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The (Syracuse, NY) April 10, 2003
MUNICIPALITIES, COMMUNITY GROUPS WILL RECEIVE ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. Jemeli Tanui And Pam Greene Staff writers The county will have to decide
how to divide about $1.5 million in federal money among some of the 24
municipalities and three community groups asking for a total of
$3,387,356.
The money comes from about $4 million the county receives annually
from the federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development. The requirements include proof the project will benefit low-income
people, improve blighted areas, aid handicap accessibility, or help solve
an urgent need such as the unexpected pollution of ground water.
The county division of economic development is reviewing the
applications.
The county Legislature will vote to send the eligible applications
to HUD in June, said Linda DeFichy, county Economic Development
Division administrator.
HUD is expected to notify municipalities of approval by September,
she said.
Towns and villages are encouraged to contribute at least 25 percent
of the total project cost, DeFichy said.
Not all municipalities in the county applied for the capital
projects grants.
Here's a look at grants sought in the western suburbs. Most
of the requests are a fraction of the total project cost:
Camillus, village
The village's top priority is sewer pipe improvements on Haney
Lane. Request: $80,000
2) Install a 30-ton air conditioning unit in the Camillus Senior
Center on First Street. Second priority. Request: $63,375.
Camillus, town
Top priority: Work on sidewalks, curbing and road pavement on the
north side of West Genesee Street from Melrose to Germania avenues.
Request: $100,000.
In phase 1, the town hired Clough Harbour & Associates to do a
Corridor Study of West Genesee Street in Fairmount.
Phase II, currently underway, includes streetscaping from Route 173
(Onondaga Road) to Melrose Avenue.
This phase continues west from Melrose.
"The view of West Genesee Street is mostly street lights, utility
poles and advertising signs," states the town's application. "There is a
limited amount of sidewalks and curbing is practically nonexistent. The
lack of landscaping features such as shrubs and trees renders a view of
excessive pavement."
Second priority: Install a handicap lift in the Shove Park
Recreational Center ice rink. Request: $40,275.
Elbridge, village
Renovate and alter the village library on East Main Street.
Request: $27,075.
Elbridge, town
Install an eight-inch water main pipe from where the pipe ends at
the New Tessy Plastics Corp. facility to the intersection of Wheeler and
State Route 5. Request: $100,000.
Geddes
First priority: Install storm water and catch basins along Stanley
Drive. Request: $44,400.
The request is a response to residents of Stanley Drive who
petitioned the town for a better road. Town engineers determined the
problem was a "saturated sub-base caused by the lack of a sufficient storm
water drainage system."
2) Create handicapped parking spaces adjacent to Lakeland Park
Facility. Request: $60,600.
Make brick repairs to John Carno Recreation Center. Third priority.
Request: $17,775.
Jordan
Restore a section of the deteriorating Jordan Erie Canal Wall.
Request: $100,000.
Jordan is one of the few municipalities that have preserved
segments of the Erie Canal walls and towpath.
"The canal that once ran through the heart of the village now
remains a beautiful parkway bisecting the village with bothan east and
west park," says the village application.
Marcellus, village
First priority: Rehabilitate drainage along Maple Street. Request:
$100,000.
2) Beautify Main Street with planters, bricks and granite curbing.
Request: $43,000.
Onondaga
First priority: Next phase of fixing drainage throughout Nedrow.
Request: $100,000.
2) Upgrade rest rooms at King park for handicapped accessibility.
Request: $60,000.
Solvay
First priority: Install storm sewers along Matthews Avenue.
Request: $84,300.
"The section of Matthews Avenue is an open ditch ... filled with
leaves, brush and other forms of debris. The ditches are very flat and
when they become blocked, the standing water can attract mosquitoes and
may be carrying the West Nile virus," states the village application.
2) Install a concrete culvert along Gere Lock Road to re-open the
Gere Lock Road Bridge. Request: $84,375.
3) Build an addition onto the Solvay Public Library. Request:
$100,000.
4) Construct a brick walkway, install granite curbing, plant trees
and flowers, and add benches, lights and trash cans; install a
handicapped-accessible drinking fountain and construct a pavilion on
Milton Avenue. Request: $100,000.
Spafford
The town wants to restore two of Borodino's "Four Corners" at the
intersection of routes 41 and 174.
On one side, a run-down apartment building was demolished to make
way for a veterans' memorial. On the other, renovations already are under
way at the Borodino Grange building. Request: $100,000.
Tully, village
First priority: Improve road along Lincoln Street. Request:
$100,000.
Improve services and streetscapes along Elm Street to help improve
business development. Second priority. Request: $100,000.
Cornell Cooperative Onondaga County extension
Cornell Cooperative plans to work with Syracuse, East Syracuse,
Baldwinsville, Jordan, Camillus, Solvay, DeWitt and Salina to provide
technical assistance for forest cover inventory, develop a forest
management plan using inventory data, train municipal staff to plant and
maintain trees and plant 70 trees in existing forests. Request:
$44,150.
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