Community Board 7 will complete its lengthy debate about improvements to Amsterdam Avenue Tuesday night, and the board is expected to vote on changes to the Chatsworth, an historic building on 72nd street that could get a rooftop addition.

Check out the agenda below:

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 6:30 PM
St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center
1000 Tenth Avenue (59th Street)

6:00 PM
Youth, Education & Libraries Committee Pre-meeting.  Please see agenda at the end of this document.

6:30 PM    Final Agenda

Approval of minutes from previous full board meeting

Chair’s Report: Elizabeth R. Caputo

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
Transportation Committee, Andrew Albert and Dan Zweig, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
1.   Amsterdam Avenue Redesign, 59th-110th Streets.  Board discussion on the resolution.  Public testimony was concluded at the November 2013 meeting – no additional public testimony will be heard.
2.   Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square. Application by the Lincoln Square BID to the Mayor’s Street Activity Permit Office for curb lane and street closures on Monday, December 2, 2013.
3.   Intro 0535-2001.  Speed limit in residential areas on residential streets. Read the Intro

Preservation Committee, Jay Adolf and Gabrielle Palitz, Co-Chairpersons
4.   344 West 72nd Street, The Chatsworth and 340 West 72nd Street, The Chatsworth Annex (Riverside Drive.) Application #14-9984 & #14-9985to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for façade restoration, window replacement, new entry doors, expansion of the Chatsworth 13th floor penthouse, and addition of one story to the North Tower of The Chatsworth and one story to The Annex.
5.   101 West 78th Street (Columbus Avenue.) Application to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for façade modification, elimination of one story, and improved fenestration.

Youth, Education & Libraries Committee
Marisa Maack, Chairperson
Resolutions Re:
6.   Working Group proposal to the DOE on the utilization of Beacon school space.
7.   GreenFlea Market, Columbus Avenue, West 76th-77th Streets.

Land Use Committee
Richard Asche and Page Cowley, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
8.   Riverside South, Sixth Modification to Restrictive Declaration. Application #M20358 (F) ZSM to the Department of City Planning by Hudson Waterfront Associates, L.P., to modify the Declaration with respect to the construction of the Park and the design of the remaining Park Phases. Joint with Parks & Environment Committee Klari Neuwelt and Elizabeth Starkey, Co-Chairpersons
9.   110 West 73rd Street (Columbus Avenue.) Application #269-13-BZ to the Board of Standards and Appeals by Marvin B. Mitzner, LLC on behalf of Robert Malta, to permit the expansion of the Arte Café restaurant, a conforming use, across a district boundary line onto the subject premise.
10. 175 West 90th Street, Heywood Tower (Amsterdam Avenue.) Application #M920493 (G) ZAM to the Department of City Planning by Heywood Towers Associates, requesting a modification of the previously approved Large Scale Residential Development (CP-18505, West Side LSRD) within the former West Side Urban Renewal Area, involving the conversion of the existing accessory residential floor area on the ground floor to commercial use, in an existing 20-story mixed use building at the above referenced location.

Preservation Committee continued, Jay Adolf and Gabrielle Palitz, Co-Chairpersons
11.   48 West 68th Street (Columbus Avenue – Central Park West.) Application #14-9165 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to replace windows.
12.  105 West 72nd Street (Columbus Avenue.) Application # 14-7844 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to install an ADA compliant ramp at the main entry.
13.  128 West 72nd Street, d/b/a Manahem Barber Shop (Columbus – Amsterdam Avenues.) Application #14-8840 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for storefront replacement.
14.  313 Columbus Avenue, d/b/a The Shade Store (West 75th Street.) Application #14-7291 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to replace storefront.
15.  351 Amsterdam Avenue (West 76th – 77th Street.)  Application to #13-7800 the Landmarks Preservation Commission to construct a rear addition and replace storefront infill.
16.  357 West End Avenue (West 77th Street.) Application #14-7431 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission to replace windows.
17.  2267 Broadway, d/b/a Claire’s (West 81st – 82nd Street.) Application #15-0972 to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for the installation of a wood and glass storefront with signage.
18.  332 West 87th Street (Broadway – Riverside Drive.) Application #14-8841to the Landmarks Preservation Commission for a rooftop addition.

Business & Consumer Issues Committee
Michele Parker and George Zeppenfeldt-Cestero, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
Application to the SLA for a two-year liquor license:
19.  511 Amsterdam Avenue (West 85th Street.) Application to the State Liquor Authority for a two-year liquor license by EE Bar LLC, d/b/a Bar eNe.
20.  964 Amsterdam Avenue (West 107th Street.) Application to the State Liquor Authority for a two-year liquor license by La Piccola Cucina.
21.  Unenclosed Café Renewal Applications:
      •  427 Amsterdam Avenue (West 80th-81st Streets.) Renewal application to the Department of Consumer Affairs by J of K, Corp., d/b/a Momoya, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 9 tables and 17 seats.
•  467 Columbus Avenue (West 82nd -83rd Street.) Renewal application DCA#1384273 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Canteen 82, Inc., d/b/a Blue Caravan, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 9 tables and 18 seats.
22.  340 Amsterdam Avenue (West 76th Street.) Renewal application DCA# 1413323 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Amsterdam Ale House, Inc., d/b/a Amsterdam Ale House, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 11 tables and 32 seats.
23.  417 Amsterdam Avenue (West 80th Street.) Renewal application to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Gilli, Inc., d/b/a Gill Restaurant, for a two-year consent to operate an unenclosed sidewalk café with 10 tables and 19 seats.
Enclosed Café Renewal Application:
24.  366 Columbus Avenue (West 77th Street.) Renewal application ULURP# N120250ECM/ DCA# 1282506 to the Department of Consumer Affairs by Shake Shack 366 Columbus, LLC, d/b/a Shake Shack, for a two-year consent to operate an enclosed sidewalk café with 12 tables and 34 seats.

Parks & Environment Committee
Klari Neuwelt and Elizabeth Starkey, Co-Chairpersons
Resolutions Re:
25.  Central Park. Central Park Conservancy proposal to reconstruct the Fort Clinton and Nutter’s Battery Overlooks, located in the northwestern corner of the Park just south of the Harlem Meer. The overlooks mark the site of fortifications built during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. Joint with the Preservation Committee, Gabrielle Palitz and Jay Adolf, Co-Chairs
26.  Dante Square. Department of Parks public art proposal with artist/musician Herb Alpert for Dante Square for January – April of 2014.

Steering Committee
Elizabeth Caputo, Chair
27.  Request for a leave of absence.

6:00 PM Youth, Education & Libraries Committee Pre-meeting
Marisa Maack, Chairperson
Working Group proposal to the DOE on the utilization of Beacon school space.