October 2018

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Transportation & Environment

Monday, September 24th, 2018, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street, #2400

David Harris Sandler, Chair
Sam Levy, Vice Chair

Agenda:

• Discussion of permitted street closures in Times Square
• A request from the Garment District Alliance Business Improvement District (BID) for one bike corral at 32 West 39^th Street and another at 1011 6^th Avenue.
• Presentation by horse carriage advocates regarding a proposed rule change designating locations in Central Park as boarding areas for NYC horse carriages.
• Discussion of proposal to create a bus stop evaluation matrix
• Application by Carl R. Bieber Inc. for an inter-city bus stop for drop-offs and pick-ups on the east side of 8th Avenue between West 38th and West 39th Streets (in front of 590 8th Avenue).   The  operator would share the proposed location with the MTA's M20 bus.  There would be 12 pick-ups from 8:00 AM to 10:45 PM  Monday through Friday and 8 pick-ups from 12:15 AM to 10:30 PM Saturday and Sunday.  There would be 12 drop-offs from 6:15 AM to 10:15 PM Monday through Friday and 8 drop-offs from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM Saturday and Sunday.  The buses would travel from New York City to Hellertown, Wescosville, Kutztown and Reading, Pennsylvania.
• Application by Executive Coach Inc. for an inter-city bus stop for drop-offs and pick-ups on the east side of Madison Avenue between East 26th and East 27th Streets (in front of 51 Madison Avenue).  The operator would share the proposed location with the MTA's BXM4C.  There would be 1 pick-up per day Monday through Friday at 3:20 pm; 1 pick-up per day on Saturday at 2:20 pm and 1 pick-up per day on Sunday at 7:00 pm.  The buses would travel from New York City to York, Pennsylvania. 
• Application by Executive Coach Inc. for an inter-city bus stop for drop-offs and pick-ups on the west side of Park Avenue South between East 26th and East 27th Streets, closer to East 26th Street.  The operator would share the proposed location with the MTA's X10 and X17.  There would be 1 drop-off per day Monday through Friday at 10:35 am; 1 drop-off per day on Saturday at 12:30 pm and 1 drop-off per day on Sunday at 5:30 pm.

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Budget, Education & City Services

Tuesday, September 25th, 2018, at 6:00pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street

Renee Kinsella, Chair
Michael Goldberg, Vice Chair

Agenda

• Finalization of Community Board Five capital and expense budget request

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Parks & Public Spaces

Monday, October 1st, 2018, at 6:00pm
Bryant Park Corporation
111 West 40th Street, #2400

Clayton Smith, Chair
Craig Slutzkin, Vice Chair

Agenda

• Parks Dept seeks feedback regarding the current Worth Square food vendor market concession and is evaluating the possibility of a new RFP (request for proposal) at that site.

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Landmarks

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School
30 West 16th Street, 2nd Floor Library

Layla Law-Gisiko, Chair
Renee Cafaro, Vice Chair

Agenda

• 122 5th Avenue, application for rooftop expansion.
• Bryant Park ADA Entrance Improvements project.
• 16 West 22nd Street, application for lobby entrance and canopy.

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Land Use, Housing & Zoning

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018, at 6:00pm
SGI-USA NY Culture Center
7 East 15th Street

Layla Law-Gisiko, Acting Chair

Agenda

• Application by JPMorgan Chase requesting a certification to allow a transfer of air rights from Grand Central Terminal to 270 Park Avenue for development of an 1.8M+ sq foot office tower, which would result in a $42M contribution to the East Midtown Public Realm Improvement Fund
• 249 West 28 Street Properties, LLC requests a second three-year renewal of the previously approved special permit, as modified in 2016 to allow for a reduced 190 space attended public parking garage, as part of a proposed through-block mixed-use development between 28th and 29th just east of 8th Avenue.

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Executive

Tuesday, October 9th, 2018, at 5:00pm
Board Office
450 7th Avenue, Suite 2109

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Full Board

Thursday, October 11th, 2018, at 6:00pm
Xavier High School, Second Floor Library
30 West 16th Street

Vikki Barbero, Chair

Agenda

Transportation/Environment

• Application by the Garment District Alliance Business Improvement District (BID) for bike corrals at 32 West 39th Street and 1011 6th Avenue
• Application by Executive Coach Inc. for an inter-city bus stop for drop-offs and pick-ups on the eastside of Madison Avenue, between East 26th and East 27th Streets (in front of 51 Madison Avenue) and the westside of Park Avenue South, between East 26th and East 27th Streets.
• Application by Carl R. Bieber Inc. for an inter-city bus stop for drop-offs and pick-ups on the east side of 8th Avenue between West 38th and West 39th Streets (in front of 590 8th Avenue)

Landmarks

• 122 5th Avenue, application for rooftop expansion.
• Bryant Park ADA Entrance Improvements project.

Land Use, Housing and Zoning

• Application by JP Morgan Chase requesting a certification to allow a transfer of air rights from Grand Central Terminal to 270 Park Avenue for development of an 1.8M+ sq foot office tower, which would result in a $42M contribution to the East Midtown Public Realm Improvement Fund
• 249 West 28 StreetProperties, LLC requests a second three-year renewal of the previously approved special permit, as modified in 2016 to allow for a reduced 190 space attended public parking garage, as part of a proposed through-block mixed-use development between 28th and 29th just east of 8th Avenue.

Old Business/New Business

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