Nov 17, 2021 City Council

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO.

HELLO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE JUST NEED ONE MORE.

[Executive Session]

[1. Roll Call.]

[2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held November 3, 2021.]

[3. Post Ida Storm Update.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, LIKE DIDN'T COME TO THIS ONE FIRST.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW THAT'S WHAT I USED TO DO.

RTV: IS JUST ASK ONE OF THEM TO COME OVER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 17 2021 WE'RE ABOUT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, OF COURSE, BEING PRESIDENT MAY HAVE EMOTION.

OCEAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR I WILL BE BACK AT SEVEN O'CLOCK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE IN CITY HALL, BUT IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG NEAR THERE THERE WE GO.

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CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: HERE COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: IS ABSENT.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: HERE COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA YOUR COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YOUR MAYOR CONE.

HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE THE DRAFT AND APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD NOVEMBER 3 2021.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMENTS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS NOW.

LIKE MOTION.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THOUGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE GO TO THE TO A POST ITIS STORM UPDATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, AT OUR LAST MEETING I MENTIONED THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WERE ABOUT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT THEY HAD SUGGESTED TO US THAT, AS WELL AS PERHAPS JOINING US IN FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY MIGHT HAVE RESOURCES OF THEIR OWN OR THOUGHTS OF THEIR OWN TO SHARE WITH US AND WE HAD A CALL WITH THEM ABOUT A WEEK AGO, AT THIS POINT, AND THE CALL WAS A LET'S CALL IT AN ALL HANDS CALL AT THE STATE AND COUNTY LEVEL, SO THERE WERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF DC THERE WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STORM RECOVERY, THEY WERE OUR COUNTY LEGISLATORS, THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES IF COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITIES AND THERE WERE REPRESENTATIVES OF RIPER UP AND HARRISON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WHAT DC PUT ON THE TABLE, WAS A PROPOSAL AT NO COST TO THE CITY OF REVIEWING ALL OF OUR BOOKSHELF FULL OF STUDIES OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND RE SIFTING THEM FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE COMBINATION OF PROJECTS AND TO DO THAT, ALONG WITH COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GET FURTHER IDEAS AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE FLOODING EPISODE THAT WE JUST HAD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO AS TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT DO FOR FLOOD MITIGATION, RATHER THAN SIMPLY PROCEEDING ON A PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WOULDN'T BE HELPING US SORT AND SELECT PROJECTS BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT THEY THINK THEY CAN ADD IS A WHOLE WATERSHED COMPREHENSIVE LOOK THEY'RE HOPEFUL AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL HAVE THE COOPERATION OF RYE BROOK AND HARRISON AS WELL, SINCE THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE THE THE BULK OF THE UPSTREAM WATERSHED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY WOULD DO THIS WITHOUT EXPECTING US NECESSARILY TO HOLD OFF ON CIRCLING PROJECTS ON OUR OWN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY WOULD DO THIS WITH A VIEW TO HELPING US FIND FUNDING FOR PROJECTS AT BOTH THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, SINCE THEN, THEY HAVE BEEN AT LEAST AT THE OUTSET HELPFUL IN POINTING US IN SOME DIRECTIONS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PURSUE FOR FUNDING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THE DC IS REALLY A NECESSARY PART OF ANY MOVEMENT FORWARD WITH THE CORE, THAT IS, THEY WERE AT OUR.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I BELIEVE THEY WOULD STAY INVOLVED WITH US IN ANY CORE EFFORT BUT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BROADENING OUR HORIZONS AND THEY HAVE SUGGESTED, THE NEED TO BROADEN OUR HORIZONS, WITH REFERENCE TO ACTUALLY THE CORE WORK IN MAMARONECK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS AS, AS WE KNOW, MAMARONECK SEEMS TO BE ON THE VERGE OF FINALLY RECEIVING FUNDING FOR A CORE PROJECT OR SERIES OF PROJECTS TO EASE IT'S FLOODING ISSUES AND WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT THAT CORE EFFORT ACTUALLY STARTED BETWEEN 10 AND 15 YEARS AGO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT MAY RESULT IN MAMARONECK GETTING AT LEAST ACCORDING TO DC AS MUCH AS $88 MILLION TOWARDS FLOOD RELIEF, BUT DC WAS QUICK TO POINT OUT THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN IDA MAMARONECK EXPERIENCED 14 TO 15 FEET OF FLOODING AND THAT THE CORE PROJECTS, THE $88 MILLION WORTH OF CORE PROJECTS WOULD HAVE REDUCED THAT DEPTH OF FLOODING BY ONLY FOUR TO FIVE FEET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THE POINT THAT I THINK THEY WERE MAKING IS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A MAMARONECK OR ARRIVE, FOR THAT MATTER, HAS TO LOOK TO AS MANY SOURCES OF FUNDING AND AS MANY MEANS OF MITIGATING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FLOODING AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND THEIR APPROACH THEY SAY WE'LL GO RIGHT DOWN TO ISSUES OF WEATHER OUT THE OUR BRIDGES ARE TOO LOW AND CONSTRICT WATER FLOW AND CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARTICULATE THEY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE STATED THEIR INTENTIONS TO BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG RYAN, AND I WERE ON THE CALL WITH DC.

[4. Stantac Presentation regarding replacement of Salt Shed and referral to the Planning Commission.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE, AS I SAID, IT'S AT AT NO COST AND IT CONSTRAINS US IN IN NO WAY, SO IF ANYONE BEFORE I PASS THE ITEM DATE OVER TO GREG IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PLEASE SHOOT HIM SHOOT HIM IN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OTHER OTHER EFFORTS LIKE ARE WE STILL PURSUING THE DRAINAGE ON AT SUNY PERMINOVA THINGS HAPPENING PARALLEL, LET ME JUST ASK, OR IS THIS LIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HE AND THE ANSWER IS YES, WE, THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WILL LOOK AT THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE FLOODED ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL LOOK AT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE ARMY CORPS WANTS TO LOOK AT, SO THE, THE ANSWER IS YES, THE WHOLE NEW YORK RISING 2014 LIST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF PROJECTS WILL BE ON THE TABLE A VERY INTERESTING GRID WAS PUT TOGETHER BY AWRY RESIDENT ON THE FLOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF MARTHA MONTSERRAT A INDICATING WHAT THE ACTUAL REDUCTIONS IN FLOODING ARE FOR EACH OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CIRCLED IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE YEARS IN THE PAST DECADE OR TWO, AND NONE OF THOSE NONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF IMPOUND BEEN AT SUNY PURCHASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE BY ANY MEANS IS SILVER BULLET, WE HAVE TO DO PROJECTS IN COMBINATION, OR WE WE JUST DON'T MAKE A DENT AND AND IDA OF COURSE EXCEEDED ALL EXPECTATIONS, SO THAT COLORS THE PICTURES IN ADDITION.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO RAISE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YEAH TO JUST TO VERY QUICK POINTS, JUST AS A REMINDER CONTINUATION.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE CITY ENGINEER, AND POSSIBLY SOME CONSULTANTS ARE LOOKING AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT RECEIVED DISPROPORTIONATE FLOODING OUTSIDE OF THE THE TRADITIONAL COME BLIND BROOK BEAVERBROOK AREA.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT'S THAT'S UNDERWAY, WE STILL ARE ENDEAVORING TO HAVE SOMETHING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BY THE FIRST OF JANUARY OF JUST KIND OF THE STATUS OF THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN LOOKED AT WHAT THE FINDINGS WERE WHAT THE EASY REMEDIATION EFFORTS ARE, IF ANY, OR THE MORE DIFFICULT ONES AND THE COST OF THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE ALSO HAVE GOTTEN A FEW QUESTIONS JUST ABOUT THE PACE IN WHICH REPAIRS ARE BEING MADE AROUND THE CITY, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME SIDEWALKS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT OF COMMISSION, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME YOU KNOW SOME DAMAGE TO CITY PROPERTY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE ARE AWARE OF ALL THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARD GETTING THAT FIXED ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THE PROCESS AND REPAIRS THAT WE UNDERTAKE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ARE QUALIFIED FOR FEMA REIMBURSEMENT AND THEN THERE ARE SOME VERY STRICT RULES OF THE ROAD SO IT'S NOT JUST AS SIMPLE AS DECIDING WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND REPLACE THE SIDEWALK.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE TO DO IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'LL BE IT'LL WILL RECEIVE A PROPER REIMBURSEMENT FOR IT, SO THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TAPE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, BUT YOU KNOW, REST ASSURED WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON GETTING ALL OF THESE THINGS BACK YOU KNOW PRE IDA CONDITION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE HAVE STAN TECH PRESENTATION REGARDING REPLACEMENT THE SALT CHAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ELEVATED AS WELL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BRIAN YOU'RE ON.

RYAN COYNE: ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

RYAN COYNE: GOOD EVENING.

RYAN COYNE: WE'RE HERE TO TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON ON THE SALT SHED RELOCATION PROJECT, AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK INTRO JEFF IF YOU CAN MAYBE SHOW YOUR SCREEN AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR DESIGN ENGINEERS TO GO THROUGH A QUICK.

RYAN COYNE: QUICK PRESENTATION, BUT.

RYAN COYNE: IF YOU CAN REMEMBER FROM PREVIOUS.

RYAN COYNE: PRESENTATIONS HERE THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, NOW IS THE RELOCATION OF OUR SALT STORAGE SHED.

RYAN COYNE: FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND OF YOUR SCREEN AND IT'S PROPOSED TO BE RELOCATED.

RYAN COYNE: TO IN BETWEEN STERLING FIELD AND THE INCINERATOR BUILDINGS IN THE BACK OF THE BACK, END UP W SO.

RYAN COYNE: I'LL HIT YOU WITH THE LAST SLIDE REALLY QUICK.

RYAN COYNE: AND THEN, AND THEN TALK THROUGH A COUPLE POINTS, BUT WE DO HAVE AN UPDATED OPINION OF PROBABLE COST OR COST ESTIMATE WHICH RANGES SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1.1 AND $1.8 MILLION DEPENDING ON CERTAIN OPTIONS THAT THAT.

RYAN COYNE: JEFF AND PHIL GO THROUGH.

RYAN COYNE: AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATE WAS.

RYAN COYNE: JUST TO HIT SOME POINTS HOME ON THAT THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT WAS CONTEMPLATED WAS JUST THE RELOCATION OF SALT SHED BUT, AS THE PLANS HAVE DEVELOPED.

RYAN COYNE: WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY RELOCATE THE SALT SHED BUT THE ENTIRE RECYCLING TRANSFER STATION THAT WE HAVE.

RYAN COYNE: SO CURRENTLY THE DUMPSTERS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SCREEN THAT HOLD THE RECYCLING MATERIAL FROM OUR CURBSIDE COLLECTION ARE AT WHAT WE CONSIDER THE TOP OF THE HILL, WHICH IS CLOSER TO THE BASEBALL FIELD THERE AND HISTORICALLY IT'S NOT THE GREATEST LOCATION, WHEN DOES BLOW THE MATERIAL.

RYAN COYNE: ON TO AROUND THE FIELD IT'S A CONSTANT CLEAN UP THE BAYS THAT THE TRUCK STOP INTO OR JUST OPEN TO THE AIR.

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RYAN COYNE: AND SO WHAT THIS PROPOSAL DOES IS RELOCATE ALL OF THOSE RECYCLING CONTAINERS DOWN NEXT TO THE SALT SHED AND ALSO THE REAR ABOUT THIRD OF THAT SELF CHECK BUILDING.

RYAN COYNE: IS ACTUALLY ACCESS FROM BEHIND AND WOULD BE THE STORAGE FACILITY FOR THE RECYCLING MATERIALS FROM THE FROM THE TRUCKS THAT WOULD GET DUMPED ON THE FLOOR SO EVERYTHING WOULD BE ENCLOSED IN A MORE CONTAINED AREA LESS NEAR THE PUBLIC PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

RYAN COYNE: FACILITIES TO THE PARK AND AND BETTER MANAGEABLE BY DB W IT ALSO THE THE PLAN DOES PROPOSED TO RELOCATE THE RESIDENT RECYCLING CENTER FROM WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS UNDER THE BASEBALL FIELD BACK DOWN HERE.

RYAN COYNE: THAT WOULD THAT WOULD CONTAIN ALL OF THE RECYCLING MATERIALS INTO INTO ONE SPOT EASIER AND AND ALSO THAT RECYCLING CENTER.

RYAN COYNE: GETS USED A LOT, YOU KNOW MORE THAN MORE THAN WE THOUGHT SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MAINTENANCE UPKEEP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK SO THAT WOULD GET IT INTO A BETTER LOCATION.

RYAN COYNE: THE LAST THING OR NOT, THE LAST THING, BUT ANOTHER THING IS SALT JED RELOCATION DOES ITS OWN IS IT MOVES THE WINTER OPERATION OF DP W FROM WHAT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK NEAR RESIDENCES.

RYAN COYNE: BACK TO TO HERE THAT'S THAT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM AN EARSHOT FROM ANYBODY SO RIGHT NOW BETWEEN THE SALT SHED BEING LOCATED WHERE IT IS.

RYAN COYNE: AND THEN, OUR CALCIUM CHLORIDE STORAGE TANK WHICH IS LITERALLY A BUDDING THE REAR FENCE OF HOMES ON PRESTON STREET, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING FIVE OUR WINTER OPERATION, WHICH IS IN LARGE PART, YOU KNOW AT NIGHT.

RYAN COYNE: IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF PARK, WE HAVE TRUCKS BACKING UP BACKUP BEEPING SOUNDS TRUCKS IDLING FILLING UP WITH SALT AND WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SO THIS WOULD MOVE.

RYAN COYNE: ALL OF THAT.

RYAN COYNE: ALL THAT HAPPENING DOWN TO THE TO THE BACK SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO FILL CATS AND JEFF KULCZEWSKI FROM FROM STAN TECH OUR DESIGN ENGINEERS TO GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE DESIGN.

RYAN COYNE: BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY AND THE LAST THING I FORGOT TO MENTION IS, WE HAVE RECEIVED A $400,000 GRANT FROM NEW YORK STATE.

RYAN COYNE: THANKS TO SHELLY MAYOR'S OFFICE, SO THOSE COST ESTIMATE NUMBERS THAT I GAVE YOU CAN BE REDUCED BY $400,000 FOR THE FOR THE CITY SHARE BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER NOW TO I THINK PHIL AND WE CAN GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF DETAILS.

PKATZ: THANKS RYAN, MY NAME IS PHILLIP KATZ I'M STRUCK CIVIL ENGINEER AT STAN TECH CONSULTING IN NEW HAVEN.

PKATZ: SO YEAH WE WERE BROUGHT IN TO TAKE A LOOK AT DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR RELOCATING THE SALT SHED TO THIS AREA JUST TO ORIENT YOU A LITTLE BIT JEFF IF YOU COULD BE MY POINTER.

PKATZ: WE'RE GOING TO CALL UP NORTH I DON'T THINK THAT IS THE DIRECTION, BUT SO THAT WHITE BUILDING NORTH OF THAT ORANGE THAT'S THE EXISTING INCINERATOR BUILDING.

PKATZ: AND THEN, DOWN TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT THAT'S THE TREATMENT FACILITY AND COUNTIES TREATMENT FACILITY.

PKATZ: AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN SEE, THE BALL FIELDS UP ABOVE SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN ORIENTATION OF WHERE WHERE WE ARE, FROM A TOPOGRAPHY POINT OF VIEW, THIS WOULD BE LOWER.

PKATZ: THE AREA AROUND THE INCINERATOR YOU CAN SEE AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 30 AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS TUCKING THIS DOWN, SO THE ELEVATION OF.

PKATZ: THE SALT SHED FLOOR WILL BE ABOUT 17, SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT GRADE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UPPER LEVEL AND THE LOWER LOWER LEVEL WHAT THAT MEANS, FROM A SITE PERSPECTIVE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO PUT IN A RETAINING WALL THAT'S THAT DARK BLACK LINE.

PKATZ: SO THAT'LL HOLD BACK THE EARTH AND ALSO ALLOW TRUCKS TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING AND THEN THERE'S A TRAILER LOADING AREA WHERE THEY COULD BE LOADED FROM THE AREA UP ABOVE.

PKATZ: AGAIN, WAS RYAN AND SAID THIS SALT SHED RECYCLING PEOPLE CAN HANDLE BOTH ASPECTS OF THAT SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN THE DOME STRUCTURE THAT'S THERE.

PKATZ: THAT'S IN THE LOWER RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S PROBABLY A TWO THREE TIMES THE SIZE OF IT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TASKED TO DO IS TO TRY AND LOOK AT GETTING INCREASED SALT CAPACITY IN THAT.

PKATZ: SHED SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT ON HAND WHEN YOU NEED IT ALSO WE'RE YOU KNOW WE WERE ASKED TO SIZE IT SO THAT THE DUMP TRUCKS CAN BACK INTO THE BUILDING AND LOADING AND UNLOADING UNDERNEATH COVER THAT HELPS IN PROTECTING RUN OFF AND WHATNOT FROM THAT SALT.

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PKATZ: COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT ORANGE BUILDING THOSE THREE DUMPSTERS THERE, EIGHT, NINE AND 10 THAT'S THAT WOULD BE THE RESIDENTIAL.

PKATZ: RECYCLING AREA.

PKATZ: AND THEN, THIS WHOLE THIS WHOLE AREA WOULD BE PAVED OBVIOUSLY.

PKATZ: SO WHAT WE DID IS.

PKATZ: ALSO TOOK SOME BORINGS JUST TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SOILS WERE OUT THERE.

PKATZ: THERE'S.

PKATZ: SOME OF THE SOILS ON THE LOWER PART OF THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE ARE.

PKATZ: SOMEWHAT POOR SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LITTLE MORE STRUCTURALLY TO MAKE THOSE SUITABLE FOR FOUNDATION.

PKATZ: THE TOP SIDE WAS WAS FINE AND CAN BE USED A TYPICAL SPREAD FAMILY FOUNDATION THE OTHER THING THAT WAS ENCOUNTERED ARE SOME MINOR REALLY IMPACTED SOILS.

PKATZ: I FORGET THE CONSTITUENTS BUT.

PKATZ: IT WASN'T SIGNIFICANT TO SIGNIFICANT BUT IT'S STILL WILL HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH IN AS ADDITIONAL COSTS TO DEAL WITH THOSE SOILS.

PKATZ: OKAY, SO LET'S LOOK AT THE NEXT THE NEXT SHEET IF WE COULD JEFF SO WE LOOKED AT TWO OPTIONS, THIS IS A FABRIC STRUCTURE.

PKATZ: THIS IS SIMILAR TO THERE WAS ONE IN SCARS THE I MAY PEOPLE KNOW THAT, BUT THAT THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

PKATZ: SO WHAT IS GOING TO BE SUPPORTED ON OUR ON THE LEFT SIDE AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SOUTH ELEVATION.

PKATZ: THAT WOULD BE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEERS AND THOSE PEERS WILL BE SUPPORTED ON THE LOCAL PILES AND THAT'S AGAIN DUE TO THE WEAKER SOILS THAT ARE AT ON THAT SIDE, THE OTHER SIDE WOULD JUST BE SUPPORTED ON ON PEERS AS WELL, BUT BE USED.

PKATZ: TYPICAL SPREAD FOOTINGS LIKE YOUR HOUSE, BUT CERTAINLY BIGGER THAN THAT SO IN BETWEEN WOULD BE.

