THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 729
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Resolution approving an Urban Development Action Area Project located at 4-6 Kossuth Place (Block 3263/Lot 10), 19 Locust Street (Block 3134/Lot 40), 22 Locust Street (Block 3135/Lot 15), 32 Ditmars Street (Block 3194/Lot 21), 34 Starr Street (Block 3196/Lot 23), 48 Starr Street (Block 3196/Lot 30), 84 Suydam Street (Block 3125/Lot 22), 43 Stockholm Street (Block 3243/Lot 79), 45 Stockholm Street (Block 3243/Lot 78), 100 Troutman Street (Block 3184/Lot 12), 106 Troutman Street (Block 3184/Lot 15), 109 Wilson Avenue (Block 3197/Lot 8), 178 Wilson Avenue, aka 1387 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3234/Lot 37), 194 Wilson Avenue (Block 3245/Lot 37), 236 Wilson Avenue (Block 3276/Lot 33), 153 Evergreen Avenue (Block 3184/Lot 4), 178 Jefferson Street (Block 3173/Lot 14), 762 Hart Street (Block 3235/Lot 13), 794 Flushing Avenue (Block 3131/Lot 19), 847 Bushwick Avenue (Block 3264/Lot 10), 1008 Willoughby Avenue (Block 3207/Lot 16), 1053 Willoughby Avenue (Block 3196/Lot 52), 1130-32 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3241/Lot 1), 1152 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3241/Lot 12), 1203 Myrtle Avenue (Block 3183/Lot 84), and 1205 Myrtle Avenue (Block 3183/Lot 82), Brooklyn, 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. 386; 19995348 HAK).
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By Council Members Eisland and Linares
WHEREAS, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") submitted to the Council its request dated March 2, 1999 that the Council take the following actions regarding an Urban Development Action Area Project (the "Project") located at 4-6 Kossuth Place (Block 3263/Lot 10), 19 Locust Street (Block 3134/Lot 40), 22 Locust Street (Block 3135/Lot 15), 32 Ditmars Street (Block 3194/Lot 21), 34 Starr Street (Block 3196/Lot 23), 48 Starr Street (Block 3196/Lot 30), 84 Suydam Street (Block 3125/Lot 22), 43 Stockholm Street (Block 3243/Lot 79), 45 Stockholm Street (Block 3243/Lot 78), 100 Troutman Street (Block 3184/Lot 12), 106 Troutman Street (Block 3184/Lot 15), 109 Wilson Avenue (Block 3197/Lot 8), 178 Wilson Avenue, aka 1387 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3234/Lot 37), 194 Wilson Avenue (Block 3245/Lot 37), 236 Wilson Avenue (Block 3276/Lot 33), 153 Evergreen Avenue (Block 3184/Lot 4), 178 Jefferson Street (Block 3173/Lot 14), 762 Hart Street (Block 3235/Lot 13), 794 Flushing Avenue (Block 3131/Lot 19), 847 Bushwick Avenue (Block 3264/Lot 10), 1008 Willoughby Avenue (Block 3207/Lot 16), 1053 Willoughby Avenue (Block 3196/Lot 52), 1130-32 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3241/Lot 1), 1152 DeKalb Avenue (Block 3241/Lot 12), 1203 Myrtle Avenue (Block 3183/Lot 84), and 1205 Myrtle Avenue (Block 3183/Lot 82), Borough of Brooklyn (the "Disposition Area"):
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19995348 HAK
Reso. No. 729 (L.U. No. 386)
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
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 April 12, 1999;
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.
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19995348 HAK
Reso. No. 729 (L.U. No. 386)
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.
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 April 14, 1999, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of Council