BUT. [00:00:03] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 620 21 WE'RE ABOUT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION OF COURSE THEM BEING PRESENT MAY HAVE EMOTION. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTION. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE. [Executive Session ] [1. Roll Call.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WELCOME AGAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF OCTOBER 6 2021. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD. HERE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: IS HE ABSENT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HE IS HERE, HE JUST MAY NEED ANOTHER MOMENT TO JOIN. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU SKIP ME, THOUGH. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: OH, I HAD IT SWITCHED I'M SORRY. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN IT ON. HERE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN RECORD IS HERE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SO WILL MARK HIM AS HERE COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M HERE. [2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held September 22, 2021. ] CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS. YOUR. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: HAIR COLON HERE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST LIKE TO NOTE THE PASSING OF FORMER RICE CITY JUDGE JOHN L PHOTO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BESIDES BEING A CITY JUDGE, HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN CITY CIVIC AFFAIRS I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN RESPECT FOR HIM. [3. Post-Ida Storm update.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE HAVE THE DRAFT UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD SEPTEMBER 22 2021 ANY CHANGES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I JUST HAD SOME NON SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES MINISTERIAL CHANGES MAY OR. MAY HAVE A MOTION. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMALI. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HI. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY WE MOVE ALONG TO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POST ITIS STORM. UPDATE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW, MORE THAN A MONTH POST IDA MANY OF US ARE STILL COPING WITH A PROFOUND EFFECTS OF THAT DELUGE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE AND THAT COPING IS GOING TO TAKE TIME, THE PROCESS OF HELPING NEIGHBOR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF THE PROCESS OF NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS HAS CONTINUED AND THE CITY IS ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT THE CITY TO WISHES TO DO ALL THAT IT CAN. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M GOING TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL THINGS THAT THE CITY'S BEEN DOING GREG US FREE WILL SPEAK TO FEMA MATTERS AND OTHER MANNERS BUT OTHER MATTERS THAT ARE MUTED MUNICIPAL STAFF IS ADVANCING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TWO WEEKS AGO I MENTIONED OUR OUTREACH TO ALL OUR MORE SENIOR ELECTIVES FROM THE GOVERNOR TO THE COUNTY EXEC FROM OUR US SENATORS TO OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN. [00:05:02] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE RECEIVED HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATIONS FOR MANY AND ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS ONGOING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I FOCUSED TWO WEEKS AGO ON TO PRE IDA FLOOD MITIGATION INITIATIVES THAT BEAR FURTHER MENTIONED. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FIRST WE'RE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SENATOR MAYOR AND ASSEMBLYMAN NOTICE WITH OUR NEW YORK RISING PROJECTS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN MANDATORY ADMINISTERED BY NEW YORK STATE AGENCIES IN A MANNER THAT ACTUALLY THREATENS THE FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE PROJECTS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WERE ASKING FOR CONTINUED HELP IN MANAGING THE STATE'S PROJECT MANAGERS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND WE'VE HAD FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WITH RESPECT TO THE INQUIRY, WE BEGAN WITH THE CORE IN 2019. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT RESULTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND A SO CALLED FEDERAL INTEREST DETERMINATION, OPENING THE WAY TO FURTHER STUDY OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED AND A POTENTIAL PROJECT BUT BUDGET OF UP TO $15 MILLION 10 MILLION OF WHICH WOULD BE BORNE BY THE CORE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE ALSO HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SENATOR SCHUMER'S CORE STAFF EXPERT WHO INDICATED SUPPORT FOR STILL LARGER CORE PROGRAMS, THOUGH, NOTING THAT THERE IS TIME DELAY INHERENT IN SUCH LARGER PROGRAMS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAD A RELATED EXCHANGE WITH NEW YORK STATE DC WHICH HAS BEEN PRIVY TO OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CORE SINCE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DC HAS OFFERED TO REVIEW WITH US ANY AND ALL MITIGATION POSSIBILITIES WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FURTHER MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS WITH DC IN THE CORE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LOCALLY WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR HARRIS AND NEIGHBORS AND WE'LL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER ON FLOOD ISSUES AS WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE DONE WITH RYE BROOK. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE TURNING THIS OVER TO GREG I'M GOING TO UNDERSCORE AGAIN THE CITY'S DESIRE TO HELP THOSE INJURED BY IDA WE CANNOT DO, OF COURSE, WHAT FEMA AND OTHER FEDERALLY FUNDED PROVIDERS SO IMPORTANTLY CAN PROVIDE, BUT WE WILL DO ALL WE CAN TO HELP OUR CITY THROUGH THIS DISASTER. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE LESS THAN THE LAST MEETING AND REALLY TURN THIS OVER MORE TO TO RYAN, AND TO CHRISTIAN TO COVER SOME OF THE PARTICULARS, BUT LET ME JUST HIT A COUPLE OF THINGS AT THE BEGINNING. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NUMBER ONE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT RESIDENTS CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY REGISTER WITH THEME OF BEFORE NOVEMBER 4. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU ARE WITH THE PROCESS WITH YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER WITH YOUR DAMAGE ASSESSMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU NEED TO GO ON THROUGH THEIR PORTAL AND REGISTER ABOUT THE FOURTH. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE CITY'S WEBSITE ON THE FIRST PAGE HAS A BANNER TITLED IDA AND THERE, YOU WILL FIND ALL OF THE LINKS FROM BOTH FAMOUS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FOR FOR LOAN ASSISTANCE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT THERE CONTINUES TO BE AN IN PERSON PRESENCE OF FAMOUS AT THE LIBRARY AND MAMARONECK AND AGAIN ALL THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE, AND NOW YOU KNOW, PLEASE ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN DAMAGED, TO GO THERE AND START THAT PROCESS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IN TERMS OF WHAT WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS SINCE THE LAST MEETING I WOULD REALLY DIVIDE THAT INTO TWO PIECES. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ONE IS WHAT WE'RE DOING FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, WITH OUR OWN INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH FEMA WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PERSON, NEXT WEEK TO BEGIN THE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, FOR YOU KNOW FOR CITY FACILITIES. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS EVERYONE'S AWARE, WE LOST THE FIRST FOR THE LOCAL 70 FIREHOUSE AND HAVE DAMAGE ACROSS THE CITY WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT SALTING BOTH IN THE THE THE BASE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT ALSO IN THE BOOK ITSELF WHERE IT'S THERE'S A NOTICEABLE INCREASE INSULT, YOU KNOW ALONG ALONG THE CREEK. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG GROUPS BEFORE YOU GO ON, I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE TO NOTE FOR PEOPLE THAT THE CITY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY CAN NOT INTRODUCE RESIDENTS TO FAMOUS THAT WE'RE NOT COLLECTING INFORMATION ON RESIDENT DAMAGES TO PRESENT TO FEMA RESIDENTS HAVE TO DO THAT FOR THEMSELVES AS AS GREG OPENED WITH WE DON'T GET TO DO THAT, WE ONLY GET TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE CITY. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YES, THANK YOU THAT'S THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THERE'S EVEN, EVEN THOUGH IT ALL GOES ULTIMATELY THROUGH FAMOUS THERE IS A PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ASPECT AND AN INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE ASPECT, AND THOSE ARE. [00:10:10] GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: EQUIVALENT OF TWO DIVISIONS OF THE COMPANY, SO IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU, YOU DO GO ON THE FEMALE WEBSITE AND START THAT PROCESS FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO GOING BACK, WE ARE YOU KNOW WE'RE CONTINUING TO DOCUMENT AND PUT OUR OWN INFORMATION TOGETHER TO SUBMIT FOR. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FOR LOSSES AND THAT WILL INCLUDE BOTH PHYSICAL LOSSES, AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, ANY ANY STAFF TIME ANY OVERTIME ANY EQUIPMENT THAT WAS USED DURING THE STORM AND SENSE AND SO THAT THAT PROCESS IS IS WELL UNDERWAY. