[3. Open public hearings to adopt a new local law to implement a six-month moratorium in the City of Rye temporarily prohibiting the review, processing or approval of any new application related to a subdivision or re-subdivision of property [or, alternatively, prohibiting the issuance of any building permit for any development on subdivision plats filed after June 1, 2020], development on steep slopes or the placement of a residential structure with its front not oriented towards a front yard for the duration of this moratorium. All public hearing comments should be emailed to publichearingcomments@ryeny.gov with “moratorium” as the subject no later than 3:00 pm on the day of the hearing.]

[4. Residents may be heard on matters for Council consideration that do not appear on the agenda.]

[5. Status update on leaf blower regulations.]

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ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: GOOD EVENING.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOOD EVENING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY FRIENDS.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: HELLO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR PARK, HOW YOU DOING.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: OKAY, SO FAR IT'S.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: NOT MY NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS BUT OK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAROLYN YOU LOOK PRETTY.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: GREAT NOW SHE'LL NEVER BE WRITING.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, I THINK WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY WHO'S COMING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY APRIL 7 2021 MAY HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: HERE THAT'S A WOMAN JOHNSON HERE COUNCILMAN MECCA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: HERE COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: HERE COUNCILMAN STACKS.

YOUR.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW I BELIEVE SHE'S ABSENT.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: AND MAYOR CONE.

HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE HAVE THE MINUTES TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD MARCH 24 2021 HEAVILY ANY COMMENTS.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: NO COMMENTS HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STARE A SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A NEW LOCAL LAW TO IMPLEMENT A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE FIND OURSELVES STILL WE'RE STILL TWEAKING THE LANGUAGE WE'RE NOT AT FULL COUNCIL STRENGTH WE'RE VERY EAGER TO GET THIS DONE, BUT WE WANT TO GET IT DONE RIGHT SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS OVER UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE PUBLISHING NEW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A NEW DRAFT THAT DRAFT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT PEOPLE SHOULD READ FOR THE HEARING IN TWO WEEKS WILL BE PUBLISHING THAT DRAFT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR PATIENCE WE DO WANT TO GET THIS DONE, WE WANT TO GET IT DONE RIGHT.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: DO WE NEED A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ACTION TO THE NEXT READING.

KRISTEN WILSON: WHAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO DO IS CONSIDER SETTING A NEW PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR APRIL 21 AND WE WILL READ NOTICE A REVISED MORATORIUM SO IT'S NOT A CONTINUATION, SINCE YOU HAVEN'T OPENED IT YET, BUT YOU DO NEED A NEW DATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOTION.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE APRIL 21 NEW DATE FOR THE SITUATION OF THE WAR, TORN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, THAT'S FINE THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY NEXT WE GO TO RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR THE RESIDENTS WHO WISH TO BE HEARD ON MATTERS THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, AND IF IF SO, PLEASE BEAR IN MIND OUR THREE MINUTE CONVENTION.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE JERRY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TERRY.

TIME.

GERRY: I WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF THE ORDER YOU MORATORIUM ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE.

GERRY: QUESTION OF.

GERRY: ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JERRY THE HEARING ON THE MORE.

GERRY: THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED SO, BUT SINCE I'M HERE, I WOULD LIKE TO RAISE ONCE AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE DOING IF ANYTHING ABOUT TRYING TO FIND NEW SOURCES OF REVENUE BECAUSE PRIOR TO COLBERT AS YOU MAY RECALL.

GERRY: ON 11 SEPARATE OCCASIONS, I WAS IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON GIVING CHAPTER AND VERSE AS TO WHERE WE COULD GET NEW MONEY, AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ANYTHING HAPPENING ON THAT TRASH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JERRY I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE ENGAGED WITH OUR FINANCE COMMITTEE IN A IN A DISCUSSION ON IT AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR FROM YOU HOW YOUR DISCUSSION IS GONE.

GERRY: I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU HAD SAID THAT YOU WOULD KICK IT OVER TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON WE MET ON A WEDNESDAY ON AND AT THAT POINT, MAYBE FIVE OF US ALL, AND THE CHAIR OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AT THE END OF WEDNESDAY'S MEETING SAID.

GERRY: I PUT FORWARD A PARTICULAR PROPOSAL ON HE SAID LOOK LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER A WEEK FROM FRIDAY.

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GERRY: AND SEE WHAT HAS COME UP OUT OF THIS MEETING ON FRIDAY ON THE.

GERRY: IMMEDIATE SUCCEEDING FRIDAY, THAT IS, TWO DAYS LATER, I GAVE THEM CHAPTER AND VERSE AS TO HOW TO PROCEED TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT MY PROPOSAL MADE SENSE AND IT JUST LIKE 11 TIMES I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

GERRY: NOTHING, NOT ALL, THEN, ABOUT TWO MONTHS LATER, SOMEONE CALL TO ASK WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

GERRY: SO BASICALLY GUYS JOSH.

GERRY: THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO RESPONSE FROM YOUR FINANCE TO ME.

GERRY: I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME RESPONSES WE NEED MONEY, AND I THINK THE MONEY IS OUT THERE I'VE SPOKEN TO.

GERRY: STEVE OTIS I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE NO IDEA WHETHER MY BOSS WAS WOULD MAKE SENSE OF WHETHER THEIR WORK.

GERRY: BUT IF WE DON'T TRY SOMETHING A ALL YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING IS GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE SAME OLD THING YOU'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS JOSH.

GERRY: ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED ON THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME HUMAN BEING ON THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH ME ON THIS WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WE COULD THEN GET IT IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS JOSH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M GOING TO TALK TO JIM JENKINS AND FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE SIDE AND AND TAKE IT FROM THERE JERRY BUT WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

GERRY: OK THAT'D BE GREAT JOSH I APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: OH NO SEEMS TO BE RAISING THEIR HAND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THEN WE'LL WE'LL MOVE ALONG NEXT WE HAVE A STATUS UPDATE ON LEAF BLOWER REGULATION SO LAST OCTOBER, I MENTIONED THAT THE CITY WOULD BE REVIEWING ITS LEAF BLOWER LAW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IN RESPONSE TO URGING FROM RESIDENTS, IF NOT AS A RESULT OF OUR OWN PAIN WORKING AT HOME, THROUGH LEAF BLOWER SEASON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE, OF COURSE, CONCERNED WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF LEAF BLOWING MOST PARTICULARLY THE NOISE, BUT WE ARE, OF COURSE, CONCERNED WITH THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE THE DUST IN THE AIR, THE SOIL STRIPPING IT ETC, WE THOUGHT A HELPFUL START WOULD BE TO ASK CITY STAFF TO PLEASE LOOK AT WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING AND TO TO CONSIDER, PERHAPS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MORE EXTENSIVE MEANS OF REGULATION OF REGULATION, ALONG THE LINES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, OR PERHAPS DIFFERENT SORTS OF REGULATION, AND IF WE COULD, I THINK KRISTEN YOU MAY BE GIVING THAT REPORT, BUT IF YOU COULD PICK IT UP, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: SURE, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR ACTUALLY KRISTEN CLOTTEY MY DEPUTY HAS PREPARED A BRIEF POWERPOINT AND SHE WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SHARE HER SCREEN IN A MINUTE AND WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO IT LOOKS LIKE I'M ABLE TO SPEAK BUT I CAN'T SHARE MY SCREEN OK.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL I'LL PULL UP THE POWERPOINT.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THIS AND I THINK YOU CAN PROMOTE HER TO PALACE.

