1RF Working Team Joint Meeting March 5, 2014 About this Meeting: Our 1RF last Working Team session convened all five Working Teams together, in the same room, and at the same time. This session focused on the initiatives that cross-cut across the respective work, and target discussions on implementation options. For more details on this meeting materials, see the Agenda, Powerpoint Presentation and Handout. In Attendance:
Land Use and Development
Transportation and Mobility
Climate Change Action
Housing and Neighborhoods
Food Access and Justice
Julie Barrett O’Neill, Buffalo Sewer Authority.
Dan Castle, Village of East Aurora/Planning Commission
Brian Dold, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy
Amy Fisk, Niagara County Dept. of Economic Development
Anthony Hahn, Niagara County Sewer District
Dan Howard, Town of Amherst Planning Department
William Krebs, Village of Springville
Robert Pidanick, Nussbaumer and Clarke, Inc.
Laurence Rubin, Kavinoky Cook, LLP
Laurie Stillwell, Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
Jack Ampuja, Supply Chain Optimizers
James Bender, Heart and Hands Faith in Action
Justin Booth, Go Bike Buffalo
Gladys Gifford, Citizens for Rapid Transit
Darren Kempner, NFTA
Dan Leonard, Buffalo Niagara Partnership
Jordana Maisel, IDEA Center UB
Eric Schmarder, City of Buffalo
Annie Todd, Oishei Mobile Safety Net Team
Aliesa Adelman, Wendel Companies
Thomas Hersey, Erie County
Padma Kasthurirangan, Niagara Wind & Solar
Bill Nowak, Buffalo Geothermal Heating and Cooling
Lou Paonessa, Niagara Power Project, New York Power Authority
Jim Simon, UB Office of Sustainability
Lori Borowiak, NYSERDA
Catherine Braniecki, Community Development Manager - KeyBank
Rick Greenberg, Home Buyers Marketing II
Tod Kniazuk, Arts Services Initiative of Western New York
Brandi Mingles, Oshei Mobile Safety Net Team
Ellary Mori, Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
Chris Ollinivk, Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP
Michael Riegel, Belmont Housing Resources for WNY, Inc.
Roseann Scibilia, University District Community Development Association
Natalie Cook, Cornell University Cooperative Extension - Niagara County
Melissa Fratello, Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo
Sara Jablonski, Food for All
Sean Mulligan, Food Policy Council of Buffalo and Erie County
Dereck Nichols, Grassroots Gardens of Buffalo
Mark Rountree, Erie County Department of Environment and Planning
Maria Stottele, VISTA Health Coordinator
Cheryl Thayer, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Mike Van Der Puy, American Chemical Society
Pat Watson, AARP
John Whitney, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Project Wide Update: Bart Roberts gave an update on some of the recent and upcoming community engagement activities for the initiative. Anthony Armstrong provided an update on the Fair Housing Equity Assessment. For full description on the work presented at the meeting, see the Powerpoint Presentation.
Community Engagement update items: Preliminary Results of Scenario Planning Workshops: At Community Congress Workshops this past fall, citizens got to map what they want their future Buffalo Niagara to look like in forty years. An update was given on the trends and common themes emerging from an analysis of the 57 maps citizens across the region created at the November 2013 workshops. Citizen Planning School: This Spring, residents across the two-county region will have the opportunity to learn planning basics at the One Region Forward Citizen Planning School and put that knowledge to task by proposing their own idea for a community sustainability project. Text It Forward: A brief survey using the text function of your mobile phone, Text it Forward seeks to further broaden the conversation shaping One Region Forward. Citizens can take the survey every month to have their responses added to the survey results.
Fair Housing Equity Assessment: A brief presentation on the FHEA work was given by Anthony Armstrong. More information about the FHEA can be found here.
