File #: Int 0842-2022    Version: Name: Requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 12/7/2022
Enactment date: 1/21/2023 Law number: 2023/016
Title: A Local Law in relation to requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Mercedes Narcisse, Crystal Hudson, Justin L. Brannan, Kevin C. Riley, Shahana K. Hanif, Julie Menin, Marjorie Velázquez, Farah N. Louis, Kalman Yeger , Rita C. Joseph, Althea V. Stevens, Kristin Richardson Jordan, Amanda Farías, Lincoln Restler, Linda Lee, Alexa Avilés, Nantasha M. Williams, Carmen N. De La Rosa, Diana I. Ayala, Sandra Ung, Tiffany Cabán, Eric Dinowitz, Chi A. Ossé, Darlene Mealy, James F. Gennaro, David M. Carr, Ari Kagan
Council Member Sponsors: 29
Summary: This 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.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 842-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 842, 3. Int. No. 842, 4. Committee Report 12/6/22, 5. Hearing Testimony 12/6/22, 6. Hearing Transcript 12/6/22, 7. December 7, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 8. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-7-22, 9. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 7, 2022, 10. Proposed Int. No. 842-A - 12/19/22, 11. Committee Report 12/21/22, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/21/22, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. December 21, 2022 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-21-22, 16. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - December 21, 2022, 17. Int. No. 842-A (FINAL), 18. Fiscal Impact Statement, 19. Legislative Documents - Letter to the Mayor, 20. Local Law 16
Date Ver.Prime SponsorAction ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting DetailsMultimedia
1/21/2023AShekar Krishnan Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/20/2023AShekar Krishnan City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022AShekar Krishnan City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022AShekar Krishnan City Council Approved by CouncilPass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/21/2022AShekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2022*Shekar Krishnan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/7/2022*Shekar Krishnan City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/6/2022*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 842-A

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Brooks-Powers, Narcisse, Hudson, Brannan, Riley, Hanif, Menin, Velázquez, Louis, Yeger, Joseph, Stevens, Richardson Jordan, Farías, Restler, Lee, Avilés, Williams, De La Rosa, Ayala, Ung, Cabán, Dinowitz, Ossé, Mealy, Gennaro, Carr and Kagan

 

A Local Law in relation to requiring the department of parks and recreation to develop a strategy to reduce the duration of its capital projects

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. No later than December 1, 2023, the department of parks and recreation shall, in coordination with other agencies as appropriate, prepare and submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council, and post on its website, a strategy aiming to reduce the average duration of its capital projects by at least 25 percent. Such strategy shall consider, at a minimum, the use of early completion incentives, opportunities to standardize capital project processes, timelines, and forms, potential improvements in coordination with utility companies, and other reductions to regulatory barriers that may be considered.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session 12

ARP/KS

LS #10755

12/13/22 6:30PM