Details Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 6/13/2023 10:00 AM 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 T2023-3616 *       Oversight - The State of the City’s Tree Canopy Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2023-3616 *       Oversight - The State of the City’s Tree Canopy Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1065-2023 * Erik D. Bottcher     An urban forest plan. Introduction This bill would require an agency selected by the Mayor, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, and other relevant government agencies and entities to create an Urban Forest Plan that aims to help the City expand the tree canopy from the current 22% coverage to 30% coverage. The plan would be required to evaluate the distribution, health, and stability of the City’s urban forest, identify the causes of tree canopy cover and urban forest gain or reduction, and recommend strategies to remediate any urban forest loss, as well as prevent similar loss in the future and facilitate gain in the tree canopy. It would also include an outreach plan to educate real property owners by providing them with information and strategies on how to protect and expand the trees and vegetation located on private property. The plan would also require the City to collect LIDaR data to monitor the effectiveness of the plan and the condition of the tree canopy at least every 5 years. Finally, the plan would be required to be submitted to the Mayor and Council and be updated every 10 years. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1065-2023 * Erik D. Bottcher     An urban forest plan. Introduction This bill would require an agency selected by the Mayor, in consultation with the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability, and other relevant government agencies and entities to create an Urban Forest Plan that aims to help the City expand the tree canopy from the current 22% coverage to 30% coverage. The plan would be required to evaluate the distribution, health, and stability of the City’s urban forest, identify the causes of tree canopy cover and urban forest gain or reduction, and recommend strategies to remediate any urban forest loss, as well as prevent similar loss in the future and facilitate gain in the tree canopy. It would also include an outreach plan to educate real property owners by providing them with information and strategies on how to protect and expand the trees and vegetation located on private property. The plan would also require the City to collect LIDaR data to monitor the effectiveness of the plan and the condition of the tree canopy at least every 5 years. Finally, the plan would be required to be submitted to the Mayor and Council and be updated every 10 years. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1066-2023 * Gale A. Brewer     Role of trees and the tree canopy with respect to the city's long-term sustainability planning. Introduction Local Law 84 of 2013 requires the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to create a long term sustainability plan with goals for certain categories (i.e., air quality, energy, climate change, coastal protection, etc.) as well as tracking sustainability indicators for those categories. That plan is released every 4 years. This bill would require Local Law 84’s planning to consider the role of trees in its long-term sustainability planning in addition to the other factors it already measures. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1066-2023 * Gale A. Brewer     Role of trees and the tree canopy with respect to the city's long-term sustainability planning. Introduction Local Law 84 of 2013 requires the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability to create a long term sustainability plan with goals for certain categories (i.e., air quality, energy, climate change, coastal protection, etc.) as well as tracking sustainability indicators for those categories. That plan is released every 4 years. This bill would require Local Law 84’s planning to consider the role of trees in its long-term sustainability planning in addition to the other factors it already measures. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1102-2023 * Shekar Krishnan   Preconsidered Naming of 112 thoroughfares and public places. Introduction This bill would co-name 112 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location. Of these 112 co-names, 16 are either a relocation of a previously enacted co-naming or a revision to the street sign installed with respect to a previously enacted co-naming. Hearing on P-C Item by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1102-2023 * Shekar Krishnan     Naming of 112 thoroughfares and public places. Introduction This bill would co-name 112 thoroughfares and public places, based on requests of Council Members whose district includes the location. Of these 112 co-names, 16 are either a relocation of a previously enacted co-naming or a revision to the street sign installed with respect to a previously enacted co-naming. P-C Item Laid Over by Comm   Action details Not available