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 at for any changes to agendas prior to the meeting dates. (That’s good advice; they often change.)

Please note meeting dates and locations have been changed from regular scheduled dates.

10/1 Financial District Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) South Ferry Subway Station – Update by Zachary Campbell, Assistant Director, MTA 
NYC Transit
2) Fulton Center – Update by Uday Durg, Project Executive, MTA Capital Construction Maybe it’s finally opening!
3) Route 9A – Update by Shilpan Patel, Acting Director, Route 9A project
4) 14 Wall Street, application for Board of Standards and Appeals special permit for a 
physical culture establishment – Resolution Equinox.
5) 41 John Street, reconsideration of application for a wine and beer license for Chopping 
Block – Resolution
6) 90 Washington Street, application for a liquor license for NY Hospitality LLC – 
Resolution
7) 20 Exchange Place update by Joseph Alexander, Project Manager, DTH Capital
8) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—77 Pearl Street, renewal application for an unenclosed sidewalk café for Burger- 
Burger
—54 Pearl Street, renewal application for a liquor license for Fraunces Tavern
—106 South William Street, Store 2, renewal application for a wine and beer license for 
No 1 Chinese Restaurant
—104 John Street, renewal application for a liquor license for Lau & Cheung LLC

10/2 Street Fair Task Force – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 2014 Community Board One street fairs – Update by Joe Giovanni, Mardi Gras 
Productions
2) Sponsorship of Street Fairs for Fundraising by CB 1 in 2015 – Resolution CB1 makes money from street fairs, which makes its regulating of them rather complicated.

10/6 Planning Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 346 Broadway/108 Leonard Street – Update and possible resolution The building is being converted to condos, but not sure why this CB1 Commitee is weighing in.
2) Lower Manhattan Resiliency Initiatives – Update by Dan Zarrilli, Director, Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency
3) Con Edison Infrastructure Resiliency – Update by Pat Richardi, Manager, Manhattan Public Affairs, Con Edison
4) 456-460 Washington Street, 421-a application for Preliminary Certificate of Eligibility – Report If I understand this correctly, Related’s big new building at 460 Washington will have at least some rent-stabilized apartments in exchange for tax credits? I find government writing impossible to understand, so I may be wrong.)
5) Rent Protection Laws – Discussion and possible resolution

10/7 Battery Park City Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Battery Park City Library, 175 North End Avenue
1) Inflatable Storm Barrier – Presentation by Cheryl Witmer, US Flood Control Corp.
2) The North Cove Marina – Update by Commodore Michael Fortenbaugh
3) Battery Park City Authority – Update
4) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses or sidewalk cafe permits:
—30 West Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Osteria Casano 
LLC d/b/a Inattesco Pizzabar Casano
—102 North End Avenue, application for renewal of unenclosed sidewalk cafe for 
Signature 102 North End Ave. LLC d/b/a North End Grill

10/8 Tribeca Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Schematic Geometric and Landscape Design for NYC Department of Design and 
Construction, Bogardus Plaza Project HWPLZ012M – Presentation by Signe Nielsen 
from Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects, PC – Resolution This was discussed last month, and I left before the committee and audience weighed in—but my understanding is that neighbors in an adjacent building want concessions because they live next to the park, and CB1 told them to work it out and come back.
2) 67 Murray Street, application for liquor license for Kinjo Inc. d/b/a Gunbae – Resolution The Korean barbecue restaurant and karaoke bar discussed last month (and told to come back with more detailed information).
3) 349 Greenwich Street, application for restaurant liquor license for Greenwich Rest. LLC 
– Resolution The old Dean’s space; it was on last month’s agenda but then it dropped off before the meeting. Could still be the Brick and Mason bar/grill concept.
4) Application for newsstand at S/E/C Canal & Watts Streets – Resolution The southeast corner of Canal and Watts might be among the least-trafficked spots in Manhattan—so, er, great place for a newsstand? Or maybe it’s for cars that want to stop as they drive slowly along Canal?
5) 56 Reade Street, application for restaurant liquor license for Grazin’ Tribeca LLC – 
Resolution Explained here.
6) 33 Leonard Street, application for renewal of sidewalk café license for TK Rest. Corp. – 
Resolution That’s the Square Diner.
7) The following notices have been received for renewal, upgrade, or transfer of wine and beer or liquor licenses:
—45 Murray Street, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for Tribeca Restaurant LLC d/b/a Benares
—65 West Broadway, application for renewal of restaurant liquor license for 65 West Broadway Restaurant LLC d/b/a Saleya

10/9 Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) 346 Broadway/108 Leonard Street, application for rooftop penthouses, mechanical 
equipment, alterations to designated interior spaces and restoration of marble facades – 
Resolution The project (pictured at right) makes more sense in this committee…. I did notice some mockups atop the building a couple of weeks ago.
2) 56 Warren Street, application for replacement of bluestone pavers – Resolution
3) 115 South Street, application for rooftop addition – Resolution
4) Bogardus Plaza, application for design approval – Resolution See the Tribeca Committee, above.
5) Governors Island Building 109, application for demolition of structurally unsound 
building – Resolution
6) 195 Broadway, application for installation of ADA-compliant ramp on Dey Street – Resolution
Note: Tribeca Committee Members are invited to attend for item #4

10/14 Youth & Education Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Field time allocated at Murry Bergtraum Lower East Side field – Update by Andrew 
Zelter, Downtown Little League
2) South Street Seaport Museum Education Programs – Update by Margaret Flanagan, 
Museum Educator
3) Peck Slip, Tweed classroom divisions – Report
4) Fall 2014 school registers–Report

10/15 Executive Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Capital and Expense Budget Requests for FY 2016 – Resolution
2) Review of January-June 2015 calendars dates
3) Overview of total district population by neighborhood – Presentation by Diana Switaj, 
Director of Planning and Land Use & Jeff Sun, Community Planning Fellow
4) Committee reports

10/16 Quality of Life Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) Construction Update – NYC Department of Transportation, Office of the Lower 
Manhattan Commissioner
2) Holland Tunnel-area traffic noise – Discussion
3) Drones in Lower Manhattan – Resolution
4) Reducing the use of carryout bags – Resolution

10/21 Seaport/Civic Center Committee – 6:00 PM
Location: Community Board #1 – Office, 49-51 Chambers Street, Room 709
1) New York Presbyterian/Lower Manhattan Hospital – Update by Michael J. Fosina, 
Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
2) Peck Slip Park – Presentation by Jason Friedman, CB1 Member & possible resolution

10/22 Special Landmarks Committee – 6:00 PM (POSTPONED)
Location: To be determined
1) South Street Seaport, application for alterations to Tin Building and Schermerhorn Row, pavilions under FDR Drive and Link Building Note that this has evidently been postponed.
—Planning Committee and Seaport/Civic Center Committee Members are invited to attend

10/28 Public Hearing on CB 1 Capital and Expense budget – 6:00 PM
Location: The National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, 
Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Cultures, 1st floor
1) CB1 Capital and Expense Budget Requests for the New York City FY 2016

10/28 CB #1 Monthly Meeting – 6:00 PM
Location: The National Museum of the American Indian, 1 Bowling Green, 
Diker Pavilion for Native Arts and Cultures, 1st floor
1) Guest Speaker: John Haworth, Senior Executive, National Museum of the American Indian in New York. A tour of the National Museum of the American Indian will be conducted at 5:15 prior to the meeting. Please arrive at the ground floor at 5:15 pm to attend and RSVP to MAN01@cb.nyc.gov.