File #: Res 0433-2018    Version: * Name: LU 118 - Landmarks, Benjamin Franklin High School, 260 Pleasant Ave, Manhattan (20185274 HKM)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 6/28/2018
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Benjamin Franklin High School (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) located at 260 Pleasant Avenue (aka 260-300 Pleasant Avenue and 500-528 East 116th Street) (Tax Map Block 1713, p/o Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 505, LP-2596 (L.U. No. 118; 20185274 HKM; N 180350 HKM; N 180350 HIM).
Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Adrienne E. Adams
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. Land Use Calendar - Week of June 18, 2018 - June 22, 2018, 3. Land Use Calendar - June 20, 2018, 4. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 6-28-18, 5. Minutes of the Recessed Stated Meeting - June 28, 2018, 6. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - June 28, 2018, 7. Committee Report

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 433

 

Resolution affirming the designation by the Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Benjamin Franklin High School (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) located at 260 Pleasant Avenue (aka 260-300 Pleasant Avenue and 500-528 East 116th Street) (Tax Map Block 1713, p/o Lot 1), Borough of Manhattan, Designation List No. 505, LP-2596 (L.U. No. 118; 20185274 HKM; N 180350 HKM; N 180350 HIM).

 

By Council Members Salamanca and Adams

 

                     WHEREAS, the Landmarks Preservation Commission filed with the Council on April 5, 2018 a copy of its designation report dated March 27, 2018 (the "Designation Report"),  including the designation pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter and Chapter 3 of Title 25 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York of the Benjamin Franklin High School (now Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics) located at 260 Pleasant Avenue (aka 260-300 Pleasant Avenue and 500-528 East 116th Street), Community District 11, Borough of Manhattan, as an historic landmark and Tax Map Block 1713, p/o Lot 1, as the landmark site (the “Designation”);

 

WHEREAS, the Designation is subject to review by the Council pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, the New York City Planning Commission submitted to the Council on
June 15, 2018, its report on the Designation dated June 13, 2018 (the "City Planning Commission Report");

 

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Designation on June 19, 2018; and

 

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Designation;

 

RESOLVED:

 

Pursuant to Section 3020 of the New York City Charter, and on the basis of the information and materials contained in the Designation Report and the City Planning Commission Report, the Council affirms the Designation.

 

Adopted.

 

Office of the City Clerk, }

The City of New York,   } ss.:

 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a Resolution passed by The Council of The City of New York on June 28, 2018, on file in this office.

 

 

 

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