Susan Rosenthal reported to the April 14 Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) Board Of Directors meeting (Full video web cast here) on her first month as RIOC Acting President.
Image Of RIOC President Susan Rosenthal At 4/14 RIOC Board Meeting Ms. Rosenthal said:
… We got alot of repairs going on, alot of capital improvements going on … and alot of really fun activities going on…
The Roosevelt Island fun activities Ms Rosenthal mentioned during her report include: The Roosevelt Island infrastructure repairs and improvements include: Future projects include In response to a question from RIOC Director Margie Smith, Ms. Rosenthal replied that there was no new information about plans for Coler Hospital Flood Mitigation Plan berm that was presented last November. RIOC Director David Kraut asked about plans for the Sportspark facility and its future use by Cornell Tech. Ms Rosenthal said a renovation of Sportspark will require a huge amount of capital. Ms Rosenthal added:
…It’s a gigantic project…
and RIOC will:
… have to enter into either a long term arrangement with some kind of health club facility that will infuse capital or do it ourselves which I don’t think we are in a position to do….
According to Ms. Rosenthal, Cornell Tech is not going to take over responsibility for renovating Sportspark. Here’s Ms.Rosenthal’s full report.