Dec 01, 2021 City Council

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HERE WE GO.

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[Executive Session ]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

AYE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALRIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEE YOU ALL SOON.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DR YOU'RE ON MUTE IF YOU'RE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT WAS JUST THE MOST BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SORRY Y'ALL MISSED IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 1 2021 AND SPECIAL WELCOME TO JOSH NATHAN, WE LEARNED TODAY THAT, WITH THE.

[1. Roll Call.]

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELCOME JOSH I HAVE ONE TECHNICAL QUESTION, AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ALL GOOD IS, DOES HE HAVE TO BE SWORN IN, DO WE HAVE TO SORT IT TO ME NOW OR YOU KNOW I'M SORRY TO THROW IN THAT I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

[2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held November 17, 2021.]

OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

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

HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SOLOMON JOHNSON.

HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCIL IN MECCA ABSENT.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCIL NATHAN.

YOUR.

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

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

YOUR.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: MAYOR CONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVE TO THE DRAFT AND APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING IN THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON NOVEMBER 17.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLYN ANY CHANGES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THERE'S JUST ONE THAT I HAD MR MAYOR, I FOUND A TYPO IN THE DATES FOR THE WAIVER OF THE PARKING FINES FROM THANKSGIVING IT WAS NOVEMBER 26 TO 27TH.

