4. Council discussion and potential disposition of the pending Milton Harbor Foundation Petition for a zoning text amendment to include a new special permit use for Civic and community center uses that could be applicable to the Wainwright House property (and potentially other sites) and would include water dependent recreational facilities.

[4. Council discussion and potential disposition of the pending Milton Harbor Foundation Petition for a zoning text amendment to include a new special permit use for Civic and community center uses that could be applicable to the Wainwright House property (and potentially other sites) and would include water dependent recreational facilities.]

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN CLEARED, BUT TO REMOVE ALL THE SNOW, AS WELL AS ALL THE SNOW THAT'S ACCUMULATED ON PURCHASE STREET AND PILE SO THAT'LL ALL BE TAKEN AWAY OVERNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S THAT'S GREAT GREG AND AND AND THANK YOU AND THING THANKS TO ALL THE CITY STAFF FOR FOR A JOB REALLY WELL DONE, THIS WAS A PRODIGIOUS SNOWFALL AND THE CITY RESPONSE WAS REALLY GREAT THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, MOVING ALONG NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL DISPOSITION OF THE PENDING MILTON HARBOR FOUNDATION PETITION FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE A NEW SPECIAL PERMIT USE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR SPECIFIC AND COMMUNITY CENTER USES THAT COULD BE APPLICABLE TO THE WAINWRIGHT HOUSE PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY OTHER SITES AND WOULD INCLUDE WATER DEPENDENT FACILITIES SO KRISTEN IT MAY HELP US IF YOU WALK US THROUGH ONCE AGAIN WHAT OUR PROCEDURAL CHOICES ARE HERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: SURE, MR MAYOR WHAT YOU LET THE COUNCIL HAS BEFORE IT THIS EVENING IS A PETITION FROM MILTON HARBOR FOUNDATION FOR CONSIDERATION OF A ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT.

KRISTEN WILSON: AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, YOU DID NOT MAKE ANY DECISION YOU ASKED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE FORM OF WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS WHICH STAFF IS CIRCULATED TO THE COUNCIL.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND HAS MADE THAT PART OF THE PUBLIC AGENDA PACKET ALL THE COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE WERE PROVIDED TO IN THAT PACKET SO THIS EVENING WHAT YOU, YOU REALLY HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE OPTIONS, ONE IS TO DO NOTHING TO ESSENTIALLY TABLE IT OR OTHER DECIDE TO NOT MOVE IT FORWARD.

KRISTEN WILSON: SECOND, YOU COULD REFER IT OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION.

KRISTEN WILSON: OR THREE YOU COULD ACTUALLY BUY EMOTION AND VOTE DENY THE PETITION AND TAKE THE FORMAL ACTION OF DENYING IT SO THOSE ARE REALLY THREE OPTIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WELL, I THINK, I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL THINKS ABOUT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE BEFORE US AND I'LL JUST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I I'LL I'LL GO IN THE DAY AS ORDER THAT ZOOM IS ESSENTIALLY GIVEN ME AND JULIE YOU'RE IN MY UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER I DON'T KNOW WHY SO I'LL ASK YOU TO BEGIN.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES THINK AS WELL, BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU I STRUGGLE WITH US THE SEEMS DIFFERENT TO ME THAN THE OTHER PETITIONS INVOLVED WITH ZONING CHANGES AVON IT WAS YOU WEREN'T CHANGING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU WEREN'T CHANGING HOW IT WAS ZONED IT'S STILL ZONE, FOR YOU KNOW COMMERCIAL USE, AND WE WERE JUST EXTENDING SORT OF THE USE CASES THAT COULD EXIST THERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH OSBORNE I MEAN THAT'S STILL TO BE DETERMINED, SO WE HAVEN'T HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT YET, BUT AGAIN THAT'S NOT A CHANGE IN USE IT'S A SORT OF CHANGE IN THE CONFIGURATION OF THINGS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALLOWING SOMETHING THAT HAS SORT OF A COMMERCIAL APPLICABILITY IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

