File #: Res 1135-2005    Version: * Name: LU 431 - ULURP, Anchor – Broadway Site 8, Brooklyn (C050305HAK)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 8/17/2005
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on an application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, ULURP No. C 050305 HAK, approving the designation of 768 and 770 Decatur Street (Block 1507, Lots 32 and 33) and 1696, 1698, 1700, 1708, and 1712 Broadway (Block 1507, Lots 35-37, 39 and 41), Brooklyn, as an Urban Development Action Area, approving the project for the area as an Urban Development Action Area Project, and approving the disposition of such property to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 431; C 050305 HAK).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Miguel Martinez
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 8/17/05

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1135

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on an application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, ULURP No. C 050305 HAK, approving the designation of 768 and 770 Decatur Street (Block 1507, Lots 32 and 33) and 1696, 1698, 1700, 1708, and 1712 Broadway (Block 1507, Lots 35-37, 39 and 41), Brooklyn, as an Urban Development Action Area, approving the project for the area as an Urban Development Action Area Project, and approving the disposition of such property to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 431; C 050305 HAK).

 

By Council Members Katz and Martinez

 

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on August 1, 2005 its decision dated July 27, 2005 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development pursuant to Section 197-c of the New York City Charter and Article 16 of the General Municipal Law of New York State regarding:

 

a)                     the designation of 768 and 770 Decatur Street (Block 1507, Lots 32 and 33) and 1696, 1698, 1700, 1708, and 1712 Broadway (Block 1507, Lots 35-37, 39 and 41), as an Urban Development Action Area (the "Area");

 

b)                     an Urban Development Action Area Project for such area (the "Project"); and

 

pursuant to Section 197-c of the New York City Charter for the disposition of such property to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to facilitate development of new retail development, tentatively known as Anchor-Broadway Site 8, under the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s ANCHOR (Alliance for Neighborhood Commerce, Homeownership and Revitalization) Program (the "Disposition"), Community District 16, Borough of Brooklyn  (ULURP No. C 050305  HAK) (the "Application");

 

WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d(b)(1) of the City Charter;

 

 

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WHEREAS, the Application and Decision are subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Article 16 of the General Municipal Law of New York State;

 

                       WHEREAS, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") submitted to the Council its recommendations regarding the Application on August 12, 2005;

 

                       WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Application and Decision on August 15, 2005;

 

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

 

RESOLVED:

 

                       Pursuant to Section 197-d, the Council approves the decision of the City Planning Commission (C 050305 HAK).

 

                       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 approves the designation of the Disposition Area as an urban development action area pursuant to Section 693 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 Council approves the disposition of said property to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

 

 

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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 August 17, 2005, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council