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AMNH: Final Scope of Work AMNH Gilder Center Project CEQR Distribution List for Final Scope of Work MAYOR’S OFFICE Anthony Shorris, First Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen, Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development MAYOR’S OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATION Hilary Semel, Director, Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination Esther Brunner, Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination NYS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION Basil Seggos, Commissioner Steven Watts, Regional Permit Administrator, Region 2 Office for Manhattan, Division of Environmental Permits/ Division of Regulatory Services Venetia Lannon, Regional Director Editor of the Environmental Notice Bulletin NYC DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS Tom Finkelpearl, Commissioner Edwin Torres, Deputy Commissioner Timothy Thayer, Assistant Commissioner Kristin Sakoda, General Counsel and Deputy Commissioner NYS URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP. d/b/a EMPIRE STATE DEVELOPMENT Howard Zemsky, President & CEO Rachel Shatz, Vice President, Planning and Environmental Review NYC PUBLIC DESIGN COMMISSION Keri Butler, Deputy Director Grace Han, Director of Capital Projects NYC LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION Meenakshi Srinivasan, Chair Sarah Carroll, Executive Director Mark Silberman, General Counsel Gina Santucci, Director of Environmental Review NYS OFFICE OF PARKS, RECREATION AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION Rose Harvey, Commissioner Leslie Wright, New York City Regional Director Merrill Hesch, New York City Region Grant Contact Michael Lynch, Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation, Deputy SHPO Beth Cumming, Senior Historic Site Restoration Coordinator, Division for Historic Preservation New York State Parks Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS) 1 NYC DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING Marisa Lago, Chair Robert Dobruskin, Director, Environmental Assessment and Review Division NYC DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Polly Trottenberg, Commissioner Luis Sanchez, Manhattan Borough Commissioner Naim Rasheed, Senior Director, Traffic Engineering & Planning Marjorie Bryant, City Planner NYC DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Vincent Sapienza, Acting Commissioner Angela Licata, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Sustainability Terrell Esteen, Director, NYC Environmental Protection, Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis, Office of Wastewater Review and Special Projects Mitchell Wimbish, City Planner, NYC Environmental Protection, Bureau of Environmental Planning and Analysis, Office of Wastewater Review and Special Projects NYC POLICE DEPARTMENT James P. O’Neill, Police Commissioner Levon H. Holley, Captain, 20th Precinct NY CITY COUNCIL Honorable Melissa Mark-Viverito, Speaker Honorable Helen Rosenthal, District 6 Honorable David Greenfield, Chair, Committee on Land Use Honorable Julissa Ferreras, Chair, Committee on Finance Honorable James Van Bramer, Chair, Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations Honorable Mark Levine, Chair, Committee on Parks and Recreation Honorable Latonia McKinney, Director, Finance Division BOROUGH PRESIDENT & BOROUGH BOARD Gale A. Brewer, Manhattan Borough President; Chair, Manhattan Borough Board Matthew Washington, Deputy Borough President Jessica Mates, Chief of Staff Jim Caras, General Counsel and Director of Land Use COMMUNITY BOARD 7 Roberta Semer, Chair Penny Ryan, District Manager 2 NYS SENATE José M. Serrano, NY State Senator, District 29 NYS ASSEMBLY Linda B. Rosenthal, NY Assembly Member, District 67 U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Rep. Jerrold Nadler, U.S. House of Representatives, District 10 (New York) Robert Gottheim, District Director, Rep. Jerrold Nadler U.S. SENATE Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, United States Senator (New York) c/o Emily Arsenault, State Director, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Sen. Charles E. Schumer, United States Senator (New York) c/o Martin Brennan, State Director, Senator Charles E. Schumer AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, APPLICANT Ellen V. Futter, President PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION Jennifer Zarr, Library Manager, St. Agnes Library Martha M. Dwyer Sigvard G. Gissler 3 American Museum of Natural History Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation Environmental Impact Statement Draft Final Scope of Work A. INTRODUCTION The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH or the Museum) is seeking discretionary actions in connection with a proposed new building, the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation (the Gilder Center). The Gilder Center would be a five-story, approximately 180,000203,000-gross-square-foot (gsf) addition located on the Columbus Avenue side of the