IS DIFFERENT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO ME, AND IT FEELS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S HARDER FOR ME TO ACTUALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUPPORT, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE BRO AMERICA BE SUCCESSFUL, NOT BECAUSE I WANT I DON'T WANT WAINWRIGHT TO BE SUCCESSFUL, ABSOLUTELY I DO, AND I HOPE THAT THIS COMMUNITY RALLIES AROUND WAINWRIGHT AND HELPS IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW SUSTAIN AND SURVIVE AND FLOURISH I JUST DON'T KNOW IF ALLOWING COMMERCIAL USE AT YOU KNOW VERY DENSELY RESIDENTIAL AREA IS THE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO, SO I STRUGGLE WITH THIS ONE, TO BE HONEST I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHERS THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SARAH IF IF IF YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE, I, I HAVE TO SAY I I TO HAVE STRUGGLED WITH IT, I I HEAR WHAT JULIE SAYING ON A LOT OF THE ISSUES AND I, I AGREE WITH HER ON ON MANY, IF NOT MOST.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY IS I THINK IT'S TERRIFIC THAT THAT WE YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC SITUATION WHERE IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THE WORD OUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THERE WAS THIS CONCERTED EFFORT TO REALLY ENGAGE THE THE TOWN AND HEAR BACK FROM PEOPLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND WE'VE SEEN THAT WITH WITH THE LETTERS I HAVE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MANAGED TO MAKE MY WAY THROUGH I CAN'T SAY I READ EVERY SINGLE WORD, BUT I HAVE MANAGED TO TO GO THROUGH AND IT'S REALLY YOU KNOW BOTH SIDES ARE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW OUR EARNEST AND AND HEARTFELT IN IN THEIR SUPPORT OR THEIR.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, A BEING A TAKING A STAND AGAINST WHAT I HAVE NOTICED IS THAT WITH THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN SUPPORT OF ROMANTIC ARISE PETITION IS THAT FOR THE MOST PART, NOT EVERY SINGLE ONE BUT, FOR THE MOST PART THEY'RE SUPPORTING CREW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I THINK ALL OF US WOULD SAY THAT WE SUPPORT THAT CREW AT THE SPORT OF CREW IT'S A TERRIFIC SPORT IT'S.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT BUILDS DISCIPLINE AND I CERTAINLY COULDN'T IMAGINE GETTING UP AT FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING EVER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO ALL OF THE FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I THINK WE WOULD ALL SAY THAT WE, WE SUPPORT THE SPORT WE SUPPORT A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE LIKE ROW AMERICA RYE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND TO JULIE'S POINT WE NEED TO TO BE THERE FOR OUR NOT NONPROFIT WAINWRIGHT AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS STARTS A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO TO BE THERE FOR THEM AS A CITY AND AS A CITY COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING THAT SAID.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T THINK I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE ANSWER IS TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER IS TO TAKE ROW AMERICA RYE, WHICH IS THRIVING WHICH DOES NOT HAVE TO LEAVE IT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A LEASE OPTION TO RENEW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THEY CAN STILL STAY THEY'RE NOT THREATENED AND YOU KNOW IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING THEIR POSITION WHERE THEY ARE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THE FIT WOULD BE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THIS CHANGE IS FOR FOREVER UNLESS YOU HAVE A WHOLE NOTHER ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION SO IF ROW AMERICA RIGHT GOES AWAY, WHO KNOWS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT CAN END UP THERE NOW THAT YOU'VE CHANGED THE ZONING FOR THAT AREA, SO THAT'S THAT'S MY POSITION ON AND I'M AS USUAL HAVE TALKED TOO MUCH SO I'M GOING TO MOVE IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU PAM IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: UP MUTED I THINK PAM.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, WHEN THIS ISSUE FIRST CAME UP I DID A FEW THINGS TO RESEARCH ON MY OWN UM I WALKED THE AREA I USED TO LIVE OUT THAT WAY AND I WENT AND TOOK A NICE WALK WITH THE DOG, AND I REALLY FELT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I VISITED SOME RESIDENTS.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHO ACTUALLY WERE ALL TOO HAPPY TO GIVE ME PICTURES OF REAL AMERICA USING YOU KNOW THEIR PROPERTY FOR THEIR ROLLING AND THE SHOWING THE DISTANCE, IT IS FROM THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I COULD SEE SOME OF OF WHAT WORRIED, THE RESIDENTS AND I SPOKE TO ROME AMERICA'S CURRENT LANDLORD TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUES WERE ON THE EXISTING SITE AND WHAT CAME TO FOR ME, AND I WOULD ASK, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE DO NOTHING ON THIS AT THIS POINT OF TIME AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I BELIEVE THAT, AS A COMMUNITY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WITH WAYNE RIGHT, WHETHER WE DECIDE THE WAINWRIGHT NEEDS TO DISAPPEAR OR WAINWRIGHT IS.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TOO GREAT A JEWEL FOR US TO LOSE, WE SHOULD WORK WITH A NONPROFIT THAT CURRENTLY RUNS IT FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE AND THE NEIGHBORS AND FIND OUT HOW TO DO A COMMUNITY.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CHARRETTE ASSET I YOU SHOULD READ A LOT BUT IT'S A GREAT PROCESS WHERE YOU GO AND YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU REALLY WORK OUT WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR KRAUTS SAID IN OUR LAST MEETING WAS THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THAT ROW AMERICA WAS GOING TO HAVE ANY INCREASED INTENSITY AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, SO.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE LOOKING AT ROW AMERICA WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYNE RIGHT AND THE RESIDENTS COMING TO SOME SORT OF UNDERSTANDING AS A POLICY MATTER I THINK THAT'S ON THE CITY TO HELP DO.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT RURAL AMERICA AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTED AND TAKING CARE OF IT IN MY MIND I'M.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT NOW, THEIR LANDLORD IS WILLING TO DO LOTS FOR THEM THERE'S A RENEWAL COMING UP ON THEIR LEASE I THINK THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR EXISTING SITE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE ARE THINGS WE AS A CITY CAN CONSIDER, AND I THINK THAT THE LANDLORD AND ROLL AMERICA WHEN THEY MAKE THEIR AGREEMENT, THEY SHOULD COME TO US AND TALK TO US, I THINK THEY'D LIKE TO.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXTEND SOME PARKING PERHAPS INTO THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET IF IT'S POSSIBLE THERE'S MAYBE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MID THERE ARE THINGS, BUT PERHAPS WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM AND I'D LIKE TO DO THAT, IF I CAN I'D LIKE TO MAKE THIS A WIN, WIN, WIN FOR ALL THREE PARTIES.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I BELIEVE THE DOWNSIDE OF THIS PROJECT IS THAT THERE WILL BE INCREASED TRAFFIC, WHICH MAKES IT LESS WALKABLE I BELIEVE THERE'LL BE INCREASED NOISE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TOLD ME THAT OUTSIDE HER WINDOW HER MASTER BEDROOM FACES OUT ONTO THE WATER SHE CAN HEAR THE KIDS IN THE MORNING BECAUSE SOMEONE'S OUT THERE WITH A BULLHORN YOU KNOW AND.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S OBNOXIOUS YOU KNOW SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING YOU DON'T REALLY WANT THAT, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE CONCERNED UM I AM UM.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING FOR AMERICA.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO THINK ABOUT THAT THAT PART OF THE PROBLEM THEY'VE HAD HERE HAS BEEN THEIR CONFLICTS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT THAT WILL STOP THAT AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THE CITY TO BE INVOLVED AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I THINK IF WE TAKE THIS ISSUE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE'RE JUST GOING TO COST ROW AMERICA MONEY AND THAT.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS IS NOT A A ONE OR THE OTHER, THIS IS NOT REAL AMERICA VERSUS WAINWRIGHT VERSUS RESIDENTS, I THINK THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE THERE FOR EVERYONE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE CONSIDER JUST SORT OF DOING NOTHING AND LETTING THE NATURAL CYCLE OF THEM WORKING OUT THEIR LEASE AND MAYBE WE GET INVOLVED.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS A COUNCIL WITH TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN DO AND SEE IF WE CAN MAYBE MOVE THE BALL FORWARD AND THEN.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF WE CAN'T THEN WE READJUST AND LOOK AT THIS AGAIN, BUT I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO AFFECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE IT WILL BE TO BRING THEIR PROPERTY VALUES DOWN, AND I BELIEVE THAT BRINGING THEIR PROPERTIES VALUES DOWN WILL AFFECT EVERYONE IN THE CITY AND I'M NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THAT AT THIS POINT, REGARDLESS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I YOU KNOW NOT TO BELABOR A POINT HERE I MEAN, I THINK THE THE THREE PIECES OF COMMENTARY I'VE HEARD ALREADY ARE EXACTLY ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT I'M THINKING, I THINK, FUNDAMENTALLY, FOR ME.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, TO CHANGE A USE IN A.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO A COMMERCIAL USE IS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT THING TO DO, AND AS JULIE POINTED OUT.

