Register of Community Board Budget Requests For The Executive Budget Fiscal Year 2017 Bronx The City of New York Bill de Blasio, Mayor FY 2017 Executive Budget Register of Community Board Budget Priorities The Register of Community Board Budget Requests for the In July, OMB publishes the Register of Community Board Executive Budget reports the FY 2017 executive budget status Budget Requests for the Adopted Budget which informs the of each of the projects and programs requested by the City’s 59 boards of the final disposition of their original bud get priorities. community boards. The Adopted Register contains responses that reflect the changes made to the Executive Budget by the City Council. The FY 2017 Register is the charter mandated product of a dynamic and cyclical budget process for the 59 community Capital project requests from community boards are site boards. The community boards consult with agencies on the specific, and primarily for infrastructure or public facility capital and expense needs of the district. After consulting, each improvements. community board develops and votes separate priorities for up to 40 capital and 25 expense budget requests which the For more specific information about programs important to the agencies review and respond to in the Register of Community community boards, refer to each agency’s section in the Board Requests for the Preliminary Budget in January. Message of the Mayor for the Executive Capital and Expense Budgets. The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) reviews these same budget requests and updates the responses for the Call 212-788-5943 for more information about the commu nity Executive Budget. board process including consultations, and the geographic versions of budget documents . In May, the City Council holds public hearings on the Executive Budget. At these hearings, community boards, community groups and interested citizens may comment on the budget decisions contained in the Register . FORMAT OF THE REGISTER The Register of Community Board Budget Requests is Column 3: Project Information sorted into four versions: Community Board, Borough, Council and Agency. In all versions of the Re gister, Request: A brief description of the project. each board’s expense requests directly follow their capital requests. The requests are in board order. Explanation: Supporting information detailing the project, and its potential benefits. LAYOUT OF CAPITAL BUDGET REQUESTS PAGES Responsible Agency: The City agency which would Column 1: Priority Number implement the project. The priority assigned by a community board reflects the Budget Line Number: The number assigned to a importance of that request as compared to its other capital project that was previously funded or is included requests. Boards may assign Continued Support (CS) in any year of the current Financial Plan. to a project which received funding for construction in any year of the current Financial Plan. PROJECT ID: The Capital Project Information System identification number which allows projects to be Column 2: Tracking Code entered into the City’s computer tracking system. The number of the managing agency and the project The nine digit identification number assigned to each identification number make up the PROJECT ID of the community board budget request. Tra cking codes are project. unique to each request and identify th e borough, community district, year submitted, and request. The Source of Request: Any group(s) which support the first digit refers to the borough, 1 = the Bronx, 2 = request. Brooklyn, 3 = Manhattan, 4 = Queens, and 5 = Staten Island; the second and third digits indicate the district Column 4: Response number. The fourth through seventh digits represent the fiscal year in which the project was first submitted The Executive Budget recommendation for each budget and the last two digits are the request nu mber. The request. letter C in the tenth space indicates a capital budget request. LAYOUT OF EXPENSE REQUEST PAGES Column 1: Priority Number Column 2: Tracking Code The previously described nine digit identification number followed by the letter E in the tenth space indicates an expense budget request. Column 3: Project Information Request, Explanation, Responsible Agency, Same as previously described for Capital Requests. Column 4: Response Same as preciously described for Capital Requests. Summary of FY 2017 Community Board Budget Requests in the Executive Budget Expense Requests Capital Requests Number Percent Number Percent of Expense Recommended of Capital Recommended Agency Requests for Funding Requests for Funding Department of City Planning 24 54 % 3 67 % New York Public Library 18 0 % 58 3 % Brooklyn Public Library 12 83 % 10 20 % Queens Borough Public Library 11 9 % 18 50 % Department of Education 64 36 % 102 58 % Police Department 161 11 % 75 29 % Fire Department 41 83 % 37 73 % Admin for Children's Services 33 55 % 8 13 % Department of Homeless Services 40 73 % 9 33 % Human Resources Administration 39 64 % 4 50 % Department for the Aging 100 23 % 20 