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Co-op City Times / February 26, 2022
Board Meeting
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Director Sonia Feliciano asked what age group of children would fobs be issued to in each household, and the response was for 11 and up. Director Green-Watson asked about key fob distribution for townhouse residents who use the laundry rooms in the neighboring Triple Core buildings and also for access to the garages. As was the case with townhouse residents who use laundry rooms in the Chevron buildings, townhouse residents who use the laundry facility in Triple Cores will likewise be issued fobs. Key fobs for the garages, however, will be addressed in a future budget. The Board then proceeded to discuss and vote on the second reading of resolutions which are printed on pages 6 and 9 of this issue. ciano asked Management to expand on an alternative encapsulation method that Riverbay has been exploring. Assistant General Manager Warren Mitchell said that the corporation has been looking into other encapsulation methodology in order to save the corporation millions annually in air monitoring and asbestos but if we can get away from this, it will save us millions of dollars every year.” Although still in the preliminary stages, Mr. Mitchell said a product, the expects to move forward in the next couple of months with the product, although a third is yet to be explored. -
asbestos abatement, and then if this works, you then encapsulate it,” he reported. “In the future, you won’t need the asbestos contractor or the air testing because step. You’re not going to see huge relief from your budgets immediately but over time as you do more and more of these apartments, it will substantially reduce the cost of both asbestos abatement remediation and air testing that we also have to do in conjunction with it.” Director Johnson raised a question about whether the responsibility to hire undertaken by Riverbay Corporation and not to individual shareholders who Counsel responded with a resounding, “No! Absolutely not.” “Anybody who is listening who does that, you are violating the law, you are exposing the corporation to violating the law and you would be breaching your occupancy agreement subjecting yourself to possible eviction. Do not do it, don’t even think about it,” Mr. Buss stressed. Board President Cylich added: “It’s in your occupancy agreement, by the way, that if you do any kind of construction work in your house, you have to have Director Leslie Peterson asked if encapsulation is an approved method for asbestos remediation and Mr. Klehammer said the concept of encapsulation is an approved method. However, Management is still doing its due diligence to ensure all necessary approvals are secured before proceeding with the product to avoid violations. Finally, Board President Cylich focused discussion on dedicating the Dreiser auditorium. He proposed dedicating the venue to Paul Robeson, an American singer, screen and stage actor, athlete and activist. He suggested forming a committee to put together plans for a star-studded event to which entertainers, politicians and notables from around the country would be invited. Some other suggestions were Esther Smith, one of the pioneering leaders of the Co-op City a past President of the Riverbay Board; former President Barak Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor; Martha Howell, a past director of Riverbay Community Relations department who helped set up the Riverbay Fund. “My suggestion would be to pick a few names and let the community decide, let the community decide,” emphasized Director Feliciano. “I think that they should be engaged and we need to bring them together to help make a decision. This is their community as well…This should be a community decision.” Director Feliciano’s sentiment was seconded by Director Claudia Sampson, Director Pearson and Director Peterson who said it was time for a Black woman to be honored in Co-op City. “I think our community should make this decision and this would be a great way to engage them so we can offer them a couple of options and have them vote on it. I don’t think it should be one person making the nomination, you can nominate somebody but give people a chance to choose. That would make, I think, a lot of people feel like their voice is being heard.” This concluded the business portion of the meeting. The Board then adjourned
Bus Redesign
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Below is a rundown of the local buses that service the Co-op City community Bx12 Local: The MTA will not modify the routing and will remove only one stop, which
Bx12 Select Bus Service: The MTA will not alter or eliminate any stops for this line; the current schedBx23: The MTA will not change the routing or remove stops. To offset the loss Co-op City moderately for both directions during “midday and weekends,” Bx26: The MTA will not change the routing but will remove 17 stops mainly along Allerton Avenue, two along Bedford Park Boulevard and two along Bartow Avenue stops along Bartow Avenue. The MTA will not remove the Asch Loop
Bx28: The Mosholu Avenue and Paul Avenue stops along the western end of the route will be discontinued. As a result, service will be moved to Bainbridge Avenue and Bedford Park Boulevard instead. This change in routing aims to speed up bus frequency. Notably, the MTA will not remove the Asch Loop stop Two stops will be removed along Bainbridge Avenue and two will be removed
Bx30: will now stretch to Connor Street and Pelham Parkway. Commuters will have new routing. Six stops will be removed along Boston Road and replaced with schedule. However, the MTA will closely monitor ridership after implementing the new routing and adjust the schedule, if necessary, in the future. Additional Bx38
removing the Edson Avenue and Brunner Avenue stops along Bartow Avenue. quency for the morning, evening and late night hours in an effort to offset the Q50 Limited Service stops, which are the northbound and southbound stops at Whitestone Expressway
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