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MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 6 FULL BOARD MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 11, 2012 NYU MEDICAL CENTER 550 FIRST AVENUE Hon. Ma MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD 6 FULL BOARD MEETING MINUTES Wednesday, January 11, 2012 NYU MEDICAL CENTER 550 FIRST AVENUE Hon. Mark Thompson, Chair ATTENDANCE Members answering first roll call: Arcaro, Badi, Barrett, Buchwald, Collins, Curtis, Disman, Eggers, Figueroa, Friedman, Haile, Humphrey, Imbimbo, Keane, Landesman, Marton, McKee, Nariani, Negrete, O’Neal, Paikoff, Papush, Parrish, Pellezzi, Reiss, Schachter, Schaeffer, Scheyer, Seligman, Sepersky, Sherrod, Simon, Steinberg, Thompson, Vigh-Lebowitz, Weder, West, Winfield Members answering second roll call: Arcaro, Badi, Barrett, Buchwald, Collins, Curtis, Disman, Eggers, Figueroa, Friedman, Haile, Humphrey, Imbimbo, Keane, Landesman, Marton, McKee, Nariani, Negrete, O’Neal, Paikoff, Papush, Parrish, Pellezzi, Reiss, Schachter, Schaeffer, Scheyer, Seligman, Sepersky, Sherrod, Simon, Steinberg, Thompson, Vigh-Lebowitz, Weder, West, Winfield Excused: Dankberg, Dubnoff, Frank, Hollister, Judge, McIntosh, Absent: Garland, Gonzalez, Moses, Parise Scala, Guests signed in: B.P. Scott Stringer; Zach Gamza-Sen Krueger; Enrique Lopez-Sen. Tom Duane; Shelby Garner-Cg/M Maloney; Jenna Adams-A/M Brian Kavanagh; Jeffrey LeFrancois-A/M Gottfried; Elena Arons-C/M Dan Garodnick; C/M Jessica Lappin; Matt Walsh-C/M Dan Quart; Susan Loghito, Amir Talai, Constance Unger, Willam Zeckendorf, Jyna Scheeren, Sherrill Kazan, Kathy Thompson, Shamina deGonzaga, Paul, Adamopolous, Colin Cathcart, Paul Crawford INDEX Meeting Called to Order 3 Adoption of the Agenda 3 Roll Call 3 Public Session 3 Business Session 5 Adoption of November Full Board minutes 5 Report from the Chair 5 Nominating Committee Report 6 District Manager’s Report 6 Treasurer’s Report 6 Borough President’s Report 6 Committee Reports 6 Budget & Governmental Affairs 6 Housing, Homeless Services & Human Rights 6 Youth & Education 6 Parks, Landmarks & Cultural Affairs 6 Public Safety Environment & Transportation 7 Health, Senior & Disability Issues 7 Land Use/ Waterfront 7 Business Affairs & Street Activities 9 Old/New Business 15 Second Roll Call 15 Appendix A: FULL BOARD ATTENDANCE RECORD 16 Appendix B: ROLL CALL VOTES ON RESOLUTIONS 17 2 Meeting Called to Order Mark Thompson, Chair, called the meeting to order. Adoption of the Agenda Roll Call – Sandro Sherrod PUBLIC SESSION B.P. Scott Stringer: For those of you who haven’t heard, I would like to announce that I am on my 33rd day of fatherhood. His name is Maxwell Elliot Stringer. Elise & I are obviously very proud and I don’t sleep as much as I used too so tonight I’ll only be reading a few notes. 1) I want to thank Mark, the Community Board, Toni and everybody for all the work that CB6 has been engaged in. This has been a very, very, active board with wonderful Board Members and on behalf of my office & Kristin; we just want to say Thank you for all that you are doing. This Board has just been great! 2) We are very excited about the East River Blueway. The East River waterfront is in the midst of a tremendous transformation. My Office in conjunction with Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, Community Boards 3 and 6, and the Lower East Side Ecology Center, has secured a $650,000 State grant to re-connect residents of Midtown and Lower Manhattan to a three-mile stretch of East River waterfront. “This project, called the East River Blueway, will start with a planning process aimed at doing away with riverfront obstructions, and creating parks, docks, pools, and education programs. “I am confident the Blueway will soon take its place alongside the Highline and Hudson River Park as one of Manhattan’s great public spaces.” We are very excited and we need your participation. We can make this waterfront extraordinary, but we’re going to have to engage the community. I want to especially Thank A/M Kavanagh for his work in obtaining this grant, It is not easy to get this type of grant and I know he worked especially hard to obtain it. I really think we’re on to something very exciting. 3) I now want to talk about an exciting funding program that my office has announced; we’re going to be funding a program for tree guards. They’re going to beautify the trees, protect them and allow for plantings at the base of the trees. All this information can be found on my website. So Block Associations that want to apply for tree guards get on the website and let’s get as many tree guards funded as possible in the next couple of years. We have a million dollars for this program, this is important for the longevity of our trees and the beautification our communities. Toni let the people know that this program is available. Thank you! 4) Finally, I’d like to talk about community board applications. The reason I talk about Community Board applications is because Community Board Reform has been a citywide success and the independent screening panel