Details Meeting Name: Committee on Housing and Buildings Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 8/11/2015 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Council Chambers - City Hall Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: Attachments - Int. No. 145-A, Attachments - Int. No. 700-A, Attachments - Int. No. 757-A, Attachments - Int. No. 866 Meeting Items (15) 15 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 Int 0145-2014 * Corey D. Johnson   Proposed Int. No. 145-A Installation of fire sprinklers in certain establishments that provide services for animals. Introduction This bill would require animal service facilities where animals are continuously sheltered for a period of at least twenty-four hours to install automatic sprinkler systems. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0145-2014 * Corey D. Johnson     Installation of fire sprinklers in certain establishments that provide services for animals. Introduction This bill would require animal service facilities where animals are continuously sheltered for a period of at least twenty-four hours to install automatic sprinkler systems. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0145-2014 * Corey D. Johnson     Installation of fire sprinklers in certain establishments that provide services for animals. Introduction This bill would require animal service facilities where animals are continuously sheltered for a period of at least twenty-four hours to install automatic sprinkler systems. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0145-2014 A Corey D. Johnson     Installation of fire sprinklers in certain establishments that provide services for animals. Introduction This bill would require animal service facilities where animals are continuously sheltered for a period of at least twenty-four hours to install automatic sprinkler systems. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0700-2015 * Jumaane D. Williams   Proposed Int. No. 700-A Required disclosures by persons making buyout offers. Introduction This bill would amend the Housing Maintenance Code’s definition of “harassment” to make it unlawful for a dwelling owner, or an owner’s agent, to make a tenant buyout offer without first: (1) notifying the tenant that he or she has the right to refuse the buyout offer, and (2) disclosing that the person making the buyout offer is an agent of the tenant’s landlord (where such person is someone other than the landlord). Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0700-2015 * Jumaane D. Williams     Required disclosures by persons making buyout offers. Introduction This bill would amend the Housing Maintenance Code’s definition of “harassment” to make it unlawful for a dwelling owner, or an owner’s agent, to make a tenant buyout offer without first: (1) notifying the tenant that he or she has the right to refuse the buyout offer, and (2) disclosing that the person making the buyout offer is an agent of the tenant’s landlord (where such person is someone other than the landlord). Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0700-2015 * Jumaane D. Williams     Required disclosures by persons making buyout offers. Introduction This bill would amend the Housing Maintenance Code’s definition of “harassment” to make it unlawful for a dwelling owner, or an owner’s agent, to make a tenant buyout offer without first: (1) notifying the tenant that he or she has the right to refuse the buyout offer, and (2) disclosing that the person making the buyout offer is an agent of the tenant’s landlord (where such person is someone other than the landlord). Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0700-2015 A Jumaane D. Williams     Required disclosures by persons making buyout offers. Introduction This bill would amend the Housing Maintenance Code’s definition of “harassment” to make it unlawful for a dwelling owner, or an owner’s agent, to make a tenant buyout offer without first: (1) notifying the tenant that he or she has the right to refuse the buyout offer, and (2) disclosing that the person making the buyout offer is an agent of the tenant’s landlord (where such person is someone other than the landlord). Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0757-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito   Proposed Int. No. 757-A Amending the definition of harassment to include certain buyout offers. Introduction This bill makes contacting a tenant about a buyout offer, after such tenant has notified the owner or his or her agent that such tenant does not wish to be communicated with about buyouts, a form of harassment. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0757-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito     Amending the definition of harassment to include certain buyout offers. Introduction This bill makes contacting a tenant about a buyout offer, after such tenant has notified the owner or his or her agent that such tenant does not wish to be communicated with about buyouts, a form of harassment. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0757-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito     Amending the definition of harassment to include certain buyout offers. Introduction This bill makes contacting a tenant about a buyout offer, after such tenant has notified the owner or his or her agent that such tenant does not wish to be communicated with about buyouts, a form of harassment. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0757-2015 A Melissa Mark-Viverito     Amending the definition of harassment to include certain buyout offers. Introduction This bill makes contacting a tenant about a buyout offer, after such tenant has notified the owner or his or her agent that such tenant does not wish to be communicated with about buyouts, a form of harassment. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0866-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito   Preconsidered Regulation of cooling towers. Introduction This bill would require owners of cooling towers to register such towers with the Department of Buildings and develop a plan for maintaining such towers. It would also require cooling towers to be inspected and tested on a quarterly basis. If any test comes back positive for microbes, such as the bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ Disease, then the owner would have to clean and disinfect the system in accordance with Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) regulations. Finally, this bill would require DOHMH to report to the Council on the implementation of this law. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0866-2015 * Melissa Mark-Viverito     Regulation of cooling towers. Introduction This bill would require owners of cooling towers to register such towers with the Department of Buildings and develop a plan for maintaining such towers. It would also require cooling towers to be inspected and tested on a quarterly basis. If any test comes back positive for microbes, such as the bacteria that cause Legionnaires’ Disease, then the owner would have to clean and disinfect the system in accordance with Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) regulations. Finally, this bill would require DOHMH to report to the Council on the implementation of this law. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available