sanna affidavit condemnation for b15 atlanticyards/pacific park

7/26/2019 Sanna Affidavit Condemnation for B15 AtlanticYards/Pacific Park

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COT,IRT

OF

TI{E

STATEOF

NEW YORK

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to acquinoti&

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propcrt&

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for

tho

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ATHDAVIT

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ASSISTAI{CE

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(Saifta,J.)

STATE

OF

NEW

YORK

COT'NTY

OF NEW YORK

ROBERT

P. SAI{NA,

boing duly

sworn,

sttbs:

l.

I

am

Exocutive

Vico hesidmt

and

Direstor

of

tho Constrrtion

and

Dosign

Derrclopmcnt

Division ofForost City Ratrer

Companioq

tIC

("FCRC"). Atlantio yards

Ventuo,

LLC,

a

Dslaware

limibd

lirbility

aompany

doing

business

aE

Grocoland

Porwt

City

Partners

(ooltoctively,

)

)

ss.:

)

"Grscnhnd

Forost City Partrcrs"),

which

is

a

joint

vsntrre

botrroon

affiliates

of

FCRC and

affitigtcs

of

the

Groonland

Group, is

tbc

spmsor,

with

Empire

Stab

Dwolopment

('ffiD),

of

thc

Atlantis

yads

Land

Usc

Imprcvomcnt

and

Civio

Project

CPlojcct'),

a

pubtic.privatc

poject

that

is

trursforming

a

largely

dorplict

22-acrs

sib

noar Downtorm

Brooklyl

2.

I rm rosponsiblo

fq

ovorsight and

managcment

of tre dasign and

constructisr

of

the Project

for

Crconland Forcs

City

Partrors,

urd

havc

had

ttris

responsibility

sincc

tho

prroject's

inception.

As

srctr, I have

personal

knowlcdgo

of

the

facts sffied

bolow.

3,

I

make

this

affidsvit in

support

oftho

applicdion

by

ESD

for

wrir

of

assistanoo

in ordor

to obtain

vaornt

posscssion

of thc

propcrtior

loodcd

d.2l-29

d

Avanuo,

493

Doan

Stsect and


2/4

491

DEn

Seca6

Brooklyn,

New

Yorlq

fotentifiod

on

tho

Tax Map

for

Kinp

County

as

Block l l2t,

t.ob

4,

t6

and

E7,

reryootively

('Properties)

for

the

trrposes

of

comploting

the

projoct.

Conrtructioa

of

Publtc

Sclool

4.

This

sito

will

bc

the

locatiqr

of

a mixed

uso buiHing

rrftrrcd

to

as'815" witr

a

100,000 squarc-foot

public

clemcrrary

and

ingsrodhtc

sshool

in

tho

baso

and rcsidorfial

(approxinately

330

uniB)

on

top.

The

sctrool

is

a

rnajor public

bqrefit rcquircd

by tho Pro]rct to

support

ths

new

rqsidsntial population

housod

in

tho

Projcct

(6J40

units

at

compldion).

As

stgpd in $e

Finat

Supplemental

Environmentrl

Impaot

Statement

GSEIS)

datsd

June 2014

dtc

school

is

neccssary

o

mitigae

a Significant

Adrrcrss Impact

(SAI)

triggpred

by

tho

intotlwtion

of tho ncw

residtrtial

poprlation

inthoarea

5.

Crrocnland

Forwt

City

Partroms

and

tho

School Consblc,tion

Auhority

("SCA'),

ftc

public

bcnsfit corporrlion

dlqged

with

thc'aonshrction

and renovation

of

Ncw Yo*

City

public

schools,

ssok

to

oonstrult ths

sohml

as

soon as

poosiblo.

Undsr tho

Momoandum

of

Environsrcotrl

Cornmihcnb

(IUEC),

the

SAI

tiggprd

W

tho

opsring

ofthe

fnst rosidcntial

hrilding

musr bs

mitigprod

as soon

as

practicrble.

Spocifioalty,

& MEC

st8Es

*As

soon

as

practicablo

aftor

receip

of

ttc

request

from

DOE

or

SCA, Grsenland Forcst

City

Partncrs

shall

omsult

urd

coopotar

witr

SCA

in

i6

publio

rwiow

proccss

for

site selcotion,

thcreafur

coopado

with

DOE

md

SCA in their

dosigr

procoes

in

accordarrce

witt

SCA/DOE

pnctico,

and consfiuct

tho

buitding

conaining

tre School .,

,oon'*

practicable

rftor

SCA

spprovos

the derign

of

the

Sohoo[

completos

its

publio

rpvisw

proccs,

ard

atfftoizcs

commcnocmsnt

of

mnstsustion

of thc cors

and shell

of the

Sctrool and thc financing

of

tho

Sottool'

.

Tho first rcsidcntial building

will

opon in

2016, rnd

hscd on our

evaluation of

thc

tims

roquirod

to

plan

rnd design tho

schoo

in

aocsdanoe

with SCA

p'rocosscs

and roquircmonts,

we

boliwe

tho

school

oould

open

by

Fall2018

but only

if

wc arc able

to contnol

tho sits

and

begin SCA's

sito

solectim

prccess

by

Febnrary

2015. SpcoificElly,

tho SCA

sito

solostion proccss

(the

formal

procsss

by which

SCA

will

designar

tho

sito

for school

constsuction)

is olcpoctod to

trke

approximatoly

six months,

and

trs

SC"{ is

not

ablo

to fimd

the

dosign

of tro school

prior

to

sitc

seloctim appm\nl

by trs City Council.

