TI{E STATEOF NEW YORK

SI.,IPREIVIE COT,IRT OF

@I.'NTYOF

Lt fto lvIatE of&oApplicaiion of 6e Nsw yo* S@

Urban Doroloprrcnt Corrpordion dUa Empirc SAc
Darelopnont to acquinoti& in fe in acrtain rpel

propcrt& rcquired for tho

ATHDAVIT IN SITPPORT OT ONDERTO

sEow cAUsE roRwf,rTs or

ATI,ANTIC YARDS I,AI{I' USE IMPROVEIIMNT

AIYD CIVIC PR(}TBCT - PHASE 2A

ASSISTAI{CE

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IndcxNo. l2l95ll4
(Saifta,J.)

as said prcportyis shotm on tho ouront Tax lvtrp of tho

Borough ofBrmlclyq Citymd StabofNow yor*.

STATE OF NEW YORK

COT'NTY OF NEW YORK

ss.:

ROBERT P. SAI{NA, boing duly sworn, sttbs:

l.

am Exocutive Vico hesidmt and Direstor of tho Constrrtion and Dosign

Derrclopmcnt Division ofForost City Ratrer Companioq

Dslaware limibd

lirbility

tIC ("FCRC").

Atlantio yards Ventuo, LLC, a

aompany doing business aE Grocoland Porwt City Partners (ooltoctively,

"Grscnhnd Forost City Partrcrs"), which is a joint vsntrre botrroon affiliates of FCRC and affitigtcs
the Groonland Group, is tbc spmsor, with Empire Stab Dwolopment

('ffiD),

of

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

2.

Brooklyl

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

Avanuo, 493 Doan Stsect and

491 DEn Seca6 Brooklyn, New Yorlq fotentifiod on tho Tax Map for
4,

t6

and E7, reryootively

Kinp

l2t, t.ob

County as Block l

('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

Supplemental Environmentrl Impaot Statement GSEIS) datsd June

Finat

2014 dtc school is neccssary

mitigae a Significant Adrrcrss Impact (SAI) triggpred by tho intotlwtion of tho ncw residtrtial
poprlation inthoarea

5.
ftc

Crrocnland Forwt City Partroms and tho School Consblc,tion

Auhority ("SCA'),

public bcnsfit corporrlion dlqged with thc'aonshrction and renovation of Ncw

schools, ssok to oonstrult ths sohml as soon as poosiblo. Undsr tho Momoandum

Yo*

City public

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 .,

practicable rftor SCA spprovos the derign

of the Sohoo[

,oon'*

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

also has an
dosrgn

intmal

dosign procoss

tht

requires review by

sevral diffcrpnt divisions, whioh

of the building. Evcn wittr &lcnlard Forcst City Partrers

pro&ssionals
cnpGobd

slonns the

engnging consulbnts and

fuip

in advancs of tho City Council's sib solection approval, &e dcsigr procss camot

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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

the site begin as soon as possible.

things, tho prescnce

of

pnooassos,

it is oriticsl that the onvironmental asmssurent of

A portion of trc site has an 'B dcsigration,' indicating rmong othcr

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

Romediation ("OER'), which is the City agsncy for tho EDosignation program. Botr

Envirommcntal

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

school in the project plan. Schools are ponnitted on sites

sp6cif,l

wi6 ur E Deignarion but may requiro

rpmcdiation plans and dosign solutions boing inoorporatod in to desigrr of

Bl5.

the

Site conhol is rcquircd

for the immodico cnviroomcntal cvaluation of tre buildings, prtparation for dcurolition, including ury
asbe$os abatoment
tho buildiugs and

spooial rcmodiatiori plans rrquired before do,rnolifiou the subsequent demolition

su@uent soil and bolow ground testing on sic, all of which

of

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

conshlction in May 2016. It should dso bc notod

6u

invostigation of tho soil, soil vapor and gnoundwabr

bmcdt tro

a portion of tho wor* roquircd

sir.

OER is drc

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

2016. Nono of tho abovo oan bo rccomplishod on a timoly basis wi6out vrcant
domolition oftho buildingp cuncntly on tho sitc

7.
by

Fobnrary

Es soon as

oarty Spring

possossion rnd

poesible.

For tho folugoing rason& tro Projost ncds vac.nt pcsoasior of tho Propotios

2015. Any faiturc to achiovc vroant

posscssion

will

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

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