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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTB Packet 2017-04-10 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD April 10, 2017 Agenda 1. Call to order and Pledge of Allegiance 2. Presentation—Tree Inventory and Forest Assessment Grant Project—Lance Ebel 3. Persons to be heard and Board Comments 4. 5:30 p.m. Public hearing to adopt a proposed local law entitled "Amending Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca code, titled"Noise,"regarding Noise Permit Applications" a. Consider adoption 5. 5:30 p.m. Public Hearing regarding an application for noise permit(s) for known events happening at LaTourelle and Firelight Camps; five weddings, one birthday, one formal dinner dance, one concert band, one happy hour event and weekly Tuesday music at the campsites, 1150 Danby Rd, and be it further a. Consider approval 6. Discuss and consider authorize for the Supervisor to sign and agreement with the City of Ithaca concerning building permits for 412 Worth Street 7. Acknowledge receipt and submission of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan 8. Discuss and consider authorization for Public Works surplus items to be sent to auction 9. Discuss and consider authorization to enter into a contract with ConsultEcon, Inc. to conduct an economic development feasibility study and development of a strategic plan for the Inlet Valley/Elmira Road corridor 10. Consider Consent Agenda a. Approval of Town Board Minutes b. Approval of Town of Ithaca Abstract c. Approval of Bolton Point Abstract 11. Report of Town Officials 12. Review of Correspondence 13. Adjourn PLANNING DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM TO: TOWN BOARD MEMBERS FROM: MICHAEL SMITH, SENIOR PLANNER DATE: APRIL 5, 2017 RE: TREE INVENTORY & FOREST ASSESSMENT PROJECT— FINAL REPORT URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY GRANT PROGRAM As you may recall, in 2015 the Town received funding ($23,000) from the Urban and Community Forestry Grants Program to conduct a complete tree inventory within the right-of- way of Town owned roads, a forest assessment of the Town's parks and preserves and a hazard tree inspection along the multiuse trails and walkways of the Town. The Town has been working with Lance Ebel from Newleaf Environmental LLC on this project, which is now close to being completed. Lance will be attending the April 101h Town Board meeting to discuss what he did and the general results of the project. For the tree inventory portion of the project, they identified 766 trees which are located within the Town road right-of-ways and along the Town trails and walkways. This information was inputted into the i-Tree software (i-Tree Streets), which is a free software developed by the USDA Forest Service. This software is an analysis tool that uses the tree inventory data. The attached spreadsheet (Complete Population of Public Trees) shows the species, size (DBH - Diameter at Breast Height) and numbers of trees inventoried for this project. For the forest assessments, they visited all eighteen of the Town parks and six of the preserves and created a report on each one. Each ecological assessment report contains information related to topography, soils, hydrologic characteristics, ecological classification, forest health, habitat assessments (forest, fish and wildlife), species diversity, native species, plant lists and invasive plant lists. As an example, attached is the report for the Dress Woods Preserve. If you would like to see any other specific park or preserve reports, please let me know. I anticipate that all of these reports will eventually be available on the Town's website. Please contact me if you have any questions prior to the April 101h Town Board meeting. Ithaca Page 1 of 2 Complete Population of Public Trees 4/3/2017 DBH Class(in) Species 0-3 3-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42 >42 Total Standard Error Broadleaf Deciduous Large(BDL) White ash 14 29 23 16 6 1 0 0 0 89(f0) Sugar maple 5 12 22 23 2 4 0 1 0 69(f0) Black walnut 1 23 22 10 2 0 0 1 0 59(f0) Black birch 1 15 22 8 0 1 0 0 0 47(f0) Norway maple 2 12 9 13 6 0 0 0 0 42(f0) Eastern cottonwood 0 3 4 19 9 4 1 0 0 40(f0) Black locust 1 5 7 18 6 1 1 1 0 40(f0) Northern red oak 0 1 7 6 12 2 2 0 0 30(f0) Honeylocust 1 2 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 26(f0) Shagbark hickory 0 4 8 4 1 0 2 0 0 19(f0) Black cherry 1 6 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 19(f0) Bigfooth aspen 0 1 3 9 5 0 0 0 0 18(f0) Sweetgum 0 1 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 17(f0) Silver maple 0 1 4 3 3 0 2 0 0 13(f0) Ash 0 2 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 12(f0) Quaking aspen 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 7(f0) Green ash 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 7(f0) Black oak 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 6(f0) Butternut 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 6(f0) American elm 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4(f0) Horsechestnut 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3(f0) American basswood 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3(f0) Chinese elm 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2(f0) Yellow birch 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(f0) Tulip tree 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2(f0) American sycamore 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2(f0) White oak 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2(f0) Pignut hickory 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Bitternut hickory 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) BDL OTHER 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Northern hackberry 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) American beech 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) European larch 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Total 27 125 179 165 68 15 10 3 0 592(±0) Broadleaf Deciduous Medium(BDM) Boxelder 2 4 7 3 1 1 0 0 0 18(f0) Littleleaf linden 0 2 3 5 4 3 0 0 0 17(f0) Black willow 1 1 0 4 3 1 2 0 1 13(f0) Red maple 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 9(f0) Sweet cherry 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 8(f0) Slippery elm 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 5(f0) European hornbeam 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) European white birch 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Total 4 12 19 14 10 6 2 4 1 72(t0) Broadleaf Deciduous Small(BDS) Apple 1 10 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 20(f0) Common pear 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 5(f0) Hawthorn 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2(f0) Staghorn sumac 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Eastern redbud 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Goldenrain tree 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Total 2 11 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 30(t0) Conifer Evergreen Large(CEL) Norway spruce 0 4 8 5 1 0 1 0 0 19(f0) Scotch pine 0 4 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 11(f0) Eastern white pine 1 0 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 10(f0) Balsam fir 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 7(f0) White spruce 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 6(f0) Pine 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6(f0) Blue spruce 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5(f0) Ithaca Page 2 of 2 Complete Population of Public Trees 4/3/2017 DBH Class(in) Species 0-3 3-6 6-12 12-18 18-24 24-30 30-36 36-42 >42 Total Standard Error Black spruce 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Total 1 11 31 15 6 0 1 0 0 65(t0) Conifer Evergreen Medium(CEM) Atlantic white cedar 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 6(f0) Northern white cedar 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1(f0) Total 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 7(t0) Grand Total 34 163 238 204 85 21 13 7 1 766(t0) Town of Ithaca Parks and Preserves Ecological Assessment Dress Woods Preserve Plan Prepared by: Newleaf Environmental LLC 140 Dassance Rd Newfield, NY 14867 607 229 0272 www.newleafenvironmental.com f , Dress Woods Preserve Report date: Dates of fieldwork: Personnel on site visit: 2 Background and Resource Inventory Parcel location Dress Woods Preserve is located to the west of Ithaca at Culver Rd.The preserve is completely forested, and considered in this assessment.The Preserve's location is presented below. 93. a 300 I I t J a z 251 Dress Woods Preserve location 3 Topography:Slope and Aspect The Preserve consists primarily of an east facing slope, although ravines on the site create conditions from flat to steep slopes. A topographical map with 2-foot intervals depicts the Park Property below. 10 y .o Dress Woods Preserve topography 4 Hydrological Observations:Riparian Areas,Streams,Significant Wetlands and Water Bodies There are no mapped state (DEC) or federally designated wetlands located in the Dress Woods Preserve.The preserve does contain a riparian zone along a stream in the southern portion of the property.The ecological community is significantly different from the rest of the parcel in the riparian area. l;l J NWI wetlands in vicinity of Dress Woods Preserve 5 Soils r An inventory of the site was accomplished using the USDA Web Soils Survey (l�ttlp./{webs��ilsu�rven. c,a� ovausdaaov{A {WebSilSurver�„ax). Soils in Dress Woods Preserve consist mainly of Langford channery silt loam (LaB) and Bath and Valois soils(BgC, BgD). Full soil descriptions are included in Appendix C.The soils map below depicts soils at the site. R u i S w 300 iLaB fft a dO Dress Woods Preserve soils map 6 Ecological Classification The entire 11.6 acres of Dress Woods Preserve is categorized as a Post-Agricultural Northern Red Oak Forest. Dress Woods Preserve includes the following habitat types: Post-Agricultural Northern Red Oak Forest Association with Broader landscape;Biophysical Region The property is on the west hill of the Cayuga Lake inlet valley, southwest of Ithaca, NY, in Tompkins County. It lies within the Cayuga Lake Watershed.The property is part of the northern extent of the Appalachian mountains, within the area known as the Allegheny plateau. There is mixed land use in the area, with suburban development being the dominant force. The Coy Glen area has partially been preserved, leaving pockets of natural areas such as Dress Woods Preserve. Cultural Resources There are no known cultural resources in or in the vicinity of Dress Woods Preserve. A NYSHPO Cultural Resource Information Service search was accomplished as well as on-site inventory. See tt s: cns. arks.n . ov for more information. Recreational Activities Dress Woods Preserve is primarily a natural area and forest.The seasons provide opportunity for varied recreation such as walking/hiking, birding, and wildlife observation, however access is limited. 7 Unique Natural Area: An inventory of the site was accomplished using the Tompkins County Environmental Health Mapper( ). Much of the Preserve is in the Culver Creek Ravine and Woods Unique Natural Area. Rare, Threatened and Endangered Species or Natural Communities An inventory of the site was accomplished using the NY DEC Environmental Resource Mapper ( „Ia r ...de ....n ggy imsiglap ��„III �yi r._V°�tu�ru„).The Natural Heritage database shows no historical records of rare, threatened or endangered species on this specific property. No such species were noticed during the multiple site visits and forest inventory work conducted in 2015-2016. This does not mean that rare species do not exist here, as extensive surveys would be required to rule them out.There is not a Natural Community on the property, however the Coy Glen Natural Community is found north east of Dress Woods. Forest Health:Implications for Ecosystem Health&Ecosystem Services The forests and preserves around Ithaca play a major role in maintaining or improving the water quality of local wetlands, streams, and Cayuga Lake by slowing the movement of soil particles and nutrients from the land to waterways.The complex of root systems holds forest soils in place, while canopy and mid-story tree and shrub foliage dissipate the force of raindrops on the forest floor. In the warmer months, forest shade keeps soils cool and moist, providing microclimates suitable for the maintenance of microbial communities that process and recycle nutrients for forest growth and regeneration. Shade cast from forest trees also reduces stream water temperatures, slowing down some chemical processes that can lead to increased release of nutrients associated with water quality and habitat degradation. In the winter,the annual fall deposits of spent leaves and woody debris blanket the forest floor.This mat of detritus warms the soils, allowing the infiltration of melt water, and providing shelter for small animals and microbes that act as decomposing agents during the growing season.These functions conserve soil and recycle nutrients in the ecosystem. Numerous studies of watersheds have provided evidence of the link between healthy forest ecosystems and good water quality(Carlton 1990, Dunne and Leopold 1978). Rainfall interception accounts for a reduction of 2-6%of flood-producing rainfall and 5%of the 40-45 inches of annual precipitation common in the eastern United States.Thick mats of annually renewed organic detritus, which can hold many times its weight in moisture, increase the water-holding capacity of the soils. Soil moisture is further conserved by the high shade of the canopy, which reduces transpiration rates in the lower vegetation during the growing season (18 inches of the 40-45 inches of annual precipitation common in the eastern U.S.). Forests also intercept a variety of elements and materials that would otherwise be carried via runoff to water bodies. These forest systems provide a line of defense against atmospheric deposition of heavy metals and acids and intercept groundwater pollutants, rendering them harmless through physical processes and chemical transformations. All ecosystem components contribute to a forest's diversity and functional value, especially the quality and movement of surface and groundwater through watersheds.These components include native trees, shrubs, other woody and herbaceous plants, animals,fungi, and beneficial microorganisms, as well as the non-living elements in the landscape.The maintenance of biological and structural diversity reduces a forest's vulnerability to serious damage from major disturbances such as ice and wind storms, insect infestations, and disease outbreaks, as well as from more frequent but minor disturbances such as animal activities. Diversity also enhances the forest's resilience in recovering from disturbance events. Forest diversity and vigor provide an efficient and effective means of protecting water quality and watershed function. Climate Change Climate change is already having an observable and measurable impact on local forests, and it is expected to make big impacts on the ecology of our region in the next few decades. Forest types will transition to more southerly types that are acclimated to drought, higher annual temperatures and wider extremes.The EPA projects widescale forest type shifts by the year 2070. 9 Recent Past Projected 1960-1990 2070-2100 I ' White-Red-Jack pine % Oak-Pine Maple-Reach-Birch �UIII Spruce-Fir 'Oak-Hickory Aspen-Birch Longleaf-Slash Pine Oak-Gum-Cypress No Data u� Loblolly-Shortlf Pine Elm-Ash-Cottonwood This forest type map shows dramatic projected changes for our region. EPA 2016 ' Though these changes are hard to predict and will be mostly gradual, we can expect to see cold-hardy trees such as maple and beech fading out of our area, with warm-site trees such as oaks and hickories dominating the super canopy and new regeneration.There are many factors that will influence overall forest condition, but the quickly changing climate will be the foundation of overall changes. The combination of local conditions, such as soil type, slope, aspect, wind protection, forest maturity and forest type all play a major role in how climate changes will affect the forest. Forest diseases and pests will also influence potentially dramatic changes in the forest. 10 Forest & Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessments Forest Assessment The forest of Dress Woods Preserve is one single stand.The forest type is a Northern Red Oak stand.The map below depicts the site. f Dress Woods Parcel and Forest Cover 11 Stand 1 Area: ll.6ac Basal area: 115 S Mean Stand Diameter: 16.7 Canopy Closure: High (7O-9S%) Approx. Stand Age: Mixed Age Stand lOOyears Stand Description Fish and wildlife habitat assessment takes into consideration both forest structure and composition. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Assessment Method: Quantitative wildlife habitat assessment measures six major parameters for habitat health. Inventories were conducted by recording the number of species, vegetation layers, number ofsnags/den trees, amount mflarge woody debris and condition ofthe soil. Properties - were surveyed asawhole and average numbers per acre were recorded. Species Diversity This forest has been mostly untouched for 100 years.The stand that resulted from the previous clearing was dominated by shade intolerant species, including Northern Red Oak,Tulip Poplar, and Black Cherry.The stand exhibits good growth and form. Deer browse has limited herb, shrub and regenerative growth. Native Species of herbaceous and shrub layer There was @ moderate amount /4-6/8cre\ ofnative species noted inthe herbaceous and shrub layers.These include Asters, Goldenrods,Jewelweeds, as well as some spring ephennera|ssuch asCanada Mayflower, Herb Robert and Trillium. Native species provide food in the form of nectar, pollen, browse, insects, seeds and fruits. They provide shelter from the elements.They promote healthy soils. Vegetation Heights The stand contains one to two vegetation heights, which is generally very low for structural diversity in a forest stand.The optimum is 4 or 5 different heights of vegetation.This is a result of the high canopy closure limiting light to the forest floor, as well as past silvicultural practices. Without a range of tree ages, there is little diversity in structure.The herbaceous layer is dominated by invasive plants. Deer populations are extremely high in this area, and the resulting browse pressure has heavily influenced the herbaceous and shrub layers of this area. Snags and Den Trees The stand contains a moderate number of den and snag trees (4-6 per acre). Snags provide roost sites for bats,feeding sites for woodpeckers and other birds, and perch sites for raptors.They represent the process of nutrient cycling in the forest. Den trees provide habitable cavities that provide shelter and nesting/brooding sites for birds and mammals.They provide critical winter cover for wildlife. Large Woody Debris The stand contains a moderate amount of large woody debris on the forest floor(4-6 logs per acre greater than 10" in diameter and longer than 6'). Large woody debris provides shelter for salamanders and other amphibians, as well as insects, and spiders,to name a few. It represents the active process of nutrient cycling in the forest-the debris will break down quickly and add to the fertility and structure of the soil. 6 13 Litter Layer and Surface Solis The litter layer of the forest floor is moderate to deep (3-5 in average), with mineral soil visible in very few areas. Soils are generally protected and healthy.There is some evidence of pit and mound topography. The litter layer and surface soils are the foundation of life in the forest.There is a great deal of biological activity in this zone, including fungus,the seed bank, earthworms, and insects. Healthy forest soils resist invasion of non-native species and promote a diverse, sustainable forest ecosystem. Regeneration Regeneration is very low(less than 100 seedlings per acre)throughout, with heavy deer pressure and competition from invasive shrubs impeding young tree growth. Qualitative Ecological Assessment