New York Secretary of State Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez today announced $23.8 million in funding from the state Environmental Protection Fund’s Local Waterfront Revitalization Program for 90 projects across New York.  These awards cover a variety of planning, design and construction projects that focus on economic, community, environmental and recreational improvements, reinforcing Governor Paterson’s commitment to improving both local economies and the environment.  The following is a list of local projects.  A complete list of the 2009-2010 grant awards may be found on the Department of State’s website at www.dos.state.ny.us.Nassau County

Town of Oyster Bay: Hempstead Harbor to Cold Spring Harbor Blueway Trail
The Town of Oyster Bay, in collaboration with the Friends of the Bay and the Hempstead Harbor Protection Committee, will complete the planning of a Blueway Trail through Hempstead Harbor, the Long Island Sound and the Oyster Bay/Cold Spring Harbor watershed area.  The project will identify trail heads that are best-suited for access, adjacent recreational facilities and other amenities, as well as ecological and cultural resources along the trail.  The project will generate engineering and feasability reports, design options, a final plan and a Blueway Trail Map.
Total Project Cost: $152,500   Amount Awarded: $76,250

Suffolk County

Town of East Hampton: Hard Clam/American Oyster Enhancement/Restoration in Three Mile and Napeague Harbors
The Town of East Hampton will undertake restoration of Hard Clams and American Oysters in the State-designated Significant Coastal Fish and Wildlife Habitats of Three Mile Harbor and Napeague Harbor.  The Town’s aquaculture personnel will seed and deploy 1,000,000 oysters and 750,000 clams to each harbor over the course of two years.  Seed plantings are expected to result in increased harvestable product for town residents while adding to dwindling clam and oyster stocks, enhancing reproductive potential and immediately augmenting bio-filtration capacity in these harbors.
Total Project Cost: $265,312   Amount Awarded: $132,656

Town of Huntington: Heron Park Improvements
The Town of Huntington will complete development of Heron Park on Mill Pond at Centerport Harbor.  Grant funding will support site preparation and the installation of retaining walls, fencing, guide rails, decorative lighting, benches, walking paths, plantings and other park amenities.
Total Project Cost: $150,000   Amount Awarded: $75,000

Town of Islip: Sayville and West Sayville Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
The Town of Islip will focus preparation of its Local Waterfront Revitalization Plan on the coastal hamlets of Sayville and West Sayville on the Great South Bay in the South Shore Estuary Reserve.  The plans will focus on community waterfront land use issues, public access to the shore and water quality.
Total Project Cost: $100,000   Amount Awarded: $50,000

Town of Islip: Implementation of the Green’s Creek and Brown’s River Watershed Management Plan
The Town of Islip will implement the Green’s Creek and Brown’s River Watershed Management Plan through capital improvement projects that will collect and filter stormwater runoff at Brook Street in the hamlet of Sayville before it can enter the Great South Bay.  The project will design and install leeching pools along Brook Street and replace asphalt, curbing and landscaping.
Total Project Cost: $200,000   Amount Awarded: $100,000

Village of Northport: Village of Northport Local Waterfront Revitalization Program
The Village of Northport on the Long Island Sound will prepare a draft Local Waterfront Revitalization Program that will address protection and preservation of its harbor waterfront and natural resources, and plan for climate change and sustainable design.
Total Project Cost: $57,000     Amount Awarded: $28,500

Village of Port Jefferson: Village of Port Jefferson Revitalization Plan
The Village of Port Jefferson, in collaboration with the Town of Brookhaven, will prepare a village revitalization plan for the upper business district on Main Street.  Applying Smart Growth principles and economic development strategies, the plan will focus on reclaiming the 2,000 foot south shoreline as a public place, connecting the Village’s lower business district to the harbor through the creation of a Village Square and replacing the Town of Brookhaven parking area with a Harbor Park.  The two municipalities will collaborate on a traffic study and the development of schematic designs that would be functionally and aesthetically appropriate to the area.  Final schematic designs, a feasibility report, analysis of construction requirements and SEQR review will be included.
Total Project Cost: $95,000     Amount Awarded: $47,500

Town of Shelter Island: Town of Shelter Island and Village of Dering Harbor Watershed Management Plan
The Town of Shelter Island, in partnership with the Village of Dering Harbor, will prepare a Watershed Management Plan.  The management plan will generate recommended management actions and strategies to address nonpoint source pollution and improve water quality.
Total Project Cost: $72,975     Amount Awarded: $36,487

Town of Southold: Implementation of the Town of Southold Hamlet Study - Phase II
The Town of Southold will update its Comprehensive Plan by updating underlying data and analysis and integrating long-term planning goals identified in its 2007/2008 Hamlet Revitalization Plan.
Total Project Cost: $137,136   Amount Awarded: $68,568

Town of Southold: Restoration of Goldsmith Inlet
The Town of Southold will assess, mitigate and restore the ecological functions and values of Goldsmith Inlet off the Long Island Sound to address the accretion of sand, loss of use due to degraded water quality, loss of littoral habitat and loss of low and high marsh habitat.  The Town will undertake a pollution source tracking analysis; a flush rate analysis; restoration of the littoral zone; non-native species removal; development of a Storm Water Pollution Plan; design and implementation of storm water volume reduction measures between the Town and the County; and installation of four catch basins as stormwater control retrofits.
Total Project Cost: $222,882   Amount Awarded: $111,441

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