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Comprehensive Plan 103 Plan Implementation and what grant funding to pursue to 1. Organize accomplish the recommendation. • Development of this report should align with The first step of implementing this plan the Town budget development schedule. involves establishing a Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee (CPIC). The Town 3. Biannual Reports from Aurora Departments Board should officially appoint the CPIC and task & Committees to the CPIC them with developing an organizational strategy and meeting schedule. It is recommended that the Town Departments and Committees should proposed CPIC be composed of elected officials, produce biannual reports to the CPIC that department heads, board/committee members, indicate progress on recommendations business owners, community organizations, and assigned to them, what funding they require to residents. Holding CPIC meetings as a separate accomplish assigned recommendations, and function from Town Board meetings will allow for calling out any issues that may be holding them a more open dialogue in a format more suited back from completing the recommendations. to tackling community development issues. An additional benefit of an appointed CPIC is that 4. CPIC Meeting Reports/Minutes members do not necessarily turnover with every Following each CPIC meeting, a summarization election cycle, which allows for the continuity of the meeting should be produced and shared required to pursue long range plans and projects. with the Town Board at their next Board meeting. The Town Board will be responsible for funding the This will help to ensure everyone in the Town is costs of this committee, which may necessitate a able to stay up to date with the plan’s progress secretary, and other potential costs incurred. This and so any issues that do arise can be dealt with committee will meet two to four times per year, in a timely manner. but in the first and second years may need to meet more regularly. This committee will be responsible 2. Prioritize for helping to set up the processes, actions, and tools necessary to ensure that the Plan is The CPIC will need to work with the Town Board implemented, revised as necessary, set priorities to evaluate the recommendations of the plan and for the coming year, report on the plan, and help to assign a priority level to each. Recommendations assign tasks to responsible parties. can be assigned priority on the basis of feasibility (i.e. low cost and within local capacity vs. high cost Another major responsibility of the CPIC will be to and outside Town jurisdiction) or by timing (i.e. continually keep the Town Board updated on the short, medium, or long term) as they are on page plan’s progress. To keep the Town Board updated, 102. The CPIC should also periodically revisit and the following reports should be produced: adjust priorities according to changing conditions or the availability of grant funding. 1. CPIC Annual Report • What recommendations were completed 3. Develop & Leverage this year. partnerships • What recommendations were started but not completed, and why. Compared to the surrounding municipalities of • What recommendations will the committee Buffalo (pop. 278,349), Amherst (pop. 129,595), and be focusing on next year. Hamburg (60,034), Aurora is a small community. • Identification and tracking of metrics to As such, there is limited budget for full-time measure the success of implemented professional staff to address municipal issues. recommendations. Partnering with other municipalities and regional • Recommended revisions to the Action Plan. entities could help Aurora take advantage of • Updates to the Community Profile. grant programs, share technical expertise, and exchange ideas. The Town will need to ensure their 2. Annual Funding Request representation at meetings of regional groups and • Identification of how much funding will be stay abreast of opportunities to partner on projects required to complete the recommendations and grant applications.