40 % Department of Cultural Affairs 14 0 % 24 13 % Criminal Justice Coordinating Council 2 0 % 0 0 % Department of Youth & Community Development 99 70 % 5 0 % Dept of Small Business Services 62 19 % 8 25 % Economic Development Corporation 28 39 % 45 18 % Department of Housing Preservation & Development 51 59 % 41 73 % Department of Buildings 46 100 % 1 100 % Department of Health and Mental Hygiene 77 79 % 1 0 % Health and Hospitals Corporation 5 60 % 20 70 % Department of Environmental Protection 69 83 % 131 47 % Department of Sanitation 138 47 % 31 45 % Department of Transportation 110 16 % 454 14 % Department of Parks and Recreation 245 7 % 491 20 % Dept of Citywide Administrative Services 2 100 % 8 25 % Housing Authority 17 6 % 37 0 % Transit Authority 29 0 % 75 23 % Landmarks Preservation Commission 6 100 % 0 0 % All Other Agencies 40 80 % 3 67 % Report Totals: 1,583 1,719 Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Budget Register Page: 1 Bronx Community District 01 Capital Budget Priorities and Requests Tracking Executive Budget Priority Code Project Information Response 01 101201703C Request: Provide a new or expand an existing high school The agency will accommodate part of this request within existing resources. Explanation: Fund Construction of a New STEM-Business K-12 School at 425 Grand Concourse, Site of the Former PS 31. Due to the demolition of PS 31, a new school is needed on the PS 31 site. This is due to an increase in community district population and the recent rezoning to the east of the school which will bring in an additional population in less than five years. (Previous Tracking Code: 101201501C) Responsible Agency: Department of Education 02 101201709C Request: Provide a new or expanded parks facility, e.g. recreation center OMB supports the agency's position as follows: Department of Parks and Explanation: Fund Construction of a Soccer Field in St. Mary's Park. Due to the Recreation funds are insufficient for this increase of a population that plays soccer, there is a need for additional field capacity project. We recommend this project be for this sport. (Previous Tracking Code: 101201502C) brought to the attention of your elected officials, i.e. Borough President and/or Responsible Agency: Department of Parks and Recreation City Council member. 03 101201705C Request: Build new, expand or repair storm sewers OMB supports the agency's position as follows: This request will be sent to the Explanation: Allocate Funds for Capital Sewer Work to be Performed in the Area team developing New York's Long Term Located on Beekman Avenue, Between East 141st Street & St. Ann's Avenue. Due to Plan to Reduce Combined Sewer an increase in volume and CSO overflow in the immediate area, there is an impact on Overflows. the local housing stock including Diego Beekman Houses. There is a need for increased sewer capacity and an expansion of the sewer lines in the area. (Previous Tracking Code: 01201503C) Responsible Agency: Department of Environmental Protection Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Budget Register Page: 2 Bronx Community District 01 Capital Budget Priorities and Requests Tracking Executive Budget Priority Code Project Information Response 04 101201704C Request: Renovate or upgrade existing precinct houses Further study by the agency of this request is needed. Therefore, OMB Explanation: Retain the Present Use and Operation of the 40th Police Precinct House. does not take any position. CB1 would like to retain the present Use and operation of the 40th Police Precinct House as a sub-precinct house. (Previous Tracking Code: 101201402C) Responsible Agency: Police Department 05 101201710C Request: Provide a new or expanded park or playground OMB supports the agency's position as follows: Department of Parks and Explanation: Construct a New Community Park Featuring a Labyrinth. As Labyrinth Recreation funds are insufficient for this projects are now being considered across the country as positive additions to traditional project. We recommend this project be park settings, CB #1 is requesting the Department of Parks to consider the feasibility of brought to the attention of your elected incorporating a Labyrinth design within a new community park. (previous Tracking officials, i.e. Borough President and/or Code: 101200204C, Budget Line: P-D021) Project ld(s): P-101 BROO City Council member. Responsible Agency: Department of Parks and Recreation 06 101201711C Request: Provide a new or expanded park or playground OMB supports the agency's position as follows: Department of Parks and Explanation: Develop a Waterfront Public Access Park. The development of a street Recreation funds are insufficient for this and a public access waterfront park, on a section of the Harlem River waterfront, will project. We recommend this project be provide a constructive development of this area for recreational and waterborne brought to the attention of your elected transportation services. (Previous Tracking Code: 101200801C) officials, i.e. Borough President and/or City Council member.