DEP Environmental Protection Invoices, 1999-2001

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these actions were received during the review process, including assertions by the private plaintiffs in

amendment of the City and others that the proposed project required State legislative approval and representatives Of Zoning Resolution. No comments were received during public hearings from any

informally advised City agency of the State, including the AG, although attorneys in the AG's office by the City Corporation attorneys of their view that State legislation was required, a position rejected

Counsel. June 1, 3999 This review process culminated in approvalby the City Planning Commission on City Council of the City Planning of the Mosholu Golf Course site for the WTP, and approval by the satisfied the Commission decision on July 21, 1999. The City Council determined that the PETS adverse requirements imposed by law for environmental review, that the project minimized relevant environmental effects to the maximum extent practicable, and that, after consideration of the approved. environmental issues, land use implications and other policy issues, the project should be approximately $20 The City Council modified the City Planning Commission decision by providing project and its inunediate million for preservation, restoration and improvement of the site of the

vicinity, and for improvements elsewhere in Van Cortlandt Park. of the WTP On July 30,1999, the AG's office sent a letter to the City stating that construction required State legislation, and that, at the Mosholu Golf Course site, as approved by the City Council, the City Council by therefore, the City had to request State legislation and a home rule message from Decree. The City rejected the following day in order to satisfy the applicable milestone of the Consent nevertheless advised the court the AG's interpretation of the legal requirements. The AG's Office has strongly support state by letter, in response to my inquiry, that "the Attorney General would identified in the legislation" approving the Mosholu Golf Course site. The letter states that the site is

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