The Commission will advise and assist the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in carrying out the following responsibilities:

1. (1) Implementing an action plan for advancing a Pennsylvania greenways partnership program in the 21st century.
2. (2) Pursuing the creation of partnership opportunities to plan, implement, maintain and fund a greenways network for this Commonwealth.
3. (3) Maintaining an inventory, catalog and map of the network of greenways and trails in this Commonwealth.
4. (4) Exploring creative financial and technical assistance programs and strategies to benefit the creation and sustainability of State and local greenway efforts.
5. (5) Researching and identifying ‘‘best practices’’ of existing greenways efforts within this Commonwealth and other states.
6. (6) Creating a Statewide clearinghouse system for collecting, maintaining and disseminating materials on greenways and trails legal, design and mapping information.
7. (7) Developing a public education, outreach and coalition building strategy (including local government) for greenways and trails.
8. (8) Developing strategies for incorporating greenways opportunities into Federal, State and local planning efforts dealing with issues such as land use/smart growth, open space preservation, watershed protection, natural areas protection, heritage conservation, recreation, tourism development, intermodal transportation systems and brownfields development.
9. (9) Coordinating existing State agency initiatives dealing with the Public Utility Commission’s disposition of crossing structures, including related funding programs.