THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
RESOLUTION NO. 1173
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Resolution approving the decision of the City Planning Commission on ULURP No. C 030433 MMQ, an amendment to the City Map (L.U. No. 494).
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By Council Members Katz and Martinez
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission filed with the Council on November 3, 2003 its decision dated November 3, 2003 (the "Decision"), on the application submitted by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, pursuant to Sections 197-c and 199 of the New York City Charter and Section 5-430 et seq. of the New York City Administrative Code, for a change in the City Map involving, the elimination, discontinuance and closing of portions of streets, the establishment of streets, the re-alignment of streets, the elimination of parkland, the establishment of park additions, the elimination, modification and delineation of easements, the adjustment of grades necessitated thereby, and any acquisition or disposition of real property related thereto, all within the Arverne Urban Renewal Area, generally bounded by: Beach 32nd Street to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the south, Beach 74th and Beach 84th Streets to the west and Beach Channel Drive and Rockaway Freeway to the north, in Community District 14, Borough of Queens, in accordance with Map No. 4974, dated June 12, 2003 and signed by the Borough President (ULURP No. C 030433 MMQ) (the "Application");
WHEREAS, the Application is related to ULURP Applications Numbers C 030509 HUQ (L.U. No. 491), an urban renewal plan amendment, C 030510 ZMQ (L.U. No. 492), a Zoning Map amendment; and C 030511 HAQ (L.U. No. 493), an urban development action area project;
WHEREAS, the Decision is subject to review and action by the Council pursuant to Section 197-d(b)(1) of the City Charter;
WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Decision and Application on November 17, 2003;
WHEREAS, the Council has considered the land use implications and other policy issues relating to the Decision and Application; and
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 October 24, 2003 (CEQR No. 02HPD004Q).
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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, the proposed action is the one which minimizes or avoids adverse environmental effects to the maximum extent practicable, including the effects disclosed in the FEIS; and
(3) consistent with social, economic and other essential considerations, to the maximum extent practicable, adverse environmental effects revealed in the environmental impart statement will be minimized or avoided by incorporating as conditions to the approval those mitigative measures which 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. ยง617.9(c)(3).
Pursuant to Sections 197-d and 199 of the New York City Charter, 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 19, 2003, on file in this office.
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City Clerk, Clerk of The Council
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C 030433 MMQ
Res. No. 1173 (L.U. No. 494)