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BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, TO THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US ARE YOU KNOW OUR EXISTING USES I'LL BE MODIFIED, BUT THIS IS A COMPLETE CHANGE OF USE AND AND I THINK THAT'S A REALLY TOUGH.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THING FOR A NEIGHBOR TO SWALLOW THAT'S THAT'S BOUGHT INTO A PARTICULAR COMMUNITY AND IS FACED WITH A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT US AFTER THEY'VE BOUGHT THEIR PROPERTY, SO YOU KNOW I I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I ALSO UNDERSTAND THE THE NEED OF OF YOU KNOW, A BUSINESS TO TRY TO YOU KNOW YOU KNOW MAXIMIZE IT SPACE GET BETTER SPACE GET A GET A BETTER.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW ARRANGEMENT, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS THIS IS TOO TALL IN ORDER.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AT THIS POINT, TO AGREE TO I THINK PAM BROUGHT UP AN EXCELLENT POINT OF TRYING TO YOU KNOW IF THE CITY COULD SOME WAY HELP TO FOSTER SOME SORT OF YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THIS ARE SOME HELP IN SOME MANNER, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO CAST OFF.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAINWRIGHT TO YOU KNOW TO TO TO SOME OTHER FADE I THINK IT'S A COULD BE A GREAT RESOURCE IN TOWN AND SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO YOU KNOW HELP PRESERVE IF WE CAN, BUT YOU KNOW I JUST THINK THAT AT THIS POINT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS THIS ASK IS IS TOO MUCH, AND I WOULD NOT SUPPORT MOVING THIS TO TO PLANNING SO AND I, YOU KNOW I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THE POINT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU KNOW JULIE, SARAH AND PAM HAVE SAID SO FAR SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RICHARD.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: WELL, FIRST OFF YOU, YOU MAKE CHANGES IN YOUR ZONING US NOT FOR PARTICULAR APPLICANT, BUT WHETHER OR NOT IT IS GOOD FOR THE CITY AS A WHOLE, SO THE QUESTION HERE IS NOT THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: FOR ROW AMERICA, BUT DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE USE OF THAT PROPERTY FOR WHOEVER WOULD FOLLOW, AND WHAT I TAKE FROM MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IS THE ANSWER IS NO, AND IF THAT'S GOING TO BE THE ANSWER, THEN I WOULD SAY LET'S KILL IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLINA.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I'M IN FAVOR OF TABLING THESE PROPOSAL, HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO ENGAGE THE PEOPLE WHO RALLY TOGETHER THE FRIENDS OF MILTON HARBOR.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO RALLY AROUND WAINWRIGHT HOUSE AND MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE TO REALLY RALLY AROUND THEIR COSTS AND PUT THE SAME ENERGY AND THE SAME PASSION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEHIND THEM, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THIS IS GOING TO KEEP POPPING UP THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK FOR WAYS OF MAKING IT SUSTAINABLE AND THINGS ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO US.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I LOVE ROWERS I LOVE TO SEE THE ROARS ON THE ON THE WATER I THINK ROW AMERICA RY IS AN AMAZING PROGRAM THAT HAS GROWN INCREDIBLE AND HAS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR GROWING AND RIGHT UP FRONT, SO I COMMEND THEM FOR THE FOR THE JOB THAT THEY'RE DOING AND IT'S YOU KNOW I I LIKE THE WAYNE WHITE HOUSE, AND I LIKE RURAL AMERICA RIGHT THERE'S JUST NOT A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, OH I'LL TAKE TAKE MY STAB AT IT AND IT REALLY ECHO OTHERS, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WAINWRIGHT HOUSE FOR ITS MISSION ITS ACTIVITIES AND ITS ARCHITECTURAL PRESENCE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I ALSO APPRECIATE THE BENEFITS THAT ROW AMERICA HAS BROUGHT TO RYE, I CAN IGNORE, HOWEVER, THE NUMEROUS CONCERNS RAISED BY A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, I SUSPECT, THOSE IN OTHER AREAS, THAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY AFFECTED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BY THIS ZONING CHANGE WOULD FEEL THE SAME AS THOSE NEIGHBORS DO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW USE PROPOSAL THAT SEEMS INCOMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING CONFORMING USES CONTRAST THIS WITH OUR RECENT RYAN MIDLAND APPROVAL, WHERE NEW USES WERE FRAMED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIOR USE ACCORDINGLY I'D HAVE THE COUNCIL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HOPE BRO AMERICA WILL STAY IN RIGHT, I ADMIRE WHAT IT'S DONE, I APPRECIATE WHAT IT WHAT IT'S DOING FOR THE YOUTH OF RYE, I ALSO VERY MUCH HOPE THAT WAINWRIGHT'S CONCERNED NEIGHBORS WILL FIND IT IN THEIR HEARTS TO HELP WAYNE RIGHT CONTINUE IN ITS PRESENT FORM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JULIE, YOU WERE A LITTLE UNDECIDED AND WANTED TO HEAR FROM OTHERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SHALL I COME BACK TO YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M IN AGREEMENT, I WILL I THE CAROLINAS COMMENT RESONATED REALLY.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REALLY WELL WITH ME AND I.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT SAME ENERGY SORT OF OPPOSING THIS PLAN PUT TO CONSTRUCTIVE US TO TO SUPPORTING WAYNE RIGHT, BECAUSE IT IS LOVELY PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND RISE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE DON'T RISE GENERAL COMMUNITY SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF IF IF THAT COULD HAPPEN, BUT I IN FAVOR AND I'M WILLING TO MOVE TO TABLE IT IF IF SUCH A MOVEMENT IS REQUIRED KRISTIN, OTHERWISE WE JUST MOVE ON, I GUESS, FROM THE SOUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DAYS, NO, NO, NO MOVEMENT REQUIRED, I THINK THAT ERIC CONSENSUS IS THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING FURTHER ACTION.

KRISTEN WILSON: MR MAYOR I DID WANT TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE APPLICANTS REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN CROWD DOES HAVE HIS HAND RAISED, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR FROM THE THE APPLICANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL SPEAK AGAIN AFTERWARDS, BUT HE'S HERE, HE HAS HAND RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD LET HIM SPEAK.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR ME.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: YES, AND THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENTS, I WANTED TO ADDRESS YOU.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: CLEARLY I'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT EACH OF YOU HAS SAID.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, AS I SAID IT YOUR FIRST MEETING LAST MONTH.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IT'S IT IS IN THE NATURE OF ZONING REQUEST AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE YOUR DISCRETION TO HEAR IT TO NOT HERE, BUT I DID FEEL LIKE IT WAS INCUMBENT ON ME TO RAISE MY HAND BEFORE YOU EITHER A VOTE TO TAKE NO ACTION OR BE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO OUTRIGHT DENIED A PETITION TO JUST CORRECT A COUPLE THINGS ON THE RECORD FIRST OFF.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: WITH REGARD TO USE A BULL HORNS AND NOISE, IT WAS A MINOR POINT THAT COMMENT HAD BEEN MADE TO ROME AMERICA BUT I USE AS AN EXAMPLE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THEY SWITCHED AND CONVERTED THEY'RE BOTH TO USING TWO WAY RADIOS SO THAT THE THE ROWBOATS HAVE THE THE SHELLS HAVE A SPEAKER WITHIN IT, AND THEY CAN COMMUNICATE BY RADIO I GUESS THE POINT THERE IS THEY TRIED TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WHAT I THINK THE BOARD LOOSELY DESCRIBED IS A COMMERCIAL USE OF THE PROPERTY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND I WE TRIED TO EXPLAIN OUR RESPONSIVE LETTER IT'S NOT A COMMERCIAL USE IN FACT WAS DELIBERATELY SET UP TO BE NOT FOR PROFIT IT'S NOT ABOUT MAKING MONEY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND SO THE ZONING IS SET UP THAT WAY, SO TO MR MECCAS POINT YOUR REZONE NOT FOR SPECIFIC APPLICANT BEFORE PROPERTY, THE APPLICATION WAS FOR A NOT FOR PROFIT USE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND IT IS INTERESTING TO ME AS BEING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG THAT THE DARLIN SCOUT CENTER AND I MENTIONED IT LAST ON.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: HAD ROWING SAILING AND CANOEING OFFERINGS AND A VERY ROBUST PROGRAM AND KIND OF CONNECTING THAT UP WITH SOME OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: DARLIN THE HEIGHT OF THEIR SEASON WAS DURING THE SUMMER, WHEN THE CLUBS WERE IN FULL SWING.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND THAT'S WHEN YOUR TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE THE HIGHEST, WHEREAS THE ROW AMERICA PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY THE LOW SEASON DURING THE SUMMER, THEY FOLLOW MORE THAT SCHOOL SEASON, SO I THINK AT LEAST YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT, SO THAT IF YOU'RE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: VISCERALLY REACTING TO CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC THAT THE USE THAT WE WERE PUTTING ON THE TABLE REALLY WAS MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE OFF PEAK IN THAT REGARD, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, AND YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: WELL, WISHES, BOTH TO THE ROWING PROGRAM IN RYE, AND TO WAYNE RIGHT, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS, THOSE ARE THOSE ARE KIND WORDS AND THEIR WELL RECEIVED.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BUT I THINK THERE'S ALSO A FUNDAMENTAL REALITY THAT THE CURRENT FACILITY IS TOO SMALL IT'S INSUFFICIENT IT'S DROPPED OFF AND PICK UP AREA.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THE MARINA CAUSES CONFLICTS, BECAUSE OF THE TIGHTNESS FOR LAUNCHING A MARINA USES.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: ASIDE FROM ITS SILTING IN AND IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE LONG TERM, SO I THINK THE REALITY IS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS CONSTITUTED TODAY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IF, AT THE END OF THE LEASE WHAT I THINK IS THE REALITY IS YOU WON'T HAVE A ROLLING PROGRAMME AND RYE AND AND SO, AT LEAST, RATHER THAN THEN THEN.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR NON ACTION TONIGHT OR ACTION AND SAY I'M SURE THEY'LL THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT AND THEY'LL STILL BE THERE, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT, SO I THINK WAYNE RIGHTS STRUGGLES AND THE NECESSITY OF HAVING WEDDINGS THERE THAT HELP.

