Resolution

South Shore Estuary Reserve Council Adoption of the

Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve

Comprehensive Management Plan

WHEREAS, Article forty-six of the Executive Law declares it to be in the public interest to protect and manage the South Shore Estuary system as a single integrated estuary and in furtherance of that goal created the South Shore Estuary Reserve Council and directed it to prepare a comprehensive management plan and make recommendations to preserve, protect and enhance the natural, recreational, economic and educational resources of the Reserve; and

WHEREAS, the South Shore Estuary Reserve Council ("Council") has undertaken those tasks, in accordance with such law; and

WHEREAS, the Council identified the extent of the South Shore Estuary Reserve as Long Island's south shore bays and the adjacent upland areas draining into them, as described in the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Comprehensive Management Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Council, in conjunction with its Citizens Advisory Committee and its Technical Advisory Committee reviewed data and prepared technical reports pertaining to the Reserve; and

WHEREAS, the Council prepared a draft South Shore Estuary Reserve Comprehensive Management Plan in accordance with Article forty-six of the Executive Law; and

WHEREAS, the Council submitted the draft Comprehensive Management Plan to public scrutiny and comment at public hearings held on the 28^th day of February and the 1^st day of March, 2001 and accepted written comments until the 28^th day of March, 2001; and

WHEREAS, the Council has duly considered the oral and written comments submitted and has incorporated the comments and its responses thereto in the Comprehensive Management Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Council has determined, after due deliberation, that the Comprehensive Management Plan meets the statutory criteria as well as the spirit of Article forty-six of the Executive Law;

NOW, THEREFORE, the South Shore Estuary Reserve Council does hereby ADOPT, the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve, and DIRECT that it be submitted herewith to each town and village within the reserve, the county executives of the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, and to the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York.

DATED: April 12, 2001