[3. Post Ida Storm Update]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS 14 FEET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN WE POST IT TO UPDATE, SO YOU SHOULD SEE THAT IN YOUR EMAIL.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: OR, I CAN ADD THAT IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER CHANGES MAY HAVE EMOTION.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL JUST EXPLAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SORRY.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL JUST ABSTAIN, AS I WASN'T PART OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, OR AT THE NIGHT THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE POST AIGHT UPDATE, ONCE AGAIN, WE HAD A CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR SCHUMER STAFF EARLIER THIS WEEK WE SECURED THEIR HELP IN MOVING AHEAD WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FLOOD MITIGATION PROCESS THAT I'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT WHAT STAFF COULD NOT TELL US WAS THAT THEY HAVE SOME WAY OF SPEEDING, THE ARMY CORPS PROCESS UP IN THE ARMY CORPS PROCESS IS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WAS TOLD WITH THE ARMY CORPS IN 2007 AND IT'S NOW 14 YEARS LATER, AND THEY ARE CLOSE TO GETTING AN APPROPRIATION, BUT ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS, SO WE INTEND TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE PROCESS BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OBVIOUSLY THAT'S TOO LONG.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE, WE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WHICH IS OFFERED US WHAT THEY DESCRIBED AS MORE EXPEDITED HELP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAS INDICATED THAT IT WILL START ITS SO CALLED RESILIENCE STREAMS BLIND BROOK WATERSHED STUDY AND THEN IT WILL SIMULTANEOUSLY SIGNAL TO THE ARMY CORPS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT DC IS ON BOARD WITH THE FURTHER STUDY THAT THE ARMY CORPS WANTS TO DO DC DID TELL US THAT IT WANTS TO START ITS OWN STUDY AFTER THE FALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE THERE'S EXTENSIVE FIELD WORK, AND THAT WOULD MOVE US AWAY FROM THE SIX TO EIGHT MONTH TIME FRAME, THEY INITIALLY PROMISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE ASKED DC TO MOVE AHEAD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT FROZEN IN YET AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR ENGINEER CONSULTANT MOVING ON THIS SOONER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE A CONFERENCE LATER THIS WEEK WITH THE COUNTY ON FLOODING, AMONG OTHER THINGS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHERE DOES ALL THIS LEAD US THESE AND OTHER EFFORTS, INCLUDING THOSE OF THE FLOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SHOULD LEAD US TO A CALENDAR OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND PROJECTS SUITABLE FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS, OUR GOAL WILL BE TO MARSHAL OUR MOST COST EFFECTIVE PROJECTS AND GET THEM IN FUNDING CUES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DO OF COURSE HAVE PRIOR STUDIES, SOME HAVE BEEN ON THE SHELF FOR SEVEN YEARS, SOME FOR LONGER THAN THAT ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF THEM ACTUALLY PROCEEDED TO COST BENEFIT ANALYSES AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS, ARE NEEDED FOR MOST FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT I THINK THEY'RE ALSO NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR OUR SPENDING JUDGMENTS, AS WE GO FORWARD SO WILL WILL BE WORKING ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WINNOWING OUR COLLECTION OF STUDIES FIGURING OUT WHAT'S IN OUR COLLECTION OF STUDIES THAT'S GOOD THAT REMAINS VIABLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT'S COST EFFECTIVE AND TRYING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO RELIES ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN WE HAVE TO AT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE, CREATE A CALENDAR OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE KEEP UP WITH THEM AS THEY ROLL FORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH THAT I'M GOING TO ASK GREG JUST TO COMMENT ON WHERE WE STAND WITH OUR PENDING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GHOSTS OR DESTINY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROJECT NEW YORK RISING PROJECT AND THEN ANY ANY FURTHER DETAILS THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OR SUCH REMIND EVERYONE, THERE ARE THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THE NEW YORK RISING GRANT PROGRAM COMING FROM HUD FUNDING THE MILTON.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MILTON ROAD DRAINAGE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION OR STAGING FOR CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY, ALTHOUGH I AM TOLD THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MATERIAL SUPPLIES LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY SEEM TO BE DELAYED, BUT THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY IN FEBRUARY, BUT THAT IS BEEN BEEN AWARDED AND READY TO GO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE STREAM GAUGE WAS ORIGINALLY BEEN ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT WEEKS AGO IT CAME IN ABOUT 80% OVER PRE ENGINEERING BUDGET.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT DID SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT AS WE STAND, RIGHT NOW, THE COMBINATION OF THE STRAIN GAUGE AND THE POND CLEARING IS IS OVER THE THE THE ADJUSTED BUDGET WHEN I SAY THE ADJUSTED BUDGET, THE CITY ORIGINALLY RECEIVED A GRANT OF $3 MILLION BECAUSE OF COST OVERRUNS IT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THEY WERE ABLE TO FIND AN ADDITIONAL $300,000, BUT WE ARE STILL OVER THOSE TOTALS I SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION I'VE GOT ANOTHER CALL WITH GHOSTS ARE TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND SHOULD HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAND ON THOSE TWO REMAINING PROJECTS, THE WORST CASE SCENARIO HERE IS THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE ADDITIONAL MONIES AND AS A RESULT, THE SLEW SCAPE OR THE STREAM GAUGE RATHER WOULD GO FORWARD, BUT THE POND CLEARING WOULD NOT BE FUNDED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO THAT'S HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK OR FIRST OF NEXT WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE CLEARER IDEA ON THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ONLY ONE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT ITEM WE PUT IT OUT ON THE LISTSERV AND ON THE WEBSITE, BUT JUST AS A REMINDER TO ANY RESIDENT THAT EXPERIENCE DAMAGE FROM IDA.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER WITH FAMOUS DECEMBER SIXTH THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE PAPERWORK HAS TO BE DONE, IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE REGISTERED YOUR PROPERTY AND THAT CALL COMES WITH SBA LOANS AS WELL, BUT DECEMBER SIX IS THE IS THE LAST IS THE LAST DATE FOR THAT.

[4. Resolution to amend the 2022 Adopted Fees and Charges for the Boat Basin to increase various rates for 2022.]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO HAVE THE PRELIMINARY STUDIES DONE OF THE NON BROOKE FLOODING FROM IDA AND THOSE VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS RELATED TO STORMWATER OVERFLOW AND OUR OTHER OTHER PIPE DAMAGE SO THAT'S THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS, AND IT IS ON SCHEDULE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU GREG DO WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE OR OR A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGES THAT RICE SUFFERED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I DON'T CAROLINA.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SORRY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE WON'T BE GETTING BOTH OF THE PUBLIC DAMAGE AND THE ESTIMATED PRIVATE DAMAGE FROM FAME ABOUT IT, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS YET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVE TO ITEM FOR RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FEES AND CHARGES FOR THE BOAT BASE AND INCREASING VARIOUS RATES AND WE HAVE IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE THOSE PROPOSED RATES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BOAT BASE AND WITH US TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WALK US THROUGH.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOUR JUMP A CAR, I THINK RODRIGO ARE BOTH HERE AND READY TO BE ELEVATED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT'S JOE JUMPER CORA AND.