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JONATHAN D. KRAUT: HELP ALONG THAT THAT PURPOSE, THE RELIGIOUS US THERE IS ANOTHER REALITY AND WHETHER OR NOT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: WHAT WINDS UP HAPPENING IS YOU KNOW WAYNE RIGHT AND I DON'T SPEAK FOR WAYNE RIGHT IN THIS REGARD, BUT WHETHER OR NOT JUST FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, THEY WANT TO PARTNER WITH A DIFFERENT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: RELIGIOUS USE THAT MORE SUITS THEIR NEEDS IN ORDER TO MAKE THE SITE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE, I GUESS, SAID DIFFERENTLY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I I AT LEAST WAS HOPEFUL THAT THIS IDEA HAD ENOUGH LEGS TO SEND IT TO PLANNING ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINDING OUT FROM THOSE WHO YOU'VE DESIGNATED WITHIN THE CITY TO ANALYZE THINGS FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT THOUGHT THAT IT HAD LEGS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I COULD CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND IF I LIVED ACROSS THE STREET OR NEXT DOOR WHY I MIGHT NOT WANT IT, BUT AGAIN.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: GOING BACK TO WHAT MR MEGA SAID, AND HE SERVED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FOR MANY YEARS, AND I THINK A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: TOURS OF DUTY THERE, IT REALLY IS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, SO I DON'T THINK ANYTHING THAT I'VE JUST SAID, WILL NECESSARILY CHANGE ANYONE'S MIND, BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF IT'S CAUSED ANYONE TO MAYBE PAUSE AND SAY HEY SOME OF THIS STUFF IS WORTH AT LEAST THINKING ABOUT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I WOULD, I WOULD SAY, I APPRECIATE THE CONCERN FOR.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: NOT HAVING OUR CLIENTS SPIN THEIR WHEELS AND WASTE THEIR MONEY, AND IF IT'S A DEAD LETTER SURE THAT MAKES SENSE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BUT IF IT'S REALLY A QUESTION OF SPENDING THE MONEY TO GO IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION EXPLAIN MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE US AND REALLY ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: TRAFFIC CONCERNS BECAUSE THAT'S NUMERICAL AND AND YOU KNOW MY MY COMPARISON TO DARLIN DARLIN IS OVERLAP WITH PEAK TRAFFIC WOULD HAVE GENERATED WAY MORE TRAFFIC.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: CONFLICT THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WE GAVE YOU IN OUR LETTER, SOME OF THE USE IN NUMBERS THEY'RE REALLY QUITE SMALL IN TERMS OF TRIP GENERATION ON STUYVESANT AND THE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS IN THAT AREA.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S A DEAD LETTER IT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO CONSIDER.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GENUINELY WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY YOU DID FULLY CONSIDER WE WOULD STILL ASK YOU TO REFER IT TO.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR ADVICE BACK TO YOU AND I DON'T KNOW THEIR ADVICE MIGHT BE SIMILAR TO YOUR OPINIONS, BUT IT ALSO MIGHT BE DIFFERENT, AND IF YOU'RE RECEPTIVE TO THAT WERE WILLING TO TAKE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THAT THAT SMALL RISK OF THE EFFORT TO VISIT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE ISSUE SO THAT'S ALL AND I APPRECIATE YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT OR TWO TO RAISE THOSE POINTS WITH YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DOES YES FAM.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH WE HAD THREE OPTIONS WITH THIS, MR CROWD ONE WAS TO.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TABLE IT ONE WAS TO VOTE AGAINST IT AND ONE WAS TO SEND IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION THE REASON THAT I WANT TO TABLE IT IS BECAUSE I REALLY TRULY BELIEVE THERE'S SOME PUBLIC POLICY OPPORTUNITIES HERE THAT CAN HELP ALL PLAYERS.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WE HAVE PARKING WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH THE BASE AND FOLK PERHAPS TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SITE.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE MAY BE ABLE TO SPLIT IT AT DIFFERENT PERIODS OF I DON'T KNOW BUT I.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THINK THERE ARE OPTIONS OUT THERE AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO TABLE, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF SENDING IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND DENYING IT OUTRIGHT AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH US, JUST AS THE BULLHORN EXAMPLE YOU JUST USED.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT YOU KNOW I HEARD THIS FROM MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE BULLHORN.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND HERE, YOU TOOK CARE OF IT IN FIVE MINUTES LIKE THEY HEARD YOU WHEN YOU SAID DON'T USE THE VO BARN ANYMORE, AND APPARENTLY WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORS SAID IT, THEY DIDN'T AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE POWER.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OF THOSE OF US WHO ARE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE THE DIFFERENCE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN, BUT I AM NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ANY PERSONALLY I WOULD NOT SUPPORT THAT SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DOES ANYONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD I THINK MY PROPOSAL WAS CONSISTENT WITH PAM'S THAT, AS I ARTICULATED IT IS NO FURTHER ACTION.

