Details Meeting Name: Committee on Environmental Protection, Resiliency and Waterfronts Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 10/28/2024 1:00 PM 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 (16) 16 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 T2024-2581 *       Oversight - DEP’s Efforts to Maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination. Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2024-2581 *       Oversight - DEP’s Efforts to Maintain the Filtration Avoidance Determination. Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0033-2024 * James F. Gennaro     Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to alert relevant community boards and district offices of relevant council members 48 hours in advance of any work DEP will undertake that could lead to discolored water or the reduction or loss of water pressure. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0033-2024 * James F. Gennaro     Notification of discolored water or reduction of water pressure. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to alert relevant community boards and district offices of relevant council members 48 hours in advance of any work DEP will undertake that could lead to discolored water or the reduction or loss of water pressure. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0225-2024 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to post information on its website regarding requests it receives and work it has scheduled, including catch basin maintenance, water quality testing, and sinkhole repairs. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0225-2024 * Robert F. Holden     Requiring DEP to post information online regarding scheduled and requested infrastructure services. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to post information on its website regarding requests it receives and work it has scheduled, including catch basin maintenance, water quality testing, and sinkhole repairs. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0816-2024 * James F. Gennaro     Requiring the department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water board Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify ratepayers whenever the City requests the base rental payment for the water system and the sewerage system from the New York City Water Board. The notice would include the amount of the requested base rental payment, the estimated impact of making the requested base rental payment on the property’s water and sewer rates over the next 3 fiscal years, and information about how to comment at an upcoming water rate hearing and how to submit a written comment to DEP. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0816-2024 * James F. Gennaro     Requiring the department of environmental protection to notify owners of property when the city of New York requests a base rental payment from the New York city water board Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to notify ratepayers whenever the City requests the base rental payment for the water system and the sewerage system from the New York City Water Board. The notice would include the amount of the requested base rental payment, the estimated impact of making the requested base rental payment on the property’s water and sewer rates over the next 3 fiscal years, and information about how to comment at an upcoming water rate hearing and how to submit a written comment to DEP. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0900-2024 * Keith Powers     Requiring the installation of outdoor drinking fountains in parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation and in other public places. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) to install, replace, or upgrade 500 outdoor drinking fountains by 2035. The bill would require such fountains to have bottle filling stations and be accessible to people with disabilities. Additionally, Parks would be required to report the locations of the 500 fountains, and assess the feasibility of year-round outdoor drinking fountains. The bill would also require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to install 10 new outdoor drinking fountains in public places other than parks within communities that are underserved by publicly accessible drinking fountains. Finally, DEP would be required to make recommendations on whether the program should be expanded, and what challenges and issues are presented by the program. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0900-2024 * Keith Powers     Requiring the installation of outdoor drinking fountains in parks under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation and in other public places. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (Parks) to install, replace, or upgrade 500 outdoor drinking fountains by 2035. The bill would require such fountains to have bottle filling stations and be accessible to people with disabilities. Additionally, Parks would be required to report the locations of the 500 fountains, and assess the feasibility of year-round outdoor drinking fountains. The bill would also require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to install 10 new outdoor drinking fountains in public places other than parks within communities that are underserved by publicly accessible drinking fountains. Finally, DEP would be required to make recommendations on whether the program should be expanded, and what challenges and issues are presented by the program. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1067-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams   Proposed Int. No. 1067-A Flood adaptation assistance, and creating a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal section 24-530.1 of such code, relating to the southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report. Additionally, the bill would require DEP to administer a partnership program that would facilitate information sharing regarding flooding conditions and sewer infrastructure with organizations that provide flood adaptation assistance to NYC homeowners. Finally, the bill would require the Department of Buildings to answer questions and provide information about flood-related retrofits, repairs, and renovations at their monthly information sessions, and provide flood adaptation assistance resource guides authored by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 1067-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams     Flood adaptation assistance, and creating a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal section 24-530.1 of such code, relating to the southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report. Additionally, the bill would require DEP to administer a partnership program that would facilitate information sharing regarding flooding conditions and sewer infrastructure with organizations that provide flood adaptation assistance to NYC homeowners. Finally, the bill would require the Department of Buildings to answer questions and provide information about flood-related retrofits, repairs, and renovations at their monthly information sessions, and provide flood adaptation assistance resource guides authored by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Amendment Proposed by Comm   Action details Not available Int 1067-2024 * Nantasha M. Williams     Flood adaptation assistance, and creating a southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force, and to repeal section 24-530.1 of such code, relating to the southeast Queens flooding adaptation assistance task force upon the expiration thereof. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to report on the status of any studies it is involved in relating to groundwater levels in Southeast Queens. This bill also creates an interagency task force to recommend changes in law regarding flooding adaptation assistance in Southeast Queens. Such task force would disband upon the submission of its fifth annual report. Additionally, the bill would require DEP to administer a partnership program that would facilitate information sharing regarding flooding conditions and sewer infrastructure with organizations that provide flood adaptation assistance to NYC homeowners. Finally, the bill would require the Department of Buildings to answer questions and provide information about flood-related retrofits, repairs, and renovations at their monthly information sessions, and provide flood adaptation assistance resource guides authored by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0083-2024 * James F. Gennaro     NYC Water Board to notify all council members and community boards at least 30 days before a public hearing concerning an annual water rate adjustment. Resolution   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Res 0083-2024 * James F. Gennaro     NYC Water Board to notify all council members and community boards at least 30 days before a public hearing concerning an annual water rate adjustment. Resolution   Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available