The public safety, environment and human rights committee of Community Board 6 last night approved a draft resolution that was critical of the plans by Sheldon H. Solow to redevelop the former Con Ed facilities along the East River south of the United Nations complex.

The committee noted that although the city's environmental review laws, known as CEQR, do not require "an analysis of security impact and issues related to terrorism...[and it would be irresponsible to not consider security concerns" as the project is in "close proximity to the United Nations and would be considered a high value target to terrorist attack." Fred Arcaro, the committee's chair, noted the CEQR was "enacted in 1973 and is scoping requirements" have not been amended since then.

The committee also noted that the projects garage is located on the FDR Drive side, "which makes it convenient for possible terrorist attack and that the service road there is narrow and not sufficient wide to permit the Fire Department to use its ladder trucks. Several committee members asked whether the Fire Department and Police Department had been sent copies of the project's plans for review.

The committee also noted that the staff of the 17th Police Precinct had declined from 200 in 2002 to 182 in May, 2007, while the project would add several thousand new residents and office workers to its district and that its response time is likely to worsen because of increased traffic in area.

The committee also expressed concern about unacceptable levels of noise during construction, also noting that a medical facility on the southeast corner of 38th Street and First Avenue might be sensitive to vibrations.

One member of the committee urged that the developer's landscaping plan should include "hypoallergenic" trees.

The board's land-use committee passed a nine-page resolution on the project that contained numerous conditions that it would like to see met before the project receives final approval.

The Community Board votes on the project tomorrow night.

Mr. Solow had significantly modified his plans in June 2006 by lowering the heights of the towers, and the new plans were certified into the Uniform Land Use Review Process August 20, 2007 by the City Planning Commission. The project would include 4,166 residential units and 1.4-million square feet of office space and a 119,936-square community facility that might be used to house a new school.

The plans now under public scrutiny, however, are far from complete as representatives of the developer indicated that discussions were underway with the Educational Construction Fund and the New York State Department of Transportation with regard to two issues of great importance to the local community: the inclusion of a public school and an integration of the site's planning to accommodate a deck over the FDR and waterfront access.

Marilyn Taylor of the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, which is designing the project for the developer along with Richard Meier, told a recent meeting of the board that the developer is only addressing issues within his property lines.

The development, which requires numerous public approvals, consists of two separated parcels fronting on First Avenue between 35th and 41st Streets.

The larger of the two parcels is T-shaped and comprises about two-thirds of the block between 39th and 40th Streets on the west side of First Avenue, identified as 685 First Avenue, and the three blocks to the east of First Avenue between 38th and 41st Streets and the FDR Drive, the southern part identified as 700 First Avenue and the northern part identified as 708 First Avenue.

The second "parcel" of the proposed Solow plan is identified as 616 First Avenue and consists of the full block bounded by 35th and 36th Streets east of First Avenue.