Comprehensive Plan/ZRC Meetings

Comprehensive Plan/ZRC Committee meetings are held as needed at the Town Hall.

Upcoming Meetings:

There are no meetings scheduled at this time.

Zoning Revisions Committee (ZRC)

Hugh Clark, Chair
Jim Miller
Dennis Sigler
Bob Mayhew
Terry Boyles
Kyle Lougheed
Jane Shannon
Don MacLean
Barry Chase
Bonnie Hundt
Bob Roche
Barbara Gaba

Comprehensive Plan Committee Members
Art Bassin, Chairman
Suzanne Bressler
Barry Chase, Vice Chair
Hugh Clark
Bonnie Hundt
Kyle Lougheed
Don MacLean
Jim Miller
Leah Wilcox

Community Development Block Grant Project Team Members
Suzanne Bressler
Donna Hoyt
Will Lutz
Jim MacArthur
Libby McKee
Clara Van Tassel
Kit White

Agriculture & Farmland Protection Project Team
Doug Brenner
Carl Butler
Barry Chase
Don MacLean
Marnie MacLean
Frank Martucci
Harold Miller
Jerry Peele
Dennis Sigler
Bob Wilcox

Former Committee Members
Gene Aleinikoff
Nancy Broe
Jim Bryant
Chris Sommerhoff

Agendas / Minutes

Please click here for Comprehensive Plan Committee minutes 2007-2009.

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 2007 by a survey/ questionnaire which was sent to all residents and property owners to seek everyone’s opinions on important planning issues. 434 surveys were returned – a statistically significant 29% response rate. 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. In April 2008, The Committee developed a draft Vision Statement which describes where the Community says it wants to be in 2030, and established a set of Goals to describe how we hope to achieve the 2030 Vision. The Vision and Goals were reviewed and accepted by the Community at a meeting on April 26, 2008. Strategies, policies and programs to implement the Vision and Goals were completed by December 2008. In February 2009, we held four Community workshops to review the strategies policies and programs, and held formal public hearings on the Draft Comp Plan in April and June 2009. The final draft of Comprehensive Plan was presented to the Ancram Town Board in July, 2009 for review and adoption. The Town Board held its public hearing on the Comp Plan in August, 2009.

Documents

2003 DEC Palumbo Decision

Previous Public Notices

Comp Plan: The Ancram Comprehensive Planning Committee will hold a second public hearing on Draft 10 of Ancram’s Comprehensive Plan on Monday, June 22 at 7 p.m. at the Ancram Town Hall,… read more

Comp Plan: The Ancram Comprehensive Planning Committee will hold a public hearing on Ancram’s Draft Comprehensive Plan on Saturday, April 25 at 9:30 AM at the Ancram Town Hall, 1416 County Route… read more

Comp Plan: Ancram Comprehensive Plan Committee Seeks New Members
· Ancram residents or landowners may apply
· Meet weekly, Monday 7 pm, some Saturdays
· May be asked to serve on Zoning Revision Committee
· Assume a 1 year commitment
· Interview with Committee
· Appointment by Ancram Town Board

Additional Information about the Comprehensive Planning Process is available on the town web site at www.townofancram.org

If Interested Contact Committee Chair Art Bassin at 329-0921 or .

Comp Plan: The Town of Ancram is looking for volunteers to work with the Comp Plan Committee on the Town's Farmland Protection Plan (FPP) Project Team.

The FPP Project… read more

Comp 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… read more