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Council Member Kamillah Hanks opens subcommittee meeting and calls for votes on land use items
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Council Member Kamillah Hanks opens the Subcommittee on Landmarks, Public Sightings, and Dispositions meeting, explains the hybrid format and rules for public participation, and calls for votes on several land use items related to housing developments in various districts.
- The meeting agenda includes a 547-seat primary school facility in the Bronx and a project in Manhattan's West 128th-129th Street.
- Votes are called for approval of land use items including the Beacon project in East Harlem, a UDAAP project on Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, and a project on Davidson Avenue in the Bronx.
- Council Member Hanks provides instructions for public testimony, including online registration and email submission of written testimony.
Kamillah Hanks
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Good morning, everyone.
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Welcome to the meeting of subcommittee on landmarks, public sightings, dispositions.
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I am Camilla Hanks, and I'm the chair of the subcommittee.
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I am joined today by my council members, Majority Leader Amanda Farias, Councilmember Feliz is online, Councilmember Marte, and Councilmember Nurse.
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Before we begin with today's agenda, will remind everyone this meeting is being held in a hybrid format.
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And for members of the public who wish to testify remotely, we ask that you first register online, and you may do so now by visiting www.council.nyc.gov/landuse to sign up.
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And then sign into the Zoom and remain signed in until you have testified.
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For any of you for anyone with us today who is in person wishing to testify, if you have not already done so, please see one of our sergeants fill out a speaker's card.
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We will call your name at the appropriate time.
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For anyone wishing to submit written testimony on the items being heard today, we ask that you please send it via email to landusetestimony@council.nyc.gov.
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Include the land use number and or the project name in the subject line, and video and audio testimony will not be accepted.
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I will remind members of the public that this is a government proceeding, and decorum shall be observed at all times.
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As such, members of the public shall remain silent unless and until called to testify.
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The witness table is reserved for people who wish to testify.
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No video recording or photography is allowed from the witness table.
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Further, members of the public may not present audio or video recordings as testimony may submit, excuse me, as testimony, but may submit transcript of such recordings to the sergeant for including in the hearing record.
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So on today's agenda, we have five forty seven seat primary school facility, a school siting application by the school construction authority for a project in majority leader Farias' district in the Bronx.
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We also have West 120 Eighth Street Dash 120 Ninth, a project in council member Salaam's district in Manhattan, as well as several votes.
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Please note that l u two three eight and L u two three four through two three six on today's agenda are laid over.
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So first, we will hold several votes.
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The first vote is to approve l u two two five through two two eight for the beacon in an application submitted by the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development for an approval of an urban development action area project and disposition of real property, a zoning map amendment, a zoning text amendment, and a city map change for the property in East Harlem in council member Ayala's district.
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District.
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The next vote will it'll be to approve l use land use, 2371093 Dash 1095 Jerome Avenue submitted by HPD for an approval of an urban development action area in an urban development action area project and the related disposition of city owned property to facilitate development of an 11 story mixed use building in The Bronx in council member Stevens District.
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The next vote is to approve L U 247 through two four eight twenty two zero one Davidson Avenue project submitted by HPD for the approval of the urban development action area product project in a real property tax exemption for property located in The Bronx in council member Sanchez's district.
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I'd like to to recognize any of the council members who are here today who would like to speak on these projects.
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She's there.
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Okay.
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Members of the subcommittee have questions, let me know.
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I will now call for a vote to approve LU two twenty five through two twenty eight for the Beacon, to approve LU two thirty seven for 1093 Dash 1095 Jerome Avenue, a UDAAP, to approve land use 247 and two four eight for 2 2201 Davidson Avenue.
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Council, please call the roll.