From Community Board 1…. My comments are indented on the line below.

Please note that this is a preliminary list. Be sure to check for any changes to agendas prior to the meeting dates. (ID is required to enter building.)

Note: Most meetings are now in the Municipal Building, where there’s more security—so allow for extra time to make your way to the meeting.

12/1 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM 
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Tunnel to Towers Foundation street activity permit application for Vesey Street between West Street and North End Ave. Saturday, September 24, 2016, 8:00 am to September 25, 2016 5 p.m. – Resolution
2) Pier A – Update by HPH NYC

Probably about what happened to the public seating that was promised.

3) West Thames Lawn – Update by Robin Forst, Vice President, External Relations, Battery Park City Authority
4) Liberty Street Bridge work – Update by Brookfield Properties
5) 225 Liberty Street, Store 245A, application for upgrade from wine and beer to liquor license for Tartinery Liberty LLC at 225 Liberty Street – Resolution

That’s at Hudson Eats inside Brookfield Place.

6) Street activity permit process – Discussion
7) MTA decision to not restore M22 bus stop at North End Avenue and Murray Street – Report
8) Free weekday skating at the Rink at Brookfield Place – Announcement
9) Spring Season Application Process for BPC Ballfields – Announcement

12/2 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Statue of Liberty New Museum Construction – Presentation by Robert Parrish, Chief of Professional Services and John Piltzecker, Superintendent, National Park Service – Resolution
2) Battery Maritime Building Fan Plants – Presentation by Zachary Campbell, Assistant Director, MTA NYC Transit
3) 150 Broadway, 20th Fl, liquor license application for Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc. d/b/a LMHQ – Resolution
4) 85 Broad Street, liquor license application for LPQ 85 Broad Inc. d/b/a Le Pain Quotidien

So the new Le Pain Quotidien is also going to serve booze?

5) 30 Park Place, hotel liquor license application for 30 Park Place Hotel LLC d/b/a Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown – Resolution

For room service, minibars, banquet service. Pictured above: A guest room, from the handful of photos on the hotel’s website.

6) 99 Church Street, liquor license application for FSNY Restaurant Associates, LLC; 30 Park Place Hotel LLC d/b/a Cut by Wolfgang Puck – Resolution

For the steakhouse and bar inside the hotel.

7) 1 Carder Road/Governors Island, liquor license application for Governors Garden Management, LLC d/b/a Governors Club – Resolution
8) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
• 130 Cedar Street, application for corporate change of a liquor license for Cedar & Washington Associates, LLC d/b/a Club Quarters (World Trade Center Hotel)
• Pier 11 South Street, application for renewal of a liquor license for Three Brothers Baking at Pier 11 Inc. d/b/a Ferry House Café
• 53 Stone Street, application for renewal of a liquor license for Smorgas Chef LLC
• 15 John Street, application for renewal of a liquor license for 15 John Corp d/b/a Les Halles

12/3 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Peck Slip Design Concepts – Presentation by Jason Friedman

I think the committee has most recently decided that it wants open space (to gather in) rather than greenery, which I think is a shame…. That area needs greenery

12/8 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Agendas to be determined

12/9 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) 86 Chambers Street, application for HJBNYC LLC d/b/a Hank’s Juicy Beef – Resolution

Keeps getting postponed.

2) Temporary public art project in Capsouto Park – Presentation by Curtis Wallin, artist
3) Newsstand application for 292 Greenwich Street, southwest corner at Chambers Street – Resolution

Right in front of P.S. 234? And it’ll sell cigarettes? LOL.

4) Ann Benedetto, Founder, Tribeca Alliance – Presentation
5) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
• 35 Avenue of the Americas, application for renewal of liquor license for AOA Bar and Grille
• 94 Chambers Street, application for renewal of a liquor license for Racine NY LLC
• 339 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of sidewalk café for Sarabeth’s Tribeca LLC d/b/a Sarabeth’s
• 388 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Restaurant Associates Inc.
• 43 Murray Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Woodrow’s

12/10 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) NYC Department of Transportation construction update
2) Proposed service changes for the M5 route in Manhattan – Presentation by Zachary Campbell, Assistant Director, MTA NYC Transit

12/14 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM 
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Non-water shale gas fracking methods – Presentation by Walter Hang, Toxics Targeting & resolution
2) Riverkeeper – Presentation on “How’s the Water? 2015, Fecal Contamination in the Hudson River and its Tributaries” Report (invited)

Do you think it’s illustrated?

3) NYC Council Res 0909-2015: Department of Housing and Urban Development to support NYC’s application for National Disaster Resilience Competition funding (Committee on Recovery and Resiliency) – Resolution

12/15 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) AIGA/NY at the South Street Seaport – Presentation by Laetitia Wolff

12/16 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Committee reports

12/17 CB1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
South Street Seaport Museum, Melville Gallery – 213 Water Street

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.”