Full Board Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 6:30 PM
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
7 West 83rd Street (Central Park West)

Chair's Report: Mel Wymore

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: Corey Peterson    
Reports by Legislators

Riverside Center Working Group, Ethel Sheffer, Chair
2. Letter re the proposed Riverside Center.

Land Use Committee, Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Resolution Re:
3. West End Avenue and West 61st Street .  Application to the Board of Standards and Appeals for a variance to waive height and setback  and permitted obstructions in a rear yard regulations to facilitate construction of a new lower and middle school building at the corner of 61st Street and West End Avenue for the Abraham Joshua Heschel School.

Transportation Committee
Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
4. 531 West End Avenue , a/k/a 300 West 86th Street.  A new petition by Imico West End LLC to the Department of Transportation to construct, maintain and use a snow melting system beneath the sidewalk on both the West End Avenue frontage and West 86th Street frontage of the building located at 531-539 West End Avenue.
5. New Unenclosed Café Application:
• 302 Columbus Avenue (West 74th – 75th Streets.) New application DCA# 1339241 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Lenny’s 74th Street, LLC, d/b/a Lenny’s, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 9 tables and 18 seats.
6. Unenclosed Café Renewal Applications:
• 61 Columbus Avenue (West 62nd Street) Renewal application DCA#1190070 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by West 62 Operating, LLC d/b/a Rosa Mexicana, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 14 tables and 28 seats.
• 267 Columbus Avenue (West 72nd – 73rd Streets.) Renewal application DCA# 1072082 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Classic Food, Inc., d/b/a Sido, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 3 tables and 6 seats.
• 316 Columbus Avenue (West 74th-75th Streets.) Renewal application DCA# 806050 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by 316 Restaurant Corp., d/b/a Pappardella, at for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk cafe with 10 tables and 20 seats.
• 441 Amsterdam Avenue (West 81st Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1283635 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by JPS Ventures, Inc., d/b/a St. James Gate, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 3 tables and 8 seats.
• 513 Columbus Avenue (West 84th - 85th Streets.) Renewal application DCA# 1167803 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by RLS Inc of NY, d/b/a Señor Swanky Speakeasy, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 28 tables and 57 seats.
• 2665 Broadway (West 101st-102nd Streets .) Renewal application DCA# 1189644 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Kieffer & Norell, LLC, d/b/a Picnic, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 12 tables and 23 seats.
• 2737 Broadway (West 104th-105th Streets.) Renewal application DCA# 1109932 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by The Westside of Broadway Rest Group, Inc., d/b/a Toast, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 15 tables and 30 seats.
7. Enclosed  Café Renewal Application:
• 200 Columbus Avenue (West 69th Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1271565 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Magnolia Columbus Avenue, LLC, d/b/a Magnolia Bakery, for a two-year consent to operate an enclosed sidewalk café with 15 tables and 39 seats..
8. MTA service cuts.

Business & Consumer Issues Committee
Michelle Parker and George Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, Co-Chairpersons
Resolution Re:
9. Applications to the SLA for a two-year liquor license:
• 2315 Broadway (West 84th Street) Donizetti, LLC d/b/a Five Napkin Burger.
• 998 Amsterdam Avenue (West 109th Street) Matthew Hect d/b/a Sip.
• 141 West 69th Street (Columbus Avenue)  Graffit USA, LLC  d/b/a Graffit

Parks & Preservation Committee
Klari Neuwelt and Lenore Norman, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
10. 115 Central Park West (West 71st - 72nd Streets.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a window replacement.
11. 100 West 80th (Amsterdam-Columbus Avenues.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a 17’ by 17’ rooftop addition.
12. 101 West 85th Street (Amsterdam-Columbus Avenues.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a wheelchair lift.
13. 143 West 69th Street , d/b/a A Cut Above and Noi Due (Columbus-Amsterdam Avenues.) (Columbus Avenue-Broadway.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to install four signs: two mounted on the pony wall at the sidewalk level and two mounted on the building façade directly above each business.