Amsterdam Route 30 “Flag Hotel” Study

Amsterdam Route 30 “Flag Hotel” Study

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Table of Contents 1.0 ANALYSIS SUMMARY LETTER ........................................................................................... 5

2.0 PROJECT OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 9

2.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND ............................................................................................. 11

3.0 MARKET ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................... 13

3.1 ROOM DEMAND ...................................................................................................... 15

3.2 HOTEL PROXIMITY AND OVERALL ROOM CAPACITY ....................................................... 15

3.3 15 & 30 MINUTE DRIVE MAP ................................................................................... 17

3.4 REGIONAL/COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS .................................................................... 18

3.5 TOWN OF AMSTERDAM DEMOGRAPHICS ..................................................................... 18

3.6 LEAKAGE/SPENDING ................................................................................................. 19

3.7 INCOME .................................................................................................................. 19

3.8 EDUCATION ............................................................................................................. 20

3.9 HOUSING ................................................................................................................ 21

3.10 COMPANIES ............................................................................................................. 22

3.11 OCCUPATIONS ......................................................................................................... 22

4.0 POTENTIAL HOTEL SITE SUMMARY ................................................................................. 25

4.1 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LIMITATIONS .......................................................................... 27

4.2 SITE SUMMARY TABLE WITH TAX ID AND PHONE NUMBERS ........................................... 27

4.3 SITE #1 – 5031 STATE HIGHWAY 30 .......................................................................... 28

4.4 SITE #2 – LANZI BROTHERS PROPERTY ........................................................................ 35



4.7 SITE #5 – HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE PROPERTIES ............................................................. 53

4.8 SITE #6 – ROSE INDUSTRIES PROPERTIES ..................................................................... 61

4.9 SITE #7 – ROUTE 30 AT LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION ..................................................... 69

5.0 UNIQUE ROOM DEMAND SURVEY AND ANALYSIS ............................................................. 77

5.1 LOCAL/REGIONAL BUSINESSES, EMPLOYERS, & NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ........... 79

5.2 LIST OF COMMUNITY NOT-FOR-PROFITS ...................................................................... 93


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5.3 UNIQUE ROOM DEMAND OPPORTUNITY CHART ........................................................... 97

5.4 TOURISM DRIVEN OPPORTUNITIES ............................................................................ 101

5.5 TOP REASONS TO OWN A HOTEL IN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK .................... 109

5.6 TOURISM DRIVEN VENUES AND OPPORTUNITIES CHART .............................................. 117

5.7 TOURISM WORKSHOP/COOPERATIVE TOUR PACKAGING PRESS RELEASE ....................... 121

5.8 TOURISM ECONOMICS PRESENTATION/CENTRAL NEW YORK ........................................ 125

6.0 LOCAL APPROVAL PROCESS & TIMEFRAME .................................................................... 151

6.1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 153

6.2 PLANNING BOARD CHAIRMAN LETTER ....................................................................... 155

6.3 ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR ................................................... 159

6.4 MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER LETTER OF SUPPORT ............. 169

7.0 NEW YORK STATE & LOCAL INCENTIVE OPPORTUNITIES .................................................. 173

7.1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 175

7.2 MONTGOMERY COUNTY IDA – CURRENT PILOT STRUCTURE ....................................... 177

7.3 MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND CONSOLIDATED

FUNDING APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES .................................................................... 193

8.0 HOTEL DEVELOPER OPPORTUNITIES & DISCUSSIONS ....................................................... 197

8.1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 199

9.0 THANK YOU AND NEXT STEPS ...................................................................................... 201

9.1 SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 203


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1.0 ANALYSIS SUMMARY LETTER


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2.0 PROJECT OVERVIEW


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2.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND

THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM HAS MADE THE POLICY DECISION TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE A “FLAG HOTEL”

DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLEMENT THE MANY PRO-BUSINESS AND TOURISM RELATED ASSETS THEY ENJOY. THIS IDENTIFIED NEED IS CRITICAL TO EXPAND ON THE ATTRACTION OF ENHANCED TOURISM TRAFFIC, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH AND OPERATIONS, AND OVERALL PROVIDE A QUALITY PLACE FOR THE

TRAVELING PUBLIC TO EXTEND THEIR STAY TO ENJOY THE COMMUNITY.

WITH THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM’S POSITIVE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, ITS PROXIMITY TO EXIT 27 OF THE

NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY/NYS STATE ROUTE 87 AND HIGH-PROFILE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS, IT IS

SURPRISING THAT NOT A SINGLE ALTERNATIVE FOR LODGING EXISTS WITHIN ITS BORDERS. WHEN YOU

COMBINE ALL HOTELS, MOTELS, INNS AND BED & BREAKFASTS WITHIN A FIVE-MILE RADIUS FROM THE

CENTER OF TOWN, THERE ARE ONLY THREE LODGING OPTIONS WITH A COMBINED 150 ROOMS. NONE OF

WHICH REPRESENT THE CORPORATE LEVEL “FLAG” STATUS, MEETING ROOM/DINING OPTIONS FOR 250 OR

OFFER FAMILY AMENITIES TO ATTRACT A DIVERSE CONSUMER.

IT IS THIS LACK OF “FLAG” DESIGNATED HOSPITALITY AND LODGING OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAS DRIVEN THE

TOWN OF AMSTERDAM TO STUDY THE OVERALL MARKET POTENTIAL AND DEVELOP A MARKETING STRATEGY

TO ATTRACT DEVELOPERS OF THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT TO THE NYS ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR.

THE INITIAL STRATEGY AND PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL DEVELOPABLE SITES

WITHIN THE TOWN’S COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, EVALUATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND LIMITATIONS, AND

ADVANCE THE PREDICTABILITY OF TIMEFRAME AND RELATED OVERALL SUPPORT. AS PART OF THE IN-DEPTH

EVALUATION, THE SITES WERE ANALYZED FOR LAYOUT FLEXIBILITY, AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC

INFRASTRUCTURE, COST OF ACCESS AND ANY POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS OF LOCAL LAND USE LAWS. THROUGH

THESE VARIABLES, THE REPORT DETERMINES EACH PROPERTY’S MARKET POTENTIAL, TIMEFRAME AND

SUITABILITY FOR THE IDENTIFIED DEVELOPMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THE REAL ESTATE EVALUATION, A MORE IMPORTANT SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED OF UNIQUE

ROOM DEMAND GENERATED BY THE EXISTING BUSINESS AND TOURISM COMMUNITY AND POTENTIAL

GROWTH RELATED TO THE AVAILABILITY OF A “FLAG HOTEL” TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL BUSINESS AND

CONSUMER ACTIVITY. THIS DEMAND IS CURRENTLY MET OUT OF THE AREA AT OTHER REGIONAL LOCATIONS.

OVERALL, THE DETERMINED NEED IS GREAT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, ENHANCED CONSUMER

SPENDING AND COMMUNITY-BASED EVENTS ARE SIGNIFICANT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE DESIRED

HOSPITALITY DEVELOPMENT AND ENTRY INTO THE MARKET OF “FLAG” LEVEL ACCOMMODATIONS.


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3.0 MARKET ANALYSIS


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3.1 ROOM DEMAND

THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS PER PERSON IS 1 ROOM FOR EVERY 67 PEOPLE

IN A GIVEN AREA. TABLE 1 SHOWS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF HOTELS ROOMS IN THE 5, 10, 15, AND 20 MILE RADII AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF NYS ROUTE 30 AND GOLF COURSE ROAD AND

THE NUMBER OF ROOMS NECESSARY TO MEET THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. ASIDE FROM EACH AREA

POSSESSING LESS THAN 50% OF ITS POTENTIAL, THE MOST STRIKING NUMBER IS THAT ONLY 26% OF THE

POTENTIAL DEMAND FOR ROOMS WITHIN THE 15-MILE RADIUS IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE.

TABLE 1: EXISTING AND POTENTIAL ROOMS PER POPULATION AT SELECTED RADII

DISTANCE POPULATION ROOMS POPULATION PER ROOM

OPTIMAL ROOMS # LEAKAGE % OF

POTENTIAL 5-MILE RADIUS 30,070 150 200 449 299 33%

10-MILE RADIUS 75,618 430 176 1129 699 38%

15-MILE RADIUS 128,069 501 256 1911 1410 26%

20-MILE RADIUS 266,280 1667 160 3974 2307 42%

*NATIONAL AVERAGE ROOMS/PERSON: 67

3.2 HOTEL PROXIMITY AND OVERALL ROOM CAPACITY

WITHIN 15 MINUTES DRIVING FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NYS ROUTE 30 AND GOLF COURSE ROAD THERE EXISTS SIX ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS. THESE OPTIONS ALSO ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE HOSPITALITY OPTIONS WITHIN 8 MILES FROM THAT SAME INTERSECTION. THESE ACCOMMODATIONS POSSESS A TOTAL OF 184 ROOMS, WITH NEARLY 70% OF THOSE ROOMS LOCATED WITHIN THE KNIGHTS INN AND SUPER 8 MOTEL. THE AVERAGE PRICE PER ROOM BETWEEN THESE SIX OPTIONS IS APPROXIMATELY $90.00 PER NIGHT.

TABLE 2: ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN 15 MINUTES DRIVING

LODGING DISTANCE MUNICIPALITY ROOMS AVERAGE PRICE AMSTERDAM CASTLE 2.5 AMSTERDAM CITY 23 $155 KNIGHTS INN 2.8 AMSTERDAM CITY 60 $70 SUPER 8 3.0 AMSTERDAM CITY 67 $76 BLUE MOON MOTEL 5.4 MAYFIELD 20 $80 BROADALBIN HOTEL 6.2 BROADALBIN 12 $156 FINCH GUEST HOUSE 6.3 BROADALBIN 2 $92

TOTAL 8.0 N/A 184 $90


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WITHIN 30 MINUTES DRIVING FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NYS ROUTE 30 AND GOLF COURSE ROAD THERE EXISTS AN ADDITIONAL 30 ACCOMMODATION OPTIONS. THESE OPTIONS ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THE HOSPITALITY OPTIONS WITHIN A 20-MILE RADIUS. TOGETHER THEY TOTAL 1,667 ROOMS FOR A POPULATION OF 266,280. THE AVERAGE PRICE PER ROOM BETWEEN ALL OF THE OPTIONS IS APPROXIMATELY $112.00 PER NIGHT.

TABLE 3: ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS WITHIN 30 MINUTES DRIVING LODGING DISTANCE MUNICIPALITY ROOMS AVERAGE PRICE

WYNDBOURNE B&B 8.5 GALWAY 4 $134 MICROTEL INN& SUITES 9.2 JOHNSTOWN 73 $95 RIVERSIDE MOTEL 9.3 FULTONVILLE 17 $74 HOLIDAY INN 9.6 JOHNSTOWN 100 $133 SUPER 8 9.6 JOHNSTOWN 47 $94 MARIAVILLE LAKE B&B 9.9 DUANESBURG 5 $203 COMFORT INN & SUITES 14.3 SCOTIA 65 $118 THE MANSION INN 14.8 MILTON 6 $202 GLEN SANDERS MANSION 15.3 SCOTIA 22 $135 HOMEWOOD SUITES 16.0 GLENVILLE 106 $165 THE LANDING HOTEL 16.0 SCHENECTADY 165 $158 THE STOCKADE INN 16.0 SCHENECTADY 18 $111 COURTYARD MARRIOTT 16.2 SCHENECTADY 124 $188 THE PARKER INN 16.4 SCHENECTADY 23 $124 HAMPTON INN 16.4 SCHENECTADY 93 $152 DOUBLE TREE 16.6 SCHENECTADY 120 $141 DAYS INN 16.7 SCHENECTADY 68 $66 AMERICAS BEST VALUE INN 16.8 SCHENECTADY 44 $65 TWINS MOTOR INN 17.1 SCHENECTADY 12 $50 IMPERIAL MOTEL 17.1 SCHENECTADY 47 $66 MEDBERY INN & SPA 17.2 BALLSTON SPA 12 $235 BELVEDERE INN 17.5 ROTTERDAM 31 $86 ROBIN HOOD MOTEL 18.0 MILTON 18 $122 QUALITY INN 18.5 ROTTERDAM 50 $81 SCOTTISH CHALET 18.9 SCHENECTADY 20 $50 SUPER 8 18.9 ROTTERDAM 89 $60 M STAR 19.4 PALATINE BRIDGE 30 $52 MOTEL 6 19.4 COLONIE 52 $61 PINEAPPLE HOUSE B&B 20.2 CANAJOHARIE 2 $125 PALATINE MOTEL 20.4 PALATINE BRIDGE 20 $70

TOTAL 21 N/A 1,483 $112


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3.3 15 & 30 MINUTE DRIVE MAP


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3.4 REGIONAL/COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS WITHIN 15 MINUTES DRIVING FROM THE INTERSECTION OF NYS ROUTE 30 AND GOLF COURSE ROAD THERE IS A POPULATION OF 30,885 PEOPLE. THIS POPULATION IS MADE UP OF 15,725 HOUSEHOLDS WITH AN AVERAGE DISPOSABLE INCOME OF $40,304 PER YEAR. THE AREA WOULD BE CHARACTERIZED AS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY SINCE ITS POPULATION EXPERIENCES A DECREASE OF 4% DURING THE DAYTIME. MOVING OUTWARD FROM THIS RADIUS WE CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A 19% INCREASE IN DISPOSABLE INCOME AND ABOUT A 26% INCREASE IN PER CAPITA INCOME.

TABLE 4: DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS BY DRIVING DISTANCE

DISTANCE POPULATION HOUSEHOLDS DISPOSABLE INCOME

PER CAPITAL INCOME

DAY POPULATION

2023 POPULATION ESTIMATE

0-15 MINUTES 38,885 15,725 $40,304 $27,456 37,284 38,660 15-30 MINUTES 169,615 67,558 $42,786 $29,366 158,642 158,642 30-50 MINUTES 600,467 254,743 $53,003 $38,608 669,971 669,971

3.5 TOWN OF AMSTERDAM DEMOGRAPHICS

THE DEMOGRAPHIC STORY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM SHOWS A 2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 6,001 PEOPLE. THIS FIGURE SUPPORTS A GROWTH IN POPULATION OF 6.3% SINCE 2010; WHICH REPRESENTS ONE OF THE HIGHEST GROWTH RATES IN THE ENTIRE MOHAWK VALLEY – CAPITAL REGION AS WELL AS THE STATE AS A WHOLE. THE MEDIAN AGE WAS 51.9 YEARS OLD, WHILE THE LARGEST AGE BRACKET WAS BETWEEN 55-64. THERE WERE 108 PEOPLE WHO WERE BORN IN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND 66 NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS WITHIN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM.

