It’s time once again to pick through the preliminary agendas for the monthly CB1 committee meetings. They’re subject to change, so if an issue is important to you, check here before heading off to the meeting. My comments are underlined. (If you only care about Tribeca, scroll down to the photo.)

7/1 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Nolan Park – Governors Island, application for restaurant liquor license for Palm & Company Inc., d/b/a Le Gamin – Resolution It looks like Le Gamin, once of the West Village and now of Brooklyn, is opening on Governors Island.
2) 85 West Street, application for sidewalk cafe for Bill’s DTM NY, LLC d/b/a Bill’s Bar and Burger Downtown – Resolution Burgers alfresco at the Marriott; the restaurant opens in July.
3) 170 John Street, application for alteration of restaurant liquor license for 170 John Street, d/b/a The Trading Post – Resolution Recently written about here.
4) 4 South Street, application for restaurant liquor license for H.E. Management at Staten Island Ferry Inc., d/b/a Kwik Stop Cafe
5) 911 Memorial Family Day street activity permit application for Vesey Street between Church Street and Broadway, Monday, April 27, 2014, 6:00 am to 6:00 pm – Resolution “9/11,” one presumes.
6) Tent for screening of visitors to the Statue of Liberty – Presentation by William Castro, Manhattan Commissioner, Parks Department A tent will really class it up.
7) Battery Park South Street Construction – Presentation by Warrie Price, President and Founder, The Battery Park Conservancy
8) Four Seasons Hotel/30 Park Place Update by Richard McKinley, Vice President, Silverstein Properties So then it finally is starting. This is a huge tower with residences too (at 99 Church).
9) Broadway Reconstruction Project – Update by Thomas Foley, Assistant Commissioner, Manhattan Construction and Norberto Acevedo, Deputy Director, Community Outreach, Department of Design and Construction A nightmare.
10) Morris Street Bridge Presentation by Bharat Parekh, Department of Design and Construction This must predate my caring about the area, because I can’t image it’s new.
11) Chase Plaza – Update Only if someone from Chase shows up….
12) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—7 World Trade Center/250 Greenwich Street, 33rd Floor, application for renewal of catering facility liquor license for Restaurant Associates, LLC and New York Academy of Science
—10 Murray Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Jin’s Empire Asian Cusine Inc. Now known as Agoda Asian.
—25 Broad Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for J. Caldwell Corp. d/b/a Bobby Van’s
—55 Church Street, application for hotel restaurant liquor license for CDL New York LLC, d/b/a Millennium Hilton
—76 Fulton Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Greennara Inc. d/b/a Lisa’s Pizza
—100 Maiden Lane, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Chipotle Mexican Grill of Colorado, LLC

7/2 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
1) Ferry balancing – Discussion with NY Waterways For a second, I thought it was a contest.
2) Post Sandy Repairs – Update by Battery Park City Authority
3) Traffic Calming/Pedestrian Enhancements Working Group – Update
4) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—2 West Street, application for a renewal of liquor license for the Ritz Carlton Battery Park
—3 World Financial Center AKA 200 Vesey, application for a renewal of liquor license for Compass Group USA, INC and Thompson Hospitality Services, LLC
—2 River Terrace, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Le Pain Quotidien

7/8 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Location:  Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 9/11 Memorial and Museum – Update by Joe Daniels, President
2) NYC Waterfront Revitalization Program Coastal Zone Boundary Update by Jessica Fain, Planner, Waterfront and Open Space Division, Department of City Planning
3) New York City Evacuation Map and FEMA Flood Zones Map – Updates by Diana Switaj
4) Neighborhood Game-Changer Investment Competition RFP – Resolution
5) Presentation by New Yorkers for Parks – Possible Resolution* (Quality of Life Committee members are invited to attend for this item)
6) Southbridge Towers – Affordable Housing Update by Wally Dimson (tabled)

7/9 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Anne Frank Center USA – Presentation
2) Mayoral control of Department of Education – Discussion and Resolution
3) Potential sites proposed 1,000 school seats – Discussion
4) Proposals for new school seat projection methods concurrent with residential development – Review and Discussion

