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Motions December 2024

Land Use Public Hearing December 3, 2024 and Full Board Meeting December 10, 2024

Motions September 2024

Land Use Public Hearing September 5, 2024 43 & 47 Cecilia Court

Motions June 2024

17 Grove Avenue
Reduction of Parking spaces for an Ambulatory Diagnostic Facility.
Vote 17 yes, 8 No, 2 Abstentions
17 Grove Avenue BSA Recommendation Report June 2024

Motions February 2024

20, 25, 35, 40 Harborlights Court, Grymes Hill
Facilitate development of four new detached single family homes.
Vote: 3 Yes, 8 No, 1 Abstention

Protectors of Pine Oak Woods
Support on an activity that we are pursuing preserving “Green Spaces”.
Motion to Approve Letter of Support
10 yes, 1 Abstention, 1 Ineligible

Harborlights Court
4 Single-Family detached houses being built gaining access through an easement.
Unfavorable due to drainage & easement issues
Vote: 9 Yes, 11 No, 4 Abstentions

Motions January 2024

27 Wetmore Road – Special Hillside Preservation District. Issues are with City Planning and Department of Buildings. Land use has no objection to improvements of pool, deck, gazebo-type structure.
Motion to support our letter to City Planning and Buildings that would bring it up to code.
Land Use Vote: Yes unanimously. 8 out of 10 members present.
Full Board Vote: Yes unanimously 36-0-0.

City of Yes, Economic Opportunity

Goal 1- Make it easier for businesses to find space and grow.
Goal 2 – Boost growing industries.
Goal 3 – Enable more business friendly streetscapes.
Goal 4 – Create new opportunities for businesses to open.

No vote taken – 16 Components to look over more carefully. Vote at a later date.

Vote taken - February 5, 2024 – 6 Yes, 12 No

Motions December 2020

An application has been submitted to the Board of Standard’s and Appeals under common law vesting of a semi-detached residential building constructed under the former R3-2 zoning regulations which never received a Certificate of Occupancy prior to an R3A zoning change at 90-92 Elm Street.
Motion to approve as submitted, motion passed 23-3-1.

Department of City Planning (Application No. N 210095 ZRY) is proposing a zoning text amendment Zoning Coastal Food Resiliency to update the Special Regulations Applying in Flood Hazard Areas.
Motion to approve as submitted, motion passed 22-4-1.

An application has been submitted to the Department of City Planning to request authorization for the development of 1 two-family residence within a steep slope within the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 262 Brighton Avenue.
Motion to approve as submitted, motion passed 23-4-0.

Motions January 2020

Board of Standards and Appeals Application No. 2019-266-BZ – enlargement of an ambulatory diagnostic or treatment care facility which exceeds 1,500 square of floor area, contrary to ZR 22-14 located at 1498 Clove Road.
Motion to approve as submitted
Roll call vote taken; vote passed 30-0-0.

Department of City Planning Application No. N 200194 ZAR – Request authorization for the development of a single-family residence within the steep slope in the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 260 Brighton Avenue.
Motion to approve as submitted.
Roll call vote taken; vote passed 21-10-1.

Department of City Planning Application Nos. N 20013 ZAR and N 200134 ZAR – Request for authorization of a development on a steep slope and modification of lot coverage to facilitate the development of a single-family detached residence located on an existing Tier II zoning lot in the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 50 Cedercliff Road.
Motion to approve as submitted.
Roll call vote taken; vote passed 23-7-1.

Department of City Planning Application Nos. N 200136 ZAR and N 20013 ZAR – Request for authorization of a development on a steep slope and modification of lot coverage controls to facilitate the development of a single-family detached residence located on an existing Tier II zoning lot within the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 54 Cedercliff Road.
Motion to approve as submitted.
Roll call vote taken; vote passed 23-7-1.

Application Nos. N 180008 ZAR and N 180009 ZAR Request for authorization for site alteration on a steep slope and authorization for modification of lot coverage controls within the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 95 Louis Street.
Motion to approve as submitted.
Roll call vote taken; vote passed 30-0-0.

