Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 12/6/2022 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall
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T2022-2438 *   Oversight - Improving the Efficiency of Parks Capital Projects.Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2022-2438 *   Oversight - Improving the Efficiency of Parks Capital Projects.Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0174-2022 *Shekar Krishnan  Reporting on park capital expenditures.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to expand its web based capital projects tracker to include more detailed information regarding its capital projects, including the total number of projects in its portfolio, the reasons for any delays, the dates projects were fully funded, projected and actual cost overruns, individual sources of funding and the length of time it took to complete each project.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0174-2022 *Shekar Krishnan  Reporting on park capital expenditures.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to expand its web based capital projects tracker to include more detailed information regarding its capital projects, including the total number of projects in its portfolio, the reasons for any delays, the dates projects were fully funded, projected and actual cost overruns, individual sources of funding and the length of time it took to complete each project.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0680-2022 *Shekar Krishnan  Survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends.IntroductionThis local law would require an agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and any other appropriate agency, to review sites, owned by the city of New York in residential zones in each borough, on streets with dead ends and vacant land in close proximity to such streets, and land that abuts highway entrances, underpasses and exits, that are suitable for the planting of trees or other vegetation, or for establishing bioswales, small parks or other green spaces.. The survey would prioritize sites located in environmental justice communities. The survey would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council by April, 1 2024, and would include an analysis of the condition of each surveyed site, as well as the feasibility of planting trees or other vegetation or the installation of bioswales, small parks or other green spaces, a description of the necessary steps associated with installing these features, as well as an estimate of the length of time and the overall cost to do so for each site.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0680-2022 *Shekar Krishnan  Survey to determine the feasibility of creating small parks and green spaces on public streets with dead ends and vacant city-owned land near streets with dead ends.IntroductionThis local law would require an agency or office designated by the mayor, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and any other appropriate agency, to review sites, owned by the city of New York in residential zones in each borough, on streets with dead ends and vacant land in close proximity to such streets, and land that abuts highway entrances, underpasses and exits, that are suitable for the planting of trees or other vegetation, or for establishing bioswales, small parks or other green spaces.. The survey would prioritize sites located in environmental justice communities. The survey would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council by April, 1 2024, and would include an analysis of the condition of each surveyed site, as well as the feasibility of planting trees or other vegetation or the installation of bioswales, small parks or other green spaces, a description of the necessary steps associated with installing these features, as well as an estimate of the length of time and the overall cost to do so for each site.Laid Over by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0842-2022 *Shekar Krishnan PreconsideredRequiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to prepare a strategy, in coordination with other city agencies as appropriate, to reduce the duration of capital projects by at least 25 percent. The strategy would review, at a minimum, early completion incentives; standardization of processes, timelines, and forms; coordination with utility companies; and possible changes to regulatory barriers. The strategy would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council by no later than December 1, 2023.Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Not available
Int 0842-2022 *Shekar Krishnan  Requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to prepare a strategy, in coordination with other city agencies as appropriate, to reduce the duration of capital projects by at least 25 percent. The strategy would review, at a minimum, early completion incentives; standardization of processes, timelines, and forms; coordination with utility companies; and possible changes to regulatory barriers. The strategy would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council by no later than December 1, 2023.P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Not available