TABLE 5: SELECTED DEMOGRAPHICS WITHIN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM

CENSUS 2010 TOTAL POPULATION 5,566 2010 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE 2017 ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATE 6,001 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES PERCENT POPULATION CHANGE 6.3% CALCULATED MEDIAN AGE 51.9 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES MALE POPULATION 3,109 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES FEMALE POPULATION 2,892 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES UNDER 15 11.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 15 TO 24 12.2% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 25 TO 34 7.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 35 TO 44 10.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 45 TO 54 13.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES


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55 TO 64 19.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 65 TO 74 14.9% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES 75 TO 84 6.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES OVER 84 5.0% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES FOREIGN BORN POPULATION 1.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES NON-ENGLISH SPEAKERS 1.10% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

3.6 LEAKAGE/SPENDING

THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE POTENTIAL MARKET INDEX FROM THE ARCGIS BUSINESS ANALYST WITHIN THE SELECTED RADII. IT SHOWS THAT THE LOWEST INDEX IS WITHIN THE 15 MINUTE DRIVE RANGE, WITH THE INDEX RAISING AS THE RADIUS ENLARGES TO COVER THE 50 MINUTE DRIVE RANGE. IF WE TAKE 67 PEOPLE PER HOTEL ROOM AS THE AVERAGE WITH AN INDEX OF 100, THEN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WOULD HAVE A MARKET POTENTIAL 16% LESS THAN THE AVERAGE AT 78 PEOPLE PER HOTEL ROOM. EVEN WITH THIS ADJUSTMENT THE AREA IS STILL SHORT 287 ROOMS FROM ITS MARKET POTENTIAL.

TABLE 6: POTENTIAL MARKET INDEX

HOTELS & LODGING NUMBER EMPLOYEES MARKET POTENTIAL INDEX IDEAL PEOPLE PER ROOM

0-15 MINUTES

9 48 84 78

15-30 MINUTES

37 452 89 74

30-50 MINUTES

231 5402 110 61

3.7 INCOME

THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM HAS A MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $65,339 WHICH IS 10.7% HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE PER CAPITA INCOME OF $36,001 IS 13.3% HIGHER, THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME OF $73,940 IS 4.4% HIGHER, THE MEDIAN EARNINGS OF $41,992 IS 30.6% HIGHER, THE HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE OF 97.3% IS 6.7% HIGHER, AND THE POVERTY RATE OF 10.8% IS 25.7% LOWER.


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TABLE 7: TOWN INCOME STATISTICS

MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $65,339 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

PER CAPITA INCOME $36,001 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME $73,940 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN EARNINGS $41,992 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE 97.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY

SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

POVERTY RATE 10.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

3.8 EDUCATION

THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM IS 4% HIGHER THAN THE NEW YORK STATE RATE. THE COLLEGE GRADUATION RATE IS 8.2% LOWER THAN THE STATE, WITH THE ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE RATE 77% HIGHER, THE BACHELOR’S DEGREE RATE 27.1% LOWER, AND THE GRADUATE DEGREE RATE 31.8% LOWER.

TABLE 8: TOWN EDUCATION STATISTICS

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE OR HIGHER 89.6% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

COLLEGE GRADUATE OR HIGHER 40.40% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

NON-HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 10.4% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE 29.0% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

SOME COLLEGE 20.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

ASSOCIATE'S 15.4% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

BACHELOR’S 14.5% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

GRADUATE 10.5% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES


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3.9 HOUSING THE HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS FOR THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM SHOW A VACANCY RENTAL RATE 205% HIGHER THAN NEW YORK STATE’S RATE, WHILE THE VACANCY HOMEOWNER RATE IS 76.5% LOWER. PERCENT OCCUPIED HOUSING IS 4.6% LOWER, MEDIAN HOME AGE IS THE SAME, MEDIAN HOME VALUE IS 50.5% LOWER, MEDIAN MONTHLY COSTS ARE 40% LOWER, AND MEDIAN RENT IS 37.4% LOWER. COMPUTER OWNERSHIP IS 0.8% LOWER THAN THE STATE RATE, WHILE HOUSEHOLDS WITH BROADBAND ACCESS IS 0.1% HIGHER.

TABLE 9: TOWN HOUSING STATISTICS

VACANCY RATE RENTAL 13.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

VACANCY RATE HOUSE 0.4% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

VACANT HOUSING UNITS 204 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS 2,616 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

PERCENT OWNER OCCUPIED 83.4% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

TOTAL HOUSING UNITS (2017) 2,820 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

TOTAL HOUSING UNITS (2010) 2,445 2006-2010 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN AGE OF HOUSING UNITS 64 2006-2010 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN HOME VALUE $145,000 2006-2010 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN MONTHLY COSTS $1,225 2006-2010 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MEDIAN RENT $747 2006-2010 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

HOUSEHOLDS WITH COMPUTER 86.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

HOUSEHOLDS WITH BROADBAND 79.0% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES


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3.10 COMPANIES AS OF 2012, THERE WERE 466 INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM. THE TOP THREE SECTORS INCLUDED SOCIAL/HEALTH CARE AT 34, RETAIL AT 32, AND ACCOMMODATION/FOOD AT 24.

TABLE 10: TOWN BUSINESS STATISTICS NUMBER OF COMPANIES 466 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS MANUFACTURING 7 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS WHOLESALE 6 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS RETAIL 32 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS TRANSPORTATION/WAREHOUSING 4 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS INFORMATION 3 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS FINANCE/INSURANCE 11 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS REAL-ESTATE 4 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS PROFESSION/SCIENTIFIC/TECHNICAL 9 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS ADMINISTRATIVE/SUPPORT/WASTE/REMEDIATION 8 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS SOCIAL/HEALTH CARE 34 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION 5 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS ACCOMMODATION/FOOD 24 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS OTHER 16 2012 SURVEY OF BUSINESS OWNERS

3.11 OCCUPATIONS THE TOP OCCUPATION SECTOR WITHIN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM WAS EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, HEALTH CARE, AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AT 27.2% OF THOSE EMPLOYED WITHIN THE TOWN WITH AN ESTIMATED 767 PERSONS EMPLOYED IN THIS SECTOR. WITHIN THIS CATEGORY 506 PEOPLE WERE EMPLOYED IN THE HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SECTOR. THE NEXT CLOSEST SECTORS WERE RETAIL TRADE AT 347 PERSONS AND MANUFACTURING AT 332 PERSONS.

TABLE 11: TOWN OCCUPATION STATISTICS

CIVILIAN EMPLOYED POPULATION 16 YEARS AND OVER 2,815 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY

SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING, AND MINING 4.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY


CONSTRUCTION 4.5% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

MANUFACTURING 11.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES


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WHOLESALE TRADE 3.7% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

RETAIL TRADE 12.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING, AND UTILITIES 0.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY


INFORMATION 1.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

FINANCE/INSURANCE/REAL ESTATE 5.0% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES

PROFESSIONAL/SCIENTIFIC/MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE/WASTE 11.3% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY

SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, AND HEALTH CARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE 27.2% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY

SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT/RECREATION AND ACCOMMODATION/FOOD 5.1% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY

SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES OTHER SERVICES, EXCEPT PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 4.8% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY


PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 7.9% 2013-2017 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 5-YEAR ESTIMATES


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4.0 POTENTIAL HOTEL SITE SUMMARY


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4.1 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT LIMITATIONS

IN REGARDS TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND

THE CURRENT WASTEWATER FLOWS (BOTH AVERAGE DAILY AND PEAK WET WEATHER FLOWS) IN THE

EXISTING SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE EXISTING INTER-MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT (IMA) WITH THE CITY OF

AMSTERDAM. THE CURRENT IMA DICTATES THAT WASTEWATER FLOW FROM THE TOWN SHALL NOT

EXCEED 500,000 GALLONS PER DAY.

CURRENTLY, THE AVERAGE DAILY FLOW AT THE MASTER SEWER FLOW METER (WHICH MEASURES SEWER

FLOWS DISCHARGED FROM THE TOWN TO THE CITY SYSTEM ON CHAPEL ST NEAR THE GOLF COURSE) IS

AROUND 200,000 GALLONS PER DAY. HOWEVER, DURING HEAVY RAIN/SNOW MELT EVENTS, THE FLOWS

HAVE INCREASED TO OVER 450,000 GALLONS PER DAY AT TIMES. THEREFORE, IT MAY BE PRUDENT TO

CONTINUE THE EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE I&I FROM THE EXISTING SYSTEM TO PROVIDE MORE CAPACITY FOR

FUTURE FLOWS.

IN PAST YEARS, PRE-2014, THE PEAK FLOWS WOULD REACH OVER 500,000 GALLONS PER DAY DURING

STORMS ON OCCASION. WE FOUND SOME VERY LARGE INFLOW & INFILTRATION SOURCES (LOWES STORM

POND) AND FIXED THEM AND HAVE NOT HAD AN EXCEEDANCE OF THE 500,000 GALLONS PER DAY

SINCE. BUT WE SEEM TO BE INCHING CLOSER TO THE LIMIT OVER TIME AND AS SOME DEVELOPMENT HAS

OCCURRED.

4.2 SITE SUMMARY TABLE WITH TAX ID AND PHONE NUMBERS

Table 12: Site Summary Table Site # Parcel ID Acres Address Owner Phone #

1 39.-5-5.1 113.84 5031 State Highway 30 Cariati, Anita 1-860-681-3991 2 39.-4-2 7.94 State Highway 30 Lanzi Brothers of Amsterdam, Inc. 518-661-7645 3 24.20-1-25 16.96 4908 State Highway 30 4908 Associates, LLC 518-465-1400 4 24.20-1-15 1.00 4876 State Highway 30 Menagias, Angelo & Gerasimos 518-384-1310 4 24.-6-24.1 9.54 Off Golf Course Road Menagias, Angelo & Gerasimos 518-393-9361 5 24.-6-15 0.91 Holland Circle Drive Liberty Foundation 518-842-5080 5 24.-6-16 1.14 Holland Circle Drive Liberty Foundation 518-842-5080 5 24.-6-17 0.73 Holland Circle Drive Liberty Enterprises 518-842-5080 6 24.16-1-11.1 9.59 State Highway 30 Montgomery Center, LLC 518-462-7411 6 25.-1-10.12 0.92 4781 State Highway 30 Rose Industries, LLC 518-843-3232 6 25.-1-10.2 6.19 Maple Avenue Extension Rose Industries, LLC 518-843-3232 6 25.-1-10.3 10.76 Maple Avenue Extension Rose Industries, LLC 518-843-3232 6 25.-1-9.1 32.86 234 Wallins Corners Road Rose Industries, LLC 518-843-3232 7 24.12-4-7.3 17.34 State Highway 30 DeRaffele Mfg. Co., Inc. 914-636-6850


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4.3 SITE #1 – 5031 STATE HIGHWAY 30

4.3.1 SITE LAYOUT

THE ADDRESS OF SITE #1 IS 5031 STATE HIGHWAY 30. THIS SITE CONSISTS OF 10 ACRES OF A 113.84-ACRE PARCEL 39.00-5-5.1 OWNED BY ANITA CARIATI. THE LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL BUILDING SITE

WOULD FRONT ON TESSIERO SQUARE, TO THE SOUTH OF TOWN SQUARE PLAZA AND DIRECTLY EAST OF THE

RECOVERY ROOM, SEFCU, AND WALGREENS. THE PARCEL IS MADE UP OF A MIX OF OPEN SPACE, HISTORIC

AGRICULTURAL SPACE, AND A VACANT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME ON ROUTE 30. THE 2.5-ACRE SITE CONSISTS

OF FORMER AGRICULTURAL LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY MAINTAINED AS MEADOWLAND WITH A TREE LINE TO

THE EAST AND A FORESTED AREA TO THE SOUTH.

4.3.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 13: SITE #1 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 39.00-5-5.1 ACRES 10 (DEVELOPMENT SITE) SQUARE FEET 4,907,349.96 ADDRESS 5031 STATE HIGHWAY 30 OWNER ANITA CARIATI MAIL 1157 HIGHLAND AVE, SUITE 213, CHESHIRE, CT, 06410 FRONTAGE 572.9 PROPERTY CLASS COMMERCIAL VACANT WITH IMPROVEMENTS PROPERTY CODE 331 ZONING B2 ASSESSED VALUE $61,511 LAND VALUE $37,600 MARKET VALUE $640,740 TAXABLE $43,326 WATER PRIVATE SEWER NO GAS NO ELECTRIC YES

4.3.3 WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

THERE IS CURRENTLY ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE. AN

8-INCH WATER MAIN SERVES TESSIERO SQUARE AND TWO HYDRANTS EXIST NEAR EITHER END OF THE SITE

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CONNECT TO THE MAIN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TESSIERO SQUARE AND POSSIBLY INSTALL AN ONSITE

HYDRANT DEPENDING ON THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING.

4.3.4 SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE

THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SEWER ACCESS AT THIS SITE. AN EXTENSION WOULD BE NEEDED FROM EITHER THE

2-INCH FORCE MAIN ON ROUTE 30 OR THE UN-INVESTIGATED LINE AT TOWN SQUARE PLAZA. THE

DISTANCE DOWN TESSIERO SQUARE TO ROUTE 30 IS ABOUT 445 FEET AND WOULD NEED TO BE

PRESSURIZED, WHILE THE DISTANCE TO THE NEAREST MANHOLE AT THE PLAZA IS ABOUT 240 FEET. EITHER

OPTION WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE DEVELOPER.

4.3.5 PRIVATE UTILITIES

NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICAL, AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ALL EXIST 445 FEET AWAY ALONG

ROUTE 30 WITH EXCESS CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE.

4.3.6 REQUIRED UPGRADE COSTS

TABLE 14: SITE #1 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS TAPPING $700 SEWER ACCESS 8” – 240’ $24,000 – $36,000 NATURAL GAS 445 FEET $9,000 - $13,000

4.3.7 LAND USE LAW

IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, A 2.5-ACRE SUBDIVISION WOULD NEED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE

RESTRICTED BUSINESS (B-2) ZONING DISTRICT EXCEPT FOR A DISCONNECTED PART BEHIND THE TOWN

SQUARE PLAZA THAT IS ZONED BUSINESS (B-1). THE ONLY ACCOMMODATIONS ALLOWED WITHIN THE B-2

ZONE ARE BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS, THEREFORE A USE VARIANCE WOULD BE NECESSARY TO

ALLOW FOR A FULL-SERVICE HOTEL.

THE TOWN CODE DEFINES A BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT AS “AN OWNER-OCCUPIED, SINGLE

DWELLING UNIT IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE, BUT NOT MORE THAN FOUR, SLEEPING ROOMS ARE PROVIDED BY

THE OWNER-OCCUPANT AS OVERNIGHT/LODGING FACILITIES, WITH OR WITHOUT MEALS, FOR THE

ACCOMMODATION OF TRANSIENT GUESTS.”


