Tully Joint Comprehensive Plan Update

A comprehensive plan is one of a community's most essential guiding documents. It describes current conditions; defines a vision for the future; establishes a set of goals, objectives, and action items; and identifies the types and locations of desired land uses. The purpose of the comprehensive plan is to demonstrate to both the public and private realm the types of projects, programming, and development that the community desires. In this way, community leaders are better prepared to make budgetary, policy, and regulatory decisions, while residents and developers are familiar with the types of development that would likely be supported by the Town/Village. Moreover, the comprehensive plan provides critical implementation guidance, such as grant funding opportunities and potential partners, to ensure that action items identified within the plan have a clear path forward.

The Town and Village of Tully have a rich history of successful collaboration, as demonstrated by their 2005 Comprehensive Plan. As community conditions have changed and new regional trends have been realized over the past 18 years, it is essential that this Comprehensive Plan be updated to reflect the ever-evolving Tully community. Through this update process, the Town and Village aim to gain a firm understanding of the community's current challenges and opportunities and establish a vision and goal framework and future land use strategy that reflect the present-day priorities of community members.

Because the Town and Village are linked geographically and economically linked and have a mutually-beneficial working relationship, they have decided to continue the comprehensive planning process together by updating their already Joint Comprehensive Plan. The document will reflect both governments and the residents, business owners, and other stakeholders of both the Town and Village. This approach helps the two communities capture cost savings and opens opportunities for growing shared services, strengthening project partnerships, and establishing complementary investment and development guidance.

This Joint Comprehensive Plan Update process is being led a Comprehensive Plan Sub-Committee, which includes:

• Steve Bielecki, Joint Planning Board Chairperson
• Frank Speziale, Fire Chief & Town Councilperson
• Kathy Vernay, Village Trustee
• Dennis Daly, Town Resident
• Mike Vaccaro, Town Zoning Board of Appeals

The Comprehensive Plan Sub-Committee is being supported by a team of community planning professionals from Barton & Loguidice. Contact information is provided at the bottom of this page.