2016 ANNUAL REPORT

 

GENESEE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING

  

The following is a summary of the activities of the Genesee County Department of Planning and its various boards and agencies for the year 2016.

  

COUNTY  PROJECTS

The Planning Department continued its assistance with a number of County projects often times working with other County Agencies to accomplish important tasks as follows:

 

Comprehensive Planning Process                   Steering Committee and ten Focus Groups

SEQR/NEPA Reviews                                     Genesee Region Housing Initiatives Committee

County Planning Board                                  Housing Assistance and Information Directory

Water Resources Agency                                G/FLRPC Planning Coordinating Committee (PCC)

Geographic Information System (GIS)            GTC Regional Trails Initiative

Pictometry                                                    NYS Association of County Planning Directors

Business Development Committee                 GGLDC Foreign-Trade Zone Advisory Board

Sheriff’s E911 Address Maintenance               Capital and Asset Acquisition Budget and Program

Smart Growth Plan 2016 Review                   Water System Hookup Administrative Review Committee

Ag & Farmland Protection Board                     Partners for Livable WNY

Ag District Annual Enrollment Period              Finger Lakes REDC Sustainability Workgroup

Traffic Safety Board                                        BID Business Development Committee

County Parks Advisory Council                        Ellicott Trail Steering Committee

G/FL Regional Planning Council                       Genesee County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)

Web Mapping Application                                Water Quality Coordinating Committee (WQCC)

Green Genesee Smart Genesee Project           GLOW Region Land Bank Committee

Beertavia Steering Committee                        American Planning Association (APA)

Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU)            STAMP Architectural Review Committee

Strong Towns                                                 Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan Update

Finger Lakes Region Electric Vehicle
Supply Equipment (EVSE) Working Group

 

LOCAL  TECHNICAL  ASSISTANCE

The Planning Department continued to provide assistance to local planning, zoning, and legislative boards. The scope of this assistance ranged from providing information regarding the development and revision of various land use regulations to the preparation of amendments and maps. Planning staff conducted zoning and land use training for the County Planning Board and all municipalities. Assistance with project reviews and/or zoning text and map amendments was provided to 18 of the 22 municipalities. Planning Staff also continued to assist the Towns of Alabama, Town and Village of Oakfield and Town of Batavia in the process of planning for the impacts of the proposed Western New York Science Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (WNY STAMP). Comprehensive Planning assistance was provided to the Town and Village of Bergen, Town of Elba, Town of Byron, Town of Pavilion, Town of LeRoy and City of Batavia. 

 

SOLID  WASTE  MANAGEMENT

The Director of Planning supervises GLOW staff and continued to serve on the GLOW Region Solid Waste Management Committee and its Planning and Advisory Subcommittees.

 

                                                                                                                     Felipe A. Oltramari AICP CNUa

 Director