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4.4 SITE #2 – LANZI BROTHERS PROPERTY

4.4.1 SITE LAYOUT

WHILE SITE #2 FRONTS ON STATE HIGHWAY 30, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO ADDRESS FOR PARCEL 39.0-4-2. THE SITE CONSISTS OF THE ENTIRE 7.94-ACRE, AN UNDEVELOPED PARCEL OWNED BY THE LANZI BROTHERS

OF AMSTERDAM INC. THE LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL SITE IS DIRECTLY SOUTH OF AMSTERDAM

COMMONS AND NORTH OF THE ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL PROPERTY. THE PARCEL IS MADE UP OF MEADOW

IN THE EAST AND FOREST IN THE WEST SPLIT BY A STEEP 25-FOOT DECLINE, WITH THE ENTIRE SITE SLOPING

TO THE SOUTHWEST BY 60 FEET FROM THE ROUTE 30. THE AREA THAT IS FLATTER, MEADOW LAND NEAR

ROUTE 30 MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 3 ACRES OF THE SITE. THE FLATTER FORESTED AREA TO THE REAR OF

THE SITE MAKES UP ANOTHER 3 ACRES. THIS LEAVES NEARLY 2 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPABLE STEEP SLOPE

AREA.

4.4.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 17: SITE #2 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 39.00-4-2 ACRES 7.94 SQUARE FEET 345,846.65 ADDRESS STATE HIGHWAY 30 OWNER LANZI BROTHERS OF AMSTERDAM INC MAIL PO BOX 239, MAYFIELD, NY, 12117 FRONTAGE 430.3 PROPERTY CLASS RESIDENTIAL VACANT LAND PROPERTY CODE 311 ZONING R1 ASSESSED VALUE $6,000 LAND VALUE $6,000 MARKET VALUE $62,500 TAXABLE $6,000 WATER NONE SEWER NONE GAS NONE ELECTRIC YES


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THERE IS CURRENTLY ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR BOTH LEVELS OF THE SITE. A 20-INCH

WATER MAIN SERVES THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 30; HOWEVER, THE NEAREST HYDRANT IS ON THE EAST SIDE

OF ROUTE 30. THE POTENTIAL EXPENSES WOULD BE A 600-FOOT WATERLINE EXTENSION IN ORDER TO

ACCESS THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AND A FIRE HYDRANT WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR THE TWO

LEVELS OF THE SITE.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS THROUGH A MANHOLE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE

PROPERTY AND A MAIN LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF ROUTE 30. THE MAIN THAT IS LOCATED ONSITE IS

AN 8-INCH PVC PIPE AND WOULD REQUIRE A 600-FOOT EXTENSION TO ACCESS THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE. THE MAIN LOCATED ON ROUTE 30 IS AN 8-INCH PVC PIPE AND WOULD REQUIRE A 100-FOOT EXTENSION

BENEATH ROUTE 30 TO ACCESS THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE AND A 1400-FOOT EXTENSION WITH A GRINDER

PUMP TO CONNECT FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THE SITE.


NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICAL, AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ALL EXIST ON ALONG ROUTE 30

WITH EXCESS CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE.


TABLE 18: SITE #2 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS TAPPING & LATERAL / 4” – 600’ $700/$36,000 SEWER ACCESS 8”– 100’/600’/1400’&PUMP $15K/$90K/$225K NATURAL GAS 100 FEET / 500 FEET $2K – $3K / $10K – $15K

4.4.7 LAND USE LAW

THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BUSINESS (B-1) ZONING DISTRICT. AS-OF-RIGHT THE B-1

DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND MOTELS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL USE

PERMIT.

THE TOWN CODE DEFINES A HOTEL AS “A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS WHERE TRANSIENT GUESTS

ARE LODGED FOR REMUNERATION, INCLUDING MOTELS BUT EXCLUDING ROOMING HOUSES.” THE TOWN

CODE DEFINES A MOTEL AS “A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS, WHETHER DETACHED OR IN CONNECTED

UNITS, USES AS INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING UNITS DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR TRANSIENT AUTOMOBILE TRAVELERS

AND PROVIDING FOR ACCESSORY PARKING FACILITIES.”


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4.5.1 SITE LAYOUT

THE ADDRESS OF SITE #3 IS 4908 STATE HIGHWAY 30, HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENT SITE FRONTS ON

GOLF COURSE ROAD. THE SITE CONSISTS OF THE WESTERNMOST UNDEVELOPED 7.5 ACRES OF THE 17.15-ACRE PARCEL 24.20-1-25 PARCEL OWNED BY 4908 ASSOCIATES, LLC, DOVE CREEK PLAZA. THE LOCATION

OF THE POTENTIAL SITE IS DIRECTLY EAST OF THE AMSTERDAM COMMONS ACCESS ROAD, WEST OF THE

SHOPS AT DOVE CREEK, NORTH OF TARGET, AND SOUTH OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. THE

PROPOSED SITE IS MADE UP OF 3 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE MEADOW AND UNUSED PAVED AREA AND 4.5

ACRES OF STEEP SLOPE FOREST. THE DEVELOPABLE AREA IS SEPARATED FROM THE FORESTED AREA BY A

STEEP 30-FOOT DECLINE.

4.5.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 19: SITE #3 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 24.20-1-25 ACRES 16.96 SQUARE FEET 746,988.91 ADDRESS 4908 STATE HIGHWAY 30 OWNER 4908 ASSOCIATES, LLC, DOVE CREEK PLAZA MAIL 14 CORPORATE WOODS BLVD, SUITE 100, ALBANY, NY, 12211 FRONTAGE 320.0 PROPERTY CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING CENTER PROPERTY CODE 452 ZONING B1 ASSESSED VALUE $220,000 LAND VALUE $67,200 MARKET VALUE $2,291,667 TAXABLE $220,000 WATER PRIVATE SEWER PRIVATE GAS YES ELECTRIC YES


WHILE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE EXISTS, THERE IS

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SERVING THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 30 AND THE NEAREST HYDRANT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 30 IN

FRONT OF THE RITE AID. THIS SITE COULD EITHER CONNECT THROUGH A 200-FOOT EXTENSION OF THE

EXISTING LATERAL FOR THE DOVE CREEK PLAZA OR THROUGH A 1000-FOOT WATER MAIN EXTENSION

DOWN GOLF COURSE ROAD. A FIRE HYDRANT WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SITE

AND TWO WOULD NEED TO BE INSTALLED ALONG GOLF COURSE ROAD IF A NEW MAIN WERE TO BE

INSTALLED.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS VIA AN 8-INCH PVC MAIN RUNNING THROUGH THE PROPERTY

BETWEEN THE PLAZA AND THE DEVELOPMENT SITE. THIS MAIN CONNECTS AMSTERDAM COMMONS TO THE

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ACROSS GOLF COURSE ROAD. THE ONLY EXPENSE WOULD BE THE LATERAL

CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEWER MAIN.


ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ARE ALONG GOLF COURSE ROAD WITH EXCESS

CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE. NATURAL GAS IS AVAILABLE ON ROUTE 30 AND COULD BE

EXTENDED FROM THE DOVE CREEK PLAZA.


TABLE 20: SITE #3 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS 4” – 200’/1,000’ & HYDRANTS $25,000/$100,000 SEWER ACCESS TAPPING & LATERAL $1,000 NATURAL GAS 200 FEET $4,000 - $6,000

4.5.7 LAND USE LAW

IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, A 7.5-ACRE SUBDIVISION WOULD NEED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. THE ENTIRE PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN THE

BUSINESS (B-1) ZONING DISTRICT. AS-OF-RIGHT THE B-1 DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF

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4.6.1 SITE LAYOUT

THE ADDRESS OF SITE #4 IS 4876 STATE HIGHWAY 30 FOR PARCEL 24.20-1-15 AND NO ADDRESS OFF

GOLF COURSE ROAD FOR PARCEL 24.0-6-24.1. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A 1-ACRE PARCEL AND A 9.58-ACRE

PARCEL OWNED BY ANGELO MENAGIAS. THE LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL SITE IS EAST OF THE UNITED

METHODIST CHURCH AND FORT JOHNSON FIRE HOUSE, NORTH OF THE SHOPS AT DOVE CREEK AND GOLF

COURSE ROAD, SOUTH OF ALPIN HAUS, AND WEST OF ROUTE 30, BURGER KING, BLUE RIBBON, AND RITE

AID. THE DEVELOPABLE AREA AT THE REAR OF THE SITE IS 7 ACRES, WHILE THE DEVELOPABLE AREA AT ROUTE

30 IS 0.75 ACRES MADE UP PRIMARILY OF MEADOW AND WOODED AREAS. THIS SITE IS BROKEN UP DUE TO

8-INCH SEWER MAINS CROSSING THE PROPERTY IN THE WEST, NORTH, AND EAST.

4.6.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 21: SITE #4 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 2 PARCEL 24.20-1-15 24.00-6-24.1 ACRES 1.00 9.54 SQUARE FEET 43,637.22 417,525.26 ADDRESS 4876 STATE HIGHWAY 30 OFF GOLD COURSE ROAD OWNER MENAGIAS, ANGELO & GERASIMOS MENAGIAS, ANGELO & GERASIMOS

MAIL 10 CEPHALONIA DRIVE, NISKAYUNA, NY, 12309

1801 STATE STREET, SCHENECTADY, NY, 12304

FRONTAGE 94.4 210.0 PROPERTY CLASS VACANT COMMERCIAL VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CODE 330 330 ZONING B1 R1 ASSESSED VALUE $5,000 $15,100 LAND VALUE $5,000 $15,100 MARKET VALUE $52,083 $157,292 TAXABLE $5,000 $15,100 WATER PRIVATE NONE SEWER PRIVATE NONE GAS NONE NONE ELECTRIC YES YES


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THERE IS CURRENTLY ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE. THE

SITE CAN ACCESS THE 20-INCH WATER MAIN FROM ROUTE 30 DIRECTLY AT ITS FRONTAGE; OTHERWISE, A

420-FOOT EXTENSION WOULD BE NEEDED FROM ROUTE 30 TO ACCESS THE GOLF COURSE ROAD FRONTAGE

PORTION. A HYDRANT EXISTS ADJACENT TO THE PARCEL ON ROUTE 30; HOWEVER, AN ADDITIONAL

HYDRANT WOULD BE NEEDED IF THE GOLF COURSE ROAD SIDE OF THE PARCEL IS DEVELOPED.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS VIA AN 8-INCH PVC MAIN RUNNING ALONG THE NORTH EDGE OF THE

SITE. IT ALSO CUTS THROUGH THE REAR OF BOTH PARCELS. THIS MAIN COULD BE ACCESSED VIA GRAVITY

FROM NEARLY ALL POINTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT SITE. THE ONLY EXPENSE WOULD BE THE LATERAL

CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING SEWER MAIN.


ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ARE ALONG ROUTE 30 AND GOLF COURSE ROAD

WITH EXCESS CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE. NATURAL GAS IS AVAILABLE ON ROUTE 30 OR

WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED DOWN GOLF COURSE ROAD.


TABLE 22: SITE #4 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS 4” – 300’/500’ & HYDRANTS $18,000/$43,000 SEWER ACCESS TAPPING & LATERAL $1,000 NATURAL GAS 300 FEET $6,000 - $9,000

4.6.7 LAND USE LAW

IT WOULD SERVE THE DEVELOPER WELL TO CONSOLIDATE THE TWO PARCELS INTO ONE THROUGH THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. CONSOLIDATION WOULD PREVENT THE NEED TO

RECEIVE AREA VARIANCES FOR PARCEL SIZE AND SETBACKS. THE ENTIRETY OF BOTH PARCELS IS LOCATED

WITHIN THE BUSINESS (B-1) ZONING DISTRICT. AS-OF-RIGHT THE B-1 DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND MOTELS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.







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Amsterdam Topographic Geodatabase, 2018 Mongomery County Street Segments, 2018 Amsterdam Zoning District Boundaries, 2017

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Site #4

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Burger King

United Methodist Church

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4.7 SITE #5 – HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE PROPERTIES

4.7.1 SITE LAYOUT

WHILE SITE #6 FRONTS ON HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE, NONE OF THE PARCELS POSSESS A FORMAL STREET

ADDRESS. THE SITE CONSISTS OF THREE UNDEVELOPED PARCELS OWNED BY LIBERTY ENTERPRISES: 0.75-ACRE PARCEL 24.0-6-17, 1.16-ACRE PARCEL 24.0-6-16, AND 0.91-ACRE PARCEL 24.0-6-15. THE

LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SITE IS DIRECTLY WEST OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY EYE SURGERY

CENTER, SOUTH OF THE APPROVED U-HAUL SITE, EAST OF THE APPROVED MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION

HOUSING, AND NORTH OF 119 MEDIAL PLAZA. ALL 2.82 ACRES OF THIS SITE IS MADE UP OF LEVEL, VACANT, AND DEVELOPABLE MEADOW LAND. THERE IS A SMALL 0.17-ACRE AREA TO THE NORTH OF 24.0-6-16 AND

24.0-6-15 THAT MAY FALL UNDER A RESTRICTED WETLAND COVENANT; HOWEVER, THOSE AREAS ARE

EASILY AVOIDABLE. THERE ARE ALSO AREAS ON THESE PROPERTIES THAT WERE PROPOSED TO BE RESTRICTED

IN 2005, BUT THAT SEEMS TO HAVE NEVER BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

4.7.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 23: SITE #5 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 2 PARCEL 3 PARCEL 24.00-6-15 24.00-6-16 24.00-6-17 ACRES 0.91 1.14 0.73 SQUARE FEET 39,544.56 50,480.33 32,633.24 ADDRESS HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE OWNER LIBERTY FOUNDATION LIBERTY FOUNDATION LIBERTY ENTERPRISES

MAIL 43 LIBERTY DRIVE, AMSTERDAM, NY, 12010

43 LIBERTY DRIVE, AMSTERDAM, NY, 12010

43 LIBERTY DRIVE, AMSTERDAM, NY, 12010

FRONTAGE 174.0 190.3 132 PROPERTY CLASS VACANT COMMERCIAL VACANT COMMERCIAL VACANT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CODE 330 330 330 ZONING B1 B1 B1 ASSESSED VALUE $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 LAND VALUE $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 MARKET VALUE $20,833 $20,833 $20,833 TAXABLE $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 WATER PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC SEWER PUBLIC PUBLIC PUBLIC GAS YES YES YES ELECTRIC YES YES YES


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THERE IS CURRENTLY ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE. THE

MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF FULTON AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON

FUNDING 900 FEET OF WATER MAIN FOR HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE THAT THE OTHER BUSINESSES ARE

OBLIGATED TO DIRECTLY CONNECT TO. THIS DEVELOPMENT SITE WOULD ALSO BE OBLIGATED TO PAY THEIR

SHARE OF THE EXTENSION COST. FIRE HYDRANTS ARE ALSO PROPOSED BUT WILL NEED TO BE FUNDED BY

THE DEVELOPERS.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS VIA A MANHOLE AND MAIN RUNNING IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY ON

HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE. THIS MAIN CONNECTS TO AN 8-INCH SEWER MAIN THAT RUNS BEHIND ALPIN

HAUS AND EVENTUALLY TO GOLF COURSE ROAD. THE EXPENSES WOULD BE THE LATERAL CONNECTION TO

THE EXISTING SEWER MAIN AND A POSSIBLE UPGRADE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE MAIN IN FRONT OF

THE PROPERTY.


