Details Meeting Name: Committee on Parks and Recreation Agenda status: Final Meeting date/time: 9/27/2021 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final   Meeting location: REMOTE HEARING (VIRTUAL ROOM 2) 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 T2021-7868 *       Oversight - Maintaining the City’s Tree Stock Oversight   Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available T2021-7868 *       Oversight - Maintaining the City’s Tree Stock Oversight   Filed, by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0098-2018 * Peter A. Koo   Proposed Int. No. 98-A Abandoned tree pits. Introduction This bill aims to remove hazards from sidewalks and improve the aesthetic of city neighborhoods by requiring the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to replace trees and vegetation in empty tree pits. In cases where replanting is not feasible, the Commissioner would be required to remove the tree pit. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0098-2018 * Peter A. Koo     Abandoned tree pits. Introduction This bill aims to remove hazards from sidewalks and improve the aesthetic of city neighborhoods by requiring the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation to replace trees and vegetation in empty tree pits. In cases where replanting is not feasible, the Commissioner would be required to remove the tree pit. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0199-2018 * Robert F. Holden     Undertaking of surveys before planting trees. Introduction This bill would require the department of parks and recreation to conduct a survey of the area within a 10 foot radius of a proposed tree planting site to confirm that planting a tree at such site will not interfere with usage of the street or sidewalk or interfere with water pipes, sewers, or other infrastructure near or underneath the tree. The department of parks and recreation must make each completed tree-planting survey available online on its website. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0199-2018 * Robert F. Holden     Undertaking of surveys before planting trees. Introduction This bill would require the department of parks and recreation to conduct a survey of the area within a 10 foot radius of a proposed tree planting site to confirm that planting a tree at such site will not interfere with usage of the street or sidewalk or interfere with water pipes, sewers, or other infrastructure near or underneath the tree. The department of parks and recreation must make each completed tree-planting survey available online on its website. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0467-2018 * Daniel Dromm     Requests for trees. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect and publish data related to its rejection of street tree work permits. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0467-2018 * Daniel Dromm     Requests for trees. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to collect and publish data related to its rejection of street tree work permits. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0552-2018 * Mark Levine     Posting of information online regarding tree stump removal. Introduction This bill would require the Parks Department to post on its website information relating to the number of remaining tree stumps in each borough that are in need of removal. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0552-2018 * Mark Levine     Posting of information online regarding tree stump removal. Introduction This bill would require the Parks Department to post on its website information relating to the number of remaining tree stumps in each borough that are in need of removal. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0957-2018 * Joseph C. Borelli     Replacement of city-owned trees that have been lawfully removed. Introduction This bill would limit the number of replacement trees that are required to be planted by the Department of Parks & Recreation, by individuals and by entities that lawfully remove trees during construction projects in certain lower density residential districts. Specifically, the bill would require that the number of caliper inches of replacement trees be no greater than two times the number of caliper inches removed in R1, R2 and R3 zoning districts. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 0957-2018 * Joseph C. Borelli     Replacement of city-owned trees that have been lawfully removed. Introduction This bill would limit the number of replacement trees that are required to be planted by the Department of Parks & Recreation, by individuals and by entities that lawfully remove trees during construction projects in certain lower density residential districts. Specifically, the bill would require that the number of caliper inches of replacement trees be no greater than two times the number of caliper inches removed in R1, R2 and R3 zoning districts. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2365-2021 * Peter A. Koo     Creation of a task force to coordinate the removal of fallen trees due to a severe weather event. Introduction This bill would create a Downed Tree Task Force consisting of NYC Emergency Management, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Information Technology, Department of Sanitation, Department of Transportation and representatives from the major utility companies to assist in the safe clearing and removal of City owned trees and/or tree limbs that have fallen as a result of a severe weather event. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2365-2021 * Peter A. Koo     Creation of a task force to coordinate the removal of fallen trees due to a severe weather event. Introduction This bill would create a Downed Tree Task Force consisting of NYC Emergency Management, the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), the Police Department, Fire Department, Department of Information Technology, Department of Sanitation, Department of Transportation and representatives from the major utility companies to assist in the safe clearing and removal of City owned trees and/or tree limbs that have fallen as a result of a severe weather event. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2366-2021 * Peter A. Koo     Tree health assessments and inspections. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to conduct risk and health inspections of every street tree under its jurisdiction that has a caliper size greater than 6 inches at least once between each tree’s pruning cycles. DPR would be required to publicly post the criteria that it utilizes to inspect such trees and submit an annual report on how many trees are referred for inspection each year, how many are actually inspected each year and the results of such inspections. Finally, DPR would be required to maintain a regularly updated map on its website that displays each tree that was inspected, the result of such inspection and the action taken by the DPR in response to the result of such inspection. Hearing Held by Committee   Action details Not available Int 2366-2021 * Peter A. Koo     Tree health assessments and inspections. Introduction This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to conduct risk and health inspections of every street tree under its jurisdiction that has a caliper size greater than 6 inches at least once between each tree’s pruning cycles. DPR would be required to publicly post the criteria that it utilizes to inspect such trees and submit an annual report on how many trees are referred for inspection each year, how many are actually inspected each year and the results of such inspections. Finally, DPR would be required to maintain a regularly updated map on its website that displays each tree that was inspected, the result of such inspection and the action taken by the DPR in response to the result of such inspection. Laid Over by Committee   Action details Not available