Motions February 2020

Board of Standards & Appeals Application No. 58-13-a – Modification to the GCL 35 approval for addition of two additional lots to the application, enlargement of front yard along Wiman Place, reduction to front yards along Sylvaton Terrace and Church Lane. The proposal complies with the underlying zoning and conditions of the original approval. -BSA granted the owner to build a 3-story residential building partially located within the bed of a mapped street. The owner purchased two additional lots to allow for a larger development but develop less of the premises within the bed of a mapped street.

Whereas, the Community Board #1 approval on the original application was conditional on the parking being provided on a 1 spot to 1-unit ratio, and;
Whereas, the modified applications bring greater density to the affected area, and;
Whereas, there is no street parking available due to the width of the adjoining street,
Be it hereby resolved that: Community Board #1 approves the modified application with the condition that a parking spot will be provided for all units developed.
Roll call vote take, vote passed 27-2-0.

On February 11, 2020 Community Board #1 voted unanimously to send the following letter of comment:

Community Board 1 represents Staten Island’s North Shore and has been a tireless advocate for improving the quality of life for our residents. This encompasses increased affordable housing, expanded youth and senior services, upgrading the mass transit and street transit system, adding school seats and improving the waterfront.

CB1 is grateful Sanitation 1 is being relocated to Fresh Kills and that HHC has placed a clinic in Clifton; however, there are major aspects of our budget requests that have been unresolved.

Parks

Every Park should have either a bathroom or portable toilets as well as water fountains and parks with facilities and should be staffed during regular park hours.

Parks should have a base line capital budget of $100 million to end the game of getting local elected to pay for park projects out of their budgets.

The North Shore Greenway needs to be designed and built.

With the inception of “Parks without Borders,” more PEP officers are required.

HHC

The Corporation must be provided 5% of the tax-levy capital budget to be given to the Island’s two health care systems to address the inequity of the lack of an HHC hospital facility on Staten Island.

EDC

The site of the failed NY Wheel, which NYC refused to help, must become a tour de force economic development site to enhance the growth engendered by the Empire Outlets and to provide local businesses the opportunity to flourish.

The Corporation needs to go beyond considering and fund the project to improve truck access, a new pier and an expansion of NY Container Port.

Schools

The district has an identified need for elementary and middle school capacity. Therefore, sites must be selected, and such schools built.

FDNY

The Bay Street Corridor and Empire Outlet projects coupled with increased response time make the siting of a fire house with the Bay Street area essential.

NYPD

The increase in population, drug activity and certain other crimes coupled with the congestion at the current 120th make it important to develop the new Hill Street property for a precinct.

HRA

While shelter service funding is adequate, more money is needed on prevention programs.

As domestic violence increases, the DA needs to be funded to increase the Borough’s push-back.

DOT

The confluence of Amazon and other warehouses near the Container Port has created a congestion issue that needs to be resolved by providing a separate entrance into the port facility.

Smart lights, better signal algorithms, sequential signals and turning lanes are needed to ease congestion at traffic choke points.

SBS routes need to be created in ways that isolate the buses from traffic congestion.

Bus shelters should be redesigned with this Borough in mind. Since SI lacks the luxury of wide sidewalks, the generic design used by the Agency does not work and our commuters are left to the elements.

DYCD

Provide youth development, senior services, literacy programing and youth and adult recreation in a community center built or leased in the Park Hill Community.

DEP

Sewers are needed Sharon Avenue to Broadway between Forest Avenue to Richmond Terrace, including Delafield Avenue from N. Mada to Kissel Avenue and all the streets parallel to Forest Avenue.

Libraries

CB1 has spent the last twenty years advocating for a library in Rosebank. In a neighborhood bereft of schools and a growing young population, this is unconscionable.

DFTA

The rise in crime against the aged requires an increased commitment from NYC to protect them.

These are CB1’s major unaddressed concerns in your preliminary 2020 budget and we hope you will review these requests in a more positive way before final budget adoption.

Motion seconded; motion passed unanimously.

Motions May 2020

A letter to the Mayor and to the Office of Management and Budget to restore the Summer Youth Employment Program. There were no objections to sending the letter.