ELECTRICAL, TELECOMMUNICATION, AND NATURAL GAS CONNECTIONS EXTEND DOWN THE NORTH SIDE OF

HOLLAND CIRCLE DRIVE TO THE DRIVEWAY OF THE MOHAWK VALLEY EYE SURGERY CENTER WITH EXCESS

CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE. THESE SERVICES WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED 100 TO

200 FEET IN ORDER FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE ACCESS.


TABLE 24: SITE #5 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS TAPPING & LATERAL $3,000 SEWER ACCESS TAPPING & LATERAL $3,000 – $6,000 NATURAL GAS 100 FEET / 200 FEET $2K–$3K / $4K–$6K

4.7.7 LAND USE LAW

IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, THE THREE PARCELS WOULD NEED TO BE CONSOLIDATED INTO A SINGLE

PARCEL TO AVOID THE NEED OF AREA VARIANCES FOR LOT COVERAGE AND SETBACKS THROUGH THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT. THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT SITE IS LOCATED

WITHIN THE BUSINESS (B-1) ZONING DISTRICT. AS-OF-RIGHT THE B-1 DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE

DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND MOTELS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.




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4.8 SITE #6 – ROSE INDUSTRIES PROPERTIES

4.8.1 SITE LAYOUT

SITE #6 IS MADE UP OF FIVE PARCELS WITH FRONTAGE ON ROUTE 30, WALLINS CORNERS ROAD, AND

MAPLE AVENUE. PARCEL 24.16-1-11.1 IS OWNED BY MONTGOMERY CENTER, LLC, WHILE PARCELS

25.0-1-9.1 (234 WALLINS CORNERS ROAD), 25.0-1-10.3, 25.0-1-10.12 (4781 ROUTE 30), AND

25.0-1-10.2 ARE OWNED BY ROSE INDUSTRIES, LLC. THE LOCATION OF THIS 60.77-ACRE SITE IS NORTH

OF WALLINS CORNERS ROAD, NORTH AND EAST OF LOWE’S, SOUTH OF MAPLE AVENUE, AND WEST OF

ROUTE 30, KINDERHOOK BANK, KEY BANK, FUTURE WRECKER SALES, AND KEM PLAZA. A CLASS A

STREAM KNOWN AS BUNN CREEK FLOWS THROUGH THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPOSED SITE AND NEARLY

HALF OF THE SITE POSSESSES HYDRIC SOILS.

PARCEL 24.16-1-11.1 1 IS 9.63 ACRES AND FRONTS ON NYS ROUTE 30. IT CONTAINS A LARGE

STORMWATER POND ADJACENT TO THE ENTRANCE FOR LOWE’S AT ROUTE 30 AS WELL AS SMALLER WET

AREAS THROUGHOUT THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SITE. THERE IS ALSO AN OVERLAP OF PARKING FROM

LOWE’S ONTO THIS SITE. THE REST OF THE ACREAGE IS FLAT, FORMER AGRICULTURAL MEADOW, OF WHICH

THE DEVELOPABLE PORTION OF THE SITE IS ROUGHLY 5 ACRES. THERE IS NO DIRECT ACCESS TO ROUTE 30

FROM THIS SITE; THERE COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SHARING LOWE’S ACCESS DRIVEWAY.

PARCEL 25.0-1-10.12 IS 0.92 ACRES AND FRONTS ON NYS ROUTE 30. IT CONTAINS A VACANT SINGLE-FAMILY HOME WITHOUT A DRIVEWAY, WITH MEADOW IN THE REAR, AND WITH A LAWN IN THE FRONT. THIS

PARCEL IS THE ONLY VIABLE ACCESS POINT TO ROUTE 30 FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT SITE AND IS FLAT.

PARCEL 25.0-1-10.2 IS 6.16 ACRES AND FRONTS ON MAPLE AVENUE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE PARCEL

IS RELATIVELY FLAT, FORMER AGRICULTURAL MEADOW EXCEPT FOR THE ACCESS DRIVEWAY TO KINDERHOOK

BANK WHICH TAKES UP 0.12 ACRES IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER. APPROXIMATELY 2.7 ACRES OF THE SITE

FORMS A PLATEAUED AREA ALONG WITH 0.8 ACRES OF THE ADJACENT PARCEL 25.0-1-10.3.

PARCEL 25.0-1-10.3 IS 10.77 ACRES AND FRONTS ON MAPLE AVENUE. THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE

PARCEL IS A FORESTED, UNDESIGNATED WETLANDS AREA WITH SATURATED SOILS. THE EASTERN THIRD OF

THE PARCEL IS MEADOW LAND WITH A 0.8-ACRE PLATEAUED AREA THAT COMBINES WITH THE 2.7-ACRE

AREA ON PARCEL 25.0-1-10.2; NEARLY ALL OF THE AREA IS SATURATED. THE EASTERN THIRD IS CLEARED

MEADOW LAND THAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF PARCEL 25.0-1-9.1, IS AN

ISOLATED 4-ACRE DEVELOPABLE AREA WITHIN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT SITE WITH AN ACCESS BRIDGE

OVER THE WETLAND ADJACENT TO MAPLE AVENUE.

PARCEL 25.0-1-9.1 IS 33.29 ACRES AND FRONTS ON WALLINS CORNERS ROAD AND MAPLE AVENUE. 18.79 ACRES OF THE PARCEL IS FORESTED, UNDESIGNATED WETLAND AREA WITH SATURATED SOILS AND 20

FEET LOWER THAN THE REST OF THE PARCEL. THE NORTHEAST 2.5 ACRES OF THE PARCEL IS A DEVELOPABLE

MEADOW THAT COMBINES WITH 1.5 ACRES OF PARCEL 25.0-1-10.3 TO FORM A 4-ACRE SITE. THE


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WESTERN 13 ACRES OF THE PARCEL CONTAINS FORMER AGRICULTURAL MEADOW AND A SMALL 2-STALL

GARAGE WITH A DRIVEWAY. THESE 13 ACRES WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OTHER PARCEL’S DEVELOPABLE

AREAS (EXCLUDING THE NORTHEASTERN SITE) CREATE AN AREA OF 28 CONTIGUOUS ACRES.

4.8.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 25: SITE #6 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 2 PARCEL 3 PARCEL 4 PARCEL 5 PARCEL 24.16-1-11.1 25.-1-10.12 25.-1-10.2 25.-1-10.3 25.-1-9.1 ACRES 9.59 0.92 6.19 10.76 32.86 SQUARE FEET 419,291.61 399,56.67 268,155.14 469,295.62 1,450,245.52

ADDRESS STATE HIGHWAY 30

4781 STATE HIGHWAY 30

MAPLE AVENUE EXTENSION

MAPLE AVENUE EXTENSION

234 WALLINS CORNERS ROAD

OWNER MONTGOMERY CENTER, LLC

ROSE INDUSTRIES, LLC




MAIL

50 STATE STREET, 6TH FLOOR, ALBANY, NY, 12207

4786 STATE HIGHWAY 30, AMSTERDAM, NY, 12010




FRONTAGE 250.0 100.3 428.5 845.8 990.0 PROPERTY CLASS

VACANT COMMERCIAL

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VACANT COMMERCIAL

VACANT WITH IMPROVEMENTS

PROPERTY CODE 330 330 330 330 312

ZONING M1 M1 M1 PUD PUD ASSESSED VALUE $40,000 $1,000 $3,000 $4,000 $7,400

LAND VALUE $40,000 $1,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,250 MARKET VALUE $416,667 $10,417 $31,250 $41,667 $77,083

TAXABLE $40,000 $1,000 $3,000 $4,000 $7,400 WATER NONE NONE PRIVATE NONE PRIVATE SEWER NONE NONE PUBLIC NONE PRIVATE GAS NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE ELECTRIC YES NONE YES NONE YES


WHILE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE EXISTS, THERE ARE

CURRENTLY NO WATER MAINS ON THE SITE. ROUTE 30 AND WALLINS CORNERS ROAD BOTH PROVIDE

ACCESS TO 12-INCH WATER MAINS. WATER HYDRANTS ARE ACCESSIBLE ALONG WALLINS CORNER’S ROAD

ONLY. DEPENDING ON WHERE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS ON THIS SITE, THE COSTS OF AN EXTENSION WILL


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VARY CONSIDERABLY. THERE IS ALSO AN ARRAY OF OPTIONS TO CONNECT INTO THE WATER SYSTEM

INCLUDING 500 FEET OFF ROUTE 30, 600 FEET UP LOWE’S ACCESS DRIVEWAY AND ONTO THE SITE, 600

FEET UP MAPLE AVENUE, 1,800 FEET UP MAPLE AVENUE, OR A LATERAL CONNECTION OFF WALLINS

CORNERS ROAD.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS VIA 8-INCH PVC MAINS RUNNING ALONG WALLINS CORNERS ROAD, THROUGH THE LOWE’S PROPERTY, AND ON ROUTE 30. THERE THE SAME ARRAY OF OPTIONS TO CONNECT

INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM INCLUDING 500 FEET OFF ROUTE 30, 600 FEET UP LOWE’S ACCESS DRIVEWAY

AND ONTO THE SITE, 600 FEET UP MAPLE AVENUE, 1,800 FEET UP MAPLE AVENUE, OR A LATERAL

CONNECTION OFF WALLINS CORNERS ROAD.


NATURAL GAS, ELECTRICAL, AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS EXIST ALONG WALLINS CORNERS

ROAD AND ROUTE 30 WITH EXCESS CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE. EXTENSION OF THE

NATURAL GAS DOWN MAPLE AVENUE WOULD NEED TO OCCUR IN ORDER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TO HAVE

ACCESS ON THAT SIDE OF THE SITE.


TABLE 26: SITE #6 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS 500’/600’/1,800’ $30K/$36K/$108K SEWER ACCESS 500’/600’/1,800’ $75K/$90K/$270K NATURAL GAS 200’ / 1,600’ $4K–$6K / $32K–$48K

4.8.7 LAND USE LAW

IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS SITE, A 5-ACRE SUBDIVISION WOULD NEED TO OCCUR THROUGH THE

MONTGOMERY COUNTY REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT FOR PARCEL 24.18-1-11.1 AND MULTIPLE LOT

CONSOLIDATIONS WOULD NEED TO OCCUR BETWEEN THE FIVE PARCELS DEPENDING ON WHERE THE

DEVELOPMENT WILL OCCUR. PARCELS 26.0-1-10.2, 24.18-1-11.1, AND 25.0-1-10.12 ARE LOCATED

WITHIN THE MANUFACTURING/MIXED USE (M-1) ZONING DISTRICT. AS-OF-RIGHT THE M-1 DISTRICT

ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND MOTELS WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. PARCELS 25.0-1-9.1 AND 25.01-10.3 ARE WITHIN THE GIARDINO PUD DISTRICT NO. 2 WHICH IS SLATED

FOR A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE; A CHANGE IN ZONING

WOULD NEED TO BE ENACTED IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PARCEL. THE

NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE PARCEL IS NOT DEFINED FOR DEVELOPMENT BUT WOULD HAVE TO GO

THROUGH A LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT AND A CHANGE IN ZONING TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.


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THIS LEAVES ALL OF 25.0-1-10.2, 25.0-1-10.12, AND 5 ACRES OF 24.016-1-11.1 FOR A TOTAL OF

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4.9 SITE #7 – ROUTE 30 AT LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION

4.9.1 SITE LAYOUT

WHILE SITE #7 DOES NOT HAVE AN ADDRESS, IT POSSESSED A SMALL FRONTAGE ON ROUTE 30 AND

CONSIDERABLE FRONTAGE ON BOTH SIDES OF LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION. OUT OF THE 17.3-ACRE PARCEL

24.12-4-7.3 OWNED BY DERAFFELE MANUFACTURING CO., INC., THE DEVELOPMENT SITE CONSISTS OF

THE 7.44-ACRE PORTION OF THE SITE TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH OF LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION. THE

LOCATION OF THE POTENTIAL SITE IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE APPROVED U-HAUL DEVELOPMENT SITE AND

TO THE WEST OF ROUTE 30, ADIRONDACK KAYAK WAREHOUSE, AND THE AMSTERDAM DINER. THE SITE IS

MADE UP OF 4 ACRES OF FLAT, DEVELOPABLE AGRICULTURAL LAND, WITH THE REMAINDER CONSISTING OF

WETTER SCRUBLAND.

4.9.2 SITE TABLE

TABLE 20: SITE #7 STATISTIC PARCEL 1 PARCEL 24.12-4-7.3 ACRES 17.34 SQUARE FEET 753,951.15 ADDRESS STATE HIGHWAY 30 OWNER DERAFFELE MFG. CO., INC. MAIL 2525 PALMER AVE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY, 10801 FRONTAGE 60 PROPERTY CLASS RURAL VACANT > 10 ACRES PROPERTY CODE 322 ZONING B1 ASSESSED VALUE $8,000 LAND VALUE $8,000 MARKET VALUE $83,333 TAXABLE $8,000 WATER NONE SEWER NONE GAS NONE ELECTRIC YES


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WHILE ADEQUATE WATER SUPPLY AND PRESSURE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE EXISTS, THERE IS

CURRENTLY NO WATER MAIN ACCESS TO THE SITE. A 1,000-FOOT LATERAL WOULD NEED TO BE TAPPED OFF

OF THE 20-INCH MAIN RUNNING ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 30 OR AN EXTENSION WOULD NEED TO BE

INSTALLED DOWN LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION WHICH WOULD THEN BE TAPPED INTO BY THE DEVELOPER. WHILE A HYDRANT EXISTS AT THE FRONTAGE ON ROUTE 30, AN ADDITIONAL HYDRANT WOULD BE NEEDED

TO ACCESS THE MAJORITY OF THE SITE EITHER ON LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION OR ON-SITE.


THERE IS CURRENTLY SEWER ACCESS VIA AN 8-INCH PVC MAIN RUNNING DOWN THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE

30 AND A 2-INCH PRESSURIZED MAIN THAT COULD BE CONNECTED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE

PARCEL. THIS MAIN CONNECTS FROM LOG CITY ROAD TO A PUMP STATION AND THEN BACK UP LOG CITY

ROAD TO ROUTE 30. THE EXPENSE WOULD BE THE 1,000-FOOT LATERAL CONNECTION TO ONE OF THE

EXISTING SEWER MAINS; A GRINDER PUMP WOULD BE NEEDED TO CONNECT UPHILL TO ROUTE 30.


ELECTRICAL AND TELECOMMUNICATION CONNECTIONS ARE ALONG ROUTE 30 AND LOG CITY ROAD

EXTENSION WITH EXCESS CAPACITY FOR A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SCALE. NATURAL GAS IS AVAILABLE ON

ROUTE 30 AND WOULD NEED TO BE EXTENDED TO THE SITE.


