Kevin Ray

The document outlines the proposed expenditures and revenues for the Water Fund. Key areas include home and community services, source of supply, purification, transmission and distribution, employee benefits, and debt service. Revenue sources include water usage fees, debt service, water meter fees, interest and earnings, and interfund transfers. The document also includes appropriated fund balance.

This document serves as an update to the Town of Hartwick's 2010 Comprehensive Plan, rather than a complete rewrite. It integrates current data and planning documents while preserving the original plan's core issues, recommendations, and goals. The key strategic initiatives outlined include continued exploration and resolution of water issues along Route 28, addressing safety concerns on Route 28 (pedestrian safety, traffic congestion), comprehensive hamlet revitalization efforts (Town park improvements, benches, drainage, Veteran's Memorial), developing a specific plan for the hamlet of Toddsville, and ensuring long-term fire and ambulance protection for the community. The plan aims to identify opportunities, establish future goals, and provide a foundational document for engaging with external agencies.

This Comprehensive Plan for the Town of Hartwick aims to define a future vision and outline actions to achieve it. The plan focuses on maintaining the town's safe, quiet, and scenic character, preserving natural resources, and enhancing educational, medical, and business opportunities. Key strategic areas include land use and growth management, business and economic development, natural and historic/cultural resource protection, housing and neighborhoods, public infrastructure and community facilities, transportation, community design and aesthetics, and community involvement. The overarching goal is to ensure a high quality of life for residents, businesses, and visitors through consensus-driven decision-making and partnerships.

This document provides an update to the Town of Hartwick's Comprehensive Plan, incorporating new data and governmental plans since the 2010 version to reflect current conditions and opportunities. Key strategic areas include updating local ordinances, enhancing communications infrastructure with broadband and cell services, establishing a Toddsville Community Planning Task Force, reorganizing Special Use Districts, and implementing infrastructure improvements in the Hartwick Seminary-Hyde Park Corridor and Hartwick Hamlet, alongside efforts to restore historical street names. The plan emphasizes proactive funding acquisition to achieve these priorities.