FIRST MEETING, MONDAY:
The Executive and Landmarks/Land Use Committees of Brooklyn Community
Board 6 are pleased to host A Forum with Amanda Burden, Chairperson of
the City Planning Commission
An update by Commissioner Burden on the department's land use
activities related to the Gowanus Canal corridor. Developed from
January through July 2007, the Department of City Planning created a
land use framework for the Gowanus Canal corridor. The framework is a
set of guiding principles relating to issues including use, density,
bulk, and waterfront access, intended to provide standards for
formulating and evaluating proposals for future land use changes. in
May 2008 the Department of City Planning shared its draft rezoning
proposal for 25 blocks along the Gowanus Canal with Brooklyn Community
Board 6 and the community-at-
meet with the community to give an informational update on the status
of the department's land use activities and address any concerns. THE
TOLL BROS PROJECT IS BASED ON THIS REZONING PROPOSAL AND WILL SET A
PRECEDENT FOR IT – ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING TOLL BROTHERS
PROPOSAL CAN BE ADDRESSED TO THE WHOLE FRAMEWORK.
DATE: Monday, November 17, 2008
TIME: 6:30 pm
PLACE: P.S. 32 Auditorium
317 Hoyt Street, (between Union/President Streets) Brooklyn, NY 11231
SECOND MEETING, WEDNESDAY:
Brooklyn Borough President’s Hearing on Toll Brothers Project
The Toll Brothers ULURP application to change Zoning to allow their
Gowanus Canal project is now at the Borough President’s Office for
review (after passing CB6’s review). This is our chance for the
community to be heard again. John Hatheway and I will be making an
updated presentation making the case for an 8 story height limit. This
will bring the building height below the horizon from most Carroll
Gardens vantage points, and equally important allows enough sunlight
into the Canal Esplanade to make it a viable park. Our proposal has the
same floor area as Toll’s, same affordable housing amount, same
possibility for high end units, same economics for union labor. It
differs from Toll Bros in that it has very little impact to Carroll
Garden’s skyline AND it provides much better sun to the canal park.
PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT OUR PROPOSAL OR VOICE YOUR OWN CONCERNS.
DATE: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
TIME: 5:30 pm
PLACE: Brooklyn Borough Hall
209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201
Thanks to Craig Hammerman, Richard Bearak and Chris McVoy for
forwarding these alerts!
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