PKATZ: BLACKS CONCRETE BLOCKS RECAST BLOCKS TO FILL IN FILL IN BETWEEN THE PEERS AND THEN THE FABRIC STRUCTURE WOULD BE STRETCHED AND PUT A PUT ON TOP OF THE HALF OF THOSE PEERS AND BLOCKS.

NEXT.

PKATZ: THIS IS A DIFFERENT OPTION, THIS IS A WOOD STRUCTURE.

PKATZ: SO AESTHETICALLY YOU KNOW IT LOOKS A LITTLE LITTLE BETTER THE FOUNDATION IS IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE TO US WITH THIS, AND THIS WOULD BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE.

PKATZ: FABRIC STRUCTURE THESE THESE PICTURES LOOK A LITTLE TALLER BUT THE ONES THAT WE'VE SIZE WILL BE THE SAME SIZE AS THE FABRIC STRUCTURE.

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PKATZ: SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, BUT AS AS RYAN WAS DISCUSSING WE LOOKED AT THE COST FOR THIS, SO THE FABRIC STRUCTURE AND WHEN WE SAYING USING CONTRACTORS THAT MEAN BUILDING IT ALL OUT CAME IN ABOUT $1.4 MILLION DOLLARS.

PKATZ: THE FABRIC IN ORION WAS LOOKING AT SOME WAYS TO SAVE SOME MONEY SO HIS CREWS, WERE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THE WORK, SOME OF THE GRADING WORKS UNDER THE.

PKATZ: THE PIER WORK WHATNOT.

PKATZ: THAT THAT COULD SAY $300,000 SO THAT COSTS TO COME DOWN TO 1.1 MILLION THE WOOD STRUCTURE AGAIN SINCE IT'S.

PKATZ: THE FOUNDATION IS A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE, ALSO THE FINISHES ARE.

PKATZ: MORE COSTLY, THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION AND AGAIN IF RYAN'S GUYS COULD DO SOME OF THE WORK WE'RE DOWN TO 1.4 MILLION FOR THAT PROJECT, SO THOSE THAT HAVE OPTIONS WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE YOU KNOW HOW WE APPROACH THIS SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GO AHEAD JULIE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, IT STANDS TO REASON THAT ONE OF THESE IS MORE DURABLE THAN THE OTHER, BUT BY HOW MUCH BECAUSE THERE ARE YOU KNOW, LIKE A REPLACEMENT COST TO THE FAT THE FABRIC THAT YOU KNOW OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME THAT MAYBE DOESN'T REQUIRE THE.

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PKATZ: YEAH I'M SURE I DON'T HAVE THE ESTIMATED SERVICE LIFE FOR THAT FABRIC STRUCTURE, I CAN GET IT IN YOU KNOW GET IT TO YOU THE COST THE COST OF THIS FABRIC STRUCTURE.

PKATZ: LET ME SEE A HEADACHE HERE THINK IT WAS $300,000.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOES THAT INCLUDE IN ADD THE INSTALLATION, OR IS IT JUST THE.

PKATZ: YEAH THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION, BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE THE FOUNDATION ALL THAT WORK IS IN PLACE, THEN YOU'RE JUST REPLACING THE TOP.

PKATZ: UM LET ME, LET ME GET WHAT THE SERVICE LIFE IS ON THAT I'LL TALK TO THE VENDOR ON THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DIRT DURABILITY IT NOT JUST SERVICE LIFE BUT WITH RESPECT TO SAY HURRICANES AND THE LIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I OUT THERE, THERE, THERE IS ONE OF THESE ALONG I 95 IN NEW ROCHELLE IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DOESN'T LOOK THAT SAYS, HOW CAN I PUT IT SUBSTANTIAL.

PKATZ: WELL, THEY WOULD THEY WOULD CERTAINLY BE DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND THE DESIGN WINS FOR THIS AREA, YOU KNOW BE TIED DOWN AND WHATNOT SO IT'S NOT JUST A 10TH I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET OUT WE DON'T JUST PUT IT ON AND PUT SOME STAKES IN THE GROUND AND CALL HIM BACK.

PKATZ: TO WITHSTAND.

PKATZ: THOSE FORCES, AND YOU KNOW QUITE FRANKLY MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE MORE RESISTANT, BECAUSE THE FABRIC, CAN GIVE VERSUS YOU KNOW JUST BEING STEPHEN.

PKATZ: YOU KNOW STRUCTURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, AND THEN THEY THEY WOULDN'T ONE WOULD THE ROOF OF THE I GUESS THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS YOU SHOWED US BE ABLE TO BEAR SOLAR PANELS.

PKATZ: OH YEAH YEAH BECAUSE SOLAR PANELS AREN'T AREN'T THAT HEAVY I THINK IT'S FIVE SIX POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT SO THAT THAT WOULD BE.

PKATZ: CERTAINLY, A POSSIBILITY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR ORIENTATION IS THERE CERTAINLY THE ONE ON THE LEFT WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE THAN THE ONE ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE MUCH MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE THERE YOU KNOW THE GAMBREL ROOFERS YOU KNOW VERSUS A TRADITIONAL GABLE BUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MORE ATTRACTIVE ANYWAY, I MEAN THE ONE ON THE LEFT, BUT I MEAN YEAH I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, I SAW THE ONE ON THE LEFT, IF YOU COULD PUT SOLAR POWERS POWER, SOLAR PANELS ON THAT, SO WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THE ORIENTATION IS BECAUSE I LOVE THAT JOSH AND I, AND I WOULD LIKE SORT OF THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE LIFE OF THE THE FABRIC VERSUS THIS BECAUSE IF IT'S ANOTHER $300,000 IN FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS TO REPLACE IT THEN YOUR BACKUP AT THE SAME NUMBER.

PKATZ: RIGHT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT AND.

PKATZ: I DON'T THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S MORE INDEPENDENT, A YEAR LIFE BUT I'LL GET CONFIRMATION FROM THE VENDOR.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO THESE COSTS INCLUDE CONTINGENCIES YOUR ESTIMATES.

PKATZ: YES, THEY HAVE SOME CONTINGENCIES AND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE ON THAT.

PKATZ: WE HAD.

PKATZ: 15% NOW OKAY I JUST KNOW ON PRICES IN THIS CURRENT MARKET.

PKATZ: THERE YEAH SO HARD TO PREDICT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN YOU IMAGINE.

PKATZ: SUPPLY AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF SO I JUST A WORD OF CAUTION, THESE ARE OUR BEST OPINIONS, BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE TODAY BUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALTHOUGH, PRESUMABLY, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE HIGHER SIDE THESE ESTIMATES, GIVEN THE CURRENT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, SO PERHAPS I DON'T WANT TO HOPE, BUT PERHAPS IT, YOU KNOW ONCE IT COMES TO REALIZATION MIGHT NOT BE AS HIGH.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE LOCATION ON THE SITE, SINCE IT IS A YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN THERE IN PAST YEARS AND, AND IT IS SLOPING SITE AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH IF I REMEMBER A LOT OF DIRT SO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GIVEN THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS FLOODING ON THE MIND HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WITH ALL OF THIS NEW IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ANY YOU KNOW POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO IDEA, YOU KNOW IF IF IT DOES, YOU KNOW TAKE ON WATER IN THAT AREA.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I WOULD IMAGINE WITH WITH ALL OF THIS ASPHALT, AND THE NEW STRUCTURE, YOU KNOW THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

PKATZ: RIGHT RIGHT, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT LOOK AT WHAT THOSE FLOWS ARE AND MAKE SURE THE THE POST DEVELOPMENT FLOW IS EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE PRE DEVELOPMENT WELL.

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PKATZ: OLD ASPHALT MAILINGS AND WHATNOT SO YOU PROBABLY GET.

PKATZ: NOT THE SAME BUT.

PKATZ: I DON'T THINK WOULD BE THAT MUCH OF AN INCREASE IN FLOW, BUT WE WOULD DO THAT ANALYSIS AND MAKE SURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY CONCERNS, OR SHOULD WE JUST ABOUT THE FACT THAT THIS ABUTS THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GRASSLANDS AREA OF BLIND BROOK ARE WE SUFFICIENTLY ABOVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BLIND BROOK HUNDRED YEAR OR WHATEVER FLOOD LEVEL, WE NEED TO BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONCERNED WITH THESE DAYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH WHAT WHAT WHAT IT WHAT THE FLOOD LEVELS MEAN ANYMORE, BUT.

YEAH.

PKATZ: WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EAT, WE WANT TO BE HIGH ENOUGH.

PKATZ: YEAH AS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT MARKED HERE, BUT I THOUGHT.

PKATZ: WAS THE ELEVATION THE FLOOD ELEVATION AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S RIGHT ALONG THE EDGE OF THAT PARKING LOT.

PKATZ: DOWN DOWN DOWN GREAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT AND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHICH WHICH FLAT ELEVATION ARE YOU THE CURRENT THAN THE NEWEST FEMA MAPS OR.

PKATZ: YES, I BELIEVE SO, BUT I'LL CONFIRM THAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND DO WE KNOW FROM WHERE IN RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE, THIS I I THINK I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM PLAYLAND PARKWAY DO WE KNOW WHAT OTHER VIEW SHEDS WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

PKATZ: UM WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE VISUAL PART OF IT, I WOULD AGREE THAT YOU COULD SEE IT FROM PLAYLAND PARKWAY.

PKATZ: SO, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT THOSE WHERE ELSE YOU WOULD SEE THIS.

PKATZ: YOU KNOW IF.

PKATZ: I'M KIND OF.

PKATZ: ADDING SCOPE TO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, BUT WE COULD CERTAINLY DO A RENDERING JUST TO SHOW HOW HIGH THE STRUCTURE IS VERSUS THE SURROUNDINGS AND YOU CAN KIND OF GET A SENSE OF WHAT YOU COULD SEE AROUND THE PARK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'D BE.

RYAN COYNE: A WE WE WANTED TO TO BRING THIS TO NOW, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE LEANING AND IN ONE DIRECTION OR THE OTHER, AS FAR AS MATERIAL, BUT I THINK THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE.

RYAN COYNE: TO DO THAT, THAT VISUAL ANALYSIS IT'S DEFINITELY PLAN ON PARKWAY.

RYAN COYNE: I'M NOT SURE IF THE THE HILL JUST TO THE THE TOP OF THAT SCREEN CUTS OFF THE DEAD ENDS OF MAYFIELD AND ELLSWORTH, BUT IT WOULD BE THAT VIEW SHED THAT I THINK WOULD BE PROMINENT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY DO SOME RENDERINGS ON.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF LIKE WHICH WAY ARE WE LEANING WHICH I, YOU KNOW I STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT WOULD HELP ME INFORMED THAT YOU KNOW IF IT'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORT OF LEANING TOWARDS THE WOOD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GABLED VERSION, BECAUSE I LIKE THE SOLAR PANEL ASKED YOU KNOW AVAILABILITY THERE AND I JUST THINK IT, IT MAY OVER THE LONG TERM, BE A MORE DURABLE AND AESTHETICALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOLID SOLUTION BUT I'M MAKING ASSUMPTIONS THERE, SO IF YOU WANT TO DISABUSE ME OF THOSE WITH WITH YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LOW SHELF LIFE OF FABRIC AND WHATEVER THAT I'M OPEN TO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT WE'RE I THINK WE GET ANOTHER SHOT AT THIS JULIE, I THINK WE'RE ASKED THIS EVENING TO SEND ESSENTIALLY BOTH VERSIONS, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, GREAT AWESOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT IF THERE ARE MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAN TECH OR RYAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I'LL ASK ONE MORE QUESTION IF YOU DON'T MIND REALLY QUICKLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LONG SARAH'S YOU KNOW QUESTION OF YOU KNOW WHAT IS THIS THE CHANGING TOPOGRAPHY DO TWO STREAMS RUN OFF AND WHATEVER I ALSO JUST WONDER, BECAUSE IT IS REALLY WINDY UP THERE AND WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF GARBAGE GET WHIPPED AROUND ONTO THE BALLPARK'S AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WITH ITS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OLDER LOCATE OR ITS CURRENT LOCATION I'M WONDERING IN THIS LIKE GREEN CUSHIONED BAY OF DROP OFF IF, EIGHT, NINE AND 10 IS THE THE OR THE NEW BASE FOR PEOPLE TO DROP THINGS OFTEN I AM JUST CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE WIND DIRECTION AND IF IT'S IT BECAUSE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BE SHIELDED, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT LIKE A WIND TUNNEL AND STUFF GETS ALL FLOODED ALL AROUND SO HERE'S ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD.

PKATZ: OKAY, WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT, I MEAN I'VE DONE A WIND ANALYSIS PER SE BUT.

PKATZ: WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK AT WHERE THAT PREDOMINANT DIRECTION IS YOU KNOW THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW POSSIBILITY OF.

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PKATZ: ARE EVEN AROUND ALL THREE, EXCEPT FOR THE AREA THAT'S RECEIVING THE RECYCLING SO THERE'S LESS OF A CHANCE OF THAT MATERIAL AGAIN BLOWN AWAY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL YEAH, I GUESS, I GUESS, IF THE POINT OF PART OF THIS IS TO CLEAN IT UP FROM THE EXISTING CONDITIONS LET'S JUST MAKE SURE WE'RE CLEANING IT UP RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REQUIRE SOME KIND OF SECRET OR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, IT'S IN THE RESOLUTION YOU HAD BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, IT IS THIS IS CONSIDERED AN UNLISTED ACTION AND.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF THE COUNCIL'S READY TO YOU CAN CERTAINLY REFER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT SUCH A TIME THAT YOU PICK A MATERIAL CAN BE REFERRED TO THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND SEEKER.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE'RE ANTICIPATING AND UNCOORDINATED REVIEW RIGHT NOW UNDER SEEKER SO EACH BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND AND THE CITY COUNCIL COULD DO THEIR OWN SEEKER ANALYSIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GOOD.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO COULD YOU JUST LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESSES IF WE SAY YES, GO TO PLANNING IT'S EVERYBODY COMING BACK HERE AND WE'RE WHERE WE GET THE VOTE AGAIN OR IS ONCE WE LET IT GO WE'RE DONE CAN YOU JUST TELL US WHAT THE PROCESSES.

KRISTEN WILSON: SURE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DECIDE ON THE MATERIAL THIS EVENING, THE ONLY STEP, YOU REALLY CAN TAKE TONIGHT IS TO REFER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE LOCATION WON'T CHANGE SO PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CERTAINLY DO THEIR OWN SEEKER REVIEW AND AND LOOK AT THE WETLAND ISSUES.

KRISTEN WILSON: ULTIMATELY, THE ACTION WILL COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DETERMINATION OF WHAT MATERIAL TO USE AND THEN AT THAT POINT YOU REFER TO THE VAR FOR RECOMMENDATION AND IN THAT SAME RESOLUTION IF WE KNOW THE ACTUAL COST.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE CAN AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AT THAT TIME TOO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO IS THIS IN A WETLANDS AND SINCE YOU'VE REFERRED TO THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO ONE BUFFER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SEND A WETLAND BUFFER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, WHICH HOW MUCH OF IT IS IN A WETLAND BUFFER I I JUST I YOU KNOW WE WE HAVE JUST BEEN HIT WITH HORRIFIC FLOODING, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WE ALL ARE ALL AWARE OF.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH OF THIS IS IN THE WETLAND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION LOOK AT THAT, TOO, I GUESS, TO PILE ON.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY COURSE YEAH NO, OF COURSE, THEY WILL BUT, BUT JUST FOR THE YOU KNOW FOR OURSELVES.

PKATZ: THERE'S THE TITLE WETLAND LINE IS SHOWN ON LEFT HAND SIDE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW MUCH IS ABOUT HER.

RYAN COYNE: SO THE BUFFER IS 100 FEET FROM.

RYAN COYNE: FROM THE RAIN AND BOUNDARY SO IT'S THE WETLANDS SKIRT THAT LEFT AND BOTTOM SIDE.

RYAN COYNE: SO JUST FOR SCALE.

RYAN COYNE: THE BUILDING WITH PHIL IS WHAT 60 FEET.

PKATZ: HE HAD THIS SHOWN HIS AD RIGHT THEY'RE.

RYAN COYNE: AT SO, AND SO THE THE WIDTH OF THAT ORANGE BOX IS 80 FEET SO 100 IF THE LINE THE.

RYAN COYNE: THIRD.

RYAN COYNE: THE THIRD CONTAINER SECOND OR THIRD CONTAINER WOULD BE WITHIN THE BUFFER EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT OF THAT WOULD BE OUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THIS IS ASPHALT, SO I MEAN IS THAT HAS WELL I GUESS IT'S TRUCKS, BUT IS THERE ANY OTHER SURFACE FOR THE YOU KNOW, AT LEAST IN THAT AREA THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED THAT WOULD BE PERMEABLE OR AT LEAST SEMI PERMEABLE.

OR IS IT JUST YOU.

RYAN COYNE: KNOW WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK AT A.

RYAN COYNE: PERMEABLE MATERIAL THERE, I THINK YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THERE IS.

RYAN COYNE: A GREEN WASTE MATERIAL AND AND SOME SOILS BACK THERE, BUT A LARGE PORTION OF THAT.

RYAN COYNE: WHAT IS CURRENTLY PAVED IT MIGHT BE BROKEN UP AND CRACKED BUT.

RYAN COYNE: THEY DID PAVE THAT.

RYAN COYNE: PROBABLY 30 YEARS AGO SO IT'S I THINK A LARGE PART IS PAVED WE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO CERTAINLY DO THAT DO THAT ANALYSIS AND PERMEABLE PAVING IS IS BY ALL MEANS A DOABLE THING.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

AND THEY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SAY JUST SORRY JUST ONE LAST QUESTION THAT I PROMISE I'LL BE QUIET FOR THE CITY, THE CITY DOESN'T CHRISTIAN THE CITY DOES NOT NEED TO OBTAIN A WETLAND PERMIT IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT, AM I JUST.

KRISTEN WILSON: KNOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S OUR POSITION MY RECOMMENDATION MY ADVICE TO THE COUNCIL THAT YOU DO SEND THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ONE PERMIT.

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SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO THEY WILL DO THEIR THEY WILL REVIEW THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FORM WE WILL.

KRISTEN WILSON: BE MUCH MORE PRECISE AND KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE DIFFERENT BOUNDARIES ARE FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES RECEIVE THIS, THEY WILL DO THEIR SEEKER ANALYSIS ULTIMATELY LABEL HOPEFULLY RENT THE ISSUE OF WETLANDS PERMIT.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE CITY COUNCIL'S ANSWER BEN'S QUESTION AGAIN, YOU STILL HAVE A COUPLE DECISION POINTS YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE MATERIAL HERE, IT ALSO DO YOUR OWN SEEKER ANALYSIS TO MAKE A FINDING EITHER AN EXEC OR A PAUSE DECK AND THEN ULTIMATELY FUND THE PROJECT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOT IT THANK YOU CHRISTIAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I MAKE A MOTION TO SUBMIT THE PLANNING.

SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: I'M GOING TO MODIFY THE RESOLUTION THAT'S IN YOUR COUNCIL PACKET A LITTLE BIT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND IT WILL BE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SALT SHED TO BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING HERE INCLUDE DEMOLISHING AND REMOVING THE EXISTING SALT SHED.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUILDING A NEW SALT SHED IN A NEW LOCATION AND REMOVING THE CURRENT RECYCLING DEPOT AND BUILDING A NEW RECYCLING DEPOT IN A IN A SLIGHTLY NEW LOCATION AS WELL.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND THEN YOU ARE DECLARING IT TO BE AN UNLISTED ACTION UNDER YOUR RESOLUTION AND DIRECTING CITY STAFF TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO COMPLY WITH SEEKER AND ULTIMATELY BRING THIS APPLICATION OVER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S MY MOVE THAT OR DO I HAVE TO ACTUALLY REPEAT ALL OF THAT.

PKATZ: WORD FOR WORD.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THE SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

PKATZ: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, THANK YOU JEFF AND PHIL AND RYAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU WAVES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY UPDATE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PLAN AND FALL ROAD RESURFACING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE'RE BACK TO RYAN.

RYAN COYNE: RIGHT, HOW ARE YOU YEAH WE DID OUR FULL ROUND OF ASPHALT RESURFACING THERE'S A COUPLE OF STREAKS REMAINING TO BE PAVED WILL BE DONE ON FRIDAY.

RYAN COYNE: SO OUR REMAINING WORK AFTER THAT, FOR THE YEARS WE DO HAVE SOME CONCRETE ROAD REPAIR WORK TO DO WHERE WILL BE.

RYAN COYNE: REMOVING BROKEN SLABS OF CONCRETE AND REPLACING AT THIS POINT WITH WITH ASPHALT IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS THAT WOULD BE ON STUYVESANT AND IN THE.

RYAN COYNE: THE DUBLIN AREA OF OF MAPLE AND HIGH STREET SO THAT WILL BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, BUT OUR BARS FOR PAVING PROGRAM WILL BE COMPLETED ON ON FRIDAY SO THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I KNOW THE CONCRETE STREET PEOPLE LIVING ON CONCRETE STREET PEOPLE ARE VERY EAGER FOR THAT ATTENTION SO THAT'S VERY WELCOME.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEY ASK A QUESTION.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I THINK WE HAD THIS QUESTION BEFORE BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT AGAIN BECAUSE I ACTUALLY FORGET THE ANSWER THE COBBLESTONES ON PURCHASE STREET.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AT THE AT THE INTERSECTION THERE WITH SMITH WHEN ARE WE GETTING THOSE REPLACED.

RYAN COYNE: SO THOSE WERE.

RYAN COYNE: EXCAVATED AND REMOVED BY BOTH CANDIDATES AND SUEZ ON SOME REPAIR WORK THEY HAD AND.

RYAN COYNE: KINDNESS AND HAS APPLIED FOR PERMITS TO REPLACE THE GAS MAIN IN PURCHASE STREET.

RYAN COYNE: ALL OF IT SO FROM THEODORE FROM TWO.

RYAN COYNE: TO LOCUST AVENUE.

RYAN COYNE: THEY ACTUALLY APPLIED LAST YEAR DURING THE OUTDOOR DINING SEASON MID COVEN AND WE.

RYAN COYNE: ASKED THEM TO KINDLY PUT THAT PROJECT OFF, BUT WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO THAT SO.

RYAN COYNE: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE LARGER SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS THERE I KNOW WE'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE TOO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I LIKE BEN I'M SORT OF LOSING IT A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF MEMORY ON ON THE ANSWER.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REPAIRING UNDERSTAND IF IT'S COLD SEASON AND IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME FOR IT TO TAKE, BUT LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I FEEL LIKE THERE ARE PROJECTS AND ROADS THAT HAVE BEEN RIPPED UP AND THEY'VE BEEN PATCHED BUT NOT FULLY GONE, YOU KNOW CURB TO CURB YET AND IT JUST IS THERE A WAY OF ENFORCING OR A TIMELINE ON THOSE REPAIRS.

RYAN COYNE: THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A WRITTEN TIMELINE, BUT THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH REPAIRING WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM DW TO TO GET EVERYTHING THEY'VE RIPPED UP PAVE THIS SEASON, SO THE CURRENTLY PAVING BOSTON POST ROAD.

[5. Update on Capital Expenditures Plan and fall road re-surfacing plan.]

RYAN COYNE: SO THAT IT WILL GET DONE BUT IT'S A IT'S THEY'VE BEEN BETTER CON EDISON AS FAR AS GETTING TO THAT, BUT IT IS A.

RYAN COYNE: CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS TO HAVE THEM FINISH AND AND PAVAN TIME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I ASK A QUESTION, AND THIS IS NOT FOR YOU THEN RYAN, BUT MAYBE FOR YOU KRISTIN, WHICH IS, I KNOW THAT WHEN WE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE MADE SORT OF THE POLICY CHANGE TO REQUIRE THE CURB TO CURB AND NOT JUST ALL THOSE PATCHWORK THAT LEAD TO MORE FRACTURING AND WHATEVER.

[6. Continue the public hearing 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. (Part 1 of 2)]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I DON'T KNOW I JUST WHAT'S THE INCENTIVE, BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE SOME OF THOSE LANGUAGES AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR RYAN THAT THEY'RE GETTING BETTER, BUT YOU KNOW, GOD FORBID, THEY RIP UP ALL OF PURCHASE STREET AND THEN SOME OTHER THING HAPPENS AND THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW RIPPED UP FOR A YEAR.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE COULD LOOK AT A COUPLE DIFFERENT OPTIONS I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE TO PUT IN THE LAW AS STRICT TIMEFRAME, IT MIGHT MAKE MORE SENSE TO GIVE RYAN, AND HIS DEPARTMENT, THE FLEXIBILITY TO DETERMINE.

KRISTEN WILSON: DEPENDING ON PROJECT BY PROJECT WHAT A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME IS FOR REPAIR OR TWO TO COME BACK AND RESEARCH US.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WHEN WE GIVE A PERMIT CAN WE, I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH YOU, IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO DO THAT WHEN WE GIVE A PERMIT CAN IT ALSO STIPULATE THE REPAIR FULL REPAIR TIMELINE TO.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES.

THAT'S AN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEN.

RYAN COYNE: I WANT THAT, AND WE GOT IT YEAH WE DO DO THAT SHORT OF SHORT OF THESE CONFLICTS OF ADDITIONAL WORK COMING THROUGH.

RYAN COYNE: LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, THAT RIGHT BEACH PHARMACY JOB WE WE GAVE THEM EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 1 SO THAT THEY HAD TO GET DONE AND HAVE THE ROAD PAVED BEFORE THE ASPHALT PANTS CLOSE THIS YEAR.

RYAN COYNE: WITHOUT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE GONE THROUGH DECEMBER AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH PLATES AND TIPPERARY ROAD PATCHES UNTIL APRIL AND MAY, SO WE DO TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF IT BUT.

RYAN COYNE: I'M ALWAYS INTO MORE LEGISLATION AND.

RYAN COYNE: WHATEVER THAT WHATEVER COMES WITH THAT SURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I REALIZED IT'S NOT IT'S NOT PART OF THE CITY'S WORK BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS I I SEE CURBS GOING IN ON THEODORE FRIEND AND I'M ALSO AWARE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ASPHALT PLANTS ARE CLOSING SOON AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE WHAT WHAT IS THE STATUS OF OUR ASSURANCES FROM THE COUNTY THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE BEFORE THEY CAN'T GET IT DONE.

RYAN COYNE: SPOKE WITH THEM TODAY AND THE PLAN IS TO START MILLING AND PAVING ALL OF YOU ARE FROM WITHIN THEIR PROJECT LIMITS ON MONDAY, THE 29TH SO THE MONDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WHEN YOU SAY WITHIN THEIR PROJECT LIMITS IS THAT FROM FROM NORTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STREET TO PURCHASE.

CORRECT.

RYAN COYNE: SO THAT THEY PLAN ON NO MORE THAN A WEEK THAT'S A WEATHER PERMITTING OBVIOUSLY BUT HOPEFULLY THAT WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING.

RYAN COYNE: THEY'RE OUT OF THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND OBVIOUSLY THEY STILL THINK THEY ARE BEST FOR THAT.

RYAN COYNE: YEAH THE.

RYAN COYNE: ASPHALT PLANTS CLOSE WE GOT THE NOTICE EARLIER THIS WEEK.

RYAN COYNE: ON DECEMBER 17 AND THERE'S ALWAYS A PLANT IN MOUNT VERNON IT STAYS OPEN ALL WINTER SO, SO I THINK WE'RE GOOD WE'RE GOOD THERE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG IS THERE, FURTHER UPDATE ON CAPITAL EXPENDITURES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOT ON PROJECT BY PROJECT, I WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN THE FIRST HALF OF JANUARY WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CAPEX PLAN, AS WE KNOW IT FROM A FINANCIAL PLANNING STANDPOINT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW NOW THAT WE HAVE FIRM PRICES ON THE SEWER PROJECTS, NOW THAT WE'RE GETTING FIRMER PRICES ON SOME OF THESE OTHERS IT'S TIME TO REVISIT THE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS, ONCE THE BUDGET HAS BEEN APPROVED, AND WE ARE, WE KNOW WHAT THE FUND BALANCE WILL BE FOR THE CAP X ACCOUNT SO THAT WILL BE THE THAT'LL BE THE NEXT THE NEXT UPDATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHITNEY NOW CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW LANDSCAPERS AND LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL LANDSCAPERS TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL PERMIT IN ORDER TO OPERATE AS LANDSCAPERS AND AS A LANDSCAPER AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT, AND THE END.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PART OF THIS SENTENCE APPLIES TO EVERYONE THAT IS RESTRICTING THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS THE LEAF BLOWER RESTRICTIONS ARE NOT JUST APPLICABLE TO LANDSCAPERS SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: INVITE THE PUBLIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK GREG THAT THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM CITY STAFF THAT THAT MAY BE RIGHT, HAVING TO DO WITH THE CAPACITIES OF CURRENT ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND MAYBE SOME INFORMATION ON ENFORCEMENT POSSIBILITIES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO ON WE WILL START NOW WITH RYAN IS STILL WITH US I'LL ASK RYAN TO COVER THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO ELECTRIC AND THEN COMMISSIONER KOFI CAN TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES SEASON TO DATE FOR ENFORCEMENT AND IT KIND OF PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.

RYAN COYNE: ALRIGHT.

RYAN COYNE: SO ELECTRIC BATTERY POWERED LOT EQUIPMENT CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN HERE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YES.

RYAN COYNE: I PUT A FEW SLIDES TOGETHER.

RYAN COYNE: ONE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A GOOD PLACEHOLDER FOR DISCUSSION AND TO IT MAKES MY PICTURE SMALLER ON THE SCREEN, SO I DID ATTEND SUSTAINABLE WEST GESTURES WEBINAR AND EQUIPMENT SHOW.

RYAN COYNE: LAST WEEK, AND THIS WEEK.

RYAN COYNE: AND GOT SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON ON WHAT LARGE MINE AND THE TANNER I HAVE DONE SO.

RYAN COYNE: IN THAT.

RYAN COYNE: THERE'S A THERE'S AN ENTITY CALLED X, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN GREEN ZONE ALLIANCE THEY'RE BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA AND.

RYAN COYNE: THEY THEY GO AROUND, INCLUDING EDUCATING LANDSCAPERS AND ALL LAWN MAINTENANCE PROFESSIONALS, BUT THEY DO OFFER THESE CERTIFICATIONS FOR WHAT THEY CALLED GREEN ZONES WHICH ARE PROPERTIES WHERE.

RYAN COYNE: YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU WILL DO YOUR GROUNDS MAINTENANCE WITH WHAT THEY CALL LOW IMPACT EQUIPMENT OR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT AND OR PEOPLE POWER TOOLS AND THEY OFFER THESE CERTIFICATIONS SO LARGE MINE ACTUALLY WAS THE FIRST.

RYAN COYNE: VILLAGE OR FIRST GREEN ZONE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY AND THE GREEN ZONE KANE PARK, WHICH IS.

RYAN COYNE: ALONG THE BOSTON POST ROAD AS YOU CROSS OVER FROM NOURISH SHOW GOING NORTHBOUND IT'S ON THE RIGHT.

RYAN COYNE: THAT'S KANE PARK, SO THEY WERE CERTIFIED THIS YEAR IS THAT THE EXIT GREEN ZONE AND AND THE OTHER PART, THAT WAS CERTIFIED ACTUALLY TUESDAY YESTERDAY WAS HIS CRAWFORD PARK ENCOUNTER I AND RIGHT BRO SO THEY'VE PURCHASED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING THAT.

RYAN COYNE: SO.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW WHERE THAT LEAVES US.

RYAN COYNE: HERE'S OUR INVENTORY OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AT THE DW WE'VE HAD THIS EQUIPMENT DATING BACK ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO 2017 PUSH LAWN MOWERS WEED WACKERS LEAF BLOWERS.

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RYAN COYNE: WE HAD THIS EQUIPMENT.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW SORT OF AT THE THE COMING OUT OF THE COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC ON EQUIPMENT.

RYAN COYNE: INDUSTRY, A FEW YEARS AGO, SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS WITH WITH THAT.

RYAN COYNE: BUT WE ARE USING IT EVERYWHERE, WE CAN, SO THE THING THAT'S GOING ON WITH ELECTRIC YOU HAVE DIFFERENT BRANDS WE HAPPEN TO PURCHASE FIVE YEARS AGO, A BRAND THAT WAS WAS GOOD ON THE COMMERCIAL END WHICH IS GREEN WORKS.

RYAN COYNE: NOW COMING MORE INTO PLAY AS FAR AS STEEL MEAN GREEN MACHINE IT'S A GREAT NAME THEY DO THE LARGER RIGHT ON LAWN MOWERS SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT BATTERIES AND PART OF THE THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE HERE IS, AS THESE OTHER BRANDS OF EQUIPMENT COME OUT.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT JUST REPLACING THE ACTUAL BEFORE IF YOU CHOOSE TO SWITCH BRAND YOU HAVE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY IN THE CHARGER.

RYAN COYNE: THEY DID NOT DO THIS, THE WAY EB CARS DID, WHICH IS EVERYBODY'S USING THE SAME CHARGER OR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE VERSIONS, AND YOU CAN BUY WHATEVER BRAND CAR YOU WANT GO PLUG IN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROPRIETARY SYSTEM, SO IF WE WERE TO CHOOSE TO.

RYAN COYNE: LET'S SAY GET A HASSAN OF LEAF BLOWER TOMORROW WE'RE NOT USING THE SAME EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE NOW, WE HAVE TO BUY ALL THE CHARGES AND BATTERIES, WHICH IS GREAT.

RYAN COYNE: AS THE EQUIPMENT EVOLVES AND THINGS MOVE FORWARD.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE TO.

RYAN COYNE: TEST OUT AND SEE WHICH EQUIPMENT IS IS IS BETTER, AS WE GO, SO NOW AG.

RYAN COYNE: IN THE NORTHEAST AFTER I ACTUALLY SPOKE WITH.

RYAN COYNE: REPRESENTATIVE WITH X AFTER THEIR AFTER THEIR LARGE LONG PRESENTATION AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE GOOD GOOD RESOURCE, OBVIOUSLY, IS IN THE INDUSTRY AND TO BE CERTIFIED IN THE NORTHEAST CLIMATE FOR EXIT.

RYAN COYNE: YOU'RE COMMITTING TO THOSE LOW IMPACT MACHINES AND PEOPLE POWERED.

RYAN COYNE: RAKES FOR NINE AND A HALF MONTHS A YEAR THEY ASSUME THAT IN THE NORTHEAST CLIMATE THERE'S TWO AND A HALF MONTHS A YEAR.

RYAN COYNE: FOR THE SPRING CLEANUP AND THE FALL CLEANUP THAT THAT GAS POWERED EQUIPMENT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED, SO THOSE THOSE PLEDGES THAT YOU'VE MADE FOR EXIT YOU KNOW THEY'RE AN ORGANIZATION.

RYAN COYNE: IN OUR CLIMATE WOULD BE FOR NINE AND A HALF MONTHS A YEAR, SO WE ARE USING ELECTRIC WE HAVE BEEN WE'RE USING IT MORE AND MORE.

RYAN COYNE: AND IT DOES WORK FOR OUR NEEDS UNTIL YOU KNOW IT RAINS OR UNTIL THE LEAF SEASON PICKS UP, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND NOW SO WE'RE STILL USING ELECTRIC SO THE GUYS YESTERDAY TODAY WE'RE STEALING USING OUR ELECTIONS BLOWERS.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW, BUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IS WHERE WHERE THAT WILL BECOME THAT THAT GETS THE TESTS, YOU KNOW WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF WET WEATHER.

RYAN COYNE: THE BLOWER IS JUST AREN'T AS POWERFUL AS THE GUEST BLOWERS YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO EFFICIENTLY.

RYAN COYNE: DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO GET THAT AREA CLEAN SO JUST AS A AN ONGOING THING A LITTLE BIT PAST ELECTRIC WE ARE IN IN PLANS TO STARTED ACTUALLY YOU'RE READY.

RYAN COYNE: FOR AT LEAST OUR PROPERTIES IMPLEMENTING WHAT I TITLED HERE FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM REDUCE MAINTENANCE ZONES SO WE'RE PROPOSING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AROUND TO ARE.

RYAN COYNE: CALLED A SACK ISLANDS THAT WE DO MAINTAINING WITH WITH GRASS, NOW THE PROGRESS AND WAY.

RYAN COYNE: WEEKLY DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO REPLACE YOU KNOW REDO THOSE ISLANDS.

RYAN COYNE: WITH PERENNIALS AND LOWER MAINTENANCE ITEMS, SO WE WILL HAVE TO DO SOME READING AND SOME MULCHING OF THOSE ISLANDS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY THE.

RYAN COYNE: THE WEEKLY TURF GRASS MOWING AND BLOWING THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND YOU KNOW WHERE WE CAN AND SOME OF OUR PARKS, WILL DO SOME KNOW MOW GRASS IS WE'RE DOING IT NOW AT THE REC.

RYAN COYNE: I HAVE SOME GOOD AREAS TO DO IT, IT DOES GROW AND THEN THAT WOULD YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, REDUCE OUR NEED FOR LAWN MOWERS AND BLOWERS, AND THE TYPICAL.

RYAN COYNE: MAINTENANCE PROTOCOLS THAT WE'RE USING NOW SO EVENTUALLY, YOU KNOW AS WE EVOLVE THROUGHOUT TIME.

RYAN COYNE: WE'RE NOT ONLY LOOKING TO MOVE TO ELECTRIC AND USE GUESS OUR QUICK LESS, BUT HOPEFULLY REDUCE THE ACTUAL.

RYAN COYNE: NEED FOR ANY OF THAT, BUT WE DO USE BLOWERS.

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RYAN COYNE: WE DO THEM FOR PARKING LOT CLEANUPS TO.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW BLOW ALL OF THE LITTER FROM OUT OF TOWNERS THEY LEAVE IN OUR METRO NORTH LOT.

RYAN COYNE: WE BLOW THEM UP AND USE A SWEEP SWEEP OR TO PICK THEM UP, WE DO HAVE TO USE BLOWERS ON WALKWAYS ATHLETIC FIELDS TENNIS COURTS.

RYAN COYNE: AND THEN THE MORE MANICURED AREAS, THE VILLAGE GREEN FIREMAN CIRCLE WORLD ONE MONUMENT THOSE AREAS, YOU KNOW DO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT LITTLE BIT EXTRA MAINTENANCE, SO WE WE ARE YOU KNOW.

