File #: LM-2023-0498    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 9/7/2023 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action:
Title: ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $969,750.00 TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF 198 RIVER STREET IN THE RIVER STREET MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PLAN AREA
Attachments: 1. CHECK LIST - DECD Grant for 198 River St -9-13-23, 2. CHKLST DECD Grant signed, 3. BOA COVER LTR - Bigelow Sq River St, 4. 198 River Street DECD Cleanup Grant - Resolution - sf, 5. 198 River Street DECD cleanup grant BOA pnf, 6. FISCAL IMPACT STMT - 198 River St DECD Muni Brownfield Cleanup Grant - 9-15-23, 7. 198 River Street DECD cleanup grant BOA NOI, 8. 198 River Street DECD cleanup grant BOA Grant Summary Form, 9. 198River Street DECD cleanup grant BOA Executive Summary, 10. Signature Page
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ORDER OF THE NEW HAVEN BOARD OF ALDERS AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO APPLY FOR AND ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $969,750.00 TO SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP OF 198 RIVER STREET IN THE RIVER STREET MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PLAN AREA

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WHEREAS: on January 7, 2002, the Board of Aldermen of the City of New Haven (the "City") approved the River Street Municipal Development Project Plan (the "Plan"); and

WHEREAS: the Plan seeks the environmental remediation and subsequent redevelopment of parcels it so designates; and

WHEREAS: On November 6, 2006, the City purchased the property at 200 River Street, also known as the Bigelow Boiler property, which property forms a portion of Parcel I in the Plan (the "Property"); and

WHEREAS: in a lease (the "Lease") between the City and Bigelow Square, LLC (the "Developer") dated January 9, 2017, the Developer proposed to renovate that building known as Building Two at 198 River Street contingent on the City's remediation of the land to the rear of Building Two, said land being shown as "Parcel 198RS-C" on a site plan dated February 2, 2022; and

WHEREAS: the City subsequently determined that Building Two had become dilapidated and required demolition, thereby preventing such proposed renovation; and

WHEREAS: the Developer has now proposed constructing a 10,000-squarefoot commercial/industrial building on the Property (the "Project"); and

WHEREAS: the City has completed an environmental assessment of the Property; and

WHEREAS: pursuant to Section 32-763 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development (the "State") is authorized to extend financial assistance for economic development projects; and

WHEREAS: it is desirable and in the public interest that the City make an application to the State for a grant in the amount of Nine Hundred Sixty-Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dol...

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