2019 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 42 - Historic Hudson-Hoosic Rivers Partnership
42-0109 - Stewardship Plan.

§ 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.