Roosevelt Island FDR Hope Memorial And AVAC Garbage Removal Upgrade On Agenda For September 29 Community Board 8 Roosevelt Island Committee - Come Learn What's Going On

The Manhattan Community Board 8 (CB 8) Roosevelt Island Committee is meeting 6:30 PM Tuesday September 29 at the Manhattan Park Theater Club (8 River Road). Among the meeting items on the CB 8 Roosevelt Island Committee Agenda is upgrade of the Roosevelt Island Automated Vacuum Collection System (AVAC)

Down underground! It's a bag. It's a plate. It's the flying trash of Roosevelt Island! http://t.co/D1pkmFVp5C pic.twitter.com/vrvL0YHmS7

— Matt Chaban (@MC_NYC) August 3, 2015

and a discussion of the FDR Hope Memorial.

 Image Of 2012 FDR Hope Memorial Mock Up At Southpoint Park

According to the CB 8 Roosevelt Island Committee:

Meeting Date:
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 6:30pm

Meeting Location:
Manhattan Park Theater Club
8 River Road, Community Room
Roosevelt Island, NY

A presentation by Rosina Abramson of ENVAC.   ENVAC served as consultants to the Department of Sanitation relating to the upgrade of RI's AVAC system.

Discussion regarding FDR Hope Memorial and its review of proposed memorial by the NYC Public Design Commission.

Jeffrey Escobar and Laurence Parnes
Roosevelt Island Committee, Co-Chairs

The Roosevelt Island community is invited to attend.

Here's more information on Roosevelt Island AVAC garbage removal system, Envac and FDR Hope Memorial.