File #: Res 1692-2008    Version: * Name: LU 784 - ULURP, Willets Point Renewal Area, Queens (C080385HDQ)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 11/13/2008
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 080385 HDQ, for the disposition of city-owned property comprising the sites within the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area, Borough of Queens (L.U. No. 784).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Daniel R. Garodnick
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 11/13/08

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 1692

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 080385 HDQ, for the disposition of city-owned property comprising the sites within the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area, Borough of Queens (L.U. No. 784).

 

By Council Members Katz and Garodnick

 

                     WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on September 29, 2008 its decision dated September 24, 2008 (the "Decision") on the application submitted pursuant to Section 197-c of the New York City Charter by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development for the disposition of city-owned property comprising the sites in the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area.  The properties to be disposed to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development for redevelopment in accordance with the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area and consist of the following:

 

Blocks

Lots

1820

1, 6, 9, 18, 34, 108

1821

1, 6, 16, 25, 27

1822

1, 5, 7, 17, 21, 23, 28, 33, 55, 58

1823

1, 3, 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 33, 40, 44, 47, 52, 55, 58, 59, 60

1824

1, 12, 19, 21, 26, 28, 33, 38, 40, 45, 53

1825

1, 19, 21, 25, 28, 30, 37, 46, 48, 53, 55, 58

1826

1, 5, 14, 18, 20, 31, 35

1827

1

1828

1, 4, 8, 11, 13, 17, 21, 23, 29, 34, 37, 39

1829

19, 21, 40, 71

1830

1, 9, 10, 21

1831

1, 10, 35

1832

1, 10

1833

1 (p/o), 103, 111, 117, 120, 141, 143, 151, 155, 158, 165, 166, 168, 170, 172, 177, 179, 180, 186, 188, 192, 197, 199, 201, 203, 212, 215, 230, 300, 425

And all mapped and/or built streets within the project boundary, Borough of Queens, Community District 7

 

 (ULURP No. C 080385 HDQ), Community District 7, Borough of Queens (the "Application");

 

                     WHEREAS, the Application is related to Applications Nos. C 080221 MMQ (L.U. No. 779), an amendment to the City Map for the elimination, discontinuance and closing of all streets within the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area including Willets Point Boulevard; 34th Avenue; 35th Avenue; 36th Avenue; 37th Avenue; 38th Avenue; 39th Avenue; 126th Place; 127th Street and 127th Place; C 080381 ZMQ (L.U. No. 780), an amendment to the Zoning Map; N 080382 ZRQ (L.U. No. 781), an amendment to the text of the Zoning Resolution;  N 080383 HGQ (L.U. No. 782), designation of the Willets Point Urban Renewal Area; and C 080384 HUQ (L.U. No. 783), the Willets Point Urban Renewal Plan;

 

                     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 Application and Decision on October 17, 2008;

 

                     WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues and the Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement (FGEIS), for which a Notice of Completion was issued on September 12, 2008, the Technical Memorandum dated September 23, 2008 with respect to further modifications adopted by the City Planning Commission, and the Technical Memorandum dated November 12, 2008 (CEQR No. 07DME014Q);

 

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

 

RESOLVED:

 

Having considered the FGEIS and the Technical Memoranda, with respect to the Application, the Council finds that:

 

(1)                                          The requirements of 6 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 617 have been met;

 

(2)                     Consistent with social, economic and other essential considerations, from among the reasonable alternatives thereto, the action is one which minimizes or avoids adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable; and

 

(3)                     The adverse environmental impacts disclosed in the FGEIS will be minimized or avoided to the maximum extent practicable by incorporating as conditions to the approval those mitigation measures that were identified as practicable;

 

(4)                     The Decision and the FGEIS 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 the Decision, the Council approves the Decision.

 

 

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 November 13, 2008, on file in this office.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                            

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                        City Clerk, Clerk of The Council