Dress Woods Preserve exhibits a forest dominated by native Oaks,to a greater extent than other Ithaca Town Parks and Preserves.The dominance of Oaks is pronounced in the park, and habitat associations are based on this dominance. A history of oak dominance in the forests of the NY and the mid-Atlantic region has generated a number of interdependent relationships between oak trees and wildlife species. Global warming is expected to increase this dominance into the future. Oaks are keystone species because of their critical importance as reliable sources of abundant foods for wildlife. In numerous ways, oaks also play a significant role in sustaining the health and productivity of upland forests and forested wetlands (Fralish 2004).The annual deposition of lignin-rich leaves that remain intact throughout the winter protect forest floor soils from the erosive forces of precipitation, while providing shelter for the forest floor animal community(Johnson et al. 2002), (Finzi et al. 1998). Oak litter also helps to keep aquatic habitats from being fouled and degraded by excessive sediment loading, while providing nourishment for a community of aquatic macro invertebrate species(Sweeney 1993)that, in turn, provide an important food 14 source for fish. Oaks are more efficient than are other forest tree species in managing nutrient recycling in the forest ecosystem. Oak-dominated forests throughout the eastern U.S.typically express tighter control on nitrogen cycling than do beech/maple forests, releasing lower levels of nitrates from organic forest floor litter to adjacent streams (Lovett et al. 2004).These functions help to keep forest soils in place, to recharge groundwater,to maintain high quality habitats for aquatic and terrestrial wildlife, and for the benefit of human communities as well. One of the most visible, nutritious, and critically important wildlife foods is the acorn crop, which is produced annually, but in much greater abundance in two to five year cycles called mast years. Acorns are a preferred food for White-tailed Deer, Gray Squirrel, White-footed Mouse,Wood Duck, Blue Jay, and some other large game birds and woodpeckers, but are also consumed by foxes, raccoons and other omnivores, especially in the winter months when food sources become scarce (Martin et al. 1961). Acorns also serve a duel role as food supply and shelter for acorn weevil larvae that overwinter in the nuts, increasing the spring supply of foods for insect eaters.The size of the acorn crop not only influences the number of offspring produced by the feeding animals, but also the populations of their predator species, all of which show the greatest increases, not only in population, but also in the health and fitness of the young, in the spring following a mast year acorn crop. Another plant source for wildlife is available in the buds, leaves and twigs that are directly consumed by browsing mammals. Equally important, the leaves are also fed upon by adult insects or their larvae, converting the plant food into more nutritious, protein-rich foods for animals that may feed on the insects. At this level in the food web, oak foliage plays a crucial role in the survival of the hatchlings of almost all eastern forest bird species.This group consists of permanent residents as well as short and long distance migrants that include forest interior dwelling species(FIDS). Breeding activity in FIDS and other perching birds is timed to a steady supply of caterpillars, many of which rely on the foliage of forest trees for their only food source (Holmes et al. 1991). The caterpillars of 534 species of forest moths feed primarily on the young leaves of oak species 15 at a time when forest birds are foraging for hatchling food, most of which consists of caterpillars (Tallamy, 2007).The availability of this critical food source depends, in turn, upon the presence of an oak-dominated forest community. Oaks are also primary hosts for gall wasps,whose larvae extend the food supply into the summer and fall (Cornell 1983). For all these life-sustaining functions, oak forest communities anchor a complex food web that supports the entire range of feeding levels,from herbivores to carnivores and omnivores in the deciduous forests of the mid-Atlantic and southern regions. Occurrence of Vulnerability to Disease or Other Health Risks Hemlock Woolly Adelgid is a small insect from Asia that attacks hemlock trees. It has been detected in the vicinity of the Park. It can severely defoliate and kill trees over the course of a few to several years. Regular inspection of hemlocks on Town of Ithaca property can help to guide management decisions in the future and mitigate the impacts of this invasive pest. For more information visit: h t1p % , , y8 y , „�, „ „Q, 5 „html Emerald Ash Borer is an insect pest that attacks Ash trees.Ash trees showed some decline on the site, but no sign of the insect was detected. Still, recent populations of EAB have been detected in Tioga county. See the DEC website on EAB by following this link: l)tj2llwww.decony. ovlanlmalls17253„htmll Though few beech remain in the area,the ones that are still present exhibit a high occurrence of Beech Bark Disease.The only management strategy for beech bark disease is to select healthy trees for protection from damage and cutting.Though it has not been proven, it seems that healthy trees in infected areas may be genetically resistant to the scale which starts the disease. Protection of healthy trees may encourage a future generation of resistant beech trees. For more information on beech bark disease visit: htto:f/www.naNfs.fed.uslsi fo/�r�u slfudls/ba�echbair°klfidkbeech.hl:m 16 Monitoring for disease isimportant because itwill allow the Town tmmake informed \-' management decisions based on the current state of the health of the forest. It is important to note any sudden or unusual changes to the forest or property. Often these are symptoms of a disease mrpest infestations that may have amajor innpactontheproductivityondhea|thofthe property. 17 Appendix A. Plant List Herbaceous &vines Canada Mayflower Common Blue Violet Common Plantain Common Strawberry Common Wood Sorrel Common Speedwell Early Meadow Rue Elderberry False Nettle False 5o|ornons' Seal False Violet Ground ivy Herb Robert Indian Pipe Jack |nThe Pulpit Lance-leaved goldenrod LovvbushB|ueberry May Apple Multi-flora Rose New York Aster Pale Touch-me-not Poison Ivy Pokeweed Redtop Rough-stemmed Goldenrod 18 -me-not Spotted Touch Starflower Stinging Nettle Tall Goldenrod Tall Meadow Rue Timothy White Clover White Snakeroot White Sweet Clover White Trillium White Wood Aster Wild Grape Wild Mint Wild Rose Wild Sarsaparilla Wood Nettle Yarrow Yellow Hawkweed Yellow Wood Sorrel Invasive Tartarian Honeysuckle Buckthorn Japanese Barberry Autumn Olive Privet Garlic Mustard Multi-flora Rose 19 Trees American Beech Fagus grandifolia Bitternut Hickory Carya cordiformis Black Birch Betula lenta Black Cherry Prunus serotina Black Oak Quercus velutina Big Tooth Aspen Populus grandidentata Cucumber Magnolia Magnolia tulipifera Eastern Hemlock Tsuga canadensis Red Oak Quercus rubra Red Maple Acer rubrum Shagbark Hickory Carya ovata Sugar Maple Acer saccharum Tulip Poplar Liriodendron tulipifera Yellow Birch Betula alleghaniensis White Ash Fraxinus Americana White Oak Quercus alba 20 Town of Ithaca Public Hearings The Town Board of the Town of Ithaca will hold public hearings at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 10th day of April, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of considering: 1. a proposed local law "Amending Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code, titled "Noise," regarding Noise Permit Applications, 2. considering an application for noise permit(s) for events happening at LaTourelle and Firelight Campsite; five weddings, one birthday, one formal dinner dance, one concert band, one happy hour event and weekly Tuesday music at Firelight Campsite, 1150 Danby Rd, and be it further At such time and place all persons interested in the proposed local law or noise permit(s) may be heard concerning the same. Information on either topic is available on the Town website at www.town.ithaca.n�us Paulette Rosa Town Clerk Posted 3/27/2017 Published 3/31/2017 MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday,April 10,2017 TB Resolution 2017 - : Adoption of local law 8 of 2017 "Amending Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code, titled "Noise," re2ardin2 Noise Permit Applications Whereas the Town Board held a public hearing at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 111'day of April, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of considering an for the purpose of considering a proposed local law "Amending Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code, titled "Noise,"regarding Noise Permit Applications, and Whereas, at such time and place all persons interested in the proposed local law were heard concerning the same; now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby adopts Local Law 8 of 2017 Amending Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code, titled "Noise," regarding Noise Permit Applications. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ayes — TOWN OF ITHACA LOCAL LAW NO. 8 OF THE YEAR 2017 A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 184 OF THE TOWN OF ITHACA CODE, TITLED "NOISE," REGARDING NOISE PERMIT APPLICATIONS Be it enacted by the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca as follows: Section 1. Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code(Noise), Article III(Permits), Section 184-12, titled "Permit procedure; fee", subsections A and B are amended by changing the permit application filing requirement from "45 days"to "21 days." Section 2. Chapter 184 of the Town of Ithaca Code (Noise), Article III (Permits), Section 184-12, titled "Permit procedure; fee", is amended by deleting subsection D and replacing it with a new subsection D reading as follows: "D. Applications may be submitted simultaneously by a single entity, representative or agent thereof for events occurring at a single address within a consecutive six-month period. Events of a similar scope and size may be listed on one application. All applications shall be reviewed, and determinations shall be rendered, on each application. The Town Board may make different decisions and impose different conditions on individual events contained within an application for multiple events." Section 3. In the event that any portion of this law is declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the validity of the remaining portions shall not be affected by such declaration of invalidity. Section 4. This local law shall take effect upon its filing with the New York Secretary of State. MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday,April 10, 2017 TB Resolution 2017 - : Noise Permit for LaTourelle/Firelight Campsites for known events in 2017 Whereas the Town Board held a public hearing at the Town Hall, 215 North Tioga Street, Ithaca, New York on the 111'day of April, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. for the purpose of considering an application for noise permit(s) for known events happening at LaTourelle and Firelight Camps; five weddings, one birthday, one formal dinner dance, one concert band, one happy hour event and weekly Tuesday music at the campsites, 1150 Danby Rd, and Whereas, at such time and place all persons interested in the proposed noise permit(s)were heard concerning the same; now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby grants/denies a Noise Permit to LaTourelle/Firelight Campsites for the events submitted with the following conditions: 1. 2. Moved: Seconded: Vote: Ayes — TOWN OF ITHACA 215 N.Toga Street, Ithaca, N.Y_ 14850 www.town.ithaca.ny.us Paulette Terwilliger,Town Clerk Phone:(607)273-1721 Debra DeAugistine,Deputy Town Clerk pterwilliger@town.ithaca.ny.us Fax: ' (607)273-5854 ddeaugistine@town.ithaca.ny.us NOISE PERMIT APPLICATION This form must be submitted to the Town Cleric's Office,with $50 payment,45 days in advance of the event NAME/ORGANIZATION: 4/9���/!� PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR EVENT: )A ! 441AG ADDRESS: :7 -DA3�: �L d� PHONE NUMBER: GD J `Z 7�+Z_73 EMAIL: `JGD7� H�Dy�C���( CDM LOCATION OF EVENT: DATEITIME/DURATION OF EVENT: `7�G� 197��ckfe-_v_-) ESTIMATED ATTENDANCE: /0 C) DESCRIPTION OF EVENT: t IF USE OF A TENT IS PLEASE IST NUM ER NIDIPATED S ZE(S): / KnTs (a separate permit may be required) DESCRIPTION OF NOISE EXPECTED (for example–amplified-music or speakers, cheering, non-amplified instruments) -:L)e2L a7L4c 4.1 Notification of the Public Hearing The Town will notify neighbors within a 500 foot radius of the event that a public hearing will be held. The Town Board may impose any conditions deemed necessary by such Board to minimize the intrusion of sound that might occur by the exercise of the privileges granted by the permit. (Town Code, Chapter 184, Section 12, D) The undersigned applicant affirms that the foregoing information is true, complete and correct: Signature of Applicant: Date of public hearing: Sheriff Notified: Permit approved on: Special conditions: Approved September 2013 HOTEL - BIS" C1 - SPA March 10, 2017 TO: Paulette Terwilliger l.,own Clerk - Town of Ithaca Fly.: Scott D. Biggins Managing Director, RE: Poise Permit Applications for 2017 La Tourelle requests noise . is in 2017. Location of Event: La Tourel le Banquet Room Terrace Day/Time/Du ratio of Event: Friday, April 21 6:00 -- : 0prrr Estimated t : 1.00 pa Description of vent: Happy Dour with Go one Descriptionof Noise Expected: Five piece amplified band will be outside on the banquet room terrace facing west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park from 6pni m pry. 'Feather contingent. Location of Event: La Tourelle Banquet Room Terrace Day/Time/Du ration of Event: Saturday, April 22 7:00 ._.. 1 :fl pin Estimated Attendance: 100 pax Description of Event: 1 Draw Slow— Concert by band front Ireland. Description of NoiseExpected: Lightly amplified acoustic instruments will be outside on the banquet ruga terrace facing west towards Buttermilk :Falls State Park from 7prn _ 1 flprn. Weather contingent. Location of Event:e t: La. Tourelle Banquet Hoorn Terrace Day/Time/DDay/Time/D u ration of went: Sunday, May 7 6:00 ,.... :0 prn. Estimated Attendance: 100 pax Description of Event: Signa Alpha Mu Formal Dinner and Overnight Descriptionof Noise Expected: ,Amplified speakers fi•orn a DJ will be outside on the banquet room terrace facing west towards Buttermilk Falls Mate Park frorn dpm — 9,pm. Location of Event: Firelight Carps Commons, Space Day/Time/Du ratio of Event: Every Tuesday frorn May 16 _.. October 24 6.001 — 8.00pm Estimated Attendance: 100 pax Description tion of e t: uric Tuesdays at .Firelight Camps — Open to the public Description of Noise Expected: l ands will Crary from acoustic duos to six piece amplified bands. Small musical groups will perform in the lobby tent. Larger groups will perform in the special events tent, facing west towards utte i.lk Falls State Park frorn d --- 8pm. I ISO DANBY ROAD [route 96B] i'nIACA. NY 14850 607 273 2734 . 1'raf'O(4)1,ATt7taREI.1.1�.(,'O La Tourelle Noise Permit Request 2017—Page 2: Location of Event: Firelight Camps Commons Space Day/Time/Duration of Event: Saturday, July 15 6:00 — 10:00pm Estimated Attendance: 100 pax Description of Event: Wedding Reception Description of Noise Expected: Amplified DJ will play from 6— l Opm. Amplified equipment will face west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park. Location of Event: Firelight Camps Commons Space Day/Time/Duration of Event: Sunday, July 30 6:00— 10:00pm Estimated Attendance: 125 pax Description of Event: Wedding Reception Description of Noise Expected: Amplified DJ will play from 6— 1 Opm. Amplified equipment will face west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park. Location of Event: Firelight Camps Commons Space Day/Time/Duration of Event: Saturday, September 16 6:00— 10:00pm Estimated Attendance: 100 pax Description of Event: Wedding Reception Description of Noise Expected: Amplified DJ will play from 6 — IOpm. Amplified equipment will face west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park. Location of Event: La Tourelle Banquet Room Terrace Day/Time/Duration of Event: Sunday, September 17 4— 8pm Estimated Attendance: 125 pax Description of Event: 60'h Birthday Party Description of Noise Expected: Amplified 5 piece band will play from 4— 8pm. Amplified equipment will face west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park. Location of Event: Firelight Camps Commons Space Day/Time/Duration of Event: Saturday, September 23 6:00— 10:00pm Estimated Attendance: 125 pax Description of Event: Wedding Reception Description of Noise Expected: Amplified 5 piece band will play from 6— l Opm. Amplified equipment will face west towards Buttermilk Falls State Park. Contact Information: Scott D. Wiggins - Managing Director La Tourelle — 1150 Danby Road—Ithaca,NY 14850 PH: 607-273-2734 Email: scott@latourelle.com MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday, April 10, 2017 TB Resolution 2017- Sale of Surplus Items Whereas, a municipal auction is held every year at the Town of Palmyra Highway Department which will be held in May of this year; and Whereas the Public Works Department wishes to put the following surplus equipment in the auction in May: • 2012 International 10 Wheel Dump truck with Plow #2 • 2004 Gradeall wheeled telescoping excavator #40 • 2006 Dynapack Roller #80 Now therefore be it; Resolved, that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca hereby declares said above- described equipment to be surplus and no longer needed by the Town; and be it further Resolved, that the equipment listed above be placed in the auction with the money from the sale going into the Cash Reserve — Highway Equipment account (DB230). Moved: Seconded: Vote: MEETING OF THE ITHACA TOWN BOARD Monday,April 10, 2017 TB Resolution 2017 -xx : Authorization to enter into contract with ConsultEcon, Inc. to conduct an economic development feasibility study and development of a strategic plan for the Inlet Valley/Elmira Road corridor Whereas, at a meeting on July 25, 2016, the Town Board authorized the Town Supervisor to sign the Empire State Development(ESD) Incentive Proposal accepting grant funding and terms of agreement for the Inlet Valley/Elmira Road corridor project to include a recommended award from ESD of$30,000 and a Town match of$30,000, for a total not to exceed amount of$60,000 (allocated from B8020.403), and Whereas, subsequent to the Town accepting the ESD Incentive Proposal, a Request for Qualifications titled"Town of Ithaca Economic Development Feasibility Study and Development of a Strategic Plan"was prepared by the Town of Ithaca Economic Development Committee and sent to a number of individuals and firms and announced on the NYS Upstate Chapter of the APA, and Whereas, the Economic Development Committee reviewed six submitted proposals, and chose to interview the three top firms based on their qualifications, and Whereas, the Economic Development Committee has interviewed and determined that ConsultEcon, in association with Behan Planning and Design, is very well-qualified and capable of undertaking the Inlet Valley/Elmira Road corridor project, now therefore be it Resolved, that the Ithaca Town Board authorizes the Town Supervisor to execute a contract with ConsultEcon, in an amount not to exceed$60,000 (allocated from B8020.403), said contract being subject to the approval from the Attorney for the Town, Moved: Seconded: Vote: ConsultEcon Mc. Request for Qualifications Town of Ithaca, NY Economic Development Feasibility Study and Development of a Strategic Plan Y fr � z ff Prepared by: ConsultEcon, Inc. In Association With: Behan Planning and Design Prepared for: Town of Ithaca Planning Department December 14, 2016 Phone: +1 (617)547-0100• Fax:+1 (617)547-0102•545 Concord Avenue,Suite 210,Cambridge,MA 02138 U.S.A. www.consultecon.com•info@consultecon.com ConsultEcon Inc. December 13, 2016 Susan Ritter Director of Planning Town of Ithaca Planning Department 215 N. Tioga Street Ithaca, New York 14850 Sent via email to: SRitter@town.ithaca.nv.us RE: Request for Qualifications Town of Ithaca, NY Economic Development Feasibility Study and Development of a Strategic Plan Dear Ms. Ritter, We are pleased to present this response to the Town of Ithaca's Request for Qualifications for an Economic Development Feasibility Study and Development of a Strategic Plan. ConsultEcon has over 25 years of experience helping municipalities evaluate the market and economic feasibility of plans, development projects and policy programs. We have extensive experience throughout New York State in Ithaca, Oneonta, Syracuse, Buffalo, Seneca County, Branchport, Tupper Lake, Lake George, and many other communities. ConsultEcon is joined by Behan Planning and Design, a nationally-recognized landscape architecture, engineering, and planning firm with offices in Saratoga Springs and New City, New York. The firm is also a New York State designated women-owned business enterprise (WBE) and disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE). They have extensive experience in New York State, including a similar project in Dryden. A robust public involvement program, focused on the landowners in the corridor along with broad community and agency input will be important to shape a well-considered strategic plan for this gateway to Ithaca. The ConsultEcon-Behan team is familiar with the project area and recognizes the potential and the challenges. We see highway design itself as an opportunity to collaborate with the New York State Department of Transportation in the process of corridor planning and with the adjacent land owners to consider creative alternatives to strip development. Key to our approach is the knitting together of visioning, design, and economic analysis. Understanding market opportunities and related real estate economics will play a key role the development of a plan that will help avoid "business as usual" that unfortunately typifies so much of the development along highway corridors in New York State and create a strategic plan that will guide the conservation and appropriate development of the Inlet Valley corridor. 