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Comprehensive Plan 93 Time frame Responsibility Funding Sources In-Kind Support Short-Term (1–2 • Lead: Town Board • NYS DEC Urban and • Master Gardeners years) for plan • Support: Community Forestry; or local development; CoRe; and Invasive horticultural groups Ongoing for • Open Space species grants providing planting implementation Committee • USDA Forest Service expertise. • CSC Task Force Urban & Community • Scouts or school • Tree Advisory Forestry grant environmental Committee (if • Arbor Day Foundation clubs volunteer established) grants or corporate for tree-planting • Local environmental sponsors (e.g., utilities) events. groups for tree planting. Short-Term • Lead: Town Board • NYS DEC Urban and • An established (1–2 years) • Support: Community Forestry Tree Advisory Grants Committee to • CSC Task Force draft guidelines • Tree Advisory or inspection Committee (if procedures (if established) established). Short-Term (1–2 • Lead: Town Board • Town budget & In- • Village Tree years) to form and • Support: house resources Board mentorship adopt bylaws; (templates for Ongoing oversight • Planning Board bylaws, agendas, thereafter. • Village Tree Board species lists, • CSC Task Force volunteer days) • Open Space Committee Short-Term (1–2 • Lead: Town Board • FEMA’s Hazard • Technical guidance years) to enroll; • Support: Mitigation Assistance from FEMA, UBRI, Medium-/Long- (HMA) Grants and NYS DEC Term (3–5+ years) • Building/Code • CSC Implementation regional floodplain to achieve higher Enforcement Grant staff CRS classification • Stormwater • Town budget • Volunteer support Management Officer allocations for from CSC Task • CSC Task Force administrative costs Force or a • Town Engineer Floodplain Advisory Committee Short-Term (1–2 • Lead: CSC Task Force • NYSDEC Municipal • Volunteer staffing years) to pilot • Support: Waste Reduction for waste events programs; & Recycling State and education Ongoing • Town Board Assistance Grants drives implementation • Highway Department • CSC Implementation • Partnerships and education • Erie County DEP Grant with regional • Local Environmental • USEPA Solid waste recyclers, compost Groups infrastructure and processors, or education/outreach environmental grants groups for training, • Town budget for bins, or marketing annual collection materials events or pilot programs