I know that many of you were looking for May’s meeting rundown, and I apologize for the delay! You can find May’s meeting agenda here.
Richard Flateau, the Financial Secretary of the Board and head of the Economic Development Committee, gave an overview of the City’s Adopted Budget Register for FY 2009. Every year, all the community boards submit to the city, specific requests and priorities they feel should be funded through the Capital and Expense Budgets of the various agencies throughout the city. The city, through its Office of Management and Budget, then responds in this register, offering determinations indicating whether or not they will recommend these items for funding, or indicate when these items may be funded, as is the case with Capital Budget items.. These items don’t necessarily get funded, as some of the capital expense items described have continuously been pushed into future years’ Capital Budgets. Here’s a quick excerpt outlining the Community Board’s Role in the Budget Process here. (source:Handbook for Community Board Members)
The parts of the register dealing with CB3 have been scanned and posted on the CB3 Website. You can get a good idea of some of the items the community board have been pushing as priority items.
Also at the May meeting, there was a public hearing held to determine whether or not the board would offer a letter of support for an alcohol beverage license for a new restaurant, Sarah James, which will be located on the corner of Throop Ave and Pulaski St. One of the owners, Jeffrey Rathgeber, gave a brief presentation about the restaurant and his request for an Alcoholic Beverage Control Retail License for a Restaurant (Beer and Wine Classification). In order to obtain a liquor license in this state, an establishment cannot be within 200 feet of a school, church, synagogue or other place of worship. During the questioning period of the hearing,some community members had concerns about whether the restaurant would be too close to local schools and churches to obtain the license. Once it was confirmed that the restaurant would not be in violation, the board voted to give a letter of support for the license.
Finally, here are some of the Community Announcements made at the meeting for events coming up this month:
The 81st Precinct Community Council will be holding a Talent Show June 12th from 7pm-10pm at 1958 Fulton Street. $5 for adults, $3 for kids aged 6-12.
Body Sculpt (www.bodysculpt.org) of New York will be holding their annual Brooklyn Children’s Sports & Fitness Expo on June 13th at Boys & Girls High School (1700 Fulton Street) from 10am to 6pm. There will be free health screenings, nutrition and weight counseling, games, live entertainment and free gifts for the kids!
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