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Last night the Common Council passed the amended enabling legislation setting up a comprehensive plan board, 13 to 1 with one absent.

The final text was:

Resolution Number 25.31.07R (As Amended)

RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL ENABLING THE PREPARATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ALBANY

WHEREAS, significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and long-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the state and its communities are made by local governments; and

WHEREAS, among the most important powers and duties granted by the state legislature to a city government is the authority and responsibility to undertake comprehensive planning and to regulate land use for the purposes of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizens, as authorized by Section 28-A of the NYS General City Law; and

WHEREAS, the development and enactment by the City of Albany of a City-wide comprehensive plan which can be readily identified, and is available for use by the public, is in the best interest of the people of the City of Albany; and

WHEREAS, the participation of citizens in an open, responsible and flexible planning process is essential to the designing of an optimum city comprehensive plan; and

WHEREAS, the City of Albany should develop a comprehensive plan that is a means to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City and to give due consideration to the needs of the people of the Capital Region; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive plan should foster cooperation among local, regional and state governmental agencies in the planning and implementation of capital projects that may be directly affected thereby; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive planning process should gather input from various neighborhood and community organizations and the public at large via numerous media, including, but not limited to, a website designed to disseminate and receive information; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive plan should provide a framework for future decision making, and should therefore be designed to be regularly updated to reflect new trends affecting the immediate and long range health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council and Mayor Jennings recognize the need for a well constructed comprehensive plan for the City of Albany; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 28-A of the NYS General City Law, the Common Council establishes a “special board” to be known as the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” and charges this special board with the preparation of a Comprehensive Plan over a perid of approximately 24 months; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” shall reflect community diversity among it members, including, but not limited to, income level, race, ethnicity, age, gender and geography; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” shall consist of thirty (30) members as follows:

twenty (20) members shall be appointed by the Common Council, ten (10) of which shall be upon the recommendation of the Mayor;
five (5) members shall be the members of the Common Council Standing Committee on Planning, Economic Development and Land Use;
one (1) member each shall be the: Chief of Police; Commissioner of Development and Planning; Commissioner of General Services; Director of Albany Community Development Agency; and
one (1) member of the Planning Board.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the majority of the twenty (20) members of the "City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board" appointed by the Common Council shall be residents of the City of Albany; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Common Council’s Standing Committee on Planning, Economic Development and Land Use shall serve, and is so designated, as the Chair and that the Commissioner of Development and Planning shall serve, and is so designated, as the Vice Chair of the City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board.

Resolution Number 25.31.07R (As Amended)

RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL ENABLING THE PREPARATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ALBANY

WHEREAS, significant decisions and actions affecting the immediate and long-range protection, enhancement, growth and development of the state and its communities are made by local governments; and

WHEREAS, among the most important powers and duties granted by the state legislature to a city government is the authority and responsibility to undertake comprehensive planning and to regulate land use for the purposes of protecting the public health, safety and general welfare of its citizens, as authorized by Section 28-A of the NYS General City Law; and

WHEREAS, the development and enactment by the City of Albany of a City-wide comprehensive plan which can be readily identified, and is available for use by the public, is in the best interest of the people of the City of Albany; and

WHEREAS, the participation of citizens in an open, responsible and flexible planning process is essential to the designing of an optimum city comprehensive plan; and

WHEREAS, the City of Albany should develop a comprehensive plan that is a means to promote the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City and to give due consideration to the needs of the people of the Capital Region; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive plan should foster cooperation among local, regional and state governmental agencies in the planning and implementation of capital projects that may be directly affected thereby; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive planning process should gather input from various neighborhood and community organizations and the public at large via numerous media, including, but not limited to, a website designed to disseminate and receive information; and

WHEREAS, the comprehensive plan should provide a framework for future decision making, and should therefore be designed to be regularly updated to reflect new trends affecting the immediate and long range health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council and Mayor Jennings recognize the need for a well constructed comprehensive plan for the City of Albany; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in accordance with Section 28-A of the NYS General City Law, the Common Council establishes a “special board” to be known as the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” and charges this special board with the preparation of a Comprehensive Plan over a perid of approximately 24 months; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” shall reflect community diversity among it members, including, but not limited to, income level, race, ethnicity, age, gender and geography; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the “City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board” shall consist of thirty (30) members as follows:

twenty (20) members shall be appointed by the Common Council, ten (10) of which shall be upon the recommendation of the Mayor;
five (5) members shall be the members of the Common Council Standing Committee on Planning, Economic Development and Land Use;
one (1) member each shall be the: Chief of Police; Commissioner of Development and Planning; Commissioner of General Services; Director of Albany Community Development Agency; and
one (1) member of the Planning Board.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the majority of the twenty (20) members of the "City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board" appointed by the Common Council shall be residents of the City of Albany; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chair of the Common Council’s Standing Committee on Planning, Economic Development and Land Use shall serve, and is so designated, as the Chair and that the Commissioner of Development and Planning shall serve, and is so designated, as the Vice Chair of the City of Albany Comprehensive Plan Board.