Planning |
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
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 |