City Council:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON AUTHORIZING
THE OFF-SITE PARKING LEASE AGREEMENT
WITH 20 S. 2ND SQUARE CMV LLC
WHEREAS, the City of Mount Vernon ("City") and 20 S. 2nd Square CMV LLC ("Owner") entered into a Land Disposition Agreement, dated July 2, 2021, as amended ("LDA"), in connection with the development of certain City-owned parcels having an address of 20 South Second Avenue, Mount Vernon, New York and 25 South Third Avenue, and known and designated on the Tax Map of the City of Mount Vernon as Section 165.70, Block 3112, Lot 11, 13, 37, and 39 (together, the "Development Site"); and
WHEREAS, the LDA provides, among other things, for the City to transfer the Development Site to Owner based upon certain terms and conditions in furtherance of the development of the Development Site; and
WHEREAS, Owner intends to construct on the Development Site approximately 307,932 s.f. of mixed residential development and other amenities in two, 12-story buildings, including 272 mixed-income residential apartments, approximately 15,630 s.f. of community facility space (including outdoor courtyard space for the arts), and 109 parking spaces ("Development Project"); and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Development Project, Owner submitted a Zoning Petition for Zoning Map and Text Amendment, dated December 3, 2021, to the City Council of the City of Mount Vernon, seeking to rezone approximately forty-one tax parcels between East 1st and East 2nd Streets and between South 1st and South 3rd Avenue, including the Development Site, as a new, transit oriented district to be called the Downtown Transit Oriented Arts District ("Rezoning"); and
WHEREAS, on March 26, 2025, the City Council, as Lead Agency, adopted a Findings Statement pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act and its implementing regulations ("SEQRA"), which completed the SEQRA envir...
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