From Community Board 1…. My comments are underlined.

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12/2 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
1) Tunnel to Towers Foundation street activity permit application for Vesey Street between 
West Street and North End Ave. Sunday, September 27, 2015, 7:00 am to 12:00 pm – 
Resolution
2) Manhattan by Sail – Update by Thomas Berton, President regarding Pier A for Clipper 
City and North Cove Marina for Shearwater
3) Battery Park City Authority – Update by Robin Forst, Vice President, External Relations
4) BPC Parks Enforcement Patrol – Update by Captain Paige Lener
5) Responses by NYC and NYS Departments of Transportation to CB1 letter regarding 
Liberty and West Street intersection – Discussion
6) Pier A Visitors Center – Update by Anthony Notaro and George Calderaro
7) Use of BPCA affordable housing funds in Lower Manhattan – Discussion
8) CB1 Letter regarding ferry noise – Discussion regarding follow up
9) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—225 Liberty Street, application for restaurant beer license for WFC Bagel Ventures 
LLC
—225 Liberty Street, sub-cellar space, application for renewal of warehouse liquor 
license for Fast Fish LLC d/b/a Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar (storage only)

12/3 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Shakespeare Downtown – Presentation by Billie Andersson, Executive Director of 
Shakespeare Downtown
2) 70 Pine Street, application for a liquor license for TBD – Resolution Very curious to learn what kind of restaurant the under-conversion 70 Pine was able to lure—especially is this is for the rooftop restaurant.
3) 4 New York Plaza, application for a liquor license for an entity to be formed by Yves 
Jadot – Resolution Since Jadot’s company’s website says a Petite Abeille is opening in FiDi in 2015, I think we can assume this is it.
4) 1 World Trade Center, 45th floor, application for a liquor license for Legends OWO, LLC 
– Resolution Legends is the company operating the one World Observatory, and it’s based on the 45th floor of 1WTC; my guess would be that the license is for the observatory restaurant.
5) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—20 Maiden Lane aka 51 Nassau Street, renewal application for restaurant liquor 
license for Maiden Hotel LLC/Holiday Inn Wall Street
—Governeur Lane South Pier 11, renewal application for vessel restaurant liquor 
license for Seastreak, LLC for all seven vessels
—81 Pearl Street, renewal application for restaurant liquor license for Becketts 
Restaurant

12/8 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) World Trade Center Quarterly Update – Glenn Guzzi, Port Authority of New York and 
New Jersey
2) Silverstein Properties – Update by Malcolm Williams, Construction Manager
3) Passive House – Presentation by Ken Levenson, President of NY Passive House and 
Company – President of the North American Passive House Network & possible 
resolution
4) Stairwells Zoning text Amendment for Non-residential Buildings – Presentation by 
Richard Suarez, Department of City Planning & possible resolution
5) Maintaining affordable housing stock in Community District 1 – Discussion 
(Battery Park City Committee Members invited for this item)

12/9 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Art Connects New York – Presentation by Krista Saunders, Director of Programs & 
Communications, and Will Rogers, Community Liaison
2) Institute for Career Development – Presentation by Les Halpert, Ph.D., President 
& CEO

12/10 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 67 Reade Street, application for restaurant wine and beer license for New Sun Café 
Japanese Cuisine Inc. – Resolution They didn’t show at last month’s meeting.
2) Proposal for a bus stop for Lily Travel Services LLC on Lafayette Street between Walker 
and White Streets – Discussion Ugh, just say no to more buses.
3) 50 Hudson Street a/k/a 88 Thomas Street, application for alteration of liquor license to 
permit extended hours and all night service on New Year’s Eve for Emporio 50 LLC 
d/b/a Bar Cyrk NYC – Resolution This ought to be interesting. Maybe we should start a pool! Everyone can bet on how far into the discussion it’ll be until someone says, “What about the children?!”
4) 305 Church Street, application for alteration of liquor license to permit live music for 
Mexma LLC – Resolution Los Americanos want to have live music, eh? That block is really turning into a party.
5) Application by Downtown Independent Democrats for street activity permit for Lafayette 
Street between Canal Street and Leonard Street, Sunday, July 12, 2015 – Resolution
6) Proposed changes to parking regulations in Tribeca – Presentation by Jennifer Leung, Project Manager, NYC Department of Transportation and possible resolution Let’s hope it addresses the rampant permit parking.
7) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—141 Duane Street, application for renewal of wine and beer license for RSJ Group 
Corporation, d/b/a Rosanjin
—205 Hudson Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for AFNYC 
LLC d/b/a American Flatbread NYC – Resolution

12/10 Special Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway
1) South Street Seaport, application for alterations to Tin Building, Schermerhorn Row, Pier 17 and East River Esplanade, demolition of the Link Building and construction of pavilions under FDR Drive – Presentation and possible resolution. Planning Committee and Seaport/Civic Center Committee Members are invited to attend You may recall that the Howard Hughes Corporation would like to build a tower alongside the East River, among other changes to the Seaport.

12/11 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 1 White Street, application for storefront renovation, handicapped access ramp and 
bulkhead and rooftop garden – Resolution This is Man of the World’s mancave (shop/salon/etc.). Still curious about the extent to which the “rooftop garden” will be used for events.
2) 26 Broadway, application for signage and flagpole – Resolution

12/15 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Project – Update by Hasan Ahmed, NYC DOT Director 
of East River Bridges
2) Brooklyn Bridge improvements: Rebuilding active recreation space underneath the bridge, repairs to the Frankfort Street staircase – Discussion & possible resolution
3) Seaport development – Update
4) Context of future Seaport development – Presentation by City Club of New York
5) 25 Bridge Street, application for a new tavern liquor license for Emmconn Rest. Corp. 
d/b/a Whitehorse Tavern – Resolution
6) 21-23 Peck Slip, application for renewal of an unenclosed sidewalk café license for IDG 
Seaport Corp d/b/a Acqua – Resolution

12/15 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 501
1) Lower Manhattan Construction – Update by NYC DOT

12/18 CB 1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: Gibney Dance, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers)

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. At all meetings, additional items may be raised as “New Business” Please notify CB1 two days in advance, if wheelchair access is required.

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