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Council Member Kevin Riley opens subcommittee meeting and outlines agenda
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Council Member Kevin Riley, chair of the subcommittee on zoning and franchises, opens the meeting and introduces the agenda for the day. He outlines three main items: a vote on the 2510 Coney Island Avenue rezoning, and hearings on the Grace Houses proposal and the Western Rail Yards modification.
- The meeting includes both remote and in-person attendance by various council members.
- The 2510 Coney Island Avenue rezoning involves a residential mixed-use development in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn.
- Riley provides details on the proposed zoning changes and affordable housing requirements for the Coney Island Avenue project.
Kevin Riley
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Good morning everyone and welcome to a meeting on the subcommittee on zoning and franchises.
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I am council member Kevin Riley, chair of the subcommittee.
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This morning I'm joined remotely by council member Hanks and in chambers by council member Schulman, Salam, Carr, Abreu, Nurse, and Bacher.
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We are holding today's two hearings but first we will vote on a proposal known as 2510 Coney Island Avenue rezoning in council member Vernikov district.
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We would then hold a hearing regarding the proposal known as Grace Houses in council member nurses district followed by a second hearing regarding the proposal known as Western Rail Yards modification and mapping action in council member Bach's district.
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Starting with the vote on the proposal known as 2510 Coney Island Avenue rezoning and consists of L Use 2 60 7 and 268.
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This is the proposed residential mixed use development in Sheepheads, Brooklyn.
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The development as modified by applicant will have approximately 27 apartments of which approximately nine are projected to be affordable.
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The proposal consists of two actions.
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The first is a proposed zoning map amendment to change an r four residential district and a c eight dash one commercial district to an r seven d residential district with a c two dash four commercial overlay.
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The second action is a zoning text amendment to map a mandatory inclusionary housing area.
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We are recommended to modify the proposed zoning districts for the rezoning area to the R 6 B and the R 6 D districts with a c two dash four commercial overlay which are more consistent with the height and built character of buildings along this section of Coney Island Avenue.
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The entire proposal rezoning area will remain an MIH designated area.
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In addition, we are recommended to remove MIH option one so that the 30% of the apartments will have to be affordable to families with a household income of 80% AMI, making them accessible to both low and middle income families.