Section 42-0109. Stewardship plan

1.  The  partnership  shall  develop  a  stewardship  plan which shall
  represent the fundamental document defining the  recommended  protection
  and  beneficial  public  use  goals  for  the  reserve and the means and
  techniques for their attainment. To the fullest extent practicable,  the
  plan  shall  be  consistent  with the state open space plan and the Erie
  Canalway National Heritage Corridor preservation and management plan, as
  such plans are amended. The plan shall include, but need not be  limited
  to:
    a.  A  survey  or  inventory  of  the  following,  together  with  the
  establishment of management priorities therefor:
    (i) historic resources;
    (ii) scenic resources;
    (iii) recreational uses; and
    (iv) farmland and agricultural related uses.
    b. An economic plan that shall include but not be limited to:
    (i) A main  street  element  for  traditional  commercial  streets  in
  reserve communities;
    (ii)   A  tourism  plan  with  elements  of  branding,  marketing  and
  promotion; and
    (iii) A strategy for small enterprise business financing  and  support
  to  nurture  entrepreneurs  interested in launching business activity in
  the  reserve  particularly  relating  to  services  for   tourists   and
  businesses adaptively using historic structures.
    c.  Regional  cost sharing opportunities helping municipalities in the
  reserve to approach common matters collectively through agreements.
    d. An education program including publications and guided activities.
    e. A financial plan for implementation of plan recommendations.
    2.  A  draft  plan  shall  be  submitted  to  the  commissioner,   the
  commissioner   of   parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation  and
  secretary of state within thirty months of the effective  date  of  this
  article.  The  commissioner,  in  consultation  with the commissioner of
  parks, recreation and historic preservation and secretary of state,  may
  approve   the  plan,  may  return  the  plan  to  the  partnership  with
  recommendations  for  approval,  or  may  reject  such  plan.  Prior  to
  submission  of  the  draft plan, the partnership shall hold at least one
  public hearing on the draft plan in each county for which  the  plan  is
  applicable.  The  local  legislative  body of each city, town or village
  within the boundaries designated by the draft plan must approve the plan
  following the public hearing or hearings and before it is  submitted  to
  the  commissioner.  A copy of the approved plan shall be provided to the
  governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
  assembly.
    3.  Not  less  than once every five years the partnership shall review
  the plan, and shall include as part of such review a public  hearing  in
  each  county  for  which  the  plan is applicable. The partnership shall
  propose amendments to the management plan  as  they  are  deemed  to  be
  necessary and appropriate.