Understand the historical, current and future context for segregation and discrimination, equity and opportunity in the region and the data and evidence that demonstrates those dynamics
Engage regional leaders and stakeholders on findings and implications of analysis Integrate knowledge developed through the Regional FHEA exercise into the strategy
development process (e.g., priority setting and decision making) A host of systemic factors have led to the extreme geographic segregation and racial and
ethnic disparities in educational attainment, wealth, and quality-of -life throughout the region. These factors have included local, state and federal policy and investment decisions,
discriminatory practices within the private sector and individual actions and biases. Some of these policies have been outlawed or overturned, but there is not a systemic response
to overcoming generations of inequality. The decision-making framework within the region needs to be more intentionally inclusive
and reflective of the pervasive challenges of geographic, racial and ethnic disparities.
Working Team Progress Report, Discussion and Feedback: Through six groups of meetings, the five working teams have generated draft content for inclusion in the One Region Forward planning recommendations. At the meeting, the draft content was presented by each of the facilitators in its entirety, followed by a discussion and “clicker” feedback activity for each focus area. In addition, a discussion was held on cross-cutting information and a model of implementation based upon the recommendations that have come out of the 1RF Steering Committee and five working teams. Working Team members were asked to give feedback on the overall direction of the work, recognizing more work needs to be done and details need to be refined. The major framing questions were:
Are the shape and direction right? Are there some glaring omissions? Is there a major idea that needs clarification? Is there something that doesn’t belong? What are your “big picture” concerns?
A Work Ethic for One Region Forward: Certain core values animate our work to Move One Region Forward and represent important principles that guided all of the work. These include collaboration, participation, learning, informed decision-making, stewardship for the future, and a commitment to build community wealth. The plan shows the way we can make these values a reality as we work to implement the actions needed to Move One Region Forward. A full description of the work ethic can be found on page 24 of the handout.
Land Use and Development: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from Land Use and Development. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 2 – 6 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree
Define a land use pattern
Concentrate most development within the existing urbanized area 4
Focus development in existing urban centers and villages 5
Redevelop brownfields for job creation. 1
Connect land use to transportation, especially public transit 10 Protect farmland, watersheds and natural areas 3
Manage the cost of public services
Implement the Erie Niagara Regional Framework for Growth 1
Pursue shared service agreements, public-private partnerships and consolidations 1
Address education needs regionally 1
Redesign revenue-raising structures
to promote land use goals
Review local revenue-raising structures 4
Consider tax increment financing 5
Target IDA incentives to “smart growth” projects 4
Establish mechanisms to manage brownfields and declining
neighborhoods
Strengthen the land bank 4
Redouble brownfields efforts 2
Continue to promote “shovel ready sites”
Expand use of historic preservation tax credits 2
Create a regional “Main Street” organization 4
Promote a more compact pattern of
development
Urge municipalities to revise zoning codes 2
Promote form-based codes 2
Locate new public facilities strategically 2
Protect and restore natural places
and farmland
Complete the inventory of natural places and farmland 2
Quantify the economic impact of parks and open spaces 2
Update or create local open space and farmland protection plans 1
Preserve land through variety of voluntary mechanisms 1
Protect and restore water quality and
quantity
Remedy Combined Sewer Overflows
Address Federal Areas of Concern Promote green infrastructure development and green development practices 4 Plan with the watershed and water use in mind, and review land use practices for water impacts 1
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Promote a more compact pattern of development for economy, mobility, quality of place, energy, food, and environment.
Members were asked for feedback on Land Use and Development choosing that its outline is:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the details. 3. Missing some crucial content 4. Includes some things that don’t
belong. 5. Missing things/wrong things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t know.
Thoughts and Comments: Link public facilities, throughout region.
Minimize needs for transportation to one central place.
Agricultural land- farmers aging selling lands to developers- losing agricultural land due to farming dipping
as a career.
Address the problem of over developed public space including the stranglehold that a few big developers
have on the reuse of currently empty or underutilized commercial space in order to drive new building or
otherwise hold off reuse within existing hubs.