KRISTEN WILSON: I DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY I DON'T THINK.

KRISTEN WILSON: I CANNOT PROMOTE HER.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUT I WILL SHARE MY SCREEN.

KRISTEN WILSON: EVERYONE SEE THAT.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: YEP.

KRISTIN PELATTI: OKAY, GREAT UM.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THE RICE CITY CODE JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON WHAT OUR LEAF BLOWER LAW HAS BEEN AND EVOLVED INTO SO WE STARTED REGULATING LEAF BLOWERS IN 1991.

[6. Consideration of an application from the Rye Town Park Commission to install a wireless telecommunication facility by Verizon.]

KRISTIN PELATTI: AND KRISTIN PELATTI: UNDER CHAPTER 133 OF THE CODE IT'S EVOLVED THROUGHOUT THE TIME NOT ONLY REGULATING THE DECIBELS BUT THE HOURS AND.

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KRISTIN PELATTI: THE HOURS DURING WEEKDAYS AND ON WEEKENDS, IN WHICH WE FILL OUR USES PERMITTED.

KRISTIN PELATTI: HOW MANY LEAF BLOWERS OR LAWN MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT DEVICES MAY BE USED AT ONE TIME AND THEN IN 2008.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THE CITY COUNCIL PASSED A SEASONAL BAN ON LEAF BLOWERS, SO THAT BAND RANGES FROM MAY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30 AT THIS TIME.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THE THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED SOME NOW.

KRISTIN PELATTI: LEAF BLOWER YOU IS ALLOWED FROM 8AM TO.

KRISTIN PELATTI: 8PM ON WEEKDAYS 10AM TO 6PM ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: LEAF BLOWERS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: ARE ARE NOT SPECIFIED WHETHER GASOLINE OR ELECTRIC WITHIN OUR CODE.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO BOTH ARE ALLOWED TO BE USED.

KRISTIN PELATTI: DURING.

KRISTIN PELATTI: DURING THE MAY ONE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30 PERIOD.

KRISTIN PELATTI: I'M SORRY DURING THE OCTOBER ONE TO APRIL 30 PERIOD.

KRISTIN PELATTI: AND KRISTIN PELATTI: AND WE ALSO REGULATE THAT.

KRISTIN PELATTI: NO MORE THAN ONE LEAF BLOWER CAN BE USED, EXCEPT IN THE OUR ONE RESIDENCE DISTRICT AND A LEAF BLOWER CAN'T BE USED AT THE SAME TIME AS ANOTHER MACHINE POWERED LAWN EQUIPMENT DEVICE, SO A LAWN MOWER.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATING ANY OF OUR REGULATIONS IS A FINE NOT MORE THAN $250.

KRISTIN PELATTI: OR IMPRISONMENT UP TO 50 DAYS UP 15 DAYS OR BOTH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WHO REGULATES THESE LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: I'M SORRY WHO ENFORCES.

KRISTEN WILSON: I THINK, JUST TO CHIME IN THERE FOR A SECOND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS THAT THEY MUST WITNESS THE VIOLATION TAKING PLACE BEFORE THEY CAN ISSUE THE ACTUAL SUMMONS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO, NOW THAT WE KNOW WHAT OUR CITY CODE SAYS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: HOW WE'RE REGULATING LEAF BLOWERS, WE ALSO DID A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE LEAF BLOWER LAWS THROUGHOUT WESTCHESTER COUNTY WE FOUND THAT 12 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, ALSO HAVE A SEASONAL BAND BAN ON LEAF BLOWER USE THEY VARY IN THE TIME PERIODS WHEN THE BAN IS AND.

KRISTIN PELATTI: NOW WE'RE SEEING COMMUNITIES SUCH AS LARGE MOUNTAIN IRVINGTON.

KRISTIN PELATTI: ENACT ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS IN THEIR CODE THAT ARE COMPLETELY BANNING THE USE OF GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THESE ARE.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THESE ARE A PHASE OUT SO EACH INDIVIDUALLY BY 2022 OR 2023 WILL NO LONGER ALLOW GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS, TO BE USED WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY AT ALL.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE SEASONAL BAN.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE INCENTIVIZING THE USE OF ELECTRIC POWERED LEAF BLOWERS, SO INSTEAD OF COMPLETELY BANNING THE GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THEY ARE ALLOWING THE ELECTRIC POWERED LEAF BLOWERS TO.

KRISTIN PELATTI: OPERATE WITHIN THAT PERIOD OF THE SEASONAL BAND, THE SEASONAL BAND WOULDN'T APPLY TO THE ELECTRIC AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE LOWER DECIBELS THAT ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS HAVE.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO THERE ARE A FEW CONSIDERATIONS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: IT WHICH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE USED WHICH RYE COULD NOW USE TO POTENTIALLY MODIFY THE CITY CODE AND OUR LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS.

KRISTIN PELATTI: WE CAN MODIFY THE PERMITTED DATES AND TIMES.

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KRISTIN PELATTI: EVALUATE GAS LEAF BLOWERS VERSUS ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS IF A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER BAN IS CORRECT, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT CONSIDERATIONS, SO INCREASING FINES OR.

KRISTIN PELATTI: POTENTIALLY ENACTING.

KRISTIN PELATTI: A BUSINESS PERMIT FOR LANDSCAPING COMPANIES TO BE REGISTERED WITH THE.

KRISTIN PELATTI: WITH THE CITY OF RYE PRIOR TO.

KRISTIN PELATTI: PROVIDING SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN OUR DO OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE PERMITTING REGIMES AND DO THEY THINK THEY'RE WORKING DO THEY THINK THEY WORK BETTER, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA.

KRISTIN PELATTI: IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE FOR.

KRISTIN PELATTI: SO.

KRISTIN PELATTI: MOST OTHER COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE PERMITS IRVINGTON DOES HAVE A LANDSCAPERS ONLY PERMIT, SO THE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES HAVE TO GET THE PERMIT.

KRISTIN PELATTI: ARDSLEY ACTUALLY HAS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE PERMITTING POLICY WHERE ANY PERSON USING A LEAF BLOWER AT ALL, WHETHER IT'S ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY OR NOT.

KRISTIN PELATTI: YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT TO OPERATE.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THERE'S NO INDICATION, WHETHER OR NOT.

KRISTIN PELATTI: THESE ARE WORKING EFFECTIVELY.