RYAN COYNE: USING ELECTRIC WHERE WE CAN USING LESS OF IT, WHERE WE CAN, BUT WE STILL DO HAVE A NEED AND IN I THINK WHAT OUR EXPERIENCES WHICH HAS BEEN.

RYAN COYNE: VERIFIED, NOT ONLY BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM EXIT BUT ALSO THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS, WHEN I WENT TO THE EQUIPMENT SHOW IT CRAWFORD PARK YESTERDAY YOU KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS JUST NOT THERE WITH THE BLOWER USE ANYWAY, OR ANY OF THIS FOR A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF.

RYAN COYNE: GAS FIRED EQUIPMENT, SO THE BATTERY LIFE WHEN I STAY IN THIS SLIDE UP HERE.

RYAN COYNE: 20 TO 40 MINUTES IT DEPENDS ON OBVIOUSLY THE SIZE, THE BATTERY BUT THE THE ACTUAL PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SO A WEED WHACKER WITH A LARGER NOT SHOWN HERE BACKPACK BATTERY YOU MAY BE ABLE TO RUN AROUND FOR FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS WITH NO PROBLEM.

RYAN COYNE: BUT WHEN YOU PUT THE LEAF BLOWER ON ON HIGH POWER.

RYAN COYNE: IT THE BATTERY IS JUST DON'T LAST YOU KNOW 2030 MINUTES, THE BEST THE THE RIDE ON LAWN MOWER THAT WE HAVE THIS BRAND.

RYAN COYNE: WE'RE GETTING ABOUT FOUR FOUR AND A HALF HOURS A CHARGE TIME IN A USE, WHICH FOR US WORKS, YOU KNOW WE'RE ABLE TO GO ABOUT OUR DAY MO THE VILLAGE GREEN WE HAVE YOU KNOW ONE CREW THAT RUNS AROUND SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ON SITTING ON THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT FOR EIGHT HOURS THEY'RE.

RYAN COYNE: THE SAME GUYS THAT WOULD GET OFF AND AND WEED WHACK AND DO HEDGE TRIMMING AND AND BLOW AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO FOR US THAT LAWN MOWER WORKS IT'S GREAT.

RYAN COYNE: THE PUSH LAWN MOWERS ARE GREAT GUYS LOVE THEM THEY'RE LIGHT YOU PICK THEM UP THROW THEM IN THE BACK OF A PICKUP TRUCK YOU GO ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS IT'S THE.

RYAN COYNE: THAT END OF IT'S GOOD BUT THAT'S A WHOLE I THINK WHAT'S BEEN CONFIRMED THROUGH THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF A CONVERSATIONS I HAD ANYWAY, AND OUR EXPERIENCE FOR FIVE YEARS IS IS.

RYAN COYNE: IT'S GETTING THERE IT'S EVOLVING QUICKLY MANUFACTURERS ARE TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH EACH OTHER THAN THE EQUIPMENT KEEPS IMPROVING, BUT AT THIS POINT IF YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION IT'S IT'S NOT.

RYAN COYNE: IT'S NOT A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT.

RYAN COYNE: TIME YET.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS RYAN THAT WAS I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD SO MUCH ELECTRIC LAWN EQUIPMENT I KNEW WE HAD THE MOWER BUT I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD ALL THOSE OTHERS THAT'S TERRIFIC HAS HAS LARCHMONT I KNOW I THINK IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE LARCHMONT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LAW INCLUDES PUBLIC SPACES, DO WE KNOW OR MAYBE I'M WRONG ABOUT THAT, BUT IF IF SO DO WE KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DEAL WITH YOU KNOW WITH THAT YOU KNOW WITH THAT CHALLENGE THAT YOU PRESENT, BECAUSE THAT IS IT YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT TENNIS COURTS, AND YOU KNOW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PARKING LOTS AND ALL THAT SORT OF THING I CAN SEE HOW THAT WOULD PRESENT A CHALLENGE I'M JUST WONDERING IF LARCHMONT HAS COME UP WITH ANY IDEAS ON ON, YOU KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH THAT PROBLEM.

RYAN COYNE: I HAVEN'T REACHED OUT TO THEM, I CERTAINLY CAN I KNOW THEY'RE.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW THEY'RE ABOUT ONE SQUARE MILE DW I THINK HAS NINE EMPLOYEES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARKS, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN PARKED THERE I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHO MAINTAINS THAT I'D SO I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BUT I'M HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND AND FIND OUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS, I MEAN IF YOU'RE RIGHT, IT MIGHT JUST BE THAT THERE'S SO MUCH SMALLER AND IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S NOT AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON, BUT I JUST BE CURIOUS IF IF THEY HAVE ANY ANY THOUGHTS ON IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RYAN, I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING SUGGESTED WITH RESPECT TO LARGE MAN ABOUT USING MULCHING MOWERS AND I REALIZE IT'S SLIGHTLY OFF THE LEAF BLOWER TOPIC, BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S, CERTAINLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD DO WE USE MULCHING MOWERS IS IS THAT A WAY OF RESPONDING TO LEAVE SEASON.

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RYAN COYNE: SO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS ARE VOTING BOWLERS WE MULCH EVERYTHING WHETHER WHETHER IT'S IN JULY OR NOVEMBER.

RYAN COYNE: SO THE MULCHING BOEING CONCEPT WE WE DO IT IN CERTAIN AREAS ARE NOT CERTAIN AREAS WE'RE DOING IT EVERYWHERE NOW, SO YOU RUN OVER THE LEAVES A COUPLE OF TIMES ANY MULTIPLE TO A POINT WHERE WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE GONE.

RYAN COYNE: THAT THAT CONCEPT WE'RE DOING I YOU KNOW I'M SURE THERE'S THEIR STUDIES THAT.

RYAN COYNE: WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S THE ANSWER AND THERE'S PROBABLY STUDIES THAT TELL YOU, WHEN YOU GET A THICK LAYER OF LEAVES OVER THE ENTIRE LAWN.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW THOSE LEADS MIGHT NOT BREAK DOWN THE WAY YOU NEED THEM TO TO BECOME.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW, EMBEDDED IN THAT SOIL I'VE READ THINGS ABOUT FUNGUS IS AND THICKER FETCH LAYERS THAT WE NEED TO BE REMOVED.

RYAN COYNE: SO WE DO MULCH TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE.

RYAN COYNE: YOU KNOW, WHICH WILL BE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, WHERE WE CAN'T REALLY DO IT ANYMORE, AT LEAST IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES AND WE WOULD HAVE TO BLOW SOME OF THAT THAT MULTIPLE LEAF IS JUST TOO MUCH, BUT WE DO MULCH.

RYAN COYNE: NOW WE DO MULTIPLE NOW I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT I'D HAVE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE MORE HOMEWORK ON THAT.

RYAN COYNE: BUT IT'S CERTAINLY.

RYAN COYNE: CERTAINLY, A WAY TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING YOU NEED TO DO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN THERE IS THE OLD RAKE, ARE THERE ANY AREAS WHERE WE CAN JUST BREAK OR ARE WE DEALING WITH SUCH LARGE SPACES, THAT WE SIMPLY DON'T HAVE THE PERSONNEL TO MANAGE.

RYAN COYNE: YEAH YOU KNOW I SAW I WAS.

RYAN COYNE: WALKING THROUGH THE WRECK AND I SAW ONE OF THE GUYS YESTERDAY RAKING LEAVES UP FROM BEHIND THE BUILDING, I SAID I WOULD DO THAT RICK.

RYAN COYNE: YEAH SO WE HAD A GOOD CHUCKLE ON THAT ONE, BUT YOU KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS, WE CAN, I THINK, WHEN I TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SPACES NOW I'M THINKING ABOUT THOSE LARGER AREAS, YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S THE RECREATION.

RYAN COYNE: THIS THE WHOLE FACILITY, YOU KNOW DISRUPT PARK OUTSIDE OF THE ATHLETIC FIELDS ALONE THAT BROKE IT'S JUST A LARGE AREA.

RYAN COYNE: WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NOTHING PREVENTING US FROM BREAKING OTHER THAN THE MANPOWER AND TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO BE ABLE TO DO EACH AND EVERY SITE WE'RE DOING NOW WITH MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SO JUST YOU KNOW IT COMES DOWN TO.

RYAN COYNE: AT THAT POINT MANPOWER.

RYAN COYNE: WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO TO REDO THOSE LANDSCAPED ISLANDS AND SOME OUTSKIRTS AREAS AROUND OUR PARKS TO REDUCE THE NEED TO EVEN HAVE TO.

RYAN COYNE: GO THERE, YOU KNOW SO IT'S ONE IS I COULD SAY I NEED 10 MORE GUYS AND THE OTHER IS I'M TRYING TO REDUCE THE THE MANICURE AREAS WE HAVE, SO WE CAN MORE EFFICIENTLY.

RYAN COYNE: MANAGE OUR SPACES WITH ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND MAYBE PEOPLE POWERED HERE AND THERE, BUT FOR THE LARGE PART, OUR.

RYAN COYNE: OUR FACILITIES ARE YOU KNOW ACRES AND NOT SQUARE FEET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS FOR RYAN FROM THE COUNCIL BEFORE WE TURN TO COMMISSIONER KOFI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS RYAN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

MAK: HI GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I APPRECIATE BRING ME ON AGAIN I WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY THANKS AGAIN FOR BRINGING ME ON BOARD.

MAK: I'M WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE RESIDENTS ARE SAFE AND SECURE JUST WITH REGARDS TO LEAD VIOLATIONS THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD.

MAK: 144 VIOLATIONS 40 OF WHICH RESULTED IN SUMMONS BEING ISSUED OVER THE LAST FIVE WEEKS OR SO WE'VE HAD ABOUT 40.

MAK: CALLS COME IN 27 OF WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN VIOLATIONS BEING ISSUED SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS GOING FORWARD AND I'M NOT DISMISSING THAT WE STILL DO HAVE LEAF BLOWERS RIGHT NOW BUT.

MAK: OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE LEAF SEASON SHOULD BE OVER, BUT WE ARE DEVELOPING PLANS TO ATTACK THIS BEGINNING MARCH ONE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS TYPICALLY THE START OF THE SPRING CLEANUP SO.

MAK: WHEN I'M DOING IS I'M WORKING WITH STAFF HERE I'M WORKING WITH THE MANAGER, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES AVAILABLE, NOT JUST A POLICE OFFICERS, BUT SEEING WHO ELSE WE CAN BRING.

MAK: TO BEAR TO BE OUT THERE AND BE ABLE TO QUICKLY RESPOND AND THEN YOU KNOW HOW DO WE COLLECT THE INFORMATION, SO WE CAN GET.

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MAK: SO THAT THIS CAN BE ADJUDICATED QUICKLY, SO YOU KNOW WE'LL HAVE THAT WILL BE READY TO GO FOR THE START OF.

MAK: NEXT YEAR, AND UNTIL THE LEAF SEASON ENDS THIS YEAR, EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS, THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND FOCUS AND CERTAINLY WE'RE NOT JUST WORKING ON COMPLAINTS COMING IN.

MAK: THE OFFICERS ARE AWARE THAT IF THEY'RE ON PATROL AND THEY SEE SOMETHING AS THEY WOULD SEE ANY OTHER COMPLAINT THAT THEY TAKE ACTION.

MAK: SO LONG AS IT'S PRIORITIZE APPROPRIATELY I CAN'T HAVE THEM DIVERTING FROM HIGHER CRIME OR HIGHER PRIORITY ISSUES TO HANDLE THAT, BUT THEY ALSO KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR A COMPLAINT TO COME IN AND THEY WILL TAKE ACTION AS THEY SEE OR HEAR IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL FOR THE COMMISSIONER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, THAT DATA WAS HELPFUL, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE ALL APPRECIATE THE THE EFFORT YOU'RE YOU'RE PUTTING INTO THIS, COMMISSIONER, AND THAT YOUR OFFICERS ARE IT AUDIENCE IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS.

MAK: I APPRECIATE THAT MARIN I JUST DIDN'T ADD THAT THAT I DID MEET WITH A COUPLE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

MAK: FROM LANDSCAPE INDUSTRY HERE IN THE CITY OR I HAD A LENGTHY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ONE I WAS ASKED TO GO WITH.

MAK: INDUSTRY EVENT OH, HE CONTACTED MY OFFICE WE SAT DOWN AND WE HAD A FAIRLY LENGTHY DISCUSSION 45 MINUTES YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE LAW AND THE NEED TO ADHERE TO THE LAW AND THE ACTIONS THAT THE OFFICE OF RETAKE.

MAK: ANOTHER I MET A LANDSCAPER WHO WAS ACTUALLY IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND I STOPPED, AND YOU KNOW EXPLAINED TO ME WAS IN VIOLATION HAD AN OFFICER COME OVER AND ISSUE THAT INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENTS.

MAK: I'VE ALSO BEEN REACHING OUT AND.

MAK: HAVEN'T BEEN REACHED OUT TO BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THEY'RE CONTACTING ME TO.

MAK: GIVE ME THEIR PERSPECTIVE, AND LET ME KNOW WHERE THEIR CONCERNS ARE AND WE ARE TAKING THE INFORMATION DOWN SO THAT WE CAN.

MAK: POSSIBLY PREPOSITION PEOPLE TO AREAS WHERE THERE ARE KNOWN PROBLEMS AT CERTAIN TIMES SO THAT WE'RE NOT RESPONDING THEY'RE BASED ON A PHONE CALL, BUT IF WE KNOW THAT A CERTAIN.

MAK: LANDSCAPER IS NOT ADHERING TO THE LAWS THAT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN THAT WE CAN BE THERE AT THAT TIME IT GETS DIFFICULT TO LEAVE SEASON, BECAUSE, UNLIKE THE CUTTING SEASON IT'S NOT A TYPICAL SCHEDULE, BUT.

MAK: YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AND FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION AND RESPOND TO THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUPER HELPFUL, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH YOU'RE WELCOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO IF THERE'S NOT MORE FROM THE COUNCIL THEN LET'S CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MY THOUGHT IS THAT WE WILL NOT CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY I'M SURE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS A LOT MORE WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT TO THINK ABOUT AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE TO THINK ABOUT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN WE'RE SUBJECT TO THREE MINUTE STOPCOCK.

OH.

KRISTEN WILSON: LINDA MCKAY.

LINDA MACKAY: HI LINDA MCKAY 10 HERITAGE LANE.

LINDA MACKAY: SCARSDALE PASSED A LAW TO BAN THE LEAF BLOWERS AND DR DARLENE HABER MD WHO LIVES THERE WROTE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

LINDA MACKAY: ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ACTS ASPECT OF THIS IMPORTANT BAND, AND SHE SAID, SERVING AS A HIGHLY.

LINDA MACKAY: DISADVANTAGED SERVING A HIGHLY DISADVANTAGED POPULATION FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF A CENTURY, AND AS A PHYSICIAN TO MANY LANDSCAPERS.

LINDA MACKAY: I HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH THEM FIRSTHAND THE DAMAGING HEALTH IMPACTS OF GAS BLOWERS.

LINDA MACKAY: USING A GAS BLOWER FOR 30 MINUTES PRODUCES POLLUTANTS EQUAL TO THOSE GENERATED BY A FORD F 150 S VT RAPTOR TRAVELING 3900 MILES OR AS FAR AS FROM TEXAS TO ALASKA.

LINDA MACKAY: BLOWERS DISPERSE UP TO FIVE POUNDS OF TINY PARTICLES PER HOUR MATTER WHICH IS INHALED AND EASILY ABSORBED IN OUR LUNGS.

LINDA MACKAY: MEDICAL SOCIETIES CAUTION US THAT A FEW HOURS OF EXPOSURE TO THESE DANGEROUS PARTICLE CAN CAUSE DEATH AND OTHER SEVERE RESPIRATORY AND CARDIOVASCULAR HARMS. LINDA MACKAY: LEGISLATION MAKES A DIFFERENCE, IT MAY BE INCONVENIENT AND A DIFFICULT CHANGE BUT CHANGE IS GOOD AND IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT HAS SUCH A HUGE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.

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LINDA MACKAY: IN 2017 ALONE SEAT BELT SAVED NEARLY 15,000 LIVES IN THE US, WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND RYE BY BANNING THE LEAF GAS LEAF BLOWERS IT STARTS WITH A LAW AND IT BECOMES LIFE CHANGING THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

LOOK PACKARD.

BROOK PACKARD: HI GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BROOKE PACKARD I LIVE AT OAKWOOD AVENUE 26 OAKLAND AVENUE AND HAVE FOR 22 YEARS I SUPPORT AMENDING THE CURRENT LEAF BLOWER BAM.

BROOK PACKARD: AMENDING THE LEAF BLOWER BAM PREPARES PRIVATE LANDSCAPERS BUSINESS FOR AN INEVITABLE FREE FUTURE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT YARD CARE HERE NOT JUST LEAF BLOWERS.

BROOK PACKARD: LANDSCAPERS FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY NEEDS SUPPORT NOW FROM THE RICE CITY COUNCIL THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SCORE SO THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY PIVOT THEIR BUSINESSES.

BROOK PACKARD: WITHOUT PIVOTING CLIENTS AND FUTURE CLIENTS WILL LIKELY CHOOSE SOMEONE TO MAINTAIN THEIR YARDS WITH SUSTAINABLE AND REGENERATIVE PRACTICES OR CHOOSE TO STOP LOSING LENGTH USING LANDSCAPERS COMPLETELY.

BROOK PACKARD: THAT'S THE NATURE OF FREE ENTERPRISE LET'S NOT DENY LANDSCAPERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVITALIZE THEIR BUSINESSES AND PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE.

BROOK PACKARD: THE COST OF PIVOTING IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THE PRICE OF EMPLOYEES HEALTH WELL BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE AND REGENERATIVE YARD CARE.

BROOK PACKARD: THIS CRITICAL TIME IN HISTORY IS NO TIME TO STIFLE INNOVATION ON LANDSCAPING INDUSTRY.

BROOK PACKARD: PIVOTING AND WRITING NEW BUSINESS PLANS REGULARLY HAS BEEN A NORMAL PRACTICE FOR ALL BUSINESSES FOR DECADES DURING THE PANDEMIC AND QUARANTINE REVAMPING BECAME ESSENTIAL.

BROOK PACKARD: EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS, RANGING FROM MONTHLY NET MULTINATIONALS TO MOM PRINTERS WORKING ON THEIR SIDE HUSTLE AT KITCHEN TABLES UPDATED AND IMPLEMENTED THEIR BUSINESS PLANS.

BROOK PACKARD: THERE IS AN AVALANCHE OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE DANGERS OF AMERICA'S MONO CROP VALON ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST CONSIDER LOANS ECOLOGICAL DEAD ZONES, AND ALL THIS IS FOR A MANUFACTURED A STATIC.

BROOK PACKARD: FOR YOUNGER GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES PRISTINE LAWS WITHOUT LEAVES GARDENS OR POLLINATORS ARE NOW AS UNCOOL A SMOKING IN PUBLIC.

BROOK PACKARD: IN THE PAST FEW YEARS YARD MAINTENANCE BUSINESSES HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PIVOTED BY HELPING FAMILIES MULCH ENJOY THE LEAVES AND ABUNDANT LIFE THAT EMERGES FROM THEM IN THE SPRING, BUILD COMPOST PILES AND MAINTAIN KITCHEN GARDENS THESE BUSINESSES ARE BOOMING.