It may be useful to provide some templates for updating zoning codes and building codes that are currently
supporting the equity and quality of life goals this project is trying to support. Too many exclusivity rather
than mixed use, mixed values etc.
To protect agricultural opportunities, promote use of storm water mgt. / drainage districts to maintain
water mgt. infrastructure (not expand into wetlands, floodplains etc.). This is critical because of parcel
fragmentation and all the region’s reliance on related land for agricultural production.
Re education connection; we don’t need and we should not try to solve all the problems facing us. Let’s
focus more to ensure success.
Need to ensure communities have the capacity to introduce/ promote maintain smart growth principles.
Tight connection between LU housing- many of the strategies in housing will apply to LU for monitoring,
accountability, much cross over. Strong connection between LU and demographics.
Need to ensure the urbanized is defined to include places where there has been significant investment in
infrastructure- trust ring suburbs not just cities/ towns.
Develop infrastructure in farmlands- no 3 phase transmission lines- highly insufficient system with
excessive losses; no easy access to better facilities. Improve internet/broadband in rural areas.
Fee discouragement to achieve goals; impact fee; land use conversion tax.
Codes; add environmental zoning codes.
Keep regional planning board model in plans- it is ideal but practically unpopular.
Contain incentives; community-maintain programs.
Transportation and Mobility: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from Transportation and Mobility. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 7 – 9 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree
Develop a regional "hub and corridor" transporation
system.
High quality transit 3
TOD joint development 10
Complete streets 8
Corridor makeovers 4
Bicycle infrastructure 3
Establish transportaion management associations 1
High speed rail 4
Create innovative financing mechanisms
Advocate for highway trust fund reform 1
Advocate for increased state investment.
Examine options for regional financing 2
Explore public private financing opportunities. 3
Create a Buffalo Niagara International trade gateway
Establish an international trade gateway organization 5
Build the physical infrastructure for trade 4
Advance key policy initiatives 1
Research key issues in logistics 2
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Strategically invest and develop our transportation system to align with land use, save energy, and make everyone mobile
Members were asked for feedback on Transportation and Mobility by choosing that its outline is:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the details. 3. Missing some crucial content 4. Includes some things that don’t
belong. 5. Missing things/wrong things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t know.
Thoughts and Comments: Greenways to connect both natural areas and development hubs and connecting corridors.
Movement to working from home or other locations- less commuting- less use of gas- resulting in less tax
revenue.
Balance needs to transport goods and material with community health needs specifically development by the
Peace Bridge Transport of toxic materials via roadways trail.
Removal of commercial traffic from skyways and make a walkway under the roadbed.
Build the south Towns connector.
Use rail beds for transit expansion.
Transportation is missing something about water as a means of transportation.
Improve public transport between Buffalo & Niagara.
Expand intermodal transportation.
Utilize Niagara Falls Airport as the cargo hub- develop train infrastructure to that hub.
Climate Change Action: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from Climate Change Action. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 11 – 13 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree
Work for greater energy efficiency
and conservation in our buildings and
transportation systems
Mount a broad-based program to provide energy audits for homes region-wide 4
Encourage local governments, major institutions, and companies to lead the way by conducting organizational climate action plans. 2
Expand the electric vehicle recharging infrastructure throughout the region.
Modernize building codes. 4
Embed conservation and green energy requirements in public funding review processes. 4
Promote the spread of renewable energy
production
Develop power infrastructure 0
Move all municipal and public buildings onto renewable energy 5 1
Extend and mandate New York State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard 2
Support Feed-in Tariff Programs 2
Expand programs by NYS Energy Research and Development Authority to fund solar energy projects and create similar programs to fund wind power projects. 1
Streamline permit for wind, solar, and other renewable installations supported by strong educational programs about the benefits of such investments. 3
Make renewable energy development an economic
development priority
Train workers for clean energy jobs 3
Give renewable energy projects priority in CFA funding at REDC 1
Promote the development of renewable energy system manufacturing 7
Expand education and training for carbon accounting
Develop distributive energy systems and coordinate with the creation of energy cooperatives 2
Engage area universities in order to tap research and development resources on renewable energy
Act and advocate for the phase-out of fossil fuels as
rapidly as possible.
