Section 966. Comprehensive management plan

1. The purpose of the plan is to
  make  recommendations  to integrate and coordinate existing programs and
  studies;  mitigate  pollution;  balance  preservation,  recreation   and
  economic  development;  protect  appropriate  existing  investment;  and
  protect the natural resources. The plan shall include but not be limited
  to  the  following,  to  the  extent  possible,  considering   financial
  resources and technological limitations:
    (a)  A  statement  of  the  public value of the reserve, including its
  ecological,  economic,  social,  hydrologic  and   educational   values,
  together with the general goals and objectives of the plan;
    (b)  A  map  and  written  description delineating the boundary of the
  reserve;
    (c)  An  estimate  of  the  economic  value  of  the  commercial   and
  recreational  industry  and  the  tourism  industry  dependent  upon the
  reserve;
    (d) An inventory of all public lands and lands  available  for  public
  use  within the reserve specifying use, facilities and trails for public
  use, and the management agency with jurisdiction over the property;
    (e) Identification of inventories compiled by the department  pursuant
  to  section  nine  hundred  twenty of article forty-two of this chapter,
  including significant natural areas, historic sites, agricultural  lands
  and water dependent areas;
    (f)  An  identification  and  evaluation  of  existing  regulatory and
  management programs, as well as all  agencies  having  any  jurisdiction
  within  the  reserve  which  affect  land  use and activities within the
  reserve;
    (g) An evaluation of land use and zoning within the reserve and  their
  actual  or  potential  effects  on water quality and productivity of the
  reserve;
    (h) An inventory of point sources of pollution and  an  assessment  of
  nonpoint  sources  of  pollution,  including  suggested  strategies  for
  mitigation;
    (i) An identification of areas containing contaminated  sediments  and
  sources  that  are  contributing  significantly  to the decline of water
  quality and that need special attention;
    (j) An assessment of trends in water quality within the reserve;
    (k) An assessment of dredging and navigation needs in the South  Shore
  Estuary taking into account environmental impact and public safety;
    (l) Management recommendations for the preservation of plant, fish and
  wildlife and their habitats;
    (m)  Management  recommendations  for  protection  and  management  of
  dedicated public land;
    (n)  Management  recommendations   for   protecting   and   supporting
  indigenous   economic   activities   such  as  aquaculture,  finfishing,
  shellfishing, boating and tourism;
    (o) Recommendations for increased enforcement of laws and  regulations
  pertaining to preservation and management of resources;
    (p)  Identification  of  environmentally  sensitive  land suitable for
  acquisition and dedication for public uses;
    (q) Recommendations for institutional arrangements to  coordinate  and
  improve  management  of land and water resources, to maximize efficiency
  such  as  coordinating  review  pursuant  to  article   eight   of   the
  environmental  conservation  law  and article forty-two of this chapter,
  and to adopt uniform policies among agencies where appropriate;
    (r)  Recommendations  for  land  use  management  as  it  relates   to
  maintenance  or  enhancement  of surface water quality and the resources
  within the reserve, including changes  in  zoning  and  restrictions  on
  activities where appropriate within the reserve;

    (s)  Recommendations  for  best  management  practices for private and
  public landowners to  minimize  chemical  pollution,  sedimentation  and
  erosion;
    (t)  Recommendations  for  management  of commercial, recreational and
  tourism activities that may threaten sensitive habitats; (u)  Strategies
  to  resolve  conflicts  among  competing demands of the resources and to
  achieve  a  balance  among  economic  and  recreational  activities  and
  preservation of natural resources;
    (v)  An  identification  of policies, land use controls and management
  measures that should be incorporated into the state  coastal  management
  program and local waterfront revitalization programs adopted pursuant to
  article forty-two of this chapter; and
    (w)  A  local  participation plan, which describes how local citizens,
  officials and members of the tourism, fishing and marine industries will
  participate in the implementation  of  the  management  plan  and  which
  contains  a  statement  identifying  support  for  such  program  by the
  participating local governments.
    2. Within one hundred  eighty  days  after  the  appointments  to  the
  council have been made, the council shall adopt a statement of goals and
  objectives;  adopt  a  map  and  boundaries  of  the South Shore Estuary
  Reserve for purposes of this article and develop a work plan which shall
  include a timetable to guide the progress of its  compliance  with  this
  article.    Within  such  time  period,  the council shall also hold two
  public scoping sessions, one in Nassau county and one in Suffolk  county
  for the development of the plan.
    The  council  shall  hold  at  least  two public hearings at different
  locations, one in Nassau county and one in  Suffolk  county  within  the
  reserve  on  the  draft  plan before adoption. The council shall adopt a
  final plan within four years of  the  effective  date  of  this  article
  unless  insufficient  funding  is  made  available  or  obtained through
  appropriations, grants or gifts. The adopted plan shall be submitted  to
  each  town  and  village within the reserve, the county executive of the
  county of Nassau, the county executive of the county of Suffolk, and  to
  the governor and the legislature.
    3.  The  council  shall  continue  to  convene  to  fulfill its duties
  pursuant to  subdivisions  eleven,  twelve,  thirteen  and  fourteen  of
  section nine hundred sixty-four-b of this article.