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Municipal & Community Services
Utilizing extensive experience in site engineering and land planning, BME expands their scope of services beyond traditional site engineering and provides valuable services to the communities they work in. BME's background brings a cost-conscious, end-user driven philosophy to the effort for these community services.
BME combines their engineering and land planning expertise to assist municipalities in completing a wide range of community services. This includes sewer feasibility studies, street reconstruction design services, NYSDEC Phase II stormwater compliance, and wetlands delineations and permitting. BME assists municipalities with the preparation of land use build-out and access plans, trails and open space plans, and visual assessments. All of these services can be offered on an individual project basis, as part of a corridor or sub-area study, or within an overall master plan.
BME also utilizes their expertise in land development to assist communities in the preparation of design guidelines. These guidelines can include land use and zoning criteria, incentive zoning and TDR programs, and land development design and construction specifications.
BME extends their services to the realm of education and training. We offer training programs for local municipalities, and their technical staff and advisory boards in a host of areas. Among the training topics that have been conducted by BME: Reading & Interpreting Site Plans; Basics of Stormwater Management Design and Regulations; State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA); Wetlands Regulations & Permitting; and Land Use Law & Zoning Regulations. BME has provided training to local municipal officials, as well as at the county and state levels.
BME believes in taking an active role in the legislative process that shapes the development trends in our region and our state. Through interaction in several professional organizations, BME is at the forefront of the regulatory and legislative agenda that affects land use, both on a local and a national level. This expertise is applied whether it is an individual project or community planning. These services include assisting local communities in the adoption of local zoning ordinances that reflect changes to state statutes or new legislation.
