CB2 General Meeting, April 11, 2012

Community Board 2 (CB2) will hold its April general meeting next week at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, April 11. The meeting will be held at St. Francis College, Founders Hall (the auditorium), 180 Remsen Street, between Clinton and Court streets in Brooklyn Heights.

Three of the links below are to files in “portable document format” and are so indicated with the notation, “(PDF).” If you have not already, download Adobe Reader to open these files.

Prior to the meeting, the community board will hear two presentations. Marianne Rossant, the principal of the Urban Dove Team Charter School, will present a transfer high school set to open in fall 2012. The high school will co-locate for two years in the Department of Education (DOE) building (K117) at 300 Willoughby Avenue, two blocks east of Community District 2.
Read DOE’s Amended Educational Impact Statement, which includes a summary of the now approved proposal (PDF)

Deborah Schwartz and Julie Golia, respectively the president and public historian at the Brooklyn Historical Society, will introduce An American Family Grows in Brooklyn: The Lefferts Family Papers at Brooklyn Historical Society, a new on-line exhibition.
Access the new digital exhibit

Citation: Eliza J. Lefferts, circa 1850s-1860s; Lefferts family papers, ARC.145, box 5, folder 8; Brooklyn Historical Society.

Meeting Agenda

The meeting will begin with approval of the agenda and the minutes of the March 14, 2012 general meeting. CB2 Chairperson John Dew and District Manager Robert Perris will report.

Lawrence Whiteside, chairperson of the Land Use Committee, will present the committee’s recommendation (14-2-1) that CB2 support the design of phase two of City Point, with the requirements that

a public toilet be provided;

• the benches be graffiti resistant and designed to discourage laying down;
• additional trees, shrubs and planters be included in the streetscape design; and
• the feasibility of access to the proposed underground loading dock be studied by the Department of Transportation.

Phase Two of City Point is the two buildings center-left. The tall building at the corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and Willoughby Street is proposed for a future phase.

Hemalee Patel, chairperson of the Transportation and Public Safety Committee, will present the committee’s recommendation (8-0-1) that CB2 support the design of the trial Fowler Square public plaza.
View the presentation made at the February 16, 2012 public workshop on Fowler Square (PDF)
Learn more about the New York City Plaza Program

As New Business, CB2 will consider a resolution in part supporting the “Campaign for Children,” opposing budget cuts to child care and after-school programs. The Citizens’ Committee for Children, one of the sponsors of the campaign, presented to the youth committee on March 28, 2012.
Read an analysis of the cuts in the City’s Fiscal Year 2013 Preliminary Budget (PDF)

CB2 may also consider a health committee recommendation on a liquor license application for the Barclays Center, the arena currently under construction on the “superblock” bounded by Atlantic, Flatbush and Sixth avenues.
Download CB2′s public notice of its joint meeting with Community Board 6, to be held the night before both community board’s April general meetings

The community board’s economic development and parks committees will report on their meetings since the March general meeting. The April general meeting will conclude with an open session at which the public may speak—Please sign the speakers list.—and other business, as introduced by board members.

Upcoming Committee Meetings

The following committee meetings are planned for between now and the May 9, 2012 general meeting. All meetings are scheduled for 6:00 pm. Agendas will follow at a later date.

Parks and Recreation Committee
Monday, April 16, 2012; Dining Rooms A&B, Brooklyn Hospital, 121 DeKalb Avenue

Transportation and Public Safety Committee
Tuesday, April 17, 2012; First Floor Board Room, St. Francis College, 180 Remsen Street

Land Use Committee
Wednesday, April 18, 2012; Room LC400, Dibner Building, Polytechnic Institute, off of the MetroTech Commons at 5 MetroTech Center

Executive Committee
Monday, April 23, 2012; Room 515, Library Learning Center, Long Island University

Youth, Education and Cultural Affairs Committee
Wednesday, April 25, 2012; Room 515, Library Learning Center, Long Island University.

Economic Development and Job Creation Committee
Tuesday, May 1, 2012; Room 515, Library Learning Center, Long Island University

Health, Environment and Social Services Committee
Wednesday, May 2, 2012; Conference Rooms 1A&1B, Third Floor, North Pavilion, Brooklyn Hospital,
121 DeKalb Avenue
Please note that this will be the committee’s meeting location until the summer recess.

May General Meeting

The community board’s May general meeting will be held at Building 92, the Brooklyn Navy Yard’s new exhibition and visitor center. The meeting is scheduled for 6:00 pm on Wednesday, May 9. Shuttle service will be provided by the Navy Yard between Downtown Brooklyn and Building 92.
Learn more about Building 92, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center.

Please visit www.nyc.gov/brooklyncb2 to learn more about Community Board 2

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