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AT A MINUTE CHRISTIAN IS GOING TO SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH AND BEHALF AND ALONG WITH RESIDENTS IN TERMS OF THEIR OWN OUR OWN RECOVERY. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE LAST THING I WILL MENTION THAT RYAN MAY WILL ALSO TOUCH ON. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS THE FACT THAT WE, WE ARE, WE ARE NOW RECORDING AND DOCUMENTING A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY THAT DID RECEIVE NON TRADITIONAL FLOODING, AND WHAT I MEAN IS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: HOMES THAT WERE NOT ALONG THE BLIND BROOK OF THE BEAVERBROOK OR IF THEY WERE ALONG THOSE BROOKS THAT EXTENDED BEYOND WHAT WAS HISTORICALLY A FLOODPLAIN. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO YOU KNOW, REST ASSURED THAT YOU KNOW WE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YET, BUT WE ARE YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WORKING THROUGH EACH OF THOSE LOCATIONS IN THE COMING WEEKS AND MONTHS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO TO EVALUATE THE FLOODING AND WHETHER THERE IS MORE FACILITY CAN BE DOING, EITHER IN THE SHORT TERM, OR FOR LONG TERM PLANNING PURPOSES SO. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: KRISTEN YOU WANT TO START. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: I'M SURE SO. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: IN RESPONSE TO A FLOOD EVERY DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW STAFF, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: THE BUILDING PLANNING AND OTHER OFFICES WHAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON NOW IS GETTING PEOPLE TO REBUILD. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AND ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS, AND ALSO TO REBUILD BETTER SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE ADVOCATES FOR THOSE THAT IN SOME CASES ARE REQUIRED BY LAW, BUT MORE OFTEN. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AS A MATTER OF JUST ADVOCACY ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ELEVATE THEIR HOMES AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY, THERE ARE ABOUT 13 RESONANCE RIGHT NOW THAT ARE PRETTY FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS TOWARDS TOWARDS DOING THAT AND MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR OFFICE. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: I HAVE BEEN GIVING BI WEEKLY HOUSE RAISING SEMINARS, SO TO SPEAK, EXPLAINING THE PROCESS EXPLAINING WHAT'S INVOLVED AND HOW IT ALL, HOW IT ALL WORKS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: SO WITH THAT WE'VE BEEN IN TOUCH PROACTIVELY WITH THE ARCHITECTS THAT ARE DESIGNING THIS AND WE'RE JUST DOING A LOT OF HAND HOLDING. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: I SHOULD SAY THAT, FORTUNATELY, BUT ALSO UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: SO WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE PROCESS WE HAVE WE KNOW WHAT WORKS WHAT DOESN'T WORK IN FACT IN MY PRESENTATION THAT I GIVE I START WITH THE PRESENTATION, I GIVE GAVE IN 2007 AND I DIDN'T CHANGE A THING ABOUT IT. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AND I JUST WENT THROUGH HERE'S WHAT'S THE SAME HERE'S WHAT'S DIFFERENT HERE'S WHAT WORKED HERE'S WHAT DIDN'T WORK AND SO IT'S SORT OF A GREAT TOOL TO USE AS WE GO FORWARD. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: SO WE WE ARE, WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ASSIST IN THAT PROCESS, WE ARE PROJECTING WHAT MEETINGS, PEOPLE NEED TO BE AT AND THE TIMING OF THAT. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: BUILDING DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN MEASURE WHAT USED TO TAKE WEEKS, YOU CAN MEASURE THAT IN DAYS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: BECAUSE WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL FOR WAIVING THE FEES THAT'S ANOTHER HELPFUL THING, BUT ALSO A BIT OF AN INCENTIVE FOR THOSE THAT ARE ELEVATING THEY WON'T HAVE TO PAY A BIG BUILDING PERMIT FEE, SO ALL OF THAT IS PROGRESSING WE'RE HERE TO HELP. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: HAVING STAFF THAT IS EXPERIENCED IN THIS PROCESS, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF PRIOR EVENTS IS VERY, VERY HELPFUL SO. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST YOU YOU WON'T SEE CITY PROCESSES. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: BE THE BARRIER TO TO GETTING YOUR PROJECT DONE THERE'S A LOT TO DO THE ARCHITECTS, HAVE A LOT OF DESIGN WORK ENGAGING CONTRACTORS ALL OF THAT STUFF. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH ALL OF THAT, AND SO FAR THAT'S BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL, WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH THE CHAIRS OF BOARDS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: TO POTENTIALLY SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL MEETING DATES WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT, WHERE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE, SO WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH THE. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: THE PROJECT ARCHITECTS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS, AND WHAT DATES MIGHT WORK BEST FOR THEM IF THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL MEETING HERE OR THERE. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: THE PROCESS IS NOT LINEAR SO THERE'S NO NEED TO GO TO ONE BOARD AND THEN THE NEXT BOARD IN THE NEXT BOARD THERE'S WAYS TO SHORTCUT SOME OF THAT TIMING. [00:15:09] CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT TO TO ALL THE APPLICANTS, SO WE, AS THIS COMMUNITY REBUILDS ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS TO BE MORE RESILIENT. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: TO THE NEXT STORM EVENT AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE WORK OF OF PLANNERS AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS IS IT'S IT'S IT'S REALLY ABOUT THE NEXT STORM. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AND AND UNDERSTANDING THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF PREVIOUS STORMS. ALRIGHT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ANY ANY QUESTIONS ON THE INDIVIDUAL EVENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO RYAN, AND IN THE CITY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST A QUESTION FOR CHRISTIAN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS, AND PLEASE CONFIRM WE'VE WE'VE CHECKED WITH THE ADDITIONAL WE CHECKED WITH THE ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS FOR THE ADDITIONAL HOUSE RAISINGS AND HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN THEY WILL BE READY TO PRESENT TO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO OUR BOARDS FOR COMMISSIONS AND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK WITH THOSE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND, IF NECESSARY, PUT ON ADDITIONAL MEETINGS, IF THE TIMING, IF THE TIMING FOR THE THOSE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: REPAIR ABSOLUTELY AND IN FACT I SHOULD SAY, UNFORTUNATELY, UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS ISN'T JUST WITH STAFF, BUT ALSO WITH BOARDS SO. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: ALL THE BOARDS INVOLVED IN HAVE SOME OF THE SAME MEMBERS WHO WENT THROUGH THIS BACK IN 2007 SO THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS, THEY HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITIONS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: YOU KNOW SO SO WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM THEY'RE THEY'RE FULLY ON BOARD AND PREPARED TO DO THAT IF IT BECOMES NECESSARY, AND SO WE'RE TARGETING TO POTENTIAL DATES THAT WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THAT LATER. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS THANKS CHRISTIAN AND THANKS FOR ALL YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT, ARE DOING. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EXPEDITING THE PROCESS AND, BUT I WANTED TO RELAY THESE TO MY. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COLLEAGUES IN THE ON THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A HEARTBREAKING PROCESS THESE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY HAVE TO MAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT THESE THESE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REALLY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT GO INTO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR HOUSES BACK TOGETHER THEY'VE ALREADY LOST SO MUCH. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY HAVE TO PUT THEIR HOUSES TOGETHER AND THEN LIFT THEM UP, IT IS ENORMOUS PROCESS, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED, THEY HAVE TO LIVE SOMEPLACE ELSE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RENT SOMEBODY SELLS IN TIGHT QUARTERS, WHILE THEY WORK TWO JOBS OR YOU KNOW TEND TO YOUNG KIDS IT IS BY NO MEANS A BREEZE A WALK IN THE 80S SO HARD IT IS SO DIFFICULT WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH, I ALSO HAD A QUESTION FOR FOR GREG. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ON THE FEMALE FRONT IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY TO HAVE A DOCUMENTATION OF HOW MANY PEOPLE REGISTER THEIR LOSSES WITH FEMALE WOULD THAT MEAN LATER DOWN THE ROAD WHEN WE ASKED FOR FOR FEMA MONEY FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS WOULD THAT HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: CAROLINA TRYING TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO, BUT THAT WE DO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW LOSS RECORD OF EVERYTHING, BUT I MEAN CHRISTIAN HAS MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS THAN I DO SO, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CARRY ANYWHERE CLOSE TO HAVING AN ASSESSMENT OF HOW. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MUCH, WE COULD HAVE LOST. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: SO THERE'S SORT OF TWO DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THERE, THE FIRST QUESTION WAS ABOUT FEMA CLAIMS THAT'S ACTUALLY PUBLIC INFORMATION AND WE'VE USED THAT DATA IN THE PAST TO ASSIST IN. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: I DON'T WANT TO OVERCOMPLICATE IT BUT ASSIST RESIDENTS IN GETTING SOME POTENTIALLY SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY FROM FEMA BECAUSE WE HAVE PRIOR FEMA CLAIM. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: DATA SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LAG YOU KNOW, IN THE CLAIM NO ONE'S PROBABLY ACTUALLY EVEN RECEIVED A CLAIM CLAIM INSURANCE CLAIM YET UM BUT, BUT WE WILL HAVE THAT DATA EVENTUALLY. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: YES, GO AHEAD AND MARE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, AND AND CAROLINA THAT THAT INFORMATION WAS ALREADY REQUESTED IN WHATEVER PRELIMINARY FORUM, WE MIGHT HAVE IT WHEN WE WERE ON THE PHONE WITH SENATOR SCHUMER'S ARMY CORPS. [00:20:02] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EXPERT WHO WONDERED IF WE HAD A DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, YET, BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT WILL HELP US, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WILL HELP US IN WINNING FUTURE AID OF VARIOUS SORTS. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AND SO THAT'S SORT OF THE SECOND STEP OF WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WE'RE DISCUSSING HOW BEST TO DO DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES, I WILL SAY IN THE PAST STORM EVENTS WE'VE SEEN FEMALE DO THAT. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO EXECUTE THAT AT A AT A STAFF LEVEL. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION WOULD WOULD BE FOR RYAN, AND I KNOW YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET, BUT. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW THE STATE OF THE ORCHARD AVENUE BRIDGE AND THE LOCUST AVENUE BRIDGE BECAUSE WE LOST CENTRAL IN 2007 AND WHEN I WALK AROUND THOSE AREAS, SOME OF THE STUFF AROUND THE BRIDGES LOOKS A LITTLE FLIMSY. RYAN COYNE: I'M SURE THAT'S A GREAT SEGUE INTO WHERE WE ALWAYS SEE THE DAMAGES WE ACTUALLY HAD. RYAN COYNE: BRIDGE ENGINEER STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS. RYAN COYNE: WALK IN INSPECT EVERY BRIDGE THE CITY OWNS THE DAY AFTER THE STORM. RYAN COYNE: AND THEY ALL ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND ORCHARD AVENUE. RYAN COYNE: DID HAVE ONE OF THE SIDE PARAPET WALLS DAMAGE THE STONE WALL THAT'S ABOVE GRADE IT'S NOT HOLDING ANYTHING UP, BUT THERE WERE SOME STONES. RYAN COYNE: THAT WERE THEIR JOB LUCY. RYAN COYNE: SAME THING ON LOCUST. RYAN COYNE: WE SUSTAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE DAMAGE WITH SOME SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE THE WHY JASON TO THE BRIDGE, IT WAS IT'S SEVERELY UNDERMINED. RYAN COYNE: BUT ALL THE BRIDGES ARE STRUCTURALLY SOUND WE WOULDN'T HAVE OPENED THEM TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WITHOUT THAT THAT REPORT SO WE'RE IN WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO. RYAN COYNE: SAME MINOR DAMAGE UP AND AROUND THE DAM SOME SCOUR ON THE SIDE WHEN THE DAM WAS OVER TOP SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK TO DO THERE. RYAN COYNE: AND YOU KNOW GREG. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY, LET ME, LET ME JUST INTERRUPT FOR ONE SECOND BECAUSE THAT'S. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN THE WHEN THE DAM WAS TALKED RIGHT, IT WAS OVERPOWERED SOME PEOPLE MISTAKENLY BELIEVE THAT THE DAM WAS OPEN LET GO AND JUST PLEASE EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT JUST BE HEARING THESE FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOW IT WORKS. SURE. RYAN COYNE: SO THE BOWMAN AVENUE DAMN IS A DAMN IN THAT IN IT HAS THE ABILITY TO IMPOUND WATER BUT THERE'S AN OPENING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DAMN THAT CONTINUOUSLY LETS THE STREAM UNDERNEATH. RYAN COYNE: SO THERE IS NO WATER IMPOUNDED BEHIND THE DAM ON A BLUE SKY DAY WHEN IT DOES RAIN AND ENOUGH WATER COMES DOWN THE DAN DOES HOLD BACK WATER UNTIL SUCH TIME AS AS IT WOULD OVER TOP EITHER THROUGH A SMALLER SPILLWAY OR OVER THE ENTIRE. RYAN COYNE: LARGER SPILLWAY ITSELF SO IN IN THE CASE OF IDA IT ENDED UP OVERTOPPING THE ENTIRE LARGER. RYAN COYNE: SPILLWAY BUT. RYAN COYNE: THERE IS, WE HAD A STRUCTURAL ASSESSMENT DONE OF DAMN ALSO BY BY AN ENGINEERING FIRM. RYAN COYNE: AND THE DAMN IS SOUND THERE'S THERE'S NO DAMAGE TO IT OTHER THAN SOME COSMETIC DAMAGE AND SOME EROSION AROUND THE SIDE OF IT, BUT NOTHING TO THE DAMN ITSELF LET LOOSE IS GOING TO LET LOOSE OR OR ANYTHING ELSE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. RYAN COYNE: SO WE'RE WORKING WITH FEMA IT'S IT'S A IT'S A LONG PROCESS. RYAN COYNE: A LOT OF PAPERWORK LOCUSTS, HAVE ANY FIREHOUSE OBVIOUS NEED SOME DAMAGED EIGHT OF THE SIX OF THE EIGHT TENNIS COURTS DIRECTOR ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED THEY'RE DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. RYAN COYNE: CATCH BASINS BLOWN OUT SECTIONS OF ROADS AND PARKING LOTS OF LIFTED ALL OF ALL OF THIS STUFF HAS TO BE DOCUMENTED REPORTED THE FEMA REPAIRED AND AND. RYAN COYNE: AND THAT TAKES THAT TAKES SOME TIME. RYAN COYNE: IN ADDITION TO THAT GREG DIDN'T MENTION WE HAVE ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN A DOZEN WE HAVE 13 RIGHT NOW LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATION ON OUR OWN STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE. RYAN COYNE: SO THAT'S GOING TO INCLUDE CCTV CAMERA IN THE VIDEO THE VIDEO CAMERA IN THE DRAIN LINES TO SEE THEIR CONDITION IN SOME LOCATIONS, WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL SURVEY WORK. RYAN COYNE: SOME DRAIN LINES RUN THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH, NO KNOWN EASEMENTS BUT WE'RE GOING TO WORK THROUGH THROUGH THOSE TO SEE. [00:25:01] RYAN COYNE: WHAT'S WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS AND OUR PLAN WILL BE TO REPORT BACK TO. RYAN COYNE: TO YOU, WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF THESE AREAS IN TOWN THAT ARE NOT BROOKE RELATED OR COASTAL RELATED BUT DID RECEIVE FLOODING THROUGH THE INUNDATION OF THE STORM WATER SYSTEM. RYAN COYNE: TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE, THERE ARE FIXES THAT ARE EITHER EASIER, MORE DIFFICULT, AND WHAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN THAT REQUIRES FURTHER STUDIES SO. RYAN COYNE: THAT IS WELL UNDERWAY IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A FEW MONTHS TO GET THROUGH THAT INITIAL PHASE, BUT WE ARE. RYAN COYNE: WORKING THROUGH THAT, AND YOU KNOW AREAS HICKS PARK AND FOREST IN BOULDER IN FRONT OF THE SYNAGOGUE AND DRAKE SMITH LANE TRIVIALLY NORTH MARLENE PORT, YOU KNOW THERE'S A THERE'S A BUNCH OF AREAS THROUGHOUT TOWN THAT. RYAN COYNE: THAT. RYAN COYNE: DID RECEIVE SOME FLOODING NOT NOT BROOKE RELATED SO. RYAN COYNE: THAT'S. RYAN COYNE: THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND JUST TO KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME SOME PEOPLE ATTENDING THE MEETING TONIGHT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS PROCESS OR ALONG THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, REPORT BACK OF WHAT WAS FOUND AND I'M NOT I'M NOT NOT LEAD ANYBODY TO BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A FIXED EMINENT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW ALL THOSE PROBLEM AREAS WE ARE GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT IS EITHER TEMPORARY A BLOCKAGE OR COLLAPSE LINES SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WHETHER THERE ARE JUST WAS A VOLUME ISSUE AT THAT LOCATION, AT THAT MOMENT, OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE SYSTEMIC THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE ADDRESSED, SO I MEAN IT ISN'T, IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ANY ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR RYAN, AT THIS POINT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO, BUT NOT FOR ME, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY THANKS AGAIN I HAD TO I HAD TO PUT A LOT ON YOUR PLATE BUT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HAVE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE MORE ONE MORE QUESTION SORRY MAYOR. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WANTED TO ASK IF YOU IF YOU IDENTIFY IF IT'S A COUNTY PIPE, FOR EXAMPLE, ALONG PLAYLAND PARKWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT YOU DO YOU DO REPORT IT WHAT'S THE PROCESS LIKE. RYAN COYNE: WELL. RYAN COYNE: WE ARE GOING TO ONE OF THE LOCATIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO TO DO HOMEWORK ON ON OUR PIPES IS IS THROUGH NURSERY FIELD WHICH WHICH BEGINS AT THE READING LABELS SWAP UNDERPLAY LAND PARKWAY. [4. Update on fall 2021 street resurfacing plan.] RYAN COYNE: SO, IF SOMETHING IS FOUND THERE WITH THE COUNTY WOULD CERTAINLY REPORT IT TO THEM, AND I DID. RYAN COYNE: FORGET TO MENTION THE ENTIRE MIDDLE AND AVENUE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS UNDER COUNTY OWNERSHIP, BOTH THE ROAD AND AND THE DRAINAGE. RYAN COYNE: WHICH HAD WHICH HAD THE COMPLICATIONS ON BOTH IN NORTH AND THE SOUTH, AND SO WE ARE WE SPOKEN WITH COUNTY DP W AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGH THEIR PROCESS OF WHAT FIXES THERE MAY BE, IF ANY. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANKS EVERYONE VERY MUCH. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE MOVE NOW TO AN UPDATE ON THE FALL 2021 STREET RESURFACING PLAN BEFORE BEFORE GREG AND RYAN TAKE IT AWAY, THOUGH I JUST LIKE TO MENTION, BECAUSE THE QUESTION SEEMS TO COME UP PERENNIALLY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HOW DO WE DECIDE WHAT ROADS GET REPAVED, AND SO LET ME SKETCH THAT ONCE MORE WE HAVE DONE OUR VERY BEST TO REMOVE THE POLITICS FROM FROM PAVING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE HIRED A CONSULTANT WHO SURVEYS, THE ROADS IN THE CITY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EACH YEAR OR EVERY OTHER YEAR I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY THE FREQUENCY AT THIS POINT AND RATES, THE ROADS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FROM. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BETTER TO WORSE AND WE PAVE THE WORST FIRST AND THAT'S OUR RULE WE DON'T STRAY FROM IT, NOBODY GETS TO SAY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THIS STREET OR THAT STREET. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS ALL DONE BY THE CONSULTANT, AND THE RATING SYSTEM. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WITH THAT BACKGROUND GREG OR RYAN. RYAN COYNE: SURE, SO WE DID. [00:30:03] RYAN COYNE: DO PAVING THIS EARLY SUMMER OR LATE SPRING. RYAN COYNE: AND WE COMPLETED THAT WORK. RYAN COYNE: THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY $1.6 MILLION AND WORK THAT WE DID SO, IS A SUBSTANTIAL. RYAN COYNE: ENDEAVOR, BUT WE DID DO THAT, WE HAVE ABOUT $500,000 OF ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ANY FUNDING AVAILABLE. RYAN COYNE: SO WE ARE GOING TO BE THE PAVING PAVING THIS FALL, I HAVE A NEW. RYAN COYNE: COMPUTER AND I'M NOT SURE I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN HERE BUT I'LL TRY, WE WILL BE PAVING LOCUST LANE DALE STREET A PORTION OF GREEN HAVEN ROAD HELEN AVENUE HUGHES DRIVE OR WHO'S AVENUE YOUR COURSE THREE A PORTION OF WALKER AVENUE CORNELL PLACE ELSEWHERE STREET AND ALL AT GLEN OAKS DRIVE. RYAN COYNE: AND I'M NOT. RYAN COYNE: GOING TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN, BUT THAT THAT. RYAN COYNE: IS THE NEW PAVING LISTS SO IT'S 10 ADDITIONAL STREETS. RYAN COYNE: THAT RANKING THAT THE CONSULTANT DOES DO IS ON A ZERO TO 100 BASIS WHERE 100 IS A PERFECT ROADWAY AND THE STREETS MENTIONED ARE WELL ONE IS A 47 BUT THAT'LL GET US TO ABOUT 58. RYAN COYNE: A PCI PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX OF 58, SO WE ARE STEADILY INCREASING, A CONDITION OUR ROADS, DUE TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE ARE REPAID, IN ADDITION TO THAT $500,000 WE WILL BE DOING REPAIRS TO. RYAN COYNE: SOME CONCRETE ROADS SEPARATELY, THAT IS NOT A FULL PAVEMENT OF THOSE CONCRETE ROADS, BUT. RYAN COYNE: THERE ARE SOME SOME SECTIONS THAT DO NEED SOME LET'S CALL IT LARGER THAN POTHOLE REPAIRS TO SECTIONS ROADS, INCLUDING MAPLE ON HIGH STREET IN CENTRAL AND DUBLIN STUYVESANT HAVEN'T YOU. RYAN COYNE: SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING THIS FALL WILL BE EXCAVATING THE. RYAN COYNE: SUNKEN AREAS WOULD BE A CONCRETE OR ASPHALT, SOME HAVE BEEN ASPHALT PATCH PLAY UTILITY COMPANIES OVER THE YEARS AND WILL RESTORE THAT WITH A SMOOTH LAYER OF ASPHALT UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THOSE STREETS REACH THE. RYAN COYNE: ANNUAL PAVING LIST WHERE THEY'D BE RESURFACE SO THE DUBLIN AREA IS GETTING CLOSE THERE IN THE PCI RANGE OF IN THE LOW 60S, SO I JUST MENTIONED WE'RE GETTING UP IN THAT 59 AREAS SO THAT DUBLIN AREA SHOULD BE SLATED FOR A FULL REPAVING AND THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. RYAN COYNE: BUT WE'LL BE DOING SOME PATCHWORK THERE AND SAME THING WITH STUYVESANT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN THE PAST WITH RESIDENTS OF STUYVESANT ON. RYAN COYNE: DESIRE FOR ASPHALT OR CONCRETE ROADWAYS AND THERE'S BEEN SOME RESISTANCE TO AN ASPHALT OVERLAY, SO I THINK THEY'RE NOT SLATED FOR ANOTHER FEW YEARS ANYWAY, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THE TIME COMES, REPLACEMENT OF CONCRETE ROADS WITH CONCRETE IS. RYAN COYNE: WAY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE BASKETBALL. RYAN COYNE: SO WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE THAT THAT CONVERSATION AND THE TIME COMES, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THESE THESE ROADS DOWN, IT WILL BRING US TO. RYAN COYNE: A LITTLE OVER $2.1 MILLION OF ASPHALT ROAD RESURFACING THIS YEAR, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR THE CONCRETE ROAD REPAIRS AND SOME CRACKS SO. RYAN COYNE: THAT'S IT. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO PUT QUESTIONS RYAN, THANK YOU FOR THAT UM FIRST OF ALL, I PRESUME THAT ALL OF THIS, PAVING INFORMATION IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE, AS IS THE CONSULTANTS THAT LEAST THEIR GUIDELINES FOR THE RANKINGS ARE THE ACTUAL RANKING SO PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S NEXT. RYAN COYNE: THE THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT STUDIES ARE ONLINE THIS MAP THAT I'M LOOKING AT AND YOU'RE NOT IN THE LIST IS HOT OFF THE PRESS, SO IT WILL BE ON TOMORROW. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, GREAT AND THEN THE SECOND QUICK QUESTION IS ON THE BOSTON POST ROAD THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE RECENTLY. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, REALLY FROM I THINK OLD POST ROAD DOWN TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE FURTHER BUT. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IS GOING TO I MEAN THERE'S THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF LIKE YOU KNOW INDIVIDUAL PATCHES WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THEY'RE ALL FINISHED WITH THAT WORK. RYAN COYNE: RIGHT, SO THAT THAT'S A BIG VERY POINT I NOT INCLUDED IN OUR LIST IS WE'RE NOT FUNDING IT BUT CON EDISON OR WHICHEVER UTILITY COMPANY HAS ESCALATED THOSE ROADS IS REQUIRED TO PAVE THOSE ROADS. RYAN COYNE: FULL CURB TO CURB MILLION PAID, SO THE BOSTON POST ROAD BETWEEN OLD POSTS ROAD AND OLD POST ROAD, THE HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL FIELD WILL BE REDONE. [00:35:03] RYAN COYNE: THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE POST ROAD BETWEEN ORCHARD AVENUE TO THE POLICE BOOTH AND UP CROSS STREET TOWARD TOWARD THE CIRCLE THAT WILL BE REDONE AND THEY HAVE SOME WORK FROM EARLIER IN THE YEAR THAT THEY HAVEN'T YET PAVED CAL'S AVENUE HILLCREST. RYAN COYNE: I'M LOSING A BIG PORTION OF PACK AVENUE. RYAN COYNE: I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR MID MONTH REVENUE BEING THAT THE COUNTY HAS A PROPOSAL TO RESURFACE THAT ROAD, AND THE NEXT. RYAN COYNE: IN THE NEAR FUTURE, SO I DON'T KNOW THE PAVEMENT RESTORATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY ON CON EDISON BUT THAT ROAD WILL BE DONE SOON, TOO, SO, IN ADDITION TO THE ROADS THAT WE'RE PAVING IN OUR $2.1 MILLION YOU'RE GETTING. RYAN COYNE: SOME MORE NEW ROADS FROM THAT PROCESS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I'M NOT SURE RYAN, IF YOU MENTIONED. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEODORE FRIEND. RYAN COYNE: END. RYAN COYNE: AND THEODORE FROM SO THE COUNTY HAS A WARD OF THE CONTRACT, WHERE WE SERVICING OF THE ENTIRE LENGTH FROM PURCHASE STREET TO NORTH STREET AND THAT WORK IS, I BELIEVE IT GOT IN THE WAY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S STILL SLATED FOR THIS FALL. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, WELL, I MEAN HE MAY NOT KNOW THE ANSWER BUT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M HOPING, THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM WORKING AROUND THE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE THAT I DID AT THE BEND IN BLIND BROOK. RYAN COYNE: THEY THEY THEY DON'T THEY ACTUALLY HAD TO DO SOME SIGNIFICANT RESTORATION WORK THERE'S THE ROAD BUCKLED PRETTY SEVERELY. RYAN COYNE: IN THE STORM, SO THEY ACTUALLY CAME THROUGH AN ORDER RIPPED OUT AND REPAINT THE SECTION ON THAT, WHICH WILL BE. RYAN COYNE: REDONE AGAIN SO THAT THEY WILL BE THERE WILL BE SOME OVERLAP WORK MEANING THEY'RE GOING TO PAVE THE ROAD AND THEN, WHEN THE WALLS DONE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO RESTORE A SECTION OF THE ROAD, WHEN THE WHEN DUE TO THE EXCAVATION OF THE WALL, BUT THEY WILL BE WORKING THROUGH THAT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE SAID TO LEE. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE WI FI IN MY HOUSE OR I CAN'T HEAR, IF I HAVE MY VIDEO ON SO I'M TRYING TO ALTERNATE WHAT WHAT ABOUT PURCHASE STREET THERE WAS SOME YOU I CAN'T MOVE WHICH UTILITY TOWARD UP, BUT ALL THE PRETTY COBBLESTONE IN THE CENTER WILL PURCHASE. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHEN IS THAT BEING FIXED. RYAN COYNE: THOUGH THAT WAS THAT WAS DONE BY BY BOTH SUEZ AND KINDNESS AND TWO SEPARATE OPENINGS. RYAN COYNE: CON EDISON HAS A. RYAN COYNE: PERMIT REQUESTS IN WITH US TO REPLACE A GAS ME AND PURCHASE. RYAN COYNE: ALMOST THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF PURCHASE STREET IN THE DOWNTOWN. RYAN COYNE: WE PUT THAT OFF IT CAME IN LAST YEAR IT WAS DURING THE COVEN OUTDOOR RESTAURANT SEASON. RYAN COYNE: AND WE DIDN'T ISSUE THAT PERMIT, BUT THE WORK WILL STILL BE REQUIRED, SO WE HAVE TO WORK WITH KINDNESS AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO DIG THAT AREA UP AGAIN, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO. RYAN COYNE: WAIT ON THAT RESTORATION, BUT IF IF THEY HAVE POSTPONED THAT WORK FOR SOME REASON FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEM RESTORE THAT NOW. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE JEWELRY THAT THAT THAT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT AESTHETIC THE BELGIUM BLOCK THERE IS GOING TO BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY THAT'S NOT A CITY RESPONSIBILITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TODAY TO TO HAVE THEM RESTORE IT ONLY TO COME BACK SIX MONTHS OR EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW, AND TEAR UP THE LENGTH OF THE STREET. