§ 113-44.11. Preparation of a System Plan.
§ 113‑44.11. Preparation of a System Plan.
(a) The Secretary shall prepare and adopt a State Parks SystemPlan by December 31, 1988. The Plan, at a minimum, shall:
(1) Outline a method whereby the mission and purposes of theState Parks System as defined in G.S. 113‑44.8 can be achieved in areasonable, timely, and cost‑effective manner;
(2) Evaluate existing parks against these standards to determinetheir statewide significance;
(3) Identify duplications and deficiencies in the current StateParks System and make recommendations for correction;
(4) Describe the resources of the existing State Parks Systemand their current uses, identify conflicts created by those uses, and proposesolutions to them; and
(5) Describe anticipated trends in usage of the State ParksSystem, detail what impacts these trends may have on the State Parks System,and recommend means and methods to accommodate those trends successfully.
(b) The Plan shall be developed with full public participation,including a series of public meetings held on adequate notice under rules whichshall be adopted by the Secretary. The purpose of the public meetings andother public participation shall be to obtain from the public:
(1) Views and information on the needs of the public forrecreational resources in the State Parks System;
(2) Views and information on the manner in which these needsshould be addressed;
(3) Review of the draft plan prepared by the Secretary before headopts the Plan.
(c) The Secretary shall revise the Plan at intervals notexceeding five years. Revisions to the Plan shall be made consistent with andunder the rules providing public participation in adoption of the Plan. (1987, c. 243.)