Meeting Name: Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/7/2019 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Committee Room - City Hall
Jointly with the Committee on Land Use
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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T2019-4310 *   Oversight - Are City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) procedures useful for accurately predicting and mitigating impacts of City Planning Commission decisions?Oversight Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
T2019-4310 *   Oversight - Are City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) procedures useful for accurately predicting and mitigating impacts of City Planning Commission decisions?Oversight Filed, by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0252-2018 *Antonio Reynoso  Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.IntroductionThis bill would require an agency of the Mayor’s choosing to include environmental mitigation strategies among the commitments tracked as part of the publically accessible online database tracking commitments made in relation to uniform land use review applications pursuant to section 206 of the Charter.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 0252-2018 *Antonio Reynoso  Tracking mitigation strategies in final environmental impact statements as part of the uniform land use review process.IntroductionThis bill would require an agency of the Mayor’s choosing to include environmental mitigation strategies among the commitments tracked as part of the publically accessible online database tracking commitments made in relation to uniform land use review applications pursuant to section 206 of the Charter.Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Not available
Int 1487-2019 *Francisco P. Moya  Studying population and housing changes in areas that have been the subject of neighborhood rezonings.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) to conduct a study in connection with each covered land use project approved by the City Council on or after January 1, 2009, to identify changes in population and housing that have occurred since the effective date of such covered project. By the end of the year 14 years after the effective date of a covered project, the DCP would be required to transmit a report to the mayor and the Council documenting the results of each such study and providing statistically-based context to describe any changes that have occurred. Covered projects would be projects for which the City or a non-profit corporation of which a majority of its members are appointed by the mayor is the applicant or co-applicant, that include one or more related applications for a change to the zoning map, a special permit withing the jurisdiction of the City Planning Commission, housing and urban renewal plans pursuant to state and federal law, or the disposition of City-owned property, that changes the maximum residential floor area or density that can be built as of-right on four adjacent blocks of real property.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1487-2019 *Francisco P. Moya  Studying population and housing changes in areas that have been the subject of neighborhood rezonings.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) to conduct a study in connection with each covered land use project approved by the City Council on or after January 1, 2009, to identify changes in population and housing that have occurred since the effective date of such covered project. By the end of the year 14 years after the effective date of a covered project, the DCP would be required to transmit a report to the mayor and the Council documenting the results of each such study and providing statistically-based context to describe any changes that have occurred. Covered projects would be projects for which the City or a non-profit corporation of which a majority of its members are appointed by the mayor is the applicant or co-applicant, that include one or more related applications for a change to the zoning map, a special permit withing the jurisdiction of the City Planning Commission, housing and urban renewal plans pursuant to state and federal law, or the disposition of City-owned property, that changes the maximum residential floor area or density that can be built as of-right on four adjacent blocks of real property.Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Not available
Int 1523-2019 *Mark Gjonaj   Studying and reporting on transportation impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP), or if the City Planning Commission (CPC) is not the lead agency, the lead agency, to report on the transportation impacts in areas affected by neighborhood rezonings. Each study would require a comparison of the impacts in existence at the time of the study to the potential impacts identified in the final environmental impact statement (EIS) approved by the City Planning Commission in connection with such rezoning. If there are significant disparities between the impacts identified in the study and those identified in the EIS, DCP or the lead agency shall make recommendations on how to amend the CEQR Technical Manual to more accurately forecast such impacts in future land use actions. As part of that report, DCP or the lead agency would be required to discuss whether a vehicle miles traveled model would more accurately and usefully capture project impacts. The bill would require DCP or the lead agency to submit such studies and reports four years and ten years after final approval of a neighborhood rezoning.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1523-2019 *Mark Gjonaj   Studying and reporting on transportation impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP), or if the City Planning Commission (CPC) is not the lead agency, the lead agency, to report on the transportation impacts in areas affected by neighborhood rezonings. Each study would require a comparison of the impacts in existence at the time of the study to the potential impacts identified in the final environmental impact statement (EIS) approved by the City Planning Commission in connection with such rezoning. If there are significant disparities between the impacts identified in the study and those identified in the EIS, DCP or the lead agency shall make recommendations on how to amend the CEQR Technical Manual to more accurately forecast such impacts in future land use actions. As part of that report, DCP or the lead agency would be required to discuss whether a vehicle miles traveled model would more accurately and usefully capture project impacts. The bill would require DCP or the lead agency to submit such studies and reports four years and ten years after final approval of a neighborhood rezoning.Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Not available
Int 1531-2019 *Francisco P. Moya  Studying and reporting on the education capacity and overcrowding impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) or the lead agency to report on the actual impacts on public school capacity and overcrowding in areas affected by neighborhood rezonings four years and ten years after each such rezoning. Each study would require a comparison of the public school capacity and utilization rates projected by the final environmental impact statement approved by the City Planning Commission in connection with such rezoning to the capacity and utilization rates existing at the time of each study. If such a study shows a significant discrepancy between the existing condition and the impacts projected in the EIS, the bill would require DCP or the lead agency to make recommendations on how to amend the CEQR Technical Manual to more accurately forecast such impacts in future land use actions.Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Int 1531-2019 *Francisco P. Moya  Studying and reporting on the education capacity and overcrowding impacts of decisions of the city planning commission in connection with certain land use actions.IntroductionThis bill would require the Department of City Planning (DCP) or the lead agency to report on the actual impacts on public school capacity and overcrowding in areas affected by neighborhood rezonings four years and ten years after each such rezoning. Each study would require a comparison of the public school capacity and utilization rates projected by the final environmental impact statement approved by the City Planning Commission in connection with such rezoning to the capacity and utilization rates existing at the time of each study. If such a study shows a significant discrepancy between the existing condition and the impacts projected in the EIS, the bill would require DCP or the lead agency to make recommendations on how to amend the CEQR Technical Manual to more accurately forecast such impacts in future land use actions.Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Not available
Res 0009-2018 *Inez D. Barron  Re-examine the standards in the CEQR regulations and the Technical Manual.Resolution Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Not available
Res 0009-2018 *Inez D. Barron  Re-examine the standards in the CEQR regulations and the Technical Manual.Resolution Laid Over by Subcommittee  Action details Not available
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