KRISTIN PELATTI: BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO AS WELL.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T NOTICE FROM THIS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CHART, WHICH IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, THANK YOU, THAT SO MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, DO NOT HAVE A PERMIT AND SORT OF MY INITIAL REACTION WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT THAT WOULD BE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS A WAY TO MONITOR OR YOU KNOW TO CONTROL ENFORCEMENT BUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT SEEMS INTERESTING THAT SO FEW ACTUALLY DO HAVE IT WAS THERE ANY WERE YOU ABLE TO SPEAK WITH ANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, JUST TO DETERMINE WHY THEY DO OR DO NOT HAVE PERMITS IS THERE, YOU KNOW WITH YOU KNOW ADMINISTRATIVE HASSLE OR YOU KNOW COSTS ASSOCIATED ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER, FOX SPOKE WITH IRVINGTON ABOUT THEIR.

KRISTEN WILSON: PERMITTING PROCESS I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS HAS ANY THOUGHTS ON WHETHER THAT WAS WORKING IN IRVINGTON OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RUB.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: I DID SPEAK WITH THE JUST RECENTLY RETIRED CHIEF OF MIKE'S AROUND OVER IN IRVING, AND HE WAS VERY HELPFUL, HE DID SAY THAT THE PERMITTING AND GAVE THE OFFICERS, A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: TO IT, I WOULD LIKE TO TO SPEAK WITH HIM AGAIN MAYBE THIS COMING WEEK OR MAYBE EVEN AS EARLY AS TOMORROW IF HE HAS SOME FREE TIME THAT HE'S RETIRED HE'S ACTUALLY BUSIER.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: BUT IT SEEMED LIKE A POSITIVE MOVE THAT IRVINGTON MADE AND THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR TO OUR.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: YOU KNOW OUR TOWN AND.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: YEAH IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE THE LAWS ITSELF, BUT HE IN IRVINGTON I KNOW THEY ACTUALLY WOULD ISSUE STOP WORKING PERMITS.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: AND YOU KNOW HOMEOWNERS AND I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF HOW THAT ACTUALLY WORKED WITH THE LEAF BLOWER PERMITTING, SO I WILL RESEARCH IT SOME MORE, BUT HE WAS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE A.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO TO ENFORCE IT SO DIFFICULT, I THINK, FOR THE OFFICERS TO GO WHIZZING OVER WHEN A WHEN A WHEN SOMEBODY CALLS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, AND THEN THEY ARRIVE AT THE SCENE, AND YOU KNOW THE BLOWERS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF DURING THE SEASONAL BAND, SO THIS THIS MIGHT BE A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT IS INTERESTING THAT SO FEW ARE DOING IT, BUT MAYBE MAYBE IRVINGTON IS IS STARTING A TREND HERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS IT I'M CURIOUS TO IS IF JUST BECAUSE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU GET THE WORD OUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT TOO RIGHT, I MEAN IT'S BEEN BEHOLDING I MEAN THAT IT'S IT'S INCUMBENT ON HOMEOWNERS TO TELL.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TELL THEIR LANDSCAPERS TO GET PERMANENT WELL, I GUESS, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT NOW, BUT BUT I GUESS I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WOULD ALL WORK UM.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: WELL, YOU DO BRING UP A VERY INTERESTING POINT, IF I MAY, ABOUT THE HOMEOWNERS AND SOME OF THE OFFICERS EXPERIENCE AND I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: WHERE THE OFFICER DOES ARRIVE, AND THE LEAF BLOWER IS STILL IN ACTION AND THE OFFICER, YOU KNOW.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: APPROACHES THE PERSON WITH THE LEAF BLOWER AND THE HOMEOWNER COMES OUT YELLING AT THE OFFICER THAT HE WANTS HIS LAWN TO LOOK IS BUT IT SAYS NEIGHBORS AND HE WANTS THE PERSON TO KEEP BLOWING WITH THE LEAF BLOWER.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: SO WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE HOMEOWNERS SUPPORT.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: BUT THE LAWS, THE LAW, AND YOU KNOW I THINK PART OF ME ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: THE FLOORS ARE GOOD IN A VERY LIMITED USE AND NOT WHEN PEOPLE AROUND SPECS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A RESPIRATORY ILLNESS.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: IN TROUBLE, I DID MEET WITH THE LANDSCAPERS TWO YEARS AGO WE HAD SOME INFORMAL MEETINGS OVER I WRECK.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: TRYING TO GET ON BOARD WITH THEIR PROBLEMS AND EXPLAINING OUR ISSUES AND I FOUND THEM TO BE VERY COOPERATIVE AND.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: THEY HAD SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS THAT WOULD HELP THEM AND ALSO I GOTTA SAY THE MAJORITY OF THEM WANT TO COMPLY.

ROBERT FALK, PUBLIC SAFETY: BUT THEY ALSO WANT TO KEEP THEIR CUSTOM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT A PROBLEM FOR US AND, AS WE GO FORWARD WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO NEED RESIDENT INPUT IN A BIG WAY WILL IT WILL ALSO NEED LANDSCAPER INPUT, BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN MANY CASES, THE PROBLEM IS IS US, THAT IS, WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO VERY MUCH WANT THEIR PROPERTIES, TO BE MOWED AND BLOWED AND THEN WE'VE GOT RESIDENTS WHO OBJECT STRONGLY TO THE LEAF BLOWERS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A SATISFACTORY PATH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EVEN THOSE THOSE OPPOSITE PUSH POLLS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THIS WAS VERY, VERY HELPFUL IF IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BOTH KRISTEN'S IF WE CAN CONTINUE OUR INVESTIGATION AND FIND OUT IF THE PERMITTING JURISDICTIONS THINK AND ROB IF YOU CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FIND OUT IF THE PERMITTING JURISDICTIONS THINK THAT HAVING A PERMIT IS ACTUALLY HELPING WITH THE PROBLEM, AND IF WE CAN ALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS LOOK INTO THIS IN INFORMATION AND TRY TO MATURE OUR OWN IDEAS, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION AGAIN WITH SUSTAINABILITY, I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME PEOPLE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROMOTING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS DOESN'T DOESN'T REALLY HELP AND I I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM I'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM ALL OUT ON THAT THAT IS THE I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A COMMONLY HELD A FEW OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S GATHER SOME MORE INFORMATION AND THEN LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH AND AND JOSH TO YOUR POINT ABOUT ABOUT HAVING SUSTAINABILITY OR OR THEY'RE SIMPLY INTERESTED STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE LANDSCAPERS THE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL THE OTHER THING IS IS I, I THINK THAT THE THE CHART THAT KRISTEN PUT TOGETHER IS IS ATTACHED AS AN AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF WE COULD IS IF THERE'S A WAY TO SORT OF PUT IT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UP ON THE ON THE HOMEPAGE OF THE WEBSITE TO HELP FOSTER THIS CONTINUING DISCUSSION THAT MIGHT BE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMETHING PERHAPS GREG THAT THAT WE COULD DO I KNOW I DON'T WANT TO CLUTTER THE HOMEPAGE, BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THIS TOPIC IS A IS A BIG ONE.

