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2011 Appropriations Requests
FY11 APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS
AGRICULTURE
$500,000 – Oneida Lake Cormorant Control. Oneida Lake Association, Inc., Syracuse, NY. Funds would be used to control the economic and environmental damage from invasive doublecrested cormorants on Oneida Lake. Cormorant management is a cost-effective form of economic stimulus, generating $48.37 or more in revenue in the four-county area around Oneida Lake for every federal dollar spent according to studies published by the National Wildlife Research Center.
Recipient of Funds:
Oneida Lake Association, Inc.
PO Box 3536
Syracuse, NY 13220
$1,000,000 – Adirondack Park Aquatic Nuisance Species Management Plan. Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, NY. Funds would be used to prevent new invasive species from entering the Adirondack Park, limit the spread of established populations, and restore lakes impacted by invasive species. The lakes of the Adirondack Park are the backbone of the region’s tourism based economy, which supports over 26,000 jobs. Shoreline properties are a major contributor to the tax base for local towns and villages. Invasive plants have degraded these lakes and threaten both their tourism value and the value of properties on the lakes. Restoring these lakes and protecting them from new invaders will protect jobs and property, while also creating much needed new jobs in a region where unemployment is at its highest level in 25 years.
Recipient of Funds:
Paul Smith's College
Route 86 & 30
P.O. Box 265
Paul Smiths, NY 12970
$1,000,000 – Technology to Combat Asian Longhorned Beetles in New York Forests. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Funds would be used to proactively bait and then kill or neuter Asian Longhorned Beetles before breeding by using a combination of synthesized, activated female pheromones and host volatiles. The approach developed by SUNY-ESF offers an elegant, preemptive, and effective means to avert an environmental and economic crisis in New York’s urban, suburban and rural tree scape, and saves money versus cutting, burning, and replanting of trees.
Recipient of Funds:
SUNY-ESF
1 Forestry Drive
Bray Hall 224
Syracuse, NY 13210
COMMERCE-JUSTICE-SCIENCE
$1,438,000 – Law Enforcement Visual Intelligence Technology. New York State Sheriff's Association, Albany, NY. Funds would be used to complete the acquisition and deployment of a law enforcement visual intelligence technology project for the Counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence in New York. This Pictometry technology provides up-to-date intelligent imagery for each of the counties and provides law enforcement personnel with the tools to deploy the imagery in a wireless environment.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Sheriff's Association
27 Elk Street
Albany, NY 12207
$1,000,000 – Interoperable Emergency Communications System. County of Oswego, Oswego, NY. Funds will be used to build a modern interoperable emergency communications system in Oswego, a rural county that hosts three nuclear power facilities and is home to an international fresh water port. Replacement of the existing Land Mobile Radio system will ensure the safety of residents of Oswego and surrounding counties.
Recipient of Funds:
County of Oswego
39 Churchill Road
Oswego, NY 13126
$50,000 – Land Mobile Radio System Upgrade. City of Watertown, Watertown, NY. Funds would be used to upgrade the city's existing Land Mobile Radio system to meet an FCC mandate that all non-Federal public safety licensees using 25 kHz radio systems migrate to narrowband 12.5 kHz channels by January 1, 2013.
Recipient of Funds:
City of Watertown
245 Washington Street
Room 302
Watertown, NY 13601
$275,000 – Northern Forest Explorers Program. Northern Forest Canoe Trail, Waitsfield, VT. Funds will be used to engage local youth in week-long outdoor educational experiences in the North Country that support an active and healthy lifestyle, cultivate leadership and teamwork skills, and foster an understanding of the environment. The program provides economic benefits for the local communities in the North Country along the Trail by hiring local guides and other program staff.
Recipient of Funds:
Northern Forest Canoe Trail
PO Box 565
Waitsfield, VT 05673
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION
$700,000 – Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam, NY. Funds will be used to construct a 10,090 square foot addition to the main campus building. The new cancer center addition will consolidate chemotherapy and radiation therapy in one convenient location close to other services patients need, such as the laboratory and pharmacy. The building’s architects are LEED certified and have specified green building products where feasible. Approximately 6 new positions will be created to staff the cancer center, and the project will create approximately 25 construction jobs in St. Lawrence County.
