Mid-Montgomery County Local Waterfront Revitalization (LWRP) Plan
In 2003, 4 municipalities joined together to apply for a Local Waterfront Revitalization Planning grant. Local Waterfront grants are sponsored by the Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources and funded by the Environmental Protection Fund. With the Town of Glen acting as the lead municipality, the Towns of Mohawk and Glen and the Villages of Fonda and Fultonville were successful in their application and were awarded $22,000 from the state with the a local match of 50% or $22,000 for a total grant award of $44,000. The County Planning Department was expected to administer the grant and assist in the plan's preparation. Unfortunately, the Planning Department was disbanded late in 2003.
The plan came back to life in late 2006 when Doug Greene was hired as senior planner. Doug became the project manager to administer the grant and oversee the plan's creation. A waterfront Advisory Committee was selected to help guide the plan and a consultant, the Laberge Group was hired to create the actual plan.
Work began in earnest in the spring of 2007 with the major focus of the plan being:
1. Recommendations and projects to Improve access to the Mohawk River
2. Developing strategies for Economic Revitalization within the project area.
The Mid-Montgomery LWRP was finalized and approved by Department of State in January 2009. The plan is available for downloading in 2 ways.
1. The entire plan as one pdf. This is a large file and may take a long time to download. http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRPlanFull_2009_09_11.pdf
2. The plan broken down into 3 parts.
1. The main body http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRPlan_2009_09_11.pdf
2. Maps: Map 1 http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRP1.pdf
Map 2 http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRP2.pdf
Map 3 http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRP3.pdf,
Map 4 http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRP4.pdf
Map 5 http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/LWRP5.pdf
Conceptual Improvements Map (Fonda/Mohawk).pdf http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/Conceptual_Improvements_Map_Fonda_Mohawk.pdf
Conceptual Improvements Map (Fultonville/Glen).pdf http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/Conceptual_Improvements_Map_Fultonville_Glen.pdf
3. Appendixes: Appendix A http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/AppendixA.pdf
Appendix B http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/AppendixB.pdf
Appendix C http://www.co.montgomery.ny.us/planning/LWRPlan/AppendixC.pdf
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First Grant Awarded for the Mid-Montgomery Local Waterfront Revitalization plan in June 2008.
During the final stages of the planning grant, a LWRP implementation grant application was submitted to begin the preliminary stage of creating a new waterfront park at the Fonda Canal Corporation's Region 3 Maintenance Facility. This application was successful and that project is now underway. More details will be added in the near future.
THE VILLAGE OF FONDA IS SEEKING CONSULTANTS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR
PROPOSAL (RFP)
A tentative date and time of Wednesday, August 11th, 4pm has been set
for the Local Waterfront Advisory Committee to meet to review the RFP
responses.
The Village of Fonda is seeking proposals from qualified Engineering and
Design Firms for
Phase 1 of a Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP) to establish a
Waterfront Park
at the Canal Corporation Maintenance Facility in Fonda. Phase 1 will
generate a final
design, cost estimates and construction drawings and will be used for a
Phase 2 LWRP
construction grant application. The selected consultant(s) will work
under the direction
of the Montgomery County Planner who is the project manager, and a
Project Advisory Committee.
The complete RFP is available by request,
or a hard copy may be picked up at:
Montgomery County's Department of Economic Development and Planning
Room 210, 2nd Floor,
Old County Courthouse
9 Park Street
Fonda, NY 12068
Any questions should be directed to:
Doug Greene, Montgomery County Planner
Phone: 518-853-8155 or
Email: dgreene@co.montgomery.ny.us
All prospective applicants will submit 8 complete hard copies no later
than
3 p. m July 30, 2010 to the Montgomery County Department of
Economic Development and Planning.
Douglas Greene, AICP, County Planner
Montgomery County Department of Economic Development and Planning
9 Park Street, P.O. Box 1500
Fonda, New York 12068
Senior Planner for more information at: 518-853-8155