7/10 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Hudson River Park Update by Madelyn Wils, President Time for a hard opening date for the upland Tribeca section?
2) Tribeca Bike Lanes – Presentation by New York City Department of Transportation I’m all for bike lanes, especially if cyclists would use them (and go in the right direction), but NOT THE ONES WHERE THE CARS ARE AWAY FROM THE STREET. If the DOT does that to W. Broadway or Hudson, I’ll cry.
3) Temporary Art on Franklin Street – Presentation by New York City Department of Transportation This must be for the part of Franklin (in front of Pécan) that was closed for Citi Bike.
4) Tribeca Trust’s pedestrian plaza application – Presentation and Possible Resolution So the big question is whether Tribeca Trust can persuade the DOT to rethink the plan in #3 to accommodate a bigger pedestrian plan for the stretch of W. Broadway between Franklin and Worth (next to the Con Ed substation).
5) JCP Sukkot Bock Party street activity permit application for Duane Street between Church Street and West Broadway, Sunday, September 22, 2013, 9:00 am to 2:00 pm – Resolution
6) Shinola Block Party street activity permit application for Franklin Street between Greenwich Street and Hudson Street, Sunday, September 14, 2013, 11:00 am to 5:30 pm – Resolution Could this mean that Shinola isn’t opening its flagship Franklin Street showroom/shop till after Labor Day?
7) 61 Warren Street, application for a wine and beer license for Mariachi’s Restaurant Corp. – Resolution This showed up late on last month’s agenda, and then it got postponed. 61 Warren is the Bigger Little Place, the Mexican restaurant at Church. It looks like a change of ownership, but that has been denied. So what is it?
8) 94 Chambers Street, application for a liquor license for Racine NY LLC – Resolution 94 Chambers is where the Jhankar Indian restaurant was. If I had to bet money, I’d wager that the space is getting another corporate fast-casual place. Still, on that block, it might be welcome.
9) 13 Walker Street, application for a liquor license for Anotherroom Inc – Resolution Is Anotherroom finally selling hard liquor?
10) 135 Watts Street AKA 451 Washington Street, application for a liquor license for China Blue – Resolution Discussed here.
11) 85 West Broadway, application for a liquor license alteration for Smyth Tribeca – Resolution The hotel already has a late one, I think, so it’ll be interesting to see if it wants more for its downstairs lounge.
12) 11 Avenue of the Americas, application for a liquor license alteration for Eleven Food and Beverage Inc. – Resolution I think 11 Sixth Ave. is Tribeca Tavern (but its address always comes up as 247 W. Broadway). Not sure what more it could want.
13) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—397 Greenwich Street, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Wichcraft
—135 West Broadway, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Tiny’s and the Bar Upstairs
—59 Reade Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Maxwells
—106 Duane Street, application for a renewal of a beer license for Beignest Inc.
—189 Franklin Street AKA 369 Greenwich Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Benvenuto Café Tribeca
—339 Greenwich Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Sarabeths
—227 Church Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for B Flat Inc.
—85 West Broadway, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Smyth Hotel
—6 Harrison Street, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Juna Sik (better known as Jungsik)
—285 West Broadway, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Canal Room
—125 Chambers Street, application for a renewal of a wine and beer license for Cosmopolitan Café

7/11 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Tribeca Landmark Districts Expansion – Discussion with Lynn Ellsworth, Tribeca Trust It’s a busy month for Lynn! (See the Tribeca Committee, above.)
2) 50th anniversary of the passage of the Landmarks Law in 2015 – Resolution But can the committee agree on what the cake should look like?

7/16 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709

7/18 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Construction Projects in Lower Manhattan – Update by Robin Forst, Deputy Executive Director, LMCCC
2) Local Law 41 of 2007 – Update by Geri Kelpin, Director of Air and Noise Policy and Enforcement
3) Montague Tunnel repairs – Metropolitan Transportation Authority Presentation That’s the R train tunnel, to be closed for a year.
4) Construction For A Livable City initiative – Presentation by Andrew Hollweck, Vice President, New York Building Congress
5) 22 Thames Street construction project – Update
6) Polystyrene Ban – Borough Board Resolution and Presentation

7/22 Personnel Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Hiring of Land Use Consultant – Discussion

7/24 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Committee reports
2) Committee structure – Update

7/29 Personnel Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Hiring of Land Use Consultant – Resolution

7/30 CB #1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: New York Academy of Art, 111 Franklin St., Floor 1

Please be advised that unless an urgent matter arises, Community Board One will not hold any meetings during the month of August.  Therefore, no August calendar will be distributed.

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”