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Historic Heath Farm Advisory Committee
The committee has been tasked with providing community insights and technical recommendations to help the Town craft an overall vision for the Historic Heath Farm properties, and to help the Town implement the actions and next steps necessary for achieving this vision.
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Budget Advisory Team
The Budget Advisory Team met during 2012. View the multi-year budget template.
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2012 Budget Advisory Team
Find member information and presentation documents.
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2012 Transition Committee
Shortly after his election, Supervisor-Elect John Clarkson recruited 17 town residents to serve on a nonpartisan Transition Committee to help advise him in preparation for serving as Town Supervisor. The Committee’s charge was to help evaluate and guide key policies and action items for the coming two years. View member information and reports.
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Agricultural & Farmland Study Advisory Committee
The purpose of the study for the development of a Farm and Open Space Protection Plan was to work with individuals involved in the town's agricultural industry to establish strategies that will result in the enhancement, management and continued viability of agriculture and farmland areas and lands in the Town of Bethlehem. The committee was active during the study which began in the spring of 2008. Find committee information, the final report, and other supporting documents.
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Bethlehem 20/20 Advisory Committee
The Bethlehem 2020 Advisory Committee was established by the Town Board January 23, 2008. The mission of the 20/20 Committee was to assist the town in making key organizational and investment decisions to ensure that it maximizes the potential to achieve the Comprehensive Plan's vision. The Committee was responsible for providing general advice and guidance to the town and for assisting in the development and review of interim and final work products and reports. View committee information and reports.
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Bethlehem 20/20 Implementation Committee
Find committee information and reports.
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Bethlehem Committee on Deer and Ticks
The Bethlehem Committee on Deer and Ticks was a collaborative effort between town staff and town residents, all of whom volunteered their time to advance public education and awareness of issues related to the deer and tick populations in town.
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Citizens Advisory Committee on Conservation
The Citizens Advisory Committed on Conservation (CACC) emerged as a tier I recommendation of the town’s Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan). The advisory committee explored conservation projects and opportunities with willing landowners. The CACC was an advisory body that provided advice and recommendations to the Town Board.
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Comprehensive Plan Assessment Committee (CPAC)
In March 2012, the Town Board established the Comprehensive Plan Assessment Committee (CPAC) whose mission was to evaluate progress on the goals and objectives of the 2005 Comprehensive Plan and subsequent CPOC report to determine whether changes, additions or deletions are appropriate, considering changes in the community, the economic climate, as well as recommendations from advisory committees and the community at large.
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Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee
The Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee (CPOC) was established by the Town Board at its meeting of April 25, 2007. In recommending the formation of a CPOC, the Executive Summary of the Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) simply states: "This committee would assist the Town Board and help guide the plan implementation effort." Additional background information is provided in Section 6 (Implementation and Action Plan) of the Comp Plan.
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Comprehensive Plan Update Committee
The Comprehensive Plan Update Committee, appointed at the October 10, 2019 Town Board meeting, will prepare a proposed comprehensive plan update for the Town.
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Delaware Avenue Complete Streets 2016-2021
Learn more about the original Delaware Avenue Complete Streets Committee. For information on the more current 2023-2026 Delaware Ave Complete Streets Project, please visit https://www.townofbethlehem.org/991/Delaware-Avenue-Complete-Streets-Project by selecting Town Government > Departments > Economic Development and Planning > Planning Division > Development Projects
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Delaware Avenue NY Forward 2022
The Town of Bethlehem intends to apply for a NY Forward grant from the NYS Department of State for the Delaware Avenue corridor. As part of the application process, communities are required to assemble an advisory committee to help guide application development and project implementation, if awarded a grant
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Delaware Ave Hamlet Enh Study Adv Committee
In 2008, the Capital District Transportation Committee provided funding to conduct the Delaware Avenue Hamlet Enhancement Study. The study resulted in two reports: Delaware Avenue Hamlet Design Standards and Guidelines and the Delaware Avenue Hamlet Transportation Improvement Plan.
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Delaware Avenue Improvement Group
A Public-Private Cooperative Group to evaluate, promote and support Delaware Avenue Improvements. The Group served as the Study Advisory Committee for the Delaware Avenue Complete Streets Feasibility Study, sponsored by the Town of Bethlehem to identify and analyze the feasibility of appropriate complete streets elements for Delaware Avenue between Elsmere Avenue and the Normanskill Bridge.
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Ethics Advisory Group
Using the State Comptroller’s Model Ethics Policy as a starting point but adapting to fit Bethlehem’s needs, this group convened from February to May 2012 and crafted options for the Town Board to consider in improving and updating the Ethics Code and Board.
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Governance Options Study Committee
A citizens and academic group convened February through June 2012 to provide relevant descriptions and research on governance options which the Town Board and citizens may wish to pursue, including regional or ward system for town board members, term lengths for supervisor and board, and other options, including any updates on the 2020 governance options previously presented.
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Local Waterfront Advisory Committee
The Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan (LWRP) emerged as a tier I recommendation of the town’s Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan) adopted in 2005. The Waterfront Advisory Committee included both residents and representatives and state and local governmental agencies that have jurisdiction over activities in the river corridor. The purpose of the study was to develop recommendations and policy guidance related to future land use in the riverfront corridor.
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Local Waterfront Revitalization Advisory Group
The group will help guide the Town’s development of a revised Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), a planning process whose purpose is to guide the future of Bethlehem’s waterfront area.
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Open Space Technical Advisory Working Group
Volunteers that work with the Director of Planning to provide the Town with guidance for conserving open space lands.
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Police Reform and Reinvention Advisory Committee
Its core mission will be to advise on how we can most effectively engage the community and incorporate community input in the Collaborative process as directed by Gov. Cuomo.
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Route 9W Study Advisory Committee
The Route 9W Linkage Study emerged as a tier I recommendation of the Town’s Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan). The 9W Citizen’s Advisory Group functioned as part of a larger Study Advisory Group composed of representatives of various regional transportation and planning agencies. The purpose of the study was to assess needs and develop preferred alternatives for both transportation improvements and land uses in the 9W corridor. A key element of the study will be a feasibility analysis of a possible “northern alignment” for the Selkirk Bypass.
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Street Tree Advisory Committee
The Street Tree Advisory Committee, appointed at the March 27, 2019 Town Board meeting, will provide guidance to town staff and the selected consultant throughout the process of completing a town street tree inventory and a community forest management plan