NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7467

Senate Bill S7467

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Dedicates and designates Jerome Park as parklands of the city of New York and establishes a working group for such park to enhance the use thereof

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 20, 2014	committed to rules
Jun 03, 2014	advanced to third reading
Jun 02, 2014	2nd report cal.
May 29, 2014	1st report cal.1020
May 15, 2014	referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation

Votes

- May 29, 2014 - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote
  S7467
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation Committee Vote: May 29, 2014
      
      aye (11)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Gipson
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Ritchie
      
      Serrano
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      O'Brien

2013-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9681
Current Committee:: Senate Rules
Law Section:: Parks
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S1339, A301
2017-2018: S3993, A254
2019-2020: S3110, A2300
2021-2022: S811, A1897
2023-2024: A682

2013-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Dedicates and designates Jerome Park as parklands of the city of New York and establishes a working group for such park to enhance the use thereof.

2013-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7467

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to dedicate and designate Jerome Park as
parkland of the city of New York, and to establish a working group for
such park to enhance use thereof

PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to set in motion a public process
by which most or all of what is known as Jerome Park can either become
designated as park lands or lands that can be readily accessible to
the general public for either outdoor recreational or open space uses
or for use as an urban wildlife or nature sanctuary.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Legislative Intent: Jerome Park, located around the Jerome
Park Reservoir has been used for numerous outdoor recreational and
open space purposes for over a century. This area has the potential to
incorporate additional urban wildlife sanctuary, outdoor recreational
and open space uses for the betterment of the local community. Master
plans authorized by the New York City Parks and Recreation Department
and work by community groups such as the Jerome Park Conservancy and
the Friends of Jerome Park, has advanced the increased use of Jerome
Park for additional outdoor recreational and open space uses and to
integrate such park functions with the adjacently located Fort
Independence Park.

Section 2: To achieve the legislative goals articulated in this
chapter, all lands that are contained in Jerome Park, excluding those
lands that are the Reservoir itself and lands bordering the shoreline
of such reservoir that are a distance of ten feet from the outside
border of the shoreline of such Reservoir shall be dedicated and
designated as parkland of the City of New York on January 1, 2019.

Section 3: The Bronx Borough President may assist in convening a
working group for Jerome Park. Such working group shall consist of
community stakeholders to establish an action plan for Jerome Park to
help foster increased outdoor recreational opportunities, enhance
community enjoyment of such park and to preserve and enhance open
spaces contained within the park. The working group may identify,
recommend the design of, and financing of capital projects to advance
the increased use of Jerome Park for increased outdoor recreational
uses and to enhance open spaces. Such capital projects may include,
but are not limited to, walking and bicycle pathways; athletic fields,
playgrounds; basketball & handball courts; table, seating and picnic
areas; establishment of vista seating and viewing areas; related
parking areas for bicycles; and nature trails. Membership of such
working group shall consist of representatives of local civic and
community organizations, Lehman College, surrounding high schools, the
local State Senator and Member of Assembly, the local City Councilman,
the New York City Parks and Recreation Department, New York City
Department of Environmental Protection, and other community leaders
and stakeholders such as youth, parent and senior citizen
organizations.

Section 4: The working group for Jerome Park shall issue, on or before
January 1, 2016, a report and findings to establish an action plan for
Jerome Park to help foster increased outdoor recreational uses and


community enjoyment of such park and to preserve and enhance open
spaces contained within the park.

Section 5: The working group shall remain in existence until January
2021 so that it may help implement a public access and park plan for
Jerome Park. Such implementation period shall be before Jerome Park is
designated as park lands after January 1, 2019 and before such date
when such lands are not dedicated as park lands.

JUSTIFICATION: Jerome Park, located around the Jerome Park Reservoir,
that is located in the Borough of the Bronx, has been used for
numerous outdoor recreational and open space purposes for over a
century. Further, such area has the potential to incorporate
additional urban wildlife sanctuary, outdoor recreational and open
space uses for the betterment of the local community. Through the
auspices of master plans authorized and approved by the New York City
Parks and Recreation Department and work by community groups such as
the Jerome Park Conservancy and the Friends of Jerome Park, it is a
sound public policy to advance the increased use of Jerome Park for
additional outdoor recreational and open space uses and to integrate
such park functions with the adjacently located Fort Independence
Park.