Tho

SCA


3/4

also

has an

intmal

dosign procoss

tht

requires

review

by

sevral

diffcrpnt

divisions, whioh

slonns

the

dosrgn

of

the

building.

Evcn

wittr

&lcnlard

Forcst

City

Partrers

engnging consulbnts

and

fuip

pro&ssionals

in

advancs

of

tho

City

Council's

sib

solection approval,

&e

dcsigr

procss

camot

56

cnpGobd

to

produoo

full

Construction

Documents

boforc

Spring

2016.

If

ffrese

timeftamss

arc

mq

conshrction

can bcgin

approximatoly

lt{ay 2016

and

would

talse

at least

26 months,

wi6.

tho

schoot

boing

turred

ovor

to

fto SCA

in

the summer

of

2018

to

opan

for

thc

20lE

school

Jrcar,

two ycars

after Ore

fir*

residential

building

opcning.

This schedulc

is

dependout

upon ESD

gaining

site

oontol

ss

sooo

as

possiblo.

Envlronmontrl

Renodhtlon

due

to

E-Dcrlgnetlon

6.

In

additio,n

to

SCA's

pnooassos,

it

is

oriticsl

that

the

onvironmental

asmssurent

of

the

site begin

as

soon

as

possible.

A

portion

of trc site

has an

'B

dcsigration,'

indicating

rmong

othcr

things,

tho

prescnce

of anvironmontrl

oonditions

portaining

to potential

hazardous

rnaterials

conbninstion.

E Dosignuions

arc estabiishod

on

the Zoniug

lrlap

by

tte

Ncw

york

City

Dcpatnent

of

City

Planning

(DcP)

and

the

New

York

CiU Cormoil

as a

part

of a zoning

changdaction.

As a

rcsulq

Edditional

site

invcstigation

rnd

coordination

will bo

rcquired

by tho

Offics

of

Envirommcntal

Romediation

("OER'),

which is

the

City

agsncy

for

tho

EDosignation

program.

Botr

tro

OER

rnd &o

SCA

must

havo

an oarly

understanding

of tho

environrcntal

exposurc

snd

a tunsdiation plan

must

bc

dcvclopod

as

soon

as

possiblc,

in

particular

bscause

tho

site

has

trepn tdntified

as tho

location

fu

the

school

in

the

project

plan.

Schools

are

ponnitted

on

sites

wi6

ur

E

Deignarion

but may

requiro

sp6cif,l

rpmcdiation

plans

and

dosign

solutions

boing

inoorporatod

in to

desigrr

of

Bl5.

Site

conhol

is

rcquircd

for

the

immodico

cnviroomcntal

cvaluation

of

tre

buildings, prtparation

for

dcurolition,

including

ury

asbe$os

abatoment

c spooial

rcmodiatiori plans

rrquired

before

do,rnolifiou

the

subsequent

demolition

of

tho

buildiugs

and

su@uent

soil

and

bolow

ground

testing

on

sic, all

of which

neods

to

be

complotd

in

ordcr

to

dcvelop

rnd

implement

tho noccssary

rcmcdiation

plans.

This

prcoGss

can

take an

estimated

eigtf

(E)

months and

rurst

be

conpletod

as

po-roquisie

to application

for

a

Building

Permit

by

the

Ocesrtmant

of Buildings

(DOB),

which

thon

may

take

sovoral

months

to

issue

and is

a

prc.roquisite

to

oommencing


4/4

conshlction

in

May

2016.

It should

dso

bc notod

6u

a

portion

of

tho

wor*

roquircd

I

OER is

drc

invostigation

of

tho soil, soil

vapor

and

gnoundwabr

bmcdt

tro

sir.

thcce

conditions

oftem

rffcct

ttro

dcsigp

of

thc brmdations

of

tho

buildingp

and must

bc

dctcmincd

oarly

in

tho

buiHing

dosign

procoss,

wltioh

alt tGt

forth

abovo in

6,

is

a montrs.long

proaess

ttat

must conoludo

B

oarty

Spring

2016.

Nono

of

tho

abovo

oan bo

rccomplishod

on

a

timoly

basis

wi6out

vrcant

possossion

rnd

domolition

oftho buildingp

cuncntly

on

tho sitc

Es

soon

as

poesible.

7.

For

tho

folugoing

rason&

tro Projost

ncds vac.nt

pcsoasior

of

tho Propotios

by Fobnrary

2015.

Any

faiturc to

achiovc

vroant

posscssion

will

rcsuh

in oos0y

dclays to

thp

curstuction

of

tho

B

15

building

and

tho

public

school

sn

Blook

I

l2g.

Robcrt

P. Sanna

,m

to

boforo mo

this

day

ofJanuay,

2015

JOHNL

HUNT

wftoH'"tlE&W*

Ouallficd ln Klnot

Countv

.,

OorrJrrlon

Ergln-July

l, EA

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