THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 1649
Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on an application submitted by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, ULURP No. C 080331 HAM, approving the designation of properties located at 2293 Third Avenue (Block 1789, Lot 46); East 125th Street to East 126th Street, from 2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue (Block 1790, Lots 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 20, 24, 25, 26-31, 40, 41, 44-46, 49, and 101); 2321 3rd Avenue (Block 1791, Lot 1); 2469 2nd Avenue (Block 1791, Lot 25); and 230 East 127th Street (Block 1791, Lot 34), Sites 13A, 12, 8A, and 9 of the Harlem-East Harlem Urban Renewal Area), Borough of 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 such properties to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (L.U. No. 870; C 080331 HAM).
By Council Members Katz and Garodnick
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on September 2, 2008 its decision dated August 27, 2008 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the New York City 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 properties located at 2293 Third Avenue (Block 1789, Lot 46); East 125th Street to East 126th Street, from 2nd Avenue to 3rd Avenue (Block 1790, Lots 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 20, 24, 25, 26-31, 40, 41, 44-46, 49, and 101); 2321 3rd Avenue (Block 1791, Lot 1); 2469 2nd Avenue (Block 1791, Lot 25); and 230 East 127th Street (Block 1791, Lot 34), Sites 13A, 12, 8A, and 9 of the Harlem-East Harlem Urban Renewal Area, 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 properties to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to facilitate the development of a mixed use project, tentatively known as the East 125th Street Development, with residential, retail and publicly accessible open space (the "Disposition"), Community District 11, Borough of Manhattan (ULURP No. C 080331 HAM) (the "Application");
WHEREAS, the Application is related to ULURP Applications Numbers C 080332 HUM (L.U. No. 871), 15th Amended Harlem-East Harlem Urban Renewal Plan; C 080333 ZMM (L.U. No. 872), an amendment to the Zoning Map; and N 090083 HGM (L.U. No. 873), (additional property designation), Harlem-East Harlem Urban Renewal Area;
WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d(b)(1) of the City Charter;
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 September 15, 2008;
WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Application and Decision on September 16, 2008;
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the relevant environmental issues and the Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”) for which a Notice of Completion was issued on August 15, 2008 (CEQR No. 07DME025M); and
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use and financial implications and other policy issues relating to the Application;
RESOLVED:
Having considered the FEIS, with respect to the Application, the Council finds that:
(1) The FEIS meets the requirements of 6 N.Y.C.R.R. Part 617;
(2) Consistent with social, economic and other essential considerations, from among the reasonable alternatives thereto, the proposed action is the one which minimizes or avoids adverse environmental impacts to the maximum extent practicable; and
(3) The adverse environmental impacts disclosed in the FEIS will be minimized or avoided to the maximum extent practicable by incorporating as conditions to the approval, those mitigative measures that were identified as practicable; and
The Decision and the FEIS constitute the written statement of facts, and of social, economic and other factors and standards, that form the basis of this determination, pursuant to 6 N.Y.C.R.R. §617.11(d).
Pursuant to Section 197-d, the Council approves the decision of the City Planning Commission (C 080331 HAM).
The Council finds that the present status of the Project 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 Project 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 such property to a developer selected by the Department of Housing Preservation and Development.
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 October 7, 2008, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council