Ms. Cauldwell asked if there were any objections to sending letters to the Mayor, Elected Officials and Environmental Remediation stating that 44 Victory Blvd. is not a safe place to place homeless or anybody. Soil contamination, toxic, never be able for a garden at location etc. There was no objection to sending the letter.

Motions October 2020

Department of City Planning Application No. N 210021 ZAR submitted to authorize development on a steep slope to facilitate the development of two two-family detached homes located on Chester Place in the Special Hillsides Preservation District.
Motion made and seconded to approve as submitted, Roll call vote taken, motion passed 27-1-0.

Board of Standards and Appeals Application Nos. 234-14-BZ and 225-14-A – each application seeks to permit the construction of one one-family home on 10 and 12 Jasmine Way off of 1534 Victory Blvd.
Motion to approve both applications with a stipulation that a single-family deed restriction and single-family use declaration be included. Motion seconded. Roll call vote taken, vote passed 20-8-0.

There is no money in the City’s Budget we are in a huge deficit. Since nothing was funded in our fy’2021 submission except item #19 we are going to send in the same submission and replace #19 with a request to provide students in need with high speed internet access, wi-fi and laptops.
Motion to submit last years submission with the inclusion of replacing item #19 with a request to provide students in need with high speed internet access wi-fi and laptops. Reverse roll call vote taken; vote passed 27-0-1

Motions November 2020

Support NY State DOT plan for local circulation during rehabilitation of Woolley Avenue and Bradley Avenue Bridges over the Staten Island Expressway, taking into account comments expressed during the NYS DOT presentation to the CB1 and CB2 Transportation Committees on November 2, 2020:
-Better bus stop placement.
-Control congestion at Bradley Avenue in rush hours (e.g., ramps to / from Expressway): - traffic --control agents
- better orient the traffic lanes
There was no objection to sending the letter.

Support for speed reducers on Catherine St. between Decker Ave. and Port Richmond Ave.
There was no objection to sending a letter to the Department of Transportation supporting the request.

ALL MOTIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THE BOARD PACKET

October 2020 Motions Virtual Full Board Meeting
February 2020 Motions Full Board Meeting
January 2020 Motions Full Board Meeting
December 2019 Motions Full Board Meeting
November 2019 Motions Full Board Meeting
September 2019 Motions Full Board Meeting

September 2010 Motions Board Meeting

15 Irving Place – Board of Standards & Appeals Application No. 855-87-BZ – request to permanently remove the term of a variance.
Community Board #1 recommends an extension for a term of 20 years from the date the current variance expires in November 2013.
Motion passed 23-4-0.

252 Victory Blvd. – City Planning Authorization No. N 100324 ZAR - to develop a multi-family building with 15 units and 23 parking spaces within the Special Hillsides Preservation District.
Community Board #1 approves authorization with the condition that there are planted green roofs.
Motion passed 14-14-0.

Victory Blvd. residential Development e/s north of Cebra Avenue – City Planning Authorization No. 020670 ZAR – to facilitate the development of a 3-story, 2 family detached residential buildings (two side-by-side one family dwellings).
Community Board #1 approves authorization with the condition that there is planted garage roofs (which is the terrace and entrance to the home).
Motion passed 16-13-0.

25 Sunrise Terrace – City Planning Authorization No. N 090398 ZAR – to authorize development in steep slope and modification of lot coverage controls in order to construct a new detached single-family home within the Special Hillsides Preservation District.
Community Board #1 denies authorization because the existing structure substantially exceeds lot coverage.
Motion passed 28-1-0.

October 2010 Motions Full Board Meeting

Land Use Motions

Department of City Planning Application No. N 110070 ZRY - Lower Density Growth Management Areas Community Facility Text Amendment to amend the Community Facility regulations for medical facilities and day care centers in Lower Density Growth Management Areas.
Community Board #1 approves application as submitted.
Vote passed 26-0-2.

Department of City Planning Application No. 100443 ZAR – authorization requested for proposed site alteration involving disturbance of steep slope, modification of tree preservation requirements, and modification of lot coverage to facilitate the construction of an in-ground swimming pool within the Special Hillsides Preservation District at 115 Hillsides Avenue.
Community Board #1 approves the authorization as presented with the condition that shrubs be planted along the whole retaining wall facing Hillside Avenue.
Vote passed 22-4-2.

