Story from the Daily Freeman 31 July 2018:
The town is seeking a $750,000 grant from the state Office of
Community Renewal to address longstanding problems that have prevented
the Phoenicia Water District from working efficiently.
The application was submitted last week.
“We’ve run into some issues during the environmental review,”
Shandaken Supervisor Robert Stanley said. “Doing an archeological
survey, we found some bedrock, which may need to be blasted. We also ran
into some issues with the water line crossing the Woodland Valley
bridge, so we had to retract the previous grant and close that one out.”
The additional work has resulted in the town seeking nearly
$300,000 more than the amount of a grant awarded nearly three years ago.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Grant money for new Shandaken Town Hall will allow payment of debt to NYC DEP
A story from the Daily Freeman.
The Catskill Watershed Corp. has awarded Shandaken a $114,000 grant to buy land for a new Town Hall.
The better news is the town already owns the land and can use part of the money to repay a debt to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
The town applied for the grant over the summer. The watershed corporation’s board of directors voted in favor it earlier this month.
The town now can move ahead with securing the property, where the voter-rejected Phoenicia sewer system was to be created, and can use $70,000 of the grant to pay back the New York City department.
Before the sewer project was shot down by voters, the town used $70,000 from the department to buy the property. When the project was rejected, the department wanted its money back. The town hoped to sell the property and use the proceeds to repay the environmental department, but a buyer could not be found.
Of the $114,000 awarded by the Catskill Watershed Corp., $105,000 is for the land and $9,000 is for legal and closing costs. The money was authorized under the corporation’s Flood Hazard Mitigation Implementation Program, which helps move to safer ground such “critical facilities” as firehouses, schools, town hall and water and wastewater systems.
The new Shandaken municipal complex is to house the town’s government offices and highway and ambulance departments
Part of the town’s current municipal complex, on state Route 28 in the hamlet of Allaben, was inundated by Esopus Creek floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The town then was forced to use an alternate location for day-to-day government operations and to operate a command center for post-flood responses.
The 3.2-acre Allaben site has been designated a Special Flood Hazard Area, with the Highway Department garage actually located in the floodway.
A recently completed Local Flood Analysis for the Shandaken hamlets of Mount Tremper and Phoenicia recommended relocating the Town Hall and highway garage to the 4-acre parcel that was to house the Phoenicia sewer system.
As part of the state-funded NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program, the town engaged Latham-based engineering firm C.T. Male Associates to conduct a feasibility analysis about the planned relocation. The analysis is to be completed in 2017, and the Town Hall move, also financially aided by NY Rising, is anticipated by the end of 2018.
The Catskill Watershed Corp. has awarded Shandaken a $114,000 grant to buy land for a new Town Hall.
The better news is the town already owns the land and can use part of the money to repay a debt to the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
The town applied for the grant over the summer. The watershed corporation’s board of directors voted in favor it earlier this month.
The town now can move ahead with securing the property, where the voter-rejected Phoenicia sewer system was to be created, and can use $70,000 of the grant to pay back the New York City department.
Before the sewer project was shot down by voters, the town used $70,000 from the department to buy the property. When the project was rejected, the department wanted its money back. The town hoped to sell the property and use the proceeds to repay the environmental department, but a buyer could not be found.
Of the $114,000 awarded by the Catskill Watershed Corp., $105,000 is for the land and $9,000 is for legal and closing costs. The money was authorized under the corporation’s Flood Hazard Mitigation Implementation Program, which helps move to safer ground such “critical facilities” as firehouses, schools, town hall and water and wastewater systems.
The new Shandaken municipal complex is to house the town’s government offices and highway and ambulance departments
Part of the town’s current municipal complex, on state Route 28 in the hamlet of Allaben, was inundated by Esopus Creek floodwaters during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011. The town then was forced to use an alternate location for day-to-day government operations and to operate a command center for post-flood responses.
The 3.2-acre Allaben site has been designated a Special Flood Hazard Area, with the Highway Department garage actually located in the floodway.
