2003 Update of the Nassau County Comprehensive Plan January 12, 2004 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables and Figures .................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Population....................................................................................................................................... 9 Demographics............................................................................................................................... 10 Effective Buying Income.................................................................................................................. 11 Consumer Price Index ...................................................................................................................... 12 Retail Opportunities in Nassau County ............................................................................................ 13 Retail Sales and Business Activity ................................................................................................... 13 Retail Trends in Comparison to Suffolk County .............................................................................. 16 Employment ................................................................................................................................. 17 Key Employment Trends.............................................................................................................. 18 Major Nassau County Employers and Key Employer Trends...................................................... 20 Housing ............................................................................................................................................ 21 Residential Sales and Building Construction................................................................................ 21 Construction Activity ................................................................................................................... 23 Commercial and Industrial Space and Building Activity ............................................................. 24 Transportation................................................................................................................................... 25 Public Transportation ................................................................................................................... 25 Air Transit .................................................................................................................................... 26 Freight .......................................................................................................................................... 26 Utility Services ............................................................................................................................. 26 Health and Hospital Facilities....................................................................................................... 27 Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities......................................................................... 27 Cultural and Recreation Facilities ................................................................................................ 27 Water Service and Sanitary Sewer Facilities................................................................................ 28 Interagency Planning and Cooperation............................................................................................. 30 Nassau County Interim Finance Authority ................................................................................... 30 Bi-County Summit........................................................................................................................ 30 Nassau County Office of Emergency Management...................................................................... 30 Geographical Information Systems (GIS) .................................................................................... 31 Real Estate Consolidation Plan..................................................................................................... 31 Land Use and Zoning ....................................................................................................................... 31 Development Trends..................................................................................................................... 31 New Local Zoning Ordinances..................................................................................................... 32 Senior Housing ......................................................................................................................... 32 Downtown Revitalization ......................................................................................................... 32 Subdivision Regulations........................................................................................................... 32 Wireless Communication.......................................................................................................... 33 Child-Care Facilities................................................................................................................. 33 Residential and Commercial Bulk Ordinances......................................................................... 33 Environmental Resources................................................................................................................. 33 Open Space....................................................................................................................................... 33 Nassau County Open Space Plan.................................................................................................. 33 Nassau County Open Space and Parks Advisory Committee (OSPAC) ...................................... 33 Land Trusts................................................................................................................................... 34 Water Resources/Infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 34 Hempstead Harbor and Manhasset Bay Protection Plans............................................................. 34 EPA Phase II Regulations / DPW Stormwater Plan ..................................................................... 35 Pesticide Notification Law ........................................................................................................... 35 Nassau County 1998 Groundwater Study..................................................................................... 35 EPA Cap on Nitrogen Emissions from Water Treatment Plants on the North Shore................... 35 Local Waterfront Revitalization Program..................................................................................... 35 Open Space Acquisition Fund ...................................................................................................... 36 Preservation of the Underhill Property ......................................................................................... 36 2 Brownfields .................................................................................................................................. 36 Adoption of New York State Brownfields Law ........................................................................... 37 Glen Cove Brownfields Pilot Program ......................................................................................... 37 Transportation................................................................................................................................... 37 MTA Long Island Bus CNG Fleet................................................................................................ 37 MTA Long Island Rail Road Capital Projects.............................................................................. 37 Mineola Intermodal Facility ......................................................................................................... 38 Long Island Expressway (LIE) Capacity Improvement Plan ....................................................... 38 Long Island Sound Waterborne Transportation Plan.................................................................... 38 Reauthorization of the Transportation Efficiency Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) ................. 38 Freight .......................................................................................................................................... 38 Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure........................................................................................... 39 Downtown Inventory.................................................................................................................... 39 Able-Ride ..................................................................................................................................... 39 Nassau Hub Study ........................................................................................................................ 39 Housing ............................................................................................................................................ 40 Nassau County Office of Housing and Intergovernmental Affairs............................................... 40 Illegal Housing