3 ConsultEcon Inc. It is our understanding that through this project,the Town of Ithaca, NY is seeking to create a comprehensive economic development feasibility study and strategic plan for the Route 13 corridor. Our team's approach integrates community visioning, design and market and economic analysis to elicit appropriate and valuable input and direction from the full range of stakeholders. The participatory methodology used in visioning sessions results in real- world foundations for targeted and customized economic development feasibility analysis into current and future land uses in the Route 13 corridor. The community input and market and economy feasibility analysis will focus on identifying targeted business types, growing and retain existing businesses, and attracting new compatible businesses. The planning process we design will develop community ownership of study recommendations that will lead to better outcomes for future development and implementation. The results will be an actionable plan and recommendations to adjust zoning ordinance and other policy and program strategies to achieve Ithaca's economic development vision. This submittal includes the information you requested: ♦ This Letter of Interest ♦ Team Firm Profiles ♦ Key Personnel ♦ Statement of Qualifications ♦ List of Relevant Projects ♦ References ♦ Appended Additional Qualifications Please let us know if you have questions regarding our qualifications or need additional information. We look forward to working with you on this most interesting project. Respectfully submitted, Thomas J. Martin President ames Stevens Senior Associate 4 ConsultEcon Inc. 1. TEAM PROFILE ConsultEcon, Inc.was established in 1991 to provide strategic business advisory services to clients in the fields of community planning, real estate, economic development,tourism, and visitor attractions. Our services include: ♦ Business and Master Plans: Development of business plans and master plans for wide range of community, public and private areas and facilities. ♦ Market and Financial Feasibility Studies: Evaluation of the market support for and financial feasibility of community plans, hospitality and tourism projects, visitor attractions, parks and recreation, agri-tourism and culinary tourism, interpretive centers, historic sites, heritage areas, and other tourism attractions. ♦ Site Evaluation and Selection: Assessment of sites from a market and economic perspective in a structured process to support owners and physical designers to identify and secure the best site for their project. ♦ Management and Operational Analysis: Evaluation of management and operational aspects of programs and projects, and analysis of alternative organizational models, including public-private partnerships. ♦ Socio-Economic Impact Evaluations: Analysis of the socio-economic impacts associated with project and program development. ♦ Project Implementation: Targeted strategies for achieving project and plan implementation. ♦ Organization Strategies: Repositioning public and private facilities and organizational development to better address their audiences, respond to market and funding changes, and identify strategies to enhance mission fulfillment. The senior staff at ConsultEcon have many years of experience serving a wide range of clients, including non-profit organizations, private companies, financial institutions, municipalities, county and state governments, and developers. The staff understands the needs and motivations of both the public and private sectors. Much of ConsultEcon's work has been in multidisciplinary settings where associated professionals have worked to develop action plans or to generate process-oriented solutions to complex projects. Our substantial knowledge of market, financial and operational issues of public and private projects, plans and places nationally and internationally is the basis for our work. The staff of ConsultEcon has completed more than 800 assignments, including market and feasibility studies,business plans, implementation strategies, management and operational strategies, and socio-economic impact analysis. Our ongoing work and more than 3,000 project reference files provide a vast body of information from which to draw comparable experiences, operating factors, and to identify the approaches that are most effective. More information on our firm can be found at our web site,www.consultecon.com. 5 ConsulfEcon, Inc . ConsultEcon Organizational ConsulTEcon, Inc . s ar F x� T Office Locations a. I'+m IiMNyiN'i1i �rcI^'pA U�ik'mi ���� �p�����WW,�� W WW,�� g , ������IIV�ha J�4 ��m i ln�'°'�����M, �I������������� ���M,���M,�������M,"hm„�I! l�'�����M,���� �� ���� �� �P� �OpP������"hm„�I!���M, �������M. ���1 �]�� ���,�hn������� ����I�n�� ��1]��GM, Behan Planning and Design is a nationally- recognized landscape architecture, engineering, and lannin firm with offices in ' planning Saratoga Springs and New City, New York. Founded in 1994 by Cynthia A. Behan, R.L.A. , j and John J. Behan, A.I.C.P. We recently welcomed Richard R. Hopkins, P.E. to lead our ' company's engineering practice. The reason we have implemented more than WIN 200 plans into successful projects is due to our creativity, our tenacity, and how wee° collaborate—with each other, our clients and their constituencies. Behan Planning and Design operates on a studio model where diverse team members work together toward a common goal. We continue to advance the state-of- the art by: • irsuui°isfoiiruirnl ilii°i streets and transportation corridors into places; • IIestoiidiiii,ig natural systems and historic properties in compromised areas; ig impoverished neighborhoods and underperforming business districts; • uir aUilii°i land use, fiscal, and natural resource models and development codes ; vliiitsllllliiiz�liiiuu°ig communities—waterfronts, community centers, parks, and campuses. We are a New York State designated women-owned business enterprise (WBE) and disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) as well as New York City WBE and State of Vermont DBE. Our clients include governments and agencies, nonprofits and institutions, and developers and contractors. "We inay only get one chance in ow- lifetime to i-eally ti-ansfbi-m a community into a saes-Iqlacs........and that is exactly what..I want ow- csmI.gany to accsmI.glish'. -Cynthia 77 �' 1'r ✓ Il// �,/�i�r i Y � r ��� l� y ii /�i��f�lA� ✓/ij� � �ri ��, /�� r�19"x" � � I,/d�� ✓ °;.dna ,.. � ,.✓ � �� /�,r� �+� % i � �i� �� t � � ��� ;; r d ,owrwa,n,V/�,,. ' '7111,'s7r'�wn ~�wnr "✓" '"'r�,.,i l „ f1' Behan Behan Associates Landscape Architecture and Engineering, D.P.C. dba Behan Planning and Design ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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S E Al I, 171 Al I I, I I,("]l Al I!D ID IE rr I C1 I, ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... ConsultEcon Inc. 2. KEY PERSONNEL The consulting team would involve several professionals from ConsultEcon and Behan Planning and Design. Following is a list of staff that would be assigned to the project. ConsultEcon, Inc. ♦ Thomas J. Martin, President, founder of the firm 25 years ago ♦ James Stevens, Senior Associate, 10 years with the firm ♦ Monika Bernotas,Associate, 3 years with the firm Behan Planning and Design ♦ Cynthia A. Behan, RLA, Principal, 9 years with the firm ♦ John J. Behan, Principal - Planning, 22 years with the firm ♦ Michael B.Allen, Senior Associate - Urban Planner, 9 years with the firm 10 ConsultEcon Inc. Thomas J. Martin, President,AICP Mr. Martin is President and founder of ConsultEcon, Inc., a national and international market, management, and economic development consultancy. He has over 35 years experience in providing consulting services to the museum,travel,tourism and recreation industry,and historic preservation communities. The evaluation of economic and fiscal impacts of projects and pians has been an important aspect of Mr. Martin's practice. In addition to consulting on individual museums and attractions,Mr.Martin has been involved in site-specific projects,area-wide studies, national strategy pians,and research and development in the cultural and recreational attractions field. Representative work includes ♦ Master Plans/Area Wide Plans. Automobile National Heritage Area General Management Plan,Detroit,MI; National Visitor Center Strategy,NOAA Marine Sanctuary System,multiple locations;Tucson Origins Heritage Park,Tucson,AZ;Evans&Rosedale Neighborhood Revitalization Plan,Dallas,TX;Waimeia Falls Park Business Strategy,Oahu;HI ♦ Economic and Fiscal Impacts. Heritage Tourism Strategy for Erie and Niagara Counties, NY, the Market Potential of Locating the Aircraft Carrier Saratoga in Jacksonville,FL and the proposed Long Island Aquarium at Bay Shore,NY; Economic and Fiscal Impact of Alternative Waterfront Uses,Alexandria,VA; Red Mountain Park:Birmingham,AL;Smoky Hill River,Salina,KS;Exploratorium,San Francisco,CA. ♦ Parks and Recreation: Cleveland Botanical Gardens, Seattle Japanese Gardens, Railroad Reservation Park, Birmingham,AL; Charles River Master Plan, Boston,MA; Smoky Hill River,Salina, KS; Westside Park Master Plan,Frederick,MD ♦ Aquariums and Zoos. National Aquarium, Baltimore, MD; Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, CA; Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL; Lake Superior Zoo Master Plan, Duluth, MN; NOVA Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale;FL;Ocean Sciences Center,New London,CT;Mississippi River Museum&Aquarium,Dubuque,IA ♦ Arts and Culture. Conducted a number of assignments for the Annenberg Foundation including a pian for the Annenberg Estate Sunnylands,Annenberg Space for Photography, and Companion Animals Center.Also the Arizona Historical Society Museum Arizona State Museum, Laumeier International Sculpture Park,St. Louis, MO; Strategic alternatives analysis for the Akron Civic Theatre,Akron, OH; Center for American Music, New Haven,CT;Lucy-Desi Comedy Center,Jamestown,NY; Goodspeed Opera House,East Haddam,CT ♦ History and Culture Museums. proposed Boston Museum;the Norwalk Maritime Center,Norwalk,CT;Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Buffalo residence - Darwin Martin House, Buffalo, NY; Soldiers Memorial Military Museum,St.Louis,MO;Minnesota Museum of Art,St.Paul,MN;Route 66 Xperience,Tulsa,OK;NPS Gettysburg National Military Park Visitor Center,Gettysburg,PA Mr. Martin is the author or co-author of over three hundred technical project studies related to cultural and recreational facilities development,tourism development and economic feasibility evaluation. Mr.Martin has had experience with presentations and interviews on radio and television. Among his presentations are: "Arts and Cultural Districts" presented in Madison, Wisconsin; "Feasibility Studies and Public Finance," presented to the National Federation of Municipal Analysts, "Trends in the Market Environment," presented to the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, "Financing Wild Kingdoms," presented to a conference sponsored by the Audubon Institute in New Orleans; "Economic Impacts of Recreation Projects,"presented to the U.S. Conference of Mayor's Leadership Institute; "Market Strategies for Tourism Development on American Indian Reservations" presented to the National Native American Tourism Seminar,sponsored by U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs in Washington, D.C.; "Maximizing Land-Based Recreation Resources; presented at a National Recreation and Parks Association Conference; "Assessing Economic Feasibility for Recreational and Tourism Development Projects"presented at the National Council on Urban Economic Development Conference;"Business Planning for Visitor Attractions,"presented at the American Zoological Association Annual Meeting;and"Right- Sizing Your Museum Expansion,"at the American Association of Museums Annual Conference. Mr. Martin's educational background includes a B.A. degree from Southern Illinois University and a Master's degree in planning from the University of Washington; he has partially completed the requirements for an advanced degree in geography. Mr.Martin is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners,the Travel and Tourism Research Association,the Urban Land Institute,the National Parks and Recreation Association,and the American Association of Museums. He has lectured at a number of universities and is co-author of Adaptive Use.Development Economics,Process and Profiles(Urban Land Institute),a publication which outlines the real estate development process for historic buildings and sites. 11 ConsultEcon Inc. James Stevens, Senior Associate Mr.Stevens has over a decade of experience in market analysis,business planning,financial modeling, and economic planning and development. Areas of expertise include commercial revitalization strategies, downtown and commercial area planning, land use economics,financial feasibility analysis,and economic and fiscal impacts due to real estate developments and business operations. Mr.Stevens also specializes in the planning and development of cultural facilities,heritage sites, parks, visitor attractions and other recreation-oriented uses, and has completed business and operating pians, and management studies for a wide array of public and private organizations. His clients include private developers, non-profit organizations and city, town and county governments. Examples of Mr.Stevens'assignments include: ♦ Community Planning: conducting a market analysis for a streetscape master pian in Oak Bluffs, MA; analyzing retail and office markets in Davis Square and daytime office park and nighttime destination restaurant and entertainment district,Somerville,MA;reviewing market context and developed action pian to implement revitalization strategies in historic, riverfront downtown, Salamanca, NY; providing market and economic analysis for the Virginia Aquarium and Owls Creek Area Master Plan in Virginia Beach,VA; developing tourism strategies in support of the Renaissance Area Master Plan,Paducah,KY;recommending redevelopment strategies for the harbor area in Hyannis,MA; conducting market research and identifying redevelopment opportunities for downtown master pians in Silver City and Las Vegas,NM;developing retail market profile and revitalization pian for the Hyde Park business district in Boston, MA; evaluating redevelopment opportunities for nine neighborhood Main Street commercial districts in Birmingham,AL; and researching market conditions and developing an implementation strategy for downtown retail pian in Salem,MA. ♦ Real Estate and Adaptive Use Projects: assessing multi-family apartment and condominium housing markets for multi-disciplinary pre-development study, Braintree, MA; evaluated the feasibility of community event uses at historic farm property,Acton,MA; evaluating the market segments for new hotel in Paducah, KY; testing the economic feasibility of a new event center in Owensboro, KY; and identifying opportunities for commercial redevelopment at a downtown transit center in Tucson,AZ. ♦ Parks/Recreation Plans:creating market analysis,operating pian and impact analysis for a new regional park in Frederick,MD with aquatics and sports fields complex; developing the business pian component of a master pian for Fort Adams,a historic fort on the waterfront in Newport,RI;developing the business pian component of the master pian for Fort Lowell Park,a historic and recreational park in Tucson,AZ. ♦ Visitor Attractions/Tourism Projects:evaluating the market and operational feasibility of a new wine and culinary center in Blowing Rock,NC;evaluating alternative locations and developing project parameters for the construction of a new visitor center in San Antonio, TX; reviewing market potential for new heritage tourism project in Cedar Park, TX; assessing the potential of a mixed-use development to include a new Route 66 attraction in Tulsa, OK; testing the feasibility of alternative scenarios for a new interpretive and educational attraction in Scottsdale,AZ that is planned to incorporate environmentally sustainable features; and,conducting a market analysis and operations pian for a visitor center at a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed synagogue near Philadelphia,PA. ♦ Economic and Fiscal Impacts Evaluations: analyzing the economic and fiscal impacts of the proposed National Center for Fire and Life Safety in Calera, AL, which included both research and museum components;the economic and fiscal impacts of museums including the Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, MO,a proposed aquarium in Milford,DE,the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia;evaluated the economic impacts and community benefits of re-watering and revitalizing the Smoky Hill River,Salina, KS; estimated linkage fee charged to new commercial developments to fund affordable housing demand created by new employment in commercial developments in Cambridge, MA and in Somerville, MA; analyzed the potential fiscal revenues of alternative waterfront uses, including hotel, residential, and cultural uses in Alexandria, VA; assessing the impact of a proposed "lifestyle center" on retail businesses in downtown Dedham,MA. Mr.Stevens has a master's degree in city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Cornell University and is a member of the American Planning Association. 