[5. Resolution to adopt Rye Recreation Camp Fees for the summer of 2021. Roll Call.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS THE NOVO, BUT YOU KNOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, MR CROWD THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVED TO A RESOLUTION TO ADOPT RYE, RECREATION CAMP FEES FOR THE SUMMER OF 2021 AND WE HAVE THE NEW FEES IN OUR PACKET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SALLY ROBO WELCOME.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: THANK YOU, MR MAYOR.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: I'M SO I'M BE.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: I MEAN FRANK YOU TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO ADOPT THE SUMMER CAMP FEES WHEN WE DID THE BUDGET IN.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF WHERE CODE WAS GOING WE LEFT OUR CAMP FEES SORT OF STAGNANT FROM.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: INTO 2020 AND THEN LEFT THEM STAGNANT AGAIN IN 2022 2021 AFTER WE LOOKED AT OUR SITES AND WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE OUR BEST OFFERING TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE SUMMER.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: I BROUGHT FORTH THESE FEES TO OUR COMMISSION LAST WEEK IN A MEETING WHICH THEY HAVE APPROVED AND NOW I'M LOOKING OBVIOUSLY FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL TO FORWARD WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A FIVE WEEK SUMMER SEASON FROM JULY SIX TO AUGUST SIX.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH WOULD BE FOR AGES THREE TO FIVE, BUT NOT ENTERING KINDERGARTEN WOULD REMAIN AT CHRIST CHURCH, WHICH WAS THE PLAN FOR 2020 RK TO SIX CAMP WOULD BE MERGED INTO ONE CAMP TOGETHER AND WOULD FUNCTION AT A RECREATION PARK AND RESURRECTION GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: BECAUSE OF COVEN WE ARE LOOKING NOT TO ENTERTAIN ANY BUSING SO WE WOULD NOT INCLUDE THOSE COSTS FOR SWIMMING OR OFF SITE CAMP TRIPS WHICH, RIGHT NOW, WOULD NOT BE REALLY IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO DO.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: WE'VE INCLUDED SOME SPECIALS THAT USED TO BE AT AN EXTRA COST SO THAT ALL CAMPERS WOULD HAVE BE AVAILABLE TO THOSE EXAMPLES WOULD BE LASER TAG SNAP OLOGY MAD SCIENCE AND WE THINK WE CAN PUT A PRETTY GOOD, COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR ALL THOSE KIDS WITH THAT FORMAT.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF SUMMER CAMP FOR 2021.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SALLY QUESTION OUR FEES ARE COMPETITIVE WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER SIMILAR OFFERINGS.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: THEY ARE.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: PROBABLY BOTH PROBABLY BELOW OTHER OFFERINGS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY ARE THE DIRECT CAMPS, LIKE THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY'RE FANTASTIC SO.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SOUNDS LIKE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HOW MANY DO WE GET A LOT OF NON RESIDENTS USING OUR CAMPS.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: WE DON'T WE DID SET FORTH A PROPOSAL FOR NON RESIDENT FEES LAST SUMMER, AS WE RAN ALL OUR CODE ONE WEEK SPECIAL TYPE PROGRAMS, WE DID DO SO FOR RESIDENTS ONLY.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: SO IT PRETTY MUCH ON A SPACE PERMITS, SO WE THEIR REGISTRATION TYPICALLY IS ABOUT FOUR WEEKS AFTER WE OPEN REGISTRATION FOR RESIDENTS.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: AND IF THEIR SPACE IN THAT PARTICULAR AGE GROUP, WE WOULD ACCEPT THEM AT AN ADDITIONAL FEE, AND IF THERE WASN'T THEN THEY WOULD REMAIN ON THE WAITLIST OR NOT BE ENTERTAINED.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY, SO SO DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, THE RESIDENCE OF FIRST CHOICE AND THEN, IF THERE ARE ANY LEFTOVER SPACES THEY'RE OPEN TO ALL.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: EXACTLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE HE'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO SO MOVED.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH THANK YOU SALLY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MERICA CONE YES.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: GREAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER CAMP 2021.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HOPE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH SALLY.

SALLY ROGOL, RECREATION: THANK YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT, WE HAVE RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR COUNCIL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

[7. Consideration to set a public hearing for February 24, 2021 to adopt a local law deferring, for this year only, collection of City tax payments for an additional 90-days.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY TAKERS.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU DON'T HAVE ANY RAISED HANDS, MR MAYOR.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND MOVE ALONG.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR FEBRUARY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO ADOPT THE LOCAL LAW DIFFERING FOR THIS YEAR ONLY COLLECTION OF CITY TAX PAYMENTS FOR AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REFERRING BACK TO PRIOR ACTION OF OURS, WE DID DEFER THE COLLECTION OF CITY TAX FIRST FOR 30 DAYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN ANTICIPATION OF THE GOVERNOR SIGNING THE LAW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS SIGNED THAT PERMITS CITIES TO DIFFER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BY LOCAL LAW THEIR COLLECTION OF CITY TAX PAYMENTS FOR ALL IN 120 DAYS, SO WE HAVE ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF THE FIRST 30 OF THE 120.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE CAN LOOK AT AN ADDITIONAL 90 DAYS WHEN THIS WAS FIRST ON THE AGENDA, I MENTIONED THE FACT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER THE EFFECT OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A DELAY ON OUR LIQUIDITY AND THAT WE MIGHT LOOK AT CONDITIONS THAT WOULD APPLY TO ESSENTIALLY ACCESS TO TO TO THE DELAY ACCESS TO USING THE DELAY AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S IN THE PROPOSAL THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT KRISTEN AND GREG ARE GOING TO SHOW US.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'D ALSO NOTE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE COUNTY MAY BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TRYING TO COALESCE MUNICIPAL FEELING AROUND HOW TO ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE GOVERNOR'S BILL AND I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THAT TODAY I THINK GREG DID AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO, WHILE WE'RE SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW WE MIGHT LIKE THIS BILL TO BE CONFIGURED AND SHOULD OPERATE ON THAT BASIS IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT THERE MAY BE IDEAS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARISE ARISING FROM DISCUSSION WITH MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE COUNTY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUMP IN OR KRISTEN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CASH FLOW IMPACT TO TO I MEAN WHAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST TIME YEAH.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE AND I'LL LET KRISTEN WAY IN A SECOND WHAT WERE THE THE PROPOSED LOCAL LAW WOULD DO IS IT'S REALLY MEANT TO ASSIST THOSE WHO ARE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: HAVING FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES AS A RESULT OF OF COVEN RELATED EITHER LOSS OF JOBS OR OTHER IMPACT, AND SO, IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR IN APRIL, I BELIEVE THE COUNTY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WITH LANGUAGE THAT SPECIFICALLY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO ATTEST TO THAT HARDSHIP SO IT'S IT'S NOT INTENDED TO BE A YOU KNOW.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: 120 DAY 30 PLUS THE 90 DAY CONTINUANCE TO PAY TAXES, BUT RATHER FOR THOSE WHO ARE IMPACTED AND 120 DAYS IS THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED BY STATE LAW.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IN THIS CASE, SO IT'S NOT YOU KNOW SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WE'RE CONFIDENT, GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE WE HAD LAST SPRING AND GIVEN THIS WOULD BE A LIMITED CLAIM THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO PRESENT A FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR LIQUIDITY ISSUE TO THE CITY.

