Agriculture and Farmland Protection Plan - Town of Liberty

Strategies
Draft Town of Liberty Agriculture and
Farmland Protection Plan
This section details a variety of actions that should be
taken to implement this Plan. The actions are organized
as local, county or state initiatives.
Local initiatives are those that will be carried out by the
Town. These are organized into two kinds – Foundation
Actions and Strategic Actions. In order to be successful,
the Town should concentrate its initial efforts to implement
the foundation actions.
Foundation actions are those that “set the stage” and
establish a solid foundation to enable other, more detailed
actions to take place. The Foundation Actions, when
implemented, establish the leadership and structure
needed to effectively carry out the other more topicoriented
actions. Strategic Actions are topic-oriented
and are specific to meet one or more of the goals
established in this plan.
Town Initiatives
1. Foundation Actions
A. Formally adopt this Plan as a part of the Town
Comprehensive Plan. This could be as an appendix
or addendum to the existing plan.
B. Continue the inter-municipal cooperation and
regional planning efforts initiated with the creation of
this Plan. Create a formal inter-municipal agreement
between at least the towns of Bethel and Liberty and
explore cooperation with adjacent towns to establish
the leadership, scope of work, and procedures to
implementing this plan.
C. Establish an advisory Agricultural Implementation
Committee and appoint members to represent
farmers, open space, agri-business, and local
government interests. This advisory committee
should be an appointed, standing committee of the
Town that is responsible for representing the farm
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