Plan now to decommission coal, gas, and nuclear powered electricity generation stations 4
Support efforts to prohibit extraction methods
Push national and international agencies to revamp incentive structures 2
Plan now to prepare the region for
climate change impacts
Develop community risk assessments to guide planning and investment in climate-related preventive measures. 1
Local and regional officials should review, expand and maintain disaster and emergency preparedness plans and programs. 2
Review and revise land use policies 1
Update flood maps and use the 500-year flood plan for site planning review 1 1
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Use less energy and immediately transition to renewable energy, get off carbon, and prepare for climate change.
Members were asked for feedback on Climate Change Action by choosing that its outline is:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the details. 3. Missing some crucial content 4. Includes some things that don’t
belong. 5. Missing things/wrong things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t know.
Thoughts and Comments:
One of the most efficient locations to focus of energy showings is at all public sector settings.
Support neighborhood community solar projects that improve resiliency.
Storm responsiveness and resiliency.
Reformation a IDA’s for true economic incentives for progressive development.
Reform the NY public service commission.
Renew laws requiring reuse of heat and CO2 from generation plants.
Encourage and develop existing policies and incentives by simplifying process and increasing awareness.
How are you addressing base load Power.
Sustainable concept usage/consumption on local level.
There is also an economic development component to power generation for other states.
Housing and Neighborhoods: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from Housing and Neighborhoods. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 15 – 17 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree Provide data and analytical
resources for informed decision-making for housing and
neighborhoods
Develop a Regional Property Information System including open source data. 4
Conduct a current analysis of housing supply and demand. 2
Anticipate, accommodate and embrace demographic shifts in
housing development and neighborhood revitalization
Develop a housing toolbox for municipalities, developers, non-profits and residents. 1
Deploy housing models to meet the changing needs and preferences of residents. 2
Relieve regulatory roadblocks to housing innovation. 5
Pursue neighborhood-specific asset-based strategies for
redevelopment
Emphasize community based planning with residents and stakeholders. 4
Focus public investments in neighborhoods with viable assets and coordinate public policy and capital investment priorities with local plans. 4
Identify and recruit demographic groups to push revitalization in specified neighborhoods. 3
Design alternative long-term strategies for areas where disinvestment has left few of the assets, anchors and actors. 4
Improve the housing support delivery system
Reconsider the scope and scale of the system for housing support delivery. 1
Develop better opportunities, supports and protections for renters and home buyers, particularly from traditionally vulnerable groups. 1
Cultivate a positive image of housing aid to improve participation. 1
Improve the code enforcement system and link it to education and support programs. 4
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Foster neighborhoods that are great places to live and promote housing choices for everyone.
Members were asked for feedback on Housing and Development by choosing that its outline is:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the
details. 3. Missing some crucial content 4. Includes some things that
don’t belong. 5. Missing things/wrong things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t
know.
Thoughts and Comments: The real estate industry, builders/developers, need to be convinced that the single family home model is only a
part of the housing stock solution for the future, there need to be more options.
Develop energy efficient investment widespread across all communities.
Create zoning across whole region to stop subdivision in suburbs and discourage developers and home builders
from building on “spec”
Increase support and demand for net zero housing in new construction projects.
What about private development, private homes?
Little planning for housing or demographic changes at local level. Most is based on HUD programs. Need to build
capacity for this at local level.
Suburban housing- aging and aging of population may lead to challenges for suburbs/city housing
inventory/reuse.
Activities and events to lost community pride and engagement.
How are you going to address the challenging housing demand?
Consumers want larger newer housing that they can’t find in older stock.
Create individuality of exact neighborhood.
Should include issues of large tracts of vacant housing and how to fund demolition and asbestos abatement.
