RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP ROBINSON, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS, PINEDA -ISAAC, DIAZ AND MERANTE:
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A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE YONKERS CITY COUNCIL'S WISH THAT THE YONKERS PLANNING BOARD SERVE AS LEAD AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SEQRA REVIEW AND ITS REFERRAL TO THE CITY AND COUNTY PLANNNG BOARDS AND ALL OTHER APPROPRIATE AGENCIES A PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 43 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF YONKERS KNOWN AS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO ADD A NEW "PLANNED FILM & EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT USE" TO THE MG DISTRICT
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WHEREAS, on July 18, 2024, i.Park Riverdale, LLC ("iPark") filed a petition in the Office of the Yonkers City Clerk, proposing to develop its property located at 501 Hawthorne Avenue (Tax Map Section 1, Block 1, Lot 2) in southwest Yonkers (the "Property"), to include a "Media and Production Magnet School," to be called the "Robert Halmi, Sr. Academy for Film and Television (the "Academy"); and
WHEREAS, the Academy is projected to enroll 400 to 600 students in grades 6 through 12, providing these students access to a fully operational studio complex, including film-making, set design, set direction, costume design and post-production; and
WHEREAS, iPark proposes to renovate and adapt the current structures on the property, including extensive renovation of the Biondi School, Ames School, and Administration buildings for use as middle and high schools as part of and to be operated by the Yonkers Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, iPark further proposes to construct on the northern portion of the property, a studio complex to include a 90,000 square feet of soundstages and 60,000 square feet of mill/warehouse and office space, and truck and structure parking (the "Studio Complex"); and
WHEREAS, the iPark development proposal will provide hands-on, realistic educational opportunities for ...
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