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The Planning Board revised the draft Comprehensive Plan to incorporate comments made at a public hearing held by the Planning Board on September 24th 2020 and written comments received by September 28th. The Town Board held their public hearing on that revised draft on December 10th. Final revisions were made to the plan and the Town Board will be voting on the final Comprehensive Plan in January 2021.
Currently the Planning Board is developing a law governing the siting of solar energy systems and battery energy storage systems (see LINK or under “Key Documents” on the right). The Plan Review Process The original Comprehensive Plan was passed in 2006. In 2013, the Planning Board began the revision by meeting with the Town Supervisor, former Planning Board members, and members of the committee who were involved in drafting the original 2006 Plan in order to review the existing Plan and identify the areas needing the most attention. The Planning Board met with professional planners from the area and hired a former planner from the Town of Ithaca to provide formal planning guidance. In 2015, a series of three informal "Community Cafés" were held to learn what residents felt have been and should be the primary goals, ambitions, and weaknesses of the plan. In 2016, a town-wide survey was conducted; the selection of questions and topics in the survey was informed by feedback from the community cafes. Public meetings held in 2016 developed an outline for moving ahead with revising the Plan. That outline evolved into three overarching areas that are the organizing framework for the revised Plan: Livability in Caroline, Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, and Rural Character. In 2018 and 2019, three public workshops were organized, each one focussed on one of the above areas and with the goal of generating concrete ideas for actions advancing town goals in that area. A public hearing was held on September 24th; that public hearing was the first of two public hearings that will be held on the plan. After the Planning Board makes final revisions based on the September 24th hearing the Comprehensive Plan will be forwarded to the Town Board. The Town Board will then hold a second public hearing prior to final review and considering approval of the Plan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Many good ideas were generated at the workshops held on the three main plan areas. These ideas can provide impetus for individuals, community groups, businesses and town government and are a community resource that will remain on this website for future reference. Please return and review these lists from time to time. Workshop #1: Making Caroline a More Livable Community Recommended Actions from Livability Workshop Workshop #2: Protecting Caroline's Environment and Natural Resources Recommended Actions from Environment Workshop Workshop #3: Preserving Caroline's Rural Character Recommended Actions from Rural Character Workshop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Purpose:
Planning Board Members are appointed by Town Board to staggered five year terms. Planning Board members may be reappointed. Board Members: Bill Podulka, Chair Val Warke Michelle Brown Barbara Knuth Wil Lawrence Jonathan Comstock Tim Murray - Liaison to the Town Board Contact: Planning_Board@townofcaroline.org |
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Meetings: July 15th @ 5:30pm Zoom Info: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86441102256?pwd=VjNBYzZMdlAzN05BRStScHI5a2p4UT09 Meeting ID: 864 4110 2256 Passcode: 473441 Key DocumentsMeeting
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