*PUBLIC HEARINGS are noted with asterisks.
MEETINGS AT THE COMMUNITY BOARD OFFICE ARE AT 3 WASHINGTON SQUARE VILLAGE, AT
THE BOARD OFFICE CONFERENCE ROOM ADJACENT TO SUITE 1A. Calendar is subject
to change, so we suggest that individuals visit our website [cb2manhattan.org]
regularly for updates. At all meetings, additional items may be
raised as "New Business".
SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC FACILITIES & PUBLIC ACCESS Maury
Schott, Chair
Mon., 10/4 @ 6:30 PM – Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson
St. Assembly Hall
1a.*New App. for revocable
consent to operate an Unenclosed sidewalk café for:
Caffe Roast Bean Inc. d/b/a Caffe Roast Bean, One 7th Ave So.,
with 10 tables & 20 seats, DCA# 1372369
1b.*Renewal App. for revocable
consent to operate an Enclosed sidewalk cafe for:
Oliver King Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Empire Szechwan Village, 173
7th Ave. So. with 11 tables & 22 seats, DCA#1007220
1c.*Renewal App. for revocable
consent to operate an Unenclosed sidewalk cafe for:
Restaurant Ventures of NY, Inc., Sapore, 200 Spring St. with 10 tables
& 20 seats, DCA# 0920983
Zestful Management Corp. d/b/a Bar 6, 502 Ave. of the Americas, with 4
tables & 12 seats, DCA# 0919619
Half Pint on Thompson, LLC, 234 Thompson St. with 9 tables & 18 seats,
DCA# 1279573
Wogie’s, Inc. 39 Greenwich Ave. with 16 tables & 32 seats, DCA#
1160623
Macdougal Bleecker Corp., d/b/a Cafe del Mar, 89 Macdougal St. with 17
tables & 34 seats, DCA# 1163023
FGNY 496 LaGuardia, LLC d/b/a Five Guys Burgers & Fries, 496 LaGuardia
Pl. with 3 tables & 6 seats, DCA# 1279546
Brass Monkey, LLC, 55 Little West 12 Street, with 3 tables & 6 seats,
DCA# 1199470
The Otheroom Inc. 143 Perry St. with 2 tables & 6 seats, DCA# 1110366
C&O Coffee Shop, Inc.d/b/a La Bonbonniere, 28
8th Ave. with 5 tables & 10 seats, DCA# 1277859
Babu Food, Inc. 468 Hudson St. with 17 tables & 33 seats, DCA# 1157473
Jec II, LLC, d/b/a One Little West 12, 1-3 Little West 12th
Street, with 31 tables & 62 seats, DCA# 116185
172 Bleecker St. Rest. Inc., d/b/a Café Espanol, 172 Bleecker St. with 3
tables & 6 seats, DCA# 0920629
172 Bleecker St. Rest. Inc., d/b/a Cafe Espanol,190 Sullivan St. with 4
tables & 8 seats, DCA# 1080119
ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY & PUBLIC HEALTH Jason
Mansfield, Chair
Tues., 10/5 @ 6:30 PM- P.S. 41, 106 W. 11th St.
Auditorium
Presentation regarding a new proposed gas pipeline from New Jersey
to Gansevoort Market.
PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE Tobi Bergman, Chair
Wed., 10/6 @ 6:30 PM-Little Red School House, 196 Bleecker
St. (enter on Sixth Avenue)
*Christopher Park: Discussion of ongoing initiatives by NYC Parks
and NYPD to keep this park safe and welcoming to all, and how neighbors can
help.
Bleecker Playground and Sitting Area: Discussion of use and security
issues in this park including illegal uses in the sitting area and use of
the playground comfort station by tour buses.
*Budget Priorities for FY 2012
Discussion of arrangement of benches in Washington Square Park
sitting areas (Phase 2 reconstruction).
Status of capital projects at Washington Square, Minetta, Seravalli,
Bleecker St. Comfort Station.
STREET ACTIVITIES & FILM PERMITS Evan Lederman,
Chair
Thurs., 10/7 @ 6:30 PM-CB#2-Man. Conference Room, 3
Washington Square Village, ground floor
*10/30-Green Halloween Block Party,
Spring St. bet. Mulberry St. & Mott Street
LANDMARKS & PUBLIC AESTHETICS 1st MEETING
Sean Sweeney
Tues., 10/12 @ 6:30 PM– St. Anthony of Padua Church, 154
Sullivan St. Lower Hall
*Department of Sanitation presentation on the design of their new
Spring Street Salt Shed.
*153 Prince St. –Applicationis
toalter the façade and areaway and install storefront
infill and signage.
*337-339 West Broadway aka 54-58 Grand St.-Application to create a
new masonry opening.
*47 W. 8th St.-Application is to legalize façade
alterations and storefront infill installed without
Landmarks Preservation Commission Permits.
*122-132 W. 12th St.-Application is to modify a masonry
opening and alter the areaway.
*58 Morton St.-Application is to legalize the removal of a leaded
glass window without LandmarksPreservation Commission
permits.
*23 Cornelia St.-Application is to construct a rooftop
addition.
TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION Shirley Secunda, Chair
Tues., 10/12 @ 6:30 PM –Church of Our Lady of Pompeii, 25
Carmine St. Father Demo Hall
*Update by office of Congressman Jerrold Nadler concerning the one-way
toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and its impacts on downtown
Manhattan.
*Request for restrictions on hanging banners on small side streets in
historic districts.
*Presentation by NYC Dept. of Transportation of street geometry design
revisions for temporary Gansevoort Plaza areas.