Recipient of Funds:
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
50 Leroy Street
Potsdam, NY 13676
$700,000 – Oneida Healthcare Center, Oneida, NY. Funds would be used to construct four additional exam rooms and reconfigure the nurses’ station, triage area and medication room to promote efficiency and HIPAA Compliance. Emergency Department visits have increased by nearly 25% over the past five years. Funds will be used to construct four additional exam rooms and reconfigure the nurses’ station, triage area and medication room to promote efficiency and HIPAA Compliance. The new configuration will better address infection control needs and allow for dedicated space to care for victims of sexual assault. The project will create 85-100 new constructions jobs.
Recipient of Funds:
Oneida Healthcare Center
321 Genesee Street
Oneida, NY 13421
$500,000 – North Country On-The-Job Training Program. Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce, Plattsburgh, NY. Funds will be used for practical job training and the employment of targeted individuals by matching employers and trainees in the Counties of Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Hamilton, New York. This 4-county region is poised for renewed employment in 2010-11, but requires basic assistance for employers to encourage the hiring of unemployed/underemployed individuals requiring training achievable on the job, and matchmaking between employers and targeted trainees, along with the support services to design appropriate training plans and coordinate the program. This is a simple, effective, low-cost way to leverage 100-200 quality job opportunities requiring support, assistance and some financial incentive.
Recipient of Funds:
Plattsburgh-North Country Chamber of Commerce
7061 Route 9
P.O. Box 310
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
$500,000 – SUNY Upstate Medical University Fort Drum Region Branch Campus. SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY. Funds would be used to hire and train faculty for a State University of New York Upstate Medical University Branch Campus in the Fort Drum Region. A SUNY Upstate Branch Campus would fill a critical gap in the recruitment, education and retention of valuable health care providers for the entire region.
Recipient of Funds:
SUNY Upstate Medical University
750 East Adams Street
Syracuse, NY 13210
$425,000 – State University of New York Oswego, Oswego, NY. Funds would be used to purchase equipment for state-of-the-art electrical and computer engineering labs. In response to the economic development needs of Central New York, SUNY Oswego has recently started a software engineering program and is developing a program in electrical and computer engineering. State-of-the-art equipment for engineering will ensure that the program produces well-trained engineers that will contribute to future economic development in the region.
Recipient of Funds:
State University of New York Oswego
7060 State Route 104
706 Culkin Hall
Oswego, NY 13126
$10,000,000 – Reach Out and Read. Reach Out and Read has been proven to be among the most effective strategies to promote early language and literacy development and school readiness: pediatricians and other healthcare providers guide and encourage parents to read aloud to their children from their earliest years of their life, and send them home from each regular checkup with a new book and a prescription to read together. Fourteen peer-reviewed, published research studies spanning the last two decades clearly demonstrate the impact of the Reach
Out and Read model and the importance of promoting early language and literacy skills in preparing children to excel in school. Today, Reach Out and Read serves 3.8 million children annually, but millions more children nationwide do not receive the necessary support and assistance they need to develop these critical skills and enter kindergarten ready to learn.
Funding provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has been matched by
tens of millions of dollars from the private sector and state governments. Education – National Projects – Innovation and Improvement.
Recipient of Funds:
Reach Out and Read
56 Roland Street, Suite 100 D
Boston, MA 02129
$26,000,000 – Reading is Fundamental. Funding will be used for purposes authorized in Section 5451 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Reading Is Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states, Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Education – National Projects – Innovation and Improvement.
Recipient of Funds:
Reading Is Fundamental
1825 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20009
DEFENSE
$4,250,000 – Advanced Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Research. Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. Funds will be used to study Advanced Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Research. Lower cost, more efficient photovoltaic systems are needed to power not only the growing array of electronics for the individual soldier such as communication, GPS, and night vision gear but for larger unit power needs including weapons and logistics systems. Investing in solar power research will help the U.S. reduce our dependence on other dwindling energy supplies, and give our warfighters a far more cost-effective energy source than they have now. This will reduce the taxpayer burden for Defense energy supplies and strengthen our national security for the long-term.
