Details Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 4/23/2025 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (9) 9 records Group Clear sorting Clear grouping Group by Type Group by Result Export Export to Excel Export to PDF Export to Word Show: All agenda items Legislation only All agenda items File # Ver. Prime Sponsor Agenda # Agenda Note Name Type Summary Action Result Action Details Multimedia                     Roll call Not available T2025-3289 *       Oversight - Improving Recreational Access to Athletic Fields and Playgrounds. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2025-3289 *       Oversight - Improving Recreational Access to Athletic Fields and Playgrounds. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0566-2024 * Gale A. Brewer     Annual report to expand access to school playgrounds. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE), in consultation Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), to create and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council an annual report on how to expand public access to school playgrounds. The plan would need to prioritize playgrounds that are located in environmental justice areas and include, for the upcoming year, a list of at least 15 school playgrounds that could be maintained and operated by DPR and DOE and used by the public on weekends and after school hours, a list of the duties of DPR and DOE in relation to increasing the number of playgrounds available to the public, the estimated budget required, and any challenges with implementing the plan. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0566-2024 * Gale A. Brewer     Annual report to expand access to school playgrounds. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Education (DOE), in consultation Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), to create and submit to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council an annual report on how to expand public access to school playgrounds. The plan would need to prioritize playgrounds that are located in environmental justice areas and include, for the upcoming year, a list of at least 15 school playgrounds that could be maintained and operated by DPR and DOE and used by the public on weekends and after school hours, a list of the duties of DPR and DOE in relation to increasing the number of playgrounds available to the public, the estimated budget required, and any challenges with implementing the plan. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0573-2024 * Gale A. Brewer     Installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to install at least 50 outdoor drinking fountains in parks no later than June 1, 2035. Each fountain would have to be installed within 100 feet of an entrance to the park where it is located. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0573-2024 * Gale A. Brewer     Installation of outdoor drinking fountains near entrances to parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to install at least 50 outdoor drinking fountains in parks no later than June 1, 2035. Each fountain would have to be installed within 100 feet of an entrance to the park where it is located. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0643-2024 * Kevin C. Riley     Plan to identify and facilitate the use of indoor facilities for basketball games. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), with the Department of Education (DOE), post information on its website on how to access DOE indoor basketball courts when the weather does not allow for the use of outdoor basketball courts. The bill would also require DPR, with DOE to conduct a study on how to improve overall access to indoor basketball courts on days when the weather does not allow for the use of outdoor basketball courts. The study would evaluate how to improve the efficiency of the permitting process for indoor basketball courts and the feasibility of allowing members of the public to use DOE indoor basketball courts on days when the weather does not allow outdoor basketball courts use during times when school is not in session. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0643-2024 * Kevin C. Riley     Plan to identify and facilitate the use of indoor facilities for basketball games. Introduction This bill would require that the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), with the Department of Education (DOE), post information on its website on how to access DOE indoor basketball courts when the weather does not allow for the use of outdoor basketball courts. The bill would also require DPR, with DOE to conduct a study on how to improve overall access to indoor basketball courts on days when the weather does not allow for the use of outdoor basketball courts. The study would evaluate how to improve the efficiency of the permitting process for indoor basketball courts and the feasibility of allowing members of the public to use DOE indoor basketball courts on days when the weather does not allow outdoor basketball courts use during times when school is not in session. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available