Citizens Comprehensive Plan 2006

After you have the Town of Webster's 2000 Comprehensive Plan, help write the next generation plan.  Go to our online discussion and make your views known. 

Some suggestions so far:

• Quickly implement the 2000 Comprehensive Plan through ordinances.
• If the 2000 Comprehensive Plan is not implemented by a specific deadline, require an election to elect new Town Board members and a new Supervisor.
• Establish term limits for Town Board members.
• Make IRS filings of Board members public.
• Establish clear and concise guidelines for Town Boards.  For example, to protect the interests of residents over the interests of developers.
• Establish qualifications for Town Board members that reduces conflict of interest.  For example, do not allow developers or family members of developers to become board members.
• Establish accountability standards for the Town Boards and Supervisor. 
• Set deadline for implementing the 2000 Comprehensive Plan. 
• Perform an inventory of the trees of Webster.
• Hire a Town of Webster Forester.
• Require a permit for cutting down a tree over 6 inches in diameter.
• Create a clear and concise definition for old growth forests.
• Create a clear and concise definition for a forest.
• Create a clear and concise definition for farm land.
• Preserve farmland by fairly assessing farms using state and national standards.
• Phase out snowmobiling within the Town of Webster over a multi-year period that reflects the speed at which Webster increases its population through development. .
• Phase out all forms of hunting within the Town of Webster over a multi-year period that reflects the speed at which Webster increases its population through development.
• Remove religious links from the Town of Webster Web site.
• Create a community wide wireless Internet access system using WiMax