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH KNOW EXACTLY IS THERE A TIME REQUIREMENT ON WHEN I UNDERSTAND, SOMETIMES THEY'LL PATCH BECAUSE OF WEATHER WHATEVER IS THERE TIME REQUIREMENT BY WHICH. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I ASKED THIS FOR EVEN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THEY TURN THINGS UP AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GO STREET CURB TO CURB AND THEY HAVE NOT THERE'S PATCHES AND IT'S BEEN OUT FOR QUITE SOME TIME SO I'M JUST WONDERING. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO THEY HAVE TO DO THAT, WITHIN A YEAR OR WITHIN SIX MONTHS, OR IS THERE, OR IS IT JUST ONE THEY GET TO IT. RYAN COYNE: IT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN WHEN THEY GET TO IT AND. RYAN COYNE: A DEFINITIVE TIMEFRAME, SO IF THE WORK. RYAN COYNE: IF THE EXCAVATION WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING GOES INTO THE WINTER AND IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO PAVE EITHER, BECAUSE THE ASPHALT PLANTS ARE CLOSED OR BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE TOO COLD AND WE WOULDN'T WANT. RYAN COYNE: TO ACCEPT THE ROADWAY THAT WAS PAVED IN THAT THAT WHETHER WE MIGHT PUSH THEM OFF TO THE SPRING FOR BUT. RYAN COYNE: FOR ALL THE WORK THEY'VE DONE SO FAR THIS YEAR WE'LL HAVE REPAVING THIS YEAR, BUT THERE IS WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE TIMEFRAME. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANKS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST LIKE TO TOUCH ON OF THE FUNDING FOR ROADS FOR A MOMENT WHEN. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHEN I FIRST BECAME MAYOR AND SOME OF US FIRST JOINED THE COUNCIL, THE CITY WAS ENGAGED IN A PROGRAM WHERE IT WAS INVESTING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN THE ROADS, THIS WAS AFTER A PERIOD IN WHICH THERE HAD BEEN NO INVESTMENT OF ROADS AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL SITUATION. [00:40:11] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING AND AND WE'VE DONE SO REGULARLY OTHER THAN THE COVERT YEAR IN WHICH WE CUT BACK OUT OF CAUTION. [5. Update on Capital Projects] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WAITED TO SEE WHAT OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION WAS WE'RE NOW AT 2.1 MILLION FOR THIS PAST PAVING SEASON AND WE'LL BE LOOKING TO KEEP SPENDING IN WAYS, SO THAT OUR ROADS KEEP IMPROVING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE OBVIOUSLY ENGAGED IN A REGULAR PROGRESSION OF GOOD ROADS AGING OUT AND BECOMING BAD ROADS AND WE'VE GOT TO BE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUCCESSFULLY WORKING AHEAD OF THAT AND WE INTEND TO DO SO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY LET'S MOVE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO THE UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS SO SO MANY PROJECTS SO SO LONG IN THE MAKING. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ALL RIGHT, RYAN. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU'RE UP AGAIN. RYAN COYNE: ALL RIGHT, WE DID GIVE AN UPDATE AT THE LAST MEETING SO JUST TO TO. RYAN COYNE: CONFIRM, WHERE WE ARE, WE ARE OUT TO BID WITH FIVE SEWER PROJECTS. RYAN COYNE: THOSE BIDS WILL BE OPENED SHOULD BE OPENED ON WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AND PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, IF ALL IS IN ORDER FOR AWARD ON YOUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 20TH. RYAN COYNE: SO THOSE FIVE PROJECTS ARE IN THE WORKS ARE IN THE MAKING. RYAN COYNE: I HOPE TO HAVE THE THE SALTED UPDATE FOR YOU TONIGHT, BUT THAT CAME IN. RYAN COYNE: LATE TODAY AND WE'RE STILL REVIEWING IT, SO I SHOULD HAVE AN UPDATE OR A PRESENTATION ANY WAY FOR YOU ON THE SALT SHED PROJECT AT THE NEXT MEETING. [6. Authorization to purchase and install a new fuel tank for City vehicles above ground at DPW at a cost not to exceed $350,000 and determine the action to be a Type II Action, pursuant to Section 617.13 of the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) regulations.] RYAN COYNE: SO HELP ME OUT HERE AT CHRISTIAN BUILDING FIVE AND THE CITY ALL HBC PROJECTS ARE TO BE PRESENTED TO THE VAR AND THE LANDMARKS WHICH SHOULD BE AT THEIR. RYAN COYNE: THEIR SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER. RYAN COYNE: AND RYAN COYNE: THE FUEL TANKS, I THINK WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT BUT CHRISTIAN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON ON ANY OF THAT. CHRISTIAN MILLER, CITY PLANNER: AH, NO WE'RE JUST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR PRESENTATION TO THE LANDMARKS THERE'S A SMALL CHANGE TO THE EXTERIOR OF CITY ALL THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET CORRECT. RYAN COYNE: SO WE'RE HERE. RYAN COYNE: I GUESS LEADING INTO YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT WE ARE READY TO BEGIN THE REPLACEMENT OF OUR FUEL TANKS, IT DOES GROW APART. RYAN COYNE: WE HAVE CURRENTLY UNDERGROUND GAS AND DIESEL TANKS OR 4000 GALLONS EACH AND THEY ARE IN NEED A REPLACEMENT, SO THE PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS TO REPLACE THOSE UNDERGROUND TANKS WITH ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS. RYAN COYNE: AND RYAN COYNE: WE NEED TO START THE PROCESS, BUT THE LEAD TIME ON TANKS THESE DAYS IS. RYAN COYNE: VERY LENGTHY AS THEY TELL ME, SO WE MIGHT NOT ACTUALLY GET TO THE INSTALLATION UNTIL THE SPRING OF THESE. RYAN COYNE: AS AS THE LEAD TIME IS AN EXCESS OF FIVE MONTHS FOR THE TANK SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME BUT WE'RE CLOSING TO REPLACE OUR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS WITH ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANKS. RYAN COYNE: GAS DIESEL PROVIDES THE FUEL FOR THE ENTIRE CITY FOOD POLICE, FIRE. RYAN COYNE: CPW AND AND EVERYBODY ELSE SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND RYAN, WE AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE TANKS UNDERGROUND TANKS IS NOW LINKING BUT THE LAKE IS CONTAINED IS THAT CORRECT. RYAN COYNE: SO THERE WAS ARE THE DIESEL TANK THE CURRENTLY UNDERGROUND DIESEL TANK. RYAN COYNE: WE THROUGH THROUGH INVESTIGATED DAILY REQUIREMENTS DAILY CHECKS OF THESE TANKS TO ENSURE THEY'RE NOT LEAKING WE DID FIND THAT. RYAN COYNE: IT STARTED TO LEAK OUT OF THE INNER TANK BUT IT NEVER EXCEEDED THE NEXT YEAR TANKS OR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS OR DUAL WALL AND THERE'S A GAP IN BETWEEN THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS REASON, SO AS. RYAN COYNE: IF ONE TANK DOES. [00:45:03] RYAN COYNE: GET A LEAK WE WE GET IT BEFORE IT GETS OUT IN THE GROUND SO THAT DIESEL TANK STARTED TO LEAK WE ASSESSED IT IN A DAY, IT DID NOT LEAK INTO THE GROUND WE PUMPED IT OUT IT'S EMPTY AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE A TEMPORARY ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK THAT DOES BRO JUST FOR THE DIESEL SO. RYAN COYNE: YEAH THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: KRISTEN IF I COULD ASK BEFORE WE GET TO THE TO THE RESOLUTION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, AN EXTERNAL ANNOUNCEMENT SEE IT HERE THAT WE DO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IF WE CHOOSE TO USE BOND PROCEEDS FOR THIS EXPENDITURE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO SPEND MONEY OUT OF A CAT BOX ACCOUNT, BUT WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME BACK AND REIMBURSE OURSELVES AS WELL MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION FOR FOR THE FUTURE. KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL ADD THAT, PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL MOVING TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WHEN YOU SAY MOVING TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, I THINK WE MOVED FROM THE UPDATE ON CAPITAL PROJECTS TO AT LEAST THE DOORSTEP OF THE AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE AND INSTALL. KRISTEN WILSON: SO THE RESOLUTION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING IS TO ESTABLISH THAT THIS IS A TYPE TO ACTION UNDER SEEKER AND TO NOW AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO INDIRECT HIM TO FUND THE INSTALLATION OF THE TANKS AND TO ALSO PERMIT THE REIMBURSEMENT. KRISTEN WILSON: BACK TO THE CITY THROUGH BOUND PROCEEDS OR OTHER. KRISTEN WILSON: SO JUST BE BOUND PROCEEDS CORRECT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT'S CORRECT RIGHT. KRISTEN WILSON: THERE'S NO GRANT OKAY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE MEANING OF THE TYPE TO ACTION UNDER SUPER. KRISTEN WILSON: MEAN IT, THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE FALLING OR TYPE TWO CLASSIFICATION, THERE IS NO FURTHER SEEKER REVIEW, SO THERE IS NO FINDING OF POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE DECLARATION, THE SECRET REVIEW HAS ENDED. KRISTEN WILSON: THIS THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION IS ADMINISTRATIVE ENOUGH OR SMALL IMPACT THAT DC CLASSIFIES, IT IS NO LONGER NEEDING OR NOT NEEDING ANY TYPE OF FORMAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE RESOLUTION ALSO DOES STATE THAT THE ANTICIPATED COSTS WILL NOT EXCEED $350,000. [7. Consideration to create a Community Police Advisory Committee consistent with the Police Review Committee recommendations adopted on March 24, 2021.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY MAY HAVE THAT MOTION. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND. SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WACO 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: YES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS. YES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: AIR CON. YES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT WE MOVE TO CONSIDERATION TO CREATE A TO COMMUNITY POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED ON MARCH 24 2021 AND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SURE THAT THE COUNCIL REMEMBERS WELL OUR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION 13 AND WE HAVE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUT TOGETHER A. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE AUTHORIZATION THAT AND I'M JUST HAVING AN ISSUE FINDING IT IN IN MY PACKET. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT THERE IS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS IT IS IT IN THE ONLINE PACKET I HAVE RECEIVED A PRINT YESTERDAY THAT DOES NOT HAVE IT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NO I'M NOT. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I CAN, I CAN READ THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE HAVE IS GOVERNOR CUOMO IS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO HAVE THREE INSTRUCTED ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES IN NEW YORK STATE WITH OPERATING POLICE AGENCIES TO PERFORM. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A COMPREHENSIVE AND COLLABORATIVE REVIEW OF CURRENT POLICE FORCE DEPLOYMENTS STRATEGIES, POLICIES PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES AND DEVELOP A PLAN TO IMPROVE THE SAME IN ORDER TO BEST SERVE ITS COMMUNITY. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS PART OF THE CITY OF RICE POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ADOPTED IN MARCH OF 2021 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE CREATION OF A COMMUNITY POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO INCREASE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING AND TRUST BUILDING BETWEEN THE POLICE AND COMMUNITY. [00:50:04] CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY RECOMMENDED THE COMMITTEE SHOULD HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION AS OTHER CITY OF RIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEES. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEN MEMBERSHIP MAY INCLUDE BUT SHOULD NOT BE LIMITED TO THE COMMISSIONER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, OTHER ASSIGNED POLICE OFFICERS MEMBERS OF LOCAL CLERGY REPRESENTATIVES. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FROM COMMUNITY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS LOCAL MERCHANTS AND A DIVERSE SET OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE COMMITTEE WILL NOT BE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. [8. Consideration of proposed revisions of the Rules and Regulations of the City of Rye Police Department: General Orders #103.3.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CAROLINA AND SO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING A MOTION TO CREATE THAT COMMITTEE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOME OF. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT AS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE ROLL CALL THIS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR NOT KRISTEN. KRISTEN WILSON: THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT TO ROLL CALL IT, BUT YOU CERTAINLY COULD. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KNOW IF THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT ALL IN FAVOR. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT RIGHT. I. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SAID, ALL EYES ARE THERE ANY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED REVISIONS OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY OF RIOT POLICE DEPARTMENT GENERAL ORDERS ONE OF THREE DOT THREE AND WE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DIDN'T HAVE HELPFUL INFORMATION ON THIS IN OUR PACKET. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SEE OUR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ACTING PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER MIKE AND FEW SO WITH US. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HELLO, I WOULD YOU LIKE TO WALK US THROUGH. MCA: BASICALLY WE'RE UPDATING OUR USE OF FORCE POLICY AS PER THE DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES AND ACCREDITATION FOR NEW YORK STATE. MCA: THIS POLICY WILL CONFORM WITH WHAT POLICE REFORM, THE POLICE REFORM COMMITTEE CAME UP WITH, AS FAR AS ADDING TO OUR EXISTING POLICY WHICH CAME FROM THE CHIEF OF POLICE MODEL AND THE DC JUST MODEL POLICY ORIGINALLY WE JUST ADDED THE. MCA: SUBSECTION OF THE FAILURE TO INTERVENE. MCA: AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE AND RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES NOTED IN THE ADDITION OF ITEM FOR WHICH WILL. MCA: PROHIBIT CERTAIN YOU KNOW TECHNIQUES BEING USED AS PHYSICAL FORCE TO KNOW AS AS IT SAYS TO EXTRACT AN ITEM FROM. MCA: A PERSON'S PRIVATE AREAS TO COURSE A CONFESSION FROM A SUBJECT IN CUSTODY TO OBTAIN BLOOD SALIVA URINE OR OTHER BODILY FLUIDS. MCA: FROM AN INDIVIDUAL AGAINST THE PERSON WHO WAS HANDCUFFED TO RESTRAINTS SO WE'RE JUST ADDING WE'RE UPDATING WITH MEETING THE STANDARDS SET FORTH BY NEW YORK STATE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: LIKE, IF I CAN ADD THIS WAS THIS WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS NOTED, IN PARTICULAR BY THE ACCREDITATION BOARD. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT THIS POLICY IN ITS CURRENT FORM WAS POSTED AND HAS BEEN ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, SINCE THE COMMITTEE THAT PLACE REVIEW COMMITTEE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: REQUESTED OR RECOMMENDED IT AND IT WOULD BE YOU KNOW THIS AND OTHER POLICIES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDITIVE AND UPDATED AS NECESSARY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, THANK YOU WAY AS AS I RECALL, IT ALSO TAKE SOME OF THE BOXES THAT WERE LISTED IN THE POLICE REVIEW MANUAL DISTRIBUTED BY NEW YORK STATE WHEN WE. [9. Open the public hearing to amend Chapter 147 “Records Management” of the Rye City Code local law to reflect a new records retention schedule as required by NY State.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, THAT PROCESS IT'S VERY HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I THINK WE NEED A MOTION IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION MOTION TO ACCEPT THESE CHANGES MAY HAVE THAT MOTION. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMEWHERE. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RICH GO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS, I ASSUME, AS ROLL CALL. KRISTEN WILSON: SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY JUST. KRISTEN WILSON: KIND OF RATIFYING THE REGULATION SO IT'S NOT ROLL CALL. OKAY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW TO AMEND CHAPTER 147 RECORDS MANAGEMENT OF RICE CITY CODE LOCAL LAW TO REFLECT A NEW RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE, AS REQUIRED BY NEW YORK STATE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG IF YOU WOULD. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WANT TO ACT, I WANT TO LET KRISTEN AND OR CAROLYN IF THIS ONE SISTER THE RECORDS EXPERTS. [00:55:02] KRISTEN WILSON: HAVE NOT HEARD OF THE CITY CLERK GO AHEAD. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SURE, SO THEN YOUR STATE ARCHIVES UPDATED ITS ITS SCHEDULE FROM THE ME ONE TO THE LG S ONE AND IT WHAT THAT MEANS IS IT WENT THROUGH ALL THE DOCUMENTS. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: AND THE GUIDELINES FOR RECORDS RETENTION AND RECORDS DISPOSAL SOME OF THAT TIMEFRAME HAS CHANGED AND ALL MUNICIPALITIES AT THIS TIME MUST ADOPT THE LG S ONE AND REPLACE IT, OR A PLACE TO ME ONE WITH THE LG S ONE SO IT'S JUST UPDATING THEIR RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR OUR CITY DOCUMENTS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A MOAT WHOA, WE HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I MAY HAVE EMOTION, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTIONS TO HER. SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE. AYE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN TO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK. KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND, WE DO HAVE A JUSTICE DUDLEY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME, JOSEPH, CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. JOSEPH DONLEY: YES, THANK YOU MAYOR OUR DRESSES 78 ALLENDALE DRIVE IN AND RYE WE LIVE NEAR THE NEXT TO THE FIFTH ALL OF THE RIDE GOLF COURSE I MENTIONED THAT MY WIFE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK I DON'T KNOW IF SHE CAN SPEAK AFTER ME OR SHE SHOULD RAISE YOUR HAND SEPARATELY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT JOSEPH ARE YOU WISHING TO SPEAK ON THE RECORDS MANAGEMENT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW. I'LL SEE OH SORRY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY THERE, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK IT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LATER AGENDA ITEM BUT. JOSEPH DONLEY: ALL RIGHT, I APOLOGIZE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO APOLOGY NECESSARY THANK YOU. KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE RECORDS RETENTION PUBLIC HEARING, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE NO TAKERS MR MAYOR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTIONS CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: AMERICA EMOTIONS SMEAR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO A SECOND, PLEASE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ON FAVOR. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL ON THIS. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LETS HIM STRAIGHT. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I THINK THEY'VE JUST. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I THINK THE ME ONE WAS A BIT ANTIQUATED WITH IN TERMS OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AND SO THEY'VE CONSOLIDATED ALL MUNICIPAL DOCUMENTS THAT USED TO BE SEPARATED. