Background and Resources
Each of the major topics are listed in the navigation bar on the left. Recommendations often relate to more than one topic, so the same sub-page may be listed under more than one topic.
Goals appear in yellow boxes at the top of a page. You'll find the recommendations in the blue box at the bottom of a page. The text in between explains our thinking.
What you won't find: No plan can address everything, but there are a few issues that were raised in the forums or comments that we chose not to address. These are the issues and why:
- Cell towers: The town already has criteria for locating cell towers health and safety.
- Deer Control: a DEC issue
- Aerial spraying: State controlled
- Pesticide use: County Health Department controlled
- Testing well water: Resident responsibility, but we have recommended an aggressive public education program
- Maverick Road traffic: included in traffic recommendations
- Fines for building without a permit: already in place
- Term limits for planning board members: The committee is comfortable with current regulations which require annual reappointment
- Farm vehicle damage to town roads: difficult to determine what vehicles cause damage. Most roads in town are county roads.
- Town ethics/conflict of interest policies: currently under development.
We thank you for the opportunity to serve the community by developing this plan.