Southtowns Record

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DRAFT

Government
Town of Aurora
Board
Town Board
Meeting
Feb 4, 2026
Kind
Other
Topics
Zoning and land use, Water, sewer and drainage, Parks and recreation, Budget and taxes, Roads and traffic, Housing, Energy and data center siting, Public safety

Original document

Same meeting

Text · page 95 of 154

Read the whole document on one page (all 154 pages, each with its own heading)

Comprehensive Plan  95

  Time frame  Responsibility  Funding Sources  In-Kind Support
Short-Term  •  Lead: Town Board  •  Town budget &
(1–2 years)  •  Support:  In-house resources
  •  Erie County Municipal
  •  Building/Code  Planning Grant
  Enforcement  •  NYS Smart Growth
  •  Planning Board  Program

Ongoing  •  Lead: Town Board  •  NYS Department of  •  Cornell
  •  Support:  Agriculture & Markets  Cooperative
  grants  Extension and
  •  Cornell Cooperative  •  USDA Rural Business  Western New York
  Extension  Development and  Land Conservancy
  •  Erie County Ag &  Micro-entrepreneur  staff offering
  Farmland Board and  grants  free workshops
  Office of Agriculture  •  American Farmland  on farmland
  •  Western New York  Trust Farmland for a  preservation, best
  Land Conservancy  new Generation NY  practices, etc.
  •  Erie County Soil &  •  Agricultural
  Water Conservation  Advisory Board
  District  volunteering
  •  Local Farmers  to review new
  incentives.

Short-Term  •  Lead: Town Historian  •  I LOVE NY Tourism  •  Historical societies
(1–2 years)  •  Support:  grants  providing
  •  Erie County Cultural  historical research
  •  Local museums  Funding  and writing for
  •  Historical societies  •  Local philanthropic or  interpretive signs.
  •  Greater East  tourism-related grants  •  Volunteers from
  Aurora Chamber of  local scouting
  Commerce  troops installing
  signage or kiosks.

Short-Term  •  Lead: Town Engineer  •  NYS DOS Local
(1–2 years)  •  Support:  Government Efficiency
  Grants for multi-year
  •  Town Board  capital planning.
  •  Department heads  •  Town’s capital budget
  •  NYS CSC grants
  •  NYS Consolidation
  grants