From Community Board 1… My comments are underlined.

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.

10/1 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
1) Battery Park City Authority – Update
2) South End Avenue and West Thames Street traffic mitigation and pedestrian enhancement designs – Presentation by NYC DOT and resolution Who knows what the DOT has cooked up this time….
3) South West NY – Discussion with Abraham Merchant, owner Are there noise complaints about the new location?
4) BPC Community Center Task Force – Discussion The words “task force” make me very nervous.
5) Murray Street Parking – Discussion
6) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—102 North End Ave., application for renewal of liquor license for North End Grill
—102 North End Ave., application for renewal of liquor license Blue Smoke

10/2 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Governors Island Update – Leslie Koch, President, Governors Island Trust
2) Chase Plaza Update – Karen McGuiness, Government & Community Relations, 
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Maybe the bank will finally explain why it’s been closed forever.
3) Presentation on Manhattan Borough President’s Office report “NYC’s Digital Deficit: 
Slow Internet Speeds in Public Schools and Libraries” by Stephen Corson, Deputy 
Director of Policy – Possible resolution
4) 27 Park Place a/k/a 24 Murray Street, application for cabaret license for MXK Restaurant 
Corp., d/b/a Remix – Resolution You don’t see the words “cabaret license” much on these agendas. Dancing at the much-loathed Remix? Expect the neighbors to be out in full force.
5) 170 Broadway, application for café/lounge wine and beer license for 170 Broadway NYC 
LP & Highgate Hotels, LP – Resolution Don’t get excited; it’s only a Marriott Residence Inn.
6) 136 William Street, application for restaurant wine and beer license for SB William 
Street LLC d/b/a Smashburger – Resolution Smashburger is a Denver-based chain.
7) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—142 Fulton Street, renewal of wine and beer license for S&J Tomato Inc.
—85 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of beer license for Tajin Restaurant Corp.
—76 Pearl Street, application for renewal of restaurant wine and beer license for Excel Food Corp.
—1 Wall Street Court, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Haru Wall Street Corp., d/b/a Haru

10/3 Planning Committee – 6: 00 PM

Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) World Trade Center Quarterly Progress Report – Update by Port Authority of New York 
and New Jesey
2) St John’s University/BMCCC – Update by Michael Levine, CB 1 Planning Consultant
3) Community Benefit Agreements – Michael Levine, CB 1 Planning Consultant
4) NYC EDC Seaport City Feasibility Study – Update by Michael Levine, CB 1 Planning 
Consultant

10/8 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Request for Crossing Guard at PS 234 – Update by the Office of Assemblymember Glick But aren’t these kids accompanied by adults when they go to school? Does a one-lane street need a crossing guard?
2) Kindergarten admissions process – Update

10/9 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) New York City Rescue Mission expansion project – Update by Craig Mayes, Executive 
Director and Tom Hall, Development Manager
2) 443 Greenwich Street, renewal of previously approved special permit to allow waiver of 
bulk regulations for residential conversion – Letter of approval
3) 349 Greenwich Street, application for a renewal of sidewalk café license for Dean’s – 
Resolution
4) 27 Desbrosses Street, application for a liquor license for 27 Faja Foods on the Hudson 
Inc. – Resolution This was on the agenda in 2009, then presumably dropped (because I see nothing online). Last we had heard, the Anchor Bar folks were opening a two-level restaurant and bar there, but that was before Sandy.
5) 77 Worth Street, application for a liquor license alteration for Atera – Resolution
6) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—363 Greenwich Street, application for renewal of liquor license for Tribeca Tap 
House
—16 North Moore St., application for renewal of liquor license for Walker’s
—109 W. Broadway, application for a renewal of a liquor license for Super Linda

10/10 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 25 N. Moore Street, application for approval of rooftop addition – Resolution A rooftop addition at the Atalanta?! Expect the committee to be very suspicious.
2) 77 Reade Street, application for approval rooftop security fence Installation – Resolution Because of the rooftop burglar, no doubt.
3) 139 Fulton Street, application for approval of storefront glazing and sill – Resolution

10/15  Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office 
49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)  Audit report issued regarding Howard Hughes Corporation – Presentation by Tina Kim, 
Deputy Comptroller
2)  Brooklyn Bridge Reconstruction Project – Update by Luis Sanchez, Joannene Kidder, 
NYC DOT
3)  Peck Slip Park – Update by Lawrence Mauro, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
4)  Request for active participation in future South Street Seaport development projects – 
Resolution
5)  145 Nassau Street, application for a restaurant liquor license for Tarbell Industries LLC – 
Resolution As discussed here.

10/16 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM

Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1)  Update by Joe Simenic, Executive Director, Lower Manhattan Construction Command 
Center – Resolution
2)  Capital and Expense Budget Requests for FY 2015 – Resolution
3)  Update on Community Planning Fellows and Pace Students by Diana Switaj, CB 1 
Director of Planning and Land Use & Michael Levine, CB 1 Planning Consultant
4)  Calendars for 2014

10/17 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 LMCCC
2)  New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital – Presentation by Michael Fosina, SVP and Chief Operating Officer of Lower Manhattan Hospital Can someone ask them why their ambulance sirens need to be so loud? They’re much worse than the Downtown Hospital’s ones.
3)  Local elderly shut-in and disabled population holiday outreach initiative – Barbara Walters, Faith in Action Committee Chair for Tamid
4)  Residential Recycling Forum – Discussion

10/22 CB #1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM

Location: 4 World Trade Center aka 150 Greenwich Street First chance to see inside 4 World Trade?