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From YouTube: Beacon Planning Board Training 9-13-22
Description
Beacon Planning Board training session "CAC Presentation with the DEC."
A
A
A
B
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
this
evening
to
present
the
city
of
Beacon
natural
resources
inventory.
My
name
is
Ingrid
Heckel
and
I'm.
A
conservation
and
land
use
specialist
with
the
dec
Hudson
River
Estuary
program,
I
work
through
a
partnership
with
Cornell,
University
and
I'm,
going
to
be
tag
teaming
this
presentation
with
our
partner
Sean
Carroll
who's
here
from
Cornell
Cooperative
Extension
of
Duchess
County
he's
a
senior
GIS
educator,
so
I
I'm
gonna
go
jump
right
ahead
into
this.
B
Just
a
little
quick
background
about
the
Estuary
program,
we're
a
unique
non-regulatory
program
at
DEC
established
to
help
people
enjoy,
protect
and
Revitalize
the
Hudson
River
in
its
Valley,
and
we
work
in
the
10
counties
bordering
the
title
Hudson.
To
achieve
these
key
benefits
and
within
the
program,
our
conservation
and
land
use.
Team
works
with
municipalities
to
conserve
natural
areas
and
habitat
through
local
land,
use,
planning
and
decision
making,
and
we've
been
doing
this
sort
of
assistance
and
education
work
for
over
20
years,
and
this
is
the
basic
planning
framework.
B
We
encourage
communities
to
follow,
beginning
with
identifying
and
understanding
what
you
have,
what
your
resources
are
to
provide
a
foundation
for
setting
local
conservation
priorities
and
developing
plans
and
policies
to
protect
and
manage
those
resources
for
the
future,
and
so
several
years
ago.
Recognizing
that
many
communities
lacked
a
basic
Foundation
of
a
natural
resources
inventory.
B
So
in
natural
resources,
inventory
is
basically
a
compilation
of
information,
including
maps
and
descriptions,
a
narrative
report
about
geology
and
soils,
Water
Resources,
including
drinking
water
streams,
watersheds
important
habitats,
Wildlife
records,
information
about
land
use
and,
more
recently,
including
information
about
climate
change,
current
climate
conditions
and
future
projections.
How
communities
may
be
affected
and
some
communities
also
choose
to
document
their
cultural
resources,
things
like
historic
sites,
Recreation
areas
and
Scenic
resources
in
the
context
of
these
projects.
So
the
scope
is
really
up
to
the
community
to
decide
and
these
projects
have.
B
And
so
the
project
came
about
through
a
partnership
that
we
established
with
Cooperative
Extension
in
Dutchess
County,
to
provide
Municipal
assistance
with
creating
nris.
At
the
time
we
were
seeking
ways
to
raise
the
capacity
of
other
County
and
Regional
Partners
to
provide
this
assistance,
and
we
provided
some
funding
that
they
used
to
provide
the
mapping,
support
and
facilitate
meetings
with
the
conservation
advisory
Council
who
applied
through
a
competitive
process
to
receive
this
assistance.
B
They
were
awarded
it
in
2017
and
as
the
project
kicked
off
at
that
time
and
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
Sean
I,
wasn't
directly
involved
in
the
NRI
planning
process.
My
colleague,
Laura
heaty
was,
and
she
provided
a
lot
of
support
and
information
about
biological
resources
in
Beacon
in
the
context
of
the
project,
but
Sean
was
very
involved
and
so
he's
gonna.
Take
it
forward.
C
You
know.
John
Clark
was
was
part
of
that
process
as
well,
providing
a
lot
of
valuable
input,
and
you
know
we
we
met
in
Earnest
in
2017,
but
the
project
really
kind
of
wrapped
up
in
2018
a
year
later,
so
the
output
of
that
was
I
have
a
copy
here.
I
can
pass
around
was
a
21
maps
and
nearly
30
page
report
that
came
about,
of
which
there's
I
believe
nine
chapters.
