Comments by the Municipal An Society the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Atlantic Yards Project Decembct 6. 2006 Inc Municipal An Society is a wink. non-pm?t membership omniution whose mission is to promote a mote livable city. Since l893. the Society has wanted to advocate excellence in urban design and planning. wntemwmy mhltectuu. historic ptematlon lid publlc an. Citywide Plans aid Policies Affecting Development The City '3 "Howling Ma'hetplaee Plat: Cream the Next Gemratien W035 pmisethattheptojeaadvanceccity is to create and/0t l30.000 units ofaii'otdabie housing by 2012. though public subsidy. will leault ina public expendittnee on this pteject versus the total amount ofpublic subsidies available in the same liecalyeareothetdecision public benefits. What percentage ofthe city's toul hands fot housing will be mulled to build the project?s 2250 units?" This cont-eat was cot eddteued. Economic Development Policies "The DEIS assumes an lncteaeing need to: cotnmetciel space. Schema. and the destruction. dislocation. and the focus on tebuiidlns and tepopuletina tha have occured in vacancy rum citywide end the city's priotitlee lot attracting eonunetciel tenants Additionally. this repel! has not been widely publicized. net has it the public nipped required let it to be cmideted citywide policy." This comment waawealtly cddreeaed. Althoughthe FBIS will bechanged inthat it will delete teferencetetheGI-oup of}: RepettinthieChaptet. instead including it inthe Ptoiect and Socioeconomic forecaet?lhe FEIS also mentions ?othet studies? but ESDC foethe auction Yardacomneetary that indicates eonstruedaspublic studyaubetitutin; for cityeconontic {Mwhichamicipatee 3l.000 newjobeby20l0. ?owevet. without monedctaiied aeation.? LmdUu additional. updated data from Manhattan. Brooklyn. and Queens concerning commercial vacancy is mind.? This comment was aot addressed, la that no updated data on commercial vacancy ratu was provided. Cultural Resources: The impouibletojudgemcimpocum NYCL-eligiblcdisuictwill be DElSduouldhavomheddem why.or. path-puma: impommly. sensitive. Libmy?lho Municipal Anhlmud?mahu mwummudmia).m impact of Sigma: at Atlantic Yards Thcl-?inal actually administration could disallow it. when dealingwithsignaceium. shall Appendix 3. UrbanRoun.60footonBuilding I and40i'eetontheArena. l50 foctinhcight. it aiaomtlinttliia permitted signage would architectutc visibleto Daniel-290m: 'Ihcyalto volume Madaooaltoight ONO foot); W. this additional pot-mined aim would havetoboau?iclontly tnnapannttontako activity architocttm building. The Ouidoiineawillboappiiod. any indication: ofdeuoo ofillutnination. illtuninatlon willbohtightuon ?Wnighta.? ain'iavaydi?icult. Onocanonlyooncludotliat localmidaita.