KRISTEN WILSON: NO IS JUST ELEVATED YOU SHOULD BE COMING OVER.

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY, THEN YOU KNOW WHAT RODRIGO HIS NAME WOULD BE IF IT WASN'T RODRIGO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I DO NOT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: RUN REGULAR IF YOU'RE HERE, WHAT IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND I DON'T SEE LISTED, BUT I DO SEE JOE.

KRISTEN WILSON: GO SPEAK WITH NICOLE I CAN'T SEEM TO PROMOTE HIM ONE SECOND.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ALRIGHT, JOE I THINK YOU'RE A.

[5. Resolution to amend the 2022 Adopted Fees and Charges for the Rye Golf Club to increase various rates for 2022.]

KRISTEN WILSON: I DON'T KNOW IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT RATHER HE GOES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YEAH I DON'T I DON'T SEE HIM.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WELL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M NOW SEEING JOB, A CORE AT ALL NOW AT THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: NICOLE JUST MENTIONED, HE HE LEFT.

KRISTEN WILSON: MAYBE, PERHAPS WE MOVE ON TO GOLF UNTIL JOE ENTER RODRIGO COME BACK AT THE GYM AND MAC IN THE ATTENDEE LIST.

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KRISTEN WILSON: MR MAYOR IS THAT OKAY FREE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE AGENDA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, IT IS OKAY.

GREAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: MAC ARE YOU TURNING ON YOUR VIDEO, ARE YOU ALL, ARE YOU SET.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WHATEVER YOU WANT ME TO DO.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: HERE WE GO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SIT IN THE DARK BACK, I SEE YOU.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: HOW ARE YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOING ALL MYSTERIOUS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELCOME MACK CUNNINGHAM: THANK YOU.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DID WE PROCEED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO YES PLEASE NO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE GYM AND MAC OF YOU KNOW, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THANK YOU VERY GOOD THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING US HERE THIS EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE ALONGSIDE COMMISSIONER MATT CUNNINGHAM, BASICALLY, THE PROPOSED FEE INCREASES.

JIM BUONAIUTO: REFLECT A 4% INCREASE IN DUES FOR OUR RENEWING MEMBERS A 10% INCREASE IN DUES FOR NEW RESIDENCE AND A SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASE INDUCE FOR POTENTIAL NEW NON RESIDENTS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THESE PROPOSED INCREASES THE RESULT OF SEVERAL FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT THE CLUB LEVEL A BUDGET WORKSHOP WITH THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC COMMISSION MEETING.

JIM BUONAIUTO: WHERE WE ANALYZE THE CONTINUED EXPENSE INCREASES, WE SEE IN PERSONNEL MATERIALS SUPPLIES SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE MEMBERSHIP.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND THE CLUB'S NEED TO CONTINUE TO ADDRESS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS MOVING FORWARD SO IF THERE ARE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSALS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND MAC AND I ARE HAPPY TO COMMENT ON THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL I'LL WE DID GET AN EMAIL THAT YOU MAY HAVE A COPY OF THE THIS POINT THAT RAISES QUESTIONS AND IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ANSWER THEM SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ASSERTION FIRST ASSERTION IS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A 39% INCREASE FOR ANY RESIDENTS GETTING INTO RYE GOLF CLUB FOR 2022 IS THAT CORRECT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT A NEW MEMBER, I THINK THEY'RE SAYING WOULD PAY 39% OVER WHAT AN OLD MEMBER WOULD PAY A NEW RESIDENT MEMBER.

JIM BUONAIUTO: SO, MR MAYOR, I THINK, WHEN THE COMMISSION AND I PROPOSED RATE INCREASES, WE WERE WE WERE SPEAKING ABOUT PERCENTAGE INCREASE INCREASES.

JIM BUONAIUTO: COMPARED TO THE THE YEAR OVER YEAR RATE, SO IF YOU COMPARED A NEW RESIDENT JOINING IN 2022 TO A RENEWING.

