It’s time once again to pick through the preliminary agendas for the monthly CB1 committee meetings. They’re subject to change, so if an issue is important to you, check here before heading off to the meeting. My comments are underlined. (If you only care about Tribeca, scroll down to the photo of Turks & Frogs.) NOTE: CB1 says the agendas online are currently incorrect—they can’t update them just yet.

12/3   Housing Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office. 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) LMCC-Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide (SPARC)-Clare McNulty, Program Associate, Artist Residencies and Melissa Levin, Director of Cultural Programs
2) Housing During Super Storm Sandy: Emergency Preparedness Lessons Learned
• Evacuation and Returning Home
• Hotels
• Shelters
• CERT
3) Residential Recovery in the Aftermath of Super Storm Sandy – Resolution
4) Preserving Affordability at IPN – next steps – Resolution
5) Unit Owners Guide – authoritative source documentation and delegation of tasks toward completion

12/4   Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Poets House, 10 River Terrace
1)    Battery Park City Authority – Update (invited)
2)   259 Vesey St., application for restaurant liquor license for El Vez – Resolution Well it looks like the Conrad (see photo at top) is indeed getting a Mexican restaurant—and it’s a spinoff of a Philadelphia restaurant (in the Starr Restaurants group) called El Vez.
3)    Traffic around PS 276 – Update by Police Officer Michael Teneriello, Citywide Traffic Task Force
4)    West Thames Street bridge – Update by Matt Best, Capital Project Development, Office of the Mayor
5)    Pier A interior and water uses – Presentation and update by Poulakakos Organization (invited) and BPC Authority (invited)
6)    Asphalt Green MOU – Discussion and status update The “Memo of understanding” re-rears its ugly head.
7)    Vesey St. escalator – Update
8)    Chambers Street bridge – Update
The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 1 North End Ave., application for renewal of liquor license for Executive Dining Corp.
• North Cove harbor, application for renewal of liquor license for Manhattan Yacht Club Inc.
9) The following notices have been received for BPCA permit requests:
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention at Battery Park on Sunday, October 27, 2012 from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
• Lead Dog Marketing Group for America’s Cup Event Authority on the Hudson River on Wednesday through Sunday, May 29 – June 2, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm

12/5   Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)    The Fulton Center project including the Dey Street Concourse – Update by Uday Durg, MTA
2)    123 Washington Street, W Hotel Plaza Café  – Update
3)    136 Washington Street, application for liquor license for Morton’s of Chicago/Cedar Street, LLC d/b/a Morton’s The Steakhouse – Resolution This was supposed to be discussed in July….
4)    62 Pearl Street, application for liquor license for Lucky Pearl, LLC d/b/a Shorty’s – Resolution No clue.
5)    19 South William Street, application for a liquor license for Liam Street Venture Ltd. – Resolution No clue.
6)    94 ½ Greenwich Street, application for a wine and beer license for De Novo New York Inc. d/b/a Café de Novo – Resolution Also no clue. My goodness, a lot of restaurants are coming to FiDi!
7)    44 Trinity Place, application for liquor license for WBGBK, Inc. d/b/a Wogie’s – Resolution Cheeseteaks.
8)    Whitehall Ferry Terminal, application for restaurant beer license for Panini Grill South Ferry LLC – Resolution Sounds extremely generic.
9)    70 Pine Street, application for minor modification of the rooftop open space recreation requirements of Section 15-12 of the Zoning Resolution – Resolution
10) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 1 Hanover Square, application for renewal of liquor license for PJ Associates d/b/a India House
• 120 Cedar Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Ruchi Indian Cuisine

12/6   Planning Committee and Arts & Entertainment Task Force – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   Updates by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Silverstein Properties – by Glenn Guzi and Quentin Brathwaite, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
2)   Performing Arts Center – Update by Maggie Boepple
3)   Manhattan Core Parking Zoning Text Amendment Presentation by Department of City Planning – Resolution
4)   Civic Center Plan – Follow-up discussion

12/10 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   212 Front Street, application for a restaurant liquor license for Vbar 3 – Resolution There are VBars in the Central and East Village. Wait, I think this is the old Carmine’s space.
2)   Civic Center Plan – Follow-up discussion
3) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 214 Front Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Il Calabria Restaurant (which goes by Il Brigante)

12/10 Disaster Relief Small Business Taskforce – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 501
1)   Review of new public and private initiatives to help small businesses recovery
2)   Evaluation of current disaster relief programs’ local effectiveness
3)   Discussion of alternate strategies & sources of disaster relief funding

12/11 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   Overcrowding in CD1 schools – Discussion
2)   Civic Center Plan – Follow-up discussion

12/12 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   Fresh Direct – Discussion
2)   Washington Market School Spring Fling Street Activity Permit application for Duane Street between West Broadway and Church Street, Saturday May 4, 2013, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm – Resolution
3)   337 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of sidewalk cafe license for Aamanns – Copenhagen – Resolution
4)   13 Laight Street, application for renewal of sidewalk cafe license for Locanda Verde – Resolution This has the potential to get interesting if the committee feels that Locanda Verde did an end run to get seating on N. Moore.
5)   157 Duane Street, application for a restaurant liquor license for Kio – Resolution This is Marc Forgione‘s Asian restaurant coming to the Duane Park space, held over from last month.
6)   35 White Street, application for liquor license for TBD – Resolution This appears to be another address for White & Church. I’m not sure if Matteo Boglione has to reapply if ownership changed or whether someone new is coming in. He told me just the other day he was “starting over.”
7)   66 Leonard Street, application for liquor license for Global Point NY – Resolution The Russian-owned restaurant and café taking over what was most recently Matsugen.
8)   458 Greenwich St., application for transfer of restaurant liquor license for Filioxenia – Resolution Also held over from last month, the presumably Greek restaurant coming to the Turks & Frogs space.
9)   50 Varick St., application for liquor license for Spring Studios New York – Resolution The photo studio and fashion space in the old Verizon building opposite the Holland Tunnel offramps.
10) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 157 Duane Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Duane Park
• 141 Duane Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Rosanjin
• 295 Greenwhich St., application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Gee Whiz

12/13 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   372 Broadway/6 Cortland Alley, application for penthouse addition, façade restoration and storefront modifications – Resolution
2)   40 Peck Slip, application for Rooftop addition, façade restoration and window replacement – Resolution
3)   CB1 Testimony at Landmarks Preservation Commission Public Hearings and Disposition of CB1 Items – Discussion

12/17 Waterfront Committees – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   Trust for Governors Island – Update by Leslie Koch, Governors Island Trust
2)   East River Esplanade – Update by New York City Economic Development Corporation
3)   Neighborhood Improvement District Proposal by Friends of Hudson River Park – Resolution
4)   Crime on the Waterfront – Community Feedback
5)   Maintenance of Route 9A – Report

12/18 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)   Civic Center Plan ULURP – Update and discussion
2)   Committee Reports

12/19 CB Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: Manhattan Youth Downtown Community Center, 120 Warren Street

12/20 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)    Update on Construction Projects in Lower Manhattan by Robin Forst, Deputy Executive Director, LMCCC
2)   NYC Alliance Against Sexual Assault – Presentation by Mary Haviland, Executive Director
3)   Super Storm Sandy: Emergency Preparedness Lessons Learned – Discussion continued
4)   Tour bus parking violations – Discussion
5)   First Aid Forum, February 21, 2013 – Planning

All documents relating to the above agenda items are on file at the Community Board 1 office and are available for viewing by the public upon written request to man01@cb.nyc.gov