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.)

NOTE: I may have to miss most of the Tribeca Committee meeting, so if you’ve ever wanted to go and take notes…. It’s, um, fun! Let me know at tribecacitizen@gmail.com.

4/2 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
1. Pier A – Update by Update by Battery Park City Authority, The Dermot Company, The Poulakakos Group, Green Light Architecture
2. Ball Fields and Asphalt Green – Update by Battery Park City Authority
3. Muscular Dystrophy Association street activity permit application for Vesey Street between West Street and North End Avenue, Sunday, June 23, 2013, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm – Resolution
4. Run for Knowledge street activity permit application for Warren Street between West Street and North End Avenue, Saturday, September 21, 2013, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm – Resolution
5. North Cove Marina, application for a liquor license for the Arabella – Resolution
6. Traffic Calming/Pedestrian Enhancement working group – Update
7. The following notices have been received for BPCA permit requests:
—BPC Dogs Halloween parade along the Battery Park City esplanade on Saturday, October 26, 2013 from 11:30am to 2:00pm
—Hope for the Warriors, Army Week NYC race along the Battery Park City esplanade on Saturday, June 8, 2013 with set-up starting at 1:00pm and the event running from 2:00pm to 4:00pm
8. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—102 North End Ave, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Shake Shack
—North Cove Marina, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Mermaid
—21 South End Ave., application for a renewal of a liquor license for Liberty View

4/3 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Fulton Center – Update by MTA
2. Reconstruction of Battery Family Comfort Station and new District One Park Office – Resolution
3. 26 Cortland Street, application for amendment to Board of Standards and Appeals variance to add a glass-enclosed event space on the roof of the Century 21 building – Resolution Interesting!
4. Demolition of 22 Thames Street – Presentation by Thomas D’Ercole, Construction Executive, Plaza Construction and Fisher Brothers
5. East River Waterfront, MTA Stair Location – Presentation by Terri Elizabeth Bahr, Vice President, NYC Economic Development Corporation
6. 53 Park Place, application for restaurant wine and beer license for Ernst Klein 6th Ave. Foods Inc., d/ b/a Amish Market – Resolution
7. 90 John Street, application for restaurant liquor license for Stout NYC – Resolution “New York’s Largest Irish Bar” (on W. 33rd Street) wants to open a branch in FiDi.
8. Chabad of Wall Street (Mardi Gras Festival Productions, promoter) street activity permit application for Liberty Street between Broadway & Trinity, Monday, May 27, 2013 (Memorial Day) 10:00 am to 7:00 pm – Resolution
9. Ironside film production – Update The only Ironside on IMDB is for a TV movie about “a tough, sexy and acerbic police detective relegated to a wheelchair after a shooting who is hardly limited by his disability as he pushes and prods his hand-picked team to solve the most difficult cases.”
10. London Calling film production – Update This is for Spider-Man 2.
11. 15 William Street, application for wine and beer license for Open Kitchen 15 William, LLC d/b/a Open Kitchen – Resolution Not clear from Google what this is (but likely not a chain!).
12. Relocation of newsstand in front of 55 Wall Street – Update
13. Verizon and Communications Workers of America – Discussion
14. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—1 Wall Street, application for renewal of catering facility liquor license for Aramark Corp. d/b/a Aramark Corp @ BNY Mellon EDR
—2 Gold Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for JMP Ventures LLC d/b/a Harry’s Italian
—2 Rector Street, application for renewal of wine and beer license for S&I Variety Market, LLC d/b/a Variety Market
—11 Rector Street/87-89 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of sidewalk cafe license for Rector Street Food Enterprises Ltd. d/b/a George’s
—11 Stone Street, application for corporate change of restaurant liquor license for Bostan LLC d/b/a Ancora Ristorante
—40 Exchange Place, application for renewal of liquor license for Donore Corp. d/b/a The Irish Punt
—87 Pearl Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Pizza On Stone LLC d/b/a Adrienne’s Pizza Bar
—126 Pearl Street, application for renewal of liquor license for 126 Pearl Pub Inc., d/b/a The Mercantile Grill
—233 Broadway, application for renewal of liquor license for WLLC d/b/a Woolworth Tower Kitchen
—250 Greenwich Street (7 World Trade Center), 40th floor, application for renewal of club liquor license for The New York Academy of Sciences