Board of Standards & Appeals Application No. 758-84-BZ – application submitted to reopen and extend the term of a variance for a term of 10 years at 1444 Clove Road, continued use as a commercial building within a residence district at the corner of Clove Road and Tioga Street.

Community Board #1 approved application as submitted.
Vote passed 28-0-0.

Budget & Finance Motion

Community Board #1 approves the submission of the Capital and Expense Budget Requests for FY 2012.

Request Borough Board resolution on the Demolition of the Sanitation District 1 Garage and site the new District 1 Garage at the Fresh Kills Landfill

Vote passed 28-0-0.

November 2010 Motions Full Board Meeting

Department of City Planning Application No. N 110090 ZRY - Key Terms Clarification Text Amendment to clarify the meaning and usage of the key terms & quot;development and & quot;building. In addition the Department of City Planning proposes other text modifications that are necessary to clarify the intent of the Zoning Resolution, resolve conflicting regulations, or ring a regulation into accordance with current Department of Buildings practice.

Vote passed unanimously to approve.

Board of Standards & Appeals No. 177-10-BZ – application to permit construction of a three-story, single-family dwelling with non-compliant front-yard, side-yard, parking location and lot coverage at 8 Orange Avenue.

Vote passed do deny unanimously.

December 2010 Motions Full Board Meeting

Motion made and seconded to deny the application based that the building is out of character of the neighborhood, building to the lot line does not conform with any other developments in the area the curb cuts will cause pose an increase to an existing hazardous condition.

Vote passed unanimously to deny the application.

Motion To Designate The North Shore Greenway in the Department of City Planning's Comprehensive Waterfront Plan - Vision 2020

Whereas: The Greenway Committee, a sub-committee of the Waterfront Committee of Community Board I in Staten Island, undertook a year long study of the waterfront running from the St. George Ferry Terminal to the Goethals Bridge; an,

Whereas: The result of the study was a recommendation for the development of a 7.7 mile Greenway Trail that would provide safe, continuous, pedestrian, bicycle and rail or trolley access along or near the waterfront with areas designated as public park space where ever possible; and,

Whereas: City Planning issued a report in 1988 called "The North Shore Esplanade: A Plan for Waterfront Public Access" which proposed a policy to be applied to public and private properties with a goal of obtaining a continuous waterfront esplanade from Fort Wadsworth to Snug Harbor and that plan was incorporated into the overall city-wide Waterfront Plan in 1992 and the current Department of City Planning update; and,

Whereas: The entire stretch between Fort Wadsworth to the Goethals Bridge is rich in history and if preserved for pedestrian/ bicycle/rail/trolley will provide enormous economic, environmental, and cultural benefits to Staten Island and New York City; and,

Whereas: Included along this waterfront stretch is : the Staten Island Ferry, one of New York City's greatest tourist attractions that brings 2 million tourists a year to Staten Island; Fort Wadsworth, Alice Austen House, Buono Beach Park, the Home Port, Cromwell Center, Pier 1, Post Cards, the North Shore Waterfront Park ( former Blissenbach Marina), Snug Harbor, the Sacred Sites of West Brighton (Lenape Indian, Revolutionary & Civil War, Literary sites etc. ), Shooters Island Bird Sanctuary, Historic NYC Landmarks, Mariners Marsh, and other notable places,

Be it hereby resolved that Community Board I in Staten Island requests that the above mentioned stretch of waterfront on or near waterfront property running from Fort Wadsworth to the Goethals Bridge and including the southern side of Richmond Terrace,

be designated as the North Shore Greenway Trail and that the North Shore Greenway Trail be included in the Department of City Planning's new Comprehensive Waterfront Plan Vision 2020 in Reach 22 and in Reach 18.

Passed unanimously.

Resolution to approve:

Whereas: New York Container Terminal (NYCT) is the largest industrial employer on Staten Island currently supporting 555 full-time jobs.

