Planning

Annual Report

                                           

2022 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 2022.
 

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: 
 
Genesee 2050 Project – Award Winning Comp Plan

Smart Growth Plan Review – Completed

County Resiliency Plan – State Approved

County Planning Board

County Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

  • Web Mapping Application
  • COVID-19 Dashboard
  • Elections Web Application
  • Sheriff’s E911 Address Maintenance
  • EagleView (Pictometry)
  • Emergency Operations Center Support
  • GLOW Registration System for Household Hazardous Waste and Household Electronics Collections
  • Fire Services Study Mapping

NYS Next Gen 911 Subcommittee

NENA CLDXF Working Group

GIS/SIG Board

Environmental (SEQR) Reviews

County Jail Committee

County Broadband Initiative

Genesee Region Housing Initiatives Committee

Housing Assistance and Information Directory

Water Resources Agency

Water System Hookup Administrative Review

Capital and Asset Acquisition Budget and Program

Agricultural & Farmland Protection Board

Agricultural District Annual Enrollment Period

Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council

G/FLRPC Planning Coordinating Committee

NYS Association of County Planning Directors

Chamber’s Business Development Committee

County Local Emergency Planning Committee

County Parks Advisory Council

Water Quality Coordinating Committee

County Traffic Safety Board

American Planning Association

Congress for the New Urbanism

FEMA Community Rating System

Genesee Transportation Council Scenario Planning



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 GIS/mapping assistance. Planning staff sponsored 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 the local municipalities. Planning Staff also continued to assist various municipalities in the process of planning for the impacts of the proposed Western New York Science Technology and Advanced Manufacturing Park (WNY STAMP) as well as large solar energy systems such as the Excelsior Energy Center and Cider Solar Project.


 
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