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: BY TYPE OF MUNICIPALITY OR TYPE OF GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND EVERYTHING IS NOW SORT OF IN ONE STRUCTURE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I THINK SOME SOME DOCUMENTS THERE IT'S HUNDREDS OF PAGES LONG, AND SOME DOCUMENTS HAVE SHORTER RETENTION TIMES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THAN THEY USED TO, AND OTHERS HAVE LONGER SO I THINK THEY'VE JUST REALLY DID A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW ON THE STATE LEVEL TO SEE YOU KNOW WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE KEPT BY MUNICIPALITIES AND WHAT SHOULD BE OR WHAT COULD BE DISCARDED. [10. Open the public hearing to amend Chapter 177 “Taxation” Article X “Cold War Veterans Exemption” of the Rye City Code to increase the Real Property Tax Exemption for Veterans of the Cold War.] THANK YOU KAREN. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS YOUR COMMENTS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE A MOTION. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY IT'S SECOND DUDE ROLL CALL. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD. YES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: COUNCILMAN MECCA YES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN STACKS. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YEP MAYOR CONE. YES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO AMEND CHAPTER 177 TAXATION ARTICLE 10 COLD WAR VETERANS EXEMPTION OF THE RICE CITY CODE TO INCREASE THE REAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS OF THE COLD WAR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, MAY HAVE A MOTION TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: HIGH EMOTION PROMOTION LISTENER. SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS POINT. [01:00:04] KRISTEN WILSON: YOU HAVE ANY TAKERS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTION WAS TOO CLOSE TO PUBLIC HERE. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: HI I'M. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST TO BEFORE WE GO ALONG, COULD WE JUST HAVE A WORD OF EXPLANATION FOR THE PUBLIC. KRISTEN WILSON: SURE, THE UNDER. KRISTEN WILSON: OUR CITY CODE, WE HAVE VARIOUS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR VETERANS, ONE OF WHICH IS FOR THE UNDER SEE. KRISTEN WILSON: ARTICLE 10, WHICH IS THE COLD WAR VETERANS TAX EXEMPTION AND NEW YORK STATE JUST INCREASED THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT, SO WE ARE AMENDING OUR LOCAL CODE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH BOTH STATE LAW AND THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER THEY AMENDED THEIR REGULATIONS AS WELL. [11. Residents may be heard on matters for Council consideration that do not appear on the agenda.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE COUNCIL FURTHER QUESTIONS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A MOTION. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOVED. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROW CALLED PLEASE. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I'M SOLOMON GODDARD. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCIL SORRY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAYOR CONE YES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY NOW RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AND WE'D BE GRATEFUL IF PEOPLE WOULD HONOR A THREE MINUTE CUSTOM, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AT ONCE, AND THEN AFTER YOU'RE DONE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO ANSWER OR NOT, AS THEY ARE SO MOVED. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I KNOW WE HAVE MR DUDLEY. KRISTEN WILSON: ACTUALLY HAVE BOB'S ARM RAISED HIS HAND FIRST. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY. BOB ZAHM: THANK YOU, I HAD SUBMITTED TO QUESTIONS EARLIER IN THE WEEK NUMBER ONE WAS THE SIDEWALK ALONG THEODORE FRIEND. BOB ZAHM: JUST PAST SET AND WELL AROUND CENTRAL AVENUE APPEARS TO BEING BEING REBUILT MY SPECIFIC QUESTION WAS THERE IS A PLACE WHERE THERE'S AN OLD TELEPHONE POLE AND A NEW TELEPHONE POLE AND THE PLACE WHERE ROCK TIPPING AT TAKEN PLACE. BOB ZAHM: COULD THE CITY FORCED REMOVAL OF THE OLD TELEPHONE UTILITY POLE BECAUSE IT. BOB ZAHM: IT BLOCKS THE SIDEWALK AND CLEARLY KIND OF VERIZON IS SAID IT'S THEY NEEDED A NEW POLL, SO THE OLD POLE AND THE NEW POLAR IN THE SAME PLACE. BOB ZAHM: WITH THE OLD POLL BEING JUST BLOCKING TRAFFIC, BUT HAVING SOME CABLE COMPANIES LINES ON IT SO THAT WAS QUESTION NUMBER ONE CAN A CITY DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. BOB ZAHM: AND QUESTION NUMBER TWO IS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GENERAL STATUS OF ROAD CONDITION AND RIDE WITH UTILITIES HAVING TORN UP MANY ROADS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND DOING PATCHWORK REPAIRS. BOB ZAHM: WHEN IT WHEN IS WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO COME BACK AND FIX THE ROADS, MORE BROADLY, AS I BELIEVE THE POLICY OR AN ORDINANCE THE CITY APPROVED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO MANDATES, THOSE ARE MY TWO QUESTIONS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT BOB IN TERMS OF THE OF THE POLLS IT'S A IT'S A GOOD QUESTION THAT THERE, THERE IS ACTUALLY A PSC REQUIREMENT OF HOW NEW POLLS ARE ARE INSTALLED AND WHAT SEQUENTIALLY HAPPENS IS THAT CONTENT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS THE OWNER OF THE POLE WILL COME IN AND INSTALL THE POLE MOVE THEIR UTILITIES TO THAT POLE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: CUT THE TOP OF THE POLE WHERE THE WHERE THEY USED TO USE AND AT THAT POINT, THE SEQUENCE IS SUPPOSED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS FOR THE OTHER UTILITIES, THEN OR THE OTHER PROVIDERS, WHETHER IT BE CABLE, OR WHETHER IT BE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TELEPHONE TO MOVE THOSE AND THEN VERIZON IS REQUIRED TO REMOVE THE POLL WE WE ACTUALLY HAVE A RUNNING LIST. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT I NEED TO I'LL CHECK BACK WITH BUT IT'S A FAIR QUESTION THEY NEED TO THEY DO NEED TO COME BACK THEN AND FINISH THE REMOVAL AND REMOVE THAT POLE. BOB ZAHM: GREAT GREG I BELIEVE I BELIEVE THE QUOTE UNQUOTE NEW POLL WAS PUT IN. BOB ZAHM: OVER A YEAR AGO. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OKAY, WELL, I LIKE I SAID I, THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST FIRST I'M AWARE OF THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, SO I WILL I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH WITH CONTENT AND VERIZON. BOB ZAHM: AND THEN RELATED TO THE ROAD MAINTENANCE. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: UM I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, YOU KNOW, ON THE ROADS, YOU KNOW I THINK RYAN COVERED SOME OF THIS A LITTLE WHILE AGO THEY THE UTILITIES, OR YOU KNOW, IN THE CASE OF SUICIDE HAS COME BACK AND DONE SOME TEMPORARY PATCHING. [01:05:07] GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE ARE PLACES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE MIDDLE AND WHERE THAT TEMPORARY PASSWORD IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, BECAUSE THEY THE UTILITIES DO KNOW THAT CONTENTS CUT OR THAT THE COUNTY IS COMING BACK. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO REPAY THE WHOLE THING THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEODORE FROM IS IN THE SHAPE THAT IT'S IN AS WELL AS THAT EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ONCE THAT WORK WAS DONE FOR THE COUNTY TO COME IN AND PAVE IT, WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FALL, SO I MEAN WE'RE WE'RE DEFINITELY CHASING THE UTILITIES TO GET THEM TO COME BACK AND FINISH. BOB ZAHM: GREG IS THAT FALL OF 2021 OR 2022. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT ARE FROM HIS FALL OF 2021. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT'S IT SHOULD HAVE ALREADY STARTED, I BELIEVE THAT DELAY WAS SLIGHTLY BECAUSE OF IDA BUT WE'RE STILL BEING TOLD BY THE COUNTY IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR. BOB ZAHM: THANK YOU. KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S JUST SUDDENLY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME, MR DONE LIKE PLEASE SPEAK. KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE STILL MUTED. JOSEPH DONLEY: I'M SORRY NOT ME SPEAKING MY WIFE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK I DON'T KNOW IF THAT REQUIRES A SEPARATE RAISING THE HAND OR SHE SHOULD JUST SPEAK AFTER ME. JOSEPH DONLEY: WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT EITHER WAY. JOSEPH DONLEY: I SPOKE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT THE CURRENT TREE CUTTING PROGRAM IT RIGHT OFF AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT. JOSEPH DONLEY: INVOLVE THE TAGGING OF 160 TREES FOR CUTTING. JOSEPH DONLEY: WE'RE NOW THE CONCERN NEIGHBORS HAVE ALLENDALE AND ELDRIDGE COURT ARE. JOSEPH DONLEY: FOLLOWING UP WITH ROGOFF AND WE'VE ASKED FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON HOW THOSE RFP ARE CREATED AND THE CURRENT STATUS AND AND WE'RE AWAITING THOSE RESPONSES, BUT TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY DRAW THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION TO THE MASTER PLAN OF RIGHT OFF. JOSEPH DONLEY: WHEN I FIRST LEARNED A FEW WEEKS AGO THAT THERE WAS A MASTER PLAN, IF I GO IT SOUNDED LIKE A GOOD EXERCISE IN RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE, I MEAN IT'S A IMPORTANT ASSET OF THE CITY AND, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN PLACE A LONG TERM PLAN TO MAINTAIN THE COURSE AT A HIGH QUALITY LEVEL. JOSEPH DONLEY: BUT WHEN WE BEGAN, LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF THE PLANET, WAS SOMEWHAT STAGGERING. JOSEPH DONLEY: THE REROUTING PROPOSAL FOR HOLES FOUR THROUGH SIX THAT THE CONCERN NEIGHBORS ARE OPPOSING IS JUST THE FIRST STEP, THE ENTIRE PLAN WHICH IS DATED IN APRIL OF 2019. JOSEPH DONLEY: HAS A PRICE TAG OF $5.7 MILLION AND INVOLVES THE