Full Board Agenda
June 4, 2013
Goddard-Riverside Center
593 Columbus Avenue (88th Street)
5:45 PM Pre-Meeting
Land Use Committee
945 Second Avenue Text Amendment/ ZR Sec. 32-41.
6:30PM
Full Board Meeting Proposed Agenda
Subject to Change
Approval of minutes from previous full board meeting
Chair's Report: Mark Diller
Community Session
We welcome all members of our community (residents, businesses, CBOs) who would like to speak on issues of interest to them. Please limit remarks to two minutes and, if possible, provide a written copy for the record.
Manhattan Borough President's Report: Rebecca Godlewicz
Reports by Legislators
Business Session
Land Use Committee
Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Resolution Re:
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.
Preservation Committee
Jay Adolf and Gabrielle Palitz, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
2. 135 Central Park West (West 73rd – 74th Streets.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for restorati8on/replacement of two entry vestibule doors, which flank the main entrance doors.
3. 125 West 75th Street (Amsterdam – Columbus Avenues.) Application #13-1235 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to alter the areaway and install new walls and railings.
4. 52 West 76th Street (Columbus Avenue – Central Park West.) Application #14-0283 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to legalize the installation of security cameras and intercom installed without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s), and areaway and stoop alterations completed in non-compliance with Certificate of No Effect 09-0606.
5. 327 West 76th Street (West End Avenue – Riverside Drive.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to replace the newels and front handrails with new cast stone pieces.
6. 140 West 79th Street (Amsterdam – Columbus Avenues.) Application #13-8160 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to legalize the installation of windows without Landmarks Preservation Commission permit(s) and to establish a Master Plan governing the future installation of windows.
7. 167 West 88th Street (Amsterdam Avenue.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a penthouse renovation.
Transportation Committee, Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
8. Request by Transit District One to secondarily name the southeast corner of 60th Street and Broadway, near the subway entrance at the Trump building, 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. Proposal to remove news boxes in Community District 7.
Business & Consumer Issues Committee
Michelle Parker and George Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
Re-Apply Café Application:
13. 286 Columbus Avenue (West 73rd – 74th Street.) Re-apply application DCA# 1231072 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Wine and Roses Bar and Cafés, LLC, d/b/a Wine & Roses, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 7 tables and 14 seats.
14. Unenclosed Café Renewal Applications:
• 225 Columbus Avenue (West 70th – 71st Street.) Renewal application DCA# 0982077 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Mare Mare, Inc., d/b/a Bistro Cassis, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 14 seats.
• 261 Columbus Avenue (West 72nd Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1111397 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by PGGS Gourmet, Inc., d/b/a Columbus Gourmet Food, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 16 seats.
• 370 Columbus Avenue (West 77th – 78th Street.) Renewal 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.
• 384 Columbus Avenue (West 78th -79th Street). Renewal application DCA# 1190075 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 384 Columbus Avenue Associates, d/b/a Ocean Grill, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 20 tables and 53 seats.
• 201 West 79th Street (Amsterdam Avenue.) Renewal application DCA# 1125981 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Renolta, LLC, d/b/a Nice Matin, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 24 tables and 68 seats.
• 435 Amsterdam Avenue (West 81st Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1387587 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 357 Hospitality, Inc., d/b/a Spice, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 17 tables and 34 seats.
• 450 Amsterdam Avenue (West 82nd Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1204137 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by EKD Tavern, Inc., d/b/a Dead Poet, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 5 tables and 11 seats.
• 466 Columbus Avenue (West 82nd - 83rd Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1318895 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Blossom Restaurant & Café, Inc., d/b/a Café Blossom, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 8 tables and 16 seats.
• 485 Columbus Avenue (West 83rd – 84th Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1249725 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Cilantro West, LLC, d/b/a Cilantro NYC, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 9 tables and 18 seats.
• 2799 Broadway (West 108th Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1394145 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 2799 Broadway Grocery, LLC, d/b/a Cascabel Taqueria, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 21 tables and 44 seats.
New Unenclosed Café Application:
15. 949 Columbus Avenue (West 107th Street.) New application DCA# 1463073 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 949 Columbus Avenue, Inc., d/b/a Lura, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 6 tables and 12 seats.
New Enclosed Café Application:
16. 269 Columbus Avenue (West 72nd – 73rd Street.) New application DCA# 1392078/ ULURP# N110352ECM to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 72nd & Columbus Restaurant, LLC, d/b/a Columbus Tavern, for a two-year consent to operate an enclosed sidewalk café with 16 tables and 34 seats.
5:45 PM Pre-Meeting
Land Use Committee
Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
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.