12 ConsultEcon Inc. Monika Bernotas,Associate Ms.Bernotas joined ConsultEcon,Inc.in January of 2014 coming from a diverse academic background and extensive international travels. Since joining the firm, she has contributed to a number of projects related to arts and cultural development,community planning, parks and recreation, and zoo and aquarium development. Representative work includes: ° ♦ Community Planning: o Identified comparable visitor information centers and key trends in local i and regional product brand development as a part of place-making for a r regional visitor center in southwestern Florida. o Reviewed local demographics and business mix and conducted in-depth comparable facility and arts programming research to inform the analysis of the adaptive reuse of an historic church in Boston,Massachusetts. o Conducted research to evaluate the residential and tourist retail markets, resident and tourist market demographics,transportation connections,and business mixes for downtown studies in communities in Massachusetts,Iowa,Maryland,and Kentucky. ♦ Arts and Cultural Development: o Profiled comparable projects and conducted benchmarking analyses, as well as resident and tourist demographic evaluations for both the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum and the Choctaw Cultural Center in Oklahoma. o Identified cinema technology development trends and generational movie-going trends in the context of the adaptive reuse of a former institutional IMAX theater in Louisiana. o Evaluated several potential sites, as well as market and operating capacity for a proposed children's museum in St.Charles County,Missouri. o Conducted market and baseline operations analysis relating to the proposed expansion of the Discovery Place-affiliated Charlotte Nature Museum,located on Freedom Park in Charlotte,North Carolina. o Developed a framework for site analysis, comparable project evaluation, and local and regional market potential for the River Discovery Center in Paducah,Kentucky. o Conducted the market and operating potential for a new visitor center focused on historic attractions in Boston,Massachusetts. o Conducted local and regional market research relating to the expansion of The Woodlawn Museum,Gardens and Park in Maine in the context of the implementation of a new master pian. ♦ Zoos and Aquariums: o Evaluated potential sites, as well as market and operating capacity for a proposed Aquarium in Crystal River,Florida. o Conducted an in-depth analysis of the resident and tourist markets for the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Clearwater,Florida. o Evaluated site alternatives for the proposed relocation of the Save the Bay Exploration Center and Aquarium to other sites in Newport,Rhode Island. An active member of the New England Museum Association,Ms.Bernotas is co-chair of the Young and Emerging Professionals Affinity Group, and a project leader for a region-wide internship program evaluation initiative. Further,she is currently pursuing an MBA at Boston University Questrom School of Business. Before joining the firm,Ms.Bernotas took advantage of unique liberal arts opportunities at The College of William and Mary, where she studied abroad in both Russia and Lithuania and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European Studies. Upon graduation she was awarded a Fulbright Grant to teach English at the Belarusian State Economic University's Institute of Tourism Management in Minsk,Belarus. She has experience in academic and oral history research,blog and social media maintenance,guided tour development,film production,translation, curriculum development,and travel logistics,as well as proficiency in Lithuanian and Russian languages. 13 ""°III° IIIA III III III IIIA A. III III Ilh°°° III IIIA° W III °'III 11,711..... �Afl PRESIDENT — LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT JV` I._Ic:r on,;r,fi(:JfJ.I.l'i2:k :a a� �r cr, i r x a�a `JY`i6&r I lilir,d Wr7rnian 0wr,od Lkii Dari r (WI:'kfi::) and 1:71 a�l�iari1:�a(,r�I I?kias,ii�r .. Ih:ri1r rh,rin;�(171?kl!:) Ms. Behan is a landscape architect licensed to practice by the New York State Education Department as well as a certified WBE/DBE providing landscape architectural planning and design services. Over the years, Ms. Behan's experience has included the full spectrum of practice from master planning to designing commercial projects, parks, trails, waterfront and other recreational planning and design commissions. More recently she has completed streetscape and park design work through the construction document phase. She brings her background in biology and ecology and understanding of plant materials into her practice at the site, neighborhood, and community scale. I )(J( 'A I10 INR�.;�J II C...If.. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, C0IMI:1IRII:::II lII:::INSIIVE II'llANINIIING,ZOINIIINGID11:::S1GIN GLIiIIIDII:::11.IIIN1:.:S Master of Landscape Architecture, May TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-West Nyack Zoning Update 1983 TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY-Open Space Plan University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY- Land Conservation Plan and Generic MA, Bachelor of Science: Biology,June Environmental Impact Statement 1977 TOWN OF MALTA, NY-Affordable Housing Study TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Resource Inventory and Evaluation System TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY-Greenprint for Pittsford's Future I)IIR(D II II S K'f II J II I[XI II II II IE `II'''' TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Monroe Avenue Commercial Design Guidelines Principal, Behan Planning and Design, and Corridor Management Saratoga Springs, New York, 2007- TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Monroe Avenue Transition Zone Design Present Guidelines Landscape Architect Independent TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- South of the Thruway Comprehensive Plan Practice, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1989-2007 Update and Zoning TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY- Design Guidelines for Conservation Subdivision Project Director, Saratoga Springs Open Regulations Space Project(Saratoga PLAN), 1991- 1998 FIRANSIPOIKFAFIIOIN &COIZRIIIDOIR IfDII...ANINIIING Landscape Architect and Project TOWNS OF GUILDERLAND/PRINCETOWN, NY- Route 20 Land Use and Manager, Gerow Associates, Saratoga Transportation Study(Capital District Transportation Committee) Springs, NY, 1988-1989 TOWN OF MOREAU, NY- Exit 17/Route 9 Corridor Land Use and Transportation Study Land Planner, Landscape Architect and CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY-Weibel Avenue-Gilbert Road Study, Project Manager, Greenmeadow Golf (Capital District Transportation Committee) Club and Development Company, ID11:::SIIGIN Hudson, NH, 1987-1988 CITY OF ALBANY, NY- Landscape Design Services for Albany Public Libraries Landscape Architect and Project (Dormitory Authority of the State of New York) Manager, Urban Design Associates, TOWN OF CHESTER, NY- Pottersville Streetscape Enhancements Bedford, NH, 1985-1987 TOWN OF CHESTER, NY- Chestertown Streetscape Enhancements TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-Congers Road Streetscape Revitalization Planner in Community Development TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- South Main Streetscape Revitalization Division, City of Nashua, NH, 1984-1985 TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-Central Nyack Drainage Project TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- Central Nyack Streetscape Revitalization Ia R 0 1 E S SI0I J A I... All I II I AI IIS" N�a TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY- Town Center Gateway Median ASLA America Society of Landscape PRIVATE CLIENT, MILTON, NY-Conservation Subdivision Design Architecture TOWN OF WESTFIELD, NY- Barcelona Harbor Pier Improvements (D III III IIIA^^,1 J . III III 111. ...111 W PRINCIPAL - PLANNING John J. Behan has been a planner for over 25 years and has earned a reputation for the ability to guide a community in its vision to a workable solution. Mr. Behan's work, which he considers creative collaborations with his clients and their constituencies, has been recognized with several national planning and conservation awards. His professional practice emphasizes turning knowledge into action and includes public involvement as integral to successful land and community planning initiatives. His experience includes environmental reviews under NEPA, SEAR, and MEPA, comprehensive planning at a municipal, multi-community, and regional scale, waterfront revitalization, greenway and open space, and resource conservation planning, grant writing, and economic development planning projects. ARIA..IL.II O II S ))RG II CT II M)II Iw' II II N0l University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, ZONING&II:)II:::SIIGN GUIIII.)II:::IL..IINII::S Master of Regional Planning, February, 1983, Emphasis in recreation and natural TOWN OF AMHERST, NY-Traditional Neighborhood Zoning project TOWN OF BENNINGTON, NY—Zoning Review resource management and economic development planning TOWN OF BIG FLATS, NY—Architectural Design Guidelines &Zoning Updates State University of New York, Plattsburgh, CITY OF BURLINGTON,VT-Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance Revision NY, Bachelor of Arts, Environmental TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA, NY-Special Zoning District Creation and Science, cum laude, 1979 Generic EIS Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Liberal TOWN OF CHESTER, NH—Zoning Update Arts studies, 1976 TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- New City Form-Based Zoning Code TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY—West Nyack Zoning Update SII E..T,�II II:.` II"`II`^�a4ll... II "j ILIIIIaIIII II TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY—Form-Based Zoning Code TOWN OF DRYDEN, NY—Zoning Revision and Design Guidelines Principal, Behan Planning and Design, TOWN OF LERAY, NY- Comprehensive Plan and Design Guidelines Saratoga Springs, New York, 1994- (subconsultant) Present TOWN OF LONDONDERRY, NH - Master Plan Update and Zoning,Town Adjunct Professor, State University of New Center Vision Plan York, Albany, New York, 1993-Present TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- South of the Thruway Comprehensive Plan Senior Planner, Principal,The Saratoga Update and Zoning Associates, Saratoga Springs, New York, TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Update to the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning 1987-1994 Code Community Development Planner, Senior TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY—Residential Neighborhood Zoning and Design Guidelines Planner, and Deputy Planning VILLAGE OF RHINEBECK, NY- Revised Zoning Code Coordinator, City of Fitchburg, Fitchburg, TOWN OF ROSENDALE, NY- Planning and Zoning Services Massachusetts, 1983-1987 TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Comprehensive Zoning Amendments Research Assistant and Editor, Water TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Comprehensive Plan Update and Zoning Revision Resources Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1980-1983 NII:.:.1GII IIBOIRII IOOII.)IZI:EVI FAILIZAHOIN &IMASF11:.:IR: P11 ANS CITY OF ALBANY, NY-Arbor Hill Neighborhood Plan LE. . ) �a4 ... aL 11 dell E �"��a CITY OF ALBANY, NY- Upper New Scotland Avenue—Krumkill Road Neighborhood Plan American Institute of Certified Planners ALBANY COUNTY, NY- Hudson River Waterfront Strategy American Planning Association TOWN OF BEEKMAN, NY-Town Center Park Master Plan New York Planning Federation TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- New City Vision Plan Land Trust Alliance of New York TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN. NY-West Nvack Vision Plan 11.111)0 IIL.....II II"i „ �R ��, !�!!!!... IL....1 \J , A,II : CONTINUED \IAROI\Al AWARDS 'I"� `.D II X'II Ilhllll1"UI m coin�liin ued National Award for Planning.The Nl:.:.lGII II30Ifkll II001I.) RIWI FAILIIZAHION &IMAS F11:.ill P11 ANS,COIN F American Planning Association, Chicago, TOWN OF CLERMONT, NY- Clermont Hamlet Vision Plan IL and Washington, DC For The Pittsford TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY—Town Center Master Plan (Capital District Greenprint Initiative, by John J. Behan, AICP for the Town of Pittsford, NY. Transportation Committee) VILLAGE OF COPENHAGEN, NY- Downtown Community Design Plan Waterfront Planning.The Waterfront CITY OF FITCHBURG, NY- Lower Main Street Revitalization Center,Washington, DC,for Horizons TOWN OF GUILDERLAND, NY—Guilderland Hamlet Neighborhood Plan Action Plan for Erie County Waterfront, by (Capital District Transportation Committee) The Saratoga Associates,John Behan, TOWN OF GUILDERLAND, NY- Neighborhood Master Plan for the Project Manager. Guilderland Center Hamlet (Capital District Transportation DuPont Greenway Award.The National Committee) Geographic Society,The Conservation TOWN OF HALFMOON, NY-Town Center Master Plan Fund, Washington DC, and Arlington,VA, TOWN OF MALTA, NY-Affordable Housing Study for the Upper Hudson Greenway and the TOWN OF MILTON, NY-Town Center Master Plan Salmon River Greenway, by The Saratoga RENSSELAER COUNTY, NY- Bon Acre Hamlet Associates,John Behan, Project Manager. CITY OF SCHENECTADY, NY- Hamilton Hill Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy(The Community Builders, Inc) SII-SII II�;.IIII ��a II:IfIIu� �Iull:IhII Ij CITY OF WATERTOWN, NY- East Side Neighborhood Improvement District New York State Association of Towns. FIirANSIPOIKFAFIION &COIZRIIII:)OIR IPIL..ANNIING (2009), Creative Community Land Use CITY OF ALBANY, NY- Upper New Scotland Avenue/Krumkill Road Tools Incentive Zoning and Transfer of Neighborhood Plan DevelopmentRights(TDR) TOWN OF CANANDAIGUA, NY—Southern Corridor Study: Development, North Country Local Government Transportation and Conservation Strategy Conference, 20th Anniversary Gathering TOWN OF CLERMONT, NY- Hamlet District and Route 9 Corridor Area Plan (Watertown, 2009), Design Guidelines: TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY- Route 4 Corridor Study(Capital District What they are and How to use them? Transportation Committee)(subconsultant) Saratoga County Planning Conference TOWNS OF GUILDERLAND/PRINCETOWN, NY- Route 20 Land Use and (Saratoga, 2009), Creative Community Transportation Study(Capital District Transportation Committee) Land Use Tools: Incentive Zoning and CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY—Weibel Avenue-Gilbert Road Study Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) (Capital District Transportation Committee) New York State Government Finance CITY OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY- Lake Avenue Country Gateway:Vision Officers Association, Special Training and Recommendations (Capital District Transportation Committee) Workshop (2008), Successful Grant ULSTER COUNTY, NY—New Paltz Intermodal Feasibility Study Proposals: Getting Ahead of the Game C011fnllll:: f:I�SlI�llf: II'II..ANNIING New York State Metropolitan Planning Organization (Niagara Falls, 2008), TOWN OF BEEKMAN, NY—Comprehensive Plan and Generic EIS Transportation Drives Land Use TOWN AND VILLAGE OF CAZENOVIA, NY- Cazenovia Area Planning Project New York State Department of TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY- Land Conservation Plan and Generic EIS (subconsultant) Transportation,Transportation in the TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY—Comprehensive Land Use Plan Regional Landscape(2007), Community (subconsultant) Involvement isa contact sport TOWN OF GUILDERLAND, NY—Comprehensive Plan& Implementation Planning for a Future for Farms: In Services Rensselaer, Saratoga, &Washington TOWN OF MILTON, NY-Comprehensive Plan and Generic EIS Counties (2006), FiscallmpactMooel fora TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY—Town Comprehensive Plan Update Community TOWN OF WALLKILL&CITY OF MIDDLETOWN, NY- Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan VILLAGE OF WILLIAMSVILLE, NY-Comprehensive Plan IIIA III CIII°°°°III III III.............. NI IIL........ III IIIAI ' NI ' A SENIOR ASSOCIA P TE — URBAN PLANNER As a degreed architect, Mr. Allen has worked for noted international firms including Skidmore Owings Merrill, P.C. in London; Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, A/E, P.C. in Albany, N.Y.; as well as preservation architects Badger & Associates in Manchester, VT.With a strong personal interest in community revitalization and land use planning projects, Mr. Allen began his independent planning consulting practice in 2002 with the formation of Bailliere Consulting where he was Principal until joining Behan Planning and Design. His areas of expertise include land use planning, zoning code updates, development reviews and the creation of illustrated design standards and form-based zoning codes. Mr.Allen currently serves on the Village of Round Lake Zoning Board, and previously served on the Planning Board of his hometown in Dorset, VT before moving to New York State. A..R. ..IL.II�:` k� �II���'�OJIIC11 ` NCII Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, ZONING&ID11::5II(.1N GLJJ1lll:)11::a1...1lIN11:::S Bachelor of Architecture, Syracuse University School of Architecture, 1993 TOWN OF AMHERST, NY-Traditional Neighborhood Zoning Project TOWN OF BENNINGTON, VT-Commercial Corridor Design Guidelines TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- Form-Based Zoning Code IIR�..;,JSS `,,INTOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- New City Hamlet Design Guidelines TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-West Nyack Hamlet Zoning Senior Planner, Behan Planning and TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY- Form-Based Zoning Code Design, Saratoga Springs, New York, CITY OF KINGSTON, NY- Midtown Design Standards 2007-Present CITY OF KINGSTON, NY- Rondout Creek Zoning Update&Design Principal, Bailliere Consulting, Saratoga Guidelines Springs, New York, 2002-2007 TOWN OF MONTGOMERY, NY-Zoning and Land Use Update VILLAGE OF NEW PALTZ, NY-Zoning Update Einhorn Yaffee Pr Project Architectect Manager, VILLAGE OF NORTH BENNINGTON, VT- Design Guidelines escott, A/E,Albany, New York, 2000-2002 TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Residential Neighborhood Zoning and Design Guidelines Project Architect, Foit-Albert Associates, TOWN OF ROSENDALE, NY-Zoning Review and Update Albany, New York, 1999-2000 TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Zoning Update Architect, O'Connor& March Architects, Albany, NY, 1997-1999 INI:.]GII IIBOIZI IIOOI.) IRII:::VI FAILEATIOIN &IMAS F11:.:IIR IN ANS Designer, Brandt-Poost Architects, East TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- New City Vision Plan Greenbush, NY, 1995-1997 TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-West Nyack Vision Plan TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- South Main Streetscape Revitalization Draftsman, Badger&Associates, TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- Congers Road Streetscape Revitalization Manchester, Vermont, 1993-1994 TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY-Town Center Master Plan Draftsman, Skidmore Owings Merrill, P.C., TOWN OF PITTSFORD, NY- Erie Canal Park Master Plan London, England, 1991 COIMIf11IRll:::II ill:::INSIIVII::: IIN..ANINIIING rlljj..