4/4 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Agenda to be determined

4/8 Personnel Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Staff – Update

4/9 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Murry Bergtraum re-branding – Presentation by Kian Brown
2. Student privacy – Update by Molly Moody, Research Associate, Class Size Matters
3. Proposed budget cuts – Resolution
4. Young Adult Internship Program – Update
5. Speaker Silver’s Overcrowding Task Force – Update
6. Potential sites for new school – Discussion
7. Freedom Trail – Update by Jacob Morris

4/10 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. 50 Varick Street, application for a liquor license for Spring Studios – Resolution Will angryneighbor Richard Handler show up or just send a lawyer?
2. 361 Broadway, application for City Planning Commission authorization to modify street wall location requirements – Resolution That’s the attractive building on the southwest corner of Franklin, due to get a sexy glass box penthouse by Shigeru Ban; no clue what “modify street wall location requirements” means.
3. Public Art for Tribeca Park, Department of Parks – Resolution
4. 325 Broadway, application for a liquor license for Siring Grill– Resolution
5. 124 Chambers Street, application for a liquor license for Ecco Restaurant – Resolution I assume this is misfiled (i.e., it’s a renewal) or there’s a change of ownership at Ecco.
6. 113 Reade Street, application for a liquor license for TBD – Resolution That’s the squat building where MaryAnn’s used to be; it was supposed to get torn down—and replaced with a big annex for the Cosmopolitan Hotel—but it’s been held up. The plan has always been to have a restaurant on the ground floor.
7. 57 Murray Street, request for a stipulation alternation for a liquor license for Cricketers Arms – Resolution
8. 413 Greenwich Street, application for a liquor license for Gina La Fornarina – Resolution Held over from last month.
9. 77 Hudson St., application for a liquor license alteration for Zutto – Resolution
10. SWC West Broadway & Leonard Street, application for newsstand – Resolution SWC means southwest corner (in front of Starbucks, Gloria Jewel, and/or Drybar); applicants have tried (and failed) to get a newsstand there before.
11. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—351 Broadway, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Y & L New Fancy Foods Inc.
—187 Church Street, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Akimoto Sushi
—81 Warren Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Il Giglio Restaurant
—81 Hudson Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Puffy’s Tavern
—156 Chambers Street, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for TBD Why TBD if it’s a renewal? Unless Kitchenette is rebranding or something? (That seems unlikely.)
—447 Broadway, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Mermaid 447 Broadway is above Canal, and therefore not in CB1…?
—183 Duane Street, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Tokyo Bay Japanese Restaurant

4/11 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. 502 Canal Street, application for facade reconstruction – Resolution
2. Governors Island, application for removal of a brick path in the historic district – Resolution

4/16 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Plans to activate the seaport area for the summer – Presentation by Chris Curry of Howard Hughes Corp.
2. South Street Seaport Museum – Update by Susan Henshaw Jones
3. 230 Canal St., application for a restaurant liquor license for TBD – Resolution
4. 42 Peck Slip, application for a restaurant liquor license alteration for Paris Cafe – Resolution
5. 4th of July Pig Roast, Street activity permit application, July 4, 2013, 12;00 pm to 8:00 pm, F/O 32 Cliff Street between Fulton Street and John Street – Resolution
6. 4Knots Music Festival, Street activity permit application, June 29, 2013, 8:00 am to 10:00 pm, Beekman Street between Water Street and South Street – Resolution Looks like alt-rock.
7. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—89 South Street Seaport, Pier 17, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Seaport Cafe

4/17 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1. Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Update – David Emil, President
2. CB1 Committee Structure – Update
3. Committee updates

4/18 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. Earth Day electricity usage – Presentation by Paul Borri, BMCC student
3. Manhattan Borough President’s Senior Guide – Presentation by Manhattan Borough President’s office
4. Parks and Recreation – Discussion

4/23 CB #1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: Murry Bergtraum, 411 Pearl Street, Auditorium

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.