Monday, January
11, Full CWG Meeting, 6 pm
American Legion Post 1291, Fl. 2, 191-193 Canal Street
Agenda:
1. Prepare for CWG Town Hall (February 1 at PS 130)
2. Identify Chinatown's Boundaries
3. Update on CWG Funding
4. Establish Timeline to Elect CWG Co-Chairs
5. Community Announcements
Monday, December
7, Full CWG Meeting, 4-6pm,
American Legion Post 1291, Fl. 2, 191-193 Canal Street
1. Vote carried to adopt
CWG Guiding Principles
2. Presentation of various Community Planning Strategies.
Membership voted to adopt a 197a Planning Process
3. Update on CWG Preliminary Action Plans, Milestones
4. Preparation committee's formed and presenters chosen for
Charrette format CWG Town Hall (February 1, 2010)
5. Update on CWG Funding - Finance Committee
6. Community Announcements
3pm to 4pm - Finance Committee
- A second meeting will occur on Dec. 2 to follow-up questions
regarding feasibility of nonprofit filing; potential sources of
funds to support basic CWG needs and future expenses.
UPDATE: Dec. 2 meeting was cancelled pending funding
clarification from LMDC.
4pm to 6pm - Steering Committee discussed Preliminary Action Plans,
format, streamlining format for Town Hall presentation, preparation
for translations and posting of full plans for public review and
comment. Additional time was spent on mapping agendas for the
December and January meetings in preparation for the Feb. Town Hall.
Monday, Nov. 2
Full CWG Meeting,4-6pm at the American Legion Post 1291, 2nd Floor,
191-193 Canal Street. The
November 2nd Agenda is as follows:
1. Vote to adopt CWG Guiding Principles -
laid over for next meeting
2. Continued discussion of Preliminary Action Plans
May 4, 2009 CWG
Minutes
Jim Solomon and Thomas Yu
reported that in the last Steering Committee meeting, the body
proposed a date of June 1st, 2009 for the first public Town Hall
meeting in lieu of the regular monthly full group meeting. The
purpose of the Town Hall is expand outreach and gain feedback from
the general public to guide the Working Group’s planning.
Chairs also updated status of funding outlined in Deputy Mayor
Lieber’s MOU agreement with Councilmembers Alan Gerson and Rosie
Mendez. Michael Levine completed a CWG cost scoping document with
input from the Steering Committee for an executive assistant and a
planning firm for consideration by Jed Howbert from the Deputy
Mayor’s office. The scoping documents were also submitted to Alan
Gerson’s office.
Read MINUTES
April 6, 2009
CWG Minutes
Co-Chairs Report and Updates -
Steering Committee voted to allow CWG voting members
to cast votes via phone call-in conferencing. Danny Chen provided a
sample list and an overview of free phone conferencing services such
as www.freeconferencecall.com. CWG Financial Committee Report:
Michael Levine drafted CWG’s scope of services for an administrative
assistant and a planning consultant. As CWG must budget, fundraise
and administer funds in the future, a Financial Committee will be
needed. Victor Papa and John Leo volunteered to serve on this
Committee. Brief updates from Working Team Chairs...MINUTES See
Also...Proposed Working Team Milestones, Feb. thru Dec. 2009
March 2, 2009, CWG Minutes
To date, 33 organizations
including all 3 community boards encompassing Chinatown (CB#1, 2 &
3)
have signed on as CWG voting members. The 8 CWG working teams formed
at the previous CWG
meeting have convened and their meeting notes are posted on the CWG
website...MINUTES
February 2, 2009, CWG Minutes
Acting Chair James Solomon
welcomed everyone. Attendees identified themselves and their
affiliations. Noting recent community tragedies and general
economic downturn, Chair Solomon emphasized the importance of
working together on improving the community’s future. He praised the
regular attendance and dedication of many CWG members. Attendance by
six first-time CWG attendees was also acknowledged...Minutes
- Feb. 2, 2009,
Attendance &
Voting
CWG Steering Committee. Wednesday, February 11, 2009,
4-5:30pm, Community Board #1, 49-51 Chambers St, Rm. 709, New
York, NY.
CWG "voting" – Keith
Lipstein proposed voting membership for a group of
commercial property owners near and around Canal Street. Many
CWG members have raised the question of what qualifies as an
organization eligible to be a voting member of the CWG. As this
is the first example of an organization being formed specifally
for the CWH the Steering Committee unanimously propsed several
guidelines...MINUTES
January 5, 2009
CWG Minutes
Today’s meeting begins the official
process to formalize CWG’s organizational structure. The
mission statement and governance structure were drafted, reviewed
and revised during previous full meetings of CWG and its Steering
Committee. (See attached “Chinatown Working Group Governance and
Decision-Making Procedures”, draft dated 12/19/09.) Read
more...
Minutes-
Jan. 5, 2009
December 1, 2008 CWG Minutes
Acting Chairperson James
Solomon welcomed attendees. Attendees identified themselves and
their
affiliations. Bilingual Chinese/English agenda was distributed.
Chairperson Solomon thanked the
Chinese language papers ‘World Journal’ and ‘Sing Tao’ for posting
the meeting notice and agenda. Read more...Minutes - Dec. 1,
2008
November 7, 2008
CWG Minutes
Acting Chairperson James
Solomon introduced Kasey LaFlam, CB #1’s Urban Planning Fellow, who
will be contributing five hours/week to the CWG. Kasey is currently
working on a simplified zoning analysis of Chinatown, which she will
present to the full committee in December. Read
more...Minutes - Nov. 7,
2008
October 3, 2008
CWG Minutes
Eve Baron, PhD, Director of
the Planning Center at the Municipal Art Society (MAS)*
presented a general map of greater Chinatown illustrating some
current land use characteristics.
Read more....Minutes - Oct. 3,
2008
