Councilmember Gutierrez on 132 Melrose Street project
Gutierrez notes meeting with applicants twice and CB4, describing it as a smaller proposal on a former manufacturing site in the Northwest Bushwick Rheingold area. She praises the property owners as good partners responding to community interest in maintaining manufacturing, and raises concerns about speculation and displacement of remaining residential buildings on the block.
It's a pretty astute, smart, hardworking people in this community.
I think we are all of the mind that we understand change.
Change is always welcome.
Change usually brings productivity.
It brings jobs.
And we all welcome that.
My only comment will be to see if we could arrive at something that is mutually beneficial for the community on both sides, for housing and also the homeowners that have worked hard to maintain their property.
So I just ask the council to please consider that.
I think that if we can keep something more in the aesthetic of the neighborhood and not something that is completely out of character, I think it would be a welcomed opportunity for both sides.
Thank you.
Thank you for your testimony.
Oui.
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the public hearing is now closed and the items are laid over.
Standing by for one minute.
We are back.
I will now open the fourth hearing on pre-considered LUs regarding 132 Melrose Street, a residential rezoning proposal in Bushwick, Brooklyn, in Councilmember Gutierrez's district.
The applicant is seeking to develop a mixed-use residential building that would have approximately 18 apartments.
Mandatory inclusionary housing would be mapped as part of this application, which would require that up to five of the apartments be permanently
depending on the affordability option selected.
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