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Chair Brooks-Powers opens the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing
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Council Member Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, opens the hearing and introduces the agenda. She outlines four items of legislation that will be voted on during the session, including two proposed introductions and two resolutions.
- The legislation covers topics such as tracking progress on the Streets Master Plan, creating an online capital project tracker, and calling for environmental impact studies on transportation projects.
- Brooks-Powers provides brief explanations of the first two proposed introductions, highlighting their importance for transparency and monitoring progress.
- The committee will be voting on these items during the hearing.
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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welcome to this hearing of the committee on transportation and infrastructure.
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I am Silvina Brooks Powers, the chair of
William Martin
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Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
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committee.
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Today, we will be voting on proposed intro 11 o five a sponsored by myself, a local law in relation to tracking progress made towards the requirements of the streets master plan.
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Proposed intro number eleven fourteen a, sponsored by council member Juan, a local law in relation to requiring the commissioner of transportation to create an online capital project tracker.
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Proposed Reso number 59 a sponsored by myself calling on the MTA to conduct a comprehensive environmental impact study on the viability of the proposed Queen's Link project.
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And Reso number one eighty seven sponsored by council member Riley calling upon the MTA to conduct a comprehensive environmental impact statement for the proposed Gun Hill Road electric bus depot charging facility.
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Proposed intro number 11 o five a would require the Department of Transportation to provide a description of all planned street plan projects whenever they submit their annual update and create a tracker to monitor the progress of these projects throughout the year.
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This bill will dramatically improve transparency and help ensure that the administration meets its legal mandates.
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Proposed intro number eleven fourteen a would require the commissioner of transportation to create and maintain an online capital project tracker to provide detailed information on their pending capital projects.
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I will now ask the committee clerk to conduct a roll call on this legislation on the legislation.