Details Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/14/2023 9:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall VOTE Published agenda: Agenda Published minutes: Minutes   Meeting video: Video   Attachments: CLICK ANY FILE # BELOW (in blue) TO ACCESS LEGISLATION AND ATTACHMENTS Meeting Items (17) 17 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 0760-2022 * Julie Menin   Proposed Int. No. 760-A Providing water safety instruction to New York city's public school children at no cost. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide swimming lessons and water safety instruction for free to NYC public school second grade students. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0760-2022 * Julie Menin     Providing water safety instruction to New York city's public school children at no cost. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide swimming lessons and water safety instruction for free to NYC public school second grade students. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0760-2022 * Julie Menin     Providing water safety instruction to New York city's public school children at no cost. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide swimming lessons and water safety instruction for free to NYC public school second grade students. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0760-2022 A Julie Menin     Providing water safety instruction to New York city's public school children at no cost. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide swimming lessons and water safety instruction for free to NYC public school second grade students. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 0962-2023 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers   Proposed Int. No. 962-A Public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require DPR, with other City agencies, to conduct a survey of sites owned by the City to identify suitable locations where additional public swimming pools could be built, with a focus on communities that do not have access to pools, determine whether sites can accommodate more than one pool or other athletic equipment, assess the ongoing capital needs of its pools and update the assessment routinely. It would also require that DPR consult with the Department of Education (DOE) on creating a plan to open pools under DOE jurisdiction for use by the public. Finally, it would require that DPR offer free swimming lessons at indoor swimming pools under its jurisdiction. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0962-2023 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers     Public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require DPR, with other City agencies, to conduct a survey of sites owned by the City to identify suitable locations where additional public swimming pools could be built, with a focus on communities that do not have access to pools, determine whether sites can accommodate more than one pool or other athletic equipment, assess the ongoing capital needs of its pools and update the assessment routinely. It would also require that DPR consult with the Department of Education (DOE) on creating a plan to open pools under DOE jurisdiction for use by the public. Finally, it would require that DPR offer free swimming lessons at indoor swimming pools under its jurisdiction. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 0962-2023 * Selvena N. Brooks-Powers     Public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require DPR, with other City agencies, to conduct a survey of sites owned by the City to identify suitable locations where additional public swimming pools could be built, with a focus on communities that do not have access to pools, determine whether sites can accommodate more than one pool or other athletic equipment, assess the ongoing capital needs of its pools and update the assessment routinely. It would also require that DPR consult with the Department of Education (DOE) on creating a plan to open pools under DOE jurisdiction for use by the public. Finally, it would require that DPR offer free swimming lessons at indoor swimming pools under its jurisdiction. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0962-2023 A Selvena N. Brooks-Powers     Public swimming pool assessment and location survey and swimming lessons offered by the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require DPR, with other City agencies, to conduct a survey of sites owned by the City to identify suitable locations where additional public swimming pools could be built, with a focus on communities that do not have access to pools, determine whether sites can accommodate more than one pool or other athletic equipment, assess the ongoing capital needs of its pools and update the assessment routinely. It would also require that DPR consult with the Department of Education (DOE) on creating a plan to open pools under DOE jurisdiction for use by the public. Finally, it would require that DPR offer free swimming lessons at indoor swimming pools under its jurisdiction. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 1017-2023 * Shekar Krishnan   Proposed Int. No. 1017-A Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Mayor and Council on staffing levels and training for the City's pools and beaches programs, including information on the seasonal recruitment of lifeguards, the number of emergencies that occurred at each beach, and pool and the current number of pools that are closed for public use due to maintenance or other issues. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1017-2023 * Shekar Krishnan     Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Mayor and Council on staffing levels and training for the City's pools and beaches programs, including information on the seasonal recruitment of lifeguards, the number of emergencies that occurred at each beach, and pool and the current number of pools that are closed for public use due to maintenance or other issues. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1017-2023 * Shekar Krishnan     Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Mayor and Council on staffing levels and training for the City's pools and beaches programs, including information on the seasonal recruitment of lifeguards, the number of emergencies that occurred at each beach, and pool and the current number of pools that are closed for public use due to maintenance or other issues. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1017-2023 A Shekar Krishnan     Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Mayor and Council on staffing levels and training for the City's pools and beaches programs, including information on the seasonal recruitment of lifeguards, the number of emergencies that occurred at each beach, and pool and the current number of pools that are closed for public use due to maintenance or other issues. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available Int 1066-2023 * Gale A. Brewer   Proposed Int. No. 1066-A 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. Amendment Proposed by Comm   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. Amended by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1066-2023 A 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. Approved by Committee Pass Action details Not available