BROOK PACKARD: EVEN BETTER, OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR BRAND AND THEIR WORK ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS LANDSCAPERS WHO PIVOT THEIR BUSINESSES ARE WELCOMED INTO NEIGHBORHOODS INSTEAD OF DREADED.

BROOK PACKARD: A VISION OF MORE COMMUNITY ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOODS IS OUR FUTURE BEST FOR LANDSCAPERS TO JOIN US IN CREATING A KINDER CULTURE WITH YARDS THAT ENHANCE LIVES, WHILE ENJOYING PRIDE IN THEIR WORK.

BROOK PACKARD: A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE LET'S INVITE LANDSCAPERS TO JOIN US IN BUILDING IT TOGETHER.

BROOK PACKARD: COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SAFE FOR ALL GENERATIONS ALL WORK AND PLAY STYLES COMMUNITIES WITH KITCHEN AND POLLINATOR GARDENS AND BEAUTIFUL LEAF FILLED YARDS FILLED WITH SONGBIRDS BUTTERFLIES AND POLLINATORS THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JAMES BOARD.

KRISTEN WILSON: JAMES.

JAMES WARD: CAN YOU HEAR ME.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES.

JAMES WARD: LAST WEEK I LISTEN TO IT, MY NAME IS JAMES WATER THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER LAST WEEK I LISTENED TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND READ THE LETTERS THAT WERE UPLOADED ONTO THE CITY WEBSITE THIS WEEK.

JAMES WARD: I READ MANY COMPASSIONATE VIEWPOINTS AND WANTED TO MAKE A FEW POINTS OF MY OWN, ON TOP OF THAT, I WOULD CAUTION VIEWING THIS ISSUE OF.

JAMES WARD: THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION THROUGH THE LENS OF THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO WANT QUIETER LANDSCAPE OF US OTHERS, I BELIEVE IT WOULD IMPOSE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP AND WE ALL DESERVE.

JAMES WARD: AFFORDABLE LANDSCAPING I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A FALSE DICHOTOMY I BELIEVE THAT THE COST OF STATUS QUO LANDSCAPING AND LEAF BLOWING IS VERY GREAT NORLING TO THE ENVIRONMENT HERE CAN BE BUT ALSO TO OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY, CHILDREN AND THE PEOPLE DOING THE LEAF REMOVAL THEMSELVES.

JAMES WARD: THE CONTRIBUTION OF GASOLINE POWER LINE AND EQUIPMENT IS WELL STUDIED.

JAMES WARD: SETTING THE EPA HIS OWN 2011 FIGURES APPROXIMATELY 27 MILLION TONS OF POLLUTANTS WE'RE LIMITED BY GASOLINE OUR LAWN EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THE FLOWERS, ACCOUNTING FOR 24 TO 45% OF ALL NON ROAD GASOLINE EMISSIONS.

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JAMES WARD: VOLATILE CARBON.

JAMES WARD: CARBON MONOXIDE NOT NITROUS OXIDE AND PARTICULATE MATTER BELOW 10 MICRONS.

JAMES WARD: EXTENSIVE EVIDENCE INSIST THAT THE ABOUT ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS ON EXHAUSTED MISSIONS AND OTHER PARTICULAR PARTICULAR WHICH INCLUDES CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STROKE.

JAMES WARD: RESPIRATORY DISEASE, CANCER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREMATURE DEATH NFL FACTS ON PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT SO IN CONCLUSION, I WOULD SAY, IF PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE LANDSCAPERS AND THOSE BUSINESSES, THEY PUT A HALT TO THIS TYPE OF THESE THIS USING GAS POWERED.

JAMES WARD: LEAF BLOWERS, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BOB ZAHM: THANK YOU BOB'S ON SEVEN WHICH WOULD DRIVE ME OR I HAD A QUESTION, YOU SAID SOMETHING AT THE VERY BEGINNING THAT I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTOOD, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANY CHANGE IN THE MATERIALS ATTACHED TO THE COUNCIL PACKET.

BOB ZAHM: AND THAT WAS IT THIS REGULATION WOULD APPLY TO ALL IN RIGHT SO I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION IN TWO THINGS FIRST IS THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS STILL FOCUSED ON LANDSCAPE, COMPANIES AND, SECONDLY, WHEN WILL DRAFT LEGISLATION BE AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW BY THE COMMUNITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I BELIEVE THE DRAFT LEGISLATION IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW THAT'S WHAT'S IN OUR COUNCIL BACK AT IT HAS NOT CHANGED KRISTIN CORRECT ME, SINCE WE FIRST PUT IT FORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT THE PERMITTING PORTION OF THE REGULATION IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING APPLIES ONLY TO LANDSCAPERS BUT THE LEAF BLOWER RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO EVERYONE KRISTEN EITHER CONFIRM OR DENY.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL CONFIRM THAT YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND IT IS IN THE PACKET I JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE ONE THAT'S OUT ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT.

BOB ZAHM: I JUST WENT THROUGH I WENT FURTHER INTO IT AND SAW IT, IT WAS AFTER YOUR SUMMARY OF OTHER LEGISLATION.

BOB ZAHM: ON THANK YOU MAYOR FOR THAT CLARIFICATION SO JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND CLEARLY I COULD HAVE A LEAF BLOWER NOT REGISTER IT, BUT I COULD ONLY USE IT AT THE PERIODS OF TIME WHEN IT'S ALLOWED TO USE A LEAF BLOWER AND I COULD ONLY USE ONE IS THAT CORRECT.

KRISTEN WILSON: CORRECT YES.

BOB ZAHM: AND WILL I BE ABLE TO HAVE A GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWER.

KRISTEN WILSON: WHAT TIME OF YEAR.

BOB ZAHM: WHEN LEAF BLOWERS ARE PERMITTED.

KRISTEN WILSON: RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN HAVE A GUEST YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT NOT NOT AFTER THE THE START DATE FOR ELECTRICS, THAT IS, THE 2023 C'S.

BOB ZAHM: SO THAT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT LANDSCAPERS CORRECT THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: LESLIE.

CAN.

LESLIE: YOU HEAR ME.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, COULD YOU GIVE YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.

LESLIE: LESLIE LESLIE WINTERS AT SEVEN GRACE CHURCH STREET I WANT TO SAY I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED WITH THE CHANGE OF COMMAND AT THE RIGHT POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LESLIE: IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS I HAVE PERSONALLY CALLED IN 13 VIOLATIONS AND THE POLICE HAVE RESPONDED TO SAY I'M IN SHOCK WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

LESLIE: ONE OF THE LOCAL LANDSCAPERS WHEN THE POLICE CAME OUT THEY CHECK IT TO THEM AT ONE HOUSE DOWN THE STREET FROM ME 15 MINUTES LATER WHEN I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY THE SAME LANDSCAPER WENT ACROSS THE STREET OPERATING MULTIPLE BLOWERS, THEY JUST DON'T GET IT, THESE.

LESLIE: ESCAPERS HAVE NOT RECOGNIZE THE ORDINANCE OR OBEYED THE ORDINANCE IN THE 13 YEARS SINCE THE INCEPTION, IF THEY HAD I DON'T THINK WE'D BE HERE, HAVING THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.

LESLIE: IT HAS BECOME ABSOLUTELY OUT OF CONTROL IT'S CATCH ME IF YOU CAN TO AID THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT HAVE TO HAVE EYES ON.

LESLIE: BUT THAT THEY ACCEPT VIDEOS AND CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE POLICE, NOW HAVE BODY CAMS WE USE SPEED CAMERAS, THEY HAVE CAMERAS TO READ LICENSE PLATES.

LESLIE: AND PRIVATE VIDEO CAMERAS ON PEOPLE'S HOMES THERE'S NO REASON, IN THIS DAY AND AGE, WHY A CELL PHONE VIDEO OR PHOTOGRAPH SHOWING THE LANDSCAPER THEIR TRUCK AND THE HOME CANNOT BE SUBMITTED TO THE POLICE.

LESLIE: FREEING UP MANPOWER PHOTOGRAPHS OR ADMISSIBLE IN COURT IT JUST SEEMS TO BE LIKE THE WAY TO GO WITH THIS POINT.

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LESLIE: WE JUST SEE.

LESLIE: WHAT'S THE POLICE, THE POLICE, THAT ARE COMING OUT, I HAVE TO LIVE VERY NEAR THE RELATIVELY NEAR TO THE POLICE STATION.

LESLIE: PEOPLE ARE, ON THE OTHER END OF TOWN I'M GETTING A RESPONSE RATE ON GRACE CHURCH TREAT HAVE ABOUT FIVE TO SIX MINUTES, WHICH GIVES THEM TIME TO CATCH THEM IN THE ACT.

LESLIE: I HAVE FRIENDS THAT ARE FURTHER AWAY RESPONSE TIME 10 TO 11 MINUTES I WOULD POSIT THAT THIS IS WHERE A CELL PHONE PHOTOGRAPH MIGHT MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN TERMS OF COMPLIANCE AGAIN THANKS, SO MUCH THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMING FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: PAM HALF.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTED TO A PANELIST AGAIN SO YOUR VIDEO WILL BE ON.

PAMELA HAAS: THANK YOU KRISTEN SOUND CHECK, YOU CAN HEAR ME.

PAMELA HAAS: YES, THANK YOU, THIS IS PAMELA HAS AT 35 SEE PECK AVENUE AND RYE, I WOULD LIKE TO READ AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT TO RYE RESIDENT KELLY SMITH POWERS BY HER LANDSCAPER DAN DELVON SAW WHOSE OWNER OF MO GREEN LLC.

PAMELA HAAS: MISS SMITH POWERS IS A LONG TERM RESIDENT AT 12 LARKSPUR LANE AND A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AND SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT, DUE TO A BUSINESS OBLIGATION.

PAMELA HAAS: MR DELVON TOLL RIGHTS IT'S EASY USING ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS GOING OUT WITH FIVE OR SIX BATTERIES AND A COUPLE CHARGERS ALLOWS US TO BLOW ALL DAY.

PAMELA HAAS: AND CUSTOMERS ALLOW US TO CHARGE IT THEIR PROPERTIES, IT COSTS ABOUT 20 CENTS TO CHARGE A 20 MINUTE BLOWER BATTERY.

PAMELA HAAS: YOU HAVE TO REFILL BACKPACK GAS BLOWERS EVERY HALF HOUR TO AND THAT INVOLVES SPILLING ELECTRIC BLOWERS COST LESS TO OWN OVER TIME AND ARE BETTER.

PAMELA HAAS: OUR PEOPLE LIKE THE HANDHELDS FOR MORE AGILITY AND CONTROL HANDHELD JAIL BEES ARE WEAK AND FUTILE.

PAMELA HAAS: BACKPACKS ARE REALLY ALL THEY HAVE, AND THOSE ARE CLUMSY IF YOU ASKED ME, WE DO HAVE SOME BACKPACK ELECTRICS TO.

PAMELA HAAS: ELECTRICS ARE ON A PAR NOW WITH GL BEES, THE ARGUMENT OF SUBPAR ELECTRIC CAPABILITY HAS LOST ITS MERIT, IT WAS PLAUSIBLE THREE YEARS AGO, NOT ANYMORE.

PAMELA HAAS: WE ARE HAPPY WITH 650 CC FM HANDHELDS FROM EACH DO THAT COME WITH A 20 MINUTE BATTERY AND CHARGER FOR $300 TRADITIONAL GUYS DO CLEAN SAVAGELY STRIPPING EVERYTHING.

PAMELA HAAS: THE STYLES NEED TO CHANGE WE MOTION MO LEAVES TO REDUCE THE BULK AND FEED THE SOIL, WE MOST MO WITH ELECTRIC MOTORS AND CATCH THEM IN LAWN SWEEPERS.

PAMELA HAAS: COSTS LESS THAN TRADITIONAL CLEANUPS VERY QUIET ZERO EMISSION WE USE ONLY ELECTRIC BLOWERS, BUT MINIMIZE THEIR USE AUGMENTED WITH THE MOTION BLOWING AND TOW BEHIND SWEEPERS.

PAMELA HAAS: WE DO 70 ACRES A WEEK HAVING GROWN 30% PER YEAR FOR EIGHT YEARS STRAIGHT GAS POWERED LEAF BLOWERS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL, FOR THEIR MYRIAD OF HEALTH DETRIMENTS, BUT THEY CAN BE LEGALLY SUPPRESSED ON THE NOISE ISSUE ALONE, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JEFFREY JACOBS.

JEFFREY JACOBS: THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN YOU HEAR ME.

JEFFREY JACOBS: YES, THANK YOU, THIS IS JEFFREY JACOBS 26 ALAN DRILL DRIVE TO SPEAK ON GOLF CLUB ISSUES.

JEFFREY JACOBS: WHEN WE MOVED HERE 31 YEARS AGO, KNOWING LIKE A JOIN THE CLUB, I WAS DELIGHTED TO MAKE USE OF THIS HISTORIC JEN MY FAMILY HAD A GOLF AND POOL MEMBERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS.

JEFFREY JACOBS: NOW THAT I'M WORKING.

KRISTEN WILSON: WITH THIS IS A LEAF BLOWER PUBLIC HEARING IS YOUR ARE YOUR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE GOLF CLUB AND THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS OR OR.

KRISTEN WILSON: OR.

JEFFREY JACOBS: NO IT'S ABOUT GOOD CLUB.

JEFFREY JACOBS: RENOVATION AND THE LONG WAIT LIST OF ROTTEN RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO USE THE CLUB.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU CAN SPEAK ON THAT IN THE RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD AGENDA ITEM, MR JACOBS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW ON A PROPOSED REVISION TO OUR LEAF BLOWER LAW.

JEFFREY JACOBS: I'M SORRY, WILL I BE ABLE TO SPEAK ON THIS LATER IN THIS MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU WILL BE ABLE TO.

JEFFREY JACOBS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KRISTEN WILSON: LAURIE.

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LORI FONTANES: ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES, BUT WE'D RATHER SPEND SOME TIME EXAMINING THE COUNTER ARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO ARE OPPOSED, NOT JUST TO THIS DRAFT LEGISLATION, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ANY LEGISLATION.

LORI FONTANES: AND LET'S REMEMBER THIS IS JUST A DRAFT I ABSOLUTELY AGREE THERE COULD BE CHANGES THAT MIGHT REPRESENT A COMPROMISE, WHETHER IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE PERMITTING IS HANDLED.

LORI FONTANES: THE AMOUNT OF THE END THE ESCALATION OF FINES AS WELL, EVEN MAYBE AS THE DETAILS OF THE TRANSITION ITSELF TO ELECTRIC EQUIVALENCE I AM MINDFUL OF THE BURDEN ON SMALL BUSINESSES.

LORI FONTANES: AND BELIEVE THERE IS A REASONABLE WAY TO DEAL WITH EVERY ASPECT ALL THAT SAID, THERE ARE A FEW OBVIOUS POINTS TO REBUT.

LORI FONTANES: ONE WRITER, FOR EXAMPLE, SEEM TO THINK THAT THE NEW LAW WOULD BAN LEAF BLOWERS IN THE SUMMER, FOR THE FIRST TIME, IN FACT, THIS IS THE EXISTING LAW.

LORI FONTANES: BUT YOU WOULD BE FORGIVEN FOR NOT REALIZING IT SINCE THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY LEAF BLOWERS IN USE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER ANYWAY.

LORI FONTANES: ANOTHER ASSERTION THAT IT'S BECOME A TALKING POINT FOR OPPONENTS, IS THAT ONLY A HANDFUL OF CITIZENS OPPOSED LEAF BLOWERS.

LORI FONTANES: AND TO THOSE WHO MAKE THAT CLAIM, WHERE IS YOUR PROOF.

LORI FONTANES: I KNOW MANY MORE PEOPLE WHO, JUST LIKE THEM, AND SOME WITH ILLNESSES OR YOUNG CHILDREN WHOSE HEALTH IS PUT AT RISK BY THESE DEVICES OF CONVENIENCE SO LET'S HAVE A REAL METRIC AND NOT JUST HYPERBOLE.

LORI FONTANES: AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE SAYING THAT THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP THEIR YARDS CLEAN WHERE THEY JUST WANT THEIR LAWN TO LOOK NICE.

LORI FONTANES: HAVE YOU SEEN OUR BEAUTIFUL RED MAPLES THIS MONTH, HAVE YOU BEEN TO WRITE DOWN PARK FALL LEAVES ARE GORGEOUS.

LORI FONTANES: THE GIANT LAWN CARE COMPANIES HAVE BEEN SELLING US A BILL OF GOODS, SINCE WORLD WAR TWO ABOUT PERFECT GREEN LAWNS.

LORI FONTANES: IT'S TIME TO MOVE PAST THIS ANTIQUE IDEA OF NOT ONLY WHAT MAKES A GARDEN BEAUTIFUL BUT TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE PESTICIDE FILLED BLONDES.

LORI FONTANES: AND THOSE ORNAMENTAL BEDS STRIPPED OF THE LEAVES THAT PROTECT THE SOIL AND PROVIDE A WINNER HOME FOR POLLINATORS ARE NOT BEAUTIFUL THEY'RE NOT HEALTHY.

LORI FONTANES: AND THEY'RE NOT WORTH IT, OH AND, BY THE WAY, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T NOTICE THE DAY AFTER THE LEAF BLOWERS COME BELIEVES KEEP COMING SO ALL THAT NOISE AND DISRUPTION IS FOR A VERY BRIEF PERFECTION.

LORI FONTANES: CAN WE RETHINK OUR GARDENS, CAN WE FIND NEW WAYS OF CREATING A LOVELY SANCTUARY FOR OUR FAMILIES OUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT LIVES IN THIS HABITAT WE CALL RIGHT I HOPE SO, THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

TOM KANOS: HI.

TOM KANOS: HI HI.

TOM KANOS: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, A NEW RESIDENT OF RYE.

TOM KANOS: AND TWO BEAUTIFUL TOWN VERY NICE PEOPLE WITH GREAT BEAUTIFUL LAWNS GREAT REAL ESTATE VALUES I'M A VERY PROUD HOMEOWNER.

TOM KANOS: I'M I'M LISTENING TO THIS AND I I'M I'M ON IN TWO WAYS IT'S.

TOM KANOS: INTERESTING ONE, IF THIS IS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AND RIDE LEAF BLOWER NOISE, WE LIVE IN A VERY SAFE TOWN, BECAUSE IF YOU READ ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN NEW CANAAN CONNECTICUT WITH BURGLARIES AUTO THEFT.

TOM KANOS: MUGGINGS WHAT'S GOING ON ALL AROUND US, WE HAVE WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO BE LIVING HERE.

TOM KANOS: I'VE OWNED OWNED POWER EQUIPMENT MY WHOLE LIFE I GREW UP IN STANFORD CONNECTICUT TONS OF LEAVES MY FATHER USED TO GET US OUT TO RAKE YOU SPEND YOUR SATURDAY HE'S OUT THERE IT'S A USELESS FUTILE WAY TO SPEND YOUR TIME LEAF BLOWERS, I THINK, ARE UNBELIEVABLE.

TOM KANOS: MACHINERY IN THE LAST 10 YEARS WHAT'S HAPPENED, FIRST OF ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE ALMOST TALKING ABOUT LANDSCAPERS AND I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE LANDSCAPING BUSINESS.

