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Council to vote on environmental protection and resilience bills
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Speaker Adams presents three bills focused on environmental protection, resilience, and infrastructure concerns. These bills aim to address sewer issues, flooding risks, and affordable housing development reporting.
- Introduction 814-A: Requires updates to the sewer backup prevention plan and timely notice to residents about sewer backups
- Introduction 815-A: Mandates creation and regular updates of an interim flood risk area map
- Introduction 850-A: Requires biannual reports on city-financed affordable housing development projects involving city property disposition
- Bills sponsored by Council Members Jim Gennaro and Rafael Salamanca
- Aims to improve infrastructure planning, flood preparedness, and transparency in affordable housing development
Adrienne E. Adams
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Next, we will vote on 2 bills sponsored by council member Jim Gennaro, chair of the committee on environmental protection resiliency and waterfronts that will address sewer, flooding, and other infrastructure concerns.
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Introduction 8 14 a a would require the Department of Environmental Protection or DEP to update the sewer backup prevention plan by 2025 and conduct regular updates thereafter.
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The bill would also require DEP to provide timely notice to residents and complainants when it determines that certain sewer backups have occurred.
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We thank our staff members, Brad Reed, Andrew Bourne, Ricky Chawla, and Austin Malone.
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Introduction 8 15 a would require DEP in consultation with the department of buildings and the office of long term planning and sustainability to create and regularly update an interim flood risk area map identifying areas at risk of flooding due to 10 year rainfall events and sea level rise as well as coastal flood areas with a 1% or greater chance of flooding in any year.
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Thank you to our staff members Brad Reid, Nick Wetzalski, Andrew Bourne, Ricky Chola, and Austin Malone.
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Introduction 850 a, sponsored by council member Rafael Salamanca would require the Department of Housing Preservation and Development or HPD to submit a bi to submit biannual reports to the council regarding city financed affordable housing development projects involving the disposition of city property.
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Thank you to our staff members, Elliot Heisler, Austin Malone, Jose Conde, Andrew Bourne, Dick Spencer, and CJ Murray.
