Regional Advisory Committees' Unabridged 2015-16 Reports
eAPPENDIX A: REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS 0B e-Appendix A 1B REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES’ 2B UNABRIDGED 2015-16 REPORTS LONG5B ISLAND – REGION 1 Regional6B Open Space Advisory Committee Counties7B Nassau, Suffolk Meeting Dates: The Region 1 Regional Advisory Committee met on Friday, March 15, 2013 at Childs Mansion, Flax Pond State Tidal Wetland and Marine Laboratory, Setauket, NY, and again on April 19, 2013 at Administration Headquarters, Long Island State Parks Region, Belmont Lake State Park, Belmont, NY. Report8B and Recommendations of the Region9B 1 Regional Advisory Committee Regarding10B Open Space Conservation in the State of New York Introduction In 2010, the Trust for Public Land (“TPL”) issued a report entitled, “The Economic Benefits and Fiscal Impact of Parks and Open Space in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York.” The following year the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council (“EDC”) released its “Strategic Economic Development Plan for the Long Island Region.” The Region 1 Regional Advisory Committee draws from these two significant and highly relevant reports, and from the extensive knowledge and experience of its members, to address the goals of Commissioners Martens and Harvey for this iteration of the New York State Open Space Conservation Plan, as they pertain to Long Island. Healthy Public, Vibrant Economy According to the TPL report, Long Island’s parks and open space provide direct economic benefits worth more than $2.74 billion annually, making parks and open space “significant drivers” of the Long Island economy. Economic benefits are derived from revenue generated by the tourism, farming, and fishing industries and from government cost savings attributable to the 2016 NEW YORK STATE OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION PLAN A- 1 eAPPENDIX A: REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORTS reduction in services required by open space and the “free” goods and services provided by functioning natural systems.
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