RIOC Board of Directors Meeting

A meeting of the Roosevelt Island Board of Directors will be held this Thursday September 7, 2007 at 9:30 AM at the Good Shephard Center, 543 Main Street. It is unfortunate, to say the least, that this meetings is scheduled at a time when many Roosevelt Island residents are at work and unable to attend. A meeting in the evening would allow many who are interested to attend. Afterwards a town hall meeting could be convened to directly address the issues of concern to Roosevelt Islanders and maybe even receive some answers by those charged with the responsibility to govern Roosevelt Island. Among the issues to be addressed at this meeting are the fate of the Roosevelt Island Tram modernization and maintenance program as well as certain retail leases on Main Street, all issues of great concern to residents of Roosevelt Island.
The agenda for the meeting:

AGENDA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007
MEETING OF THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
THE GOOD SHEPHERD CENTER, 9:30 A.M.

I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
III. Approval of Minutes
1. June 28, 2007 Board Meeting (Board Action Required)
2. August 16, 2007 Board Meeting (Board Action Required)
IV. Old Business
V. New Business
1. Update of Review of Options and Recommendations Concerning the
Modernization of the Roosevelt Island Aerial Tramway
2. Authorization to Enter into Amendments, Modifications and New
Leases with Certain Main Street Commercial Tenants (Board Action
Required – Materials to Follow)
3. Authorization of Vacation Exchange Option Program (Board Action
Required)
4. Committee Reports
a. Audit Committee
b. Real Estate Development Advisory Committee
c. Operations/Public Purpose Funds Advisory Committee
d. Governance Advisory Committee
5. Public Safety Report
6. President’s Report
VI. Adjournment

If you are unable to attend perhaps RIOC's webcasting of the meeting will work. Apparently there have been problems to date so the webcast may not be available. It certainly is not available to those without a high speed internet connection. Also, the transcript for the May 2007 Board of Directors Meeting is now available online but the June meeting still is not. I don't understand why it should take so long to post minutes of a public meeting.