Future of Community Board Budget Mapping

[jessicashanshanhuang]

Goals

• Develop a plan for a Community Board Budget Map by conducting research through resources passed by Amanda
• Draft a prototype by creating hi-fi wireframes
• Collaborating with Planning Support through design and research process for feedback as they are a primary stakeholder

Resources:

a. Application - Portfolio Analysis

is the parent folder, which contains the Memorandum on Application Portfolio Improvements (DRAFT).docx from the portfolio research initiative done by James and Jasmine

b. Planning Support is interested in improving access to Community Board Budget Requests data - see slide deck here: District Needs_PotentialApplications.pptx.

NYC OpenData related to Capital Board Budget Requests

[jessicashanshanhuang]

What is a Capital Budget?

From the Guide to the Capital's Budget:

New York City has a Capital Budget, separated from its annual operating budget, which presents the funding plans for city construction to repair projects, and purchases of land, buildings, or equipment.

How is this related to Community Board Budget Requests?

From CBBR md from data engineering:

Community Board Budget Requests Database is based on requests for future capital or expense projects submitted by each of NYC's 59 Community Boards to DCP. DCP then disseminates this information to the Office of Management and Budget and each of NYC's agencies. DCP adds value to the submitted budget requests by creating geometries where possible for requested projects, in the effort to map as many budget requests as possible

It’s main purpose is to be a starting point for exploring potential projects and to better understand communities' perceived needs across NYC. The spatial data provides an integrated view enabling a broad understanding of where communities have requested investments, and reveals opportunities for strategic neighborhood planning

comment: the geometries is what I assume to be a point or polygon similarly to Capital Projects Portal

• prep for Capital budget can take many months and the process initially starts in the fall. where the 59 community boards (cb) hold public hearings on the capital needs of its district
• after the public hearings, each cb submits a statement of its capital priorities for the next fiscal year to the Mayor and appropriate Borough President
• additionally in the fall, city agencies make detailed estimates on their capital needs for the upcoming fiscal year and three succeeding fiscal years,
• agencies are required to consult with cbs and consider their capital priorities

[jessicashanshanhuang]

questions to explore:

• how different is the cbbr data from cpp? what are the main factors that make them distinct?
• how does the timing of the capital budget process influence the state of our product? How often would data change? (i.e. would polygons expand or decrease often? do points change to polygons?)

comments:

• found manhattan 9's cb budget requests, might look into that
• current output files in cbbr repo in md gives me a 404 not found error