Public Comments Being Accepted Through December 17

 

The State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) will be hosting public hearings on the 2014 draft State Open Space Conservation Plan across the state over the next several days.

The following is the schedule for all the hearings, except for the Region 9 Oct. 22 hearing**:

 

Workshop: 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Afternoon Hearing: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Evening Hearing: 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.

 

October 21, 2014

Region 3 - Hudson Valley

Bear Mountain Inn

Bear Mountain State Park

3020 Seven Lakes Drive

Bear Mountain

 

Region 4 – Greater Capital Region

New York State DEC Region 4 Office

1130 North Westcott Road

Schenectady

 

Region 5 – Adirondacks

OPRHP Saratoga Regional Office

Gideon Putnam Room

19 Roosevelt Drive

Saratoga Springs

 

Region 6 – Central New York

Utica State Office Building

Conference Room A

207 Genesee Street

Utica

(Use front door and sign in at the guard desk)

 

Oct. 22, 2014

Region 1 – Long Island

NYS DEC Region 1 Headquarters

SUNY at Stony Brook

Room B-02

50 Circle Road

Stony Brook

 

Region 2 – New York City

NYS DEC Region 2 Office

47-40 21st Street

Long Island City

 

Region 6 – Central New York/North Country

NYS Region 6 Headquarters

Dulles State Office Building

First Floor Conference Room

317 Washington Street

Watertown

 

Region 8 – Rochester/Finger Lakes

NYS DEC Region 8 Headquarters

6274 East Avon-Lima Road

Avon

 

Region 9 – Western NY**

Hearings 4 p.m. – 6 p.m.; and 7 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Concord Town Hall

86 Franklin Street

Springville

 

Oct. 23, 2014

Region 5 - Adirondacks

NYS Region 5 Headquarters, Main Conference Room

Route 86

Ray Brook

 

Region 7 – Central NY/Syracuse

State Fair Grounds

The Martha Eddy Room

581 State Fair Boulevard

Syracuse

 

Public comments on the draft plan are being accepting until Dec. 17, 2014. Comments may be submitted via email at LF.OpenSpacePlan@dec.ny.gov or mailed to DEC at:

 

Open Space Conservation Plan

625 Broadway

Albany, NY  12233

 

The Open Space Conservation Plan has served as the blueprint for the State’s Open Space Program since 1992, guiding the investment of land protection funds from the Environmental Protection Fund.  The Plan is updated periodically, relying heavily on the work of the nine Regional Advisory Committees.  Following the public comment period the Plan will be finalized and submitted to Governor Cuomo for approval in 2015.