KRISTEN WILSON: EXCELLENT THE LOCAL LAW IF YOU CHOOSE TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING WOULD ALLOW THOSE WHO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE HARDSHIP, CERTIFICATION AND WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE HARDSHIP CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.

KRISTEN WILSON: FOR THE COUNTY RELIEF BACK IN IN MAY TO PAY THEIR TAXES JUNE, NO LATER THAN JUNE 30 2021.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF, HOWEVER, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THE WAY IT'S WORDED RIGHT NOW IS, IF YOU DON'T SUBMIT THAT HARDSHIP CERTIFICATION YOUR TAXES ARE STILL DUE MARCH 31.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO IT'S ONLY IF YOU SUBMIT THAT CERTIFICATION AND IT'S DONE PROPERLY AND REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY THAT YOU GET THAT WINDOW TO JUNE 30.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU HAVE A QUESTION, SO HOW IS THIS BEING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PUBLISHED I MEAN OBVIOUSLY PUBLIC HEARINGS, THE FIRST WAY TO GO RIGHT, SO IT HAPPY TO TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE PROBABLY JOE OR SOMEONE WHO HAVE FIELDED INCOMING ON SOME OF THIS, AND SO ARE WE ADVISING PEOPLE AS THEY CALL IN TO TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW, HAVING TROUBLE MAYBE.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PAYING THEIR TAX BILL OR HOW WOULD WE LET THOSE THAT DIDN'T NEED THIS ACCOMMODATION, HOW WOULD WE LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S AVAILABLE.

JOSEPH FAZZINO, RYE CITY COMPTROLLER: WE HAD SOMETHING LAST TIME FOR THE COUNTY WE HAD A SPECIAL EMAIL ADDRESS FOR ANYBODY WITH ISSUES SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP WOULD YOU DO THAT ON A WEBSITE VIA EMAIL TO SEND THAT OUT SOON AS A COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO DO.

JOSEPH FAZZINO, RYE CITY COMPTROLLER: WE'D ALSO PUT SOMETHING IN THE TAX BILL ITSELF AND INSERT.

JOSEPH FAZZINO, RYE CITY COMPTROLLER: I THINK WE DID THAT LAST TIME, WHERE WE JUST GAVE INFORMATION, WHERE TWO STEPS TO FOLLOW DEADLINES AND ALL THAT.

JOSEPH FAZZINO, RYE CITY COMPTROLLER: AND THAT SEEMED TO WORK OUT AND WE'RE IN THERE WAS A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW THEY HAD EVERY OPTION KIND OF FOR THEM AND.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: KEEP IN MIND THE TIMING AND THE REASON WHY WE DID THE 30 DAY OR WE RECOMMEND WE DO THE 30 DAY IS THAT.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU DECIDE, YOU WANT TO PROCEED WITH.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THEN THE TAX BILLS WOULD BE PRINTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT AND GO OUT SO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THE TIME TO GET IT INTO THE TAX BILL, SO THAT EVERYONE WHEN THEY RECEIVE IT IS AWARE OF THAT OPTION IF THEY ARE AN IMPACTED.

[8. Adjourn until February 24, 2021 the public hearing for consideration of a petition from The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home to amend the text of the City of Rye Zoning Code Association to create new use and development standards for “Senior Living Facilities” in the R-2 Zoning District. All public hearing comments should be emailed to publichearingcomments@ryeny.gov with “Osborn Zoning Change” as the subject no later than 3:00 pm on the day of the hearing.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTION UPSET PUBLIC HEARING THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 24.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT RIGHT THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY NEXT WE ONCE AGAIN ADJOURN UNTIL THIS TIME FEBRUARY 24 2021 THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION FROM THE MIRIAM OSBORNE MEMORIAL HOME TO AMEND THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF RICE ZONING CODE ASSOCIATION TO CREATE NEW USE IN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ETC.

[9. Resolution to transfer $50,000 from the General Fund contingency balance to the EMS (Emergency Medical Service) Cost Center. Roll Call.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: APPLICANT REQUESTED THIS ADJOURNMENT THEY WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE COUNCIL, PRIOR TO THE 24TH.

THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER $50,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND CONTINGENCY BALANCE TO THE MS EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COST CENTER GREG I THINK THAT THERE'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE'S THERE'S INFORMATION HERE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH US IN THE PUBLIC.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SURE, AND I WOULD ASK NICOLE, IF YOU CAN.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ADD SCOTT MORE THAT WE CAN.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SCOTT MOORE AND TONY SUTTON WHO ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR OF THE BMS AS WELL, THERE IS A COMPANY MEMO IT'S IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE THAT KIND OF SETS.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE BACKGROUND FOR THE SITUATION AS ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE, RYE RYE BROOK AND PURCHASE OR NUMBER OF A NOT FOR PROFIT, THROUGH A A IMA AND TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT THAT IS THE AMBULATORY AND EMERGENCY SERVICE FOR THE THREE COMMUNITIES IT'S BEEN IN PLACE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED ALL MUNICIPALITIES AND ALL RELATED EVENTS THESE THERE'S BEEN SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT AND UNFORESEEN FINANCIAL IMPACTS OF PANDEMIC LAST YEAR.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IT WAS PARTICULARLY ACUTE WITHIN THE CMS SYSTEM AS A WHOLE AS RELATES TO REIMBURSEMENT OF TRANSPORTS AND ADDITIONAL PP AND AND THE LIKE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THE BOARD OF THE DMS IN WITCHING, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL AHMED JOHNSON AND BARTON NARUTO I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH ADMINISTRATORS OR THE LAST FEW MONTHS ABOUT THE SITUATION.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE ARE RECOMMENDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUT I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO ASK SCOTT, AND YOU CAN JUST GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT HERE, AND THEN WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL LIFE.

SCOTT MOORE: I SURE CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, THANK YOU.

SCOTT MOORE: MR MAYOR THANK YOU COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME UM WE HAVE RUN INTO SOME PROBLEMS SINCE COLBERT I THINK.

SCOTT MOORE: WE WERE ALL KIND OF SHOCKED AND HOW MANY DIFFERENT WAYS KOBE HAS HAS AFFECTED EVERYONE SO FOR US.

SCOTT MOORE: REVENUE RECOVERY IS IS ONE OF OUR BIG INCOME AND OUR BIG EXPENSES PAYROLL, SO WE ARE WE DEAL WITH REVENUE RECOVERY ALL THE TIME AND DURING COVEN.

SCOTT MOORE: AS COLD CALLS CAME IN EVERYBODY STAYED HOME AND THERE WERE A LOT LESS OF ALL THE OTHER CALLS PEOPLE WEREN'T EXERCISE AND THEY WEREN'T WORKING THEY WERE DRIVING THEY WERE.

