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Chapter 28: Response to Comments1 Chapter 28: Response to Comments1 A. INTRODUCTION This document summarizes and responds to comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), issued on June 17, 2007, for the Manhattanville in West Harlem Rezoning and Academic Mixed-Use Development Project. Oral and written comments were received during a public hearing held by the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) on October 3, 2007. The hearing also considered comments on the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) application for the Proposed Actions and on the proposed Community Board 9 (CB9) 197-a Plan. Written comments were accepted from issuance of the DEIS through the public comment period, which ended October 15, 2007. Section B alphabetically lists the elected officials, community boards, public agencies, organizations, and individuals that provided relevant comments on the DEIS. Section C summarizes these relevant comments and responds to each of them. Appendix Q.2 presents comments on CB9’s 197-a Plan; because these are not specific comments on the DEIS responses are not provided. Other comments that compare the two proposals, but also directly address the contents of the DEIS, are included in Section C, as appropriate. These summaries convey the substance of the comments but do not necessarily quote the comments verbatim. Comments are organized by subject matter and generally follow the chapter structure of the DEIS. Where more than one commenter expressed a similar view, the comments have been grouped and addressed together. A number of commenters did not make specific arguments related to the proposed approach or methodology for the impact assessments. Others suggested editorial changes. Where relevant and appropriate these edits, as well as other substantive changes to the DEIS, have been incorporated into the Final EIS (FEIS). B. LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO COMMENTED ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS, PUBLIC AGENCIES, AND COMMUNITY BOARDS 1. Jane Arrendell, Community Board 9, written comment (Arrendell-CB9) 2. Cecil Corbin-Mark, Community Board 9/WEACT, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Corbin-Mark-CB9/WEACT) 3. Tamara Gayer, Community Board 9, comments made at public hearing (Gayer-CB9) 1 This chapter is new to the FEIS. 28-1 Proposed Manhattanville in West Harlem Rezoning and Academic Mixed-Use Development FEIS 4. Dr. Vicky Gholson, CB9/Design Environment for Experiential Learning, comments made at public hearing (Gholson-CB9) 5. Carolyn Kent, Community Board 9, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Kent-CB9) 6. Theodore Kovaleff, comments made at public hearing (Kovaleff-CB9) 7. Mark Levine, Coalition to Preserve the Community (Levine, M.-CB12/Coalition to Preserve the Community) 8. Patricia Lewis, Community Board 9, comments made at public hearing (Lewis-CB9) 9. Manhattan Community Board 9, written comment (CB9) 10. Manhattan Community Board 9 ULURP Report and Recommendations, August 27, 2007 (written statement submitted under separate cover) (CB9-1) 11. Honorable Bill Perkins, New York City Council, comments made at public hearing (Perkins) 12. Jordi Reyes-Montblanc, Community Board 9, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Reyes-Montblanc-CB9) 13. Walter South, comments made at public hearing (also written) (South-CB9) 14. Ernestine Welch, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Welch) 15. Diane M. Wilson, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Wilson-CB9) ORGANIZATIONS AND INTERESTED PUBLIC 16. Luis Aguas, comments made at public hearing (Aguas) 17. Anonymous, written comment (Anonymous) 18. Michael Henry Adams, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Adams) 19. David R. Alexander, Air Resources Group, written comment (Alexander) 20. Richard T. Anderson, President, New York Building Congress, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Anderson) 21. Marah Arbaje, comments made at public hearing (Arbaje) 22. Nellie Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Bailey) 23. Samantha Barron, comments made at public hearing (Barron) 24. Victoria Benitez, comments made at public hearing (Benitez) 25. Fredric Bell, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Blumenfeld) 26. Janice C. Berthoud, Executive Director, Ecumenical Community Development Organization, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Berthoud) 27. Alberto Betancourt, comments made at public hearing (Betancourt) 28. Delois Blakely, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Blakely) 28-2 Chapter 28: Response to Comments 29. Joan Blumenfeld, 2007 President, AIA New York Chapter, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Blumenfeld) 30. Victor Body-Lawson, Body-Lawson Associates, comments