Friday, September 7, 2012

Hazardous Riverwalk Commons Skateboarders, No Volleyball Court and Drug Prescriptions Reported On By Roosevelt Island Residents Association Island Services Committee

Below is the Roosevelt Island Residents Association (RIRA) Island Service Committee report to the September 2012 Common Council Meeting.

RIRA – ISLAND SERVICES COMMITTEE (ISC) REPORT TO COMMON COUNCIL MEETING 9/5/12

The ISC didn’t meet over the summer. Updates on ISC issues:

Full-services Pharmacy As reported in the WIRE and the Roosevelt Islander, Duane Reade will again accept prescriptions from Express Scrip effective 9/15/12. This will bring Duane Reade much closer to becoming a full-services pharmacy. They will still not deliver to customers.

Parks RIOC will not install a planned volleyball court in the empty lot across from 455 Main St. The estimated cost of about $25K can’t be justified.

Skateboarding & Pedestrian Safety RIOC will investigate the high speed skateboarding on the hill road from Fuji East to Starbucks. This skateboarding creates a potentially serious hazard to pedestrians especially to people going to or away from Starbucks.

Aaron Hamburger, Chair
The issue of potentially hazardous skateboarding at the Riverwalk Commons


was discussed during the July 24 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors Operations Committee meeting. Here's what happened (full audio webcast of meeting is here).


You Tube Video of July 24 RIOC Operations Committee Skateboard Discussion

It sure would be nice to have a Volleyball Court or at least a net here on Roosevelt Island like this one


I saw at McCarren Park in Williamsburg.

17 comments :

YetAnotherRIer said...

Eh. A volleyball net like this would be vandalized continuously. I agree, the costs to install and maintain it is not justifiable.

Anonymous said...

O my. The hippsters Are getting upset.What Will rira about THIS.

Ratso123 said...

Instead of a volleyball court in the empty lot, why not make a skateboard hill so the kids can have a safe place to skateboard.

Ratso123 said...

Why not make a skateboard hill in the empty lot opposite 455? That would be a safe place for the kids to skateboard.

Anonymous said...

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CheshireKitty said...

RIOC will never do anything with the empty lot in ST because that's where HR wishes to build. RIOC and HR know that it would antagonize the community if an amenity even slightly like a real park - whether for volleyball or skateboarding - was given to it, and then taken away for more luxury high-rises to be constructed.

CheshireKitty said...

Yes, it would be nice but I doubt if RIOC will ever do it. Especially a skateboard park - which would involve design expense and then the cost of constructing the park. Other communities might do it with unused space - but not RI. RIOC needs the revenue from the developer once those last 3 buildings are built so it would never do anything to interfere with that land being developed by HR. I think a skateboard park would add additional "coolness" to RI - and would probably also appeal to the Cornell folks. But I doubt if RIOC will go for it. One thing the Southtowners could do is find out if they could at least have a community garden to grow some produce there before the land is forever built up and paved over - or could some land be set aside even when the buildings are built for that purpose. However, I doubt if they'll go for it - since it would be a jarring contrast from the "perfectly manicured" carefully landscaped look of ST. Ratso, if you want to see if your idea has any support in the community, you could circulate a petition and then submit it to RIOC, HR, and the local media. If you can get a hundred or 200 residents to agree that it would be nice to have a skateboard park - or some other (temporary) amenity - at the empty lot, maybe RIOC/HR will listen.

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