Community Board 1 agendas for October

Once again, I missed the start of the month at CB1! Sorry! I left the agendas in below so you can see if there’s something important to circle back on. The rest of the month’s agendas follow, with my comments in caps. It’s an oddly light month…

10/2 BATTERY PARK CITY COMMITTEE
1) Protecting Wildlife at Lily Pond from Future Harm – Presentation by Michelle Ashkin, Discussion and resolution
2) BPCA Strategic Plan Update — B.J. Jones, President & CEO, Battery Park City Authority
3) Pumphouse Park Update – Presentation by James Morrisey, Brookfield Properties and Alexis Gagne, MNLA Landscape Architects
4) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion
5) Allied Universal Report, Year Over Year Comparisons – Presentation by Patrick Murphy, Director of Security, Allied Universal
6) BPCA Report with an Update on Rockefeller Park Renovation – Nicholas Sbordone, Vice President of Communications & Public Affairs, BPCA

10/3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
1) Lower Manhattan Quarterly Resiliency Update – Presentation by
• Jordan Salinger, Mayor’s Office of Resiliency
• Suzan Rosen, Office of Emergency Management
• Gwen Dawson, Battery Park City Authority
• Jennifer Cass, Economic Development Corporation
• Elijah Hutchinson, Economic Development Corporation
2) South Battery Park City Resiliency – Update by
• Gwen Dawson, Battery Park City Authority
• Gonzalo Cruz, Aecom
• Katy Barsanti, Aecom
• Louis Diaz, Aecom
3) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion

TONIGHT! 10/7 LAND USE, ZONING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – 6p
Location: Manhattan Borough President’s Office, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor South
1) Int 1701-2019: Community notification requirements for transfers of development rights – Presentation by Office of City Council Member Ben Kallos & resolution
2) 15 Cliff Street, application for City Planning Commission Chairperson certification to allow an existing café to be maintained as a permitted obstruction within an existing plaza – Resolution
3) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion

10/7 YOUTH & EDUCATION – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Trinity Place traffic study – Discussion and possible resolution*
2) “Parks over Plastic” and other programming at Manhattan Youth – Discussion
3) Support for Int. 0455-2018, Age limitations on school buses and replacing such school buses with all electric school buses – Discussion and possible resolution
4) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion
5) Crossing Guards at Peck Slip and PS 276 – Update
6) Elementary school 2019 enrollment numbers – Report
*Transportation & Street Activity Permit Committee is invited for item #1

10/10 LANDMARKS & PRESERVATION – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) 315 Church Street, application to legalize removal of fire shutters at rear back corner of building – Resolution
2) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion

10/15 WATERFRONT, PARKS & CULTURE – 6P
Location: Southbridge Towers Community Room, 90 Beekman Street
1) South Street Seaport Planning Workshops – Presentation by Howard Hughes Corporation
2) Hudson River Park
• Hudson River Park Trust Historic Vessels RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest)
• Pier 26 Estuarium
• Hudson River Park Advisory Council
• Ongoing improved communications with Hudson River Park Trust
3) Battery Park City Ballfields – Update by Andrew Zeltzer, CB1 Member
4) East River Swim Facility RFEI– Discussion & possible resolution
5) Temporary Public Art Installations – Presentation by NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
• Tribeca Park
• Thomas Paine Park
6) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion

10/15 LICENSING & PERMITS – 6p
Location: Manhattan Borough President’s Office, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor – South
Additional information about specific State Liquor Authority license applications is available by request to the Community Board 1 Office approvals@cb.nyc.gov

Battery Park City area
1) 225 Liberty Street, 1st and 2nd Floor, application for liquor license for 225 Liberty Location LLC d/b/a Convene – Resolution
THEY WERE ASKED TO COME BACK AGAIN, SINCE THEY SUBMITTED A TRAFFIC REPORT JUST THAT NIGHT AND THE CB NEEDED TIME TO REVIEW
2) 225 Liberty Street, 2nd floor, application for café permit for liquor license for 225 Liberty Location LLC d/b/a Convene – Resolution

The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 102 North End Avenue, application for renewal of liquor license for Blue Smoke 103 North End Ave LLC

Seaport/Civic Center area
1) 93 Nassau Street, application for liquor license for Professional On-Site Management Corp. d/b/a Nassau Street Tavern/ Best Food – Resolution

The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 121 Fulton Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Burger Fulton LLC d/b/a Ainsworth
• 77 Fulton Street, application for renewal of liquor license for 3 Three BS Corp d/b/a T.J. Byrnes Bar & Restaurant – Discussion about underage drinking

Tribeca area
1) 88 West Broadway, application for liquor license for Zehuze Tribeca Corp. d/b/a TBD – Resolution THIS IS THE OLD JAMBA JUICE SPACE

The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 211A West Broadway, application for renewal of liquor license for Maman Tribeca LLC d/b/a Maman
• 78 Leonard Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Trimasa Restaurant Partners LLC and Takayama Management LLC d/b/a Tetsu
• 253 Church Street, application for renewal of liquor license for CJFOUR Inc. d/b/a Kori Tribeca
• 249 West Broadway, application for renewal of sidewalk café permit for Another Room, Inc. d/b/a TBD

Financial District area
1) 1 & 5 Coenties Slip, application for liquor license for Lovelace Tavern LLC d/b/a The Lovelace – Resolution

The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, corporate change, minor alteration or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses, renewal of sidewalk café permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 19 South William Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Liam Street Venture Ltd & Magic of Things LLC d/b/a The Cauldron
• 120 Broadway, application for alteration of liquor license for Capital Grille Holdings Inc. d/b/a The Capital Grille #8039
• 114 Liberty Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Aim Pizza Corp. d/b/a Pronto Pizza
• 101 Broad Street, application for renewal of liquor license for The Anglers’ Club of New York d/b/a TBD
• 85 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Tajin Restaurant Corp. d/b/a Tajin Restaurant Corp.
• 106 Liberty Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Rackson Restaurants LLC

10/16 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) 250 Water Street Brownfield Cleanup Program; Remedial Investigation Work Plan – Resolution A BIGGIE CONTINUES
2) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Resolution
3) Committee reports

10/17 QUALITY OF LIFE & SERVICE DELIVERY – 6p
Location: Community Board 1 Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Introducing the New Neighborhood Coordination Officer Sergeant – Discussion with Sgt. William Knipper of the 1st Precinct
2) Homelessness in Manhattan – Discussion with Leilani Irvin, Manhattan Borough Director, New York City Department of Homeless Services I THINK I MAY GO TO THIS TO SEE IF THERE’S ANY INSIGHT GIVEN WHAT’S GOING ON…
3) Setting Goals for Affordable Housing in Lower Manhattan – Discussion
4) Lighting on Collister Street – Discussion
5) District Needs Statement and Budget Requests for FY2021 – Discussion

10/21 TRANSPORTATION & STREET ACTIVITIES PERMITS– 6p
Location: Community Board 1 Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) City Hall to Battery Park Bicycle Connection; Broadway, White Hall Street – Presentation by NYC Department of Transportation CURIOUS ABOUT THESE TWO…
2) Barclay St, Greenwich St and Murray St Greenway Connection – Presentation by NYC Department of Transportation
3) Bus Queue Jump; Battery Pl at West St – Presentation by NYC Department of Transportation
4) Verrazano Bridge Two-Way Tolling – Discussion & resolution
5) Congestion Pricing Working Group – Update

10/22 CB 1 FULL BOARD – 6p
Location: Gibney Dance, 53 Chambers Street, Studio C

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.

 

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