Whereas: In order to stay in business, NYCT must expand operations to accommodate new larger ships that are currently replacing the smaller fleet

Whereas: This expansion will create 310 new jobs bringing NYCT's total payroll to $185 million during these hard economic times

Whereas: NYCT will clean and use an existing Brownfield site for this expansion

Whereas: NYCT will remediate this highly contaminated waterfront with a history of pollution going back to 1874 and remove contaminates such as lead, chromium, and DDT from the community

Whereas: NYCT will also create a 15 acre waterfront park at a cost of $26 million at Arlington Marsh ensuring full public access

Be it resolved that the Community Board supports this port expansion, Brownfield remediation and park creation.

Vote passed unanimously.

An application was submitted to request a variance to permit residential use in an M1-1 district – the proposal is to construct 3, two-family detaches homes, three stories in height at 59, 63 and 67 Fillmore Street.

In reviewing the financial figures submitted it was determined inaccurate and, the applicant was invited but did not attend.

The following motion was made, seconded and voted on as follows:

Community Board #1 disapproves Board of Standards and Application Nos. -197-199 10BZ due to the misrepresentation of the economic hardship submitted in the feasibility

Study alternate development plan which proposes 2 residential buildings, further, the applicant does not presuppose a rezoning to R3A as opposed to R3X when neither zoning designation has been proposed, nor is there any recognition of the adjacent Special Hillsides Preservation District.

(An illustration was provided to the Board of Standards &Appeals of the cost differences etc.).

Vote passed to deny the application unanimously.

January 2011 Motions Full Board Meeting

Department of City Planning Application No. C 100118 ZMR – Application

Submitted for an amendment of the Zoning Map, changing from M1-1 District to an R3A District property bounded by the southerly boundary line of a railroad Right-of-Way, Union Avenue, Leyden Avenue and Harbor Road to permit the development of 31 detached residential buildings that will yield 38 residential units on the lots of comprising the former lumber yard. The plan submitted with the application indicates that the R3A district regulations would permit development of 24 single-family and 7 two-family homes

Motion to approve rezoning with Green Building requirements.

Vote passed 13-11-0.

Department of City Planning Application No. N 090180 ZAR – 10 Fillmore Street – Proposed development of the construction of one detached two-family dwelling on a 517,125 square foot vacant zoning lot located within the Special Hillsides Preservation District.

Motion made and seconded to approve as submitted.

Vote passed 22-2-0.

February 2011 Motions Full Board Meeting

Statement of Needs for Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013; there were no items for Staten Island. A motion was made and seconded as follows:

Community Board #1 in response to the Citywide Statement of Needs for Fiscal Year 2012 and 2013 feels that the following items should have been included:

The relocation of Sanitation District 1 Garage;

The renovation or relocation of Cromwell Center;

A north Shore K-8 school;

The Dominick Lambert Memorial Mariners Harbor Library;

The Rosebank Library; and

The relocation of the 120th Pct.

Roll call vote taken. Vote Passed unanimously.

Whereas, Dominick Lambert served as a tireless advocate for the North Shore of Staten Island as a member of Community Board #1 for 28 years, and;

Whereas, while holding various leadership positions his constant focus was on revitalization of the North Shore Rail and the protection and development of the Mariners Harbor area,

Be it hereby resolved that: Community Board #1 will refer to the Mariners Harbor Library as the Dominick Lambert Memorial Mariners Harbor Library and request this designation be officially recognized and adopted by the New York Public Library and,

Be it further resolved that: the New York Public Library coordinate with Community Board #1 for the dedication and appropriate signage for this designation.

Vote passed unanimously.

Public Services Motions Snug Harbor

A letter of support is requested by the Department of Design and Construction for Snug Harbor, Building F. Snug Harbor is moving the catering hall to the main hall, building F. Work needs to be done to facilitate the move such as 4 chimneys; there will be 3-intake and 1 outtake and also where and how the trash will be contained outside of the building.. Drawings were shown of all the work that will be done.

Vote passed 25-0-0 (1 ineligible).

