Res 1008-2016

By Council Members Greenfield and Dickens WHEREAS, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development ("HPD") submitted to the Council on February 9, 2016 its request dated February 8, 2016 that the Council take the following actions regarding an amendment to and Urban Development Action Area Project (the "Amended Project") located at 163 Columbia Street (Block 319, Lot 12), Community District 6, Borough of Brooklyn (the "Project Area"): 1. Find that the present status of the Project 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 stated in 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 Amended Project as an Urban Development Action Area Project pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law. WHEREAS, the HPD request is related to previously approved City Council Resolution No. 1351, L.U. No. 525, of November 12, 1991 (the "Prior Resolution"); WHEREAS, the Amended Project is to be developed on land that is now an eligible area as defined in Section 692 of the General Municipal Law, and 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, HPD submitted to the Council on February 9, 2016 its revised request dated February 8, 2016 relating to the Amended Project (The "Revised HPD Request"); WHEREAS, upon due notice, the Council held a public hearing on the Amended Project on February 25, 2016; RESOLVED: 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 Amended 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 pursuant to Section 693 of the General Municipal Law. 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 Amended Project as an Urban Development Action Area Project pursuant to Section 694 of the General Municipal Law. The Amended Project shall be developed upon the terms and conditions in the Project Summary HPD submitted to the Council on February 9, 2016, a copy of which is attached hereto and made part hereof. 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 9, 2016, on file in this office. ................................................... City Clerk, Clerk of The Council Page 2 of 2 20165374 HAK Res. No. 1008 (L.U. No. 338)