A recently completed Local Flood Analysis for the Shandaken hamlets of Mount Tremper and Phoenicia recommended relocating the Town Hall and highway garage to the 4-acre parcel that was to house the Phoenicia sewer system.
As part of the state-funded NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program, the town engaged Latham-based engineering firm C.T. Male Associates to conduct a feasibility analysis about the planned relocation. The analysis is to be completed in 2017, and the Town Hall move, also financially aided by NY Rising, is anticipated by the end of 2018.
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Shandaken might sell 4-acre parcel to NYC DEP
Story in the Kingston Daily Freeman:
The department has expressed interest in a 4-acre parcel between the Phoenicia Diner and the Phoenicia Plaza on the south side of state Route 28.
The town bought the land several years ago as a location for a planned Phoenicia wastewater treatment plant. But buying the land is as far as things got. The town ultimately dropped the construction plan amid community opposition, and the land remains vacant.
“After the project was closed, the town had the property appraised and placed on the market for sale,” said Shandaken Supervisor Rob Stanley. “There have been no takers ... and now the DEP would like to know how the town wishes to proceed.”
The city department is interested in the parcel, now appraised at $107,000, because it can be developed. It also abuts parcels owned by the city department and the state.
The department has expressed interest in a 4-acre parcel between the Phoenicia Diner and the Phoenicia Plaza on the south side of state Route 28.
The town bought the land several years ago as a location for a planned Phoenicia wastewater treatment plant. But buying the land is as far as things got. The town ultimately dropped the construction plan amid community opposition, and the land remains vacant.
“After the project was closed, the town had the property appraised and placed on the market for sale,” said Shandaken Supervisor Rob Stanley. “There have been no takers ... and now the DEP would like to know how the town wishes to proceed.”
The city department is interested in the parcel, now appraised at $107,000, because it can be developed. It also abuts parcels owned by the city department and the state.
Saturday, September 20, 2014
No septic, no loan: Phoenicia Pharmacy sale falls through
Woodstock Times article, by on Sep 18, 2014 • 5:00 pm
(Photo by Dion Ogust)
Pharmacist and WellCare founder Ed Ullman’s plans to buy the Phoenicia Pharmacy have been scotched by the refusal of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) to grant him a low-interest loan for renovating the property. Ullman’s is the second application to the CWC since the Phoenicia town board’s failure to act on the sewer system proposal resulted in New York City’s withdrawal of funds from the project in 2012. Both Ullman and the previous applicant, Mike Ricciardella, who was seeking a loan to renovate the former Al’s Restaurant, were turned down by the CWC.
Ricciardella succeeded in obtaining private financing for his new restaurant, now renamed The Phoenician and scheduled to open this fall in its expanded building on Main Street. Ullman pointed out that Ricciardella, as owner of three other restaurants in town, has plenty of collateral, and The Phoenician is not in the floodplain. Ullman, doubtful about the prospects of getting a private loan for the pharmacy, has withdrawn his purchase offer.
Pharmacist and WellCare founder Ed Ullman’s plans to buy the Phoenicia Pharmacy have been scotched by the refusal of the Catskill Watershed Corporation (CWC) to grant him a low-interest loan for renovating the property. Ullman’s is the second application to the CWC since the Phoenicia town board’s failure to act on the sewer system proposal resulted in New York City’s withdrawal of funds from the project in 2012. Both Ullman and the previous applicant, Mike Ricciardella, who was seeking a loan to renovate the former Al’s Restaurant, were turned down by the CWC.
Ricciardella succeeded in obtaining private financing for his new restaurant, now renamed The Phoenician and scheduled to open this fall in its expanded building on Main Street. Ullman pointed out that Ricciardella, as owner of three other restaurants in town, has plenty of collateral, and The Phoenician is not in the floodplain. Ullman, doubtful about the prospects of getting a private loan for the pharmacy, has withdrawn his purchase offer.
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