BUT.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS THANKS CHRISTIAN CHRISTIAN AND RUB.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW MOVE TO CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FROM THE RIDE TOWN PARK COMMISSION TO INSTALL A WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY BY VERIZON.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT AT THE BEGINNING THAT WE HAVE HAVE HAVE THIS DOCUMENT, THE DOCUMENTS ONLY SINCE MONDAY SO WE'LL BE DELIGHTED TO LISTEN, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE IN IN IN MUCH OF A POSITION TO REACT AT THIS POINT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE GARY LESLIE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE PROMOTE THEM.

KRISTEN WILSON: SIMON YES I'M PROMOTING SEVERAL THEY SHOULD BE APPEARING SHORTLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY WE'VE GOT LESLIE.

KRISTEN WILSON: I BELIEVE THAT'S THEIR TEAM THAT THEY WOULD THAT THEY WANT IT SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: BADLY IF I'M MISSING ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED, PLEASE LET ME NO.

LESLIE SNYDER: NO, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE EVERYONE I THINK GARY'S PROBABLY JUST PUTTING ON HIS CAMERA.

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: ALL RIGHT.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I'M ASSUMING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DON'T HAVE EVERYBODY YET THERE'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSEPH IN THE STILL JOSEPH TO TO HIM PANEL.

LESLIE SNYDER: NOT SURE I'M NOT SURE IF HE WAS JUST GOING TO DO IT BY PHONE I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD A CAMERA AVAILABLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WELCOME AND WHICHEVER WHICHEVER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KICK IT OFF, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I'LL START OFF, GOOD EVENING THERE CONE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THIS APPLICATION.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IS FOR CELLULAR SERVICE AT RIGHT TOWN PARK.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IT IS AN APPLICATION OFFICIALLY BY THE RIGHT TIME PARK COMMISSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH VERIZON.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THERE WILL BE A SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION BY AT AMP T.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WHICH WILL BE VERY SIMILAR IF NOT IDENTICAL TO THIS ONE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I KNOW THAT MAY OR CONE IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS I'M NOT SURE HOW FAMILIAR, THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE THE APPLICATION IS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: CELLULAR.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: TRANSFORMERS IN THE TOWER BUILDING, WHICH IS A STEALTH.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: INSTALLATION AND WILL NOT BE SEEN, OR AT LEAST HARDLY BE SEEN.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: BY THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, IT HAS ALREADY RECEIVED APPROVAL FROM SHIP OH, THE STATE OFFICE OF.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND THIS IS A AN APPLICATION THAT I THINK IS ALMOST TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: YOU MAY BE ALL AWARE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE SERVICE AT THE PARK AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THIS HAS CAUSED TREMENDOUS PROBLEMS OPERATIONALLY FOR THE PARK AND ALSO AS A MATTER OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: 911 IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR 911 TO FUNCTION THERE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IT'S MORE THAN AN INCONVENIENCE, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE INTERIOR ATION AND OR LACK OF SELF SERVICE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR MULTIPLE USERS TO ATTAIN SERVICE SIMULTANEOUSLY BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: DANGEROUS FOR THAT SINGLE INDIVIDUAL WHO NEEDS TO MAKE A 911 CALL FROM THE FROM THE PARK ON THE BEACH.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IN ADDITION.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: RELIABLE SELL SERVICES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT VARIOUS SYSTEMS CRITICAL TO PARK OPERATION.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE AUTOMATED PARKING SYSTEM THAT WAS INSTALLED.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IS PATROLLED USING LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT IS DEPENDENT ON CELL SERVICE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE POINT OF SALE SYSTEM IN THE PARK FOR BOTH BEACH ADMISSION AND PARKING IS DEPENDENT ON CELL SERVICE.

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GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE MOBILE PARKING APP IS DEPENDENT ON CELL SERVICE AND WE'VE HAD TO DISABLE THAT APP I BELIEVE THE CITY OF RYE USES A MOBILE APP IN ITS IN ITS.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: IN ITS METERS.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: AND THAT WAS THE INTENTION OF THE OF THE PARK TO DO AS WELL, AND THE HANDHELD TICKET WRITING SYSTEM IS DEPENDENT ON.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: CELLULAR SERVICE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SERVER WHEN THE TICKET IS WRITTEN.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: SO.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: ONE BENEFIT.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: OTHER THAN THAT, IS THAT THE THIS APPLICATION AND THE ONE FOLLOWING FROM AT AMP T WILL BENEFIT THE PARK BY INCREASING REVENUE AND DECREASING POSSIBLE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: DEFICITS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID FOR BY THE CITY AND THE TAB.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WE'VE INVESTIGATED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES TO THIS.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: ONE WAS A MONOPOLE SYSTEM OR OTHER TOWER.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: OR FLAGPOLE SYSTEM.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WE INVESTIGATED A DISTRIBUTOR ARRAY SYSTEM USING GARBAGE TRASH CANS WITH ANTENNAS WHICH I THINK THE MAYOR'S FAMILIAR WITH.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: AND NONE OF THEM HAS PROVED AS VIABLE AS THIS, THE CELL SERVICE FROM THE TOWERS.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WILL NOT BE AS ROBUST, AS IF IT WAS ON 120 FOOT TOWER, HOWEVER, IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR PARK USE AND, IF YOU LOOK AT THE R S.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: MAP THAT VERIZON HAS PROVIDED IT ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE AREA AROUND THE PARK, WHICH HAS A DEARTH OF SERVICE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: SO THAT'S BASICALLY THE BRIEF HISTORY, THE REASONS WHY WE NEED TO SELL YOU THE SERVICE AND VERY BRIEF REVIEW OF THE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WE ARE COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S WIRELESS LAW.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: AND

[7. Consideration of resolution for a 3-month extension of the moratorium in the City of Rye temporarily prohibiting the review, processing or approval of any application related to the storage and dissemination of compressed natural gas or other type of energy or fuel transfer or energy or fuel generating facility.]

