Cut the eight-month outdoor dining application process by 75% (to 2 months)

Save small businesses up to $1,800 on application costs and thousands of dollars of staff time

The Commission’s proposal would modify the revocable consent process that determines the use of public space by combining the sidewalk café and roadway dining revocable consent process into a single application and modernizing public notice requirements.

Ballot prop will save up to 30 days on procurements

The Commission’s proposal would reduce burdens on small businesses and nonprofits by simplifying the pre-contracting questionnaire and requiring quarterly meetings of the Procurement Policy Board (PPB) to ensure consistent and transparent regulation of the City’s procurement system. The proposal would also allow the Mayor to delegate certain contract approvals to agencies, make permanent a public comment period instead of a public hearing for contract awards and streamline the issuance of the client services plan.

Speed up street safety projects, including bike lanes, by at least 33%

Reduce time for sale of small plots of City land from seven months to 90 days

Unlock more than $200 million in revenue for the City from sale of small surplus lots

The Commission’s third proposal streamlines how the City uses its own property. The proposal would simplify review of street safety projects to reduce construction timelines and allow the Commissioner of the Department of Transportation to fast-track critical street infrastructure improvements where there is an identified, immediate safety need. Additionally, this ballot question fast-tracks the sale or lease of small City properties, the air rights above landmarked City properties and the lease of office space for City workers.

Bring 40 approvals from 18 separate offices and agencies into one place, saving builders time and frustration

The Commission’s proposal would create a centralized permitting hub through which applicants could access and manage construction-related permits and approvals across City agencies. It would also allow additional divisions at the Department of Buildings to approve certificates of occupancy and centralize the City’s waterfront permitting process within the agency.

Ballot prop establishes reserves target of 12%, aimed at ensuring long-term fiscal stability

The fifth ballot proposal would set a target amount of funds held in reserve — 12% percent of the City’s total tax revenues. The proposal would also require the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with the Comptroller, to establish a deposit formula that would govern mandatory contributions to the rainy day fund.