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- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.612
- Print number 1339a
- Amend and recommit to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.140
- Referred to cultural affairs, tourism, parks and recreation
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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
In Assembly Committee · Tourism, Parks, Arts And Sports Development · Sponsor Jeffrey Dinowitz
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Sponsor's memo
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.
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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, 2021.
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, 2018, 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 2023 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, 2021 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
2014 - S. 7467 - Committed to Rules.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate
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