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Planning Board reviews Disadvantaged Community Assessment Tool; removes Chemung County comprehensive plan referral from agenda
Summary
The board removed a Town Board referral on the Chemung County comprehensive plan from the agenda and reviewed a new Disadvantaged Community Assessment Tool that adds SEQR screening questions; the Code Department will use the tool to flag addresses in disadvantaged areas.
The Planning Board removed agenda item #954, a Town Board referral concerning the Chemung County Comprehensive Plan, without taking action on the referral. Chairman Tom Skebey distributed handouts for a 'Disadvantaged Community Assessment Tool' that include updated SEQR form questions (#12 and #13) and a Southern Tier map showing disadvantaged areas. The minutes state that when a project is received by the Town Code Department, the assessment tool will be used to show whether the address is in a disadvantaged area.
Board members accepted the informational packet and did not adopt any regulatory changes at the July meeting. The tool is intended to be an administrative screening aid to inform SEQR and permitting staff decisions; no formal policy adoption was recorded in the minutes.