has been strong and has produced incredible Board Members that balance a lot of issues, the issues of development with community needs and we have created these wonderful diverse boards that are amazing. Community Board awareness is also about the application, so for the incumbents get the applications in and we always have vacancies on the boards, so if there is a community member here tonight who loves this as much as the people here and feel that they might want to have a say in what goes on in their community, please sign up to join your local Community Board, it’s a wonderful experience. Thank you all and I look forward to working with you this coming year. For information on these and other reports see the Borough President’s Report at www.mbpo.org or call 212-669-7877. Presentation: The Buildings Trades Council of Greater New York (BTC) – Mike Halprin Mike Halprin gave a Power Point presentation on the career advantages that were available in the many position of the construction trade. The BTC is an umbrella organization made up of 44 affiliated Unions. The affiliates of this organization erect, renovate and restore buildings; they build everything from single family homes to 1 World Trade Center. They restore everything from the 3 kitchen sink to the Statue of Liberty. In 2010 there were a total of 7,418 apprentices active in their apprenticeship programs, 88% of them reside in NYC. Our Edward J Malloy Initiative for Construction Skills 2000 provides for, a pre-apprenticeship program, direct entry access into unionized apprenticeship programs, NYCHA residents and NYC Career & Technical Education HS Seniors. Since its beginning Construction Skills 2000 has placed 1,209 apprentices. Our organization as many programs for all, such as Helmets to Hardhats, a program for returning vets and our non-Traditional Employment For Women a pre-apprenticeship program that trains women for direct entry into the building and construction trades. When you get into a union trade, you receive great benefit coverage. To contact us I’ll be taking questions in the rear or you may contact Toni at the Community Board Office and she will get them to us. Sen. Tom Duane: Welcome back Toni! Hi, I’m going to hand out my Community Reports and will summarize what I’ve been doing recently. 1) Let’s see, I’m helping along with Carolyn Maloney, Brian Kavanagh, Dan Garodnick, even Chuck Schumer the Tenant Association in Stuyvesant Town & Peter Cooper Village. ’ve been The 2011-2012 Senior Roundtable program “Planning Ahead”: Senior Living in the 21st Century, part 3 will be held Thursday, January 19, 2012, 8-10 pm at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, 331 E. 70th St. 2) After some pressure from me and other elected officials as well as the public, the Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has extended the public comment period on the proposed draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on Hydraulic Fracking. I testified before DEC regarding my opposition in allowing Hydrofracking in NYS, pointing out that evidence from other states demonstrates there are significant environmental risks associated with Hydrofracking; the danger to our water supply is clear and every few months a new incident highlights the risk. We do not actually know how much natural gas the Marcellus Shale actually contains. For more information visit: https://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html The Senator thanked the board members for their support and wished everyone a Happy Holiday Season! For more information on this and other reports see the Senator’s Community Bulletin or go to www.lizkrueger.com Shelby Garner representing Cg/M Carolyn Maloney reported 1) Cg/M Maloney announced her “Micro Biz” Bill to help small businesses grow and create jobs. This bill would increase the availability of micro-loans to help entrepreneurs start or expand businesses and create jobs. It would also give Federal Grants to community Development Financial institutions to establish loan- loss reserves, which would leverage private investment to provide small businesses with loans of up to $25, 000. 2) Cg/M Maloney received notice that the Roosevelt Island Post Office would not be closing. After careful evaluation of their data, it was determined that it would not be feasible to close this office right now. 3) Shelby wished all a Happy Holiday season on behalf of Cg/M Maloney and staff. For the full report, see the Congress Member’s Community Report or go to www.maloney.house.gov Enrique Lopez representing Sen. Thom Duane reported: 1) The Senator has been fighting for a statewide prohibition on high volume hydraulic fracking since 2008. He is truly proud of the work the he and other elected officials, environmental advocates, concerned residents and business owners from Upstate and Downstate have accomplished. Passing the first statewide moratorium on fracking in the nation, raising awareness about the technique’s devastating impacts and mobilizing immense opposition to its use in NYS is his goal.
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