TOM KANOS: NO ONE ASKED ME TO MAKE THIS CALL I'M MAKING IT BECAUSE I HAVE TONS OF POWER EQUIPMENT IN MY HOUSE AND I LOVE, MY HOME BUT.

TOM KANOS: FIRST OF ALL, LEAF BLOWERS ARE ARE LEGAL IN ALMOST EVERY STATE IN THE COUNTRY FROM ANNOY STANDPOINT, IN FACT I LOOKED IT UP TODAY AND GARBAGE TRUCKS PRODUCE MORE DECIBELS SO.

TOM KANOS: I'M NOT SYMPATHIZING WITH JUSTICE SCALIA SHOULD WE ALL EAT BROCCOLI BUT WHAT'S THE NEXT THING WE SHOULD BE BANNING SHOULD WE BE BANNING THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND AT RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL.

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TOM KANOS: OR SHOULD WE NOT TAKE TRAINS, SHOULD WE ALL WALK TO WORK LET'S REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE PEOPLE COME IN IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AREA.

TOM KANOS: I'VE I'VE I'M VERY COGNIZANT OF THIS ISSUE LANDSCAPERS COME IN, I REALLY HAVEN'T EVEN HEARD LEAF BLOWERS, AND I OWN ONE I USE IT FOR FIVE MINUTES, THE PROPERTY IT'S A QUARTER ACRE.

TOM KANOS: I I'M PERPLEXED AT THE HYSTERIA OF DEATH I'VE NEVER KNOWN ANYONE TO DIE FROM LEAF BLOWERS I'VE NEVER HEARD OF IT.

TOM KANOS: IT'S IT'S A MIND BOGGLING STATEMENT TO THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE I PARKED MY CAR AT THE TRAIN STATION IT'S LOADED WITH DUST EVERY NIGHT, SHOULD WE STOP THE TRAIN SYSTEM.

TOM KANOS: WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS AS AS CITIZENS AND IS LEGISLATORS WHAT WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE COME IN, THEY WANT THEIR PROPERTY VALUE.

TOM KANOS: THEY PAY FOR LANDSCAPERS TO WORK EFFICIENTLY THEY GET GOING AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING, THEY BLOW YOUR LEADS AND THEY'RE OUT OF HERE I LOOKED OUT AT ALL MY NEIGHBORS THAT THEY MOW LAWNS THERE'S 48 INCH ONE WHERE SHOULD THE MOST EFFICIENT THINGS ON EARTH, THE TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THERE.

TOM KANOS: IT'S, IN FACT, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE A LOT THAT THE THE BATTERY POWERED LEAF BLOWERS THEY PUT A MUCH MORE HIGHER FREQUENCY SOUNDS LIKE A HAIRDRYER.

KRISTEN WILSON: YEAH YOUR TIME IS UP.

TOM KANOS: GREAT THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOHN HAVEN'T.

JOHNHOBBINS: HELLO.

JOHNHOBBINS: HELLO OH YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE CAN HEAR YOU.

JOHNHOBBINS: HI HELLO EVERYBODY I'M KATHY HOPKINS FROM JOHN HOPKINS PHONE COMPUTER, EXCUSE ME.

JOHNHOBBINS: HOPE YOU'RE ALL WELL I'M JUST WANTED TO SAY PERSONALLY WE CERTAINLY DON'T ENJOY THE NOISE FROM OR THE GAS ADMITTED FROM LEAF BLOWERS.

JOHNHOBBINS: AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU KNOW SOME TYPE OF LEAF BLOWER IS NEEDED TO BE USED IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, AND I GUESS, THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR LATER IN THE MEETING BUT.

JOHNHOBBINS: WHY LEAF BLOWERS ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE RESTRICTED, WHICH AGAIN I'D BE VERY HAPPY ABOUT.

JOHNHOBBINS: BUT WHY NOT MORE HARMFUL NOISE, SUCH AS DYNAMITED AND BLASTING AND SHIPPING THREE FEET FROM HOMES WITH CHILDREN THREE FEET FROM DYNAMITE AND BLAST AND ROCK SHIPPING IS ALL PERMITTED AND IT'S EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE DISTURBING VIBRATION AND ESPECIALLY NOISE DISTURBANCE.

JOHNHOBBINS: SO THIS CAN BE BROUGHT UP LATER, I UNDERSTAND, ACTUALLY, IT SHOULD NOT BE AT THIS POINT, BUT ANYWAY THAT WAS THE POINT FOR NOW.

JOHNHOBBINS: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: ROBIN AND HENSCHEL.

ROBIN HENSCHEL: HI THIS IS HOWARD MUSIC ON MY WIFE ROBIN CENTRAL'S PHONE THANKS FOR HEARING ME, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE MANY.

ROBIN HENSCHEL: GOOD POINTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING THE THE HAZARDS OF LEAF BLOWERS, AS SOMEONE WHO IS AS MANY PEOPLE IN RYE HAVE CHANGED AS EMPLOYMENT STATUS TO WORK FROM HOME.

ROBIN HENSCHEL: I THINK THAT THE INTRUSION THE NOISE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO THINK FOR A LIVING AND HAVE TO REFLECT AND LOOK FOR QUIET.

ROBIN HENSCHEL: TO BE INTRUDED UPON BY THESE LEAF BLOWERS AT VERY HIGH DECIBEL LEVELS IS AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD SO IT'S CERTAINLY THEIR OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD FOR THE LANDSCAPERS.

ROBIN HENSCHEL: THAT CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT THIS IS NOT A LUXURY QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, FOR I RESIDENTS WHO ARE WORKING FROM HOME TRYING TO CONCENTRATE AND MAKE A LIVING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I JUST REMIND FOLKS TO GIVE US THEIR ADDRESS TO WHEN THEY SPEAK THANKS.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO I'M GOING TO BE PROMOTING A PHONE NUMBER THAT ENDS IN 089.

1914****089: HI CAN YOU HEAR ME YES.

1914****089: HI CURE SMITH 39 PALISADE ROAD.

1914****089: I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THE AMENDMENT TO THE LEAF BLOWER LAW ANYONE ON THIS CALL, WHO HAS THE AUDACITY TO SAY THAT GASOLINE POWERED LEAF BLOWERS IN THE CITY DON'T CAUSE.

1914****089: A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE IS EITHER DEATHS NOT HOME DURING THE DAY OR AN OWNER OR RELATIVES.

1914****089: OR AN OWNER OR A RELATIVE OR A FRIEND OF AN OWNER OF A LANDSCAPING COMPANY, THE LAST TWO, WHICH I BELIEVE APPLIED SOME STICKINESS.

1914****089: THIS PAST MONDAY ALONE, I SHOULD HAVE CALLED THE POLICE NINE TIMES FOR MULTIPLE LEAF BLOWERS AND USE JUST IN AND AROUND MY STREET ALONE BEFORE IT WAS EVEN 230 IN THE AFTERNOON.

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1914****089: WE HAVE SUFFERED ENOUGH BOTH OUTSIDE AND INSIDE OF OUR HOME THERE'S NO ESCAPE FROM THEM, WE CAN'T TAKE WALKS WITH OUR CHILD WITHOUT BEING HARASSED BY THEM AND WE CAN'T COME HOME AND CLOSE OUR DOORS TO THE SANCTITY OF OUR OWN HOME, WE STILL HEAR THEM RAGING OUTSIDE.

1914****089: ON THE AMENDED LAW, I HAVE THREE COMMENTS, I BELIEVE THE 8AM START TIME IS WAY TOO EARLY.

1914****089: AT 8AM BABIES ARE STILL SLEEPING OUR CHILDREN ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL THAT'S SUCH A SACRED TIME AND AT 8AM IS THE ALLOWED START TIME AND CITY COUNCIL IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT WE ARE OKAY WITH.

1914****089: HAVING FECAL MATTER BLOWING INTO THE FACES OF OUR CHILDREN, WHY THEY WALK TO SCHOOL, SO I THINK THAT TIME NEEDS TO BE PUSHED BACK TO BE MUCH MORE IN LINE WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND HEALTH STANDARDS THAT WE ALL ARE ASPIRING TO ACHIEVE.

1914****089: FOR THEIR ENFORCEMENT THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COPY, FOR YOUR UPDATES, I AGREE WITH, I BELIEVE IT WAS MISS WINTERS WHO SAID, WE ARE SO HAPPY FOR THE CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP.

1914****089: BECAUSE WE SLOWER OFFENSES ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF ANIMAL COMPARED TO OTHER TYPES OF MORE TRADITIONAL OFFENSES THAT THE POLICE RESPOND TO SUCH AS FAST OR DB CALLS.

1914****089: AND BECAUSE THEY ARE SO CONSTANT AND RELENTLESS AND SOMETIMES QUICK THE ENFORCEMENT OF THEM NEEDS TO BE APPROPRIATELY SUITED TO ADDRESS THOSE QUALITIES AND IT'S BEEN SHOWN THAT THE TRADITIONAL ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SO GROSSLY INADEQUATE TO STOP THE CONSTANT VIOLATIONS.

1914****089: WE HAVE A PARKING ENFORCEMENT UNIT THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE PATROLLING AND GIVING TICKETS PARKING TICKETS.

1914****089: I THINK ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL COULD EASILY BE ASSIGNED TO DRIVE AROUND AND ENFORCE THESE LEAF BLOWER VIOLATIONS, AT LEAST FOR THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE NEW LAW UNTIL LANDSCAPERS AND HOMEOWNERS KNOW THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY.

1914****089: AND FOR THE HOMEOWNERS I BELIEVE THE HOMEOWNERS ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COMPANIES THAT THEY BRING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

1914****089: SO WITHOUT THE PROVISION AND THE NEW AMENDMENT ALLOWING FOR HOMEOWNERS AS WELL TO BE TICKETED THE SPOT, HAS NO BITE.

1914****089: THAT'S SUCH A CRITICAL PIECE FOR THIS LEGISLATION AND THAT'S WHY IT'S IN OTHER TOWNS AMENDED LEAF BLOWERS LAWS SUCH AS LARCHMONT AND SCARSDALE.

1914****089: AND IT IS VITAL IN ORDER TO GIVE THE SEASONS BACK TO THE PEOPLE I MISS FALL AND THE SPRING I WANT MY SEASONS BACK AND, LASTLY, I AM CONFIDENT THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL PASS AND AMENDED, PLEASE LOWER LAW.

1914****089: YOU'RE MY CHILD IN RISES OKAY.

1914****089: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: THEN, DANIEL.

DANIEL GRETO: HELLO YOU HEAR ME, YES, VERY GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY NAME IS DANIEL GRECO AND I LIVE ON SONDRA I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF RYE I'M ALSO THE OWNER OF CENTRAL TREE SERVICE, THE FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED BUSINESS ENTERING INTO ITS 54TH YEAR.

DANIEL GRETO: MYSELF CURTIS BACK EVENT OH AND PETER NAVARRO AND LOCAL GREEN INDUSTRY COMPANIES IN VARIOUS RIGHT RESIDENTS HELP DEVELOPMENT DISTRIBUTE.

DANIEL GRETO: THE I PETITION AND JUST IN THE PAST 24 HOURS, I SUBMITTED A PETITION WITH 215 NAMES SUPPORTING THE OPPOSITION OF THIS LEGISLATION, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT 236.

DANIEL GRETO: THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION IS HYPERSENSITIVE WITH PEOPLE WORKING AT HOME, THESE DAYS, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL THAT PEOPLE.

DANIEL GRETO: EACH AND EVERY DAY THEIR HOME, SO THEY FEEL AS THOUGH THEY'RE MICRO MANAGING EVERYTHING.

DANIEL GRETO: WHICH, TO A DEGREE, THERE ARE A LOT OF LANDSCAPERS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE USING BLOWERS, BUT, THAT BEING SAID, IF WE WERE TO GO TO TO A BATTERY OPERATED SYSTEM.

DANIEL GRETO: THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING EVEN YOUR OWN STAFF AT THIS TIME, HAS SAID, IT DOES NOT WORK IF THE BLOWING TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THERE.

DANIEL GRETO: I'M THE HOMEOWNER APPLICATION WORKS, BUT JUST NOT AT THE LARGEST LEVEL, AND I SAY LARGER LEVEL.

DANIEL GRETO: YOU TRY TO GO TO HOMES ON STUYVESANT FOREST KIRBY GRACE CHURCH THOSE HOMES ARE TOO LARGE, YOU CANNOT DO IT WITH BATTERY OPERATED MACHINERY FOR BACKPACK BLOWING DEVICES, AS WELL AS VACUUM DEVICES IT'S JUST NOT DOABLE AT THIS TIME.

DANIEL GRETO: AS FAR AS EXEMPTIONS GO THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CANNOT DO IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN THEIR OWN PROPERTIES AS RYAN HAD STATED EARLIER TODAY.

DANIEL GRETO: WE NEED THE CITY OF RYAN OR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO TAKE THE HANDLE AND SHOW US HOW TO DO THIS BECAUSE, ONCE THEY CAN DO IT, THAT MEANS THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO BE THERE.

DANIEL GRETO: NOT JUST PICK A SMALL CUL DE SAC, IN WHICH YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF SURE, JUST LIKE A SMALL HOMEOWNER CAN TAKE CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY, THE CITY OF OR I SHOULD BE.

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DANIEL GRETO: FARMING CHILDREN'S LUNGS THINGS LIKE THAT, BY ALL THESE BACKPACK BLOWERS WELL SCHOOL SHOULD NOT BE EXEMPT FROM THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE CHILDREN GO.

DANIEL GRETO: I THINK IT'S HYPOCRITICAL IF PEOPLE WERE IF YOU ARE TO.

DANIEL GRETO: HAVE THE HAVE THE SCHOOLS AND PARKS AND ALL THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES EXEMPT FROM THIS, I JUST WANT TO TELL THE BOARD, WE HAVE OVER 236 PETITION SIGNED.

DANIEL GRETO: AND MULTIPLE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE I HOPE YOU REVIEW IT AND TAKING PART IN WHAT THEY SAY AND PLEASE DO NOT PASS LEGISLATION LIKE THIS AT THIS CURRENT TIME WE'RE NOT THERE WITH TECHNOLOGY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOE HENDERSON.

KRISTEN WILSON: BILL YOU'RE STILL MUTED.

BILL HENDERSON: SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BILL HENDERSON: YEAH BILL HENDERSON 77 GRACE CHURCH STREET ONE SHORT COMMENT YOUR YOUR SECTION DASH TWO DEFINITIONS IN YOUR LEGISLATOR DRAFT LEGISLATION.

BILL HENDERSON: IT APPEARS TO DEFINE LANDSCAPER TO INCLUDE EMPLOYEES OF LANDSCAPERS I'M NOT IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME, IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO THAT, AND IF IT IS, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU ONLY REQUIRE LANDSCAPING COMPANIES.

BILL HENDERSON: AND NOT THEIR EMPLOYEES TO BE LICENSED I WOULD RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST THAT REQUIRING ALL EMPLOYEES OF LANDSCAPERS TO BE LICENSED.

BILL HENDERSON: IS IS UNNECESSARY.

BILL HENDERSON: TO ME IT'S IT'S NOT CLEAR WHY THE CITY IS TAKING ON LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR FOR LANDSCAPERS THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S ALREADY FINES AND THE BILL.

BILL HENDERSON: PERHAPS YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN PASS THE LEGISLATION WITHOUT A LICENSING REQUIREMENT AND SEE HOW THE SEE HOW THE LEGISLATION IS WORKING AND IF IF YOU SEE THE NEED LATER ON TO INCLUDE THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT.

BILL HENDERSON: MAYBE MAYBE COME BACK AND AMEND THE LEGISLATION, SEEMS TO ME THAT THE CITY'S TAKING ON QUITE A BURDEN LICENSING ALL THESE LANDSCAPERS AND IT'S A IT'LL CREATE A BIG ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN FOR FOR THE LANDSCAPERS THEMSELVES.

BILL HENDERSON: SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU KNOW MAY NOT BE NECESSARY THAT'S IT THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

TRACY.

TRACY STORA: HELLO TRACY STORE THREE FAIRLAWN COURT.

TRACY STORA: I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I SUPPORT THE THE AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT OF THE LEAF BLOWER LAW, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THIS, I AM A LIFELONG OR RIKER.

TRACY STORA: I HAVEN'T HAD A LEAF BLOWER MY PROPERTY IN ABOUT 15 YEARS AND HAPPY TO SAY THAT.

TRACY STORA: AND I HAVE TWO SONS THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY WEREN'T WILD ABOUT RANKING BUT THEY RAKED THEY ALL PLAYED SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

TRACY STORA: ONE OF THEM PLAYED SPORTS IN COLLEGE, THEY ALL WERE SUCCESSFUL, AND THEY ALL RAKED SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR OTHER FAMILIES TO CONSIDER RAKING AS AN ACTIVITY IT'S A HEALTHY ACTIVITY, IT BRINGS YOU TOGETHER, YOU GET TO TOUCH THE LEAVES IT.

TRACY STORA: AND AGAIN, I YOU KNOW I AM NOT UNFAVORABLY BLOWERS AT ALL, AND I THINK THEY'RE TERRIBLE AND I SUPPORT THIS THIS AMENDMENT OF THE LAW AND IN YOUR CONSIDERATION, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU HAVE A PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN THE NUMBERS 737737 YOU ARE UNMUTED FOR A SECOND THERE AND NOW YOU'RE MUTED AGAIN.

KRISTEN WILSON: THERE YOU GO HELLO.

1914****737: GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR JOSH COHEN, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW PLEASE.

1914****737: YES, YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE, YES, YES, THIS IS KATE.

1914****737: KATE BRIGGS AT ONE WALNUT STREET HERE IN RIGHT.

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1914****737: I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS TO ASK IS HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH THE BATTERIES AND CHARGING OF THIS LAW WAS THE PAST RIGHT NOW.

1914****737: I AM NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE DEITY HAS LEGALIZED THE AMOUNT OF BATTERIES NECESSARY TO BE TRAVELING ON THE ROAD.

1914****737: AND I DON'T BELIEVE TECHNOLOGY, WHEN YOU ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF RIGHT, YOU HAVE KIND OF A HOME BASE THAT YOU CAN DRIVE BACK AND HAVE ONE BATTERY CHARGING AND PICK UP THE OTHER ONE BUT.

1914****737: AS YOU'RE MOVING AROUND AS A MOBILE LANDSCAPER AND YOU LEAVE THE YARD AT 730 AND YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK TO 530 AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TIME TO GET TO THE PLACE BY.

1914****737: HOW DO WE KEEP UP WITH THAT CHARGING CHARGING AS WE MOVE AROUND THAT'S ONE QUESTION.

1914****737: A LOT OF LANDSCAPERS DON'T KNOW I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT THERE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EDUCATE THEM, AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A TIMEFRAME OF OF.

1914****737: NON PERMITTING JUST TO GET EVERYBODY IN ORDER AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND THIS AND.

1914****737: I AM WORKING REALLY DIGITALLY TO BRANCH OUT AND TO COMMUNICATE TO THESE GUYS AND THEY ARE SLOWLY AND SURELY BECOMING AWARE THEY ARE AWARE OF LARGE MONTH, THEY ARE AWARE OF OTHER AREAS.

1914****737: AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE IN EDUCATING THEM AND WRITING STUFF IN SPANISH AND TRYING TO DISPERSE THAT.

1914****737: AND LASTLY, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE A STORM WE'VE HAD STORMS AND OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH HURRICANES AND FLOODING, WHERE WE HAVE POWER OUTAGES FOR SOMETIMES DAYS AT A TIME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY AND CLEAN UP WITH THESE.