`II II S S IIS II J A,IL.. SII II L..IIA,II Ilj..uk[,]S TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY- East Greenbush Amenities Plan American Planning Association TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY-Comprehensive Zoning Update TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY- PDD&Conservation Subdivision New York Planning Federation Development Reviews American Institute of Architects TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY-Comprehensive Land Use Plan A II C Il� ll II� 3" A, CONTINUED If'�11 11QHIN G II ,,I GGd1°.II\6II 1,11f"S II`\OYI X,II II h II II:JNK II m t`Oun�h in ued Guest Speaker: NY Association of Town's COI l:1IRII:::II IIE::NSIIVE IPl...ANNIING,COIN F Conference, 2013 New York City TOWN OF MANCHESTER,VT- Build Out Analysis Guest Speaker: Saratoga County Planning TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Comprehensive Plan Conference, 2013, Saratoga Springs, NY TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Comprehensive Zoning Amendments Guest Speaker: NY Association of Town's TOWN OF WALLKILL&CITY OF MIDDLETOWN, NY- Natural Hazard Conference, 2011 New York City Mitigation Plan TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY- Farmland Protection Plan Guest Speaker: NY Planning Federation TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY-Conservation Subdivision Regulations& Design Conference, 2011 Albany, NY Guidelines Guest Speaker: NY Association of Town's Conference, 2011 Syracuse, NY FIRANSIPOIKTATIION &COIZR11DOIR IP 11 ANNIING Guest Speaker:Vermont Historic TOWN OF MANCHESTER,VT- Route 30 Corridor Improvements Study Preservation Conference, Bennington,VT TOWN OF MOREAU, NY- Exit 17/Route 9 Corridor Land Use and Guest Speaker: Saratoga Springs Transportation Study Preservation Foundation, Saratoga ULSTER COUNTY, NY- New Paltz Intermodal Feasibility Study Springs, NY DESIGN Guest Speaker: Community Workshop on TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-Congers Road Streetscape Revitalization Design Guidelines, Saratoga Springs, NY TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- South Main Streetscape Revitalization TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- Kevin Landau Park Design TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY-Central Nyack Drainage Project ..0"vdI MU 1111 I I Y SII LR IC :. TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NY- Central Nyack Streetscape Revitalization TOWN OF CLIFTON PARK, NY- Town Center Gateway Median Zoning Board, Village of Round Lake, NY Zoning Review Committee, Malta, NY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW TOWN OF BENNINGTON, VT- Development Project Review Services Volunteer, Rebuild Prattsville, NY TOWN OF EAST GREENBUSH, NY- PDD&Conservation Subdivision Planning Board, Town of Dorset,VT Development Reviews TOWN OF WALLKILL, NY- Development Project Review Services CITY OF KINGSTON, NY- Development Project Review Services ConsultEcon Inc. 3. STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS ConsultEcon has a long experience in economic development feasibility analysis and the development of strategic plans a wide range of public and private plans and projects. We have provided feasibility analysis of a wide range of real estate, including commercial, industrial and residential uses in downtowns, corridors and regions. We have a special expertise in tourism and the development of leisure time facilities, including visitor attractions, parks and recreational facilities, and arts, cultural and heritage sites. Since our founding in 1991, ConsultEcon has completed over 800 assignments nationally and internationally,with over 100 completed in New York State. Our national and local experience and public and private sector client base gives us a unique perspective. We are familiar with area regional economic and real estate trends, and we offer best practices and lessons learned from communities throughout the country that have faced similar challenges in economic development planning for large scale sites in a way that achieves the community's vision for the future. Behan Planning and Design has been helping communities address similar land use and development issues in upstate New York for more than two decades. Its team of seasoned professionals have worked together on a number of important land use and transportation corridor projects across upstate New York and New England. The firm is a recognized leader in open space and farmland protection planning and our team has successfully drafted more than 50 creative zoning amendments including form-based code, incentive zoning for transfer of development rights, commercial development design guidelines, conservation subdivision, and corridor access management. As a closely knit team of planners, landscape architects, and engineers, Behan Planning and Design has the experience to engage stakeholders and the broader community and create plans that are both visionary and buildable. Most recently,the firm's revitalization plan for South Main Street in New City New York was recognized with an award from the Upstate Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects and its Arbor Hill Neighborhood Plan was recognized nationally by the American Planning Association as a Great American Neighborhood as both a visionary plan that has been successfully implemented. 19 ConsultEcon Inc. 4. LIST OF RELEVANT PROJECTS CONSULTECON EXPERIENCE Main Street Economic Development Planning: Oneonta, New York- Provided market and economic analysis of Oneonta's Main Street and Downtown area. The goal of the study was to develop short, middle, and long range plans for a sustainable economic strategy for Downtown Oneonta by concentrating on its assets—both existing and potential. The analysis encompassed market research, a community wide consumer survey, and community visioning and outreach, including stakeholder interviews, focus groups with businesses, property owners and downtown residents. Main Street Study: Salamanca, New York- Created a downtown market analysis and action plan to support revitalization within this tribal community. CEI evaluated the business mix, customer spending patterns, competitive environment, and commercial and downtown revitalization in other tribal communities. The action plan provided an implementation roadmap for a new downtown organization focused on recruitment in niche markets and placemaking through events and physical improvements. Warren County Tourism: Lake George, New York-Evaluated the strategic opportunities to enhance visitor infrastructure in Warren County New York, home of Lake George. The county currently includes both winter and summer attractions, as well as a major theme park. Adirondack Regional Accommodation Strategies: New York- CEI was retained to provide strategic input into the Adirondack Economic Development Strategy and Plan, a New York State funded initiative to identify and implement high leverage economic development projects. The work focuses on the accommodations sector, and identifying challenges, market trends, strategies, and potential priority projects in the twelve county area. Finger Lakes Museum: Keuka Lakes Region, New York- The Finger Lakes Museum is planned to showcase the Finger Lakes region through cultural and natural history exhibits including artifacts, freshwater aquarium with native species and outdoor exhibits featuring native wildlife. CEI worked with the client in evaluating proposed sites and then prepared a feasibility evaluation for the project on the selected site. Adirondack Museum Master Plan: Blue Mountain Lake, New York-Assisted museum leadership with analysis and strategy for implementation of a multi-year exhibit master plan. The Adirondack Museum is a regional history museum that now contains 22 indoor/outdoor exhibit areas on 32 landscaped acres. CEI first assisted with developing alternative budget/implementation "scenarios". These scenarios were evaluated for their attendance, revenue and operating impacts. For the preferred scenario, CEI evaluated the potential economic impacts on the region were evaluated. Long Island Wine Country Visitor Center: Greenport, New York- This project estimated visitation to the Long Island Wine country on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, and evaluated marketing approaches and alternative operating and 20 ConsultEcon Inc. management models for a visitor intercept strategy. The visitation forecast supported an analysis of the feasibility of a visitor interpretive center. Hyannis Harbor Land Use and Economic Development Strategy: Barnstable, Massachusetts - Evaluated the market trends affecting the harbor area and profiled key economic uses. We evaluated potential redevelopment scenarios, including new hotel, multi-model parking garage, and mixed-use parcels at key locations in harbor area and identified implementation tasks to advance redevelopment. Other recommendations focused on enhancing the harbor's identity as a gateway through placemaking strategies and enhancement of the area's artistic activity and cultural heritage. Work was done as a part of a multi-disciplinary design team. Greenbelt Master Plan: Clive, Iowa - Prepared market and economic analysis as a part of a multi-disciplinary team for the City of Clive, a suburb of Des Moines with a linear greenbelt in the Walnut Creek watershed of central Iowa. CEI analyzed potential for park and trail oriented improvements to enhance recreational opportunities in Clive Greenbelt, for expansion of pedestrian and bicycle trail system in the City, and for spurring public and private economic development. Virginia Aquarium and Owls Creek Area Plan: Virginia, Beach, Virginia - Created a baseline economic profile of the area around the Virginia Aquarium and identified potential development strategies. Based on the preferred design plan,we evaluated the economic potential of the master plan and quantified the increased economic activity that would occur once the plan was implemented. Oak Bluffs Market Analysis for Downtown Streetscape Master Plan, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts - Evaluated existing business conditions, downtown commercial mix, and resident and tourist demographics, trip characteristics and purchasing power as an input into planning process for streetscape master plan in downtown Oak Bluffs. CEI participated in community meetings,workshops and drop-in sessions with Town residents and business owners. Westside Regional Park Master Plan: Frederick, Maryland - Provided market analysis, operating plans and economic impact of potential recreational facilities to inform the development of a master plan for a new regional park in Frederick, MD. ConsultEcon was part of a multi-disciplinary team. Formerly a working dairy farm, Hargett Farm one of the largest remaining open space parcels in the City of Frederick. The master plan included indoor and outdoor aquatic facilities, sports field complex with a stadium, reuse of historic farm buildings and structures for community programming and special events. Stoothoff-Gunther Farmstead: Franklin Township, New Jersey- Developed a feasibility analysis and operating plan to adaptively reuse an historic agricultural homestead into an agricultural farm park,with interpretive exhibits, community events, active agricultural use, and community gardens. CEI evaluated potential resident and tourist market segments, profiled local agricultural attractions and comparable projects, estimated revenue potential and identified staffing and operating expenses required for a sustainable operation. 21 arid III ��!���iii��iii� II ���r� a � � II i� ��: �� i� a II��J" evv �? ICK I ,A 1 ,.r,ll ,I� I iI I Adopted as part of the zoning code, the Town of „° TM W,1" , 8I,IYIR I Vy Dryden Commercial Corridor Design Guidelines, "I"'I°0,Pgra,=x I�� �tll ld IIYIB OII Vd[ has a town-wide perspective, while focusing �fi primarily along the NYS Route 13 NYS Route 366 corridor within the town. The roadways provide the main access route through the town `r g between the Ithaca and Cortland areas. Three character areas are given more specific ��/r, ���✓rr �'� " �/���j recommendations: PF[A,TP:IA o!AM E hfl I V@"rAC47Mk�" I"'AUN R rill FO(I:'M IV I.1..0 . 1) Village/Hamlet Character Area PaIS ala." 1P","°w`Y'��I` r`°` �. lr 2) Rural Highway Corridor Character Areas 3) Mixed Use/Medium Density Character Areas LuIMw Iv'a�� "N"%�w e6 u.di i.e iwr The Village/Hamlet Character Area include the " �� MAI"6RAA r,S / AN ALO Hamlet of Varna near Cornell University. The � '� � town looks to redefine the hamlet as a gateway to Cornell, reorienting the hamlet to a � pedestrian scale via streetscape and sidewalk improvements, and keeping the hamlet's historical roots intact in order to create //°/% / �✓fii �� I»moi�i%i �a i��/�I�%///�i�i% opportunities for new investment in the hamlet core. N'LAP4TCP o"v IIrrw,i am I /o I 4 �.T 0 � ! ua. , na,l t � i r 1V v w r LJ,!,';", III,I'Ic vte 20 IIIairm,,,'J L Dse arm,,,' alu uj x`11` O\/V17 , 0 U E'I I .alll E� OVVI`1, I6.NV "York vvllll F,- i"11,111 Y.,i ,nr,1r; i ',i,ii, u_ , C,H The Towns of Guilderland and Princetown jointly commissioned this study, with �t , support from the Capital District Transportation Committee, to examine future land use and transportation improvements aloe a 4-mile segment of Route 20. The focus of the study was they° busy Route 20 corridor and the importance of encouraging well thought out commercial development while maintaining and strengthening hamlet character. The final plan developed by Behan Planning and Design together with Creighton Manning Engineering, helps to guide land use and transportation ,,, investments and other decisions that are made by the towns, and also by state and federal agencies. r� Remove asphalt ( 0 x p J Vol- ✓✓ll""�J 5 planhnRs „�� f � j � l yi i � ,� paverment�P�hnu�gs ��� u u Planting tcktauer existm �' y� Close existing drive- ways on Route 20 where possible xconceptsfor�'�fai�'�'iI✓d/qy t:td'.d'.es.s YI"�'6'n(6 agt�:'YI"�'t�:'nl � dAs�Ytt�'f4/tl. . II ���r� a �� � II �� :�it�� a �,:� a il.lr.0�� ��: (')r'u���: �. kK ��. �� u a S ;" II a H:s a1us0f� iil.ail.uff:�u�iu�.il� Behan Planning and Design worked with Creighton Manning, the town, county and the Adirondack Glens ;,%%� Falls Transportation Council (A/GFTC) to create a coordinated transportation plan and land use vision for the Route 9 corridor in the Town of Moreau. „+ This conceptual-level transportation improvement plan focused on build-out scenario growth analysis, . . access management improvements, local road g p connectivity options, traffic system optimization, , / bicycle, pedestrian and transit accommodations, and other roadway improvement im alternatives. p ,r A unique element of the plan was how it approached futurerowth management. With the desire and g g expectation that the Route 9 corridor would maintain the same number of travel lanes and not undergo G�. any serious upgrades for the foreseeable future, the / ,n team sought to determine the point at which future growth would begin reach the maximum traffic capacity of the corridor. From this point, the team was able to reverse-engineer the desired maximum build-out for the corridor, and make zoning and development recommendations to cap future development at a sustainable level for the corridor. %till -.. SFIAALIP A,;O , NAT RAL ENTtb wL ;p r BUILUIN6 MA LRIM'S f, a dnNG Ct71bW.5 , x i, otA e'P ',LuFL OR/ tnL.aN LLra. 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NY Planning Federation: 2012 Pomeroy Award for Innovative Zoning, Pittsford, NY • Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association: 2009 Planning Excellence Award for Implementation - Skaneateles Lake Watershed Protection Program . American Planning Association National Award for Planning for the Town of Pittsford's "GreenprintTM for the Future" initiative. • Upstate New York Chapter of the American �r r Planning Association Award for the County of Albany Hudson River Waterfront Strategy. ` 1 e Governor's Award for Excellence to the Town of Pittsford for its waterfront planning and revitalization, and other cooperative projects. • Upstate New York Chapter of the American Planning Association's "Outstanding Planning Award" for guiding local land use towards "smart growth" in the Town of Milton. / �paipr 00r% New York State Association of Realtors Award r for Smart Growth Excellence to the Town of 0/- Clifton Park for its environmental and growth planning initiative. ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 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REFERENCES ConsultEcon References Main Street Study: Salamanca, New York Jayne Fenton President Salamanca Area Chamber of Commerce 716-945-2034 jaynelfentonL@aol.com Main Street Economic Development Planning: Oneonta, New York Jim Martin Senior Planner and Economic Development Specialist The LA Group 518-587-8100 jmartin@thelagrou .com Warren County Tourism: Lake George New York Mr. Edward Bartholomew President EDC Warren County 42 Ridge Street Glens Falls, NY, 12801 518-761-3833 feb@nycaD.rr.com Westside Regional Park Master Plan: Frederick, Maryland Grace Fielder President G.E. Fielder&Associates 301-490-3207 fieldert�,gefielder.com Hyannis Harbor Land Use and Economic Development Strategy: Barnstable, Massachusetts Tim Love,AIA, LEED AP Principal Utile Design 617-423-7200 Iove@utiledesign.com 27 ConsultEcon Inc. Behan Planning and Design References Town of Dryden, NY Zoning and Design Guidelines Dan Kwasnowski Former Director of Planning (315) 459-1546 danC@aDDIiedDIannin Ilc.com Town of Moreau, NY Rt. 9 Corridor Study Mark Sargent, PE Project Manager, Creighton Manning Engineering 518-689-1837 msargentPcmeIID.com Capital District Transportation Committee U.S. Route 20 Land Use and Transportation Study Chris ONeil Principal Transportation Planner 518-458-2161 co'neiII@cdtcmDo.org 28 ��IIIIII III II ConsultEcon, Inc. (CEI) provides services to clients in the areas of strategic and management consulting, project and plan concept feasibility,economic development, market and financial feasibility,socio-economic impact evaluation and project implementation. Our practice builds on the decades of experience providing results-oriented solutions for clients by drawing on our expertise and experience in marketing, economics, management, finance and planning. Members of the firm have many years experience with a wide range of projects including downtown development (Roanoke, VA; San Antonio, TX; Burlington, VT), historic preservation and adaptive use(St. Louis, MO), recreational planning (Railroad Park, Birmingham, AL), arts and cultural planning (Paducah, KY), creative economy (Salem, MA), waterfronts (Des Moines, IA), economic development (New Haven, CT), and military base conversion (Boston Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Frankford Arsenal). CEI has worked with many leading urban planners in providing solutions for complex community planning projects. The following are typical of assignments in community planning. Salem Downtown Retail Plan: Salem, Massachusetts— Cedar Park Heritage Plan: Cedar Park,Texas— This work Prepared a retail market study of downtown Salem to included reviewing the characteristics of existing better understand market conditions, identify heritage tourism sites, reviewing the market context for opportunities to diversify the downtown retail base and the project, reviewing trends in heritage tourism, build consensus on an effective retail market developing a framework for evaluating alternatives, and development plan. This plan is being implemented by defining and evaluation of a preferred alternative. CEI the Salem Redevelopment Authority and its partners the assisted the City of Cedar Park in Heritage Tourism Chamber of Commerce, Main Street Program and private Planning. businesses. CEI worked as part of a multidisciplinary Salem Pier Master Plan: Salem, Massachusetts — team. Worked with a planning team to evaluate the feasibility Historic Fort Lowell Park Master Plan & Restoration of developing a city pier to serve commuter boats and Plan: Tucson, Arizona — Provided input to the Historic other commercial vessels. Fort Lowell Master Plan,which included consideration of Main Street Birmingham: Birmingham, Alabama — the general economic feasibility of the alternative Evaluated Birmingham's nine neighborhood commercial concept plans and identification of a preferred districts for Main Street Birmingham, Inc. First,the study alternative that was the subject of more detailed reviewed and ranked the nine districts for targeted analysis. A business and management plan were then investment based on market analysis. Second, CEI produced for the recommended alternative. CEI worked evaluated the potential for district economic as part of a multi-disciplinary team. development in specialized market niches (i.e. arts- Fall River Pier Business Plan: Fall River, Massachusetts based or technology-based), based on the market —Provided an operations plan for the Fall River State Pier analysis conducted and best practices in other Multi-Use Facility, which was developed at the request communities nationwide. of the Massachusetts Department of Business and Steam Pump Ranch Heritage Park: Oro Valley, Arizona Technology and Massachusetts Seaport Advisory — Work on this project included elements of master Council. The purpose of this business and operational planning, market and financial feasibility and strategic plan was to provide a blueprint to guide implementation strategies. The challenges were to development of the facility up to the point of hand-off to retain the historic elements and landscape of the site commercial operators. CEI worked as part of a while identifying new uses that will support sustainable multidisciplinary team. use as a heritage site and community resource. CEI