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THERE ARE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO WAVE OR WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS SEEMS APPROPRIATE AND WE WERE ASKED THAT THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS BE WAIVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE LISTED IN THE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE LETTER THAT WAS SET FORTH AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THIS IS THIS APP THE APPLICATION BEFORE THE PARK COMMISSION SHOULDN'T SAY THE APPLICATION, THE MATTER BEFORE THE PARK PERMISSION HAS BEEN.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE SUBJECT OF MUCH DISCUSSION OVER THE LAST CERTAINLY THE LAST YEAR AND EVEN LONGER.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SOLUTION TO THE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: TO THE LACK OF SERVICE AT THE PARK.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: ORIGINALLY, WE WERE DEALING ONLY WITH HORIZON, WE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER CARRIERS WITHOUT SUCCESS, UNTIL.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: EMILY HEARD WAS SUCCESSFUL REACHING OUT TO AT AMP T AND SHE BROUGHT THEM ON BOARD AND.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THERE HAS BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN AT AMP T AND VERIZON TO WORK COOPERATIVELY.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I KIND OF LIKEN IT TO THE SITUATION WITH THE COVEN VACCINES, WHERE WE HAVE SEVERAL DRUG COMPANIES WORKING IN CONCERT TO PRODUCE THE VACCINE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: HERE WE HAVE THE CELLULAR COMPANIES THAT AREN'T OFTEN IN COMPETITION WORKING COOPERATIVELY TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE PARK AND THE RESIDENTS AND I THINK THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD OVERVIEW.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S BELIEVES IN COLOCATION IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE CODE AND WE'VE ENDEAVORED TO DO THAT SO WITH THAT, I MEAN I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS OR TURN IT OVER TO LESLIE WHO HAS SOME DETAILED INFORMATION AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE BEFORE THAT I JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IN YOUR PAPERS YOU STATE THAT THERE WAS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL BY THE RIGHT TOWN PARK COMMISSION AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THOUGH THOUGH MY NAME IS ON THE LETTERHEAD I ABSTAINED FROM THAT IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO ACT FREELY HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND.

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GARY ZUCKERMAN: DULY NOTED MAN AND AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, AND THAT SHOULD BE REPHRASE YOUR NOMINEE ASLEEP, EXCEPT FOR THE STONE CHATTER MAYOR ACCOUNT.

[8. Consideration of a resolution identifying the source of funds for the Central Avenue Pump station project.]

SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU YOU YOUR PAPERS, THE THE RIGHT COUNTERPART COMMISSION'S PAPERS REQUIRE EITHER A WAIVER REQUEST EITHER A WAIVER IN FULL OR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS, AND I THINK THAT WE PROBABLY NEED STAFF INPUT ON QUESTIONS ATTACHING TO THOSE WAIVERS BUT SPEAKING PERSONALLY I'D SAY THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS A MATTER OF COMEDY AND COOPERATION WITH RIGHT TOWN PARK COMMISSION AS ESSENTIALLY A CONSORTIUM OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND IN OUR SELF I WOULD BE FAVORABLY INCLINED TOWARDS WAIVERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AGAIN WITH STAFF ADVICE AND PROBABLY PICK PICKING AMONG THEM, BUT ONE PLACE WHERE I PERSONALLY GET STUCK IS WITH RESPECT TO NOTICE TO NEARBY RESIDENTS AND PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR THOSE RESIDENTS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES, AND SO I WOULD BE VERY EAGER TO END VANCE THIS THIS PROPOSAL OF YOURS AND TO GET IT BACK ON AN AGENDA, BUT AS AS SOON AFTER THERE HAD BEEN A NOTICE TO RESIDENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF OUR WIRELESS LAW.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT CONCEPT JOSH UM I.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I FULLY UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AND THEN OF THE COUNCIL, THAT YOU WOULD WANT PUBLIC INPUT INTO THIS, ALTHOUGH WE NOTE THAT.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THIS HAS BEEN A MUCH DISCUSSED MATTER IN THE COMMISSION, I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S NOT BEEN SUBJECT TO A SCOPE OF HEARING, SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT THIS BE NOTICED FOR THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE DATE FOR THE.

[9. Approve the application of Josh Levinson for the position of Volunteer Firefighter for the City of Rye Fire Department.]

GARY ZUCKERMAN: FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING AND.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: A DETERMINATION AS TO.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: WHO NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: BY MAIL, OF THAT I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD WE'VE HAD OTHER OTHER.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: APPLICATIONS FOR EXAMPLE COMING IN OUR OUR CONSTRUCTION COMING BEFORE THE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT AND COMING BEFORE THE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHERE WE HAD TO SEND ALL DESTROYED THING.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE SURROUNDING 350 MEMBERS IF THE COUNCIL OR THE STAFF WILL DETERMINE WHO NEEDS TO GET NOTICED, WILL WE WILL SEE THAT THAT IS DONE PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE COUNCIL THAT WE DELEGATE THAT TO THE STAFF WE'RE LOOKING AT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE TEXT OF COURSE IN OUR WIRELESS LAW WE'RE LOOKING AT A AN UNUSUAL SITUATION WHERE WE'VE GOT A BUILDING THAT SITUATED IN A PARK AND TOWARDS THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PARK BUT THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL PARKLAND, OF COURSE, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST, AND SO, IF WE COULD DELEGATE TO OUR STAFF, THE THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ORDERS LET'S CALL IT OF NOTICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND OUR AND OUR GOAL WOULD BE FULL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN WOULD BE FULL SOME NOTICE TO TO THE TO THOSE TO THOSE REASONABLY AFFECTED BUT TAKING COUNTER THE FACT THAT YOU CAN'T JUST DRAW A CIRCLE A SIMPLE CIRCLE OR AROUND THE TOWER BUILDING BECAUSE TO THE NORTH REALLY THERE'S NO ONE FOR QUITE SOME DISTANCE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: NO, I BELIEVE THE AS THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PARK IS WHAT DETERMINES THE NOTIFICATION OF THE NEIGHBORS NOT THE ACTUAL LOCATION.

[10. Consideration of a request from the Rye Sustainability Committee to install and maintain a monarch butterfly pollinator garden at the corner of Central Avenue and Boston Post Road, an area of land called “Central Park”. RSC will provide notice to the neighborhood community before beginning the work.]

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OF DEVICE, BECAUSE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD HAVE HERE IS, WE DO HAVE A CELL NOTE IN THE CORNER VOCALLY BEACH AVENUE IN FOREST AVENUE ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE CLOSEST TO THE PARK AND THAT I BELIEVE THAT CELL NOTE AS A VERIZON CELL NOTE.

