This Report of the Master Plan Committee(October 1990) synthesizes a yearlong effort to present an overall "comprehensive plan" for the Town outside Village areas of the Town of Red Hook and outline the techniques that the Town should employ, in cooperation with other public jurisdictions and the private sector, to cause its implementation.

The Land Use Plan component seeks to balance conservation and development objectives consistent with the consensus desires of the Town's people, as assessed by the Master Plan Committee through the September 1989 Master Plan Survey results and the previously-recommended Statement of Land Use and Development Policy. Due to their importance in providing direction to the Master Plan Committee in formulating the Land Use Plan, both a summary of the Master Plan Survey results and the previously recommended Statement of Land Use and Development Policy have been included in this Report. A Technical Supplement providing a variety of background data has also been compiled; the Committee has, however, recommended that the Planning Consultant defer finalizing the Supplement until more complete 1990 Census data is available.

The Master Plan Committee appreciates the interest that the community has taken in its efforts to formulate a long-term "comprehensive plan" for the Town. The Committee welcomes your continued participation both as its recommendations are reviewed by the Planning Board and Town Board and as the Committee embarks in the near future on the second phase of its task, i.e. the refinement of the Town's Zoning Law and Land Subdivision Regulations to dovetail with the Statement of Land Use and Development Policy and the Land Use Plan described in our Report.