File #: Int 1038-2024    Version: * Name: Master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation
On agenda: 9/12/2024
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law in relation to a master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes
Sponsors: Sandy Nurse, Lincoln Restler, Shahana K. Hanif, Tiffany Cabán, Gale A. Brewer, Chi A. Ossé, Alexa Avilés, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Crystal Hudson, Chris Banks
Council Member Sponsors: 10
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Citywide Administrative Services to submit a master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes, including wastewater treatment, renewable energy generation and storage, and off-shore wind converter stations. The plan shall include a proposed capital project plan, estimated implementation timeline, details about the design, funding, and construction timeline for each proposed project, and evaluations of physical alterations or infrastructure improvements that Rikers Island may require to support the new infrastructure. The plan shall also include a proposed schedule for all necessary land use approvals and environmental reviews, and, for each proposed capital project, a preliminary scope of project and a recommendation as to whether the project should be included in the relevant agency’s departmental estimate for the purpose of requesting capital funding.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1038, 2. Int. No. 1038, 3. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-12-24, 4. September 12, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda

Int. No. 1038

 

By Council Members Nurse, Restler, Hanif, Cabán, Brewer, Ossé, Avilés, Gutiérrez, Hudson and Banks

 

A Local Law in relation to a master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section:

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.

The term “departmental estimate” has the same meaning as set forth in section 212 of the New York city charter.

b. No later than December 31, 2026, the department of citywide administrative services shall submit to the mayor and to the speaker of the council a master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes. Such master plan shall include but need not be limited to use of Rikers Island for wastewater treatment, renewable energy generation and storage, and off-shore wind converter stations. Such master plan shall contain a proposed capital project plan, estimated implementation timeline if such master plan were implemented, and detailed estimate of the costs to design or construct and maintain each proposed capital project. In addition, such master plan shall include, at a minimum, the following information:

1. For each proposed capital project, a preliminary scope of project that conforms to the standards and limits set out under section 221 of the New York city charter;

2. For each proposed capital project, a recommendation as to whether such proposed capital project should be included in the relevant agency’s departmental estimate for the ensuing fiscal year;

3. A proposed schedule for the preparation and acquisition of all necessary land use approvals and environmental reviews;

4. The proposed sources of funding for each proposed project, including estimated expenditures for each fiscal year until its completion;

5. An evaluation of any alterations to the surface elevation of Rikers Island that may be necessary to accommodate the proposed projects;

6. An evaluation of whether energy infrastructure or battery storage can be co-located with other proposed projects; and

7. An evaluation of the electric infrastructure capacity and ability to transmit power from Rikers Island into the electric grid, including potential points of interconnection and related costs and the potential need to add transmission capacity.

c. In preparing the master plan, the department of citywide administrative services shall consult with the department of environmental protection, the office of long-term planning and sustainability, the department of city planning, the department of design and construction, the office of management and budget, the mayor’s office of contract services, the Rikers Island advisory committee as established pursuant to subdivision b of section 4-215 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 proposed project.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

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