CB1 has released its preliminary agendas for its March meetings. These tend to produce more questions than answers—as you can see from my annotations in bold.

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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.

3/1 BATTERY PARK CITY COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Authority, 1 World Financial Center, 24th Floor

1. Road Runners Half Marathon – Discussion Why are they still talking about this?

2. Winter Garden staircase – Discussion

3. West Street pedestrian safety issues near P.S. 276 and issue with Morris Street footbridge

4. BPC Parks Enforcement Patrol deployment, priorities, and interactions with citizens – Discussion

5. Events in Battery Park City:
• 3rd Annual “Steppin’ Out To Stop Domestic Violence” Walk-A-Thon on Saturday, October 29, 2011 by Celia Turner
• New York City Liver Life Walk on Sunday, June 5, 2011 by the American Liver Foundation
• 5th Annual NYC Walk to Beat Lung Cancer on Sunday, October 23, 2011 by the LUNGevity foundation
• Children’s Tumor Foundation NF Walk on October 1, 2011 by Traceann Adams, Children’s Tumor Foundation
• Easter Seals New York walk on Saturday, June 11, 2011

6. 200 West Street, application for catering liquor license for ARAMARK – Resolution

7. 200 West Street, applications (three) for restaurant catering facility liquor license for Delicious on West Street, LLC – Resolutions

8. Street permit application by Cathy Chambers, Greenmarket for “World Financial Center Greenmarket” on Thursdays between April 7, 2011 – December 22, 2011, South End Avenue between Liberty Street and Albany Street. Closure of street during the hours of 6:00AM and 7:00PM; event will take place during the hours of 8:00AM and 6:00PM – Resolution

9. Formulation of Battery Park City Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

10. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 102 North End Avenue, renewal of  restaurant liquor license for Lili’s BPC 25 LLC Isn’t Lili’s gone?

3/2 FINANCIAL DISTRICT COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Formulation of Financial District Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

2. 32 Broadway, application for restaurant wine and beer license for 32 Bakery Corp. d/b/a/ Stir Café – Resolution

3. Whitehall Ferry Terminal Space #206, application for liquor license for Pizza Plus @ Staten Island Ferry Inc. d/b/a Wine and Chill Restaurant – Restaurant

4. 90 Broad Street, application for tavern-restaurant liquor license for 90 Hospitality LLC – Resolution

5. 10 Murray Street, application for wine and beer license for Jin’s Empire Asian Cuisine Inc. – Resolution This often shows up and gets postponed—but what I want to know is why is it in the Financial District Committee’s jurisdiction?

6. Street permit applications
• Bowling Green Association on Monday, October 10, 2011, Whitehall Street between Stone and Water Streets, Broadway between Morris and Stone Streets, and Broadway between Cedar Street and Battery Place. Closure of streets during the hours of 8 AM and 7 PM; event will take place between 10 AM and 6 PM – Resolution
• Downtown Independent Democrats on Friday, April 22, 2011, Broad Street between South and Water Streets. Closure of street during the hours of 8:00AM and 7:30PM; event will take place during the hours of 11:00AM and 6:00PM – Resolution

7. Presentation regarding construction of 180 Broadway by Edward V. Piccinich, Executive Vice President, Management and Construction, and Robert F. DeWitt, Senior Vice President, Construction, SL Green Realty Corp.

8. Presentation regarding construction of 99 Washington Street by Basil Boyce, Architect, McSam Hotel Group, Malek Nait Doud, Architect, Gene Kaufman Architects, Greg Marshall, Project Manager/Director of Construction, Cava Construction and Patrick W. Jones, Counsel to McSam Hotel Group

The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• The Bosque Area, Battery Park, transfer of restaurant wine and beer license for Fatty Kiosk BP LLC, d/b/a Fatty Cue
• 2 Gold Street, renewal of restaurant liquor license for JMP Ventures LLC
• 75 Nassau Street, renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Nassau Street Restaurant Corp. d/b/a the Diner
• 164 Pearl Street Store #9, renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Shinju Sushi Inc.

3/3 PLANNING AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Formulation of Planning and Community Infrastructure Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

2. New York City Active Design Guidelines to Promote Daily Physical Activity, presentation by Suzzane Nienaber, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Good idea! I think I’ll take a walk instead of attending this meeting.

3/7 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Review of Discretionary Funding

3/8 YOUTH & EDUCATION COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Class size discussion with Leonie Haimson, Class Size Matters

2. Cuts to I.S. 89 After School Funding – Resolution

3. Presentation on Innovate Manhattan Charter School by Peg Hoey, President of Kunskapsskolan

4. Report on Speaker Silver’s Overcrowding Task Force

5. Mayoral control – Resolution

6. Charter schools – Resolutions

7. Formulation of Youth and Education Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

3/9 TRIBECA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING REGULATIONS SUB-COMMITTEE – 5:00 PM

Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Agenda to be determined

3/9 TRIBECA COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Formulation of Tribeca Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

2. Liquor License Applications:
• 40 Harrison Street, application for a substantial alteration to a liquor license for Josephine de Beauharnais LLC d/b/a Josephine – Resolution They must either want to serve hard liquor to to serve alcohol outdoors (or both).
• 116 Duane Street, application for a new tavern-restaurant liquor license for Corporation To Be Formed by Mike Hynes d/b/a to be determined – Resolution INTERESTING! This is between Church and Broadway, in the old Capital Audio Electronics space (one storefront east of the current Capital Audio Electronics space).
• 41 Murray Street, application for a new tavern-restaurant liquor license for Brendan Sexton or Entity to be Formed d/b/a Eamonn’s Irish Pub – Resolution I met Brendan the other day—he’s changing the name from Eamonn’s to something/anything else, which means he needs SLA approval.