TABLE 26: SITE #7 INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS UTILITY EXTENSION COST ESTIMATE WATER ACCESS 1,000’ $60,000 SEWER ACCESS 1,000’ $150,000 NATURAL GAS 1,000’ $20,000 – $30,000

4.9.7 LAND USE LAW

THIS PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN BOTH THE BUSINESS (B-1) AND RESIDENTIAL (R-2) ZONING DISTRICTS. AS-OF-RIGHT THE B-1 DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOTELS AND MOTELS WITHOUT THE

NEED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. THE R-2 DISTRICT ONLY ALLOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF

ACCOMMODATIONS IN THE FORM OF BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENTS WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THE R-2 ZONED PORTION OF THE SITE A ZONING CHANGE WOULD NEED TO BE

ENACTED OR A USE VARIANCE WOULD NEED TO BE ISSUED BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS.

TOWN ZONING CODE DOES ALLOW FOR THE ADJACENT ZONE TO OVERLAP BY 30 FEET AT THE BOUNDARIES

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FOR A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 4.5 ACRES OF DEVELOPABLE LAND ON THE PORTION OF THE PARCEL

WITHIN THE B-1 DISTRICT AND SOUTH OF LOG CITY ROAD EXTENSION. IT MAY MAKE SENSE TO SUBDIVIDE

OFF THE NON-CONTIGUOUS 1.4-ACRE PORTION OF THE PARCEL TO THE NORTH OF LOG CITY ROAD

EXTENSION TO ITS LACK OF USE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

THE DEVELOPABLE ACREAGE DOES NOT SUBTRACT OUT THE POTION OF THE SITE WITH RESTRICTIVE

COVENANTS FOR THE WETLANDS THAT EXIST ON FILE AS HAVE BEEN PRESENT FOR ADJACENT DEVELOPMENTS

ON THE WEST SIDE OF ROUTE 30. THESE AREAS WILL NEED TO BE VERIFIED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY

REAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT.






THE TOWN CODE DEFINES A BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT AS “AN OWNER-OCCUPIED, SINGLE

DWELLING UNIT IN WHICH AT LEAST ONE, BUT NOT MORE THAN FOUR, SLEEPING ROOMS ARE PROVIDED BY

THE OWNER-OCCUPANT AS OVERNIGHT/LODGING FACILITIES, WITH OR WITHOUT MEALS, FOR THE

ACCOMMODATION OF TRANSIENT GUESTS.”


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5.1.3 SUMMARY

THERE IS NO MORE IMPORTANT SECTION AND INFORMATION IN THIS REPORT THAN THE DETAIL OF EXISTING

AND UNIQUE ROOM DEMAND THAT IS GOING ELSEWHERE DUE TO LACK OF QUALITY PRODUCT. THIS

DEMAND IS PROVIDED BY BOTH THE BUSINESS AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT COMMUNITY AND THE PROMISE OF

EXPANDED OVERNIGHT TRAVEL PACKAGES.

AS DEVELOPERS BECOME MORE INTERESTED IN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM MARKET, ADDITIONAL

CONVERSATIONS CAN BE SCHEDULED WITH THOSE POTENTIAL FLAG HOTEL CUSTOMERS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE

FOLLOWING LIST OF LARGEST LOCAL/REGIONAL EMPLOYERS, COMMUNITY NOT-FOR-PROFIT CHART, UNIQUE

HOTEL DEMAND OPPORTUNITY CHART, AND THE TOURISM SUMMARY INFORMATION. THE EXISTING

DEMAND IS CLEAR AND SUBSTANTIAL, A FLAG HOTEL PRODUCT WILL HAVE A DYNAMIC OPPORTUNITY TO

SHIFT THIS BUSINESS TO THE NEW PROPERTY AS AN ADDED-VALUE STRATEGY TO ENHANCE THE AVERAGE

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Alzheimer's Association Health Association American Legion Post 701 Veteran Association Amsterdam Free Library Public Library Amsterdam Housing Authority Social Services Amsterdam Rotary District 7190 Service Organization Amsterdam Waterfront Foundation Economic Development Arkell Hall Foundation, Inc. Community Foundation Arkell Museum and Canajoharie Library Public Library Berkshire Farm Center & Services for Youth Youth Program Boy Scouts of America, Sir William Johnson District Youth Program Canajoharie Falls Cemetery Association Cemetery Association Caroga Arts Collective, Inc. Arts Association Caroga Historical Association & Museum Historic Preservation Catholic Charities of Fulton and Montgomery Counties Social Services Centro Civico of Amsterdam Social Services Colonial Little Theatre, Inc. Arts Association Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region Inc. Public Financing Covenant Presbyterian Church Religious Organization Elizabeth Cady Stanton Hometown Association, Inc. Women’s Association Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women's Consortium Women’s Consortium Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care Health Association Empower Federal Credit Union Credit Union Family Counseling Center of Fulton County Social Services First Choice Financial Federal Credit Union Credit Union First Presbyterian Church-Johnstown Religious Organization F-M-S Counties Private Industry Council Economic Development F-M-S Workforce Development Board, Inc. Workforce Development Foothills United Methodist Church Religious Organization Fort Plain Museum Public Museum Friends of Sanford Stud Farm Farm Preservation Fulmont Social Services Fulton County Barbershop, Corp. Business Association Fulton County Center for Regional Growth Economic Development Fulton County Community Heritage Corp. Historic Preservation Fulton County Farm Bureau Business Association Fulton County Historical Society & Museum Historic Preservation Fulton Friendship House Social Services Fulton Montgomery Quilt Barn Trail Recreational Association Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce Business Association Fulton-Montgomery Community College Public College Glove Cities Rotary Inc. Service Organization


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Gloversville Economic Development Corp. Economic Development Gloversville Housing Authority Social Services Gloversville Public Library Public Library Gloversville Senior Center Social Services Great Sacandaga Lake Association Environmental Protection Greater Amsterdam Volunteer Ambulance Corps., Inc. Public Services Greater Johnstown Lions Club Service Organization H.F.M. Prevention Council Social Services Habitat for Humanity of Fulton County, Inc. Service Organization Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES Public Education Holy Trinity Parish Religious Organization Johnson Hall State Historic Site Historic Preservation Johnstown Historical Society Historic Preservation Johnstown School Museum Public Museum Landis Arboretum Recreational Association Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York Social Services Lexington ARC Social Services Liberty ARC Social Services Life Christian Center Church Religious Organization Literacy NY-Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie Counties, Inc. Social Services Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge 1185 Service Organization Mental Health Association in Fulton & Montgomery Counties Social Services Mohawk Valley Collective Business Association Mohawk Valley Economic Development District, Inc. Economic Development Montgomery County Business Development Center Economic Development Montgomery County Office for Aging, Inc. Social Services Mountain Valley Hospice Health Services New York State Restaurant Association Business Association North Main Street United Methodist Church Religious Organization Northville Public Library Public Library Northville Rotary Club Service Organization Parkhurst Field Foundation Recreational Association Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts and Transitions Arts Association Peck's Lake Protective Association Environmental Protection Pine Tree Rifle Club Recreational Association Regional Animal Shelter Service Organization Sacandaga Protection Committee Environmental Protection Sacandaga Valley Arts Network Arts Association Saint Kateri National Shrine and Historic Site Historic Preservation Schenectady Community Action Program, Inc. Social Services Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs Religious Organization


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Soroptimist International of Fulton & Montgomery Counties Women’s Association St. John's Episcopal Church Religious Organization St. Johnsville Chamber of Commerce Business Association Sunmark Federal Credit Union Credit Union The Century Club of Amsterdam, New York Women’s Organization The Glove Performing Arts Center Arts Association The M.A.N. Program (Managing Anger Naturally) Social Services The Salvation Army Service Organization United Way of Fulton County, Inc. Service Organization United Way of Montgomery County Service Organization Visiting Nurses Home Care - Johnstown Health Services Walter Elwood Museum Public Museum Wildlife Sports & Educational Museum Public Museum Willing Helpers Home for Women Social Services


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5.4.1 GINA DABIERE-GIBBS/DIRECTOR OF TOURISM LETTER OF PARTNERSHIP


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Gina DaBiere-Gibbs Director of Tourism

Fulton County NY - Montgomery County NY Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce 1166 Riverfront Center, Amsterdam New York 12010

June 17, 2019 Thomas P. DiMezza Supervisor Town of Amsterdam 283 Manny’s Corners Road Amsterdam, New York 12010 Re: Town of Amsterdam Hotel Marketing and Siting Study Dear Supervisor DiMezza: Please accept this letter as an open invitation to the development community to join our Office of Tourism as a dedicated business partner. We will bring the full resources and talent of our team to help make a Flag Hotel extremely successful in the Town of Amsterdam. Provided in this section is a previous press release highlighting our support and commitment to collaboratively join with tourism-related facilities to help grow their business through cooperative tour packaging. A Flag Hotel has long been the missing link to driving a more intense and profitable overnight and multiple-day stay. We would enthusiastically join with a new “Flag” hospitality property to strategically drive an enhanced tourist-driven traffic and room demand. Our office also understands the tremendous unmet need for meeting rooms and space that can accommodate 250 participants or more. This type of space would not only support the growing business community, but also attract wedding venue traffic, class reunion, Corporate and not-for-profit Annual meeting and events, and support an overall pent up demand for larger scale conferences in the area. I must also mention that an in-door pool would drive business from a young family demographic also not attracted to our region. To date, we have been very limited in the ability to bid on regional events, business conventions and association annual meetings due to the limited hospitality space and quality rooms. Development of this type of higher scale property with strong corporate rewards point programs would allow us to enter that realm of tourism attraction.


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Also, later in this section you will see a summary of many events, venues, activities, and a variety of valued resources in the following categories that can, when connected to quality accommodations, drive a longer stay and unique room demand. They include:

• Historic • Sports & Recreation • Outdoor Activities • Cultural • Agricultural • Craft Food & Beverage • Music/Festivals • Regional Attractions

Our marketing efforts and programs are currently supported by an occupancy tax. As the volume of rooms business increases, this funding will increase to support the continued progressive promotion of our venues and hospitality resources to build a positive momentum. We also, on occasion will invite Travel Writers to the region and can include any new “Flag” property as a featured location to enhance our support and drive business to a new centerpiece hospitality property. The development of a top of the line flag hotel will benefit all our goals and objectives, ensuring a unique tourism-driven room demand. A true partnership for success. I welcome a more detailed dialogue and discussion of our aggressive support and overall collaboration. Sincerely, Gina DaBiere-Gibbs Director of Tourism


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5.4.2 SUMMARY

THE TOURISM OPPORTUNITY AND ATTRACTION ARE LIMITLESS. THE COLLABORATIVE COMMITMENT BY THE

FULTON-MONTGOMERY OFFICE OF TOURISM TO PARTNER WITH A NEW FLAG HOTEL PROPERTY WITH

OVERNIGHT TOURISM PACKAGES IS SIGNIFICANT. THE OVERNIGHT STRATEGIC APPROACH HAS BEEN LIMITED

DUE TO THE LACK OF QUALITY ROOMS IN THE MARKETPLACE. THIS ANTICIPATED PROJECT WOULD OPEN THE

FLOODGATES FOR THIS TYPE OF TOURISM MARKETING APPROACH.

FURTHERMORE, WITH THE ADDITION OF ROOMS, MEETING SPACES, AND A LARGER FACILITY TO

ACCOMMODATE A MORE BUSINESS/CONFERENCE FOCUS, THE COUNTY CAN NOW BID ON THESE DYNAMIC

OPPORTUNITIES. THIS WILL ALLOW THE TOURISM-BASED VENUES TO ORGANIZE AND PROMOTE LARGER AND

MORE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS; ALL WITH A FLAG HOTEL AS THE

CENTERPIECE.


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TOP REASONS TO OWN A HOTEL IN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK

REVITALIZED DOWNTOWN and WATERFRONT. $13.2 million dollars was invested in recent years to improve Main Street, Bridge Street on Amsterdam’s Southside, and waterfront areas, from expanding Riverlink Park to include new public art and playgrounds, to adding historic lampposts, trees, and façade improvements to Main Street and Bridge Street. New entertainment venues, personal service shops and specialty stores have moved in and more are on the way. Our goal is to create an “old town district” similar to Alexandria or Arlington, Virginia, serving the same function in the greater Capital District as those do in Metropolitan Washington, DC. A rising tide floats all boats.

MOHAWK VALLEY GATEWAY OVERLOOK (MVGO). $18.1 million dollars of state funding has been invested to create this unique major attraction: a park with art and history on a bridge spanning the Mohawk River (see above) with shore plazas and art and event spaces. Construction is well advanced with completion and a grand opening scheduled for this Spring. The southern landing will be right at the base of the proposed hotel site. If the number of visitors is even a fraction of that of the few marginally similar bridges elsewhere, the draw should be between 35-45 thousand per year. MVGO will be a destination in itself and a determinant as to where travelers choose to stay.

THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. In addition to an ever-growing list of its own attractions, Amsterdam is well positioned for vacationers to take day trips to the numerous family, cultural, and recreational locations in Saratoga, Albany, Lake George, Schoharie Valley, Lower Mohawk Valley, Northern Catskills, and the Southern Adirondacks. And - return at night to a comfortable central location that has its own surrounding amenities, but is cheaper, has less crime, and is less confusing to find than elsewhere in the greater Capital District. Don’t choose between the Catskills and the Adirondacks, Utica or Albany – see it all. Amsterdam doesn’t need to compete with other attractions – it can leverage them to our own advantage.

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CROSSROADS AMSTERDAM. The city is located on or near the major travel corridors of Montreal – New York City and Buffalo – Boston. We have begun marketing Amsterdam as the ideal place to “take a vacation from your vacation,” and change the image of the lower Mohawk from “fly-over (drive-through) territory” to “stop-over territory.” Even if your destination is too far away to make this your ‘base of operations,” we can be your first choice for your stop-over.

THRUWAY BUSINESS. The proposed hotel location is less than 3 minutes north of Thruway Exit 27. However, travelers not willing to use the Super 8 and Valley View Motels (there are many, for several reasons), drive an additional 30 minutes north to hotels near Johnstown. Significant trade is already here – it’s simply being driven away.

POPULATION CHANGE. For the first time in seven decades, Amsterdam increased its census population. A new assisted living project is being developed within a mile of the hotel location, which will bring over 75 new jobs to downtown Amsterdam. The comprehensive and other plans call for more new urban and transportation-oriented housing in the downtown area to attract millennial and boomer generations. They will all require a close-by place for visiting family and friends to stay.