Recipient of Funds:
Clarkson University
8 Clarkson Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13699
$3,000,000 – Munition Advanced Projectile Hybrid System. Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY. Funds will be used to develop an advanced hybrid projectile able to serve both as a munition and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This transformation technology for the next generation munitions will provide the U.S. Army with a system that could save soldiers’ lives and provide the U.S. Army with a significant tool to dominate the battlefield. Once fully developed, this hybrid projectile will reduce collateral damage by US forces, deploy far less expensive UAVs, and enable our nation to more quickly win its battles. That will in turn save lives and valuable assets paid for by taxpayer funding.
Recipient of Funds:
Clarkson University
8 Clarkson Avenue
Potsdam, NY 13699
$430,000 – Fort Drum Regional Health Organization, Watertown, NY. Funds will be used to continue providing a platform to identify and analyze the existing healthcare delivery options for soldiers and new opportunities for using technology to improve services. This program continues to leverage resources, reduce costs, improve communication and increase access to quality care for family members and service members in the community. Ultimately, the program allows the Defense Department to most efficiently provide services to the military and maintain readiness levels needed to ensure national security.
Recipient of Funds:
Fort Drum Regional Health Planning Organization
120 Washington Street, Suite 302
Watertown, NY 13601
$3,000,000 – Advanced Ground Electronic Warfare System (AGES). SRC, North Syracuse, NY. Funds will be used to develop an integrated Electronic Warfare (EW) system that combines jamming, collection, and exploitation capabilities currently performed by separate systems in a single power-efficient and cost-effective package for use on Army tactical vehicles. This project will result in lower power consumption by Army vehicles, more efficient delivery of EW capabilities, and ultimately save the lives of US servicemembers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Recipient of Funds:
SRC
7502 Round Pond Road
North Syracuse, NY 13212
$4,000,000 – U.S. Navy Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Program. Trudeau Institute, Saranac Lake, NY. Funds will be used to develop an advanced pandemic influenza vaccine program for the U.S. Navy. The development of vaccines is an urgent military and public health priority as current vaccines against influenza have serious limitations in terms of their production, administration and effectiveness. The proposed project will advance the development of new techniques for enhancing vaccine effectiveness to promote Force Readiness and general health of the members of the Armed Services and their dependents. More powerful vaccines are far more cost effective than influenza treatments, particularly for deployed service members. This project will enhance national security and protect taxpayer investments into the health and well being of service members.
Recipient of Funds:
Trudeau Institute
154 Algonquin Ave
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
ENERGY AND WATER
$5,000,000 – Lake Ontario and Niagara River Navigation Fund – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, Buffalo, NY. Funds would be used to dredge, maintain and conduct structural repairs of the harbors of Olcott, Irondequoit, Great Sodus Bay, Little Sodus Bay, Wilson, Oak Orchard, Oswego, Rochester, Cape Vincent, Morristown, Port Ontario, Ogdensburg, Sackets Harbor and Little River Harbor in the State of New York. These Harbors generate millions of dollars in economic activity benefitting both local and national economies. Failure to dredge and maintain these harbors will result in negative economic impacts and jeopardize the safety of commercial and recreational boaters. The lack of dredging and maintenance of navigation structures combined with recent low lake levels on Lake Ontario present serious concerns and safety problems for all users. Reports of damages in the summer months occur frequently to Congressional offices and the Corps of Engineers.
Recipient of Funds:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District
1776 Niagara Street
Buffalo, NY 14207
FINANCIAL SERVICES
$5,000,000 – Alexandria Bay Land Port of Entry, Alexandria Bay, NY. GSA has completed the planning phase of a new Land Port of Entry in Alexandria Bay, New York. Funds would be used to begin Phase III of the project, which would include the replacement of the main building and modernization and expansion of the inspection areas. Each day this port of entry receives 484 trucks and facilitates trade of nearly $19 million worth of cargo. Tenant agencies of the new facility will be Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Food and Drug Administration, USDA-APHIS Veterinary Services, and the General Services Administration. Expansion of the Alexandria Bay facility is critical to job creation in the region.