JIM BUONAIUTO: RESIDENT FROM 2021 THEN THAT PERCENTAGE INCREASE WOULD BE GREATER THAN THE 10% THAT WE DESCRIBED, YES, BUT IF YOU'RE COMPARING WHAT A NEW RESIDENT PAID IN 2021 COMPARED TO WHAT A NEW RESIDENT WOULD PAY IN 2022 IT'S ABOUT A 10% INCREASE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WHAT ACCOUNTS, I GUESS WHAT IS THE FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS THAT IS IT INDEED 39% AND THEN WHAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT LARGE DISCREPANCY AMONG RESIDENT MEMBERS SIGNING UP I GUESS WHAT WHAT WHAT'S THE RATIONALE I GUESS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: I DON'T HAVE THE MATH IN FRONT OF ME ASIDE, I WOULD TEND TO SAY THAT A LARGER NUMBER PERHAPS 39% IS ACCURATE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: BUT THE RATIONALE BEHIND IT AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION IS THAT RENEWING MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS RETURN AT A DISCOUNTED RATE COMPARED TO FIRST TIME MEMBERS OR NEW MEMBERS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THAT'S AT LEAST BEEN THE PRACTICE DATING BACK TO 2013 AT THE CLUB.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND I THINK THE COMMISSION THIS YEAR SOUGHT TO SOFTEN THE INCREASE THAT ARE RENEWING MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO PAY COMPARED TO WHAT NEW MEMBERS ARE FIRST TIME USERS OF THE CLUB WOULD HAVE TO PAY.

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SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONTINUING RESIDENT MEMBERS IS IS LARGER THAN IN THE PAST THAT BUT IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: NEW RESIDENT MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS PAID MORE THAN A RENEWING MEMBER OR RETURNING.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT I'M JUST.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT SURE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: HOW MUCH IT'S GROWN, BUT WE COULD OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW ANALYZE THAT OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO SEE WHAT THAT JUMP IS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH BE INTERESTING TO SEE JUST BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THAT THE NEW YOU WANT YOU WANT RESIDENTS TO JOIN AND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T WANT THEM TO FEEL, I KNOW THAT IN IN ONCE THEY RENEW AGAIN IN ANOTHER YEAR, THEY WOULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM THE DISCOUNT BUT IF THE DISCREPANCY IS SO GREAT THAT PERHAPS IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S SORT OF A.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PENALTY IN A WAY.

JIM BUONAIUTO: SURE, I THINK THE COMMISSION DID ANALYZE WHAT OTHER CLUBS IN THE AREA CHARGE SOME MUNICIPAL CLUBS AS WELL, AND I THINK THE CONSENSUS, OR THE OVERWHELMING OPINION WAS THAT WERE STILL.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AT A VERY GOOD MARKET VALUE FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER EVEN AT THAT BIGGER INCREASE, I THINK THE COMMISSION AND MAC IF I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS JUST FELT MORE COMFORTABLE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: TRYING TO AVOID PUTTING TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN ON THE RENEWING MEMBERS.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: I, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE JOSH IS GETTING THAT 39% I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT RESIDENTS SENT, BUT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY SKEWED IN SOME MANNER OR INCORRECT.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WHAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS DONE THIS YEAR IS BECAUSE OF DEMAND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS THE GOLF COURSE HAS HAD AND ALSO KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER CLUBS BEEN CHARGING.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WE FELT THAT THIS IS STILL A BARGAIN RELATIVE TO THE RYE RESIDENTS AND THE FACT IS.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: I JUST WANT TO BACK TRACK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS DURING THE PRIOR YEAR WE DEFERRED, A LOT OF EXPENSES, WE DID NOT HIRE A FULL TIME PERSON THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THE GOLF COURSE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WE DIFFERED ON CAPITAL EQUIPMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE GOLF COURSE AND THOSE THINGS BASICALLY.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: OUR DRIVERS THIS YEAR FOR THE 4% ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EXISTING MEMBERS, BUT ALSO TO COVER COSTS THAT ARE TOTALING ABOUT $4,000 OF NEW EXPENSES, AS A RESULT OF DEFERRED EXPENSES IN 2020.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: SO, THE FACT IS YES, IF THERE'S A NEW MEMBER WANTS TO JOIN, WHETHER IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE OR A GOLF.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WE BASICALLY HAVE TO COVER OUR COSTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEMAND, AS YOU ALL KNOW.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THE FACT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO JOIN RIGHT GOLF AND THEREFORE WE HAVE TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THE PRODUCT IS.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: BEING TAKEN CARE OF WE'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE THE BEST THAT I CAN OFFER IT TO ITS RESIDENTS AND I THINK THAT'S A KEY DRIVER BUT GOING BACK TO JOSH IS COMMENT.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: I CAN'T ANSWER THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE AND I THINK, WHATEVER THE PERSON IS GETTING THAT NUMBER FROM IS NOT GOING BACK IN 2020 MAYBE PRIOR TO THAT SO I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DATA TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW RESPONSIBLY ANSWER TO THAT.