BUSINESS GROWTH. The mills may be gone, but most Amsterdam light manufacturers are expanding their sales and workforce. Beech-Nut has relocated to within five minutes drive-time of the proposed hotel location, and open land south of the city is home to major regional distributing operations like Target and Hill and Marke’s. Other large parcels in the same area are available for industrial/commercial use. More businesses continue to be locating in and near Amsterdam to take advantage of low-cost space within 30-45 minutes drive-time of the massive new chip fabrication, SUNY high-tech, and nanotech research campuses located to the north, west and east of the city, respectively. The former bank tower (located on Main Street, within walking distance to the proposed hotel site) is renovating its upper floors into several long-term executive rental apartments and dedicating the lower floors to mixed use office and retail space. Mair Magaw Information Systems, a new software development company, recently announced that it will make downtown it’s headquarters and create over 50 high paying technology jobs over the next 5 years. More business means more business visitors, sales meetings, training sessions, etc.

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SARATOGA RACING and other SEASONS. Many visitors to Saratoga prefer to stay outside of that city to avoid cost and congestion during track season. Amsterdam continues to be a natural choice given it is a short, scenic and direct drive from there. Other seasonal visitors stay in Amsterdam for fall foliage viewing and for winter sports (local snowmobiling) or in transit to and from the Catskills and Adirondacks. Many visitors already intuitively grasp point #3 above; with new marketing, many more will.

RIVERS CASINO and RESORT in SCHENECTADY. Opening in 2017 and only 15 minutes away, one of the only three new upstate casinos will open. Amsterdam will begin a “Get off a stop earlier: it’s cheaper, cleaner, safer, more convenient“ campaign to attract some of the estimated hundreds of thousands of visitors to stay in Amsterdam and take advantage of the less complicated and crowded access to the casino from the south bank of the Mohawk rather than from the Thruway and downtown Schenectady. The casino’s proximity isn’t competition for your rooms: it’s a competitive edge in filling your rooms - year round.

PARKS AND PATHWAYS. Riverlink Park on the Mohawk River is linked to the proposed hotel location via a network of walking trails and sits at the foot of the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook. Guy Park Manor is within one mile west of the hotel. Riverwalk, next to be constructed, will connect these two with a riverside walk that runs along the north shore of the Mohawk River, directly across from the proposed hotel site. This will also connect via the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook to the South Side, at the landing of the proposed hotel site, where the Erie Canal Hike/Bike Way runs from Albany to Buffalo. Thousands of bicycle tourists travel long portions of this trail each year, many of whom would cross the MVGO to stay overnight in Amsterdam. The City is also planning to create a health/exercise circuit along the Chuctanunda creek. The Greenway will also include historical information on markers for self-guided tours, which would start within walking distance of the proposed hotel location. People want to stay where healthy, natural amenities are close at hand.

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TRAIN STATION RELOCATION. The AMTRACK station now located on the west end of the city will be rebuilt near its former location downtown with an intermodal transportation component. A walk across the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook from the proposed hotel site to this facility will connect you to anywhere.

BANQUET FACILITY. There is no large (350 plus) banquet facility anywhere in Montgomery County. The Fulton/Montgomery Counties Chamber of Commerce has to hold its large events in another county. Build one here and corner the market. On a smaller scale, most local businesses hold their annual meetings/parties and entertain visitors at restaurants 15-20 minutes north of the city. If a banquet facility is not part of your business plan, the proposed train station plans includes one - if there is not one already operating at the hotel. Opportunity on a plate: build it and they will come

RESTAURANT. There are a number of excellent dining facilities within a short distance of the proposed hotel location, which have historically made Amsterdam the city of “mills, hills, and grills.” However, most of these are Italian, and an oft-repeated comment is that the city needs something more. An upscale steak and seafood restaurant or similar at the hotel would feed this need. Not a loss-leader, but a successful business in its own right.

DOWNTOWN EVENTS. The City has an annual Spring Fling Main Street festival which attracts thousands of visitors to each, a farmer’s market, and is planning to add an ItaliaFest, an annual Mohawk Valley RiverFest festival which anticipates to attract over 5,000 of attendees, and weekly Sunset Celebrations on the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook bridge, and other events, all within walking distance of the proposed hotel site. Riverlink Park hosts free concerts and events (including weddings under their tent) in season. All of these within a one-to-three block radius of one of the proposed hotel locations.

GOLF PACKAGES. The City of Amsterdam owns and operates one of the earliest golf courses created by internationally renowned designer Robert Trent Jones; the city would be willing to explore special lodging/golfing packages with the hotel. Robert Trent Jones-themed tour packages already are successful elsewhere.

HERITAGE TOURISM. Amsterdam sits astride the New York State Revolutionary War Trail, Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor, and a proposed new “Devotional History” trail. The Auriesville Shrine and the Shrine of St. Kateri Tekanawitha (7 miles distance) are experiencing major

Bridge Street, on Amsterdam’s Southside.


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increases in visitors from outside the region in the aftermath of Kateri’s recent canonization as the first Native American saint. New York State has committed millions to re-sign and promote these “Paths Through History.”

NEAR but not in a HISTORIC DISTRICT. A local (soon to be National and State) historical district starts practically across from the Mohawk Valley Gateway Overlook and the proposed hotel location and continues for several blocks northwards. Self-guided materials are free and available for visitors to enjoy the significant art, architecture and history of the area. All the benefits and draw of an “old town,” with none of the perceived concerns.

CANAL TRAFFIC and RELATED. Recreational and commercial boating on the Erie Canal/Mohawk River (including many vessels from other regions and nations) is abundant. Several cruise lines

operate on the river (e.g., Blount Small Ship Adventures: 10 transits a year, approximately 1,000 passengers, average $4,000 a ticket, from Montreal to New York City and back). Amsterdam could be host to overnight stays of both types of vessels. Additionally, we continue to work to relocate the New York State Canal Corporation headquarters into historic Guy Park Manor, which will also increase the number of business visitors to the city. By land or water, it’s the place to be.

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM. Dutch tourism is growing in the aftermath of the 400th anniversary of the Dutch settlement of New York. Dutch tour groups are naturally curious about not only this unique history but also the current life of cities with the same names as those in their country. Amsterdam could partner with New York City as the opposite anchors of package tours.

FULTON-MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (FMCC) INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS. FMCC has a higher percentage of international students than most New York State community colleges, many from Japan and elsewhere in Asia. Their families desire good local accommodations and are willing to pay for them. There are also six four-year colleges within an hour drive of the proposed hotel site, and three other community colleges within 30 miles. Parents and campus officials could be highly effective unpaid marketers for the hotel.

DIVERSITY. Amsterdam has the largest percentage of Hispanic residents in New York State outside of New York City; many of these residents are third or fourth generation descendants of the mill worker population. There also are significant populations of Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, and other descendants who still maintain their culinary, religious, and cultural institutions. Comfortable and familiar setting for these linguistic and cultural groups immediately adjacent to the hotel: a targeted marketing opportunity.


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WORK FORCE TRAINING. Schenectady Community college is expanding its hospitality program and Fulton Montgomery Community College and Work Force Solutions Center can tailor special training programs for specific employee needs. Great potential for your industry.

EASILY ACCESSIBLE. Getting to the proposed hotel location is already simple from the Thruway (one right, and another right at clearly marked intersections). Routes 30 and 67 are major local routes that connect Amsterdam with the growing Global Foundries chip fab plants and significantly reduce drive-times on the Thruway/Northway for traffic coming to or from the plants from the west and south.

ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE. The City owns its own electronic sign at the intersection of the bridge from the Thruway and Church and Main Streets (NYSDOT estimate: more than 23,000 transits daily). Special events at the hotel could be featured here. “If you were staying with us, you’d be there already. Turn here.”

LOCAL MEDIA. Amsterdam is served by a city-based radio station and newspaper as well as featured in regional media. Advertising rates are low, especially considering the wide area of coverage.

CONSTRUCTION TRADES. Given Amsterdam’s proven track record of obtaining infrastructure construction grants, a steady trade in construction worker housing is assured for years to come. This does not even include crews working on upcoming federally- funded canal and rail improvements.

TRAIN WATCHERS. Amsterdam attracts a large number of railroad buffs due to its scenic overlooks of the AMTRACK/CSX tracks; these fans book specific rooms as much as a year in advance to “train spot.” There are also excellent views of the Mohawk River and Valley, foliage, and the site of the MVGO.

AMSTERDAM WANTS TO PARTNER WITH YOU. Montgomery County and the City of Amsterdam can offer you the same developmental assistance any other New York community can. However, we also provide “one-stop shopping” through the Montgomery County Business Development Center and can be your advocate and pathfinder through planning, zoning, engineering, and other concerns. We’re on your side.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS: YOUR BOTTOM LINE IS OUR BOTTOM LINE. With its emphasis on tourism, a new urban and transportation-oriented downtown, innovative promotion, and providing opportunity for regional business, our city’s comprehensive plan complements your business strategy. You should consider the City of Amsterdam a significant part of your marketing plan.


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PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

October 3, 2017

Contact: Gina DaBiere-Gibbs, Director of Tourism, Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce (518) 725-0641 or [email protected]

Tourism Workshop Announced

Gloversville- The tourism department of the Fulton Montgomery Regional Chamber of Commerce has announced that it has scheduled a tourism packaging workshop for tourism properties in the Fulton Montgomery Counties region. The workshop will teach new ways to increase visitation and improve profitability through cooperative tour packaging. The workshop will begin at 9am on Wednesday, November 15 at the Holiday Inn, 308 North Comrie Avenue, Johnstown.

The workshop will be led by seasoned tourism professional Lynn “Spike” Herzig of the Herzig Group, Inc. A career of leadership in developing cultural heritage tourism products has helped Spike Herzig earn the respect of his industry partners while elevating their competitiveness in the marketplace. A consummate innovator in bridging relationships across the tourism spectrum, he founded several non-profit ventures to help grow cultural and heritage-based destinations. From private sector consultation, to consulting for the country of Mexico, to running a major regional destination marketing organization, to establishing cultural-based packages that boost capacity options for heritage tourism suppliers, Spike has vast experience and leads multi-faceted workshops in customer service training and retention as well as international tourism.

The workshop is open to all tourism-related facilities looking to grow their business. The cost is $10 per person and includes all workshop materials and refreshments. To register please call the tourism department at (518)725-0641 or email [email protected].

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6.1 SUMMARY

SECURING SITE CONTROL OR A FORMAL PRICE GUARANTEE FOR THE TOP SITES TO MAINTAIN THE VIABILITY

OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING GREAT VALUE. PART OF THIS OVERALL STRATEGY IS TO REMOVE ALL

OBSTACLES THAT WOULD CREATE ISSUES FOR THE DEVELOPER OF THE FLAG HOTEL. ASSURING THE PRICE

AND AN ELEMENT OF SECURITY THAT THE DEAL WON’T CHANGE ONCE STRONG INTEREST IS EXPRESSED BY A

DEVELOPER WOULD BE A POSITIVE NEXT STEP. THIS CAN BE DONE BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY

OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND/OR COUNTY IDA, OR THE TOWN COULD ESTABLISH A LOCAL

DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO SERVE IN THIS ROLE.

ADVANCING THE LOCAL APPROVAL PROCESS TO A MORE AGGRESSIVE “SHOVEL READY” STATUS WOULD ALSO

BE OF GREAT VALUE TO A DEVELOPER AND IN MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD. THE ORGANIZATION THAT

HOLDS AN OPTION OR OTHER FORM OF SITE CONTROL CAN PROCEED WITH A PRO-ACTIVE APPROVAL AT THE

PLANNING BOARD LEVEL, AGAIN SHOWCASING TO POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS THE STRONG COMMUNITY

SUPPORT AND THE PREDICTABILITY IN PROJECT TIMEFRAMES. REMOVING UNCERTAINTY IS ENCOURAGING

AND WILL GET THE ATTENTION OF THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY.

EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE TO SITE COST AND TIMEFRAME PREDICTABILITY, PRE-APPROVAL OF ANY LOCAL

INCENTIVES TO MOTIVATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS FLAG HOTEL PROJECT IS VITAL. THE MONTGOMERY

IDA DOES HAVE A SET PILOT STRUCTURE, BUT ANY OTHER SPECIFIC ACTION TAKEN IN ADVANCE TO SUPPORT

THIS PROJECT WILL BE IMPORTANT AND, AGAIN, SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO DEVELOPERS THAT THE

COMMUNITY WANTS THIS PROJECT AND IS BACKING UP THEIR SUPPORT WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS AND

FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, BELOW IS THE CURRENT PILOT STRUCTURE FOR HOTEL

PROJECTS AS APPROVED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY IDA FOR THE JOHNSTOWN MICROTEL PROJECT

ALONG WITH A COPY OF PART 18/THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY UNIFORM TAX EXEMPTION POLICY.


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6.3 ZONING REGULATIONS IN THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR

SECTION 11. B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT (ALL OF SITES #2, 3, 4, 5 AND EAST SIDE OF #7)

IN THE B-1 BUSINESS DISTRICT NO BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED AND NO BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED OR ALTERED EXCEPT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING USES: USES PERMITTED:

1. EXISTING DWELLINGS 2. RETAIL STORE OR SHOP 3. PERSONAL SERVICE SHOP 4. LAUNDERETTE OR DRY-CLEANING PLANT 5. BANK 6. RESTAURANT 7. MOTEL, HOTEL 8. BOWLING ALLEY 9. FUNERAL HOME

10. PUBLIC UTILITY SUBSTATION OR STRUCTURE 11. AUTOMOBILE, BOAT, FARM IMPLEMENT, MOBILE HOME OR TRAILER SALES RENTAL FOR OFF

PREMISES USE ONLY. 12. FUEL, FEED, LUMBER, SEED, FERTILIZER, CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDING MATERIALS SALES OR

STORAGE 13. CABINET, ELECTRICAL, HEATING, PLUMBING OR AIR CONDITIONING SHOP 14. GASOLINE STATION, PUBLIC GARAGE 15. VETERINARY, ANIMAL HOSPITAL, KENNELS 16. WHOLESALE BUSINESS 17. PROFESSIONAL OFFICE 18. SHOPPING CENTER 19. CHILD DAY CARE CENTER 20. SMALL-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM AS ACCESSORY USE (SEE SECTION 35)

USES PERMITTED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AS SPECIAL PERMIT USES:

1. DWELLING UNIT OTHER THAN MOBILE HOME AS ACCESSORY USE TO A BUSINESS 2. CAR WASH 3. WAREHOUSE 4. SELF-STORAGE UNITS 5. LIGHT MANUFACTURING 6. NURSING HOME, HOSPITAL, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, SENIOR HOUSING 7. UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM (SEE SECTION 35)


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SECTION 12. B-2 RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT (ALL OF SITE #1)

IN THE B-2 RESTRICTED BUSINESS DISTRICT NO BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED AND NO BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED OR ALTERED EXCEPT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING USES: THERE SHALL BE NO MORE THAN THREE BUSINESS USES IN EACH SEPARATE STRUCTURE AND BUSINESS STRUCTURES SHALL NOT EXCEED 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND AREA PER STRUCTURE. USES PERMITTED:

