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    § 15. Office of Operations. a. There shall be, in the executive office
  of  the  mayor, an office of operations. The office shall be headed by a
  director, who shall be appointed by the mayor.
    b. The director of the office of operations shall have the  power  and
  the duty to:
    1.  plan,  coordinate  and oversee the management of city governmental
  operations to promote the efficient and  effective  delivery  of  agency
  services;
    2.  review  and report on the city's management organization including
  productivity and performance functions and systems;
    3. maintain for the mayor a management, planning and reporting  system
  and direct the operation of such system; and
    4.  review  the  city's  operations  and  make  recommendations, where
  appropriate,  for  improving  productivity,  measuring  performance  and
  reducing operating expenses.
    c.  There  shall  be  an  office  of the language services coordinator
  within the office of operations.  Within  appropriations  therefor,  the
  coordinator  shall  appoint  such experts and assistants as necessary to
  fulfill the duties assigned to the office by this charter. The office of
  the language services coordinator shall have the  following  powers  and
  duties.
    1.  To  establish  standards and criteria, to be used by city agencies
  which provide services to the public, for estimating, and reporting  on,
  the need to provide such services in languages other than English.
    2. To provide technical assistance to such city agencies in developing
  appropriate  plans  and  programs  to:  (i)  deliver  their  services in
  languages other than English, (ii) translate written materials into such
  languages, and (iii) educate the public  about  such  agency  plans  and
  programs.
    3.  In  conjunction  with  a  committee  of agency representatives, to
  develop testing materials to evaluate the ability of city  employees  to
  deliver  services  in languages other than English; to develop materials
  to be used in the training of such employees; and, either on its own  or
  in cooperation with the appropriate agencies, to provide such training.
    4.  To  monitor  and  report  on  the  performance of city agencies in
  delivering services in languages other than English.
    5. To maintain in a central place which is accessible to the public  a
  library  of  written  materials  published  by  city  agencies  in  such
  languages.
    d. 1. The city  of  New  York  recognizes  that  services  for  people
  suffering  from  mental  retardation  and developmental disabilities are
  provided by programs administered within  a  number  of  different  city
  agencies,  as well as by non-governmental entities. The city of New York
  further recognizes the need for coordination and cooperation among  city
  agencies  and  between  city agencies and non-governmental entities that
  provide such services.
    2. There shall be  mental  retardation  and  developmental  disability
  coordination  within  the  office of operations. In performing functions
  relating to  such  coordination,  the  office  of  operations  shall  be
  authorized  to:  develop methods to: (i) improve the coordination within
  and among city agencies that provide  services  to  people  with  mental
  retardation  or developmental disabilities, including but not limited to
  the department of health and  mental  hygiene,  the  administration  for
  children's  services,  the human resources administration, department of
  youth and community development, the department of juvenile justice, and
  the department of employment, or the successors to  such  agencies,  and
  the  health  and  hospitals  corporation and the board of education; and
  (ii) facilitate coordination between such agencies and  non-governmental

  entities  providing  services  to  people  with  mental  retardation  or
  developmental  disabilities;  review  state  and  federal  programs  and
  legislative  proposals that may affect people with mental retardation or
  developmental  disabilities  and  provide  information and advice to the
  mayor regarding the impact of such programs  or  legislation;  recommend
  legislative proposals or other initiatives that will benefit people with
  mental retardation or developmental disabilities; and perform such other
  duties  and  functions  as  the  mayor may request to assist people with
  mental  retardation  or  developmental  disabilities  and  their  family
  members.