COMMUNITY BOARD 7: AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER'S VIRTUAL PUBLIC BOARD MEETING

Community Board 7 Board Meeting
Wednesday, September 22nd, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

 

The monthly (September through June) board meeting of Community Board 7 will be held on Wednesday, September 22nd, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., virtually. Residents and business owners and their employees are welcome to attend.

Register for the Zoom meeting as an attendee at https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IwIsWlvXSDWu1UQntRZrhA.

 

The board meeting can be viewed on CB 7's YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/channel/UCcAZ1cECSeZI8iNyQDKuX5Q. 

 

The following is the proposed agenda:

 

1.    Pledge of Allegiance

2.    Roll Call
3.    Opening of the meeting
4.    Adoption of the agenda
5.    Adoption of the minutes of the June 16, 2021, board meeting
6.    Adoption of the minutes of the September 14, 2021, public hearing
7.    Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on topics covered in the committee reports)
8.   Committee Reports

A) Economic Development-Waterfront Committee (Vote required)

1. Update from EDC’s plans for the north campus of Bush Terminal 

2. Popular Bank’s application for a banking development district at 4502 5th Avenue

3. Updates from Steiner Studio on the Steiner Sequel Studio project at Bush Terminal

B) Education/Youth

1. Discussion on the renaming of a Sunset Park school for Dr. Antonia Pantoja

C) Special Subcommittee on Last-Mile Trucking Facilities Joint Meeting with Community Board 6

1. What did we learn then from our speakers and what questions were raised?

2. What do we know about last-mile in the district?

D) Transportation Committee (Vote required)

1. Presentation by DOT on a proposed bike boulevard on 20th-21st streets from 3rd to 7th avenues

2. Proposal to convert 20th Street (from 3rd to 10th avenues) to a one-way, with a 2-way bike lane

3. Park Circle safety improvements

4. Street renaming for 57th Street between 3rd & 4th avenues for Sandra Santos-Vizcaino

5. DOT presentation for pedestrian safety improvements around Our Lady of Perpetual Help and P.S. 169 at the intersections of 60th Street and 7th Avenue, 59th Street and 6th Avenue, 44th Street and 6th Avenue, 44th Street and 7th Avenue

6. Presentation on a Revocable Consent to add an access ramp at 5502 5th Avenue

E) Land Use/Landmarks Committee (Vote required)

1. A new education and welcome center for Greenwood Cemetery surrounding two sides of the restored and historic greenhouse on the southwest corner of 5th Avenue and 25th Street

F) Housing Committee (Tabled from June board meeting; Vote required)

1. Presentation from the Cerebral Palsy Association of New York State on ACS boarding home located at 100 Ocean Parkway

2. Updates from Michelle de la Uz of the Fifth Avenue Committee on FAC's developments

    1. 50th Street rehab project

    2. Sunset Park Library and affordable housing development

    3. 6309 4th Avenue Senior Housing development

G) Asian Affairs (Tabled from June board meeting; Vote required)

1. Small business reopening and assistance 

2. Asian Hate Crime Prevention and Victim Service

9.    Roll Call
10. Elected Officials and Representatives
11. District Manager’s Report
12. Chairperson’s Report
13. Old Business
14. New Business
15. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on any subject)
16. Adjournment