Promote universal design.
Think about proximity and linkage to health care.
Consider incorporating renewable energy in new development.
Offer incentives for such developments.
Consider remote net metering.
Seemed to evact all neighborhoods to be mixed income, mixed aging, mixed….
New types of housing: SRO’s, I-2 BDRM Apts and homes – zoning
Promote mixed use thru urban villages.
Food Access and Justice: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from Food Access and Justice. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 19 – 22 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree
Make the region’s food system a
Buffalo Niagara policy priority
Create the structure for developing and advancing food policy.
Establish a regional food policy board to coordinate planning for food. 1
Emphasize food system projects in the Consolidated Funding Application. 2
Increase awareness about food system issues across the board. 4
Improve access to healthy food to disadvantaged
residents
Develop and implement a Healthy Corner Store program. 6
Encourage the use of mobile food trucks. 1
Improve transportation access. 4
Support and enhance public food assistance.
Promote urban farming and community gardens
Provide security of tenure to farmers and gardeners. 2
Facilitate access to land for urban agriculture. 5
Ensure a reliable supply of labor
for food production and processing
Promote workforce development in all food systems sectors and create fare-wage food jobs. 1
Create pathways to legal residence for immigrant agricultural workers.
Analyze the impact of a federal farm-worker fair wage act on American competitiveness in the global agricultural market.
Strengthen regional farm to table links
Prioritize New York State goods in State purchasing. 4
Make CSAs more affordable and accessible. 3
Create a brand for specialty products from each County
Promote links between local farmers and ethnic food markets.
Create a regional “food hub.” 4
Preserve agricultural land
Identify farmable soils. 1
Protect valuable farmland through purchase and transfer of development rights programs. 4
Offer low-cost retirement planning services to farmers. 3
Promote sustainable agricultural methods
Use less water. 1
Protect streams and watersheds. 3
Facilitate Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) certification for local farmers through grants and funding mechanisms. 2
Prepare for climate change.
Promote a culture of healthier eating
Transform the food environment in K-12 schools. 5
Increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Encourage breast-feeding for the youngest members of the region’s population. 2 1
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Improve health, economy, security through the food system, forging links between farms and tables.
Members were asked for feedback on Food Access and Justice by choosing that its outline is:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the
details. 3. Missing some crucial
content 4. Includes some things that
don’t belong. 5. Missing things/wrong
things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t
know.
Thoughts and Comments:
Heavy focus on farming and agriculture. What about nutrition education and other ways to encourage healthy and
economical eating?
A lot of promotion not enough active encouragement.
Does not address active conversion of unutilized and underutilized land to farming use.
With respect to regional food systems, it is critical to recognize that Erie- Niagara is too small a region.
Home gardening is among the more critical of affordability quality and sustainability.
Explore strategies for providing farm workers with opportunities to develop equity interest in agriculture as
another strategy for bringing in the next generation of farmers in the region.
Foster next generation of farmers- its an expensive business to start; agri-tourism; value added agriculture
incubators for small scale food products and businesses- see Hardwick, VT model
Education- portion control to useless food. To have more food for all.
Cooking for no waste
Consider Aquaponics/hydroponics in addition to urban farming. Create model systems of closed loop aquaponic
system powered by wind/solar. Example- 1. Growing power or sweet water foundation Wisconsin. 2. Morrisville
state college.
More about education for using local plants/ veg for year round use- canning, food prep freezing techniques such
as IQF.
Agree with need to promote retirement planning for farmers, will be a growing issue with aging population. Any
way to subsidize?
Lots of land preserved in some communities-need to know that these lands will continue to be used for farming,
otherwise could be future LU change for local community planners.
Promote local food production at all levels.
How much is locally sourced? Climate does not lend itself to fear sound farming. What alternatives have we
thought to allow for local sourcing?
Aging farmers- farming not viewed as a career.
What is there a discussion of hunger?
