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SPARC proposal description and voting recommendation
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Chair Kevin C. Riley presents the SPARC (Science Park And Research Campus) proposal for redeveloping city-owned land in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The proposal aims to create a state-of-the-art academic, healthcare, and life science space.
- Proposal involves redeveloping 4.75 acres of city-owned land, including rebuilding Hunter College's Brookdale campus
- Eight actions are proposed, including city map changes, zoning amendments, and special permits
- Council Member Powers supports this proposal
Kevin C. Riley
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The second vote is to approve the spark proposal, which consists of l U's 2 17 through two twenty four.
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The proposal seeks to redevelop approximately 4.75 acres of land owned by the city in Kips Bay.
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The new campus will rebuild Hunter College's outdated Brookdale campus into approximately 2,000,000 square feet of state of the art academic, health care, and a life science space.
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The proposal consists of eight actions, beginning with the city map changed to facilitate the reconstruction of a pedestrian overpass over the FDR Drive at East 20 Fifth Street, a zoning map amendment to change an existing R 8 district to a c six dash four district.
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Two special permits to allow different types of laboratory use and bulk relief that will provide more flexibility in terms of the design of the proposed buildings.
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A zone and text amendment to a map at MIH over the C 6 Dash 4 rezoning area.
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This is necessary because even though residential uses are planned for this development, the proposed C 6 Dash 4 will not only increase the amount of commercial density that can be built, but also the amount of potential residential uses.
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The proposal also seeks disposition authority to dispose part of the site.
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Lastly, the proposal seeks site selection and acquisition authority to reallocate city's forensic path pathology center and medical examiner facility that is currently located on the site.
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Council member Powers supports this proposal.