worked as part of a multidisciplinary team on a master plan for historic Steam Pump Ranch. ConsultEcon, Inc. T:+1617 547 0100 Economic and Management Consultants F:+1617 547 0102 545 Concord Ave,Suite 210 info@consultecon.com Cambridge,MA 02138 U.S.A. www.consultecon.com ConsultEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Community Planning Qualifications Evans & Rosedale Neighborhood Revitalization Study: Heritage Area and Waterfront Revitalization Strategy: Ft. Worth, Texas — Developed a plan for this minority Wheeling,West Virginia—Work on this project included neighborhood in Ft. Worth. CEI evaluated the potential feasibility, planning and financial analysis for a number for infill retail, services and resident use in this historic of phases of Wheeling's revitalization process. CEI's neighborhood. responsibilities included development of a revitalization New Haven Waterfront: New Haven, Connecticut — strategy, analysis of a new multi-modal transportation Developed a waterfront master plan for New Haven. This center and parking garage, mini-feasibility studies for work included evaluating retail, entertainment, hotel downtown projects and analysis of a new waterfront and residential uses. CEI worked as part of a team for park. CEI also identified potential revenue and funding this project. sources, and provided input into operating/financial projections and organizational structures. Creative Economy of the North Shore: Salem, Massachusetts — Conducted a market analysis of the Downtown Vision Plan and Revitalization Strategy: North Shore creative economy in order to help develop Woburn, Massachusetts — Created a revitalization an action plan to expand the sector. We also helped to vision, and an action plan to realize the vision. As part of develop and administer survey questionnaires and focus this study, we designed and conducted a survey of groups to inform the action plan. Our work within this downtown businesses to help determine a strategy for mthe improvement and revitalization of the downtown. multidisciplinary team resulted in development of a business recruitment plan, an outreach and Economic Development Plan:Seneca County, New York communication plan, and a program development plan, —For this rural county in the Finger Lakes Region of New including specific recommendations for products and York, CEI prepared a tourism-based economic services that would appeal to creative economy development strategy that encompasses general companies on the North Shore. strategies, marketing, tourism infrastructure and Dedham Lifestyles Center Impacts Study: Dedham, evaluation of individual attractions projects. Massachusetts— Prepared an evaluation of the impacts Economic Development Strategy: Pittsfield, of the proposed Legacy Place on downtown Dedham, Massachusetts — Prepared an economic development Massachusetts, with a focus on the existing businesses strategy for the central area of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, located in Dedham Square. CEI served as primary working with an architectural firm. Uses evaluated consultants on a multidisciplinary team. included service, retail, industrial and public land uses. Community Arts Center Feasibility: Quincy, This work included a number of citizen workshops and Massachusetts — Provided advice to the Quincy 2000 resulted in a development strategy consistent with Corporation on market, financial and organizational community capabilities. Follow up work included a issues to guide the redevelopment of a downtown comprehensive tourism development strategy for building as a not-for-profit multi-purpose arts building. Pittsfield. Uses included artists' studios, arts college classes, office Strategy for Downtown Revitalization: New Britain, space for arts-related businesses, gallery and a Connecticut — Prepared a downtown revitalization performing arts venue. Market analysis, tenant mix, strategy for New Britain, Connecticut. Development creative financing, operating pro formas and opportunities were identified. Downtown core amenity organizational structure were analyzed. and infrastructure improvements were also Charles River Plan/Metropolitan District Commission: recommended. Follow up work evaluated the potential Boston, Massachusetts—Assessed the markets and user for a multi-use development for the proposed air rights profile of the Charles River Basin in support of a master platform spanning Route 72 in the downtown. CEI plan for improvements and reconstruction of this major worked as part of a multi-disciplinary team. park system and urban environment. 2 www.consultecon.com ConsultEcon, Inc. Community Planning Qualifications Economic and Management Consultants Downtown Revitalization Strategy: Peabody, Civic Center Feasibility: Jamestown, New York — Massachusetts — Evaluated the commercial market for Prepared a preliminary report of market and project downtown revitalization. Part of this work included concept issues relating to the potential development of consumer surveys. Recommendations were made a mixed use civic center project in this City of 34,000 regarding downtown infrastructure, parking, traffic and people. Project components included an arena, meeting early action items. Potential market segments for the and assembly space, and hotel and restaurant, with downtown were identified. CEI also measured market associated parking. potential by retail segment and recommended a retail Riverfront Master Plan; North Augusta, South Carolina and commercial redevelopment strategy and — Evaluated alternative approaches to developing a implementation plan with a particular focus on business major flood plain area. Uses under consideration development and recruitment. included: residential, commercial, golf course, marina Nashua Technology Center: Nashua New Hampshire — and conference center. As part of a multi-disciplinary Nashua has been a center of technology and planning team, the issues that were addressed included manufacturing innovation for over 150 years. This market support, infrastructure funding, cost benefit museum will celebrate this heritage while creating analysis, fiscal and economic impacts, and alternative dynamic and exciting environments for people of all ages funding strategies including tax increment financing to experiment and learn in a hands-on environment. CEI (TIF). This project was successfully implemented. participated in site selection, facility programming, Project Economic Impact: Mashpee, Massachusetts — market potential and operating plan. Led a team of traffic, environmental and fiscal impacts Salem State College / GTE Site Evaluation: Salem, experts to evaluate the impacts of a 700,000 sq.ft. Massachusetts—Worked with a multi-disciplinary team commercial development and a 500 unit residential to evaluate the reuse potential for the large GTE site in development in the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts. Salem, MA for Salem State College. Various reuse State Fair Boulevard Market Analysis: Geddes, New alternatives were evaluated, including R & D space and York—As part of a planning study for State Fair Boulevard business incubator space which would be associated in Geddes, New York, CEI prepared a market and site with the business school of the College. Later, an analysis to support a land use plan for this key part of the economic impact analysis of the college on the region's community. This neighborhood is located adjacent to economy was prepared. This project was successfully the New York State Fairgrounds. developed. Community Character Impacts Study: Ithaca, New York Commercial Area Market Study:Tiverton, Rhode Island _ Conducted a fiscal and market analysis of the existing — Evaluated a commercial district and residential area in retail environment in Ithaca to evaluate the potential the north end of the Town of Tiverton, Rhode Island for community character and competitive impacts of a the Town and a local task force. CEI analyzed site-related proposed commercial development in Ithaca. conditions such as traffic, business conditions, parking, tax implications of the location adjacent to the Rhode Des Moines Waterfront Master Plan: Des Moines, Iowa Island Massachusetts border, adequacy of infrastructure — Prepared a master plan for Des Moines downtown and other relevant site issues. CEI identified the primary waterfront as part of a multidisciplinary planning team. and secondary market areas for the project, and This project focused on the "Principal Group" Riverwalk estimated spending potential by category. CEI's that included trails, pedestrian bridges and amenities. recommendations included necessary physical Also prepared was a preliminary land use plan for the improvements, redevelopment strategy and target retail waterfront area. CEI prepared market analyses and and commercial types as well as implementation economic impact assessments in support of the plan. measures. www.consultecon.com 3 ConsultEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Community Planning Qualifications Hanscom Area Towns Review of Massport Expansion Environmental Impact Statement—Economic Impacts Proposal—The Towns of Lexington, Bedford and Lincoln Review, Discount Department Store Proposal: Lake formed a consortium to review the proposed expansion Placid, and Ticonderoga, New York — Served as expert and real estate development at Hanscom Field. CEI reviewer for two separate market, economic and fiscal evaluated the impacts on the towns of increased aviation impacts analyses for the State of New York under its activity, a hotel/conference center, and office space. SEAR environmental impact review law. CEI's work Las Vegas Springs Preserve: Las Vegas, Nevada — Las included an initial review and comments and review of Vegas Springs Preserve is an important tract of land that subsequent revisions to relevant sections of the EIS. CEI was the site of the desert springs where Las Vegas was reviewed completeness, technical approach and founded. The Las Vegas Valley Water District is conclusions of the studies. Project issues included developing a Master Plan for the site that includes a economic impacts, fiscal revenue generation, and fiscal major interpretive center and museum, environmental costs including municipal services. learning center, nature trails, outdoor amphitheater, Site Reuse Evaluation: Boylston, Massachusetts — As demonstration gardens and supportive infrastructure, part of a multi-disciplinary consulting team, CEI assisted including retail and food service. CEI prepared market the Town in an evaluation of the feasibility and support projections that informed Master Plan attractiveness of acquiring this major site. Issues alternatives. Revenue potential and usage patterns were investigated included alternative development schemes prepared for preferred options. We also supported the for excess property,evaluation of development schemes LVVWD in preparing a business plan for the project. This versus existing zoning and other development project was successfully implemented and opened. limitations; and most importantly, the fiscal effects of Augusta Canal Redevelopment Plan:Augusta,Georgia— property purchase, including impacts on schools, tax This project was conducted as part of a multidisciplinary rates etc. team for the Georgia Department of Transportation and Bomes Theater Reuse: Providence, Rhode Island —The Canal Authority. It included the evaluation of the Bomes Theater, located on Broad Street in the South Side economic development components of a master plan for neighborhood of Providence,was identified as having re- the Augusta Canal. The canal parallels the Savannah use potential as a cultural and entertainment center in River and traverses rural areas, suburban and urban the local community. CEI evaluated community need areas. The overall project included an evaluation of and potential for support;analyzed the market potential; historic buildings, regional economic development and prepared a preliminary building use plan; provided a real estate trends, recreational development, cultural preliminary redevelopment approach and evaluated the facilities, and tourism development strategy. In addition economic feasibility of the project through a cultural we acted as facilitators for a series of citizen task force center operating scenario. meetings. The Plan has been adopted by the City of Emerson Park:Cayuga County, New York—Provided the Augusta, Richmond and Columbia Counties, and by the market support and operational evaluation for the State of Georgia and the National Park Service, and is master plan for Emerson Park, located in Auburn, New being implemented. Funding for signage and York on the northern shore of Owasco Lake. The market interpretation has been supported by private companies. work evaluated the potential for the development of a This project received numerous awards, including a hotel/conference center, a full-service restaurant, a Federal Design Achievement Award and an Outstanding waterpark/play area and an ice skating trail. Economic Development Planning award from the Georgia Planning Association. 4 www.consultecon.com ConsultEcon, Inc. Community Planning Qualifications Economic and Management Consultants Morrison Farm Feasibility Study: Acton, Massachusetts Downtown Master Plans: Silver City, and Las Vegas, Evaluated the economic feasibility recreational uses and New Mexico — Evaluated the existing business mix, community farming on historic, 32-acre farm. Based on downtown anchors, customer markets, barriers to community recommendations, the barn and farm house redevelopment, and opportunities for to enhance the were to be reused as Town offices and community event downtowns in two New Mexico communities, which are space. CEI identified revenue opportunities and potential both state-designated arts and cultural districts and user fees and estimated annual operating costs of Main Street communities. Each downtown is a maintaining the farm and activities onsite. Work was "gateway' community to national forests and done as a part of a multi-disciplinary team. recreational areas and cultural resources, contains an San Benito Heritage Tourism Plan: San Benito, Texas— historic building stock and pedestrian-oriented Evaluated the market and economic potential of downtown,with significant arts and cultural segments of developing a new museum and cultural center as the downtown businesses. For each project,we participated cornerstone of a tourism development strategy. San in two-day visioning workshops open to entire Benito is the home of Freddy Fender and the birthplace community and interviewed local businesses and of Conjunto music, as well as endowed with unique economic development professionals to identify natural features found in the Rio Grande Valley. Leading potential revitalization and business development a multi-disciplinary team, CEI reviewed alternative strategies. CEI worked as a part of a multi-disciplinary development scenarios, including the reuse of several design team. historic buildings and new construction opportunities at Hyde Park Retail Market Study and Action Plan: Boston, other sites. A facility concept, attendance potential Massachusetts - Evaluated market conditions and analysis, operating plan, and preliminary marketing and identified revitalization strategies for neighborhood fundraising plan were prepared. business district for Boston Redevelopment Authority Hyannis Harbor Land Use and Economic Development and Hyde Park Main Streets. Market review included Strategy: Barnstable, Massachusetts — Evaluated the customer demographics, consumer spending potential, market trends affecting the harbor area and profiled key and commercial mix analysis. CEI conducted a combined economic uses as a part of a multi-disciplinary design intercept and online survey to understand customer team. CEI evaluated potential redevelopment scenarios, perceptions of the business district and inform strategic including new hotel, multi-model parking garage, and recommendations. The final recommendations focused mixed-use parcels at key locations in harbor area and on enhancing the districts arts-related identity through identified implementation tasks to advance targeted business recruitment and introduction of more redevelopment. Other recommendations focused on regular and special events. enhancing the harbor's identity as a gateway through Market Feasibility for an Aquarium/Mixed Use placemaking strategies and enhancement of the area's Development: North Little Rock, Arkansas — This work artistic activity and cultural heritage. consisted of a feasibility assessment of the market Woonasquatucket River Greenway Project:Providence, potential for an Aquarium on the North Little Rock Rhode Island — Coordinated strategies were developed waterfront. This work also provided an overview of site to promote economic development, and economic characteristics and other proposed real estate uses, benefits were evaluated including discrete development including large format film theatre, hotel, retail and projects and new spending generated by Greenway restaurant development. The intent is to create a successful mixed-use environment in which the users. Aquarium can prosper. www.consultecon.com 5 ConsultEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Community Planning Qualifications Paducah Renaissance Area Master Plan: Paducah, Davis Square Market Study: Somerville, Massachusetts Kentucky — Evaluated Paducah's tourist market — Evaluated retail and office markets in neighborhood segments and identified ways to link arts and cultural commercial districts, including profiling demographic destinations within the downtown and waterfront area. and consumer spending trends, mix of retail and service An important part of the analysis included a review other businesses, and leasing and development activity. We small city arts-oriented communities in order to identify recommended key business segments for recruitment appropriate tourism product mix and marketing and potential district management options. strategies, both for the MainStreets organization and the Linkage Nexus Study: Somerville, Massachusetts — As local convention and visitors bureau. As a part of a multi- part of a team, provided an analysis of the demand for disciplinary team, a marketing strategy has developed to affordable housing generated by commercial fill gaps within the community and to enhance tourism development. The study was the basis for updating the marketing. In addition, CEI evaluated the market city's linkage fee ordinance. Work included an analysis demand for a downtown hotel to inform the city's plans of residential market trends in the city and the need for for attracting a developer and operator. On past affordable housing, a survey of employees about their assignments, CEI has also evaluated the economic housing choices, and an analysis of development costs feasibility of two museums expansions, the River and sources to determine the size of the linkage fee Discovery Center and the Market House History charged to commercial developers. Museum. Spartanburg Center for the Arts Market and Operating Multiple Projects: Cherokee, North Carolina - CEI has plan:Spartanburg,South Carolina—This study,prepared completed multiple feasibility and business planning for the Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, assignments for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, evaluated the feasibility of a proposed multi arts, including a wildlife park, heritage museum, water park heritage and science center that included a 500-seat hotel, and mixed-use development that incorporates theatre. The scope included an evaluation of facility cultural, commercial and residential uses. As a part of management styles, market support, financial feasibility the Boundary Tree Master Plan, we evaluated the of the individual organizations as well as the facility, and economic potential of alternative uses. The final plan economic impacts of the project. The Little Theater of included retail and classroom space for a community Spartanburg would be a primary tenant of the theatre. cultural center featuring local arts and crafts. Most This project will be developed in a downtown district that recently, we helped identify the best site and evaluated includes an amphitheater, hotel, convention center, and the market potential and potential return on investment office space. This project was successfully implemented for a Cherokee indoor water park hotel. and opened. Greenwood Community Planning: Tulsa, Oklahoma — Stoothoff-Gunther Farmstead: Franklin Township, New Identified asset-based economic and tourism Jersey — Developed a feasibility analysis and operating development strategies for a historically African- plan to adaptively reuse an historic agricultural American neighborhood in downtown Tulsa. CEI homestead into an agricultural farm park, with reviewed existing conditions, market context, and interpretive exhibits, community events, active development trends in the neighborhood, as well as agricultural use, and community gardens. CEI evaluated profiled comparable African American heritage districts potential resident and tourist market segments, profiled in other cities. In conjunction with community local agricultural attractions and comparable projects, stakeholders, we developed strategies to increase estimated revenue potential and identified staffing and tourism, including repositioning an existing community operating expenses required for a sustainable operation. and event center which was financially troubled, developing new visitor facilities, and linking key sites with heritage interpretive trails. 