3. Issues regarding Lafayette Grill located at 366 Broadway Huh wha? There’s no restaurant there—that’s the site of a jeans store called Antique Orange (according to my memory and Google Street View).

4. Sidewalk Café Applications:
• 361 Greenwich Street, application for a renewal of an unenclosed sidewalk café  for Sunflower Restaurants Associates, Inc. d/b/a Flor de Sol – Resolution
• 305 Church Street, application for a new unenclosed sidewalk café for Stuzzicheria, Inc. d/b/a Stuzzicheria – Resolution

5. Street permit applications
• Cynthia Maurer, Downtown Visiting Neighbors BFVN for “Murray Street Festival” on Friday, September 23, 2011, Murray Street between Broadway and Church Street. Closure of street during the hours of 8:00AM and 7:00PM; event will take place during the hours of 11:00AM and 6:00PM – Resolution
• Colleen Hendricks, City Harvest for “City Harvest Fundraiser” on Wednesday, July 27, 2011, West Broadway between Lispenard Street and Canal Street. Closure of street during the hours of 8:00AM and 4:00PM; event will take place during the hours of 10:00AM and 3:00PM – Resolution

6. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 2 Desbrosses Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Apogee Events, Inc.
• 71 North Moore Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Smith & Mills There’s a reader who consistently emails about what a bad neighbor S&M is. Will he/she show?

3/10 LANDMARKS COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. 300 Canal Street, application for replacement of storefront  – Resolution Google Street View keeps showing 71 Lispenard (presumably the rear of 300 Canal).

2. 228 West Broadway, application for roof bulkhead for new elevator – Resolution

3. 151 Hudson Street, application for replacement of bluestone sidewalk with tinted concrete – Resolution

4. 229 Front Street, application for bracket sign –  Resolution

5. 302 Canal street, application for replacement of storefront – Resolution OK, Google shows 302 Canal (and now 300). They could use replacement, sure. But why?

6. Formulation of Landmarks Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

3/14 WTC REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Assemblymember Sheldon Silver’s Office, 250 Broadway, Assembly Hearing Room, 19th Floor

1. Formulation of World Trade Center Redevelopment Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

2. Metropolitan Transportation Authority Quarterly Construction Update by Uday Durg, Program Executive of Lower Manhattan Projects

3. 130 Liberty Street, LMDC Update

4. Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Update by John DeLibero, Project Manager

3/15 SEAPORT/CIVIC CENTER COMMITTEE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Formulation of Seaport/Civic Center Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

2. Liquor License Applications:
• 89 South Street, Pier 17, application for liquor license for J. Rockets Development – SSSP, LLC, dba Johnny Rockets Corporation – Resolution Just what Pier 17 needed! A Johnny Rockets!

3. Street Permit Applications:
• JR Music World from Thursday, June 16, 2011 to Sunday, June 19, 2011; partial sidewalk closure of Park Row between Ann Street and Beekman Street from 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM – Resolution
• Zbigniew Szymczyk, The Iron Horse NYC Inc for “4th of July Pig Roast” to fundraise for the Wounded Warrior Project on Monday, July 4, 2011, Cliff Street between Fulton Street and John Street. Closure of street during the hours of 9:00AM and 9:00PM; event will take place during the hours of 12:00PM and 8:00PM – Resolution

4. Sidewalk Café Applications:
• 90 Baxter Street, application for a renewal of an unenclosed sidewalk café for Jaya Malaysian Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Jaya Malaysian Restaurant – Resolution

5. The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
• 89 South Street, Pier 17, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Skippers Pierside Café Inc. d/b/a Skippers Pierside Cafe

3/16 SLA PROCESS REVIEW TASK FORCE – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1-Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Review of SLA questionnaire – Discussion

2. Continued discussion about consolidation versus geographic committees – Discussion Oh, how I hope they don’t gang up all liquor-license hearings into one meeting! What a horrible idea! The point is to keep this stuff local because only locals can understand the impact.

3/17 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, Director of Community and Government Relations, LMCCC

2. Formulation of Quality of Life Committee Accomplishments for 2010 and Goals for 2011 for CB1 Annual Report

3/22 CB1 MONTHLY MEETING – 6:00 PM
Location: Museum of Jewish Heritage, 36 Battery Place, in the south end of Battery Park City

3/29 AFFORDABLE HOUSING TASK FORCE – 6:30 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

1. Aging in place initiative – Discussion

2. Affordable Housing Guide