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BAZ RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF AURORA ADOPTING THE TOWN OF AURORA 2025 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHEREAS, the Town Board of the Town of Aurora (hereinafter the "Town Board") is authorized pursuant to New York State Town Law §272-a to prepare, adopt, and amend a comprehensive plan for the Town of Aurora, Erie County, New York; and WHEREAS, the Town of Aurora has never formally adopted a comprehensive plan under Town Law §272-a, although the Town participated in the Regional Comprehensive Plan for the Towns of Aurora, Elma, Holland, and Wales and the Village of East Aurora completed in 2004, which was never officially adopted; and : WHEREAS, recognizing the limitations of a piecemeal approach to land use planning and regulation, the Town Board-committed to creating a formal comprehensive plan that provides a cohesive framework to guide growth and preservation within the Town; and “WHEREAS, this comprehensive plan effort was prepared with funding provided by the Erie County Municipal Planning Grant Program and with professional planning assistance from LaBella Associates; and WHEREAS, the Town Board established a Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee composed of Raymond Wrazen (Town Board Member and Steering Committee Chair), Charles Snyder - (Town Supervisor), Dari Castle (Erie County Department of Environment and Planning Commissioner), Susan Russell (Town Climate Smart Committee Member), Dale Morris (Town Open Space Committee Member), Bob Morgan (JRS Morgan Realty), Angela Griffis (Town Planning Board Member), and Nancy Burkhardt (Town Zoning Board of Appeals Member); and WHEREAS, the Steering Committee, with the assistance of LaBella Associates, undertook a thorough and comprehensive planning process commencing in October 2024, which included a detailed inventory and analysis of existing conditions in the Town, including demographics, land use and zoning, housing and neighborhoods, public and municipal services, transportation systems, recreational, historical and cultural resources, and agricultural and natural resources; and WHEREAS, the planning process included robust community engagement in compliance with Town Law §272-a(5), consisting of the following public participation activities: (a) A community-wide public survey administered from November 2024 through March 2025, which yielded 865 responses from Town residents, Village residents, and other stakeholders; (b) A town-wide mailer sent to every household in the Town of Aurora outside the Village of East Aurora introducing the planning effort and inviting participation; (c) A dedicated project website (https://townofauroracompplan.com) that served as the central hub for the comprehensive plan, drawing over 1,900 visits from approximately 1,500 unique visitors;