Details Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 1/4/2017 12:00 PM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall CHARTER MEETING Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Charter Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, Hearing Transcript - Charter Meeting, Minutes of the Charter Meeting Meeting Items (41) 41 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       1.             Roll call Video       2. Delivered by: Rev. Pat Bumgardner, Metropolitan Community Church of New York, 446 W. 36th St. New York, N.Y. 10018. Motion to spread the invocation in full upon the record by Council Member Johnson.           Video       3. Motion that the Minutes of the Stated Meeting of November 29, 2016 be adopted as printed by Council Member Chin.           Video       4. None           Not available       5. None           Not available       6.             Video M 0465-2017 *     Received, Ordered, Printed & Filed Council Member Inez Dickens - Submitting her resignation from the office of New York City Council Member of the 9th Council district effective at the end of the day, December 31, 2016. Communication   Rcvd, Ord, Prnt, Fld by Council   Action details Not available       7. None           Not available       8.             Video       9.             Not available       10. None           Not available       11.             Video                     Not available Int 1314-2016 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Coupled on GO Queens Plaza/Court Square BID Introduction This bill would authorize an increase in the amount that the Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (“BID”) could collect and spend annually, expand the existing boundaries of the BID, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available Int 1415-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland   Preconsidered - Coupled on GO with a Message of Necessity Preliminary Budget Extender Introduction This bill would change certain charter-mandated dates in relation to the Fiscal 2018 Preliminary Budget as follows: 1) Director of Management and Budget and Director of City Planning’s submission of a draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than January 24, 2017; 2) the City Planning Commission’s submission of a report on the draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than February 24, 2017; 3) the Mayor’s submission and publication of a preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects to no later than January 24, 2017; 4) the Mayor’s submission of the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than January 24, 2017; 5) each Community Board’s submission of a statement and recommendations in regard to the preliminary budget to no later than February 23, 2017; 6) The Council’s approval and submission of estimates of the financial needs of the Council to no later than March 16, 2017; and 7) the Council’s holding of hearings and submission of recommendations on the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than April 3, 2017. Approved by Council Pass Action details Not available       12.             Video T2014-0002 *     Coupled on GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds   Approved, by Council Pass Action details Not available                     Not available       ~coupled             Not available Int 1314-2016 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled GO Queens Plaza/Court Square BID Introduction This bill would authorize an increase in the amount that the Queens Plaza/Court Square Business Improvement District (“BID”) could collect and spend annually, expand the existing boundaries of the BID, and change the method of assessment upon which the district charge is based as set forth in the BID’s amended district plan.     Action details Not available Int 1415-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~coupled Preconsidered - GO with M/N Preliminary Budget Extender Introduction This bill would change certain charter-mandated dates in relation to the Fiscal 2018 Preliminary Budget as follows: 1) Director of Management and Budget and Director of City Planning’s submission of a draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than January 24, 2017; 2) the City Planning Commission’s submission of a report on the draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than February 24, 2017; 3) the Mayor’s submission and publication of a preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects to no later than January 24, 2017; 4) the Mayor’s submission of the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than January 24, 2017; 5) each Community Board’s submission of a statement and recommendations in regard to the preliminary budget to no later than February 23, 2017; 6) The Council’s approval and submission of estimates of the financial needs of the Council to no later than March 16, 2017; and 7) the Council’s holding of hearings and submission of recommendations on the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than April 3, 2017.     Action details Not available       ~coupled             Not available T2014-0002 *   ~coupled GO Commissioner of Deeds Commissioner of Deeds       Action details Not available                   Pass Not available       13.             Not available       14.             Not available       15. None           Not available       16.             Video       17.             Not available                     Not available Int 1410-2017 * Joseph C. Borelli ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs Strengthening the existing record-keeping requirements of pawnshops and dealers of second-hand articles. Introduction In an effort to stop the trade of stolen merchandise and to allow the NYPD to investigate allegations of criminal activity at pawnshops, this law requires pawnshops to keep more detailed records of all of their transactions. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1411-2017 * Joseph C. Borelli ~SPONSOR Parks and Recreation Pedestrian access to park facilities. Introduction This bill would require that whenever a capital project is occurring on an athletic field under Parks Department jurisdiction, the agency implementing the project would also have to install a walkway linking the field to a public sidewalk if none had existed before. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1412-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Transportation Requiring a study and pilot of solar-powered street lamps. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of powering street lamps with solar energy. If the Department deems any options feasible, the Department would be required to conduct a pilot project to implement solar-powered street lamps on a small scale. The bill would require the Department to report to the Mayor and the Council on both the feasibility study and any pilot conducted. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1413-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Idling adjacent to a senior center. Introduction The local law amends Title 24 of the New York City Administrative Code, adding a new section (h) to 24-163 to prohibit idling for more than one minute adjacent to a plainly identified senior citizen center, effective immediately. The bill provides exemptions for when a vehicle is used to operate a loading, unloading or processing device, for mechanical work when required, to maintain an appropriate temperature for passenger comfort or in emergency evacuations where necessary to operate wheelchair lifts. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1348-2017 * Costa G. Constantinides ~SPONSOR Environmental Protection Nominating Hudson Canyon to be considered for a National Marine Sanctuary. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1414-2017 * Rafael L. Espinal, Jr. ~SPONSOR Consumer Affairs Licensing and regulating furniture retail stores. Introduction This bill would require furniture retail stores to be licensed by DCA. The fee for the license would be $350 for a biennial license term. The terms of licensure would require licensees to comply with specific consumer protection measures including clear disclosure of selling price and terms of delivery, return policy and refund options, notification of delayed delivery, and requirements for the maintenance of records, among other requirements. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1415-2017 * Julissa Ferreras-Copeland ~SPONSOR Preconsidered - Finance Preliminary Budget Extender Introduction This bill would change certain charter-mandated dates in relation to the Fiscal 2018 Preliminary Budget as follows: 1) Director of Management and Budget and Director of City Planning’s submission of a draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than January 24, 2017; 2) the City Planning Commission’s submission of a report on the draft ten-year capital strategy to no later than February 24, 2017; 3) the Mayor’s submission and publication of a preliminary certificate regarding debt and reserves and appropriations and expenditures for capital projects to no later than January 24, 2017; 4) the Mayor’s submission of the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than January 24, 2017; 5) each Community Board’s submission of a statement and recommendations in regard to the preliminary budget to no later than February 23, 2017; 6) The Council’s approval and submission of estimates of the financial needs of the Council to no later than March 16, 2017; and 7) the Council’s holding of hearings and submission of recommendations on the Mayor’s Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget to no later than April 3, 2017. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1416-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring information on notices of violation issued by the dept of sanitation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Sanitation (DSNY), in conjunction with the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to establish a digital dashboard consisting of data on notices of violation issued by DSNY after January 1, 2017. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1417-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Sanitation and Solid Waste Management Requiring the dept of sanitation to install global positioning systems on all department vehicles and make the resulting data public. Introduction In an effort to increase transparency and efficiency, this law requires the Department of Sanitation to install GPS systems on all their vehicles. The resulting GPS data will be public so that New Yorkers can benefit by monitoring trash collection and by avoiding potential traffic delays cause by garbage trucks blocking narrow streets. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Res 1349-2017 * David G. Greenfield ~SPONSOR Zoning and Franchises Authorizing the NYC DOT to grant a franchise for the provision of aerial tramway service over the East River between Manhattan and Roosevelt Island to the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Resolution   Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available Int 1418-2017 * Ydanis A. Rodriguez ~SPONSOR Public Safety Establishing a reward for individuals who provide information leading to the apprehension, prosecution or conviction of a person who seriously injures or kills another individual in a hit-and-run accident. Introduction This bill would provide for a reward for individuals who provide information leading to the apprehension, arrest, or conviction of an individual involved in a hit-and-run resulting in a serious physical injury. This bill will mobilize the public in helping to ensure that drivers involved in hit-and-runs are identified, as many hit-and-runs remain unsolved. Referred to Comm by Council   Action details Not available