, a

nd

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rect

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n an

d Av

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nce

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ct Jo

b Cr

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