Transportation Motion Exit #13

Whereas, Community Board #1 of Staten Island has reviewed New York State DOT's Staten Island Expressway Access Improvement project and,

Whereas Community Board #1 of Staten Island believes that the Staten Island Expressway needs improvement to insure the proper flow of traffic on the expressway and the service roads on a continual basis, and,

Whereas, Community Board #1 of Staten Island desires to achieve this goal without negatively impacting the surrounding residential and business community,

Be it hereby resolved that Community Board #1 of Staten Island would like to suggest the following changes to the Staten Island Expressway Access Improvement project:

1: Convert the proposed Narrows Road North off Ramp to an on ramp, at or around Kansas Avenue which can be accessed by the local Rosebank community from Hylan Boulevard and can possibly reduce the negative impact caused by the loss of the Lily Pond Avenue entrance;

2: Remove the proposed Hylan Bouelvard/Stueben Street on ramp from the design and instead retain the current Exit 13 off ramp which provides immediate access to fuel, food and service;

3: Delay demolition of - but take out of use- the Lily Pond Avenue on ramp until such time that it proves certain that the removal of the ramp and the entire Staten Island Expressway Access Improvement project will not adversely affect the residents of Narrows Road North and the greater Rosebank community, at which time, if the projected traffic patterns hold true, the ramp can then be demolished.

Vote passed unanimously.

March 2011 Motions Full Board Meeting

Community Board 1, Staten Island, would like to present you with our comments on your FY '12 Preliminary Budget.

Given the fiscal realities our City faces, we will limit these comments to six significant matters:

Relocation of the District 1 Sanitation Garage to Fresh Kills - The Agency response is to not recommend funding at this location and this is nonsensical, especially given budget restrictions. Sanitation still owns the Landfill (it has not been Uluru's) and Parks has 2,200 acres to use as it sees fit. Setting four acres aside on the west side of the highway will not interfere with plans to remark the landfill into Fresh Kills Park. And it would be fiscally unwise to spend millions of dollars to buy private land when there is land available that already is actively used by Sanitation. Remember, Mr. Mayor, that the current DOS SI 1 site is in the middle of a depressed community struggling for a decent life. And I remind you that DOS is building a two hundred and fifty million dollar facility on Spring Street while this project has languished for a decade. Fairness and fiscal responsibility should compel you to direct DOS's District 1 facility be relocated to the landfill immediately.

Funding the Snug Harbor Master Plan – The Agency response is for us to petition local elected officials; however, Snug Harbor is a City-wide culturally significant organization with the potential to expand revenues if it were able to establish restaurants, retail activities and overnight accommodations. There will be a major return on investment here as the renewal of the Harbor will act as focus for the new North Shore zoning amendment being proposed by DCP.

Reconstruction of the SI Ferry ramp as a pedestrian way – Currently, the DOT is moving to demolish this ramp while telling the Board it will refurbish it. You must direct them to fix it as Staten Island's mini & quot;High-Line.& quot; The ramp will enable pedestrian passage from downtown St. George to the waterfront and terminal, and the obverse, while allowing for kiosks and open air marketing. It may cost DOT a few million dollars of non-federal money to make the ramp pedestrian usable but considering that the bulk of the Ferry renewal is federally subsidized, this is a small but fair cost to assume.

Providing walkway access to the EDC Triangle Equity Project, the Esplanade and Bay Street Landing – The Agency has this scheduled in the ten-year plan but if there is to be any hope to have the EDC plan succeed, the project must begin now.

Increased funding for Senior Centers – The Agency response is that it will expand centers in selected communities and I want to stress to you that Staten Island's aging population needs the protection and guidance provided by a sophisticated senior programming network. The response does not clarify the Agency's commitment to our senior community and I would ask that you direct such assurance be forthcoming.

Finally, an equal allocation of the HHC tax-levy capital budget to Staten Island – The Agency's circumlocution is masterful telling CB1 that they have increased services at neighborhood clinics and have a mobile doctor's office you can – I guess – flag down. But not a mention of distributing one dollar to either Staten Island hospital system. This Borough is one fifth of our City and certainly has the inherent and earned right to an equitable distribution of tax-levy capital funds to our two hospital systems. I urge you to order this correction immediately.

