KARMABrooklyn Blog: COMMUNITY BOARD 7 VIRTUAL MEETING THIS WEEK (WINDSOR TERRACE, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS, SOUTH SLOPE, AND SUNSET PARK)

Monday, May 15, 2023

COMMUNITY BOARD 7 VIRTUAL MEETING THIS WEEK (WINDSOR TERRACE, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS, SOUTH SLOPE, AND SUNSET PARK)

Community Board 7 Public Meeting

Wednesday, May 17th

6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Community Board 7 will hold its monthly public meeting virtually on Wednesday, May 17th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

One of the agenda items (item 7) is a vote on the Department of Transportation's study of Seeley Street.

CB 7 is the liaison between city agencies and the residents, business owners, and employees of Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights, South Slope, and Sunset Park.

Attendees will have two opportunities to address the board (items 6 and 14 on the agenda below). Share you concerns, questions, needs, problems, suggestions, or solutions with CB 7 board members.

Register to join the Zoom webinar from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android device, or landline at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z2LED6PSRXuMMWDLmF6O2A#/registration.

You can also view the meeting on CB 7's YouTube channel at https://bit.ly/2Rl39PO.

If you register for the Zoom meeting, you'll receive an e-mail confirming that you registered. It will also give instructions on joining the webinar from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android phone, or landline/wired phone.

From the website:

The Board's boundaries are the waterfront on the west, the Long Island Railroad cut to the South (approximately 65th Street); Our boundary extends north on 8th Avenue from 62nd Street to Greenwood Cemetery. We include all of the cemetery and the land between it and Prospect Park to Caton Avenue on the east. Our northern border is on 15th Street from Park Circle to Hamilton Avenue and continues on Hamilton Avenue to the Gowanus Canal.

Every neighborhood in New York City is represented by an all-volunteer community board that serves as the liaison between neighborhood residents and city agencies. Board members are appointed by the borough president.

Members of the public are welcome to serve on a committee without being a board member. Descriptions of the committees are posted at https://www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb7/committees/committees.page. Contact the Community Board 7 office to learn more.

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 April 19, 2023 board meeting
6. Public Comment (3 minutes to speak on topics covered in the committee reports)
7. Committee Reports:

A) Housing Committee – 1. Introduction to Community Land Trusts and Land Banks, 2. Presentation by Will Spisak from the NYC Community Land Initiative (NYCCLI)
B) Education/Youth Committee – 1. School renaming of PS 958, 2. Update and review of Sunset Park High School
C) Joint Committee Meeting with Executive and Membership & Attendance Committees – 1. Welcome and introductions, 2. Introduce board staff and Executive Committee, 3. Review member handbook, 4. Review committee assignments, 5. Q&A
D) Transportation Committee (Vote required) – 1. Seeley Street Study, 2. Discussion on street renaming for 47^th Street between 4^th & 5^th Avenues, 3. Discussion on Neighborhood Loading Zones
E) Economic Development/Waterfront Committee (Vote tabled at April 2023 board meeting) – 1. Percent for Art Conceptual Design for Bush Terminal MiNY Campus

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