1914****737: BANDS IN PLACE WHICH IS, WHICH IS OK, BUT IF THE BAND GETS LIFTED LIFTED, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CHARGE OUR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.

1914****737: WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITIES OF RYE HAS WITH A WHOLE ONE SITE AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE.

KRISTEN WILSON: WAYNE STUDENTS STUDENTS.

KRISTEN WILSON: WAYNE YOU'RE STILL MUTED.

WAYNE STUETZ: THERE YOU GO THAT BETTER YES YEAH I'M A I'M A LANDSCAPER I ACTUALLY DON'T DO ANY WORK IN RYE, BUT I'M WORKING IN WESTCHESTER AND I SEE THE TREND.

WAYNE STUETZ: AND IT'S THE TECHNOLOGY IS JUST NOT THERE, I OWN THREE BATTERY BACKPACK BLOWERS THAT I USE PRIMARILY IN WHITE PLAINS DURING THE SUMMER SEASONS.

WAYNE STUETZ: AND YOU CAN GET BY YOU KNOW, BUT AS SOON AS IT RAINS AS SOON AS THE WEATHER TURNS YOU KNOW SAY EARLY SPRING AND THINGS ARE ICY YOU KNOW NOW WHEN IT'S ICY.

WAYNE STUETZ: YOU KNOW THOSE BLOWERS JUST DON'T HAVE THE POWER, THE ELECTRIC.

WAYNE STUETZ: AGAIN, YOU KNOW IT STILL PUTS OFF A NOISE, IT STILL PUSHES UP THIS SO CALLED FECAL MATTER AND DUST AND YOU KNOW IT'S QUITE DIFFICULT TO USE A BATTERY BLOWER TO DO THE WORK THAT WE'VE ARE USED TO USING BLOWERS THERE'S NO GROUND BLOWER THAT'S BATTERY OPERATED AS AT THIS POINT.

WAYNE STUETZ: THAT CAN PUSH YOU KNOW MOUNTAINS OF LEAVES THAT'S WHAT WE GET INTO THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WAYNE STUETZ: YOU KNOW I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE CALL IN YOU KNOW OR THEIR HOMEOWNERS AND YOU KNOW THEY CAN DABBLE IN THEIR YARDS ON A DAILY BASIS WE'RE WORKING IN DAYS THAT WILL BE RAINING.

WAYNE STUETZ: NEXT THING IT'S SNOWING AND NEXT THING IT'S WINDY THE NEXT THING IT'S YOU KNOW BRANCHES ARE DOWN IT'S IT'S IT'S A TOUGH JOB YOU KNOW YOU'RE WORKING SIX DAYS, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, TRYING TO MANAGE THE WEATHER AND GET THROUGH YOUR ROUTE TO GO TO A BATTERY OPERATED.

WAYNE STUETZ: POWERLESS, YOU KNOW THEY'RE RARELY POWERLESS, YOU KNOW BE DIFFERENT IF THERE'S A TESLA OF BACKPACK BLOWERS IF THERE'S A TESLA MODEL AND SOMETHING THAT COMES OUT OUT I'LL GLADLY CHANGE, YOU KNOW IT'S JUST NOT THERE, THE TECHNOLOGY ISN'T THERE, AND UNTIL THAT TECHNOLOGY IS SHOWN TO ME.

WAYNE STUETZ: YOU KNOW I THINK THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO CALLED IN, AND SAID THEIR LANDSCAPE OR USE THEM AND THEY SWEEP THEM UP, YOU KNOW THE WHAT PEOPLE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO, AND WANT TO SEE.

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WAYNE STUETZ: CHANGING, AT LEAST IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS I SEE THE BACKPACKS THAT HAVE COME OUT AND THEY'RE JUST NOT STRONG ENOUGH AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU YOU'RE WELCOME.

KRISTEN WILSON: KATE GREG'S I SEE YOUR PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR NAME AGAIN SO I'M GOING TO PROMOTE YOUR YOUR PHONE NUMBER, IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN BEFORE WE GO AROUND A SECOND TIME, ARE THERE ANY COLOR, ARE THERE ANY CALLERS WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN BEFORE.

KRISTEN WILSON: WELL, NOW I'M GETTING A FEW NEW ONES, RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ONE OTHER REPEAT SPEAKER AND ONE NEW SO AFTER MISS BRIGGS GOES OH GOOD OF THE NEW PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET.

HELLO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HELLO, YES, GOOD EVENING AGAIN KATE.

1914****737: BRIGGS ONE WALNUT STREET, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT SOME OF THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY ADAMANT.

1914****737: AND THAT CAN HAVE DO THEIR OWN YARDS WITH RAKING THEY CAN BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE YARD, IS A QUARTER ACRE OR UNDER OR.

1914****737: A SMALLER SIZE SCALE PROPERTY HALF AN ACRE AND UNDER BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PROPERTIES HERE AND RYE THAT ARE LARGER SCALE AND THAT BECOMES IMPRACTICAL ON A.

1914****737: PERSONAL HOMEOWNER LEVEL, JUST TO BE RAKING ALL THE LEAVES I ALSO HAVE DONE MULCH MORNING I DO LIKE IT AND, BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT IN THE SEASON, THE GROUND BECOMES SOGGY SO THE CONSTANT GOING OVER THE GROUND IT.

1914****737: BECOMES TRICKY BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY LIKE THEN BREAKING UP THE THE TURF STRUCTURE AND THE SOIL STRUCTURE AND THEN THE LEAVES BECOME TOO MUCH.

1914****737: THIS IS THE VOLUME OF LEADS THAT WERE COMING UPON THAT JUST AS A HEAVY AND IF IT GETS BECOMES WET WITH RAIN.

1914****737: AND AGAIN JUST DURING THE REGULAR SEASON MULCH MOWING WITH WHAT WHAT SUMMERTIME LEAVES GRASS, IT BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING AND MORE DIFFICULT, AND FOR THE RECORD, A LOT OF LANDSCAPE COMPANIES DO CUT IN THE AREA OF OVER 100 200 I KNOW A COMPANY THAT CUTS 500 ACRES A WEEK.

1914****737: SO WE'RE TALKING SOME BIGGER OPERATIONS, INSTEAD OF JUST 50 ACRES OR 40 ACRES OR TWO ACRES OR 70 ACRES, SO THIS IS A LARGE, THESE ARE LARGE OPERATIONS.

1914****737: AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND THAT THE SCALE, THE PROPERTIES AND MAYBE THAT WE CAN AMEND THE LAW FOR SMALLER SCALE PROPERTIES, TO BE ELECTRIC AND THE LARGER SCALE PROPERTIES TO COME ON BOARD LATER ON WHEN THE TECHNOLOGY COMES ON BOARD, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: CURTIS BACK EVENTS OH.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: OH HEAR ME.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: YES, OKAY.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: WELL, THERE ARE DEFINITELY A FEW PROBLEMS, AS YOU HEARD BRIAN FOR THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT QUITE THERE YET.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE TECHNOLOGY, NOT BEING THAT THESE LANDSCAPERS WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET TO THE PROPERTIES AS OFTEN, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT THE LEAVES ARE COMING DOWN.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND SIDEWALKS ARE SLIPPERY SO FOR AN EXAMPLE IF IF A LANDSCAPER WASN'T ABLE TO COME TO YOUR PROPERTY AND THE CITY PASSES A LAW AND THERE'S A LOT OF SLIPPERY LEAVES THAT ARE ON THE SIDEWALK AND THE KIDS ARE RUNNING TO SCHOOL.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THE KIDS SLIPS ON THE LEAVES IS THE CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, BECAUSE THEY'VE PASSED LAWS GET IT DONE WITH THE HOMEOWNER TO SUE THE OTHER QUESTION IS ALSO WITH THE REGULAR GAS CARS, YEARS AGO, HOW THEY DID AWAY WITH THOSE CARS OVER TIME.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: CARS BEFORE THE ONLY UNLEADED CARS DID NOT SELL REGULAR GAS ANYMORE, AS THEY FAILED THOSE OUT, IT SHOULD BE DONE THE SAME THING WITH THE BLOWERS.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND THE TECHNOLOGY IS THERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO SELL THE BLOWER'S ANYMORE NOT GOING TO SELL IT LOWERS ANYMORE THAT'S WHEN THE TRANSACTION SHOULD MOST PROBABLY HAPPEN.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: YOU KNOW, WE HAD SPOKE ABOUT LARGE BOTTLE FOR MARCH LINE IS NOT ON, PLEASE CITY OF RIAZ WHAT 16 AT MAYBE MORE THAN 100 OKAY, I MEAN, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED LARGE MARK IN SCARSDALE THE GUINEA PIG.

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CURTIS SPACAVENTO: AND THE MEAN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, THE EQUIPMENT GOES MUSLIMS, YOU STILL HAVE.

MULTIPLE.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: EVERYBODY HAS BEEN WATCHING RACE.

SO.

ALREADY WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: DID YOU RECEIVE A PETITION.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: 36 TIMES.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW, HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED A PETITION, AND I KNOW THAT I HAD ABOUT 25 OR 30 CUSTOMERS THAT WANT TO THE CITY THAT I'VE NEVER GOT A RESPONSE, ONE OF YOU ARE RECEIVING EVERYTHING ACKNOWLEDGING IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AM I I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE RECEIVED, BUT IF YOU'RE SENDING TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL THEN IT'S ALL BEING COMPILED INTO A HEARING RECORD THAT'S PUBLICLY VISIBLE.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: ALSO, YOU ON RECEIVING THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HAVE NO IDEA WE'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF STUFF.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: OH, YOU ARE WELCOME, AS I DIDN'T I.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: WASN'T ACKNOWLEDGED AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED, BUT I GUESS, SO THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOHN MAYO SMITH.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTED TO A PANELIST GUNS I BELIEVE YOUR CAMERA WILL BE ON.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: HI JOHN AS MY THREE FORMER FAIRLAWN COURT I JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURS TO ME IS THAT I GUESS JUST BY WAY OF SORT OF JUST SORT OF CONTEXT.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: WE LIVE IN THE NORTHEAST DECIDUOUS FORESTS AND SO TREES, YOU KNOW THE LEAVES ARE FALLING ALL THE TIME, SO WHEN WHEN THE LEAVES ARE.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: BLOWN OFF A PERSON'S PROPERTY VERY OFTEN HALF AN HOUR LATER THEY'RE BACK ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SAFETY, AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS YOU KNOW I WONDER.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS WHEN MOMENTS, AFTER ALL, THE LEAF BLOWING HAPPENS THE LEAVES ARE BACK ON THE GROUND AGAIN BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE THE TREES ARE DROPPING LEAVES THE OTHER THING IS THAT.

[8. Resolution to waive parking restrictions and parking fees in all downtown parking lots and Purchase Street for the period between November 26 – 27, 2021 and December 20 - 24, 2021.]

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: AND THEY REALLY DIDN'T GET POPULAR UNTIL THE EARLY 90S AS LEAF BLOWERS, IT WAS SORT OF LIKE THIS THE SORT OF BYPRODUCT OF THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THESE DEVICES.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: AND SO BEFORE THE 90S, AND YES, THEY WERE USING THE 80S, BUT THEY REALLY STARTED GETTING SUPER POPULAR AND 90S.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW I WONDER SORT OF WHAT WHAT WAS GOING ON BEFORE LEAF BLOWERS, AND WE ALL SEEM TO SURVIVE BEFORE LEAF BLOWERS, AND NOW WE'RE IN THE SITUATION.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: THE OTHER THING THAT IS INTERESTING IS THAT MANY TIMES WHEN WE WHEN WE LOOK AT HOW THEY'RE USED THEY'RE USED DURING YOU KNOW I'VE SEEN SITUATIONS WHERE ONE LEAF BLOWER TO THE PLAYERS ARE USED TO BLOW JUST A FEW LEAVES A COUPLE OF YOU KNOW JUST OFF OFF OF SOMETHING.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: AND SO I GUESS IT'S A MATTER OF DEGREES ALSO MY MY SENSE IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE'RE IN THE SITUATION IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING OVERUSED SO SO IN THE WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST IT, AND I ALSO QUITE A WAY TO USE I WORKED AS A LANDSCAPER.

[9. Authorization for the City Manager to enter into an exclusive agreement with Lessing’s Inc. for catering services at Whitby Castle at the Rye Golf Club.]

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: BUT I WONDER IF THERE'S YOU KNOW IF WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO EXTREMES, YOU KNOW NO LEAVES AND ALL THE PROPERTIES OR YOU KNOW ALL THESE PROPERTIES IS THERE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN WHERE.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: WE CAN SAY AS A COMMUNITY IT'S OKAY TO HAVE SOME LEAVES ON YOUR PROPERTY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT PERFECTLY GREEN DURING THE FALL WHEN WE LIVE IN A DECISION WAS FOREST SO.

JOHN MAYO-SMITH: PART OF IT IS, I THINK, OF COURSE, CORRECTION AS A COMMUNITY, HOW WE THINK ABOUT FALL AND THE SEASONS AND AND HOW WE HOW WE THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW WHERE WE LIVE AND HOW WE WANT TO GET THROUGH EACH SEASON SO THAT'S IT FOR ME THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU I'M GOING TO NEED TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO AT LEAST PAUSE THIS HEARING A COUPLE OF COUNSEL PEOPLE ARE FACING PRESSURES THAT MAY TAKE THEM AWAY FROM THE MEETING, AND WE WOULD LOSE QUORUM SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT WE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT I WOULD LIKE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GO TO ITEM EIGHT ON THE AGENDA, EIGHT, NINE, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE 10 AND 13 NEED TO BE DONE TONIGHT BY QUORUM KRISTIN IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THERE THAT NEEDS QUORUM EXECUTION TONIGHT GREG.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE IT'S 12 AND 13 THE ADJOURNMENT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH I DON'T THINK WE WILL I DON'T THINK WE NEED ANYTHING FOR THE ADJOURNMENT.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE NEED IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE COUNSEL ACTION YOU DO NEED TO ADJOURN IT PUBLICLY.

KRISTEN WILSON: FOR NUMBER 12 YOU CERTAINLY NEED EIGHT AS A A COUNCIL ACTION ITEM NUMBER NINE AND THEN IN TERMS OF TIME SENSITIVITY, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING ELSE HAS TO BE DONE THIS EVENING.

KRISTEN WILSON: WELL, I JUST WANT TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BE MORE THINK THEIR LEGAL FEES, WE HAVE TO APPROVE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT ONCE YOU LOSE A QUORUM MY RECOMMENDATION IS, I MEAN THE PUBLIC HEARING CAN'T GO ON, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT MAKING A DECISION WHERE YOU'RE NOT TECHNICALLY IN A PUBLIC MEETING LEN SOUND AN OFFICIAL MEETING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I ASK A QUESTION CAN CAN HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER COME IN BY PHONE NOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I CAN GO BACK, I CAN ZOOM ON MY PHONE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION YOU CAN'T CALL IN AND ESTABLISH A QUORUM.

KRISTEN WILSON: IN THIS DAY AND AGE, CAN YOU CAN USE ZOOM IN AND HAVE YOUR FACE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I STILL HAVE THE ZOOM APP LET'S KEEP GOING LET'S SEE I'M ALSO TRYING TO GET THEM ARRIVED AT THE SAME TIME, SO LET'S JUST LET'S SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN GET THROUGH AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MITIGATE THIS FROM BEING AN ISSUE SORRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO SO LET'S LET'S GO TO ITEM A RESOLUTION TO WAIVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND PARKING FEES AND ALL DOWNTOWN PARKING LOTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND PURCHASE STREET FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN NOVEMBER 26 27TH THAT'S A COUPLE OF DAYS BEFORE HANUKKAH AND DECEMBER 20 TO 24TH BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND KWANZAA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LIKE ME, I HAVE THAT RESOLUTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SUSPENSION OF PARKING DURING THE HOLIDAYS AS DELAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WALK I THINK WE NEED ROLL CALL YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IT'S ABSENT COUNCILMAN MECCA I THINK IS THERE, HE IS HE'S HERE.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: I'M KIND OF GO HERE, YES OKAY.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: COME ON.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: THEY'RE CALLING.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE THEN GO TO AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH LESSONS FOR CATERING SERVICES WITH THE CASTLE IT RIGHT GOLF CLUB GREG COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE COLOR SURE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU'LL ALSO FIND IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGES SUMMARY OF TERMS, TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND LESSONS IS THE EXCLUSIVE PROVIDER OF BOTH CATERING, AS WELL AS FOOD SERVICE THAT WOULD BE CASTLE AND SERVICING THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB AND THE THE POOL.

[10. Consideration of two appointments to the Golf Club Commission, by the membership, for three-year terms.]

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IMPACTED YEAR LESSONS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WAS SHUT DOWN LIKE EVERY OTHER PROVIDER, AS A RESULT WAS NOT PUTTING ON ACTIVITIES, THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE $200,000 MINIMUM REQUIRED UNDER THEIR EXISTING CONTRACT.

[13. Consideration of a request by the Rye Little League to approve a parade to kickoff Opening Day of the Little League Season on Saturday, April 23, 2022 beginning at 11:00 a.m.]

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE FOUR SHUT DOWN DURING THAT TIME PERIOD BUT ALSO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISE THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT DOING A FEW THINGS NUMBER ONE IS EXTENDING THE ORIGINAL TERM FROM.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHICH THERE WERE TWO OPTIONS TO TO OPTIONAL FIVE YEAR EXTENSIONS TO TAKE THAT THROUGH.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WITH THE SAME TO FIVE YEAR OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS, IT ALSO IN TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION'S DESIRE TO TO NOT FORCE THEM TO MAKE THAT $200,000 PAYMENT FROM.

[6. Continue the public hearing 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. (Part 2 of 2)]

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BETTER REVENUE SHARE BETWEEN THE CITY OR THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION AND UNLESS THINGS WHICH WILL AS LESSONS IS MORE SUCCESSFUL IN ORDER TO THE TO THE CLUB.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THEN, FINALLY, THERE WERE SOME MEMBERSHIP CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED OPERATIONAL CHANGES THAT WERE REQUESTED BASED UPON THE EXPERIENCE THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE MEMBERSHIP WAS HAVING WITH LESSONS UNDER THE PRIOR CONTRACT AND SO THOSE WERE ALL INCORPORATED INTO THIS NEW ARRANGEMENT WHICH IS BETTER FOR THE CLUB MEMBERSHIP AND IT'S ALSO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BETTER FOR LESSONS SO IT'S IT WAS SUPPORTED AS IT WAS DISCUSSED AND SUPPORTED BY THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED MY EXECUTION OF THIS REVISED AGREEMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT GREG ABOUT I I SAW A NEW AGREEMENT PROVISION FOR A FOR LESS THINGS CONTRIBUTION TO A FUND TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HELP MAINTAIN WITH THE CASTLE AND I JUST BE CURIOUS AS TO WHAT THE MAGNITUDE OF THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS IS WHAT SORTS OF RULES TO THAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED AND HOW THAT MEASURES UP AGAINST THE WORK, IT WOULD BE, WHICH IS, WE ALL KNOW, IS A VERY OLD STRUCTURE AND NEEDS A LOT OF CARE RIGHT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOW I'LL LET I'M GONNA LET KRISTA WAY INTO THIS AS WELL, BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT LESSONS WAS OBLIGATED TO MAKE SOME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GROUNDS, INCLUDING WHITBY CASTLE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I BELIEVE THAT MOST OF THOSE OBLIGATIONS THAT THEY ARE STILL AHEAD OF THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK, THAT THEY HAVE CONTRIBUTED MORE TODAY THAN WHAT THEY'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN UPGRADE OF THE OF THE WI FI AND OTHER IT SYSTEMS IN THE CASTLE THEY DID MAKE SOME STATIC IMPROVEMENTS PAINTING, AND THE LIKE, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IT IS, IT HAS BEEN MEANINGFUL, BUT CERTAINLY THE ONGOING LIABILITIES OF THE CASTLE ART ARE MANY MULTIPLES OF WHAT IS CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED YOU KNOW, BUT BY LESSONS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I DON'T KNOW KRISTEN IS THERE MORE TO ADD.

