May 2013
Meetings take place at the Community Board office, 250 West 87th Street, unless otherwise indicated.
Proposed Committee Agendas Subject to Change
Housing Committee, Nick Prigo and Louis Cholden-Brown, Co-Chairpersons
Monday, May 13, 6:30PM
1. Follow up on NYCHA infill development issues and plan for next steps.
Legislative and policy review, with special attention to ULURP requirement for NYCHA infill S4641(Hoylman)/A6964(Wright) and making Mitchell-Lama units available to families without dependents S226 (Squadron)/A5438(Silver).
2. Planning for CB7’s District Needs Statement for Fiscal Year 2015.
Parks & Environment Committee, Klari Neuwelt and Elizabeth Starkey, Co-Chairperson
Monday, May 20, 7:00PM
1. Planning for CB7’s District Needs Statement for Fiscal Year 2015.
2. Update on committee discussions.
Transportation Committee, Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Tuesday, May 21, 7:00 PM
1. Residential Parking Permits. Presentation and discussion regarding residential parking permits with Professor Zhan Guo, NYU Wagner School.
2. Request by Transit District One to secondarily name the corner of 60th Street and Broadway for P.O. Seraphin Calabrese and P.O Joseph Keegan, who were killed in the line of duty at the 59/CC subway station. Both officers were shot to death in 1980 in separate incidents.
3. Newsstand, N/W/C Broadway and 72nd Street. Application #1266882 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Joseph Zaheer to construct and operate a newsstand at the Northwest corner of Broadway and West 72nd Street.
4. 969 Columbus Avenue, Special Radio Disp. Corp. (West 107th- 108th Street.) Application #B02228 to NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission by Special Radio Disp. Corp. for renewal of their For Hire Base Station license.
5. 981 Columbus Avenue, New Superior Radio Group, Corp. (West 108th Street.) Application #B01768 to NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission by New Superior Radio Group, Corp. for renewal of their For Hire Base Station license.
6. West 68th Street Parking. Removal of Alternate Side Parking and installation of metered parking on West 68th Street at the four corners between Broadway and Amsterdam
7. Planning for CB7’s District Needs Statement for Fiscal Year 2015.
Land Use Committee, Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Wednesday, May 22, 7:00 PM
1. 945 Second Avenue Text Amendment/ ZR Sec. 32-41. Application # N130232ZRM by the Department of City Planning to amend Zoning Resolution Section 32-421. The proposed text amendment would allow non-residential use on the second story of a building in the affected districts constructed after September 17, 1970 if the second story on the date of referral was not occupied by a community facility use, dwelling unit or rooming unit.
2. Discussion of the East Midtown Rezoning. The application is available at City Planning’s website: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/east_midtown/index.shtml
3. Planning for CB7’s District Needs Statement for Fiscal Year 2015.
Youth, Education & Libraries Committee, Marisa Maack, Chairperson
Thursday, May 16, 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Goddard Riverside Community Center
593 Columbus Avenue @ corner of 88th st.
Beacon Building Public Hearing. Learn more in English and Spanish
Health & Human Services Committee
Madge Rosenberg and Barbara Van Buren, Co-Chairpersons
Tuesday, May 28, 7:00 PM
1. Presentation on United to End Homelessness. This group was formed in late 2012 by a cross section of homeless and housing advocates, providers, and faith leaders to speak in a unified voice during the 2013 mayoral campaign season about creating real solutions for our clients, neighbors, and friends who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Discussion of their recommendations.
2. Planning for CB7’s District Needs Statement for Fiscal Year 2015.
3. Follow-up on Members’ activities.
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.
Resolutions adopted at the committee meetings will be reported at the Full Board Meeting on Tuesday, June 4, beginning at 6:30 PM at Goddard Riverside Community Center, 593 Columbus Avenue at 88th Street.