Comprehensive Plan Meetings
Comprehensive Plan Committee meetings are held as needed at the Town Hall, generally weekly, at 7 PM on Monday nights with an occasional Saturday meeting as well, and are always open to the public.
Upcoming Meetings:
Jul 28, 7:00pm
Committee Members
Art Bassin, Chairman
Barry Chase, Vice Chair
Jim Bryant
Bonnie Hundt
Kyle Lougheed
Don MacLean
Leah Wilcox
Former Committee Members
Nancy Broe
Gene Aleinikoff
Chris Sommerhoff
Public Notices
Comprehensive Plan: The Town of Ancram is looking for volunteers to work with the Comprehensive Planning Committee on our Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) project.
The CDBG project will focus on hamlet revitalization, economic development and affordable housing.
The CDBG Project Team will meet once a month, starting late in July. The work should be done by the end of 2008.
The CDBG Project Team will work with the Town's consultants and the Comp Plan Committee to insure a broad base of opinions and perspectives are represented, and residents of Ancram, Ancramdale and Boston Corners are able to participate in the effort.
For more information on the CDBG project, go to the Comp Plan section of the Ancram Town web site (http://www.townofancram.org), scroll down to Documents, go to Grant Applications, and look at the second and third documents in that section. Also read the 5/19 and 6/2 Ancram Comp Plan Committee minutes, also on the Town web site.
Anyone interested in joining the CDBG Project Team should contact Art Bassin at 329-0921 or at before Monday July 14.
Agendas / Minutes
07/21/08 - agenda
12/29/07 - minutes
04/26/07 - minutes
Comprehensive Plan
Developing A Road Map
A Comprehensive Plan is the road map that guides a town’s decisions related to future growth and development. It is also a process that lets the current residents of Ancram define what they want the future of Ancram to look like, and how they want the Town to develop. It is the basis for the Town’s zoning, land use and subdivision laws, and will provide a framework for all town, county and state officials as they make decisions which will affect the town. A comprehensive plan deals with basic issues like growth and development, revitalizing our hamlets, maintaining open space, agriculture, the rural character of the Town, historic preservation, affordable housing, recreation and parks, traffic, road maintenance, natural resources, infrastructure, economic development and other topics of concern to residents.
The previous Ancram Development Plan was done in 1972, and has served the town well. But things have changed in the last 35 years. What made sense back in 1972 may not make sense today, and what the residents of Ancram thought was important and wanted in 1972 may not be what we think or want today. We already know that many townspeople today are interested in affordable housing for residents, protecting the Town’s agricultural economy, open spaces and rural character, and doing what is necessary to help revitalize the hamlets. The 1972 “Plan” and resulting land use and zoning laws do not adequately support these priorities, so doing a “new” comprehensive plan may be the only way to enable some of these interests to be addressed.
The Ancram Town Board appointed the Comprehensive Planning Committee in April, 2007. In May, the Committee prepared and issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) outlining the consulting support the Town needed to help develop the comprehensive plan. We received 8 proposals by the early June deadline, interviewed six consultants and selected Community Planning and Environmental Associates in July, 2007.
The planning process started in September and October 2007 with planning workshops attended by 130 town residents. The workshops were followed in December by a survey questionnaire which was sent to all residents and property owners to seek everyone’s opinions on important planning issues. The Comp Plan Committee asked the NY Rural Water Association to conduct a groundwater protection study, which was completed in February 2008. In addition, the Committee compiled profile and inventory data on Ancram which describes the way things are in 2008, and in April 2008, developed a draft Vision Statement which describes where the Community says it wants to be in 2030, and a set of Goals to describe how we hope to achieve the Vision. The Vision and Goals were reviewed and accepted by the Town at a meeting on April 26, 2008. The Comp Plan Committee will now focus on developing the strategies, action plans and programs to implement the Goals and the Vision. The Committee expects to complete its work and present a Comprehensive Plan for review by the Community and the Town Council before the end of 2008.
Documents
Comprehensive Plan Overview
Consultant Proposals
Ancram 2030: Vision and Goals
Workshop Results
Survey Results
Ancram Water Study
Ancram Build Out Analysis
Ancram Profile Documents
Maps
Roads and Properties Boundaries
National Register, Recreation Sites and Unincorporated Places
Updates to the Town Board
CPC Town Board Update 2007-7-12
CPC Town Board Update 2007-8-07
CPC Town Board Update 2007-9-07
CPC Town Board Update 2007-10-07
CPC Town Board Update 2007-11-07
CPC Town Board Update 2007-12-07
CPC Town Board Update 2008-1-10
CPC Town Board Update 2008-2-14
CPC Town Board Update 2008-3-20
CPC Town Board Update 2008-4-17
Press Releases
Workshops and Survey Scheduled
Eastern States Drillers to Assist Ancram Residents