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Please see Calendar Item 3 on this just-received hearing announcement from the Brooklyn Borough President's Office. Sunset Park's ULURP-Uniformed Land Use Review Procedure- is moving unusually fast which means each of us must stay involved throughout this process and make our thoughts and wishes known to the powers that be. It is our neighborhood, It is our quality of life, It is Our Future that's on the line (read: yours, mine, our children, their children and their children's children)- please get involved! It's not a done deal, far from it. See you on the 10th! 

Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201

-corner of Court Street-

Starting at 5:00 P.M. on Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Community Room, First Floor

Go to the Dept. of City Planning's Website-

Sunset Park Rezoning Proposal

http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/sunset_park/index.shtml

and become familiar with the process + it's many ramifications

Preserve, Protect, ,Prevent! Sunset Park is OUR Neighborhood.

Following is a notice urging everyone from 25th Street to 62nd Street to analyze the Rezoning Plan that the NYC Dept. of City Planning has proposed. We, the people who live in Sunset Park are the ones who should have the Final Word on the outcome. Please share all this information with your neighbors & friends living in the affected areas. Multiple LINKS are provided to the Planning Dept.'s Sunset Park proposed plan.

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DEAR NEIGHBORS, SUNSET PARK WILL BE RE-ZONED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER & VERY SOON. IF WE DON’T LEARN ABOUT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND VOICE YOUR OPINIONS, WE MIGHT NOT LIKE THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES. TO VIEW THE CHANGES AS PROPOSED BY THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING, GO TO: http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/sunset_park/index.shtml

(THE PLANNING DEPT’S WEBSITE IS TRANSLATED INTO A MULTITUDE OF LANGUAGES- SEE LOWER LEFT-HAND SIDE OF EACH WEB PAGE FOR INSTRUCTIONS) YOU’LL BE ABLE TO ENLARGE THE “BEFORE & AFTER” MAPS FOR EASIER VIEWING AND GET A GOOD IDEA ON WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. READ CAREFULLY- NOT ALL THAT’S BEING PROPOSED IS BENEFICIAL TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE RESIDENTIAL & LOW-DENSITY QUALITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD; THERE ARE TOO MANY LOOPHOLES AS THE PLAN STANDS NOW. SOME OF THOSE LOOPHOLES MAY IMPACT PROPERTY VALUES & THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF SUNSET PARK WITHOUT NECESSARILY INCREASING THE PRODUCTION OF OR PRESERVING EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS FOR MIDDLE & WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME & BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. THE CHANGES WILL DEFINITELY HAVE AN IMPACT ON ALL OUR LIVES; LET’S MAKE IT A GOOD IMPACT FOR THE NEAR FUTURE AND FOR YEARS & GENERATIONS TO COME. TWO (2) PUBLIC COMMENT MEETINGS HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009- 6:30 P.M Public School 169- 4305 7TH AVENUE +

SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2009- 1:00 P.M at OLPH School Auditorium–

6TH AVENUE ( 59TH / 60TH STREETS. SPEAK NOW OR LIVE WITH THE REGRET THAT YOU DIDN’T SPEAK YOUR PEACE WHEN YOU HAD THE CHANCE. ALSO, ATTEND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS AROUND SUNSET PARK ___________________________________________________________________________

A DIGITAL VERSION OF THIS NOTICE WILL BE POSTED AT OR REQUESTED THROUGH: http://sunsetpark-brooklyn-matters.blogspot.com

NYC Department of City Planning-Brooklyn Borough Office:

16 Court Street, 7th Fl.

Brooklyn, NY 11241-0103 Tel. 718-780-8280 Fax. 718-596-2609 NYC Zoning Glossary- http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/zone/glossary.shtml

Sunset Park Rezoning Overview- http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/sunset_park/index.shtml

http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/sunset_park/proposed_zoning.pdf

http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/zone/zmapupdates.shtml