2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 46 - Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve › 964-B - Duties of the Council.

§ 964-b. Duties  of  the council. The council shall have the following
  duties:
1. To meet not less than once every two months until the  adoption  of
  the  plan and to encourage attendance at such meeting of representatives
  of  local  governments  and   interested   parties   affected   by   the
  deliberations of the council;
2.  To  send  copies  of  the minutes of each meeting to each town and
  village within the reserve,  the  county  executive  of  the  county  of
  Nassau,  the  county  executive of the county of Suffolk, the members of
  the Assembly and Senate representing areas within the reserve,  and  any
  other interested party upon request;
3.  To hold public hearings pursuant to section nine hundred sixty-six
  of this article;
4. To designate land and water bodies to be included in the reserve as
  defined in subdivision four of section nine hundred  sixty-two  of  this
  article  and  to  adopt  and  publish  a  map  and  written  description
  delineating the boundary of the reserve;
5. To make appointments to the advisory committees authorized pursuant
  to section nine hundred sixty-five of this article, and to create  other
  advisory committees as necessary;
6.  To  review and evaluate existing studies, modeling, methodologies,
  data and recommendations for their application to the plan;
7. To adopt a comprehensive management plan for the Long Island  South
  Shore  Estuary  Reserve  which  the  state  and  local  governments  may
  implement. Estuary segmentation or  partitioning  of  the  estuary  into
  spatial  units  may  be  necessary  at  times  for  summarizing data for
  geographic areas, for the development of certain scientific  models,  or
  for  interim  management measures. The council shall prioritize problems
  and  opportunities  within  the  estuary  based  upon  use  impairments,
  resource  management  needs  and areas experiencing intense recreational
  use;
8.  To  identify  funding   mechanisms   for   the   preparation   and
  implementation of the plan;
9.  To  identify  specific  tasks or studies and the amount of funding
  necessary to carry out the provisions of this article  and  report  such
  findings to the governor and the legislature;
10. To prepare interim reports and recommendations;
11.  To prepare or cause to be prepared educational materials designed
  to inform the public about the value of  the  Estuary,  its  appropriate
  uses and methods to protect it;
12.  To  consider  designation  of  the  South  Shore Estuary into the
  Federal National Estuary  program  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
  twenty  of  the  Federal  Clean  Water  Act. Development of a nomination
  application for federal designation of the South Shore  Estuary  may  be
  concurrent with the development of the comprehensive management plan;
13. To encourage, and where feasible, facilitate implementation of the
  recommendations of the plan;
14.  To  encourage individuals, corporations, associations, and public
  entities to protect and preserve the unique resources  of  the  reserve;
  and
15.  To  biannually  review  the  plan  and  the  effectiveness of its
  implementation, and where necessary, revise the  plan  and  submit  such
  revision  to each town and village within the reserve, the governor, the
  legislature and any other interested party upon request.