REROUTING NOT JUST OF COURSE FOUR THROUGH SIX BUT UP TO A 12 OR 13 HOLES OF THE COURSE AND, IN SOME INSTANCES. JOSEPH DONLEY: COMPLETE HOLES, LIKE THE CURRENT 10TH HOLE WOULD BE ELIMINATED NEW PAR THREES WOULD BE CREATED. JOSEPH DONLEY: THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ANY OF THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT THE SCOPE AND AND THE PRICE TAG SEEM SEEM QUITE STAGGERING AND. JOSEPH DONLEY: I JUST FIND MYSELF SCRATCHING MY HEAD SAYING WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CITY ASSET, THERE ARE WAITING LINES TO GET IN AND WHILE I'M SURE THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE CONSIDERING TURNING THIS COURSE UPSIDE DOWN. JOSEPH DONLEY: AND JOSEPH DONLEY: YOU MAY YOU MAY HEAR MORE FROM US ABOUT THAT IN THE FUTURE, BUT I JUST GET THE SENSE THAT THIS COMMISSION PERHAPS HAS LOST ITS FOCUS AND AND MIGHT NEED SOME GUIDANCE FROM FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU. KRISTEN WILSON: HELLO UH JUST A FAMILY TO SPEAK AGAIN. MISS. JOSEPH DONLEY: CHRISTINE DONNELLY, CHRISTINE. JOSEPH DONLEY: HI EVERYONE I'M CHRISTINE DONNELLY, I LIVE AT 78 ALLENDALE DRIVE WITH MY HUSBAND. JOSEPH DONLEY: SINCE 2018 WE HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT RYAN, HAS BEEN A NEWLY RE DESIGNATED TREE CITY USA BECAUSE, FOR SOME REASON THAT HAD LAPSED FOR 12 YEARS. JOSEPH DONLEY: AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS PRESTIGIOUS ELITE NATIONWIDE DESIGNATION AS TREE CITY USA ALONG WITH ABOUT 3000 OTHER CITIES ACROSS OUR NATION AND, OF COURSE, PRESERVING OUR MATURE CITY TREES GOES HAND IN HAND WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT RUNOFF AND THE REDUCTION OF FLOODING. JOSEPH DONLEY: THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER BENEFITS TO PRESERVING OUR TREES, BUT, AS YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THE BACK OF. [01:10:08] JOSEPH DONLEY: RYE GOLF COLD FIVE AND, AS YOU KNOW, FROM MY HUSBAND, WE HAVE RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE FALLS UNDER THE DEFINITION OF A CLEAR CUTTING. JOSEPH DONLEY: THAT IS A TERM FOR TAKING DOWN A HUGE SWATH OF TREES, THERE IS A GROVE NEAR OUR HOME ON BETWEEN HOLES, FOUR AND FIVE ON A HILLARY RAVINE. JOSEPH DONLEY: THAT 75 TO 80 TREES THAT ARE JUST GOING TO BE HACKED DOWN THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 11 TO 14 TREES LINING THE OTHER HILL ON OUR STREET AND THESE TREES HOLD BACK GALLONS AND GALLONS OF WATER THESE ENOUGH SAPLING THESE ARE MATURE. JOSEPH DONLEY: AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL HEALTHY TREES AND AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR RAVINE IS A BOOK A BOOK THAT HARDLY ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T PLAY GOLF OUT THERE. JOSEPH DONLEY: WHEN IT'S A RAGING STORM, BUT THIS BOOK BECOMES A WHITEWATER RAFTING LAKE MANY OF OUR ALLENDALE HOMES FLOODED TO THE EXTREME, SUCH AS NINE FEET OF WATER. JOSEPH DONLEY: AND SO WE ARE OPPOSED AS RESIDENTS PROUD RESIDENTS OF A TREE CITY USA, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS DRASTIC AND FRIVOLOUS CUTTING OF THESE MASSIVE TREES, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL PRESERVING ALL OF OUR TREES AND RYE RIGHT NOW RIGHT IS UNDER A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS. [12. Set the public hearing for October 20, 2021 to create a new local law, Chapter 122, “Landscapers and Leaf Blower Regulations” requiring all landscapers to obtain an annual permit in order to operate as a landscaper and restrict the use of leaf blowers.] JOSEPH DONLEY: AND IT WOULD YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD REASSURE THE COMMUNITY. JOSEPH DONLEY: NOT JUST ALLENDALE TO KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOT YOU KNOW BACK OFF IN A TREE CITY. JOSEPH DONLEY: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. KRISTEN WILSON: NO MORE HANDS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY LET'S MOVE ALONG TO. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OCTOBER 20 2021 TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 122 LANDSCAPERS AND LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REQUIRING ALL LANDSCAPERS TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL PERMIT IN ORDER TO OPERATE AS A LANDSCAPER AND RESTRICTING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS, AND I WILL NOT ASK FOR A DETAILED. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION NOW THAT IS WE'RE JUST SCHEDULING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT I WOULD ASK THE PUBLIC TO READ THIS CAREFULLY WE'RE TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE MANY CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER PAST YEARS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS LEGISLATION WOULD PROVIDE FOR A MOVE TO ELECTRICALLY FLOWERS ONLY IT WOULD REQUIRE IS ALREADY STATED PERMITS FOR LANDSCAPERS THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO GET THEIR HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTOR LICENSES AS AS REQUIRED BY COUNTY LAW AND PENALTIES FOR. [13. Consideration of three appointments to the Boat Basin Commission, by the membership, for three-year terms.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL USE OF LEAF BLOWERS COULD UNDER THIS PROPOSED LAW BE LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY OWNERS, AS WELL AS AGAINST THE LANDSCAPERS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THERE'S A LOT HERE FOR PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT AND WE'D BE VERY GRATEFUL, OF COURSE, TO HAVE PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE SCHEDULING FOR OCTOBER 20. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: SARAH. SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, AS YOU TOO RICH, SINCE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AGO SO YES, I WILL MAKE THE MOTION. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE. SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE'VE GOT CONSIDERATION OF THREE APPOINTMENTS TO THE BOAT BASE AND COMMISSION BY THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THREE YEAR TERMS. [01:15:02] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE A SHEET OF PAPER IN FRONT OF ME. [14. Resolution to declare certain City equipment as surplus.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DON'T QUITE SO THEY ARE SCOTT BEECHER JOKER CORA AND TARA KAPLAN. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW KRISTEN DO WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THIS, OR DO WE SIMPLY RECOGNIZE THE VOTE OF THE COMMISSION. KRISTEN WILSON: MORE IT'S MORE OF A RAMIFICATION RECOGNITION OF THE COMMISSION'S VOTING THE RESULTS OF THE BOOK BASED AND CONVENTIONAL ACTION. KRISTEN WILSON: SIMILAR TO THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB COMMISSION. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE DO THERE'S THERE'S NOTHING FORMAL, WE HAVE TO DO NO OBJECTIONS, I ASSUME, PEOPLE WANT TO VOICE, AND WE WISH THESE THREE APPOINTEES WELL, THEN WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE CERTAIN CITY EQUIPMENT AS SURPLUS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS CORRECT, THIS IS SOME EQUIPMENT PUT FORTH BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT WILL BE DISPOSED OF IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY SURPLUS POLICY, ASSUMING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS FOR THE MOST PART, THESE ARE OUT OF DATE LAPTOPS USED IN USING THE VEHICLES. [15. CONSENT AGENDA] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I ASSUME THEY GO THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD PURGED OF ALL OUR INFORMATION. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WITHOUT, WITHOUT A DOUBT. OKAY. [16. Appointments to Boards and Commissions, by the Mayor with Council approval.] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY HAVE MAY HAVE EMOTION. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: A COMMOTION TO DECLARE A CERTAIN CITY, HE COULDN'T AS THEIR FIRST. BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR OR IS THIS ROLL CALL. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN WE'RE DOING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCIL ALONE 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: US COUNCIL OF VISA. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN STACKS. CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, MAYOR CONE. YES. [17. Old Business/New Business] JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE THEN HAVE CONSENT AGENDA MAY HAVE EMOTION. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: ON SNACKING. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, I HAVE A FEW. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO JEANETTE COMMENTS TO SEE CAC. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RICH IS OWED TO FLOOD ADVISORY. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND TO NEW POLICE ADVISORY LISA DOMENICI REPRESENTING YOUTH GROUPS BARDA NARDO INGRAM TAYLOR AND JUDY GRAHAM REPRESENTING MERCHANTS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND HAVE QUIET NODS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS WAS IN THEIR WHOLE BUSINESS AND I'M SORRY TO BE LATE TODAY'S MEETING WAS ANY REFERENCES MADE TO THE PASSING OF JONATHAN. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, WE HAD A MOMENT OF SILENCE, AT THE VERY BEGINNING, RICHARD THANK YOU. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SORRY WE MADE INTENDING. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO HAVE YOU BACK RICH. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DON'T DO THE HONOR SIR. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE WE READY TO MAKE EMOTION THAT WE ADJOURN THE MEETING. RICHARD MECCA COUNCIL MEMBER: OCTOBER SAY. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS GUYS. JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.