Recipient of Funds:
Service Port-Alexandria Bay
46735 Interstate Route 81
Alexandria Bay, NY 13607
$1,000,000 – Agriculture and Renewable Energy Business Park at the Madison County Landfill. Madison County Industrial Development Agency, Wampsville, NY. Funds would be used for construction of the Agriculture and Renewable Energy Business Park (ARE Park) at the Madison County Landfill. The business park is shovel-ready with all engineering, architectural, and environmental reviews completed. Construction of the park will create opportunities for high-tech, green collar jobs through valued-added agriculture and renewable energy industries.
Recipient of Funds:
Madison County Industrial Development Agency
138 North Court Street
Wampsville, NY 13163
INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT
$370,000 – City of Watertown, NY – Combined Sewer Overflow Improvement Project. Funds would be used for design for improvements to the combined sewer overflow at the Engine Street outfall. The project would improve Black River water quality and create jobs in the area.
Recipient of Funds:
City of Watertown
245 Washington Street
Room 302
Watertown, NY 13601
$500,000 – Town of Sullivan, NY – Sewer Expansion Project. Funds would be used to expand public sewers in the Town of Sullivan. Failing private sewers affect not only the environment and quality of life for Sullivan residents, but also that of other lakeside communities that suffer the effects of pollution. The sewer expansion project would create new jobs in the area and retain businesses.
Recipient of Funds:
Town of Sullivan
7507 Lakeport Rd
Chittenango, NY 13037
$500,000 – Town of Volney, NY – Sewer Expansion Project. Funds would be used to construct a sanitary sewer line from the Bristol Hill Landfill to the nearest existing connection point for the City of Fulton sanitary sewer system. The project would improve the town’s sanitation system and create jobs in the area.
Recipient of Funds:
Town of Volney
2801 State Rt. 481
Fulton, NY 13069
$150,000 – Village of Constableville, NY –Water System Improvements Project. Funds would be used to repair and replace water distribution lines in the Village of Constableville. The project would improve drinking water quality and create jobs in the area.
Recipient of Funds:
Village of Constableville
P.O. Box 386
Constableville, NY 13325
$350,000 – Village of Lowville, NY – Water and Sewer Main Replacement Project. Funds would be used to replace water and sewer mains in the Village of Lowville. These mains were installed in the mid-1930s and are at or very near the end of their useful life. The project would create jobs in the area.
Recipient of Funds:
Village of Lowville
5402 Dayan Street
Lowville, NY 13367
$500,000 – Village of Saranac Lake, NY – Sewer Replacement Project. Funds would be used to develop groundwater wells for the Village of Saranac Lake’s public drinking water system. The project would improve drinking water quality and create jobs in the area.
Recipient of Funds:
Village of Saranac Lake
3 Main Street
Saranac Lake, NY 12983
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION-VA
$6,700,000 – Fort Drum, NY. Funds will be used to construct an Alert Holding Area for pre-deployment preparation. Fort Drum currently has no dedicated area for pre-deployment inspections of equipment to deploy overseas. There is also no dedicated marshalling area where equipment can be stored to ensure it is not tampered with. Without a dedicated area for all of these activities, port call windows could be missed, aircraft could be delayed and equipment will continue to be improperly documented, causing for inefficient deployments and inaccurate unit movement data. This project will greatly reduce inefficiencies in deployments, saving taxpayer funds and increasing the division's ability to meet America's security needs.
$7,600,000 – Fort Drum, NY. Funds will be used to build a new Ammunition Supply Point on the installation. The existing ammunition storage facilities are not large enough to store munitions required to train soldiers at Fort Drum. The current facility also has obsolete electrical systems, resulting in damage to computers and other equipment. Building this facility will result in safer, more efficient distribution of ammunition and support the division's mission of national defense.
$6,900,000 – Fort Drum, NY. Funds will be used to improve the Post Chapel on Fort Drum, altering the current facility and adding space to accommodate the post’s growing population.
Fort Drum has a severe shortage of religious facilities. If this project is not provided, many of the emotional and material needs of soldiers may not be met. This non-denominational, multi-faith facility will ensure preventive mental health initiatives are taken, reducing the need for far more expensive care for soldiers and meeting the Army's promise to care for them before and after deployment.
