THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 1022
Resolution disapproving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 050173 PCM (L.U. No. 468), a site selection and acquisition of property located at East 91st Street and the East River (Block 1587, Lot 27, property adjacent to Lot 27 in the East River, a part of Block 1587, Lot 1, and a portion of property over the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive), Manhattan, for use as a Marine Transfer Station.
By Council Member Katz
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on April 25, 2005 its decision dated April 13, 2005 (the "Decision") on the application submitted pursuant to Section 197-c of the New York City Charter by the Department of Sanitation and the Department of Citywide Administrative Services for site selection and acquisition of property located at East 91st Street and the East River (Block 1587, Lot 27, property adjacent to Lot 27 in the East River, a part of Block 1587, Lot 1, and a portion of property over the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive), Community District 8, Borough of Manhattan (the "Site"), for use as a Marine Transfer Station (ULURP No. C 050173 PCM) (the "Application");
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 May 17, 2005;
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues and the Final Environmental Impact Statement ("FEIS") for which a Notice of Completion was issued on April 1, 2005 with respect to the City's Solid Waste Management Plan (CEQR No. 03DOS004Y); and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Decision and Application;
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RESOLVED:
(A) The Committee rejects the recommendation of the Subcommittee; and
(B) Having considered the FEIS, with respect to the Application, the Council finds that:
(1) The FEIS meets the requirements of 6 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 617;
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- From among the reasonable alternatives thereto, the actions to be approved are ones which minimize or avoid adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable; and
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- The adverse environmental impacts revealed in the FEIS will be minimized or avoided to the maximum extent practicable by incorporating as conditions to the approval those mitigative measures that were identified as practicable;
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- The Decision and the FEIS constitute the written statement of facts, and of social, economic and other factors and standards that form the basis of the decision, pursuant to 6 N.Y.C.R.R. §617.11(d).
Pursuant to Section 197-d of the City Charter and on the basis of the Application and Decision, the Council disapproves the Decision.
Adopted.
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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 8, 2005, on file in this office.
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