Roosevelt Island Rivercross Arbitration Settlement Agreement, Southtown Riverwalk Development Zoning Override, FDR Hope Memorial Among Items On Agenda For RIOC April 18 Board Meeting - Public Comment Period Prior To Meeting Start

The Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board of Directors will meet 5:30 PM Wednesday April 18 at at the Cultural Center Theater, 548 Main Street.

As previously reported, RIOC Directors Margie Smith and Faye Christian resigned last week leaving only 5 of the 9 RIOC Board seats filled with 3 resident Board members and 2 NY State representatives.

Prior to the start of the RIOC Board meeting, there will be a public comment period. Sign up here to speak at the meeting.  

Among the items on the Agenda are:

• Authorization to “Override’ the New York City Zoning Resolution in Connection with the Development of Southtown Buildings 8 & 9
  
  
• Authorization to Enter into Settlement Agreement in Connection with the Rivercross Arbitration and Second Amendment of the Rivercross Ground Lease 
  
  
• and Authorization to Take Certain Actions to Assume the Responsibility for the FDR Hope Memorial Project Execution within the Southpoint Open Space Area
  
  
  

Below is the April 18 RIOC Board meeting full agenda and Board Materials on each Agenda Item.

AGENDA

APRIL 18, 2018 MEETING OF

THE ROOSEVELT ISLAND OPERATING CORPORATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

THE CULTURAL CENTER THEATER, 548 MAIN STREET,

ROOSEVELT ISLAND, NEW YORK

5:30 P.M.[1]

I. Call to Order

II. Roll Call

III. Approval of Minutes

1. March 1, 2018 Board Meeting (Board Action Required)

IV. Old Business

New Business

1. Authorization to “Override’ the New York City Zoning Resolution in Connection with the Development of Southtown Buildings 8 & 9 (Board Action Required)

2. Ratification of Insurance Binders for FY 2018-19 (Board Action Required)

3. Authorization to Enter into Settlement Agreement in Connection with the Rivercross Arbitration and Second Amendment of the Rivercross Ground Lease (Board Action Required)

4. Authorization to Enter into Contract with Gardner & Theobald, Inc. for Owner's Representative Services for Capital Projects & Strategic Planning (Board Action Required)

5. Approval of Extension of the FY 2017-18 Public Purpose Grants Period (Board Action Required)

6. Ratification of Contract with Derive Technologies LLC and EIA Datacom, Inc. for the Purchase of Surveillance Cameras (Board Action Required)

7. Authorization to Enter into Contract with the Roosevelt Island Public Safety Officers Benevolent Association (Board Action Required)

8. Ratification of the Amendment of Contract with New York State Industries for the Disabled, Inc. for Cleaning Services at RIOC’s Facilities (Board Action Required)

9. Authorization to Take Certain Actions to Assume the Responsibility for the FDR Hope Memorial Project Execution within the Southpoint Open Space Area (Board Action Required)

10. President’s Report

11. Committee Reports

a. Audit Committee

b. Governance Committee

c. Operations Advisory Committee

d. Real Estate Development Advisory Committee

12. Public Safety Report

VI. Adjournment

April 2018 RIOC Board Meeting Materials

By chance, I ran into two Rivercross residents separately yesterday and today and during our conversation both asked:

... why wasn't I aware of the Rivercross arbitration settlement and RIOC meeting tomorrow on subject?

I did not have an answer for them.

Also, note that the Westview ground lease agreement, which was the subject of an April 3 Executive Session RIOC Real Estate Advisory Committee meeting, is not on tomorrow's RIOC Board meeting agenda.

UPDATE 4/19 - Agenda items were approved.