$7,500,000 – Fort Drum, NY. Funds will be used to build a Railhead Loading Area on Fort Drum. The existing railroad infrastructure is 60 years old and even though the entire rail system had some renovation in 1994, the current railroad system has not been upgraded to current standards. The current railhead cannot accommodate two units at the same time, requiring extensive weekend and evening work that is expensive and inefficient. Units may also miss port calls and deployment timelines, resulting in further wasted taxpayer funds and degraded support to national security. This project will allow more efficient deployments, reduced manpower requirements and increased safety for service members.
TRANSPORTATION-HUD
$5,000,000 – Lake Champlain Bridge, Crown Point, NY. Funds would be used through the NYS Department of Transportation for reconstruction of the Lake Champlain Bridge, which was closed October 16, 2009 due to rapid increase in deterioration in past 4 years. Reopening or rehabilitating the bridge was ruled out in November 2009 and it was demolished on December 28, 2009. A replacement bridge will be constructed beginning this summer, with completion scheduled for summer 2011. Reconstruction of the bridge is critical to the area economy.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$5,000,000 – Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority, Ogdensburg, NY. Funds would be used for structural repairs including deck replacement, elimination of raised safety walks, replacement of longitudinal stringers, and replacement of bridge rail and floor beam repair. This international bridge, which is wholly owned and operated by New York State, is a vital transportation facility that links rural New York State with Canada enabling nearly $1.4 billion of trade to enter the US annually. The structure is need of major capital repairs.
Recipient of Funds:
Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority
1 Bridge Plaza
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
$500,000 – Digital Cultural Preservation Project. St. Regis Mohawk Tribe, Akwesasne, NY. Funds will be used for renovation of the Akwesasne Cultural Center as part of the St. Regis
Mohawk Tribe’s Digital Cultural Preservation Project. The project will help to preserve the culture of the Tribe while creating construction jobs and stimulating cultural tourism activity in the region.
Recipient of Funds:
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
412 State Route 37
Akwesasne, NY 13655
$650,000 – Roadside Willow Barriers Demonstration Project. State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, NY. Funds will be used to deploy roadside demonstrations of shrub willow energy crops for bridge abutment/flood plain soil stability, sound barriers, snow fences and low-impact median safety. The project offers potential savings of $62,000 per mile on related state and local snow plowing budgets.
Recipient of Funds:
SUNY ESF
1 Forestry Drive
Bray Hall 224
Syracuse, NY 13201
$500,000 – Redevelopment of Riverside Drive. Village of Clayton, Clayton, NY. Funds would be used for the redevelopment of Riverside Drive in Clayton, NY. This project is a critical component of the Town and Village Local Waterfront Revitalization Program.
Recipient of Funds:
Village of Clayton
425 Mary Street
Clayton, NY 13624
$500,000 – Watertown Center for Business and Industry Roof Replacement. Watertown Industrial Center Local Development Corporation, Watertown, NY. Funds would be used to complete roof replacement on the Fort Drum region’s only business incubator to ensure its continued role in area job creation. The project will retain 21 small businesses, which employ 155 people, while allowing greater utilization of currently vacant space to incubate additional new business.
Recipient of Funds:
Watertown Industrial Center Local Development Corporation
800 Starbuck Avenue
Watertown, NY 13601
High Speed Rail – Upstate Caucus
$520,000 – Rouses Point Border Inspection Facility - Design & Construction, Clinton County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$360,000 – Empire Corridor West High Speed Rail Improvements, Madison County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$270,000 – Empire Corridor West High Speed Rail Improvements, Erie County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$1,000,000 – Empire Corridor West High Speed Rail Improvements, Oneida County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$360,000 – Empire Corridor West High Speed Rail Improvements, Cayuga, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$135,000 –Empire Corridor West High Speed Rail Improvements, Erie County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$834,000 – Syracuse Passenger Rail Station - Capacity Improvement, Onondaga County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$683,000 – Adirondack Corridor High Speed Rail Improvements, Saratoga County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$3,200,000 – Livingston Avenue Bridge - Preliminary Engineering, Albany County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
$400,000 – Livingston Avenue Bridge - Operation Modernization, Albany County, NY.
Recipient of Funds:
New York State Department of Transportation
50 Wolf Road
Albany, NY 12232
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