Research


Scope and Content Note

This series consists of Adirondack Park Agency (APA) meeting minutes. Records include adopted meeting minutes, as well as committee reports and memoranda submitted at each meeting. Minutes from 1979 forward also include meeting agendas for both the full agency and individual committees within the agency. Each set of minutes lists the meeting date, venue, agency members present, agency staff present, other individuals in attendance, and absentees. Records document appointment of agency staff; drafting and amending of APA rules and regulations; drafting and amending of public and private land use and development plans; agency decisions on proposed development projects; agency decisions on variance and map amendment requests; and agency responses to litigation challenging APA decisions and the APA act itself.