1. RETAIL STORE OR SHOP 2. PERSONAL SERVICE SHOP 3. PROFESSIONAL OFFICES 4. BANK 5. FUNERAL HOME 6. ONE-FAMILY DWELLING EXCEPT MOBILE HOME 7. TWO-FAMILY DWELLING 8. MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING 9. CUSTOMARY HOME OCCUPATION 10. CUSTOMARY ACCESSORY USE OR BUILDING 11. RESTAURANT 12. COMMUNITY PARK OR PLAYGROUND 13. TOWNHOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS 14. BED & BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT 15. FAMILY OR GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE HOME AS ACCESSORY USE 16. CHILD DAY CARE CENTER 17. PUBLIC BUILDING 18. SMALL-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM AS ACCESSORY USE (SEE SECTION 35)

USES PERMITTED BY THE PLANNING BOARD AS SPECIAL PERMIT USES: 1. DWELLING UNIT AS ACCESSORY TO BUSINESS 2. HOSPITAL, NURSING HOME, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, SENIOR HOUSING 3. PUBLIC UTILITY STATION OR STRUCTURE 4. SELF-STORAGE UNITS 5. UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM (SEE SECTION 35)


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SECTION 13. M-L MANUFACTURING/MIXED USE DISTRICT (WEST SIDE OF SITE #6)

IN THE M-L MANUFACTURING/MIXED USE DISTRICT NO BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED AND NO BUILDING SHALL BE ERECTED OR ALTERED EXCEPT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING USES: USES PERMITTED:

1. B-1 BUSINESS USES 2. TOOL, DIE, PATTERN OR MACHINE SHOP 3. MANUFACTURE OR PROCESSING OF FOOD PRODUCTS, EXCEPT SLAUGHTER HOUSE 4. MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS 5. MANUFACTURE OR ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR INSTRUMENTS 6. PRINTING OR PUBLISHING PLANT 7. COLD-STORAGE PLANT 8. ACCESSORY USES 9. PUBLIC UTILITY STATION OR STRUCTURE

10. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER 11. WAREHOUSE/DISTRIBUTION CENTER 12. TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, AUTO/TRUCK RENTAL 13. SELF-STORAGE UNITS


1. MANUFACTURE OF TEXTILE OR LEATHER GOODS 2. MANUFACTURE OR FABRICATION OF METAL, CONCRETE, STONE, PLASTIC, PAINT, FIBER OR WOOD

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ZONING DISTRICTS

PERMITTED USES

(See Article IV – Use Regulations

for Complete List)

SPECIAL PERMIT USES

Permitted by the Planning Board

MINIMUM LOT SIZE

LOT COVERAGE (Maximum Percent)

MIN. LIVING AREA* (Square

Feet)

BUILDING HEIGHT

(Maximum)

YARD DIMENSIONS

(Minimum in Feet) Area in Sq. Ft.

Width in Feet † Stories Feet Front Side Rear

B-1 Business

Retail store or shop --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Personal service shop --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Launderette or dry-cleaning plant --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Bank --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Professional Office --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Restaurant --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 20** 30 Motel, Hotel --- --- 25 --- 3 45 25 20** 30 Bowling alley --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 20** 30 Funeral home --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 25** 30 Public Utility Station or structure --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Automobile, boat, farm implement, MH or trailer sales/ rental for off premises use only

--- --- 25 --- 2 30 50 20** 50

Fuel, feed, lumber, seed, fertilizer, construction or building materials sales or storage

--- --- 25 --- 2 30 50 20** 50

Cabinet, elect., heating, plumbing, AC shop

--- --- 25 --- 2 30 50 20** 50

Gasoline station, public garage 40,000 200 20 --- 2 30 50 25 50 Veterinary, animal hospital, kennel 40,000 200 25 --- 2 30 50 20 50 Wholesale B i

--- --- 25 --- 2 35 50 20 50 Shopping Center --- --- 25 --- 2 35 50 20** 50 Child Day Care Center --- --- 25 --- 2 30 50 20 50 Personal Wireless Service Facility SEE PWSF OVERLAY DISTRICT - SECTION 15 Small Scale Solar System as Accessory Use

Utility Scale Solar System SEE SOLAR ENERGY REGS - SECTION 35

Car Wash --- --- 25 --- 1 15 50 --- --- Warehouse --- --- 25 --- --- --- 50 --- --- Self-Storage Units --- --- 25 --- 1 15 25 25 25 Light Manufacturing --- --- 25 --- --- --- 50 50 100 Nursing home, hospital, Asst Living Fac, Sr Housing

5 acres 200 25 --- 3 45 50 50 50

Dwelling unit (not MH) as acc. use to business

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ZONING DISTRICTS

PERMITTED USES


for Complete List)

SPECIAL PERMIT USES


MINIMUM LOT SIZE



Feet)

BUILDING HEIGHT

(Maximum) YARD

DIMENSIONS (Minimum in Feet)

Area in Sq. Ft.


B-2 Restricted Business

Retail store or shop --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Personal service shop --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Professional offices --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Bank --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 10** 30 Funeral home --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 25** 30

One family dwelling except mobile home

w/public sewer or water 20,000 100 20 850 2½ 35 50 10 50 w/out public sewer or water 65,000 200 20 850 2½ 35 50 10 50

Two-family dwelling w/public sewer or water 20,000 100 20 720/DU 2½ 35 50 10 50 w/out public sewer or water 3 acres 200 20 720/DU 2½ 35 50 10 50

Multiple family dwelling - (max 10 DUs/ac, max 12 DUs/group structure)

5 acres 500 25 500/DU 3 45 50 30 50

Townhouses, Condominiums - (max 4 DUs/ac, max 8 DUs/group structure)

5 acres 500 25 850/DU 2½ 35 50 50 50

Bed & Breakfast Establishment Same as one-family dwelling 850 2½ 35 50 10 50 Customary home occupation --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Customary accessor se or

--- --- --- --- 1 15 --- --- ---

Restaurant --- --- 25 --- 2 30 25 20** 30 Community Park or Playground --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Family & Group Family Day Care as acc. use

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Child Day Care Center --- --- 25 --- 2 35 50 20** 50 Public Building --- --- --- --- 2½ 35 50 10 50 Personal Wireless Service Facility SEE PWSF OVERLAY DISTRICT - SECTION 15 Small Scale Solar System as Accessory Use


Dwelling unit (not MH) as acc. use to business

--- --- 25 --- 2 30 50 10** 50 Nursing home, hospital, Asst Living Fac, Sr Housing

5 acres 200 25 --- 2 1/2 35 50 50 50

Self-Storage Units --- --- 25 --- 1 15 25 25 25 Public utility station or str. --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---


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ZONING DISTRICTS

PERMITTED USES


for Complete List)

SPECIAL PERMIT USES


MINIMUM LOT SIZE



Feet)

BUILDING HEIGHT

(Maximum) YARD

DIMENSIONS (Minimum in Feet)

Area in Sq. Ft.


M-1 Manufac-turing /

Mixed Use

B-1 Permitted Uses SAME AS B-1 Tool, die, pattern or machine shop None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Manufacture or processing of food products

None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Manufacture of paper products None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Manufacture or assembly of electrical or electronic devices or instruments

None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Printing or publishing plant None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Cold storage plant None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Accessory uses None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Public Utility Station or structure --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Research and Development Center None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Warehouse/ Distribution Center None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100 Transportation services, auto/truck rental

None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Self-Storage Units None None 30 None 2 --- 25 25 25 Small Scale Solar System as Accessory Use


Manufacture of textile or leather goods

None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Manufacture of metal, conc, stone, plastic, paint, fiber or wood products

None None 30 None 2 --- 50 25 100

Adult Ent. Establishment SEE ADULT ENTERTAINMENT ESTABLISHMENTS – SECTION 33

** Unless joined. (Max. of 3 in B-2) † See definitions of Lot Width and Flag Lots. Lot Width is not the same as road frontage, but is measured at a setback from the front property line equal to the required front yard. NOTES: Regulations apply to all uses in the district unless indicated by a dash (---) which means either no minimum or

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SECTION 14. PUD – PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (EAST SIDE OF SITE #6)

1. PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT (PUD) DISTRICT IS TO PROMOTE MORE CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF MID-TO-LARGE SCALE DEVELOPMENTS THAN IS PERMISSIBLE UNDER TRADITIONAL ZONING REGULATIONS, WHILE PROMOTING CONSERVATION OF OPEN SPACE AND EFFICIENT USE OF LAND, RESOURCES, PUBLIC SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

2. OBJECTIVES: IN ORDER TO REALIZE THE PURPOSE OF THIS SECTION, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT SHALL ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: A. INNOVATION IN LAND USE VARIETY AND DESIGN, IN THE LAYOUT AND TYPES OF NEW STRUCTURES

AND IN THEIR INTEGRATION WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES; B. INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN THE USE OF LAND, ENERGY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION

AND UTILITY NETWORKS; C. PRESERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES, TREES, NATURAL TOPOGRAPHIC AND ECOLOGICAL

FEATURES; D. MORE USABLE OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION AREAS; E. PROVISION OF A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPROVED RESIDENTIAL

ENVIRONMENTS AND/OR ENHANCED BUSINESS AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; F. A DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN HARMONY WITH THE EXISTING COMMUNITY AND THE GOALS AND

OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. 3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

A. PERMITTED USES. USES WITHIN AN AREA DESIGNATED AS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ARE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS OF THE APPROVAL OF EACH PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. 1. MIXED-USE PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS SHALL INCLUDE A VARIETY OF RESIDENTIAL,

COMMERCIAL, BUSINESS AND RECREATIONAL USES. HOUSING TYPES MAY INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES, TOWNHOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS AND APARTMENTS. COMMERCIAL USES MAY INCLUDE RETAIL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE OTHER PUD USES, HIGH TECHNOLOGY, ASSEMBLY, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES AND COMMERCIAL RECREATION.

2. COMMERCIAL PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS SHALL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS USES OF A VARIETY OF TYPES, SUCH AS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITIES, HIGH TECHNOLOGY ASSEMBLY, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, COMMERCIAL RECREATION FACILITIES, AND RETAIL AND SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS THAT COMPLEMENT THE OTHER COMMERCIAL USES.


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3. SENIOR CITIZEN PLANNED DEVELOPMENTS MAY INCORPORATE A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES AND MAY PROVIDE A CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM INDEPENDENT LIVING TO CONTINUING CARE COMMUNITIES. OCCUPANCY SHALL BE LIMITED TO SENIOR CITIZENS AND THEIR SPOUSES.

B. MINIMUM AREA. THE MINIMUM AREA FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ZONE DESIGNATION

SHALL BE NO LESS THAN 20 CONTIGUOUS ACRES OF LAND.

C. SETBACKS. A MINIMUM 50’ SETBACK MUST BE PROVIDED FROM THE OUTER BOUNDARIES OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT TO ANY STRUCTURE. THE TOWN BOARD MAY DETERMINE THAT A LARGER SETBACK IS REQUIRED.

D. OWNERSHIP. THE TRACT OF LAND UNDER APPLICATION FOR CONSIDERATION AS A PLANNED UNIT

DEVELOPMENT MAY BE OWNED, LEASED OR CONTROLLED EITHER BY A SINGLE PERSON OR CORPORATION OR BY A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS OR CORPORATIONS. AN APPLICATION MUST BE FILED BY THE OWNER OR JOINTLY BY THE OWNERS OR THEIR AGENT(S) OF ALL PROPERTY INCLUDED IN THE PROJECT. IN THE CASE OF MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP, THE APPROVED PLAN SHALL BE BINDING UPON ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, AND SUCH OWNERS SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN CERTIFICATION OF SUCH BINDING AGREEMENTS.

E. LOCATION. THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT MAY BE APPLICABLE TO ANY AREA OF THE TOWN

WHERE THE APPLICANT CAN DEMONSTRATE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AREA WILL MEET THE PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES OF THIS SECTION.

F. DENSITY. BECAUSE LAND IS USED MORE EFFICIENTLY IN A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, IMPROVED

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CAN BE PRODUCED WITH GREATER DENSITY THAN IS USUALLY PERMITTED IN TRADITIONAL ZONING DISTRICTS. THE TOWN BOARD SHALL DETERMINE IN EACH CASE THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE INTENSITY AND/OR DWELLING UNIT DENSITY FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. THE DETERMINATION OF LAND USE INTENSITY OR DWELLING UNIT DENSITY SHALL BE THOROUGHLY DOCUMENTED, INCLUDING ALL FACTS, OPINIONS AND JUDGMENTS JUSTIFYING THE SELECTION.

G. OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS

1. COMMON OPEN SPACE TOTALING NOT LESS THAN 30% OF THE TOTAL PLANNED UNIT

DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SHALL BE PROVIDED IN PERPETUITY. OF THIS AMOUNT, AT LEAST HALF

SHALL BE USEABLE SPACE FOR ACTIVE OR PASSIVE COMMUNITY RECREATION. THE ENTIRE TRACT

SHALL BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE.

2. THE FOLLOWING FACILITIES OR IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE LOCATED ON OPEN SPACE LAND: STORMWATER SYSTEMS, COMMON SEPTIC AND WATER SYSTEMS, BIKE PATHS, WALKING TRAILS

AND OTHER COMMON COMMUNITY RECREATION FACILITIES WHICH DO NOT INVOLVE

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ROADS, AND OTHER IMPERVIOUS SURFACES, SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE OPEN SPACE

CALCULATION.

3. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT DESIGN SHALL STRICTLY MINIMIZE DISTURBANCE OF

ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.

4. A RECREATION FEE IN LIEU OF LAND MAY BE IMPOSED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FORESEEABLE

RECREATIONAL NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, SHOULD THE

PLANNING BOARD DETERMINE THAT THE OPEN SPACE LANDS SET ASIDE WILL NOT PROVIDE

ADEQUATELY FOR THEIR RECREATIONAL NEEDS.

5. THE PREFERRED WAY OF PROTECTING OPEN SPACE IS FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE DEED

COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ACCEPTABLE TO THE TOWN ATTORNEY. CONSERVATION

EASEMENTS WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED IF TRANSFERRED TO A CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION

OR A HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION. HOWEVER, REGARDLESS OF HOW OPEN SPACE IS

PERMANENTLY PRESERVED, IT IS REQUIRED THAT THE TOWN BE GRANTED THIRD PARTY

ENFORCEMENT RIGHTS TO ENFORCE THE TERMS OF ALL RESTRICTIONS, EASEMENTS OR OTHER

LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENTS PROVIDING FOR OPEN SPACE. SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL

INCLUDE THAT THE TOWN SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL COSTS, EXPENSES

AND ATTORNEYS’ FEES INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH ENFORCEMENT, TO BE COLLECTED

FROM THE PARTY AGAINST WHOM ENFORCEMENT IS SOUGHT.

