City Planner
Organization: New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services
Website: https://cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/city-planner-in-nyc-all-boros-jid-21832
Posted: May 24, 2024 | Closing: July 12, 2024
Job Description
Recently, a new member of the Planning, Dispositions & Property Management unit resigned to take a position in another City agency leaving a significant gap in the unit. This position handled critical matters, dealing with high-level projects, stakeholders, tasks, and important agency functions. To bridge this significant gap, we are seeking approval of a City Planner to backfill this role and cover the workload to ensure there is no slow-down of work. The workload involves supporting revenue generation and cost savings projects, charter- and legally mandated functions and mayoral priorities. In the event this position is not approved, the large amount of work handled by this staff person will need to be distributed to existing staff that are already working on critical projects and initiatives. If existing staff take on this new work, then their existing work will slow down, and DCAS will be unable to provide the same efficient support to other agencies, including support for ULURPs, site searches and other elements of priority projects and functions.
Under the initiative to maximize utilization of City-owned space, increase revenue, and provide new opportunities for small businesses and community benefit organizations, the City Planner in Land Use Planning will participate in redefining the opportunities for use of City-owned properties and ensure surplus properties are put to productive uses that further the goals of the administration. This position will provide strategic planning, evaluation and selection of City properties that can be utilized or redeveloped for municipal facilities, or that can be put to productive use by the private sector. Such efforts will include a significant amount of evaluation and detailed research of properties using DCAS and City records. This data will be used to review real estate assets that may present opportunity to reduce costs, provide consolidation options and to redevelop properties to meet on-going and future needs. Moreover, as part of the strategic review of City property, the City Planner will oversee various land use approval processes necessary to implement actions, including ULURP, CEQR and zoning requirements. Some of these approvals will be for new municipal facilities. Some will be used to seek authorization to sell or lease unneeded real estate to generate revenue from auctions and real estate taxes.
Responsibilities Include:
– Serve as liaison between DCAS and other entities.
– Responsible for understanding the City’s real estate portfolio, with emphasis on the DCAS properties.
– Evaluate properties used by City agencies and assess opportunities for reallocation or disposition.
– Use IPIS, digital maps, other software and real estate resources to review and analyze City property.
– Recommend and implement enhancements to DCAS’ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) environment.
– Conduct in-depth property research and affirm property status, including signing legal affidavits based on DCAS records, and attend legal meetings and hearings.
– Identify City-owned properties for new agency uses that focus on cost avoidance and reallocation of properties to other agencies.
– Evaluate and select properties for existing revenue generating programs, such as for potential sale, lease or other disposition mechanisms and develop and enhance new revenue programs such as concessions.
– Provide technical expertise for ULURP documents, conduct land use research, review maps and other real estate documents.
– Resolve complex land use and real estate issues, including restrictions, easements, special conditions, etc.
– Prepare and review land use documents.
– Prepare ULURP applications, CEQR documents, Fair share documents and other similar applications, and attend related public hearings on behalf of DCAS.
– Oversee and manage several condominium buildings under DCAS jurisdiction to ensure compliance with local laws including those involving energy efficiency, maintain and organize official condo records, reconcile and track violations on buildings, systems and equipment, and organize condo board meetings.
– Coordinate with other City agencies and government stakeholders.
– Respond to requests based on special requirements within the required timeframes.
– Manage short-term and long-term projects pertaining to complex sites within the DCAS portfolio.
– Monitor and track key performance indicators for the entire Line of Service including managing the processes for the creation and collection of monthly indicators, reconcile discrepancies, prepare data for submission to Citywide reports, such as the Mayor’s Management Report (MMR) and the Preliminary MMR, and coordinate updates with the Mayor’s Office of Operations
– Create digital maps and presentations.
– Train and supervise Planning interns.
– Attend meetings, including with external stakeholders and the public, on behalf of DCAS to further projects.
Flexible Work Update:
This position may be eligible for remote work up to two days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed to between the City and DC37.
How to Apply
Please go to cityjobs.nyc.gov or www.nyc.gov/ess for current NYC employees and search for Job ID #631521
LINK:
https://cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/city-planner-in-nyc-all-boros-jid-21832