Museum campus. Because the building would be integrated into the Museum complex, an additional approximately 38,00042,000 gsf of existing space would be renovated to accommodate the program and make connections into the new building, for a total of approximately 218,000245,000 gsf of new construction and renovation. Alterations also would be made to adjacent portions of Theodore Roosevelt Park. The Gilder Center, together with these other alterations, is the proposed project. Approximately 80 percent of the square footage of the project would be located within the area currently occupied by the Museum. Three existing buildings within the Museum complex would be removed to minimize the footprint on land that is now open space in Theodore Roosevelt Park, to about 11,600 square feet (approximately a quarter acre). The Museum is located on the superblock bounded by West 81st Street, West 77th Street, Central Park West, and Columbus Avenue, in the Upper West Side neighborhood of Manhattan (Block 1130, Lot 1). The Museum is located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, which is City-owned parkland under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC ParksDPR). The site for the proposed project is on the west side of the Museum complex facing Columbus Avenue (see Figure 1). The site is located in Manhattan Community District 7. AMNH, a not-for-profit educational corporation, was formed by the New York State Legislature in 1869 to establish a museum and library of natural history in New York City, to encourage the study of natural science, and to provide popular instruction and recreation with the goal of advancing general scientific knowledge. Since that time, the Museum has grown to become one of the most important centers for the study of natural history in the world. The Museum currently employs approximately 200 scientists and offers a master’s degree program in teaching science and a Ph.D. program in comparative biology. With annual attendance of approximately five million people, the Museum is one of the top visitor destinations in New York City. The purpose of the proposed project is to expand and modernize the Museum’s science and education programs, provide new exhibition space, improve circulation and operations throughout the Museum, and provide new visitor services. The proposed project will require discretionary approvals from NYC ParksDPR and the New York City Public Design Commission (PDC) and a report and approval from the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). LPC issued its Binding Report on November 2, 1 April 25, 2017 7 1 0 2 / 4 / 4 W 83 ST W 82 ST W 81 ST Theodore 7 Roosevelt 9 Park S T T R A N W 80 ST S V E R S E T S E E V W A K S R U A B W 79 ST P M L U A L R O T C N Central E C Park W 78 ST R W 77 ST D W W 76 ST W 75 ST Theodore Roosevelt Park 0 400 FEET Building Site Project Location AMNH Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation Figure 1 AMNH Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation 2016, approving the proposed design of the Gilder Center and modifications to the existing Museum complex and site, subject to LPC’s further review and approval of final Department of Buildings (DOB) filing drawings. Funding for the project has been appropriated by the City of New York, through the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), and by the State of New York, through the New York State Urban Development Corporation (d/b/a Empire State Development [ESD]). The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation’s Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) will also review the proposed project. Development of the proposed project may result in potentially significant adverse environmental impacts, requiring that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) be prepared. Scoping is the first step in the EIS preparation and provides an early opportunity for the public and other agencies to be involved in the EIS process. It is intended to determine the range of issues and considerations to be evaluated in the EIS. This draft EIS Final scope has been prepared to describe the proposed project, present the proposed framework for the EIS analysis, and discuss the procedures to be followed in the preparation of the Draft EIS (DEIS). The 2014 City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR) Technical Manual will serve as a general guide to the methodologies and impact criteria for evaluating the project’s potential effects on the various environmental areas of analysis. The CEQR public review process for the proposed project was initiated at a public scoping meeting for the preparation of an EIS held on April 6, 2016 at the American Museum of Natural History, LeFrak Theater, Columbus Avenue and West 79th Street, New York, New York 10024. Oral and written comments were accepted through the close of the public comment period, which ended at close of business on April 20, 2016. Subsequent to the public scoping meeting, NYC Parks reviewed and considered comments received
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