Food access is missing something about lack of affordability of healthy food as compared to processed foods ( a
different aspect of access to healthy foods).
Implementation: Each participant received ten “sticker dots” which they could use to accentuate preliminary recommendations they like and raise questions about those they do not like. Below is how all participants used their stickers to provide feedback on draft content from the Cross-Cut. For detailed strategies and actions supporting this statement, see pages 23 of the Meeting handout
Strategy Action Item Emphasize Disagree
Create the Buffalo Niagara Regional Planning Network.
Moving One Region Forward will build on the work of a broad-based stakeholder steering committee to create the Buffalo Niagara Regional Planning Network – a voluntary association of local governments, state and regional agencies, community based organizations, advocacy groups, and anchor institutions that will come together to share information, solve problems, hold one another accountable, monitor the results and otherwise “work the plan.” 14
Organize a regional public data gathering and analysis capacity.
Fulfilling the need for objective public data. Housing, property, transportation, energy use, land use, water quality, etc. etc. But also manifesting the commitment to build on existing staff – we’ll build a data team that puts staff from two counties, NFTA, GBNRTC, the larger municipalities, the University at Buffalo, NYS Department of Labor, and others as needed to plan the system and guide its management. 10
Provide best practices information and technical assistance
Other regions have faced the same challenges we face in Buffalo Niagara and there is much we can learn from them. We will assemble a repository of best practices from around the nation and beyond on issues of transportation, housing, land use management, urban design, urban agriculture, green energy production and more. We will also organize the technical assistance capacity to help local officials and citizens put this knowledge into action. 9
Conduct and promote programs of public education on sustainability.
Broad-based change in the way we do things requires broad-based learning over time. One Region Forward will offer a Citizen Planning School in 2014 to kick off a long-range effort, providing elected officials, municipal staff, and citizens in general a comprehensive primer on sustainability topics. The consortium will organize on-line resources for continuing education. And partners in higher education and the public schools will develop on-going sustainability education programs for the long haul. 11
Overall Thoughts on Direction of Work: Summary Statement: Implement, monitor and revise the plan through a collaborative network process
Members were asked for feedback on the direction of the Cross-Cut ideas by choosing:
1. Complete and on target. 2. Okay depending on the details. 3. Missing some crucial content 4. Includes some things that don’t belong. 5. Missing things/wrong things. 6. Other Comments/I don’t know.
Thoughts and Comments:
The Planning Network is good but it doesn’t eliminate the need for a regional planning board.
Separate entity. Forcing Accountability. Advocate first and Educate second.
How do you make collaboration possible? Politics is temporary. Needs to be long term.
Explore from an angles, remember that what may be positive for one community may be a detriment for another.
Details are necessary and right, but a strategic plan with a timeline would increase accountability and mutual
problem-solving.
Encourage responsible development. Do not endorse inefficient technology. Work with specific industry
regulatory body.
Implementation- I agree with comment on tying this to REDC project funding. Does this proposal meet the
criteria determined through the 1RF plan? If so, it gets funded. MONEY!! Publicize the plan/educate the public so
that this plan starts to influence local elections and promotes local implementation.
Implementation- Try association of Erie County Governments.
The last set of community workshops was eye-opening to the number of people in decision making roles
(planning boards, town councils). That does not have a basic understanding of general planning principles. Need
for education and citizen planning series.
Implementation – Not sure voluntary participation will work. What about tying resources to participation, i.e.
local capacity building/staffing. Regional property info system will be critical to ensuring a data-based “story” of
what things “are”. So the importance of the plan and its implementation can be known, and the results are proven
– Might entire greater participation.
To sustain the collaboration/network need to invest in a Central Body to coordinate. Funding from stakeholders.
Funding from Foundation. Funding from Government (all levels). We all have to have SLL in the game if we will
provide the “stick” – hold each other accountable to foster change.
Economic/Financial incentives are necessary to implement every part of the plan.
Erie County needs a Planning Board.