THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK RESOLUTION NO. 675 Title Resolution approving an Urban Development Action Area Project located at 365 Edgecombe Avenue (Block 2054/Lot 14), 407 West 145th Street (Block 2060/Lot 28), 408-10 West 150th Street (Block 2064/Lot 39), 717 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2060/Lot 34), 869 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 24), 871 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 25), 873 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 26), 875 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 27), 2094 Amsterdam Avenue (Block 2121/Lot 53), and 2096 Amsterdam Avenue (Block 2121/Lot 52), Manhattan, and waiving the urban development action area designation requirement and the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure, pursuant to Sections 693 and 694 of the General Municipal Law (L.U. No. 298; 20035076 HAM). Body By Council Members Katz and Martinez WHEREAS, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") submitted to the Council on September 18, 2002 its request dated September 9, 2002 that the Council take the following actions regarding an Urban Development Action Area Project (the "Project") located at 365 Edgecombe Avenue (Block 2054/Lot 14), 407 West 145th Street (Block 2060/Lot 28), 408-10 West 150th Street (Block 2064/Lot 39), 717 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2060/Lot 34), 869 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 24), 871 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 25), 873 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 26), 875 St. Nicholas Avenue (Block 2068/Lot 27), 2094 Amsterdam Avenue (Block 2121/Lot 53), and 2096 Amsterdam Avenue (Block 2121/Lot 52), Borough of Manhattan (the "Disposition Area"): 1. Find that the present status of the Disposition Area tends to impair or arrest the sound growth and development of the municipality and that the proposed Urban Development Action Area Project is consistent with the policy and purposes of Section 691 of the General Municipal Law; 2. Waive the area designation requirement of Section 693 of the General Municipal Law pursuant to said Section; 3. Waive the requirements of Sections 197-c and 197-d of the New York City Charter pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law; and ________ Page 2 of 3 20035076 HAM Res. No. 675 (L.U. No. 298) 4. Approve the Project as an Urban Development Action Area Project pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law. WHEREAS, the Project is to be developed on land that is now a municipally-owned area as defined in Section 692 of the General Municipal Law, consists solely of the rehabilitation or conservation of existing private or multiple dwellings or the construction of one to four unit dwellings, and does not require any change in land use permitted under the New York City Zoning Resolution; WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Project on January 14, 2003; WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Project; RESOLVED: The Council finds that the present status of the Disposition Area tends to impair or arrest the sound growth and development of the City of New York and that a designation of the Project as an urban development action area project is consistent with the policy and purposes stated in Section 691 of the General Municipal Law. The Council waives the area designation requirement of the Disposition Area as an urban development action area under Section 693 of the General Municipal Law pursuant to said Section. The Council waives the requirements of Sections 197-c and 197-d of the New York City Charter pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law. The Council approves the Project as an urban development action area project pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law. The Project shall be disposed of and developed upon the terms and conditions in the Project Summary that HPD has submitted to the Council, a copy of which is attached hereto. ________ Page 3 of 3 20035076 HAM Res. No. 675 (L.U. No. 298) 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 January 29, 2003, on file in this office. .................................... City Clerk, Clerk of the Council