JIM BUONAIUTO: IF I'M A MAC I BELIEVE THE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THE COMPARISON WAS A NEW RESIDENT IN 2022 COMPARED TO A RENEWING RESIDENT DATING BACK TO 2021 SO IT'S SORT OF A YOU KNOW, A CROSS COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THE DELTA IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEW RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL DAILY GOLF MEMBER OF 4770 VERSUS A RENEWING INDIVIDUAL DAILY GOLF RESIDENT MEMBER AT 3430 THAT'S PROBABLY THE.

RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO THIS 39% FIGURE WE DON'T KNOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ABOUT WHETHER THAT'S CORRECT OR DOD WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER ITS HISTORICAL OR NOT, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RE HEARING IS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HISTORICALLY, IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY RENEWING MEMBERS ARE TREATED AND THE WAY NEW MEMBERS ARE TREATED AND THAT THE OVERALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ATTEMPT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS TO STILL DELIVER A SUPER COMPETITIVE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR MEMBERS BOTH RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT IS IS THAT A FAIR SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS SAID.

JIM BUONAIUTO: I BELIEVE SO, YES.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: YES.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: JOSH MAY IT MAY ADD TO THAT ALSO BEING RESPONSIBLE, AS WELL AS AN ENTERPRISE FUN.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THAT WE YES TO YOUR TO YOUR COMMENT, I AGREE WITH IT, THAT WE WE LOOK AT THIS FROM A FINANCE PERSPECTIVE, BUT WE ALSO LOOK AT IT, AS FAR AS PARITY WHAT'S GOING ON NOT ONLY IN GOLF BUT ALSO ACROSS THE BOARD AND MUNICIPALITIES.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: SO WE WE LOOK AT THAT DATA CONSTANTLY AND, TO BE HONEST, TO THE YEAH WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BACK DOOR AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON AT WILLOW RIDGE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THAT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE IN THE BACK DOOR, RELATIVE TO THAT CHANGE OVER THERE, SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT THAT, BUT THIS IS THE TIME.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: RIGHT NOW THAT THE FACT IS, IF WE'RE WE WANT TO KEEP IT AS DEMAND IS STILL THERE, WE WANT TO EASE THE RESONANT AS FAR AS THE INCREASE IS CONCERNED, BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO COVER OUR EXPENSES.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: BUT IF THERE'S NEW MEMBERS COMING IN, BASICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO BET PLAYED PARODY THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO WE'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO PAY REALLY WHAT THE MARKETPLACE IS IS GOING FOR AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, NEW MEMBERS JOINING A CLUB.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MAC IF THERE WAS AN OLD I THINK WAS AMERICAN EXPRESS COMMERCIAL SAYS LOYALTY HAS ITS PRIVILEGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT, SO THIS IS SORT OF.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THOSE THAT STICK AROUND AND RENEW EVERY YEAR SORT OF GET THAT GRANDFATHERED RATE IS NOT THE AND THOSE COMING IN OFF THE STREET ARE GETTING THE MARKET RATE.