SLA LICENSING Raymond Lee, Chair
Wed., 10/13 @ 6:30 PM-St. Anthony of Padua Church, 154
Sullivan St. Lower Hall
1a.*Apps. to the State Liquor
Authority (SLA) for a Renewal license to sell Liquor:
Mercat, 45 Bond St. (on-premise)
1b.*Apps. to the State Liquor
Authority (SLA) for New License to sell liquor on-premise:
Robert Meller or Corp. to be formed, TBD, 174 Bleecker St. NYC
10012(addition)
Adrien Gallo, Alexandre Amsz, Pending, 80 Varick St. Unit 1G, NYC 10013
(addition)
Francis Louis Corp. d/b/a Frankie’s 570 Spuntino Hudson St., 570 Hudson
St., NYC
Himi Okajima d/b/a Hakata Ton Ton, 61 Grove St. NYC 10014
Keith McNally or entity to be formed, TBD, 18 Greenwich Ave. NYC 10011
161 Mulberry Restaurant, LLC, TBD, 161 Mulberry St. NYC 10013
Emil Warda, d/b/a West 12th Street LLC, 285 W. 12th
St. 10014
1c.*Apps. to the SLA for
Alteration to sell liquor on-premise:
SoHo Bistro Inc. 69 Thompson St. NYC –(alteration of b&w)
232 W. 14 Restaurant Corp. 232 W. 14th St. NYC 10011
FYI: New Beer and/or Wine Licenses:
Vai Enterprises, LLC, 105 Thompson St.
NYC
Artichoke Macdougal LLC, d/b/a Artichoke, 111 Macdougal
St. NYC 10012
**Renewals: Wild Ginger Vegetarian Kitchen, 380 Broome St.
(b&w); Le Pain Quotidien, 100 Grand St. (b&w); Fig& Olive, 420 W. 13th St. (on-premise); Tre Giovani, 548
LaGuardia Pl. (b&w); Braeburn, 117 Perry St. (on-premise); Bleecker
Trattoria, Inc. 232 Bleecker St. (b&w); Arthur’s Tavern, 57 Grove St.
(on-premise); Small’s Jazz Club, 183 W. 10th St. (on-premise); Agave,
140 7th Ave. South, (on-premise); Trattoria Pesca Pasta, 262 Bleecker
St. (b&w); Cru, 24 Fifth Ave. (on-premise); Lil Green Lounge, 35 Grand St.
(on-premise); The Superman Group Inc. 41 Greenwich Ave. (on-premise); The Smile,
26 Bond St. (b&w); Brinkley’s 199 Lafayette St. (on-premise); Fatty Crab,
645 Hudson St. (on-premise); Paris Commune, 99 Bank St. (on-premise); Fish, 280
Bleecker St. (b&w); Papatzul, 55 Grand St. (on-premise); Epistrophy, 200
Mott St. (on-premise);
**Please Contact the Board Office if you have an Issue with these
Applications, to have them placed on the agenda for this
meeting.
EXECUTIVE Jo Hamilton, Chair
Wed., 10/13 @ 6:30 PM – CB#2-Man. Board Office Conference
Room, 3 Washington Square Village, ground floor
LAND USE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTDavid
Reck, Chair
Thurs., 10/14 @ 6:30 PM –CB#2-Man. Board Office Conference
Room, 3 Washington Square Village, ground floor
*841 Broadway, (Block 565, Lot 15) Board of
Standards and Appeals Special Permit Application on behalf of the Jivamukti
Yoga Center, to legalize the operation of a Physical Culture Establishment
(PCE)/yoga center.
*209-211 Hester Street (Block 235, Lot 24) City
Planning Special Permit Application pursuant to Zoning Resolution section
§74-781, to permit Use Group 6 commercial / Retail uses in the ground floor
and cellar of an existing seven-story building located in an M1-5B
district.
JOINT ARTS & INSTITUTIONS & PARKS, RECREATION & OPEN SPACE
*A community discussion of the public open spaces
on Mercer Street and LaGuardia Place in the NYU "super blocks" and of history
of these spaces and ideas for transferring the land from the Department
of Transportation to the Department of Parks.
SOCIAL SERVICES& EDUCATION Keen Berger, Chair
Tues., 10/19 @ 6:30 PM-Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson
St. Garden Room
Major Focus: Public Schools – Guest Leonie
Hanson
Current Status and recent success:
Clinton, PS 3, PS 41, PS 130
Update on possible new schools: 75 Morton Street, Foundling,
NYU
THE PUBLIC SESSION BEGINS AT 6:00 PM. SPEAKERS' CARDS
WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM 6:00 TO 6:30 PM. Reports from the Chair,
District Manager, Borough President, Standing Committees. INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT
ATTEND ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY IN ADVANCE TO THE BOARD
OFFICE.WRITTEN TESTIMONY WILL BE PLACED INTO THE
RECORD.
WATERFRONTArthur Z. Schwartz, Chair
Mon., 10/25 @ 7:00 PM- Housing Works, 320 W. 13th
St.
Please check amended calendar on the website for agenda.
PRECINCT COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETINGS:
1stThurs.,10/28@ 6:30 PM1st Pct. Station House, 16 Ericsson
Pl.
5TH Wed.,10/27@ 7:00 PM5th Pct. Station House, 19 Elizabeth St.
6thWed.,10/27@ 7:30 PMChurch of Our Lady of Pompeii, 25 Carmine St., Lower Level
9thTues.,10/19@ 7:00 PM9th Pct. Station House, 321 East 5th St.
2nd Floor.
NOTE:
The Board Office will be closed on Monday, October 12, 2010, Columbus Day.