Vote passed unanimously.

Community Board #1 heard an application for the Smith Valentine Property located on Victory Blvd. and Clove Road to move the Landmark House to facilitate the development of the property. At that time the plan was for a family style restaurant which the Landmark Preservation Commission approved. The Restaurant fell through and, a drug store was requested to the Landmark Preservation Commission which was approved.

When filing for permits, The Borough President requested the developers of the project widen Victory Blvd. with right-turn lanes etc. The developer agreed and due to the request the authorizations have expired and, new plans needed to be drawn with the reconfiguration of the parking lot.

The authorization for comment are development on a zoning lot having steep slope and an authorization of certain uses within the Special Hillsides Preservation District, in order to construct of a 6,981 square foot drug store with 46 parking spaces on the Smith Valentine Landmark property on Clove Road and Victory Blvd.

The following motion was made, seconded discussed and voted for 1161 Victory Blvd. Department of City Planning Application Nos. N 100195 CMR and M 030599 (A) ZAR (Clove Road and Victory Blvd. – Development of a 6,981 square foot drug store with 46 accessory parking spaces in the Special Hillsides Preservation District C2-1 within an R2 Zoning district.

Approve the extension of the 2 authorizations and modifications to the parking lot which will require Walgreen's and its developer to create a right-turn lain from Victory Blvd to Clove Road by building out Victory Blvd. to its full widening with the following recommendations to go to the Borough President and the Department of Transportation.

That the Department of City Planning in conjunction with the Borough President's Office de-map the portion of Waldron
Avenue beyond the 150 foot section from Clove Road and that the developer will be requited to improve as part of the amended application;

The Department of Transporation install a smart light at the intersection of Waldron Avenue and Clove Road to allow vehicles to turn both left and right onto Clove Road when exiting Waldron Avenue;

That the facade of the building facing Victory Blvd and Clove Road be made of Glass.

That the Borough President continue to secure the funding to widen Clove Road to its full extent on both sides and Victory Blvd. be widened to its full extent on the opposite side of the development.

Roll call vote taken. Vote failed 12-18-0.

A motion was made, seconded, discussed - 1161 Victory Blvd. Department of City Planning Application Nos. N 100195 CMR and M 030599 (A) ZAR (Clove Road and Victory Blvd. – Development of a 6,981 square foot drug store with 46 accessory parking spaces in the Special Hillsides Preservation District C2-1 within an R2 Zoning district.

That no action on this matter be taken by the Department of City Planning until the Landmark Preservation Commission delivers a full history of the above referenced site to both the Community Board 1 and Department of City Planning, and;

If the Department of City Planning Commission authorizes the applications, Community Board #1 requests that the following actions be taken:

The developer will create a right turn only lane from Victory Boulevard to Clove Road by building out Victory Boulevard to its full width;

That the façade of the building facing Victory Boulevard and Clove Road contain display windows,

That City Planning in conjunction with the Borough President's Office de-map that portion of Waldron Avenue beyond the 150 foot section from Clove Road that the developer will be required to improve as part of the amended application;

That DOT install a smart light at the intersection of Waldron Avenue and Clove Road to allow vehicles to turn both left and right onto Clove Road when exiting Waldron Avenue;

That the Borough President continue to secure the funding to widen Clove Road to its full extent on both sides and Victory Boulevard be widened to its full extent on the opposite side of the development.

Vote passed 24-4-0.

April 2011 Motions Full Board Meeting

Department of City Planning Application Nos. C 960011 MMR and C 960021 MMR. Community Board 1 is asked to vote on this amendment of the City Map involving legalizing maps with new grades of bridges on John Street, and DeHart. These bridges span the right of way of the north shore railroad right of way.

Motion made and seconded to Approve Department of City Planning Application No. C 060011MMR as submitted for amendment of the City Map legalizing the modification of grades on the DeHart Avenue Bridge.

Vote passed unanimously.

Motion made and seconded to approve Department of City Planning Application No. C 960021 MMR for modification on the John Street Bridge with the conditions that jurisdictional maintenance of and below the bridge be identified and scheduled, require locking gates on both ends of the bridge.

