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July 31, 2006
Community Boards 2, 6, & 8: Why now?
Question:
Why are Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 6 & 8 holding hearings this week and what do they hope to accomplish?
Answer:
Our communities have requested that the Community Boards take a position on the Atlantic Yards Arena and Redevelopment Project since the project was first announced. Since that time the Community Boards had stated that they intended to take a position once there was an official project to review. The Community Boards have actively participated in each step of the process thus far, from holding an extremely well-attended information meeting on the project early in the process to hosting public discussions of the draft scope of analysis for the proposed environmental impact statement to presenting testimony for the ESDC hearing on the scope of analysis. With the release of the General Project Plan and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement there is now an official project to review.
Community Boards always solicit public opinion before taking positions on any project; Public Hearings are an important form of input. At the Community Boards' Public Hearings on August 3rd the public will have an opportunity to share their opinion with us about the Atlantic Yards Arena and Redevelopment Project in a formal, official setting. Each speaker will have up to 3 minutes to present testimony to the Community Board, and leave us with a written statement for the record. The record will be held open as well so that others might share written statements after the hearing.
The Community Boards rely on the active participation of our communities at all of our meetings and hearings so that we can continue to be an effective, representative voice in government. We encourage anyone with an opinion to share to do so on August 3rd, and to participate in the ESDC Public Hearing on August 23rd as well.
Posted by lumi at July 31, 2006 5:25 PM