6 www.consultecon.com ConsultEcon, Inc. Community Planning Qualifications Economic and Management Consultants Smoky Hill River: Salina, Kansas—Prepared a feasibility Main Street Study: Salamanca, New York — Created a and economic analysis of the Smoky Hill River Renewal downtown market analysis and action plan to support project in Salina. Reviewed prior planning work and the revitalization within this tribal community.We evaluated context for the future organization, administration and the business mix, customer spending patterns, management of the project. Land uses and key projects competitive environment, and commercial and were evaluated from a market and economic downtown revitalization in other tribal communities.The perspective, including resident and tourist market action plan provided an implementation roadmap for a segments. Alternative governance structures were new downtown organization focused on recruitment in evaluated, and an economic impact analysis performed. niche markets and placemaking through events and Economic and Fiscal Impact of Alternative Waterfront physical improvements. Uses:Alexandria,Virginia—For the Alexandria Economic Virginia Aquarium and Owls Creek Area Plan: Virginia, Development Partnership, CEI evaluated the economic Beach,Virginia—Created a baseline economic profile of impacts and fiscal revenues of alternative uses. Three the area around the Virginia Aquarium and identified development scenarios were evaluated, including: potential development strategies. Based on the residential townhomes; mixed-use hotel, restaurant and preferred design plan, we evaluated the economic office space; and arts and cultural uses. potential of the master plan and quantified the increased Corolla Village Visitor/Event Center: Corolla, North economic activity that would occur once the plan was Carolina — Corolla is the northernmost town on North implemented. Carolina's Outer Banks. It has a rich history and a strong Hyannis Harbor Land Use and Economic Development tourism economy. However, two facets of needed Strategy: Barnstable, Massachusetts — Evaluated the infrastructure are missing: an event center and a visitor market trends affecting the harbor area and profiled key center. An event center would meet the strong demand economic uses. We evaluated potential redevelopment for social events and would accommodate the scenarios, including new hotel, multi-model parking substantial programming underway by visitor garage, and mixed-use parcels at key locations in harbor attractions. In addition, a visitor center is needed to area and identified implementation tasks to advance provide a unifying overview of local history, culture and redevelopment. Other recommendations focused on natural history -- along with information and visitor enhancing the harbor's identity as a gateway through amenities. ConsultEcon worked with a multi-disciplinary placemaking strategies and enhancement of the area's team to fine-tune a development program, and artistic activity and cultural heritage. Work was done as evaluated market demand, operating costs,governance, a part of a multi-disciplinary design team. and financial feasibility. In addition, an economic and Eatonville Cultural Center: Eatonville, Florida — fiscal impacts analysis was prepared to support project Participated in concept development and site analysis, funding. and prepared a market study and operating plan. This Boundary Tree Master Plan: Cherokee, North Carolina cultural center celebrates a number of themes, including — Evaluated the commercial, educational, and cultural Eatonville's history as the first African American attraction elements of a major gateway site to Cherokee, incorporated town, the life and legacy of author Zora North Carolina. Work was completed as part of a multi- Neale Hurston, the historic Hungerford School, and the disciplinary team. ongoing cultural offerings of Eatonville and Central Florida. This project supports community development goals in addition to its cultural offerings. www.consultecon.com 7 �� I I I I 0000i ii IIIIIIII 11111111I1111111111111111111111 II IIIIIIIIII III (IIIIIIIIII I� �I 01111111 III IIIII III (III I�IIIIIII I�II�II IIIII IIII� �IS I@I0�(III��Illlllliiii � � � � ConsultEcon, Inc. (CEI) provides services to clients in the areas of strategic and management consulting, project and plan concept feasibility, market and financial feasibility, socio-economic evaluation and project implementation, in the fields of Real Estate Development, Community Economic Development, Adaptive Reuse, and Visitor Attractions and Tourism. The principals of the firm have many years of experience serving a wide range of clients, including developers, financial institutions, government agencies and non-profit organizations. CEI understands the needs and motivations of both the private and public sectors. Our staff members have conducted hundreds of studies that relate to many issues relevant to the development of overall goals and economic development components of master plans, economic development strategies, downtown studies, adaptive reuse, housing, parks, office and institutional uses and more. CEI maintains extensive reference files on hundreds of projects to assist us with our work. Much of this work has been in multidisciplinary settings where associated professionals have worked to develop projects, or to generate process-oriented solutions to complex development problems through market, management,and implementation-oriented plans. Many of our projects have been successfully implemented. The following are typical of assignments. Reuse Potential for the American Tin Can Factory: Paducah Downtown Hotel: Paducah, Kentucky — Monterey, California — Evaluated the potential for the Evaluated the market potential for a downtown hotel to Monterey Bay Aquarium to acquire the nearby historic inform the city's plans for attracting a developer and ATC Building, as a potential investment or possible operator. Work included a review of trends in hotel adaptive use for the Aquarium. CEI reviewed the supply and demand, an assessment of potential demand operations of the building, income potential and from leisure, convention/conference and transient operational issues in order to determine the feasibility of business market segments, and recommendations on various use scenarios. project size, scale and positioning. Owensboro Convention Center:Owensboro, Kentucky- Vicksburg Square Fiscal Impacts Assessment: Devens, Evaluated the market opportunity and appropriate scale Massachusetts — Reviewed issues related to school age and amenities of the proposed Owensboro Convention children who will live at Vicksburg Square, a proposed Center. The Owensboro Convention Center was multi-family rental housing complex in Devens, MA. replacing an obsolete convention hall and hotel and is a Included estimates of school age children based on key component of the city's downtown revitalization. apartment unit sizes, potential students in the public This included review of alternative operating and school system by age group and revenue and cost management scenarios; site analysis; review of impacts on area school system budgets. comparable and competitive projects; and potential Hyannis Harbor: Barnstable, Massachusetts—Evaluated event activity. the market trends affecting the harbor area and profiled Virginia Aquarium and Owls Creek Area Plan: Virginia key economic uses. Evaluated potential redevelopment Beach, Virginia — Assessed the baseline economic scenarios, including new hotel, multi-model parking conditions and real estate trends in the Owls Creek Area, garage, and mixed-use parcels at key locations in harbor anchored by the Virginia Aquarium and encompassing a area and identified implementation tasks to advance mix of residential, commercial, entertainment redevelopment. Other recommendations focused on waterfront uses. As part of a multi-disciplinary master enhancing the harbor's identity as a gateway through plan design team, CEI identified development strategies placemaking strategies and enhancement of the area's and evaluated the economic potential and impact of artistic activity and cultural heritage. Work was done as master plan implementation. part of a multi-disciplinary design team. ConsultEcon, Inc. T:+1617 547 0100 Economic and Management Consultants F:+1617 547 0102 545 Concord Ave,Suite 210 info@consultecon.com Cambridge,MA 02138 U.S.A. www.consultecon.com Consu ItEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Real Estate Qualifications Community Arts Center: Quincy, Massachusetts — Route 66 Xperience: Tulsa, Oklahoma —Work included Provided advice on market, financial and organizational developing a feasibility analysis and business plan for this issues to guide the redevelopment of a downtown project which will be a major exhibition and visitor center building as a not-for-profit multi-purpose arts building. on Historic Route 66. The project is located in downtown Uses include artists' studios, arts college classes, office Tulsa and is part of a citywide approach to telling the space, gallery and a performing arts venue. Market story of this iconic national highway. Evaluated the basic analysis, tenant mix, creative financing, operating pro concepts, tested the marketability of the story and formas and organizational structure were analyzed. developed the basic operating plan for the center. The Clipper Mills: Baltimore,Maryland—Provided strategies building that will house the project also included a for reinvestment and reuse for the reuse of an historic restaurant, as well as additional out lease rental office but deteriorated mill complex in Baltimore.Working with space to provide supplemental income for the center. a multi-disciplinary team of architects and engineers, Civic Center Feasibility: Jamestown, New York — Clipper Mills was evaluated from a physical potential in Prepared a preliminary report of market and project terms of reuse possibilities and costs. Market demand concept issues relating to the potential development of and potential uses were evaluated. Operating costs and a mixed use civic center project in this City of 34,000 the capital costs were weighed against the revenue people. Project components included an arena, meeting potential of various uses. Reuse scenarios were created and assembly space, and hotel and restaurant, with and tested, including artists' studios, antique dealers, associated parking. retail, cafe and professional office space. Development Consulting: Bedford, Massachusetts — Site Acquisition Fiscal Benefits: Boylston, Represented the Town of Bedford in evaluating the fiscal Massachusetts — Assisted the Town in an evaluation of impacts of a major new housing project. Strategic issues the feasibility and attractiveness of acquiring this major and market issues were central to the assessment, as site that is improved with a school campus and other well as the potential fiscal costs and benefits. structures. Issues investigated included alternative Salem State College/GTE Site Evaluation: Salem, development schemes for excess property,evaluation of Massachusetts—Worked with a multi-disciplinary team development schemes versus existing zoning and other to evaluate the reuse potential for the large GTE site in development limitations; and, most important,the fiscal Salem, MA for Salem State College. Various reuse impacts of property purchase, including impacts on alternatives were evaluated, including R & D space and schools,tax rates, etc. Work was done as part of a multi- business incubator space which would be associated disciplinary master plan design team. with the business school of the College. Later, an Economic and Fiscal Impact of Alternative Waterfront economic impact analysis of the college on the region's Uses: Alexandria, Virginia — Evaluated the economic economy was prepared. impacts and fiscal revenues of alternative uses for the Conference Center/Hotel Feasibility: Austin, Texas — Alexandria Economic Development Partnership. Three Analyzed the market potential for development of a development scenarios were evaluated, including: hotel/conference center to be located in a former residential townhomes; mixed-use hotel, restaurant and student dormitory facility. Also outlined the office space; and arts and cultural uses. hotel/conference center concept, reviewed the hotel Union Station: Worcester, Massachusetts — Reviewed and meetings market and the local and regional the economic potential of alternative reuse plans for this competitive context, described the market potential for historic rail station. Uses considered included retail, those uses, and evaluated the financial implications of a office, service and entertainment, as well as phased conversion. transportation-related functions. 2 www.consultecon.com Consu ItEcon, Inc. Real Estate Qualifications Economic and Management Consultants New Town Development Impact Study: Mashpee, Luxury Apartment Profile: Salem, Massachusetts — Massachusetts — Led a team of traffic, environmental Profiled renter characteristics of a high-end apartment and fiscal impacts experts to evaluate the impacts of a development in Salem, Massachusetts for a national "new community," including 700,000 square feet of development company. Also projected fiscal costs and commercial development and a 500 unit residential revenues to inform the approvals process. development in the Town of Mashpee. Riverfront Development Feasibility: North Augusta, Waterfront Plan: Yuma, Arizona — Reviewed the South Carolina — Evaluated alternative approaches to development potential for recreation and residential, developing a major flood plain area. Development has hotel and office uses on the Colorado River in downtown been made feasible by recent water projects, and uses Yuma, Arizona. This work was accomplished as part of a under consideration include: residential, commercial, Waterfront Center project. golf course, marina and conference center. Issues Community Character Impacts Study: Ithaca, New York addressed include market support, infrastructure —Conducted a fiscal and market analysis of the existing funding, cost benefit analysis, fiscal and economic retail environment in Ithaca in order to evaluate impacts, and alternative funding strategies including tax potential community character and competitive impacts increment financing (TIF). CEI worked part of a multi- of a proposed commercial development in the City. disciplinary planning team. Economic Development Strategy: Pittsfield, Commercial Area Market Study:Tiverton, Rhode Island Massachusetts — Prepared an economic development — Evaluated a commercial district and residential area in strategy for the central area of Pittsfield, MA. Uses the north end of the Town of Tiverton, RI for the Town evaluated included service, retail, industrial and public and a local task force. CEI analyzed site-related land uses. This work included a number of citizen conditions, business conditions, parking,tax implications workshops and resulted in a development strategy of the location adjacent to the Rhode Island consistent with community capabilities. Follow up work Massachusetts border, adequacy of infrastructure and included a comprehensive tourism development other relevant site issues. CEI identified the primary and strategy for Pittsfield. secondary market areas for the project, and estimated spending potential by category. Waterworks Reuse for Mixed-Use Project: Brookline, Massachusetts—Assisted in developing a master plan for Putnam Hall Reuse: Orange, Massachusetts—Evaluated the reuse of the historic Chestnut Hill Waterworks. The adaptive reuse of historic Putnam Hall for the City of plan includes primarily residential use, along with a Orange. CEI was part of a multidisciplinary team that museum component that will tell the story of Boston's included environmental consultants and architects. Golden Age. The study evaluated the potential for self- Private reuse as well as community use was considered. sufficient and sustainable operations over time, and to Adaptive reuse scenarios were prepared, and economic provide guidance to the project governance, size, scope returns estimated. Recommendations were made on the and operating cost and plan with the best opportunities disposition of the property. for success and long-term sustainability. Davis Square Market Study: Somerville, Massachusetts Iowa Destination State Parks — Evaluated economic — Evaluated retail and office markets in neighborhood potential of destination state parks in two locations in commercial districts, including profiling demographic Iowa. Uses include hotel, RV Park, restaurant and visitor and consumer spending trends, mix of retail and service amenities. The development model is public/private businesses, and leasing and development activity. partnerships between the Iowa Department of Natural Recommended key business segments for recruitment Resources and private-sector owner/operators. and potential district management options. www.consultecon.com 3 Consu ItEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Real Estate Qualifications Lynn Retail Study: Lynn, Massachusetts— Evaluated the Bridge House Visitor Center: Albany, Georgia — markets for and economic potential of retail space to be Evaluated the historic Bridge House as a municipal visitor located at a transportation center that includes rail and center for the City of Albany, GA. Supporting retail uses bus nodes. Resident and travel markets were considered, were also evaluated. along with assessment of the success requirements for Silver City, New Mexico Downtown Master Plan — retail entrepreneurs at the location. Evaluated the existing business mix, downtown anchors, Megaplex Economic Impact: Boston, Massachusetts — customer markets, barriers to redevelopment, and Prepared a projection of the potential economic impacts opportunities to enhance the downtown in Silver City, and fiscal revenues of a Megaplex in Boston. This project NM, which is a state-designated arts and cultural district would include a convention center, domed football and Main Street community. Participated in a two-day stadium and major league baseball park along with a visioning workshop open to the entire community and hotel, commercial development and parking garage. interviewed local businesses and economic development Ft. Devens Business Services Center: Devens, professionals to identify potential revitalization and Massachusetts— Evaluation of the market support for a business development strategies. Worked as part of a business services center in Devens, MA. This study made multi-disciplinary planning team. specific recommendations for types of retail businesses Braintree Pre-Development Planning: Braintree, and services that would be appropriate for the site, as Massachusetts — Provided housing market analysis for well as the type and amount of residential space. Also comprehensive pre-development planning for an reviewed hotel room supply and demand and lodging adaptive reuse of a former Braintree Electric Department trends in the area,and made recommendations for hotel Evaluated. Evaluated housing trends in Braintree and provision, including conference center requirements and region, for rental apartment and for sale condo market possible enhancement of the Devens Sports Arena. segments, and four in-depth comparable multi-family Mill Conversion Feasibility Study for the Former Stanley residential projects. Estimated market pricing and Woolen Mills: Uxbridge, Massachusetts — Conducted absorption potential for 8-11 unit multi-family housing the market analysis portion of the Stanley Woolen Mill project. Reuse Feasibility study. The Stanley Woolen Mill is a Linkage Nexus Study: Somerville, Massachusetts — 98,000 square foot historic industrial structure that is Provided an analysis of the demand for affordable expected to be an important component of the overall housing generated by commercial development. The development of the Blackstone River Valley National study was the basis for updating the city's linkage fee Heritage Corridor. Evaluated the tourist and resident ordinance. Work included an analysis of residential market potentials for likely site reuses, as well as market trends in the city and the need for affordable supportable and potential rent levels, potential capture housing, a survey of employees about their housing rates, and potential spending over a five-year period. choices, and an analysis of development costs and Historic Bank Reuse: Chambersburg, Pennsylvania — sources to determine the size of the linkage fee charged Assisted in the development of Chambersburg as a to commercial developers. destination for heritage tourism activities. The plan Marina/Triangle District: White Bear Lake, Minnesota identified heritage resources and outlined heritage —Evaluated the market support for a variety of land uses development strategies and the necessary in this key waterfront location on White Bear Lake in a implementation processes. CEI also devised the suburb of Minneapolis. The resultant plan included thematic program for the Chambersburg Heritage mixed uses and a marina. Center, which will serve to attract, inform, and orient visitors through interpretive exhibits of the history and heritage of Chambersburg. 