WELL.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THANKS JULIA AND BEN CAN ADD TO THIS AND AND JIM CERTAINLY ADD TO IT IS YOU KNOW WE HAVE LONGTIME MEMBERS WHO ARE SENIORS AT THE CLUB.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: AND WE HAVE TO REFLECT THAT THAT THEIR THEIR LOYALTY THE CLUB GOES BACK 3040 YEARS.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO REFLECT THAT LOYALTY IN SOME WAY RELATIVE TO YOU KNOW THE INEQUITIES OR, IN SOME WAY THEIR MEMBERSHIP, SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE ACROSS HERE WHETHER SOMEONE COMING INTO RYE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: WHO'S BOUGHT A HOUSE IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE KIDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT THEY CAN THEY CAN AFFORD TO JOIN RIGHT GOLF UNDER A NEW MEMBERSHIP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE OTHER MEMBERS HERE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THAT ARE RETIRED AND WE WANT TO REFLECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE FAIRNESS ACROSS THE BOARD, AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO IT RESPONSIBLY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: JIM I'M JUST I'M JUST LOOKING AT YOUR ATTACHMENT AND THE PACKET AND I UNDERSTAND ON THE COMPREHENSIVE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: INFORMATION, BUT A RESIDENT RENEWAL YEAR OVER THE YEARS GOING UP 4% A NEW RESIDENT IS UP 10% AND THEN COMPARING THAT TO NON RESIDENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE NON RESIDENT COMPREHENSIVE NEW MEMBERSHIPS UP 23% SO I MEAN THERE HAS IT DOES LOOK LIKE THERE'S HISTORICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NEW AND RENEWAL, BUT IT'S IT'S IT'S THE THE RELATIVITY IS PRETTY CONSISTENT YOU'RE UP 4% IN THE RENEWAL ENOUGH 10% AND THE NEW BUT IT'S IT'S STILL THAT DIFFERENTIALS ALWAYS BEEN THERE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YES, SOME SOME DIFFERENCES, ALWAYS BEEN THERE, THIS YEAR, SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO NEW NON RESIDENTS, THE COMMISSION RECOMMENDED A MORE DRAMATIC INCREASE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: WHETHER OR NOT NEW NON RESIDENTS ARE EVEN ACCEPTED AS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION, BUT IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE IT'S A MORE DRAMATIC INCREASE, SO THE THE IT WAS 4% RENEWAL FOR RESIDENTS 10%.

JIM BUONAIUTO: INCREASE FOR NEW RESIDENTS AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF A MORE DRAMATIC ONE FOR NEW NON RESIDENTS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JIMMY DO YOU HAVE ANY DATA ON HOW MUCH USAGE, THE NON RESIDENTS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE FOR THE CLUB LIKE IS IT A GREAT DEAL.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR SOMEBODY WHO COMES FROM BROOKLYN SAY THEY CAN ONLY GET TO RYE, ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH AND THEY'RE PAYING 23% MORE THAN THE REGULAR RESIDENT WHO CAN BE THERE TWICE A WEEK.

JIM BUONAIUTO: LAST YEAR CAROLINA WE SAW THAT RY RESIDENTS WERE USING.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THE CLUB, MORE SO THAN NON RESIDENTS FROM A GOLF PERSPECTIVE AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE CLUB, SO OUR NON NON RESIDENT SORT OF HAVE TO PLAN TO GET TO THE CLUB TO PLAY GOLF.

JIM BUONAIUTO: COMPARED TO RESIDENTS WHO COME OUT AFTER WORK MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK SO IN THE MAJORITY OF OUR ROUNDS PLAYED WERE RIGHT RESIDENTS AND I THINK PROPORTIONALLY.

JIM BUONAIUTO: RIGHT RESIDENTS PLAYED A LARGER AMOUNT OF ROUNDS AS WELL, AND WE CAN REALIZE THAT FOR THIS YEAR AS WELL, BUT I THINK YOU'D SEE A PRETTY CONSISTENT RESULT THERE.

THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOSH.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IS THERE ANY IMPACT BY DESIGN ON.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT THE WAITING LIST FOR RY RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO JOIN THE CLUB THAT HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO IS THERE ANY INTENTIONALITY TO.

