The New York City Council - File #: Res 0038-2018

• File #: Res 0038-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Create a NYC Parks Construction Authority (A.7286/S.5766)
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Committee
• File created: 1/31/2018
• In control: Committee on Parks and Recreation
• On agenda: 1/31/2018
• Title: Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign A.7286/S.5766, legislation that would create a New York City Parks Construction Authority
• Sponsors: Andrew Cohen, Justin L. Brannan, Mark Levine, Fernando Cabrera , Robert F. Holden, Ritchie J. Torres, Diana Ayala , Alan N. Maisel, Paul A. Vallone, Mark Gjonaj , Donovan J. Richards, Kalman Yeger , Joseph C. Borelli

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
1/31/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 38

Title
Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign A.7286/S.5766, legislation that would create a New York City Parks Construction Authority
Body

By Council Members Cohen, Brannan, Levine, Cabrera, Holden, Torres, Ayala, Maisel, Vallone, Gjonaj, Richards, Yeger and Borelli

Whereas, The Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) has been criticized for delays and cost overruns in parks capital projects; and
Whereas, Notwithstanding DPR's commitment to streamline and shorten the capital process, DPR still allots themselves 30 to 45 months for on-time projects, a negligible decrease from the allotted time in 2013, 33 to 45 months; and
Whereas, Although DPR is committed to streamlining and shortening the capital process, its regulatory requirements have created a structure of checks over balances that ties the hands of DPR with bureaucratic red tape requiring multiple agency review and approvals, to the point where under State and City Laws or Citywide Policy, there are at least 6 different agencies and at minimum 53 steps in the process; and
Whereas, The project initiation process takes approximately 1-2 months and includes the following steps: (1) Confirm project is fully funded; (2) Assign to in-house staff or consultant; (3) Hold scoping meetings; (3)(a) Pre-scope meeting with internal stakeholders; and (3)(b) Scope meeting with community; and
Whereas, The design process takes approximately 10-15 months and includes the following steps: (4) Design development; (4)(a) Conceptual design; (4)(b) Schematic design; (4)(c) Pre-applications submitted to oversight regulatory agencies; (5) Internal and external schematic approvals; (5)(a) Internal reviews; (5)(a)(i) Borough; (5)(a)(ii) Capital staff; (5)(a)(iii) Commissioner; (5)(b) External reviews; (5)(b)(i) Community Board; (5)(b)(ii) Public Design Commission; (5)(b)(iii) Landmarks Preservation Commission; (6) Construction docum...