Broome County Department tofPlanning & Economic Development  Debra A. Preston, County Executive. . Frank Evangelisti, Director  November 12, 2015 Ms. Carolyn Price, Supervisor Town of Windsor 136 Baker Road Windsor, New York 13865 Dear Supervisor Price:  RE: Review Pursuant to Section 239-1 and -m of the General Municipal Law  The Broome County Department of Planning and Economic Development has received your request for  review of the! below captioned matter: Applicant: Town of Windsor Project: Municipality: Town of Windsor Tax Map No: entire town BC Case:  Comprehensive Plan Amendment Town wishes to review and adopt  amendments to the 2006 Comprehensive Plan.  239-2015-133  The Planning Department has reviewed the above-cited case and has not identified any significant countywide or inter-community impacts associated with the proposed project.. This Department congratulates the Town of Windsor on its efforts to update the Town's Comprehensive Plan.  The case file was routed to the following agencies for review:  Binghamton Metropolitan Transportation Study (BMTS) New' York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) Broome County Department of Public' Works (DPW) Broome County Health Department (BCHD)  Enclosed are comments from the BMTS that need to be addressed.  Please submit a copy of your decision in this case within seven (7) days of taking action SO it can be  included ini the case record. Thank youi for your cooperation.  Sincerely,  amk E  Frank Evangelisti Director FE/Imz  CC: Ms. Cheryl Sacco, Town of Windsor Attorney, Coughlin & Gerhart, L.L.P.  BC file copy    2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates  EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over 4,958 In labor force Civilian labor force Employed Unemployed Armed Forces Noti in labor force COMMUTING TOV WORK Workers 16 years and over 2,974 Car, truck, or van = drove 2,599 Car, truck, or van - Public transportation Walked Other means Worked at home Mean travel time to work 23.7 CLASS OF WORKER Civilian employed population 2,998 Private wage and salary 2,271 Government workers Self-employed in own not 129 Unpaid family workers  Number 3,143 3,143 2,998 145 0 1,815 327 0 23 0 25  Percent 100% 63.40% 63.40% 60.50% 2.90% 0.00% 36.60% 100% 87.40% 11.0% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.8% (X) 100% 75.8% 19.9% 4.3% 0.0%  598 0        Town, County and State Highways There apprexiamatelyapproximately miles of Town maintained roads in the Town of Windsor. Many of the roads are oil and stone construction while others are dirt. The more heavily traveled Town roads are asphalt. There are 29 miles of County maintained roads and 208 miles of state maintained roads. The State roads include NYS Route 17  Formatted: Sections start: Newp page  are 118  (Future I-86) and NYS Route 79. Private Roads The Town has several privately built and maintained roads that access residential areas. Private roads are not maintained by the Town. Therefore, they were not built to the same standard. They. are primarily narrow dirt roads accessed from Town or County roads. Most of these roads maintained homeowners and fees are  are the  by  23    assessed through a homeowner's association. However, others have no formal arrangements for maintenance and one or two homeowners maintain the road for all of the users. The Town regulations do not require private roads be built to a specific construction standard leaving it to the discretion of the developer. This can pose problems for both the safety and convenience of the residents living in these developpaents. Therefore, the Town should address a basic road construction standardsfor all private roads builti in the Town. Bridges in the Town of Windsor are maintained by New York State or Broome County. A bridge is any traverse that is 20 feet in length or longer. Anything less than 20 feet in length is considered a structure and is then maintained by the Town. Bridges and structures are the most expensive infrastructure to There is one private airstrip in the Town of Windsor adjacent to New. York State Route 17 in the Occanum area. It is a turf strip with one hangar. There are no other landside amenities such as fueling or tie-down areas. The closest airports include the Tri-cities Airport in the Village of Endicott and the Greater There is limited public transit in the Town of Windsor. Currently the only form of transit is-for-seniors threugh-in the Town of Windsor is BC Country. They provide a curb-to-curb service and this service can be used for shopping, doctor's appointments and other services in the metropolitan area. BC Country will pick youup in the morning, bring you to your destination in the, urban core of Broome County, and provide a return trip in the afternoon or early evening tothe Town of Windsor. The cost is $3 per one-wayride. For persons with disabilities, the cost is $2 per one-way ride. If youareage 60or over, you can apply for a Broome CountyOffice for Aging Identification Card. This card will allow you toride at no charge; however, a suggested $1.50 donation will help offset the cost of your ride. The Broome County-Ofice-for theAging (OFAl-helps-arrange -busing service 6r-eNO--RE- Brpome-County-areastopr-R-seneE-d-8C-CountiP-6-senice-s used-for-smoppingr dectefs-apoimement-ama-ate-evrerees-that-can-be previded-n-the-me-metropoHtan-area-Fhere-S-a-4lmaten-fer-ome-way-servee for-people-age-60-andeveranda-2-domaton-or-users-under-6oyears-efage: Fhey-provide-e-eurb-te-eurb-servacervce-aneenbetse-used-onee-a-day By using BC Country to get to the BC Junction, the transfer point for the fixed  Jly35588 2015-10-22- 18:39:20  Bridges  maintain and repair for any municipality. Air Transportation  Binghamton Regional Airport in the Town of Maine.  Public Transit  Formatted: Font: (Default) Verdana, 12pt, Font color: Auto, Pattern: Clear Font Formatted: color: Auto, Font: Pattern: (Default) Clear Verdana, 12pt, Font Formatted: color: Auto, Font: Pattern: (Default) Clear Verdana, 12pt, Field Code Changed. 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SEE EXCEL DOCUMENT WITH UPDATED CENSUS DATA  Place of Work  Fhe-Census-reports-lnformatoR-e-piaee-GF-wesk-fer-the--empieyed popuiation-ofi6year-er-moe-Fhe-280P-ests-ndatees-3,34-Towm-df Windsor-resadens-over-ne-age-dHi6-are-emplbyed-abie--Histrkes-  25    breakiew-ef-werkeing-ciss-residents-and-general-imformation-pertaining-te helr-piaee-oF-wok-FNe-29P-emsE-EE2P880-6F-tne-3,34 residents-in-the-work-foree-commute-te-work-and-the-average-commute  tme-was-approximately27-minutes.  26    Fable-9-Generat-EmpioymentandPlaceofWorkinformation  Subjeet  Number 4,752 3,199 3,196 3,034 162 1,553 341 2,216 647 171  Pereent 100 67.3 67.3 63.8 3.4 0.1 32.7 67.8 73.0 21.3 5.6 0.0 82.9 13.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 2.3 NA  EmploymentStatus Population 16 years and over ln-laberferce Givlan-taborforee- Empleyed Unemployed Armed-ferces Notin-aber-force- PHymsNvrire Class-of-Worker Pfvate-wage-andsand-salary-workers Geyermment-workers: Sel-employed-werkers-P-OwR-Ret ncerporated business Umpaid-family-workers Commuting to-work Rekr-teesee eptnekeren-ees PwHetranspertation Walked Other-means Werked-at-heme  2,469 401 15 18 69 26.8  Meantrave-time-towerkefminutes) Seure:tis-Cemsusberee-2000Cemsus  27