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RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SO IF THEY.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SELL NOTE I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHAT'S GOING ON HERE, AND I THINK A PUBLIC HEARING WILL HELP ALL OF US IF WE CONSIDER THE DISTANCE, AS MEASURED FROM THE EDGE OF THE PARK TO ALL THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RICH RICH THE THE THAT THE NOTE IS T MOBILE AND AND THERE'S VERY GOOD T MOBILE SERVICE IN THE PARK THREE THREE BARS IN A SNOWSTORM IN THE PARKING LOT.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: AS MUCH AS I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS NODE WHICH HAS BEEN IN CONTENTION FOR A BUNCH OF YEARS.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: IS NOT ACTUALLY SERVING THE NEEDS OF RIGHT TOWN PARK AND THEREFORE WOULD JUSTIFY THEIR NEED FOR A SEPARATE SERVICE, AND THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO SO RICH YOUR MOTHER, MY SUGGESTION WOULD PROBABLY LEAD STAFF TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TWO AND THE CIRCLE INFERENTIAL NOTICE BOUNDARY AT OAKLAND BEACH, WHERE SOME POINT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PARK ON FOREST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S 300 350 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY, BUT HERE WE HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL PROPERTY AND MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO LIGHTEN THE BURDEN ON THE ON THE RIGHT TOWN PARK COMMISSION AND NOT REQUIRED NOTICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ESSENTIALLY, ALL AROUND THE PARK BUT THAT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY, I GUESS, MY REACTION WOULD BE TO THE LAWSUIT THAT WE HAD LAST WITH PLAYLAND.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: FACT THAT I WAS NOT AN INTERESTED PARTY THAT IS 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE PREVIOUS PLACE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SO I DON'T WANT SOMEONE FEELING THAT THEY'RE 50 OR 100 FEET AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY OF RIGHT TOWN PARK BEING EXCLUDED.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: FROM THIS PROCESS BECAUSE, AGAIN WE THINK THIS, THIS IS A GOOD THING, AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO BENEFIT, BUT WE NEED TO BE PUBLICLY AWARE OF THE PERCEPTION THAT WE ARE NOT INCLUDING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN, AND THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION, SIR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HEAR YOU IN AND I I'M IN AGREEMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GARY WAS THERE, SOMETHING YOU WANTED.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE POWER TO WAIVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS MIGHT BE THE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THE 300 FOOT BOUNDARY CERTAINLY I WOULD THINK THAT ALL OF THE THE PERSONS WHO SHOULD GET NOTICED WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION TO THE SOUTH AND CERTAINLY THOSE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: RESIDENCES ALONG FOREST AVENUE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PARK, EVEN IF THEY ARE MORE THAN YOU KNOW 300 FEET FROM THE TOWER AND POSSIBLY THE THE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: PEOPLE ALONG RIGHT BEACH AVENUE CERTAINLY I THINK THOSE PEOPLE SHOULD BE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: NOTICED, BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THE ONES MOST EFFECTIVE, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE ONES FURTHER OUT THAN THAT I.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: THINK WOULD BE VERY MUCH LESS EFFECTIVE AND OF COURSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE NOTICE ANYWAY, BECAUSE THE LAW BE PUBLIC NOTICE IT WILL BE ON YOUR WEBSITE WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE PARKS WEBSITE, IT WILL BE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: PROBABLY IN THE NEWSPAPERS, SO I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT WHATEVER YOU DECIDE WE JUST WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE NOTICES SHOULD BE SENT.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: OBVIOUSLY THE THE COST, YOU KNOW AND WE'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THOSE MAILINGS NEED TO BE CERTIFIED OR REGULAR MAILING WITH AN AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE SO THAT WE CAN DO THIS EXPEDITIOUSLY.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY WELL OUR LOCAL LAW DOES NOT REQUIRED CERTIFIED MAILING SO YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT THERE TO BE A CERTIFICATE OF MAILING BUT NOT CERTIFIED MAIL, SO THE COST TO THE RIGHT TOWN PARK WOULD BE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS SURE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OUR CORPORATION COUNSEL OR CITY MANAGER WOULD WOULD TALK TO THAT AMERICA'S AS THE PERSON WHO HAS FILED MYSELF I KNOW THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN COST AND WE ALLOW THE LESSER OF THE TWO SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE NOTIFIED IN NOT PLACE UNDUE BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK I JUST CIRCLE BACK TO RICHES SUGGESTION TO ESSENTIALLY DO IT BY THE BOOK AND IN AND WOULD PUT THAT TO THE COUNCIL.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I MEAN WE I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT THAT MIGHT AS WELL UM BUT THEN DO WE NEED TO THEM NOW MOTION FOR TO SEND A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AND DO WE DO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO, I DON'T THINK WE DO THAT, UNTIL WE KNOW THAT NOTICE IS IS IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: START.

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY, I DON'T KNOW I JUST WHAT IF THE COUNCIL'S INCLINED TO REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND DOING TONIGHT IS MAKING A MOTION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING.

KRISTEN WILSON: DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU DO WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS, YOU COULD DO A TRUNCATED NOTICE PERIOD AND PUT IT ON FOR THE 21ST I RECOMMENDED ORIGINALLY MAY 5 TO GIVE THIS THE NECESSARY NOTICE PERIOD THAT'S IN OUR CODE.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUT THAT THAT PUBLIC HEARING NEEDS TO BE SET BY COUNCIL RESOLUTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S IF IF IF WE NEED TO SET IT NOW, I WAS THINKING OF MAY 5 BECAUSE I'M THINKING OF THE TIME NEEDED TO GIVE NOTICE AND I'D LIKE NOTICE IF WE'RE DOING NOTICE BY THE BOOK LET'S DO NOTICE BY THE BOOK AND NOT TRUNCATE THE NOTICE PERIOD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE CARING FOR THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH IT'S ON FOR THE FIFTH.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL SECOND.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: ROW CALLS WHICH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVIE DO WE NEED ROLL CALL FOR THIS CHRISTIAN ALL IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE.

AYE.

RIGHT.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO LESLIE IF YOU'LL CONTACT ME TOMORROW WE'LL WORK THROUGH THE PROPERTY ON OUR LIST AND HELP GET YOU THAT MAILING READY TO GO.

LESLIE SNYDER: THAT'D BE GREAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: THANK YOU VERY MUCH SURE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS EVERYONE.

GARY ZUCKERMAN: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY NEXT WE HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE STILL HAVE SOME OF OUR GUESTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND NEXT NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF A THREE MONTH EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THE CITY OF RIGHT TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE REVIEW PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF ANY APPLICATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RELATED TO THE STORAGE AND DISSEMINATION OF COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS OR OTHER TYPE OF ENERGY OR FUEL TRANSFER OR ENERGY OR FUEL GENERATING FACILITY AND GREG IF YOU JUST GIVE US A CAPSULE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SURE, THE THE MORATORIUM THAT WAS THAT WAS SET LAST YEAR WAS TO GIVE US TIME TO REVIEW THE ACTIVITIES AT THE CON EDISON FACILITY FOR THE THEIR TEMPORARY INSTALLATION OF CMG STORAGE, THIS IS NOT FOR THEIR FLEET, BUT RATHER WAS FOR EMERGENCY USAGE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING INFORMATION WE'VE ENGAGED AN ENGINEER, TO HELP US IN THAT PROCESS, ALTHOUGH WE'VE RECEIVED SOME INFORMATION.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I WOULD ASK THAT WE DO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND THE TO THE RESIDENCE IS A MORE FULSOME APPROACH THAT WE'VE HAD TIME TO DO SO I'M JUST SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT WE GIVE US A FEW MORE MONTHS TO TO COLLECT THAT.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY, LIKE YOU KNOW THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TWICE, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE EXTEND THIS MORE 20TH FOR THREE MONTHS, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU HAVE A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JEFF TO JEFF BENDER DO WE HAVE YOU FROZEN OR ARE YOU STILL WITH US.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S BEEN REMOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THAT MAY REQUIRE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH, YOU DOES IT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT DOES THANK YOU CAROLYN YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: OKAY, SO WE HAD COUNCILMAN MECCA MADE THE MOTION, WHO WAS THE SECOND.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: MAN AND.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: A WOMAN GODDARD.

