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Committee Agenda - Manhattan Community Board 7

November  2009

AGENDAS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Meetings take place at the Community Board offices, 250 West 87th Street, unless otherwise indicated.

Transportation Committee, Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Tuesday, November 10, 7:00 PM
1. 2173-75 Broadway (West 76th - 77th Streets.)  Renewal application DCA# 0955758 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Kiman Coffee Shop, Inc., d/b/a Big Nick’s Burger Joint & Pizza Joint, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 8 tables and 24 seats.
2. 370 Columbus Avenue (West 77th – 78th Streets.)  New application DCA# 1337067 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Gari International, Inc., d/b/a Gari, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 11 tables and 22 seats.
3. Continued discussion with Buckley Yung and Paul Gawkowski, NYCT bus planning, on the routing of the M72, M5 and M66 after the opening of the West 72nd Street connection between Riverside Drive and Riverside Boulevard.
4. DOT presentation of final design of bike racks that will be installed on parking meter poles on Columbus Avenue between West 67th and 86th Streets and Amsterdam Avenue between West 60th and 86th Streets.  Committee’s and Columbus Avenue and Lincoln Square BIDs’ surveys of parking meter poles and affected businesses.
5. 2642 Broadway (West 100th - 101st Streets.)  Application to the Taxi & Limousine Commission by Two Way Black Cars & Radio Group Transportation for a For-Hire based license no. B01743.
6. Application #1333419 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Mohammed T. Hossain to construct and operate a newsstand at the southeast corner of Broadway and West 62nd Street.
7. Application #1329759 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Mohammed Arshad Mia to construct and operate a newsstand at the northeast corner of Columbus Avenue and West 65th Street.
8. Application #1335521 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Altaf L. Shaikh to construct and operate a newsstand at the northwest corner of Columbus Avenue and West 97th Street.

Business & Consumer Issues Committee
Michelle Parker and George Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, Co-Chairpersons
Wednesday, November 11, 7:00 PM
New applications to the NYS Liquor Authority for a two-year on-premises license:
1. West 67th Street and Central Park West, Dean Poll d/b/a Tavern on the Green.
2. 2398 Broadway (West 88th Street) Sigma Group Inc / Aged 88st LLC, d/b/a, To Be Determined  

Parks & Preservation Committee
Klari Neuwelt and Lenore Norman, Co-Chairpersons
Thursday, November 12, 7:00 PM
1. Briefing by John Herrold, Riverside Park Administrator, on Riverside Park.
2. Presentation by Robert Gottheim, Congressman Jerrold Nadler’s office, on the use of federal funds for Riverside Park South.
3. Presentation by the American Museum of Natural History on the restoration of the Central Park West entrance façade, the Rotunda and the second floor of the museum.
4. 56 West 70th Street (Central Park West-Columbus Avenue.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for façade renovation and window replacement.
5. 455 Amsterdam Avenue (West 81st Street - West 82nd Street.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a storefront renovation.

Housing Committee, Victor Gonzalez and Charles Simon, Co-Chairpersons
Monday, November 16, 7:00PM
1. Presentation on affordable housing study for the upper West Side by Alan Biller, Manhattan Borough President’s urban fellow working with MCB7.
2. Planning follow-up on the forum, “NYCHA: The Next 75 Years.”

Health & Human Services Committee, Madge Rosenberg and
Barbara Van Buren, Co-Chairpersons
Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 PM
1. Aging in Place.  Community groups who have initiated volunteer groups to make living easier for people as they grow older in their homes, as well as for neighbors in general, will share how they successfully organized.  Bloomingdale Aging in Place and Park West’s Neighbor to Neighbor will answer questions for those who may be interested in starting a group in their own neighborhood.  If you already have a similar group, you are urged to attend and share your experiences.
2. 902-904 Amsterdam Avenue (West 104th Street.) Informational presentation by Urban Pathways on the renovation of Cluster House to provide 50 studio apartments.

Land Use Committee, Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Please note the revised Land Use Committee schedule below.
November 18
20 West End Avenue
(West 60th Street.)  Informational presentation by the Heschel School on their application to the Board of Standards & Appeals for expansion of the school.

December 16
Joint with the Transportation Committee

175 West 89th Street (Columbus-Amsterdam Avenues.)  Presentation of application to the Department of City Planning by Dominion Management for eight accessory parking spaces in the cellar of an existing 4-story residential building.

January 20
721 Amsterdam Avenue
(West 95th-96th Streets.)  Presentation of an application to the Department of City Planning by Axton LLC for a modification of a previously approved Large Scale Development in the West Side Urban Renewal Area to facilitate the enlargement of the 1st and 2nd stories of an existing 27-story mixed-use building for commercial and community facilities use.

Youth, Education & Libraries Committee, Mark Diller, Chairperson
Thursday, November 19, 6:30 to 7:30PM

1. Update on overcrowding and YEL's October resolution.
2. Preparation and planning for a meeting on afterschool needs in our District.
3. Bloomingdale (West 100th) Branch Library - renovation needs (short- and long-term).

Green Committee, Elizabeth Starkey, Chairperson
The committee will not meet in November.

Meetings take place at the Community Board office, 250 West 87th Street, unless otherwise indicated.   Agendas are subject to change.  To confirm committee agendas and meeting locations, call the Board office at (212) 362-4008.  Send comments by e-mail to office@cb7.org or by fax to (212) 595-9317.

Resolutions adopted at the committee meetings will be reported at the Full Board Meeting on Tuessday, December 1, 2009, beginning at 6:30 PM, location to be announced. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


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