Int 1276-2016

Be it enacted by the Council as follows: Section 1. Chapter 37 of the New York city charter is amended by adding a new section 859 to read as follows: � 859. Annual report. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: Acted upon. The term "acted upon" means an action by the commission on a submission in the form of an approval, approval with conditions, or rejection. Commented upon. The term "commented upon" means written comments on a submission provided to the sponsoring agency by the commission, a special committee within the commission or the executive director as designated by the commission. Review cycle. The term "review cycle" means the time between the deadline for the filing of a submission to the commission and the scheduled date of the next public meeting of the commission. 2. Not later than August 1, 2018 and no later than August 1 every year thereafter, the commission shall submit to the mayor and the speaker of the council a report with the following data for the previous calendar year: i. Total number of submissions received by the commission, including submissions for conceptual, preliminary and final review, and disaggregated by the following: (a) Construction, renovation, or restoration of structures, including but not limited to buildings and bridges; (b) Construction or reconstruction of parks, open spaces, and streetscapes; (c) Distinctive sidewalks; (d) Distinctive lighting; (e) Newsstands; (f) Signage; (g) Installation of new works of art; (h) Conservation of works of art; (i) Removal or relocation of works of art; (j) Private structures extending over or upon city-owned land; ii. (a) Total number of submissions received by the commission where the review cycle extended into the following year; (b) Total number of submissions received by the commission prior to the year being reported that were not acted upon by the commission in the year being reported; iii. Number of submissions acted or commented upon, disaggregated by the following: (a) Number of submissions approved; (b) Number of submissions approved with conditions; (c) Number of submissions rejected in whole; (d) Number of submissions commented upon; iv. (a) Percentage of submissions acted upon in one review cycle; (b) Percentage of submissions acted upon in two review cycles; (c) Percentage of submissions acted upon in three or more review cycles; v. Number of submissions received, disaggregated by city agency and borough; vi. Names of commission members during the year being reported; vii. Summary of methods or procedure used to determine approval or rejection of submissions; viii. Any other information the commission deems relevant. �2. This local law takes effect immediately after it becomes law. ACK LS #8329 1/10/2017 1:07pm 1 2