Section 735. Interagency coordinating council

a.  There  shall  be  an
  interagency coordinating council established by the  mayor  which  shall
  consist  of  representatives  of  each city agency providing services to
  youth, representatives from the  youth  board  established  pursuant  to
  section  seven  hundred thirty-four of this chapter and a representative
  of the city council who shall be appointed by the speaker  of  the  city
  council.  The  mayor, or his or her designee, shall serve as chairperson
  of the interagency coordinating  council  and  shall  preside  over  all
  meetings.  The  commissioner  shall serve as director of the interagency
  coordinating council.
    b. The interagency coordinating council shall:
    1. prepare and include in the report required by paragraph ten of this
  subdivision an annual breakdown for  the  immediately  preceding  fiscal
  year  of  each member agency's allocations for services to youth and the
  number of youth served;
    2. recommend, in consultation with the office of operations, means for
  improving member  agencies'  delivery,  management  and  supervision  of
  services to youth;
    3.  recommend  means  by  which  the  duplication and fragmentation of
  service  delivery  to  youth  may  be  reduced   and   the   efficiency,
  effectiveness and economy of service delivery may be enhanced;
    4.  consider  proposals from member agencies, the city council and the
  youth board for the improvement of service delivery to youth;
    5. recommend to the mayor joint  agency  projects  or  programs  which
  could make more efficient use of existing resources;
    6.  plan  and  develop  a  comprehensive  information  service for the
  benefit of youth, their  families,  service  providers  and  school  and
  government  personnel,  which  shall  include  citywide, boroughwide and
  community board program directories, hotlines and  other  such  services
  designed to facilitate public accessibility to such information;
    7.  conduct an annual comprehensive youth services needs assessment on
  a citywide, boroughwide and community district basis;
    8. formulate an integrated, comprehensive plan  for  the  delivery  of
  community-based services to youth;
    9.  compile,  collect  and  develop  periodically, and make available,
  information and data relating to youth and youth services  in  New  York
  city; and
    10.  issue  an  annual  report,  in  October of each year, to the city
  council and the mayor  summarizing  its  activity  during  the  previous
  fiscal year and detailing recommendations for improving service delivery
  and   coordination,   reducing   duplication   and   fragmentation   and
  facilitating the more efficient use of existing resources.  Such  report
  shall  also  include an annual breakdown of member agencies' allocations
  for services to youth and the number of youth served  as  prescribed  in
  paragraph  one  of  this  subdivision,  an  annual  comprehensive  youth
  services needs assessment as  prescribed  in  paragraph  seven  of  this
  subdivision,  and  a  two-year  proposed  agenda  consisting of specific
  issues that the interagency coordinating council plans to address during
  the current and subsequent fiscal years.
    c. The interagency coordinating council shall meet at least  quarterly
  and  shall  hold  at  least one public hearing annually, at which public
  testimony shall be taken.