File #: Res 0875-2007    Version: * Name: LU 376 - ULURP, 2110, 2112, 2114, 2116 & 2118 Frederick Douglass Blvd., Manhattan (C070259HAM)
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
Committee: Committee on Land Use
On agenda: 5/30/2007
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 070259 HAM, approving the designation of property located at 2110, 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830; Lots 1, 2, 102, 3 and 4), Manhattan, as an Urban Development Action Area, approving the project for the area as an Urban Development Action Area Project, and approving the disposition of property located at 2112, 2116, and 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830, Lots 2, 3, and 4), Manhattan, to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 376; C 070259 HAM).
Sponsors: Melinda R. Katz, Daniel R. Garodnick
Council Member Sponsors: 2
Attachments: 1. Committee Report, 2. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 5/30/07

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK

RESOLUTION NO. 875

 

Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on an application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, ULURP No. C 070259 HAM, approving the designation of property located at 2110, 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830; Lots 1, 2, 102, 3 and 4), Manhattan, as an Urban Development Action Area, approving the project for the area as an Urban Development Action Area Project, and approving the disposition of property located at 2112, 2116, and 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830, Lots 2, 3, and 4), Manhattan, to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 376; C 070259 HAM).

 

By Council Members Katz and Garodnick

 

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on April 13, 2007 its decision dated April 11, 2007 (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 property located at 2110, 2112, 2114, 2116, 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830; Lots 1, 2, 102, 3 and 4), 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 property located at 2112, 2116, and 2118 Frederick Douglass Boulevard (Block 1830, Lots 2, 3, and 4),  to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to facilitate development of a nine-story mixed-use building, tentatively known as The Savannah, with approximately 38 residential units, retail and community facility uses (the "Disposition"), Community District 10, Borough of Manhattan (ULURP No. C 070259 HAM) (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 April 5, 2007;

 

                       WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Application and Decision on May 15, 2007;

 

                       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 070259 HAM).

 

                       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 May 30, 2007, on file in this office.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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