sanna affidavit condemnation for b15 atlanticyards/pacific park
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SI.,IPREIVIE
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OF
TI{E
STATEOF
NEW YORK
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or
ASSISTAI{CE
IndcxNo.
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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
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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
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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
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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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