Vote passed unanimously.

Department of City Planning Application No. N 110238ZAR – Markham Gardens Senior Housing, 1440 Richmond Terrace. Community Board #1 is asked to vote to allow a five-story building by modifying height and setback requirements from a 21 foot perimeter wall to 47' 8" above grade.

Motion made and seconded to approve Department of City Planning Application N110238ZAR as submitted.

Vote passed 21-3-2.

May 2011 Motions Full Board Meeting

An application submitted to the Board of Standards and Appeals Special Permit Application No. 33-11-BZ – restore the previous variance to continue operating a two-story (with cellar) animal hospital with accessory caretaker's apartment. At 1050 Forest Avenue, between Clove and Manor Roads.

Motion to approve the Special Permit application No. 33-11-BZ, 1050 Forest Avenue.

Vote passed 29-0-0.

Transporation Resolutions

Modernized electronic barcode technology system to identify illegal parking placard

Whereas, there is rampant illegal use by motorists in the Community Board #1 Staten Island district of bogus parking placards placed on vehicles' dashboards and often laminated to look official to get away with parking free in no-parking zones; and,

Whereas, this problem extends way beyond Community Board #1 boundaries, e.g., in 2007 a study by Transporation Alternatives found that 77% of placards are used illegally citywide; and,

Whereas, the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) traffic enforcement agents often have difficulty distinguishing between official legal parking placards and these fraudulent ones, which hinders enforcement and deprives the City of thousands of dollars of revenue; and,

Whereas, those who use these illegitimate placards largely experience immunity from the law, a situation that encourages added congestion; and,

Whereas, New York City is now moving more and more towards the use of modern technology, such as electronic scanning and barcodes to track vehicular and other activities;

Be if resolved that: Community Board #1 urges the New York City Department of Transporation and the New York Police Department to work toward developing a barcode technology that quickly identifies illegal parking placard use and facilitates enforcement; and,

Be if further resolved that: Community Board #1 recommends investigating the development of a technology with a computerized database that enables the barcodes of both vehicular license registration stickers and parking placards to be electronically scanned and compared (preferably several all at once, such as on an entire street) to identify and ticket those that do not match and are therefore illegitimate.

Automated Speed Enforcement Cameras

Whereas, Community Board #1 is fully committed to reducing the number of roadway deaths and injuries; and

Whereas, in 2009, 63 people were killed and 2,150 people were injured as the result of speed-related crashes in New York City; and,

Whereas, pedestrians and cyclists are at a heightened risk of injury in speed-related crashes: If a pedestrian is hit by a car at 40 mph there is a 70% chance the pedestrian will be killed, but if the driver strikes a pedestrian at 30 mph there is an 80% chance the pedestrian will survive; and,

Whereas, speeding is the number one cause of deadly crashes in New York City, claiming more lives than drunken driving and distracted driving combined; and,

Whereas, in 2009 cyclists and pedestrians were killed on New York City's roads; and,

Whereas, law enforcement agencies, with increasing responsibility and without commensurate increases in staffing levels, are considering technologies to improve their efficiency; and,

Whereas, automated speed enforcement cameras, when used in conjunction with traditional means of traffic enforcement and public education complement law enforcement's traffic safety efforts; and enforcement programs; and furthermore,

Whereas, automated speed enforcement cameras have been shown to reduce all crashes by 14-72% and injuries and fatalities by 40-45% and,

Whereas, the new York State Senate and Assembly will introduce legislation which would authorize the city of New York to use camera technology to enforce the City of New York to use camera technology to enforce existing speed limits and support the efforts of the NYPD; and

Be it resolved that: Community Board #1 fully supports A 7744 and S4393 and calls on the respective houses to pass as quickly as possible this legislation and for the Governor to sign it and furthermore, for both the New York City Council, Mayor Department of Transportation and Police Department to fully support this legislation; and

Be it further resolved that: automated speed enforcement must be deployed in high-collision locations and without regard to fine revenues; must be free from undue vendor influence; must be extraordinarily.

Both motions were discussed and tabled until the June Steering/Rules Meeting