6. UNLESS OTHERWISE AGREED TO BY THE TOWN BOARD, THE COST AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR

MAINTAINING COMMON OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES SHALL BE BORNE BY THE HOMEOWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATION OR PRIVATE OWNER(S). THE TOWN BOARD

SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE A BOND OR OTHER SECURITY MEASURE TO ENSURE

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SECTION 8. R-2 RESIDENCE DISTRICT (WEST SIDE OF SITE #7)

IN THE R-2 RESIDENCE DISTRICT NO BUILDING OR PREMISES SHALL BE USED AND NO BUILDING SHALL BE

ERECTED OR ALTERED EXCEPT FOR ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING USES:

USES PERMITTED: 1. R-L USES 2. TWO-FAMILY DWELLING 3. MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING 4. TOWNHOUSES, CONDOMINIUMS


1. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (NOT MOBILE HOME) 2. PUBLIC UTILITY STATION OR STRUCTURE 3. NURSING HOME, HOSPITAL, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, SENIOR HOUSING 4. FUNERAL HOME 5. GOLF COURSE OR COUNTRY CLUB 6. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SCHOOL, COLLEGE 7. BED AND BREAKFAST ESTABLISHMENT 8. PLEASURE HORSES (SEE SECTION 32B - EQUINE ZONING REGULATIONS) 9. SMALL-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM AS ACCESSORY USE (SEE SECTION 35 FOR THRESHOLDS)

10. UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM (SEE SECTION 35)


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6.4 MONTGOMERY COUNTY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER LETTER OF SUPPORT


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7.1 SUMMARY THE PROCESS IN NYS TO APPLY AND SECURE PROJECT GRANT SUPPORT IS THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION AND IS INTENDED TO STREAMLINE AND EXPEDITE THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS.

THE CFA PROCESS REPRESENTS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE WAY STATE RESOURCES HAVE HISTORICAL BEEN ALLOCATED WITH THE GOAL OF ENSURING LESS BUREAUCRACY AND GREATER EFFICIENCY TO FULFILL LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. THIS PROCESS HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR, TYPICALLY OVER THE SUMMER. IT IS POSSIBLE TO APPLY FOR GRANT FUNDING OFF-CYCLE, BUT IS MORE CHALLENGING AND THE TIMEFRAME OF THE PROJECT MUST BE MORE URGENT.

ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE PROGRAM, SOURCES OF FUNDING AND A DEEPER EXPLANATION OF THE PROCESS AND PRIORITIES FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY CAN BE FOUND AT:

https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/mohawk-valley THE CFA SYSTEM IS ALSO THE MECHANISM FOR UPSTATE REVITALIZATION INITIATIVE (URI) PROJECT SPONSORS TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS. THIS WAS A COMPETITIVE PROCESS UNDERTAKEN BY ALL REGIONS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND HAS RESULTED IN ONGOING FUNDING TO SUPPORT LARGER, MORE STRATEGIC PROJECTS WITH REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.

CURRENTLY, STAND-ALONE HOTEL PROJECTS WILL NO LONGER BE FUNDED. IT WOULD REQUIRE A PROJECT THAT COULD INCORPORATE BUSINESS MEETING ROOMS AND LARGER SPACES THAT COULD DRIVE A UNIQUE BUSINESS/COMMUNITY TRAFFIC TO THE LOCATION TO BE COMPETITIVE FOR FUTURE NYS FUNDING. AS A NEXT STEP, DEVELOPERS INTERESTED SHOULD FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH KEN ROSE, DIRECTOR OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AND SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL OFFICE TO DETERMINE ANY POTENTIAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. PROVIDED BELOW ARE LINKS TO THE COUNTY OFFICE AND THE IDA WEBSITES:

http://www.mcbdc.org https://montgomeryida.com

LOCALLY IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, THE IDA IS AGGRESSIVE IN SUPPORTING PROJECTS AND IS COMMITTED

TO SUPPORTING THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM IN SECURING A FLAG HOTEL PROJECT. TRADITIONAL SUPPORT

SUCH AS PILOT AGREEMENTS (EXPLAINED WITH MORE DETAIL IN SECTION 6.0), SALES TAX AND MORTGAGE

TAX EXEMPTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED. AGAIN, INTERESTED DEVELOPERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO MEET WITH

KEN ROSE FOR A MORE PROJECT SPECIFIC DISCUSSION.

https://regionalcouncils.ny.gov/mohawk-valley

http://www.mcbdc.org/

https://montgomeryida.com/


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7.3 MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND CONSOLIDATED

FUNDING APPLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

7.3.1 OVERVIEW

THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INITIATIVE IS A KEY COMPONENT OF GOVERNOR

ANDREW M. CUOMO’S TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO STATE INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT. IN 2011 GOVERNOR CUOMO ESTABLISHED 10 REGIONAL COUNCILS TO DEVELOP LONG-TERM STRATEGIC PLANS FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR THEIR REGIONS. THE COUNCILS ARE PUBLIC-PRIVATE

PARTNERSHIPS MADE UP OF LOCAL EXPERTS AND STAKEHOLDERS FROM BUSINESS, ACADEMIA, LOCAL

GOVERNMENT, AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS. THE MOHAWK VALLEY REGIONAL ECONOMIC

DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL (MVREDC) IS THE STRATEGIC ECONOMIC ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE GREATER

MOHAWK VALLEY REGION.

IN 2011 THE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS (REGIONAL COUNCILS) DEVELOPED

STRATEGIC PLANS WITH ADVICE FROM A BROAD SPECTRUM OF STAKEHOLDERS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE

UNIQUE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF EACH REGION. OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS THE REDCS UPDATED

THEIR STRATEGIC PLANS AND STRATEGIES TO BUILD ON THE STRENGTHS AND ADDRESS THE WEAKNESSES

IDENTIFIED BY THE 2011 STRATEGIC PLAN REVIEW COMMITTEE. THE STRATEGIC PLANS SERVE AS A ROAD

MAP GUIDING EACH REGION’S EFFORTS TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH.

IN 2019, EACH REGIONAL COUNCIL WILL CONTINUE TO IMPLEMENT ITS STRATEGIC PLAN AND CONTINUE TO

IDENTIFY AND INVEST IN SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS. THE GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED

OVER $750 MILLION IN STATE RESOURCES TO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING

APPLICATION (CFA) IN 2019 TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES OF THE STRATEGIC PLANS

AND JOB CREATION ACROSS THE STATE.

THE CFA PROCESS REPLACED MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH A

SINGLE APPLICATION FOR STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES FROM NUMEROUS STATE AGENCIES, AND INSTITUTIONALIZED THE ROLE OF THE REGIONAL COUNCILS IN IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR STATE

RESOURCES.

THE CFA HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO GIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPLICANTS EXPEDITED AND

STREAMLINED ACCESS TO A COMBINED POOL OF GRANT FUNDS AND TAX CREDITS FROM DOZENS OF EXISTING

PROGRAMS. THE CFA IS A MODERN AND EASY-TO-USE ONLINE APPLICATION THAT ALLOWS BUSINESSES AND

OTHER ENTITIES TO APPLY FOR MULTIPLE AGENCY FUNDING SOURCES THROUGH A SINGLE, WEB-BASED

APPLICATION. IT IS THE PRIMARY PORTAL FOR BUSINESSES TO ACCESS STATE AGENCY RESOURCES, INCLUDING

RESOURCES FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESS, WATERFRONT

REVITALIZATION, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND LOW-COST FINANCING.


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STATE AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES MAKING RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE 2019 CFA INCLUDE: EMPIRE

STATE DEVELOPMENT; NYS CANAL CORPORATION; NYS ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

AUTHORITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION; HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL; OFFICE OF

PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION; DEPARTMENT OF STATE; NEW YORK POWER

AUTHORITY; DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION; AND NYS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS.

NEW YORK STATE DRIVES ECONOMIC GROWTH BY MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT ENFORCE FOUR

INTERCONNECTING STRATEGIES:

• PLACEMAKING - THE NOTION THAT WHERE INVESTMENT OCCURS MATTERS. IN ORDER TO ATTRACT A

TALENTED WORKFORCE, OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT MUST EMPHASIZE CREATING ACCESSIBLE JOB

CENTERS, SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES. • WORKFORCE - THE BELIEF THAT PEOPLE DRIVE THE ECONOMY. TARGETED JOB TRAINING AND

EDUCATION ENSURES THAT JOBS IN HIGH-PAYING, IN-DEMAND, TRADEABLE SECTORS ARE FILLED IN AN

EQUITABLE WAY. • TRADEABLE SECTORS - THE INDUSTRIES NEW YORK STATE IS TARGETING TO INCREASE EXPORT BASED

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. THEY ARE THE INDUSTRY SECTORS THAT ARE PART OF A GLOBAL MARKET

LIKE MANUFACTURING, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND ENERGY. • INNOVATION - THE STRATEGY OF INVESTING IN AND CREATING SYNERGIES BETWEEN RESEARCH AND

COMMERCIALIZATION TO DRIVE THE ECONOMY FORWARD.


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7.3.2 2019 AVAILABLE RESOURCES

EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT: UP TO $242 MILLION

• UP TO $150 MILLION FOR ESD GRANT FUNDS • UP TO $75 MILLION FOR EXCELSIOR JOBS PROGRAM • UP TO $2 MILLION FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES • UP TO $15 MILLION FOR MARKET NEW YORK

NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS: UP TO $6.75 MILLION

• UP TO $5 MILLION FOR ARTS AND CULTURAL INITIATIVES • UP TO $1.75 MILLION FOR ARTS & CULTURAL FACILITIES IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM – MID-SIZE

CAPITAL PROJECT FUND

HOMES AND COMMUNITY RENEWAL: UP TO $26.2 MILLION

• UP TO $20 MILLION FOR NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM • UP TO $6.2 MILLION FOR NEW YORK MAIN STREET PROGRAM

OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION: UP TO $21.4 MILLION

• UP TO $19.5 MILLION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FUND GRANTS PROGRAM FOR PARKS, PRESERVATION AND HERITAGE (EPF)

• UP TO $1.9 MILLION FOR RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM

DEPARTMENT OF STATE: UP TO $21 MILLION

• UP TO $15 MILLION FOR THE LOCAL WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION PROGRAM • UP TO $2 MILLION FOR THE BROWNFIELD OPPORTUNITY AREA PROGRAM • UP TO $4 MILLION FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY PROGRAM


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NEW YORK STATE CANAL CORPORATION: UP TO $1 MILLION

• UP TO $1 MILLION FOR THE CANALWAY GRANTS PROGRAM

NEW YORK STATE ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY: UP TO $40 MILLION

• UP TO $10 MILLION FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS • UP TO $15 MILLION FOR NET ZERO ENERGY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT • UP TO $15 MILLION FOR COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CARBON CHALLENGE

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION: UP TO $85.7 MILLION

• UP TO $11.7 MILLION FOR THE CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM • UP TO $70 MILLION FOR THE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT (WQIP) PROGRAM • UP TO $1 MILLION FOR THE NON-AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE PLANNING GRANT

PROGRAM • UP TO $3 MILLION FOR NYS DEC/EFC WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING PLANNING

GRANT PROGRAM

NEW YORK STATE POWER AUTHORITY: UP TO 144 MEGAWATTS

• UP TO 144MW FOR THE RECHARGE NY PROGRAM

ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES CORPORATION: UP TO $15 MILLION

• UP TO $15 MILLION FOR THE GREEN INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM

FEDERAL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOND CAP: UP TO $300 MILLION

• UP TO $300 MILLION FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOND CAP (IDBC)


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8.1 SUMMARY

SEVERAL MEETINGS AND OVERALL DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A FLAG

HOTEL IN THE TOWN OF AMSTERDAM HAVE OCCURRED. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE SITE

INFORMATION, INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS, UNIQUE BUSINESS EXISTING ROOM DEMAND AND POTENTIAL

TOURISM-DRIVEN DEMAND EMPHASIZED. THE MESSAGE OF STRONG LOCAL SUPPORT AND A WELCOMING

ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN DELIVERED.

THE OPPORTUNITY IS UNDER REVIEW BY SOME WITH COMMUNICATION CONTINUING. THOSE DEVELOPERS

WISHING TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND ADVANCE THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT

KEN ROSE, DIRECTOR OF THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND

PLANNING AND AMSTERDAM TOWN SUPERVISOR TOM DIMEZZA.

DEVELOPERS CONTACTED AND FLAG HOTEL PROJECT DISCUSSED WITH THEM AND A COPY OF THE REPORT

PROVIDED INCLUDE:

• LAKER DEVELOPMENT GROUP LLC • BOWERS DEVELOPMENT • COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT/BBL • TURF HOTELS DEVELOPMENT • FIRST COLUMBIA DEVELOPMENT/BETTE CRING • SCHAHET HOTELS, INC.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS INITIAL DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE. AS INTEREST MOVES

FORWARD, DEVELOPERS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT KEN ROSE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY

DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AS WELL AS THOMAS DEMEZZA, AMSTERDAM

TOWN SUPERVISOR.


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9.1 SUMMARY

IN CLOSING, DELAWARE ENGINEERING APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK FOR THE TOWN OF

AMSTERDAM AND BRING VALUE WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS FINAL REPORT BE PLACED ON THE TOWN’S WEBSITE AND PROVIDED TO THE

COUNTY OFFICE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING TO BE INCORPORATED ON THEIR WEBSITE.

DISCUSSIONS AND MARKETING OF THE PROJECT SHOULD CONTINUE AND ANY PROGRESS IN ADVANCING

SITES, LOCAL APPROVALS AND INCENTIVES, AND ACHIEVE TIMEFRAME PREDICTABILITY WOULD BE OF GREAT

VALUE. THE MAIN FOCUS NOW IS ADVANCING DISCUSSIONS WITH DEVELOPERS OF FLAG HOTEL PROPERTIES. AS THIS GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS TO MAKE THE LOCATION MORE DESIRABLE, ALL SHOULD WORK IN

PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

KEY AND SIGNIFICANT LOCATION ADVANTAGES AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE HOTEL ROOM DEMAND SHOULD

EMPHASIZE THE FOLLOWING POINTS AS TOUCHED ON IN THIS REPORT:

• STRENGTH OF SITES • AVAILABILITY OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE • EXISTING YEAR – FOUND HOTEL ROOM DEMAND/GOING ELSEWHERE • OUTSTANDING TOURISM AMENITIES • BUSINESS/NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEETING ROOM/EVENT SPACE DEMAND/GOING ELSEWHERE • CAPTURING GREAT SACANDAGA LAKE TRAFFIC/VISITORS • SUPPORTIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, AND PLANNING PROCESS • VALUED NYS AND LOCAL INCENTIVES

ULTIMATELY, HELPING A DEVELOPER MAKE THE BUSINESS DECISION TO PLACE A FLAG HOTEL IN THE TOWN

OF AMSTERDAM IS THE GOAL, ENHANCING THE ROOM DEMAND AND BETTER DEFINING THE ECONOMICS OF

THIS PROJECT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH.

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