KRISTEN WILSON: NO, I THINK YOU SUMMARIZE IT ADEQUATELY ACCURATELY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONTRACT.

[12. Adjourn until December 1, 2021 the public hearing for consideration of a petition from The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home to amend the text of the City of Rye Zoning Code Association to create new use and development standards for “Senior Living Facilities” in the R-2 Zoning District.]

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL SECOND THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

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

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

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE CAN JUST ZIP THROUGH TAN I THINK CONSIDERATION OF TWO APPOINTMENTS TO THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION BY THE MEMBERSHIP FOR THREE YEAR TERMS I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THINK WE JUST THIS IS JUST A NOD ISN'T THAT CASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY FAVOR THERE THEY VOTE THEIR NEW COMMISSIONERS.

KRISTEN WILSON: HEY CORRECT YOU JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE RECEIPT OF THE ELECTION RESULTS AND ALMOST RATIFICATION OF THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO ACKNOWLEDGED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN I'M GOING TO SKIP TO I THINK 13 SO THAT WE CAN GET THE LITTLE LEAGUE IT'S DATE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST BY THE RYE LITTLE LEAGUE TO APPROVE A PARADE TO KICK OFF OPENING DAY OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON, ON SATURDAY APRIL 23 2022 BEGINNING AT 11AM MAY HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: A SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE WHAT.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE CAN REVERT BACK TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TWO NAMES, BUT ONE NAME AND ONE NUMBER, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE BOTH OF WHICH HAVE SPOKEN, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE NOT SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK I'M A LEAF BLOWER PUBLIC HEARING.

[02:20:01]

TRACY STORA: OKAY, I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK SORRY.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOUR AND YOUR PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 089.

KRISTEN WILSON: FEAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE PERSON THERE WANTS TO SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

KRISTEN WILSON: HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE IT UNTIL.

KRISTEN WILSON: DECEMBER 1.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE TAKE TAKE TAKE A BREAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S LET'S NOT PICK IT UP AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING LET'S PUT IT OVER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO THIS SECOND DECEMBER MEETING.

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY, SEE MY NEW DRAGON CLUB DECEMBER 15.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH MAKE MOTION WANT ME TO EMOTIONAL.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, PLEASE.

THERE YOU GO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND, PLEASE.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: SECOND, THAT PLEASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVE TO RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND KRISTEN WILSON: THIS, MR MAYOR SORRY SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT IF YOU ARE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING A FORUM YOU DO STILL HAVE TO ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR OSBORNE AND PUBLIC SESSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH I'M SORRY FORGOT THAT UM LET'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE ARE ADJOURNING UNTIL DECEMBER 1 2021 THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION FROM THE MIRIAM OSBORNE MEMORIAL HOME TO A MEME THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF RISE ZONING CODE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO CREATE NEW USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES IN THE ARE TO ZONING DISTRICT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, BUT CAN I ASK A QUESTION, CAN WE LIKE MOTION IT FURTHER OUT LIKE CAN WE PULLED OVER SO THIS SHOWS UP EVERY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THEIR INTENTION, THEN THEY THEY HAVE REQUESTED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONNECT WITH THEM AND FIND OUT IF THEY HAVE YOU KNOW IF THEY ARE SAYING, LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO COME BACK UNTIL JANUARY, FEBRUARY OR SOMETHING, THEN, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO ADJOURN IT NOW, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY NOT NOW BUT, AT THE NEXT MEETING, UNTIL THEN, RATHER THAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE JOURNEY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

KRISTEN WILSON: I CAN CLARIFY THAT, WITH THEIR REPRESENTATIVES WHEN THEY REALLY THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE READY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT CONFUSES THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES TOO RIGHT, SO I JUST BE GOOD IF WE CAN RETURN IT TO WHEN THEY ARE MORE READY, AND WE CAN ALWAYS YOU KNOW, DURING AGAIN AFTER THAT, IF IT'S NOT READY, BUT IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THIS IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REDUNDANT SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, THOUGH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO HOLD IT OVER TO THE NEXT MEETING NUMBER FIRST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND CASE.

RICHARD MECCA RYE DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL SECOND THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON I KNOW IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND OR ACTUALLY IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT DOES NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

KRISTEN WILSON: JUSTICE DUDLEY.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THANK YOU, I LIVE AT 78 ALLENDALE DRIVE NEXT TO RYE GOLF.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND I'M A LONG STANDING MEMBER OF RAG DOLL.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND I WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY SUGGEST TO THE COUNCIL THAT AT SOME POINT IT REVIEW THE CHARTER OF RAG DOLL I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT MYSELF RECENTLY.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND GET ADDRESSES ELECTION ISSUES AND CERTAIN GOVERNANCE ISSUES, IT MAKES IT CLEAR, THE COMMISSION MERELY SERVES AND ADVISORY ROLE.

JOSEPH DONLEY: BUT WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IN THE CHARTER IS ANY KIND OF MISSION STATEMENT, AND I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A MISSION STATEMENT, FOR I GO.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND THE MISSION STATEMENT SHOULD, AMONG OTHER THINGS, ADDRESS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, AND THAT IS NOT SUCH A RADICAL CONCEPT, THE US GOLF ASSOCIATION HAS A SET OF STANDING.

[02:25:05]

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND I MAKE THIS SUGGESTION TO THE COUNCIL NOT MERELY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT PROPOSAL TO REROUTE HOLES, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX, WHICH WOULD ENTAIL THE LOSS OF 120 TREES.

JOSEPH DONLEY: BUT ALSO IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ONGOING REDUCTION IN THE TREE POPULATION EVERYWHERE, I GO AND I'M REALLY JUST NOW BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE THE DEPTH OF THAT.

JOSEPH DONLEY: WE'VE PREVIOUSLY REFERRED TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT WERE PREPARED IN 2021 WHICH CALL FOR THE HUNDRED AND 20 TREES ON HOLDS FOUR AND FIVE TO BE CUT AND 41 ADDITIONAL TREES ON QUOTE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE GROUNDS, BUT WE NOW HAVE RFP FROM TO PRIOR YEARS 2016 AND 2018.

JOSEPH DONLEY: I DON'T KNOW THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED, BUT IN 20 IN 2018 ALONE, THE RFP CALL FOR 129 TREES TO BE CUT AND IN 2016 IT WAS 97 TREES.

JOSEPH DONLEY: WE'RE GOING TO BE ACQUIRING THE EXTENT TO WHICH THOSE HAVE BEEN FULFILLED, BUT ANYONE WHO HAS PLAYED THE COURSE AND I KNOW THERE ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WHO ARE MEMBERS OF REGO.

JOSEPH DONLEY: ANYONE WHO WAS PLAYED THE COURSE HAS SURELY NOTICED THE REDUCTION IN TREES AND WHEN YOU ASKED HER I GO WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM AND WE'VE ASKED THAT QUESTION WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER A MONTH LATER.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THE SHORT ANSWER IS THERE JUST IS NO TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM SO SO YOU HAVE SCORES AND SCORES AND SCORES OF TREES BEING LOST EACH AND EVERY YEAR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE GROUNDS ME IT'S A STANDING JOKE AMONG THE PEOPLE I PLAY WITH.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THAT SOONER OR LATER THIS THIS COURSE IS GOING TO BE A LINK SCORES WITHOUT ANY TREES, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE THE COUNCIL IN DUE COURSE, REVIEW THE CHARTER AND CONSIDER ADDING AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROPOSITION TO IT, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOHN HOPKINS.

JOHNHOBBINS: HI KATHY HOPKINS AGAIN ON JOHN'S COMPUTER.

JOHNHOBBINS: 75 OAKLAND BEACH AVENUE HELLO EVERYBODY UM I CAN TALK, BECAUSE THIS IS JUST RESIDENT ISSUES BUT THERE'S ONLY THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE, THE MAYOR'S STILL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST FOR OK.

JOHNHOBBINS: OK ANYWAY DOING ON THE LEAST FLOWING EXCEPT FOR I WAS DIVERTING TO.

JOHNHOBBINS: ITS WONDER WONDERFUL THAT YOU'RE ALL THINKING ABOUT THIS LEAF BLOWING ISSUE OR THAT EXCUSE ME LEAF BLOWERS ISSUE.

JOHNHOBBINS: BUT I'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER THE DYNAMITE AND THE BLASTING AND CHIPPING.

JOHNHOBBINS: SORT OF IN THE SAME VEIN THEY'RE BOTH EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE DISTURBING AND MORE VIBRATIONS AND ESPECIALLY NOISE DISTURBANCE.

JOHNHOBBINS: ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.

JOHNHOBBINS: IT SEEMS AS IF SORT OF POTENTIALLY THE BALL HAS BEEN DROPPED OR NOTHING'S BEEN DONE ABOUT IT UNLESS THAT COMMITTEE IS LOOKING INTO IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT, SO IT WOULD BE GREAT REALLY IF YOU COULD DELVE INTO THESE ISSUES AGAIN.

JOHNHOBBINS: AND ONE OF THE WOMEN THAT WAS ON THE CALL EARLIER MENTIONED ABOUT THE TIME FOR LEAF BLOWERS, THE FACT THAT THEY CAN START, I BELIEVE IT WAS EIGHT O'CLOCK SHE SAID I HAD ALSO SENT AN EMAIL TO CITY COUNCIL AGES AGO REGARDING THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION.

JOHNHOBBINS: BEING THAT IT'S 730 IN THE MORNING TILL 630 AT NIGHT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S 10 TO FIVE ON SATURDAYS AND I'M.

JOHNHOBBINS: AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU POTENTIALLY CONSIDER THAT TO BE NINE TO FIVE MAYBE DURING THE WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF LEAF BLOWERS, I AGREE WITH HER THAT THE KIDS GOING TO SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE TO GO AROUND ALL THESE LEAF BLOWERS.

JOHNHOBBINS: I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL BACK FROM ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STATING THAT IF YOU LOOKED INTO THE TIME THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS ALLOWED IN RYE.

JOHNHOBBINS: THAT THAT WOULD BE LESS TIME FOR DEVELOPERS TO DO WORK, AND SO THEY WOULD LOSE, THEY WOULD LOSE SOME HOURS.

JOHNHOBBINS: BUT I SORT OF THOUGHT WELL WAIT A MINUTE, ARE YOU ALL, PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF RYE, OR THE DEVELOPERS SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATE, IF YOU WOULD LOOK INTO THESE ISSUES A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SEEMS TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY SINCE ALL THE DISASTER AT 9597 BEACH AVENUE.

JOHNHOBBINS: THEN THANKS SO MUCH.

THANKS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CLARIFY KATHY'S QUESTION THERE THAT NINE TO FIVE IS FOR NOT JUST FOR DEVELOPERS RIGHT IT'S FOR ANYBODY THE HOMEOWNERS DOING IMPROVEMENT, NOBODY CAN DO ANY SORT OF CONSTRUCTION OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS, WHETHER IT'S A PERSONAL PROJECT OR A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT RIGHT ISN'T IT UNIFORM.

[02:30:18]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I SAID THAT THE 730 TO 630 HOURS THAT ARE THERE, LIKE WHATEVER THE HOURS ARE THEY DON'T WE CAN'T.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT DIFFERENT HOURS FOR A DEVELOPER VERSUS SOMEBODY WHO'S JUST HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO SOMETHING ON THEIR HOME THE HOURS ARE JUST THE HOURS, REGARDLESS OF WHO'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOING WHAT WHETHER YOU HIRE DEVELOPER YOU'VE HIRED A CONTRACTOR, ARE YOU DOING IT YOURSELF 730 TO 630 IS THE TIME BLOCK AND WHAT YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND THERE IS SOME EXEMPTIONS FOR IF YOU'RE DOING WORK ON YOUR OWN HOME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEN YOU CAN BE OUTSIDE OF THOSE HOURS.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE EXACT I COULD GET YOU THE EXACT LANGUAGE IN A FEW MINUTES IF YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I MEAN IT SOUNDS LIKE THEM WE'RE NOT BEING MORE ACCOMMODATING OF DEVELOPERS, IT WOULD BE IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS POTENTIALLY MORE OF AN ACCOMMODATION FOR PERSONAL HOMEOWNER DOING WORK ON THEIR OWN HOME.

KRISTEN WILSON: NOW I'M GOING TO CORRECT MYSELF THERE'S NO PERSON SHALL ENGAGE IN CONSTRUCTION WORK EARLIER THAN 730 OR LATER THAN 6:30PM OKAY, SO IT IS ANYONE DOING CAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KEEP UP WITH US OKAY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE OKAY, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: IS THERE ANYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE GO TO I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE A LATE AND WE HAVE JEFFREY JACOBS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH OK, MR JEFFREY JACOBS.

JEFFREY JACOBS: IS JEFFREY JACOBS ALLENDALE DRIVE TO SPEAK ON GOLF CLUB ISSUES.

[11. Resolution designating the days and time of regular meetings of the City Council for 2022 setting January 5, 2022 as the first regular meeting.]

JEFFREY JACOBS: PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBERS PRIORITIZE THE FAMILIES OF RYE, I NOT ALLOWING THE CLUB TO RENEW NON RESIDENT MEMBERSHIPS FOR 2022.

JEFFREY JACOBS: PLEASE USE YOUR POWERS TO STOP AN UNNECESSARY INEXPENSIVE GOLF COURSE MAKEOVER.

JEFFREY JACOBS: IS A 31 YEAR RESIDENT MY FAMILY HOW TO GOLF AND POOL MEMBERSHIP FOR MANY YEARS NOW THAT I AND OTHER SENIORS ARE WORKING LESS, WE WOULD LIKE TO PLAY GOLF AGAIN BUT.

JEFFREY JACOBS: CAN'T BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND AS FAR AWAY AS NEW YORK CITY AND MAYBE FURTHER THAN NEW YORK CITY OF PRIORITY OVER US.

[14. Appointments to Boards and Commissions, by the Mayor with Council approval.]

JEFFREY JACOBS: IT COULD TAKE THREE TO FOUR YEARS I'M TOLD FOR ME TO GET A GOLF MEMBERSHIP, WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO GIVE AWAY THE USE OF THIS PRECIOUS AND HISTORIC RAW GYM.

[15. Old Business/New Business.]

JEFFREY JACOBS: SINCE THE CLUB GOT A MILLION DOLLAR INSURANCE SETTLEMENT, WHY DO THEY NEED TO HIRE RESIDENTIAL FEES.

JEFFREY JACOBS: THE MASSIVE CHANGES PROPOSED BY THE GOLF COMMITTEE ON THE COURSE LAYOUT ARE ESTIMATED TO COST 1 MILLION AND A QUARTER AND A MASTER PLAN.

JEFFREY JACOBS: MAY COST 5 MILLION OR MORE, HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE WHEN HUNDREDS OF RYE RESIDENTS CAN EVEN GET ON THE COURSE.

JEFFREY JACOBS: ALSO HOMEOWNERS LIKE ME WHO BORDER THE COURSE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE NOISE OF BULLDOZERS AND OTHER LAND MOVING MACHINERY FOR MAYBE UP TO A YEAR AS THE COURSES REMADE HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THAT.

JEFFREY JACOBS: THIS IS THE DREAM OF A FEW MEMBERS OF THE CLUB COMMITTEE, I BELIEVE, NONE OF WHOM HAVE PROPERTY BOARDING THE CLUB.

JEFFREY JACOBS: A COMMITTEE THAT DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS THE DISCUSSION BEFORE THE PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED.

JEFFREY JACOBS: IN CONCLUSION, WE ALL KNOW, THE CLUB HAS BEEN MISMANAGED AND SUBJECT EVEN TO SCANDAL ON AND OFF FOR YEARS THE CLUB COMMITTEE HAS A HISTORY OF BAD DECISIONS.

JEFFREY JACOBS: I BELIEVE THE COMMITTEE IS ACTING RECKLESSLY AGAIN THE GOLF COMMITTEE HAS MISTAKEN PRIORITIES THAT DISENFRANCHISE AS MANY RIGHT FAMILIES THAT WILL BRING DISRUPTION.

[02:35:05]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICKLY THERE'S GONNA BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE PUBLIC AND THE CLUB TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE, THIS ISSUE HAS NOT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL YET THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE PUBLIC IN THE IN THE CLUB TO DISCUSS THIS GOING FORWARD SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AGAIN WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MORE TO COME ON THIS, BUT THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF TIME FOR EXAMPLE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON THIS ISSUE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST ALSO SAY YOU KNOW I DEFINITELY WANT TO HEAR THESE OPINIONS AND WE WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT IT, BUT IT JUST PERSONALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE A HARD TIME WHEN WE START ATTACKING PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY CITY EMPLOYEES, SO I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THE LANGUAGE HERE, YOU KNOW IT, THAT THAT LAST COMMENT IS SORT OF IN SOME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORT OF STOOD OUT LIKE THE MISMANAGEMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT'S THAT'S A SERIOUS ACCUSATION, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PERSON MANAGING THE CLUB, WE MAY THERE COULD CERTAINLY BE DISAGREEMENT, HOW WE GO ABOUT THINGS MAY YOU KNOW MAY NOT BE HOW HE DOES IT, HOW YOU WANT HIM TO DO IT, BUT LET'S JUST BE CAREFUL THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WE'RE NOT INSULTING OR TARNISHING PEOPLE'S REPUTATIONS THAT THAT ARE WORKING REALLY HARD LET'S LET'S JUST KEEP IT ON THE UP AND UP, PLEASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU OKAY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ALONG TO.

ITEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: 11 I THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RESOLUTION DESIGNATING THE DAYS AND TIMES OF REGULAR MEETINGS TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SETTING JANUARY 5 2022 AS THE FIRST REGULAR MEETING MAY HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MIGHT GET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS BY THE MAYOR WITH COUNCIL APPROVAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EDWARDS EDWARD COLLINS WILL JOIN OUR POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE INFORMATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH COUNCIL NOD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, NO, NO, NO KRISTEN YOU HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH YEAH THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S, THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MYSELF IN THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A RETAINER FOR WITH OUTSIDE COUNSEL TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION IN THE PENDING JOHN DOE VS RYAN MATTER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GIVING ME A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON ABSENT COUNCILMAN MECCA IS NOW ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

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

YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADJOURN MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, DO I THINK I HEARD A SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE THANK YOU THIS WAS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR THE COUNCIL LET'S SEE WE'VE BEEN MEETING SINCE 530 SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A GOOD STRETCH THANK YOU ALL, THANK YOU, WHAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE YOU THANKSGIVING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOOD I THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.