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

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW ABSENT MAYOR COHN.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION IDENTIFYING THE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR THE CENTRAL AP AND YOU PUMP STATION PROJECT GREG PLEASE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ALRIGHT, SO, AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE ARE AS ONE OF OUR SEWER PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE A CENTRAL AVENUE PUMP STATION, WE HAVE ONE REMAINING.

[11. Consideration of a resolution expressing City support of the Community Solar and Demand Response campaigns administered by Rye Sustainability Committee seeking to earn credit for the Community Campaigns High-Impact Action under NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities Program.]

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: ITEMS WITH THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH, BUT THE PROJECT IS WELL UNDERWAY FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I'M JUST REMIND YOU IT'S EXPECTED CALLS RIGHT NOW IS APPROXIMATELY A LITTLE OVER $900,000 OF WHICH WE HAVE RECEIVED THE UFC GRANT OR ALMOST $600,000.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AS PART OF THE UFC PROCESS, THEY DO REQUIRE US TO IDENTIFY, SPECIFICALLY THE SOURCE OF FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PAY THE 300 TO $350,000 OF COST THAT THE CITY WILL ACTUALLY THERE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: AND SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST SOME OFFICIAL ACTION TO PROVIDE THE FC WITH THE.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: SPECIFICITY AND WHERE THE MONEY'S COMING FROM IT DOESN'T IN ANY WAY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO BOND FOR THAT MONEY LATER ON OR OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: THAT MAY ARRIVE, BUT IT DOES TODAY, ASKED US TO IDENTIFY THAT MONEY, SO THIS RESOLUTION IS IDENTIFYING OUR CAP X RESERVE AS A SOURCE OF MONIES THAT WILL BE PAYING FOR THE CITY'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE OF THE COST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE THEM EMOTION.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: AND MAKE THEM.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS ROLL CALL OR OBVIOUSLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLYN PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: WOMEN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS YES COUNCILWOMAN TARLOW ABSENT MAYOR CON YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE NOW MOVE TO A HAPPY MATTER THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICATION OF JOSH LEVINSON TO BE A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE CITY OF RIOT FIRE DEPARTMENT RICHARD I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO YOU.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: WELL, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, SO, AS YOU KNOW, I'M NOT PHYSICALLY IN TOWN, BUT I DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON MR JOSH LEVISON AND NATURALLY HE'S ARRIVED RESIDENT HE'S.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HE'S OF AGE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 HE'S A GRADUATE OF MANHATTAN COLLEGE AND NICE LITTLE SCHOOL HERE LOCALLY.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HE'S CURRENTLY A CLIENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR ORACLE WHICH WOULD HELP US IF WE NEED THEM SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS SUPPORT.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HE GREW UP IN SOUTH SALEM NEW YORK WHICH IRONICALLY IS ALSO KNOWN AS LOOSE BOROUGH SINCE WE HAD THAT INCIDENT NOT TOO LONG AGO, SOMEONE WANTING TO RENAME THE CITY OF RIGHTEOUS THROW A STARK.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HE'S A HE'S PARTICIPATED AS A MEMBER OF THE BOY SCOUTS AND OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IS VERY HELPFUL.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: WHEN YOU WANT TO BECOME A RIGHT FIREFIGHTER BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINING THAT WILL INVOLVE SOME OF THE SAME CONCEPTS CONCEPTS THAT THE BOY SCOUTS HAVE.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: HE'S LIVES IN AWRY FROM 2014 TO 2016 SO HE'S SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH OUR NEEDS AND OUR COMMUNITY, AND YOU KNOW.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: LIKE LIKE ME AS A KID HE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A FIREFIGHTER AND SO NOW HE'S GOT ENOUGH TIME AND ENERGY TO COMMIT, SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: THING FOR THE CITY OF FRY THAT WE'RE GETTING SOME MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HELPING WINE, HELP THE COMMUNITY FROM A FIRE DEPARTMENT POINT OF VIEW, SO I WOULD LIKE TO.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: ASK THAT OUR FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ACCEPT HIS NOMINATION INTO THE RICE CITY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR EMOTION THAT WE DO THAT WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, PLEASE, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU JOSH LEVINSON.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

MY GOSH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FROM RICE SUSTAINABILITY TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN A MONARCH BUTTERFLY POLLINATOR GARDEN AT THE CORNER OF CENTRAL AVENUE IN BOSTON POST ROAD AN AREA OF LAND CALLED CENTRAL PARK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SUSTAINABILITY WILL PROVIDE NOTICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY BEFORE BEGINNING THE WORK.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS SARAH ARE YOU OR IS PATTY WITH US.

GREG USRY INTERIM CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE THAT PATTY IS OUR EARLIER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE PATTY OR EVEN SUE DREW AND WHO'S WORKED.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: VERY HARD ON THIS, SO I WILL DEFER TO TO PATTY AND SUE THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO I'M GOING TO ELEVATE BOTH OF YOU.

PATTI CAPPARELLI: OH HI SO ACTUALLY SUE HAS A VERY, VERY BRIEF PRESENTATIONS THAT SHE CAN SHARE HER SCREEN AND JUST SHOW YOU ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT Y'ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE AT CENTRAL PARK.

SUE DROUIN: EVERYBODY LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE THIS OUT THIS ONE.

SUE DROUIN: CAN YOU SEE IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YEP.

SUE DROUIN: OKAY, GREAT SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IN NORTH AMERICA ARE IN DECLINE.

SUE DROUIN: THEY MAKE THEIR JOURNEY FROM SOUTHERN CANADA TO MEXICO WHERE THEY WINTER EVERY YEAR AND, AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, THE POPULATION IS LOW ENOUGH TO BE ADDED TO THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST.

SUE DROUIN: THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIALIZED FOOD SUPPLY CATERPILLAR IS DEPEND ON MILK WE'D TO EAT THERE BUT AND THEY'RE BUTTERFLIES LAY THEIR EGGS ON THE MILK LEAD AS WELL.

SUE DROUIN: SO REMAINING MILK WE'D HABITATS IN PAST YEARS GRASSLANDS AND FORESTS EDGES ARE INSUFFICIENT TO SUSTAIN THE LARGE POPULATION THAT WAS SEEN EVEN AS RECENTLY AS THE 90S.

SUE DROUIN: AND THAT IS WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A MONARCH WAY STATION TO PRESERVE, PROTECT AND A NEW MONARCH HABITAT AND WE HAVE FOUND A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC PARTNER WITH RYAN NATURE CENTER.

SUE DROUIN: AND THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION ACROSS FROM JERRY'S ON THE POST ROAD IN THE OPEN SUNNY AREA IS PERFECT.

SUE DROUIN: IT JOINS THE NATURE CENTER SO THE STAFF AND THEIR MANY VOLUNTEERS CAN EASILY ACCESS THIS AREA FOR MAINTENANCE.

