BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 6
TRANSPORTATION/PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
ATTENDANCE:
D. ABRAHAM E. ANDERSON J. ARMER
W. BLUM J. COHN D. DECOSTANZO
K. KRASE E. MCCLURE T. MISKEL
M. PETTIT G. REILLY R. RIGOLLI
M. SILVERMAN J. THOMPSON
EXCUSED:
M. CHIRICO D. GORDON S. LONIAL
A. MCKNIGHT R. SLOANE M. VERRET
ABSENT:
D. GIULIANO
GUESTS:
A. WOLF
***MINUTES***
The meeting commenced at 6:35 pm, Co-chair Tom Miskel presiding. A quorum was present.
The Chair provided an orientation.
The Chair welcomed community residents and guests, including members of the D’Alessio family and petitioners.
Minutes for the meeting of 6/21/2012 were approved.
Orientation of new committee members was postponed, there being several members excused from the meeting.
Presentation and review of a proposal to co-name Sackett Street between 3rd Avenue and Nevins Street as “Thomas A. D’Alessio Way.”
The committee reviewed and discussed a petition to co-name a single block of Sackett Street (between Third Avenue and Nevins Street) for the late Thomas A. D’Alessio, a long-time resident of the block. The motion to recommend the petition to the CB6 Board was carried.
Presentation and update from representative for New York City Transit on the ongoing Culver Viaduct Rehabilitation project, including an update on the reopening of the Smith-9th Street subway station.
A presentation from NYCT-MTA featured Andy Inglesby, spokesperson, and Raymond Wong, head of construction, who shared current information on the opening of the rehabilitated station at Smith/9th Street (late fall of 2012), completing the re-construction of the Culver viaduct (2013), and opening street level shops at Fourth Avenue/9th Street (Oct/Nov 2013).
Discussion included questions about the use of express shuttle buses during certain work periods, and about the inclusion of modest signage at the Fourth Avenue/9th Street station to direct travelers to nearby B61 and B63 bus routes on 9th Street and Fifth Avenue, the latter of which had been recommended through Council Member Brad Lander’s Participatory Budget Project in 2011-12.
The meeting adjourned at 7:35 pm.
Minutes submitted by Marilyn H. Pettit.