Int. No. 272
By Council Members Joseph, Restler, Won, Feliz, Brewer, Abreu, Louis, Marte, Gutiérrez, Hanif, Salaam, Riley, Farías, De La Rosa, Hudson, Avilés, Cabán, Banks, Narcisse, Brooks-Powers, Ossé, Zhuang, Rivera, Nurse, Hanks, Krishnan, Schulman, Brannan, Williams and Menin (by request of the Manhattan Borough President)
A Local Law in relation to a capital plan and timeline for installing public bathrooms
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
1. The terms “capital project,” “scope of project,” “proposed scope of project,” and “cost” have the same meanings as set forth in section 210 of the New York city charter.
2. The term “introduction number 258-A” means a local law for the year 2022 relating to a report on suitable locations for installing public bathrooms, as proposed in introduction number 258-A.
b. Report. No later than May 31, 2024, an agency or office designated by the mayor, in coordination with the department of parks and recreation and the department of transportation, shall submit to the mayor and to the speaker of the council a report that proposes a capital project plan and implementation timeline for the installation and maintenance of public bathroom facilities at each of the sites to be identified pursuant to introduction number 258-A. The report shall contain a detailed estimate of the costs either to acquire and install or to design and construct each public bathroom facility, as well as the costs to maintain each facility. In addition, such report shall include, but need not be limited to, the following information:
1. A proposed scope of project that conforms to the standards and limits set out under section 221 of the New York city charter;
2. The cash flow requirements and proposed sources of funding for each bathroom facility, including estimated expenditures for each fiscal year until its completion;
3. A summary description of the factors that led to the determination of the proposed site, proposed type of facility, proposed safety measures, and other projected costs, including a description of how these determinations address the challenges identified pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of subdivision b of section 1 of introduction number 258-A;
4. A proposed schedule for beginning and completing the installation of each facility, with no fewer than 12 facilities proposed for installation annually and a target completion date for all facilities of no later than June 1, 2035;
5. Each facility’s period of probable usefulness;
6. An appropriate maintenance schedule, including estimated annual costs through the end of fiscal year 2029; and
7. A description of how the equity evaluation required under subdivision d of this section was undertaken, and how the findings are reflected in the proposed installation schedule, funding streams, and maintenance schedules.
c. Coordination. In preparing the report, the designated agency or office, in coordination with the department of parks and recreation and the department of transportation, shall consult with other city agencies, offices, or entities that are qualified to address the challenges identified pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of subdivision b of section 1 of introduction number 258-A. Such city agencies, offices, or entities may include but need not be limited to the department of city planning, the department of small business services, the department of design and construction, the department of environmental protection, the office of management and budget, the mayor’s office of contract services, a contracted entity as defined in section 22-821 of the administrative code of the city of New York, and any other city agency, office, or entity that may aid or influence the siting, planning, construction or maintenance of each facility.
d. Equity considerations. In proposing an installation timeline, allocation of funds, and maintenance resources for each facility pursuant to paragraphs two, four, and six of subdivision b of this section, the designated agency or office, in coordination with the department of parks and recreation and the department of transportation, shall give priority to each facility or group of facilities based on its estimated potential to improve social, economic, and environmental equity outcomes.
§ 2. This local law takes effect on the same date as a local law in relation to a report on suitable locations for installing public bathrooms, as proposed in introduction number 258-A for the year 2022, takes effect.
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