Going forward, key elements of the future design of the park should
help to preserve its historic essence, reveal its potential as public
space, link places and events with the park to the surrounding
community. Further, such future development of Jerome Park should
frame the beauty of the reservoir with a new layer of landscape and
purpose. The purpose of this bill is to establish a time table and
public process to bring either the entire Jerome Park to be designated
parklands or to, the maximum extent possible, increase public access
to this outdoor recreational and open space resource.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediate

2013-S7467 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7467

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  KLEIN  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
  Parks and Recreation

AN ACT to dedicate and designate Jerome Park as parkland of the city  of
  New  York,  and  to establish a working group for such park to enhance
  use thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Legislative  intent.  The  legislature  hereby finds that
Jerome Park, located around the Jerome Park reservoir, that  is  located
in  the  borough of the Bronx in the city of New York, has been used for
numerous outdoor recreational and open space purposes for over a  centu-
ry.  Furthermore,  such park has the potential to incorporate additional
urban wildlife sanctuary, outdoor recreational and open space  uses  for
the  betterment  of  the local community. Through the auspices of master
plans authorized and approved by the parks and recreation department  of
the  city  of  New  York and work by community groups such as the Jerome
Park Conservancy and the Friends of Jerome Park, it is  a  sound  public
policy and community benefit to advance the increased use of Jerome Park
for additional outdoor recreational and open space uses and to integrate
such  park functions with the adjacently located Fort Independence Park.
Going forward, key elements of the future design of the park should help
to preserve its historic essence, reveal its potential as public  space,
and  link  places and events with the park to the surrounding community.
Finally, such future development of Jerome Park should frame the  beauty
of the reservoir with a new layer of landscape and purpose.
  S  2.  To achieve the legislative intent articulated in section one of
this act, all lands that are contained in the  Jerome  Park,  which  are
located  in or adjacent to block 3246, section 12 of the land map of the
borough of the Bronx, city of New York, excluding those lands  that  are
the  reservoir itself and lands bordering such reservoir shore line that
are a distance of ten feet from the outside  border  of  such  reservoir
shore  line shall be dedicated and designated as parkland of the city of
New York.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD15155-02-4

S. 7467                             2

  S 3. The borough president of the borough of the Bronx may  assist  in
convening a working group for Jerome Park that shall consist of communi-
ty  stakeholders  to  establish  an  action plan for Jerome Park to help
foster increased outdoor recreational  uses,  such  as  hiking,  biking,
nature  studies,  bird  watching  and  other  outdoor recreational uses;
enhance community enjoyment of such park; and to  preserve  and  enhance
open  spaces contained within the park.  The working group may identify,
recommend the design of and financing of capital projects to advance the
increased use of Jerome Park for increased outdoor recreational uses and
to enhance open spaces. Such capital projects may include, but  are  not
limited  to,  walking  and  bicycle  pathways; athletic fields and play-
grounds; basketball and  handball  courts;  table,  seating  and  picnic
areas; establishment of vista seating and viewing areas; related parking
areas  for bicycles; and nature trails. Membership of such working group
shall consist of representatives of local civic and community  organiza-
tions,  Lehman College, local high schools, the state senator, member of
assembly and city councilman  representing  senate,  assembly  and  city
council  districts  in  which such park is located, the parks and recre-
ation department of the city of New York,  the  department  of  environ-
mental  protection  of the city of New York, and other community leaders
and stakeholders such as youth, parent and senior citizen organizations.
  S 4. The working group for Jerome Park shall issue, on or before Janu-
ary 1, 2016, a report and findings to satisfy its charge to establish an
action plan for Jerome Park to help foster increased outdoor recreation-
al uses and community enjoyment of such park and to preserve and enhance
open spaces contained within the park. Such report and findings shall be
submitted to the Bronx borough president, the mayor of the city  of  New
York,  the  parks and recreation department of the city of New York, and
the department of environmental protection of the city of New  York  and
to the state senator and member of assembly who represent the senate and
assembly districts within which such park is located.
  S  5.  After  the  issuance  of such report and findings, such working
group shall remain in existence until January 1, 2021 to help  implement
such  action plan.   During this period of time, the working group shall
work with the state and city agencies to implement such action plan.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately, except that  section  two
of this act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

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