Approved motions appear in the minutes of the General Board meeting for the corresponding month. Pending motions briefly describe the action proposed by the committee identified within the paranthesis. Anyone interested in obtaining a full copy of the motion, submitting comments to a motion, or specific questions regarding any pending items should contact the office via e-mail at info@BronxCB7.info. Additionally, members of the public can comment or raise concerns about any pending item at the public session of the next General Board meeting. Please arrive 10-15 minutes before the start of the meeting to sign up to speak. click on the Calendar button for the location of all General and Committee meetings.
Feb. 9 2012
Motion 1 (Traffic) PENDING: Letter of support to DOT for the conversion of Decatur Ave., Hull Ave., Perry Ave., and Putnum Place between East Gun Hill Road and E. 211th Street, and E. 211th Street between Decatur Ave and Putnum Place, into one-way streets as proposed in the East Gun Hill Road Congestion Corridor Safety Study.
Motion 2 (Traffic) PENDING: Letter to DOT for the placing of a No Parking sign, approximately 30' in length, at 3322 Decatur Avenue for the purpose of allowing parents to drop off children and deliveries at the daycare.
Feb. 7 2012
Motion 1 (Exec.) PENDING: Letter to NYCEDC regarding the lack of timely notification to the community regarding the concert on 2/11/12 and objecting to an event lasting to 3AM in a residential neighborhood. The letter should also include issues with security, adequate toilet facilities, lack of sufficient parking, and other health and safety issues.
Jan. 5 2012
Motion 1 (Parks): Letter of support to the NYC Design Commission for the construction of the NY Botanical Gardens' Native Plant Garden Pavillion. APPROVED Jan. 17, 2012
Dec. 22, 2011
Motion 1 (Land Use): Letter to the Dept. of City Planning in support of the Zone Green text amendment. APPROVED Jan. 17, 2012
Nov. 30 2011
Motion 1 (Land Use): Letter to the Dept. of City Planning regarding a rezoning proposal for North Bedford Park, Kingsbridge Heights, and University Heights. APPROVED Dec. 19
Motion 2 (Land Use): Letter to the Dept. of City Planning regarding a letter of support for the (E) Designation zoning text amendment. APPROVED Dec. 19
Nov. 10 2011
Motion (Traffic): Letter to MTA requesting the repair of the D-Train station at Norwood/E. 205th Street. APPROVED Dec. 19
Nov. 3 2011
Motion (Parks): Letter of support to the NYC Design Commission for the construction of the NY Botanical Gardens Bedfork Park pedestrian gate.
APPROVED Nov. 15
Sept. 20 2011
Motion (Exec. Comm.): to rename the Unsung Hero Award to the Osbourne "Ozzie" Brown Community Service Award - APPROVED Oct. 18
June 21 2011
Motion 1 (Exec. Comm.): The Executive Committee meeting allows for a great participation of all members to speak on the subject presented because of the “smaller” size of the group compared to the General body. Therefore, all motions coming from committees shall be presented to the Executive Committee for discussion prior to being presented to the general body - APPROVED June 21
Motion 2 (Exec. Comm.): Recommendation that all motions made by a committee that are going to be discussed either at the Executive Committee or at the General Board meeting must be posted on the website within 36 hours after a committee meeting in order to provide the community with the opportunity to comment on the motion - APPROVED June 21
Motion 3 (Exec. Comm.): Recommendation that the Executive Committee is mandated by the General body of the board to act on its behalf on all business matters that would have come to the General body for approval during the recess period - APPROVED June 21
May 17 2011
Motion (Housing): Send a letter of support to Azimuth Development regarding a new development of 60 units of affordable housing at 3160 Webster Avenue - APPROVED
Apr. 19 2011
Motion 1 (Land Use): Send a letter to The Developer and the Board of Standards and Appeal to state the Committee’s opposition to the proposed development and granting of a variance at 186 St. George's Crescent - APPROVED
Motion 2 (Land Use): Recommendation that the Board organize a tour of the remaining neighborhoods (From Concourse, Kingsbridge Heights, Sedgwick, and Mosholu) to survey the areas via a future Trolley Tour - APPROVED
Motion 3 (Parks): Motion to spend the $15,000 allocated by Councilman Cabrera on beautification and lighting as part of the Regatta Park development plan - APPROVED (At May Executive Meeting, motion was recommended for holding to next fiscal year).
Motion 4 (Education): Motion to send a letter of opposition to the DOE regarding their fiscal years 2011-2014 Capital Investment Plan as it pertains to school development within CB7 - APPROVED
Mar. 15 2011
Motion 1 (Exec. Comm.): Motion to change several existing and appoint new members as chairs of committees - APPROVED
Motion 2 (Exec. Comm.): Motion to update By-laws regarding the Nomination Committee in Sec. F on Page 5 to bring by-laws in line with the City Charter - APPROVED
Motion 3 (Traffic): Request to rename the southwest corner of East Mosholu Parkway North and Webster Avenue to P.O. Eric Hernandez Memorial Corner - APPROVED
Feb. 15 2011
Motion (Parks): A letter be sent to Parks Bronx Commissioner Aponte and NYC Parks Commissioner Benepe requesting that the “Poo-Free Parks” program be adopted as a pilot project in Community Board #7 - APPROVED