C
Seven
of
those
chapters
are
kind
of
content,
specific,
ranging
from
geology,
soils,
biodiversity,
Scenic,
cultural
resources,
Etc,
but
also
at
the
end
of
the
report.
There
are
two
chapters
dedicated
to
you
know,
considerations
for
decision
making
and
then
a
chapter
for
next
steps.
What
to
do
with
this
afterwards
and
of
course,
we
were
cognizant
of
including
and
integrating
the
comprehensive
plan,
as
well
as
lwrp
and
state
and
County
resources
into
it.
C
So,
as
I
mentioned,
there's
about
seven
content,
specific
chapters
you
know
again,
ranging
from
you
know,
a
geology
section
in
which
we
mapped
bedrock's
official
geology,
topography
and
talked
about
some
of
the
planning
implications
pertaining
to
that
steep
slopes.
I
know
the
city
recently
developed
a
steep
slopes,
ordinance
and
also
you
know
some
some
planning
implications
pertaining
to
the
soils
and
and
topography
and
geology
as
well,
there's
a
pretty
significant
Water,
Resources,
section,
overviewing
streams,
water
bodies,
watersheds
Wetlands,
water
quality,
water
supply
and
flood
areas.
Some
obvious
planning
implications
for
this.
C
We
also
had
a
flood
Hazard
areas
map.
Of
course,
you
know,
conserving
and
vegetating
our
and
reconnecting
floodplains,
important
from
a
water
quality,
as
well
as
a
biodiversity
standpoint,
but
also
from
a
human
safety
impact,
making
sure
that
we're
mapping
and
understanding
where
our
flood
Plains
are
and
not
developing
in
them.
C
There's
several
maps
and
a
very
significant
chapter
on
biodiversity
and
habitats
within
the
city,
some
of
the
maps
included
in
that
were
a
wildlife
habitat
index
forests
and
Street
trees,
significant
habitats,
Coastal
and
Shoreline
habitat
and
important
areas
from
rare
plants
and
animals
and
involved
in
this.
One
of
the
key
components
of
this
process
for
the
habitat
section
of
the
report
was
working
with
hudsonia
on
developing
a
really
fine
scale,
habitat
map
for
the
city
of
Beacon.
C
This
was
a
really
iterative
process
in
which
the
CAC
got
completely
involved
in
some
of
the
some
of
the
volunteers
in
Residence
as
well,
so
hudsonia
did
kind
of
the
base
mapping
and
we
actually
went
out
into
the
field
in
kind
of
q8qc,
didn't
check
some
of
these
habitats
to
ensure
that
they
were
accurate
so
again,
developing
a
new
data
set
for
the
city.
That's,
hopefully
very
useful,.
C
And
then,
just
along
the
lines
with
that
again,
you
know
there
was
a
section
on
forests
in
the
street
trees
as
well,
making
sure
that
we're
looking
to
preserve
large
unfragmented
forests,
you
know
having
the
fish
kill,
Ridge
and
the
Hudson
Highlands
right
in
the
backyard.
Obviously
a
priority
of
the
city
of
Beacon,
but
also
bringing
it
down
to
our
local
streets
and
making
sure
that
street
trees
and
kind
of
small-scale
urban
agriculture
or
urban
forestry
is
included
as
well.
C
Getting
towards
the
end
of
it,
there's
a
land
cover
and
green
spaces
area
section
just
wanted
to
kind
of
highlight
this,
but
acknowledge
that
it
is
kind
of
an
over
ever
evolving
data
set
as
new
areas
come
into
protection.
You
know
the
static
map
won't
change,
but
it's
it's
an
opportunity
for
updates.
I'll
mention
a
little
bit
later.
A
project
we're
working
with
the
county
in
which
a
lot
of
these
protected
lands
data
sets
will
be
updated
more
regularly
and
then.
C
B
Thanks
Sean
so
yeah,
this
was
a
really
high
level
overview
of
the
document.
Our
hope
is
that
you'll
take
some
time
to
dive
into
it
yourselves,
it's
very
accessible.
