File #: Res 0730-2019    Version: * Name: LU 310 - Planning, Waterside Plaza, Manhattan (C 190064 HDM)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 1/24/2019
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 190064 HDM, for the disposition of city-owned property located at Block 991, Lots 60 and 61, Community District 6, Borough of Manhattan (L.U. No. 310).
Sponsors: Rafael Salamanca, Jr., Ben Kallos
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Resolution, 2. December 20, 2018 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 3. Land Use Calendar - Week of January 7, 2019 - January 14, 2019, 4. Land Use Calendar & Agenda for January 22, 2019, 5. Hearing Testimony - Planning 1-14-19, 6. January 24, 2019 - Stated Meeting Agenda with Links to Files, 7. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 1-24-19, 8. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - January 24, 2019, 9. Committee Report

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 730

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 190064 HDM, for the disposition of city-owned property located at Block 991, Lots 60 and 61, Community District 6, Borough of Manhattan (L.U. No. 310).

 

By Council Members Salamanca and Kallos

 

                     WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on December 14, 2018 its decision dated December 5, 2018 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), pursuant to Section 197-c of the New York City Charter, for the disposition of city-owned property (Block 991, Lots 60 and 61) within the Waterside Plaza Urban Renewal Area, which in conjunction with the related action, would through an underlying ground lease facilitate the long-term preservation of up to 325 existing units, in addition to maintaining enhanced Section 8 voucher arrangements for 92 tenants in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan Community District 6, (ULURP No. C 190064 HDM) (the “Application”);

 

                     WHEREAS, the Application is related to application C 190065 HUM (L.U. No. 311), a first amendment to the Waterside Urban Renewal Plan (URP);

 

WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d(b)(3) of the City Charter;

 

WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Decision and Application on January 14, 2019;

 

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

 

WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues, including the determination by the City Planning Commission, that the Application is a Type II action and requires no further review (CEQR No. 19HPD001M) (the “Type II Determination”).

 

RESOLVED:

 

                     The Council finds that the action described herein will have no significant impact on the environment pursuant to the Type II Determination.

 

                     Pursuant to Section 197-d of the City Charter and on the basis of the Decision and Application, and based on the environmental determination and consideration described in the report C 190064 HDM, incorporated by reference herein, and the record before the Council, the Council approves the Decision of the City Planning Commission.

Adopted.

 

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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 24, 2019, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council