made at public hearing (Body- Lawson) 31. Max Bond, Davis, Brody, Bond, comments made at public hearing (Bond) 32. Sander I. Bonvell, Air Resources Group, written comment (Bonvell) 33. Corwin Breeden, comments made at public hearing (Breeden) 34. Jeffrey Brooker, Webb and Brooker, comments made at public hearing (Brooker) 35. Dr. Robb Burlage, West Harlem Health Forum, written comment (Burlage) 36. Yolanda Cadore, WEACT, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Cadore) 37. Charles Calloway, WEACT, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Calloway) 38. Jocelyne Chait, Community Planning Consultant, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Chait) 39. Coalition to Preserve Community (written comment) (CTPC) 40. Kieran Conlon, comments made at public hearing (Conlon) 41. Fred R. Daniel, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Daniel) 42. Tom DeMott, Coalition to Preserve Community, comments made at public hearing (also written) (DeMott) 43. Natalie DeNault, written comment (DeNault) 44. David N. Dinkins, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Dinkins) 45. Cynthia Doty, comments made at public hearing (Doty) 46. Lloyd Douglas, Lloyd Douglas Consultant Company, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Douglas) 47. Hazel D. Dukes, Coalition for the Future of Manhattanville, NY State Conference of NAACP Branches, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Dukes) 48. Maritta Dunn, comments made at public hearing (Dunn) 49. Emily Earle, WEACT, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Earle) 50. Fausto Echavarria, Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center, comments made at public hearing (Echavarria) 51. Ruth Eisenberg, Coalition to Preserve Community, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Eisenberg) 52. Robert Evans, comments made at public hearing (Evans) 53. Peter Favant, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Favant) 54. Paul Fernandes, Building and Construction Trades Council, comments made at public hearing (Fernandes) 55. Laura Gabby, comments made at public hearing (Gabby) 28-3 Proposed Manhattanville in West Harlem Rezoning and Academic Mixed-Use Development FEIS 56. Luis Gil, Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center, comments made at public hearing (Gil) 57. Dr. Lee Goldman, comments made at public hearing (Goldman) 58. Joel Griffiths, comments made at public hearing (Griffiths) 59. George Gruenthal, comments made at public hearing (Gruenthal) 60. Christabel Gough, Society for the Architecture of the City, comments made at public hearing (Gough) 61. Mary Habstritt, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Habstritt) 62. Robert F. Herrmann, written comment (Herrmann) 63. Dolores E. Hernandez, comments made at public hearing (D. Hernandez) 64. Fior Hernandez, comments made at public hearing (F. Hernandez) 65. Anhthu Hoang, WEACT, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Hoang) 66. Calvin Hunt, comments made at public hearing (Hunt) 67. Paul Hunter, comments made at public hearing (Hunter) 68. Dr. Ellen Isaacs, Call to Action at St. Mary’s Church, comments made at public hearing (Isaacs) 69. Pamela Jarrett, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Jarrett) 70. Sophie Johnson, comments made at public hearing (Johnson) 71. Patricia Jones, comments made at public hearing (Jones) 72. Tom Kappner, Coalition to Preserve the Community, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Kappner) 73. Lisa Kersavage, Municipal Art Society of New York, comments made at public hearing (also written) (MAS-Kersavage) 74. Henry C. Kita, Senior Vice President, Building Trade Employers’ Association, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Kita) 75. Rev. Earl Kooperkamp, PhD, Rector, St. Mary’s Manhattanville Episcopal Church, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Kooperkamp) 76. Ronald Kopnicki, President, The Society for the Architecture of the City, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Kopnicki) 77. Jeff Kraus, written comment (J. Kraus) 78. Lynn Kraus, written comment (L. Kraus) 79. David Kraus, comments made at public hearing (D. Kraus) 80. Steven Kraus, Skyline Windows, comments made at public hearing (S. Kraus) 81. Joan S. Levine, Morningside Heights/West Harlem Sanitation Coalition, comments made at public hearing (also written) (J. Levine) 82. Norman Levinis, comments made at public hearing (Levinis) 28-4 Chapter 28: Response to Comments 83. Batya Lewton, Vice-President, Coalition for a Livable West Side, comments made at public hearing (also written) (Lewton) 84. Mary Lundstrom, WEACT, written comment (Lundstrom) 85. Edward J. Malloy, President, Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater NY, comments made at public hearing (also
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