You
know
that
each
map
has
a
one-page
description,
succinct,
including
planning
considerations,
which
Sean
said,
showed
some
examples
of
on
the
slides.
You
know
what
the
data
is
what's
being
shown,
some
highlights.
You
know
we
think
it's
a
great
training
resource
itself.
B
So
planning
would
be
a
next
step,
and
you
know
this
information
obviously
inform
your
next
comprehensive
Plan
update,
I'm,
not
sure
when
that's
scheduled,
many
communities
have
integrated
the
NRI
into
their
comprehensive
plans.
It
can
form
the
recommendations
there,
but
some
communities
also
go
further
to
develop
open
space
inventories
and
plans
that
really
focus
on
the
open
space
component
in
further
detail.
B
Looking
at
potential
areas
like
you
know,
land
acquisition,
possibly
creation
of
new
parks
or
preserves,
but
also
land
use
policy
and
Zoning
updates
specific
recommendations
in
those
areas,
potentially
restoration
of
habitat
or
other
areas,
and
other
opportunities
for
recreation
and
trails,
and
also
potentially
private
land
stewardship
ways
that
private
landowners
can
contribute
to
protecting
the
city's
resources.
So
this
the
conservation
advisory
council
is
really
interested
in
pursuing
an
open
space
plan.
Esther
Jackson
is
here
she
helped
organize
this
presentation.
B
Thank
you
Esther,
and
she
her
contacts
up
here
if
anybody's
interested
in
discussing
that
further
I'm
actually
supposed
to
be
presenting
to
the
common
Council
about
open
space
planning
two
weeks
from
now
so
to
be
continued
as
a
first
step
towards
an
open
space
plan
or
inventory
in
follow-up
to
completion
of
the
NRI.
The
CAC
really
wanted
to
go
further.
At
that
time.
In
2020,
all
of
the
state
Grant
programs
were
frozen.
B
So
that
project
was
summarized
Sean
gave
a
presentation
to
the
common
Council
last
year
and
it's
on
the
website.
If
anybody
wants
to
read
it
and
it's
a
good
first
start,
you
know
getting
the
public
talking
about
this
topic
and
could
lead
into
a
wider
planning
effort,
and
this
is
a
summary
of
some
of
the
input
they
received
about
the
number
one
priorities
for
green
and
open
space
protection
and
and
the
top
priority
was
conservation
of
natural
areas
followed
by
walking
and
bike
trails
or
paths
and
updating
and
maintaining
existing
Open
Spaces.
B
And
back
to
the
NRI,
just
in
terms
of
the
planning
boards
month-to-month
activities,
there
are
ways
that
this
information
can
be
integrated
into
your
secret
process
and
site
plan.
Reviews
in
terms
of
providing
supporting
information
about
resources
that
may
be
present
could
potentially
be
affected
on
Project
sites.
Some
communities
either
recommend
or
require
that
applicants
use
the
NRI
or
refer
to
information
in
the
NRI
in
the
process
of
filling
out
their
eaf
forms.
B
So
we
had
a
webinar
last
year
where
Natalie
Quinn
who's
the
planner
for
Poughkeepsie
talked
about
that
law
and
how
they're
implementing
it.
It's
available,
the
recording
is
on
our
website
and
I'd
be
happy
to
share
that
with
you.
Even
you
know
short
of
a
lot.
There
are
ways
that
the
NRI
information
can
be
incorporated
to
your
project,
your
site,
plan,
review
or
subdivision
review
checklists,
or
you
know,
or
use
informally
by
yourselves
in
reviewing
projects
and
finally
I'm
going
to
hand
it
back
over
to
Sean.
B
C
The
current
NRI
for
the
county
is
from
2010,
so
it's
a
12
year
old
document
at
this
point,
and
while
a
lot
of
that
information
is
still
relevant,
it's
less
of
a
complete
overhaul
and
more
of
just
updating
and
reformatting.
So
it
currently
is,
you
know
a
PDF
document
that
is
a
great
tool,
but
we
really
want
to
kind
of
bring
it
into
the
20
21st
century
and
and
make
it
more
interactive,
so
kind
of
what
Ingrid
was
mentioning
with
all
the
mapping
layers.