SCOTT MOORE: SO OUR CALL VOLUME DROPPED AND A LONG STORY SHORT, WE LOST UPWARDS OF $500,000 AND 2020 AND THAT'S A QUITE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS FOR US.

SCOTT MOORE: WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO GET SOME FEDERAL STIMULUS MONEY TO CUT THAT DOWN A BIT, WE DO EXPECT THAT LOSS TO CONTINUE.

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SCOTT MOORE: THROUGH 2021 BECAUSE OUR BILLING WELL WE BILL IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER COMES TO FRUITION AND THE FIRST AND PART OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2021.

SCOTT MOORE: SO WE EXPECT TO TAKE ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT LOSS FOR NEXT YEAR SO YES, WE ARE LOOKING FOR HELP IN THE SHORT TERM, WE ALSO BEFORE.

SCOTT MOORE: BEFORE CODE CAME, WE WERE HAVING ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS WITH RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF STAFF AND TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.

SCOTT MOORE: SO WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO REM SC BOARD, WHICH INCLUDES GREG AND CHRISTOPHER BRADBURY FROM RYE BROOK AND STEWART RAVEN FROM PORT CHESTER.

SCOTT MOORE: TO SORT OF HELP US COME UP WITH MEDIUM AND LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR MS AS WELL THE SHARED SERVICE BETWEEN THE THREE COMMUNITIES RUNS FANTASTICALLY WELL AND HAS BEEN DOING SO FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS SINCE INCEPTION, THE WAY IT IS NOW, IT WAS BORN OF A.

SCOTT MOORE: CONSULTING FIRM THAT CAME IN AND STUDIED THE SYSTEM AND GAVE US ALL THE RIGHT PATH TO TAKE TO MAKE THIS THING WORTH OF WORK, AS WELL AS POSSIBLE AND IT'S BEEN SORT OF A BEACON OUT THERE, OF HOW IT CAN WORK AS A SHARED SERVICE SO.

SCOTT MOORE: IT'S IT'S LIKE THE THREE COMMUNITY SORT OF GETTING MUNICIPAL SERVICE WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE FULL COST OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICE WE'RE.

SCOTT MOORE: VERY TRANSPARENT IN OUR BOOKS SO YOU'RE NEVER CAUGHT ON AWARE AND WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH OUR RESPONSE TIMES AND OUR SERVICE MODEL AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO.

SCOTT MOORE: IT WORKS VERY WELL, BUT IN THE LONG TERM, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK TO CHANGE THE MODEL, A BIT TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO RETAIN STAFF AND AND STAY IN THE BLACK AS YOU MOVE IN THE FUTURE RIGHT, I CAN ONLY SAY YOU KNOW, HALF A MILLION DOLLAR LOSS IN THE YEARS IS TOUGH FOR US ANOTHER.

SCOTT MOORE: 300,000 TO HALF A MILLION DOLLAR LOSS IN 2021 IS REALLY WIPING OUT OUR GENERAL FUND, AND WE CAN ONLY DO THAT FOR SO LONG, SO.

SCOTT MOORE: I APPRECIATE GREG'S HELP AND TRYING TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO AND CAROLINA APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND YOUR WORK SO MUCH.

SCOTT MOORE: BUT THAT'S IN THE SHORT TERM THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR YES WE'VE HAD A TREMENDOUS LOSS AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK TO MAKE SOME OF THAT UP AND THE OTHER COMMUNITIES WERE ON BOARD, AND THIS IS WHAT WE SORT OF CAME UP WITH IN THE SHORT TERM, SO.

SCOTT MOORE: THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I JUST LIKE TO SAY SCOTT THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE ALL VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE THAT YOU AND YOUR YOUR COLLEAGUES PROVIDE AND AND I I THINK WE'RE ALL INCLINED TO BE VERY, VERY SYMPATHETIC TO THE SITUATION THAT YOU FIND YOURSELF IN.

SCOTT MOORE: THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHERS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY MAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YO GO AHEAD.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH, I WOULD ADD THAT THE THREE MUNICIPALITIES ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER IN TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PART OF THE OF THE PUZZLE AND ANOTHER ONE, IS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO LOCATE AND HOUSE A CREW OF AN MS CREW IN RIGHT AND GREG IS LOOKING INTO FIGURING OUT HOW TO HOW WE DO THAT.

SCOTT MOORE: WE CONTINUE OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FOLKS AT THE OSBORNE, WE THINK THAT MAY MAY LEND ITSELF TO FIX IT WE'RE LOOKING FOR SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL ABOUT THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE QUICK THING TO I WANT TO THANK CAROLINA FOR CIRCULATING SORT OF SOME CROWDFUNDING INITIATIVES TO TO TRY TO DO SOME FUNDRAISING FOR THIS SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I THINK YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT TAKES A VILLAGE RIGHT SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE HOPEFULLY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE CONTRIBUTING THERE TOO, AND AND JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE THAT THAT PROMOTION THAT CAROLINA HAS GIVEN IT AND THANK HER FOR THAT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR THAT TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, MY FRIEND KAREN WRESTLING WAS THE DESIGNER AND SHE HAS RAISED SOME FUNDS HERSELF, BUT IF WE JUST YOU KNOW FORWARD ARE THE NEW IMAGE WEBSITE TO OTHER PEOPLE, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE INCLINED TO DONATE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I THINK THE LAST THING I WOULD JUST POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO, AND IT DOES SOUND LIKE I NEED IT, BUT I'LL SAY IT FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE IS, IF YOU LOOK ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THE OF THE MEMO AND THE AGENDA PACKAGE AT THE COST PER HOME FOR THE CITY.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: IS A NEGLIGIBLE EXPENSE TO THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER AND RY FOR THIS SERVICE, AND I THINK THAT THE THE VALUE PROPOSITION IS EXTRAORDINARY AND.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS SCOTT SAID, WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH RYE RYE BROOK AND PORCHESTER ON A ON A LONG TERM SOLUTION HERE, BECAUSE IT, THERE ARE SOME SOME MORE SYSTEMIC ISSUES WITH MS NATIONALLY THAT THAT WE HAVE A HAND IN FIXING HERE LOCALLY.

SCOTT MOORE: YEAH I THINK NOT TO NOT TO PAT OURSELVES ON THE BACK OR ANYTHING I'VE BEEN ANY MS FOR 30 YEARS I'VE WORKED IN.

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SCOTT MOORE: NEW ROCHELLE AND WHITE PLAINS IN THE BRONX AND I'VE BEEN ALL OVER, AND YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE HERE FOR THE LAST 25 FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH.

SCOTT MOORE: THERE IS NO MATCH TO THIS SYSTEM IN NEW YORK STATE AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT IT WORKS WELL AS A SHARED SYSTEM THERE'S.