4 www.consultecon.com oil111111 111111111111111111111111 W1111111111 111111110 ConsultEcon, Inc. (CEI) provides services to clients in the areas of project and plan concept development, market and financial feasibility evaluations, strategic and management consulting, evaluation and implementation. The principals of the firm have many years of experience serving a wide range of clients, including non-profit organizations, developers, financial institutions, government agencies. We understand the needs and motivations of both the private and public sectors. Our staff members have conducted hundreds of studies that relate to many issues relevant to the development of overall goals and economic development components of master plans, economic development strategies. We maintain extensive reference files on hundreds of projects to assist us with our work. Much of this work has been in multidisciplinary settings where associated professionals have worked to develop projects, or to generate process- oriented solutions to complex development problems through market, management, and implementation-oriented plans. Many of our projects have been successfully implemented. Lookout Farm: Natick, Massachusetts—Assisted with a Historic Barns of Nipmoose: Buskirk, New York — A feasibility study and strategic plan to expand farming private foundation in upstate New York, dedicated to and gardening exhibits and hands-on offerings for the dual mission of conserving agricultural lands and children and families. For a private operator, CEI preserving agricultural heritage, completed an extensive completed two assignments, including a preliminary renovation of a collection of three historic and feasibility evaluation and a subsequent master architecturally significant barns. Historically, the development plan with affiliated design professionals. Foundation had relied on one source of funding for CEI evaluated the potential of a new educational operations. To help the Foundation ensure the long- attraction to enhance existing operations, which term financial sustainability of the historic properties, included a fruit orchard and vegetable farm, "u-pick" CEI developed and analyzed several potential orchards, farm stand and substantial visitor experience alternative uses for the barns as a means to generate with food and nutrition related museum type exhibits, earned revenue. A facility rental program was programs and events. determined to be the best short-term strategy and in a Wine and Culinary Center: Blowing Rock, North second phase of work, CEI developed an operating and Carolina — Evaluated the potential to develop a implementation plan for a facility rental program. This proposed wine and culinary center in Blowing Rock, NC. work included preparing multi-year operating budgets, The proposed facility program included a wine tasting setting pricing, advising on marketing and other room, a demonstration / teaching kitchen, retail operating issues. The project was officially dedicated by featuring local food products, community space and a the local chamber of commerce in October of 2010 and restaurant. The assignment included evaluating the the first event was booked soon after. potential market support for the project, developing Agrirama: Tifton, Georgia— Conducted a review of the alternative management models, and facilitating historical market and operating performance of steering committee meetings about the location, size, Agrirama to inform planning for the repositioning of this characteristics and programmatic elements of the wine living history site to become Georgia's state agricultural and culinary center. Steering committee includes local museum. CEI evaluated the competitive context for and state economic development organizations, Agrirama regarding location, resident and visitor Appalachian State University, and wine and culinary markets and area attractions. Recommendations for business owners. strategically repositioning the facility were made. ConsultEcon, Inc. T:+1617 547 0100 Economic and Management Consultants F:+1617 547 0102 545 Concord Ave,Suite 210 info@consultecon.com Cambridge,MA 02138 U.S.A. www.consultecon.com ConsultEcon, Inc. Economic and Management Consultants Agricultural Tourism Qualifications Northern Forest Institute: Newcomb, New York—The Steam Pump Ranch Heritage Park: Oro Valley,Arizona State University of New York (SUNY) College of — Worked as part of a multidisciplinary team on a Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), located in master plan for historic Steam Pump Ranch. The Syracuse, NY maintains and operates a 6,000 ha challenges were to retain the historic elements and research forest and ecological research center in the landscape of the site while identifying new uses that will Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. Beginning support sustainable use as a heritage site and in 1992, the National Science Foundation, ESF, and the community resource. Our work on this project included Adirondack Park Agency began investing in elements of master planning, market and financial infrastructure at the site to draw more scientists to the feasibility and implementation strategies. Adirondacks and make their science more accessible to Canoa Ranch Master Plan: Green Valley, Arizona —As students and the general public. In 2009, a concept was part of a multi-disciplinary team working on a master unveiled for the Northern Forest Institute for plan for Canoa Ranch, a 4,000-acre proposed Pima Conservation Education and Leadership Training, which County Heritage Park, CEI assisted in the market and would be an overnight retreat, conference and training feasibility components of this effort as well as elements facility that integrated several historic properties of the implementation strategy. This included distributed throughout the site. The Northern Forest background evaluation, analysis of development Institute would include meeting spaces, a dining facility, opportunities, alternative concepts development, and a distance learning and video conferencing facility, lab evaluation of preferred alternative, as well as analysis of space, a library and overnight accommodations. CEI operating characteristics to provide input to a business evaluated the market for the facility, prepared an plan. operating plan and support materials for use in fundraising. Stoothoff-Gunther Farmstead: Franklin Township, New Jersey — Developed a feasibility analysis and operating Morrison Farm: Acton, Massachusetts — Evaluated the plan to adaptively reuse an historic homestead into an economic feasibility of the reuse of a historic, 32-acre agricultural farm park, with interpretive exhibits, farm as acommunity-oriented resource. CEI identified community events, active agricultural use, and revenue opportunities for proposed uses including community gardens. CEI evaluated potential resident recreation, community event space, and community and tourist market segments, profiled local agricultural farming, and estimated annual operating costs. attractions and comparable projects, estimated revenue Long Island Wine Country Visitor Center: Greenport, potential and identified staffing and operating expenses New York—Estimated visitation to the Long Island Wine required for a sustainable operation. country on the eastern end of Long Island, New York, Agricultural and Environmental Studies Center: New and evaluated marketing approaches and alternative England — For a private client in New England, CEI operating and management models for a visitor evaluated the market opportunity for the intercept strategy. The visitation forecast supported an redevelopment of a former dairy farm into an analysis of the feasibility of a visitor interpretive center. agricultural/environmental science feeder school for Maine's Own Organic Milk: Falmouth, Maine — high school students. The 345-acre property included a Maine's Own Organic Milk is a farmers cooperative for 17,000 square foot barn, several homes and other organic dairy farmers. CEI assisted in evaluating structures. CEI reviewed the overall market context for alternative locations for a processing facility and a the concept as well as completed a market scan of a visitor center. A preferred site was identified that met number of project types focused on agricultural location criteria for both processing and distribution education, agricultural tourism and innovative barn and as a visitor center servicing resident and tourist reuses for education projects. CEI also provided input markets. into strategies for project development. 2 www.consultecon.com Study Session of the Ithaca Town Board Monday, March 27, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. Draft Minutes Board Members Present: Bill Goodman, Supervisor; Rod Howe, Deputy Town Supervisor; Pat Leary, Tee-Ann Hunter, Eric Levine, Rich DePaolo, and Pamela Bleiwas Staff Present: Susan Ritter, Director of Planning, Bruce Bates, Director of Code Enforcement; Mike Solvig, Director of Finance, Judy Drake, Director of Human Resources; Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk; Jim Weber, Highway Superintendent and Susan Brock, Attorney for the Town Mr. Goodman opened the meeting at 4:52 p.m. **No audio for this meeting; minutes done by memory and notes taken. 1. Update on IO Grant and Program (Attachment 1) Cayuga Lake Watershed Restoration and Protection Plan Ms. Hunter gave a brief overview of the history of the grant and the progress of the draft plan. Ms. Lambert then went through table of contents for the Plan. Ms. Lambert noted that there are 45 municipalities in the watershed which makes coordination difficult but it is happening and there seems to be more awareness and buy-in than ever before so this is a good time for this effort. 2. Discuss and consider granting a waiver from the Moratorium on two-family dwellings for a parcel on Coddington Rd There was a brief discussion on the layout of the house and the view from the road as it relates to a statement in the resolution regarding impacting and fitting in the neighborhood. The Board decided that the view was mainly of the historic house and there were no issues with it. TB Resolution 2017 -045: Granting of a waiver from Town of Ithaca Local Law No. 5 of 2016 providing for a moratorium on new two-family dwellings, and on the addition of a second dwelling unit to an existing one-family dwelling,for a period of two hundred and seventy days. Whereas the Town Board adopted Local Law No. 5 of 2016, which was subsequently extended by adopting Local Law 2 of 2017,providing for a moratorium on two-family dwellings but providing for the granting of a waiver by the Town Board, and Whereas an application for a waiver was received and a public hearing held on March 13, 2017 at which time the public had an opportunity to speak in favor or against said waiver and the Town Board discussed the application, now therefore be it Resolved that the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca does hereby grant a waiver to Bill and Susan Lesser, owners, for 403 Coddington Rd, to be allowed to have a two-family on the TBS 2017-3-20 Pagel of 4 property consisting of the existing structure and the historical house they moved to the property with the following findings based on the factors to be considered in the moratorium, section 4: 1. Unnecessary hardship to the petitioner, which hardship is substantially greater than any harm to the general public welfare that would result from the granting of the waiver(for the purposes of this local law, unnecessary hardship shall not be the mere delay in receiving an approval, the granting of which is otherwise stayed, during the period imposed by this local law). FINDING: The hardship to the petitioner is substantially greater given that the roof was damaged during the move of the historic house to its new location and cannot or should not be repaired before its final move and adjustment on its new foundation. Any delay in the repair or replacement of the roof leaves the structure open to deterioration and decay and the petitioners are required to rent the blocks and staging used during the move and in anticipation of the final move at a cost of$150 a month. Any delay in the final moving of the house may cause logistical problems with scheduling the movers during a busier season for them as well as the time to develop and produce drawings for a building permit. 2. The project's harmony (or lack thereof)with the existing character of the community as a whole and the area of the community in which the property is located, including but not limited to opportunities the project provides to protect historic resources. FINDING: The character of the neighborhood will not be impacted given that the historic house existed in the general area until recently and the proposed placement of the new combined structure is such that from the road, the main view is of the historic house and given that there are other two-family houses in the area and one is immediately next door. 3. Whether the application for which the relief is requested is consistent with any interim data, recommendations, or conclusions which may be drawn at the time of the public hearing from the aforementioned Town Board review and study. FINDNG: The Town continues to review and draft legislation associated with the goals of the moratorium but finds that the historic nature of the house and the timing of the moving of it outweighs any concerns on the final outcome of those deliberations. 4. Whether the application for which the relief is requested is consistent with proposed new or amended laws, ordinances or regulations, if and as such may exist at the time of the public hearing. FINDINGS: As stated in three above, the Board feels this is consistent with their desire to support the preservation of this historic house which meets the existing laws and ordinances, and be it further Resolved, that the Town Board appreciates the petitioner's efforts to preserve this particular historic house and work to develop it in such a way as to have a minimum impact in the neighborhood. Moved: Bill Goodman Seconded: Eric Levine Vote: ayesDePaolo, Howe, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Goodman and Bleiwas TBS 2017-3-20 Page 2 of 4 3. Committee Reports a. COC—Mr. Goodman stated that there was no meeting this month but he would like to meet with Ms. Hunter and Mr. DePaolo prior to the April meeting regarding their concerns about the mural and sign laws. b. P&O—Ms. Bleiwas reported that they reviewed the IT procedures and suggestions from the Comptrollers regarding same. c. Planning—Mr. DePaolo reported that they reviewed the final draft legislation allowing drivethru's in residential commercial and moved it to the Board for action. Continued discussion on rental properties and Mr. Bates presented a way to track the properties through Municity and the existing Operating Permit procedures. More to come. Continued discussion on short-term rentals and the concerns from Renwick Heights. Mr. DePaolo and Mr. Bates are working on a letter for residents and owners of that neighborhood outlining the current regulations. d. Public Works—Mr. Howe reported thath they reviewed the GHD design of options for the Ellis Hollow Water Main project which is a 12"inch water main. The CIP schedule was discussed and items moved two years down due to Maplewood work load. Mr. Simkin came to the committee and presented his options for sewer service for his development which were not well received by the committee. He was not happy with that answer and we expect more communications to follow. e. Budget—Mr. Levine reported that they discussed long term debt projections and the proposal to set up a separate Town Wide Highway Fund for Cayuga Heights. Discussed having a joint meeting with PW to discuss maintaining roads to the level and costs budgeted rather than bonding for them. f. Economic Development Committee—Mr. Howe reported that the contract for the study is just waiting for approval from counsel. 4. Consent Agenda —Items pulled to vote individually TB Resolution 2017 -046: Town of Ithaca Abstract Whereas the following numbered vouchers have been presented to the Ithaca Town Board for approval of payment; and Whereas the said vouchers have been audited for payment by the said Town Board; now therefore be it Resolved that the governing Town Board hereby authorizes the payment of the said vouchers in total for the amounts indicated. VOUCHER NOS. 328 - 381 TBS 2017-3-20 Page 3 of 4 General Fund Townwide 92,383.15 General Fund Part-Town 16,530.64 Highway Fund Part-Town 16,675.40 Water Fund 11,261.70 Sewer Fund 5,716.10 Fire Protection Fund 255,000.00 Forest Home Lighting District 210.53 Glenside Lighting District 75.29 Renwick Heights Lighting District 93.12 Eastwood Commons Lighting District 189.01 Clover Lane Lighting District 22.49 Winner's Circle Lighting District 68.12 Burleigh Drive Lighting District 76.56 West Haven Road Lighting District 244.12 Coddington Road Lighting District 144.76 TOTAL 398,690.99 Moved: Rich DePaolo Seconded: Rod Howe Vote: ayesDePaolo, Howe, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Goodman and Bleiwas TB Resolution 2016 -047: Approve Town Board Minutes of March 13,2017 Whereas, the draft Minutes of the March 13, 2017 meeting of the Town Board have been submitted for review and approval, now therefore be it Resolved, that the Town Board hereby approves the submitted minutes as the final minutes of the meeting on March 13, 2017 of the Town Board of the Town of Ithaca. Moved: Rich DePaolo Seconded: Rod Howe Vote: ayesDePaolo, Howe, Hunter, Leary, Levine, Goodman and Bleiwas 5. Review of Correspondence—None 6. Executive session to discuss the employment history of a particular person Motion made by Mr. Goodman, seconded by Mr. DePaolo at 5:59 p.m. Need from Bill 7. Adjournment Submitted by Paulette Rosa, Town Clerk TBS 2017-3-20 Page 4 of 4