SUE DROUIN: THEY ALSO PLAN TO USE IT FOR STUDY WITH THEIR STUDENT GROUPS AND PRESCHOOL AND THEY EVEN HAVE SOME CORPORATE VOLUNTEER GROUPS WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH THE INITIAL PLANTING.

SUE DROUIN: AND IT WILL ALSO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT POLLINATORS AND WE WILL EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE THE SEED TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO START THEIR OWN MONARCH WAY STATION.

SUE DROUIN: SO THE KEY PLAN SELECTIONS THESE ARE JUST SOME NICE PICTURES.

SUE DROUIN: THE MOST IMPORTANT PLANT THAT HOST MONARCH BUTTERFLIES IS CALLED ASCLEPIUS AND WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

SUE DROUIN: ASCLEPIUS TO ROSSA IN KARNATAKA.

SUE DROUIN: AND SIRI AKA THESE WILL BE PLACED AT THAT, IN A WAY THAT IS DIRECTED ACTUALLY BY THE MONARCH WAY STATION PROJECT.

SUE DROUIN: TO ATTRACT THE MONARCH BUTTERFLIES TO THIS LOCATION.

SUE DROUIN: AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW OTHER NECK DURING PLANTS THAT THAT WILL SUSTAIN.

SUE DROUIN: OTHER POLLINATORS.

SUE DROUIN: WHILE THE ASCLEPIUS VARIETIES ARE NOT IN BLOOM.

SUE DROUIN: THAT THAT IS IT WE WILL WANT TO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS WHEN THE WHAT OUR PLANS ARE AND OUR TARGET DATE FOR PLANTING IS MID MAY, AND MOST OF THE PLANTS WE ORDERED THERE ON ORDER THROUGH THE WESTCHESTER NATIVE PLANTS CENTER AND VALHALLA AND OTHER PLANTS WILL BE ACTUALLY.

SUE DROUIN: GERMINATED FROM SEE COLLECTED AT THE NATURE CENTER AND WE HAVE DESIGNED IT, I HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE WHICH IS SIDEWAYS I'M VERY SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SUE DROUIN: UM WE HAVE DESIGNED IT SO THAT MOWERS CAN EASILY ACCESS A PATH IN BETWEEN THE TWO FLOWER BEDS, SO THESE TWO FLUFFY CLOUDS ARE FLOWER BEDS AND THE THE THERE IS FIVE FEET OF SPACE HERE TO ACCOMMODATE ANY.

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SUE DROUIN: MOWERS SO UM.

SUE DROUIN: WE WILL HAVE FREQUENT VISITS TO THE SITE BY THE NATURE CENTER STAFF AND THEIR VOLUNTEERS.

SUE DROUIN: SO THAT WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE IT'S STAYING WE DID AND MEET.

SUE DROUIN: IF IT GETS DRY WE DO REQUEST THAT THE CITY HAS A WATERING TRAP THAT YOU COULD VISIT THE SITE EVERY 10 DAYS OR SO, ESPECIALLY DURING THE FIRST GROWING SEASON, BUT ONLY IF IT'S NOT RAINING.

SUE DROUIN: SO THAT THAT IS ABOUT IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THIS LOOKS GREAT TO I'M HOPING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TURN INTO A USEFUL SOURCE OF ADVICE I'VE BEEN GROWING MILK WEED IN MY YARD FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND I FOUND THAT MILK WEED BUGS COME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HMM AT A CERTAIN TIME OF YEAR, AND THEY ACTUALLY ATTACK THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY ATTACK THE CATERPILLAR'S.

SUE DROUIN: YEAH ARE THEY BE ORANGE AND BLACK.

SUE DROUIN: YES, EASILY LOOKING NICE I DON'T THINK THOSE ARE NECESSARILY BAD UM I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE DONE ANY RESEARCH ON THOSE, BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM, THEY COULD JUST BE LIVING SYMBIOTICALLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO IT'S BEEN A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW I'VE HAD THEM AND THEN I MY CATERPILLAR'S DISAPPEAR AND I HAD BLAME, THESE ARE ENGINE BLACK BUGS BUT PERHAPS THEY'RE NOT THE CULPRIT.

SUE DROUIN: I'M GONNA LOOK INTO IT, LET YOU KNOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

SUE DROUIN: NO PROBLEM.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY THERE'S SOME AIR, THIS IS AS PROBABLY AS AWKWARD AS IT COMES FROM A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER I'M 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: BUT JEFF, WHO IS THE DESIGNATION OF CALLING A CENTRAL PARK, THIS GOES BACK TO SOME OF MY EARLY YEARS ON COUNCIL.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: COUPLE CITY MANAGERS EARLIER AND IT'S NEVER BEEN OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED A PARK BY THIS CITY OF BRY.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: SO BEING VERY CAREFUL WHAT WE CALL THINGS BECAUSE WE ARE ILLEGAL INSTITUTION, I AM 100% IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT, I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL MISS WILSON, PLEASE AS TO WHAT WE CALL THIS LITTLE PIECE OF LAND THAT THEY WANT TO USE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T THINK IT WAS IT, I THINK IT WAS WRITTEN UP IN THE DESCRIPTION AS A AS A DESERT AS AN IDENTIFYING RATHER THAN AS A DESIGNATION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I I HEAR YOU RICH, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE THE THE RICE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS WERE PLANNING ON CALLING IT CENTRAL PARK I THINK IT'S JUST A NICKNAME.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY IT FOR TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, BUT BUT THAT'S A GOOD LITTLE GOOD SOME GOOD HISTORY THERE AND WE PROBABLY SHOULD BE SENSITIVE TO IT GOING FORWARD.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: AND I AM VERY MUCH CARE OF IT IN MORE WAYS THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU ARE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HEALTHY YARD SUPPORTER.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: THE CITY'S IMAGES WHAT WE CONSIDER PARKLAND OR NOT NEITHER MISS WILSON, OR WHERE GREG CAN CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THAT I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT WAS PART OF THIS BECAUSE I LIKE TO LOOK FORWARD.

RICHARD MECCA DEPUTY MAYOR: AND CONTINUE MOVING THE CITY RIGHT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

TOTALLY.

THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: THANK YOU, MR MACKEY, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT DESIGNATING SOMETHING THAT'S PARKLAND THAT HAS SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LEGAL.

[12. Adjourn the public hearing to April 21, 2021 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.]

KRISTEN WILSON: CONNOTATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SO IT IS CITY LAND, SO, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO RESOLVE A PASTOR RESOLUTION ALLOWING THIS TO TAKE PLACE, I THINK THAT'S FINE WITHOUT A PARTICULAR DESIGNATION AS PARK OR PARKLAND BUT CITY PROPERTY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR NOW WE CAN CALL IT OUR HOURS CENTRAL MONARCH BUTTERFLY POLLINATOR GARDEN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MM HMM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREAT.

SUE DROUIN: UNTIL IT'S RIGHT OFF THE TONGUE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN HAVE AN ACRONYM MAY.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

RESOLUTION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND I'LL DO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ANY REAL COMBAT OR NO.