SCOTT MOORE: CERTAIN ECONOMIES THAT WE GET FROM DOING THAT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE, SUCH AS TONY SUTTON WHO WAS ALSO ON THE MEETING, AND ONE OF OUR PARAMEDIC SALLY PETERSON WHO HAVE BEEN HERE.

SCOTT MOORE: FOR 3040 YEARS AND THE PLACE RUNS THE WAY IT DOES, BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE IT AND FOR NO OTHER REASON AND WE'RE HERE AND WE'RE DEDICATED TO IT.

SCOTT MOORE: YOU KNOW THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US THAT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY IS SO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN ANYBODY ELSE AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US AND WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE DOING THAT, AS BEST WE CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MAY HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TROLLING OR DO YOU WANT TO MAKE IT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, SO MOVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL SAY.

[10. Authorization for the City Manager to retain the professional services of Sam Schwartz to study traffic related to Rose/Bedrock with a cost not to exceed $7,500. Roll Call.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD YES COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU SCOTT AND ANTHONY.

SCOTT MOORE: THANKS VERY MUCH EVERYBODY, I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU SOON I HOPE WE'RE IN TOUCH MORE OFTEN, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE MOVE TO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO RETAIN THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OF SAM SCHWARTZ TO STUDY TRAFFIC RELATED TO ROSE BEDROCK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH A COST, NOT TO EXCEED 70 $500 WE OF COURSE HAD A NUMBER OF MEETINGS AGO OH, I SHOULD REMIND US ALL THAT COUNCILMAN STACKS IS RECUSED FROM THIS ITEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE HAD A PRESENTATION PRELIMINARY PRESENTATION BY ROSE BEDROCK IN ADVANCE OF THEIR HAVING A SITE PLAN FOR THEIR PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT OF THE UNITED HOSPITAL SITE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE'VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL SOON HAVE A SITE PLAN AND BE PROPOSING A SITE PLAN, AND SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE WE HAD ALREADY ALERTED SAM SCHWARTZ TRAFFIC CONSULTANTS TO THIS PROJECT AND NOW IT'S TIME TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PREPARE TO PAY THEM AS THEY CONTEMPLATE THE SITE PLAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR ANYTHING YOU'D ADD TO THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: NO, I DID LEARN LATE TODAY THAT SAINT PLAN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED A PORT CHESTER A AN ELECTRONIC COPY IS PROMISED TO THE CITY OF RYE, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, SO WE WILL GET SAM SHORTS AND THEIR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW WHATEVER TRAFFIC INFORMATION THEY SUBMITTED RIGHT AWAY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT I JUST I JUST THANK YOU CHRISTIAN I JUST HAD A QUESTION IS THIS THE SAME TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT WE HAD FOR.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE START WHEN IT WAS IN ITS STAR WOULD THAT WE USED.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW BEFORE.

KRISTEN WILSON: NO SO SAM SCHWARTZ WE ORIGINALLY RETAIN SAM SCHWARTZ BACK IN MAYBE MARCH TIMEFRAME APRIL TIMEFRAME TO REVIEW THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS MADE PART OF THE FDA IS FOR THE ZONING.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND IT WAS A VERY SHORT TIME PERIOD, IF YOU REMEMBER THE TIMEFRAMES THAT PORCHESTER YOU GOT THE TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE FDA IS, WHICH WAS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND SO WE HAD WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO COMMENT BUT SAM SCHWARTZ DID PROVIDE US SOME INFORMATION SO THEY WERE RETAINED AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, BUT THEY DID NOT DO ANY PRIOR WORK FOR FOR THE CITY WITH RESPECT TO.

KRISTEN WILSON: START WITH.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT SO WHO WAS THAT, WHO WAS THE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER PRIOR TO THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: FOR PHIL REALLY FOR A LOT OF THAT REVIEW.

KRISTEN WILSON: HE'S DONE.

KRISTEN WILSON: DIFFERENT THINGS WITH US.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE WAS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF THE SAME SITUATION I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE FROM GREELEY TO SAM SHORTS.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO BACK IN SO WHEN WE RETAIN SAM SCHWARTZ WHO WAS MORE SPECIFIC FOR THE ZONING REVIEW THAT DID TAKE INTO YOU KNOW, HE DID CONSIDERS THE POTENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF STARWOOD AND.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WAS STAFF WAS VERY HAPPY WITH WITH SAM GEORGE'S WORK ON THAT QUICK TURNAROUND FOR US, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT TO KEEP THEM ON BOARD FOR THIS.

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SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO THE STAFF PICKS SHORTS OVER GREELEY IN THIS INSTANCE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, I WAS YEAH I RECOMMENDED SAM'S WORDS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO LITTLE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY HAVE EMOTION.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: EMOTIONS TO AIR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A SECOND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCIL WOMAN JOHNSON YES COUNCILMAN MECCA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA YES COUNCILMAN STACKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HE'S RECUSED.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: NO I'M SORRY I ALWAYS FORGET THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY, CAN I JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION HERE DO WE HAVE WE DON'T HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF ANY SORT OF RFP OR RFP PROCESS WHEN WE CHOOSE A CONSULTANT AT $10,000 $10,000 A SHOT.

[11. Authorization to retain Best Best & Krieger for an amount of $2,500 for the City to join the petition for cert to the US Supreme Court to review two issues related to small cell regulation Roll Call.]

KRISTEN WILSON: SO THIS IS WHAT THIS IS CONSIDERED A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO GO TO RFP.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND IT'S WE DO HAVE AN NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF 7500 WHICH I THINK IS PLENTY GIVEN THE THE ASK RIGHT NOW.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUT NO, WE DON'T REQUIRE AN RFP PROCESS FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT IS AUTHORIZATION TO RETAIN BEST BEST AND KRIEGER FOR AN AMOUNT OF 20 $500 FOR THE CITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO JOIN THE PETITION FOR FERRARI, TO THE US SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TWO ISSUES RELATED TO SMALL CELL REGULATION, AND THIS IS THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE FCC REGULATION THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHED MUNICIPAL RIGHTS OVER SMALL CELL INSTALLATIONS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THERE'S A LONG LITIGATION HISTORY, HERE WE HAVE BEEN A SMALL CONTRIBUTING SPONSOR TO THE EFFORT OVER TIME AND WHAT'S LEFT AT THIS POINT IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR ADVOCATES HAVE WON ON A FEW GROUNDS BUT ALSO LOST ON A FEW GROUNDS THAT ARE IMPORTANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY THINK THERE'S THE POSSIBILITY AFTER GOING THROUGH THE US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT THAT THEY MIGHT GET A HEARING IN THE US SUPREME COURT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO THEY'VE REACHED OUT AGAIN TO THEIR MUNICIPAL SUPPORT GROUP, WHICH IS OF COURSE QUITE BROAD AND OUR CONTRIBUTION WOULD BE 20 $500 AND IF THEY MAKE THEIR AGGREGATE BOGEY THEY'LL FILE A PETITION FOR CERT OF COURSE THERE'S NO TELLING IF THE SUPREME COURT WOULD TAKE IT OR NOT.

PAM TARLOW RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A MOVE TO ADOPT.