C
The
real
utility
of
those
is
the
ability
to
kind
of
zoom
in
at
the
parcel
level
and
see
where
all
these
resources
are
at
a
fine
scale.
So
that'll
be
one
of
the
the
the
the
best
benefits
of
this
process,
just
kind
of
where
we're
at
with
that
we're.
In
the
first
of
two
years
in
that
process,
we
began
the
planning
and
Grant
application
back
in
2021.
C
We
received
funny
from
the
Hudson
River
ashtray
program
to
to
begin
this
process,
and
you
know
at
the
end
here
of
2022
we're
currently
drafting
new
content,
some
of
the
new
chapters
and
then
next
year,
we'll
be
really
working
with
the
County's
office
of
computer
information
citizens,
their
their
kind
of
GIS
department
on
developing
the
web.
Application
for
that
and
we'll
be
doing
a
ton
of
Outreach
and
trainings
to
municipalities
on
that,
and
we've
also
been
having
municipals
and
stakeholders
input
through
surveys
and
and
committee
participation.
C
C
You
know
looking
at
the
county
as
a
whole
and
how
a
lot
of
these
habitats
are
interconnected,
but
it
doesn't
really
drill
down
at
the
municipal
scale
level
like
like
the
city
of
Beacon
Center.
So
you
know
it's
not
going
to
have
it's
not
going
to
have
all
the
specifics
that
your
Municipal
NRI
has
you
know
getting
down
to
parcel
level
protections
or
you
know
if
you
do
have
Municipal
zoning,
that's
specific
to
the
city.
You
know
those
are
kind
of
things
that
only
would
be
included
in
yours,
yeah
yeah,.
C
B
D
C
C
That
yeah
so
I
mean
the
county
already
has
parcel
access,
I'm,
not
sure.
If
you're
familiar
with
that,
you
know
it's
it's
a
similar
tool
right
now.
It's
kind
of
really
just
used
for
obtaining
partial
information,
but
it
also
does
at
this
level
that
has
I
think
just
basic
wetlands
and
floodplains
information,
but
the
goal
is
to
really
tie
these
two
applications
together
so
that,
yes,
you
can
drill
down
at
the
at
the
partial
level.
C
You
know
with
the
caveat
of
being
it's,
it
is,
you
know
it's.
It's
not
survey
scaled
data
I
mean
even
even
the
partial
boundaries
and
the
cat.
You
know.
Rpt
would
agree
with
that.
You
know
it's
it's.
It's
meant
to
be
a
a
starting
point
right,
so
it's
a
place
to
get
down
to
the
partial
level,
explore
what
resources
might
be
there,
and
if
there
are,
you
know
some
fine
lines
that
need
more
accurate
mapping.
Then
you
know,
obviously
a
survey
would
be
necessary,
but.
A
C
E
A
E
A
E
Know
I,
look
at
it
and
I
look
at
parcel
access
all
the
time.
The
same
thing
I
think
one
of
the
things
that
would
be
most
interesting
is
sort
of
the
next
step,
and
this
was
talked
about
with
the
the
committee
at
the
time
was
to
to
use
it
to
identify
high
priority
Parcels.
So
you
take
the
top
10
Parcels
that
you
would
like
to
protect
long
term
and
you
not
only
do
more
detailed
work
on
those
Parcels,
but
you
also
come
up
with
the
development
scenario
for
that
parcel.
A
E
Options
for
those
Parcels
so
that
you
one
that
would
be
you
know
this
should
be
identified
for
the
public
purchase
or
a
conservation,
easement
or
a
conservation
subdivision,
or
you
know
a
limited
use
options
or
big
buffers,
or
you
know
that
sort
of
thing.
So
it's
something
on
the
book.
So
when
a
applicant
comes
in,
they
know
how
the
city
feels
about
it.
So
you
get
it
90
right
in
the
first
pass,
rather
than
90
wrong,
good.