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

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

10/3 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Metropolitan College, 60 West Street
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) Senior Group Programming at Asphalt Green and BPCA Agreement – Report by MaryAnn Braverman, BPC Senior Group
3) Emergency Life Rings along the esplanade – Discussion and possible resolution
4) Allied Universal Ambassadors – Update by Patrick Murphy, Account Manager
5) Battery Park City Authority – Updates by Nicholas T. Sbordone, Director of Communications & Public Affairs, Battery Park City Authority

10/4 Human, Veterans & Senior Services Sub-Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) PARC Program, Pace University’s Active Retirement Center – Presentation by Joy Yagman, PARC Coordinator
2) Review of topics discussed to prioritize moving forward – Discussion
3) Sub Committee structure linking with Quality of Life Committee – Discussion

10/5 Land Use, Zoning & Economic Development Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) Park Row Access and Connections – Presentation by NYC Department of Transportation

It’s being opened to bikes, pedestrians, and some tour buses, because who would put a bomb on a tour bus?

3) 10 Hanover Square, Board of Standard and Appeals application for a special permit to allow a physical culture establishment – Resolution

10/10 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) Projected Enrollment Registers – Report
3) Traffic and Parking Issues Related to After School Programs – Resolution
4) New Residential Development and School Seat Planning – Resolution
5) School crossing guards – Discussion with the NYPD and the Mayor’s office (Tentative)

10/11 Licensing & Permits Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Manhattan Borough President’s Office, 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor – South side
Tribeca area
1) 39 Avenue of the Americas, application for Hotel Liquor License for the Hilton Garden Inn Tribeca – Resolution
2) 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 cafe permits and recurring street closure permits:
• 162 Duane Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Brushstroke
• 185 Duane Street, application for renewal of liquor license for The Hideaway
• 253 Church Street, application for renewal of wine, beer and cider license for Kori Tribeca
• 16-18 N. Moore Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Walker’s

Seaport/Civic Center area
1) 26 Ann Street, application for lounge/lobby hotel liquor license for 143 Fulton Street Development Owner LLC – Resolution

It’ll be Marriott’s oddly named Moxy brand.

2) 108 South Street, application for restaurant liquor license for 108 South Street Associates LLC – Resolution

Financial District area
1) 43 Dey Street, application for liquor license for Jazz in Now, LLC d/b/a Made Nice –Resolution
2) Street Activity Permit application, Hurricane Harvey Relief Fundraiser, 11/30/2017, 10:00AM – 6:00PM, Liberty Street between Broadway and Trinity Place – Resolution

10/12 Landmarks & Preservation Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) 137 Duane Street, application for alteration of windows, doors and installation of louvers – Resolution

Pictured above, 137 Duane is the easternmost commercial space (home to Karen Lord Pilates Movement) in 137-141 Duane, a.k.a. the Diamond Duane (presumably named after a legendary pimp).

3) 33 Peck Slip, application for minor revisions to approved façade restoration plan – Resolution
4) 53-55 Beach Street, application for ADA compliant wheelchair lift – Resolution
5) 70 Franklin Street, application for replacement of sidewalk on Franklin Place – Resolution

10/16 Housing Sub-Committee – 6:00 PM 
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Important Housing Issues in CB1 area – Discussion
2) Status of Stabilization and Affordable Housing inventories – Discussion

10/17 Waterfront, Parks & Resiliency Delivery Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) Release of the Fishes – Announcement by Margot Olavarria, The River Project
3) Bogardus Plaza Reconstruction – Presentation by Norberto Acevedo, Deputy Director of the Office of Community Outreach & Notification, Department of Design and Construction

It’s supposed to start today, October 2.

4) NYC 2030 – Presentation by Haym Gross, Architect, Project Director, NYC 2030 District
5) West Side Ferry Service – Presentation by Jeffrey Cole LeFrancois, Manhattan CB 4
6) Peck Slip Town Hall – Presentation by the Parks Department and Discussion
7) Pier 17 – Update

10/18 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) Request in support of the Manhattan Borough President’s recommendation on Int. 799A Commercial rent tax and Int. 1472 affordable supermarket commercial rent tax – Resolution
2) CB1 committee structure – Report

It needs to be rethought!

3) Committee reports

10/19 Quality of Life & Service Delivery Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board 1 – Conference Room, 1 Centre Street, Room 2202A-North
1) District Needs Statement and review for 2019 – Discussion
2) Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment – Presentation regarding code of conduct (Tentative)

Film/TV/ad crews need to be upfront about what they’re doing and how it’ll impact the area, and there absolutely has to be someone people can contact if crews aren’t behaving. Calling the number on the flyers rarely works.

3) Citibank Building Construction – Discussion with Gerald Jennings, Director, Citigroup State & Local Government Relations

10/24 CB 1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: Gibney Dance, 53A Chambers 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.”