File #: Res 0899-2005    Version: * Name: LU 322 - ULURP, 1599 Broadway, Brooklyn (C050121HAK)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 3/23/2005
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 050121 HAK, approving the designation of 1536, 1538 and 1542 Broadway (Block 1492, Lots 15-17) and 1613, 1607 and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lots 1-3), 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 1536 and 1538 Broadway (Block 1492/Lots 15 and 16) and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lot 3) to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 322; C 050121 HAK).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz
Council Member Sponsors: 1
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting - 3/23/05

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 899

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on an application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, ULURP No. C 050121 HAK, approving the designation of 1536, 1538 and 1542 Broadway (Block 1492, Lots 15-17) and 1613, 1607 and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lots 1-3), 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 1536 and 1538 Broadway (Block 1492/Lots 15 and 16) and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lot 3) to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 322; C 050121 HAK).

 

By Council Members Katz and Martinez

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on February 4, 2005 its decision dated February 2, 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 1536, 1538 and 1542 Broadway (Block 1492, Lots 15-17) and 1613, 1607 and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lots 1-3), 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 1536 and 1538 Broadway (Block 1492/Lots 15 and 16) and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lot 3) to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to facilitate development of two sites for new retail development under HPD’s ANCHOR (Alliance for Neighborhood Commerce, Homeownership and Revitalization) Program (the "Disposition")  Community Districts 4 and 16, Borough of Brooklyn, (ULURP No. C 050121 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 March 7, 2005;

 

                       WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Application and Decision on March 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 050121 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 1536 and 1538 Broadway (Block 1492/Lots 15 and 16) and 1599 Broadway (Block 3408/Lot 3) 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 March 23, 2005, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council