TESTIMONY
Karen Argenti, Representative, Bronx Council for Environmental Quality on the Impact of Zoning Designations on Environment and Community
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Karen Argenti testifies against zoning changes due to environmental and community concerns.
- Argenti represents the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality, a group opposed to mixing zoning designations that threaten the environment.
- She argues that integrating industrial and manufacturing zones with commercial and residential areas could worsen flooding and fails to align with NYC's climate change goals.
- The testimony underscores the need for green infrastructure, like trees and wetlands, and adherence to stormwater rules to prevent the Bronx from resembling Manhattan.
- As part of the Bronx protect Bronx neighborhoods from over development group, Argenti stresses the importance of development that respects environmental guidelines.
Karen Argenti
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Yes.
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My name is Karen Argenti.
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I'm representing the Bronx Council for Environmental Quality.
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A fifty three year old community group in the Bronx that has protected the environment.
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Economic opportunity and manufacturing mix up zoning designations, increases impervious surfaces, and ignore the New York City's climate change goals of 4030.
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We urge you to vote no for the following reasons.
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5, 7 to 11, and 14 to 17, plus somewhat.
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The inclusion of the industrial and manufacturing into existing commercial areas is non conducive to merchant organizing.
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The intrusion of home offices in residential and residential uses in commercial conflicts as well.
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Finally, the construction for urban agriculture amusements biotechnology life sciences film industries, campus and corner stores will increase impervious surface in our city.
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The city is already at 72% impervious, a cause of severe flooding.
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If you don't meet New York City's 2030 climate change goal to reduce greenhouse gases by 40%, you can look forward to a 100 degree 3 day
Grace Marrero
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heat at is a line.
Cathy Cebek
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Lay
Grace Marrero
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it's a lie.
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That's a lie.
Kevin C. Riley
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me, miss Grace.
Karen Argenti
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A couple of times in the summer.
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Not only is this very expensive to mitigate, it will cause existing residents to leave.
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At this point, we must deal with the mitigate with mitigating the impacts of the last decades of development.
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BCEQ is not against development.
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We only ask that it follow guidelines such as as those we set out for in our 2006 low impact development doctrine.
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We need more trees green infrastructure, wetlands, open space, strict compliance with the unified storm water rules.
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We love Manhattan, but we don't wanna be Manhattan.
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And I just like to say that we're also part of a group called the Bronx protect Bronx neighborhoods from over development, and we look forward to
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talking with you.
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The time was expired.