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BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I COULD PROBABLY JUMP IN A LITTLE BIT THERE UM THIS YOU KNOW BEFORE COVEN THIS WAS NEVER AN ISSUE THE WAY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, THIS IS A FUNCTION 100% OF THE COVEN SITUATION, AND YOU KNOW AS THE AS THE ENTERPRISE FUN CHARTER WAS WRITTEN AND AS IT'S BEEN OPERATED OVER THE YEARS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS WAS THE NOBODY EVER HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE IF WE WANT TO GO BACK AND THINK ABOUT THIS HOLISTICALLY ABOUT HOW THIS ENTERPRISE FUND FUND IS RUN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW WHO WE LET IN AND WHO WE DON'T I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW IT'S CERTAINLY FODDER FOR DISCUSSION, I THINK OUR IMMEDIATE ISSUE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THAT THAT COULD BE CHANGED IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE NEED TO GET THE CLUB BACK UP AND OPERATING BY NEXT YEAR.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT'S MAYBE A WORTHY DISCUSSION, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN A BIT OF A BIND HERE, RELATIVE TO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW THIS IS OPERATED FOR FOR SO MANY YEARS AND OUT LIKE WHAT REALISTIC CHANGES, WE COULD MAKE TO THE OPERATIONS OF IT, ONE THING'S FOR SURE IF WE DO, CHANGE THE WAY THIS IS OPERATED AND RIGHT NOW IT'S TWO THIRDS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT RESIDENTS IN ONE THIRD NON-RESIDENTS IF WE CHANGE THAT MATH AND CHANGE THAT MIX TO ALL RIGHT RESIDENTS THAN THE FEES ARE GOING TO GO UP ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERYBODY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT'S JUST THE MATH OF THE SITUATION, SO WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF NOW IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT TIME TO DO IT, BUT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE CAN WE CAN WE CAN CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BECOME AN ISSUE, AND I KNOW FOLKS ARE FEELING STRESS ABOUT THIS WAS FUN TO LEARN THAT WE'VE GOT A 400 PLUS PERSON WAITING LIST TO GET INTO RYE GOLF WHICH IS STUNNING TO ME.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT WAITING LIST, BUT AGAIN, THAT THAT CONDITION EXISTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT GOLF HAS ALL OF US ALL, I MEAN EVER SINCE COVEN TAKEN OFF COMPLETELY IN POPULARITY AGAIN AFTER DECLINING FOR MANY YEARS, BY THE WAY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, CLUBS WERE YOU KNOW EVEN WILLOW RIDGE FAILED BECAUSE OF WINDMILLING MEMBERSHIP RECENTLY SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT'S IT THERE'S A WHOLE BIG DISCUSSION HERE THAT THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE, AND I THINK IS WORTHY OF DISCUSSION, BUT IT'S IT REALLY YOU KNOW IF WE'RE IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TRYING TO LET IN MEMBERS ARE JUST RIGHT RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW WE'D HAVE TO COMPLETELY REDESIGN THE WAY THE ENTERPRISE FUND IS SET UP FINANCIALLY SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THOUGHT THERE, I THOUGHT.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: I HAD ONE THING JOSH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS THAT IF YOU LIVE IN MANY MORE MEMBERS, THEN YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT, WOULD IT BE TO MANAGE TEE TIMES YOU GUYS DO 40S OR IS IT YOU KNOW YOU FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU MANAGE THE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S NOT EVEN CURLING I'M SORRY THAT'S NOT EVEN YOU KNOW, INCREASING THE MEMBERSHIP THAT'S JUST KEEPING THE MEMBERSHIP, THE SAME THE OTHER CONCEPT TO AS YOU'RE POINTING OUT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE MORE PEOPLE YOU LET IN THE MORE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE COURSE GETS AND I THINK JIM THIS YEAR WE HAD RECORD PLAY ON THE COURSE MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I FORGET WHAT THE NUMBER OF ROUNDS IS WHATEVER WE'RE DOING AT THE CLUB RIGHT NOW IS MUCH MORE THAN YOU KNOW GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS AND THE USGA WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ALLOW TO BE PLAYED BECAUSE IT'S REALLY PUTTING A LOT OF STRESS ON THE COURT SO ANYWAY JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SAW I'M NOT I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT TO FIGURE ALL THIS OUT, I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT THINKING.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR THOSE STRATEGIC CONCEPTS WERE IN ANY WAY EMBEDDED IN THIS PROPOSAL, AND WHAT I SEE IS, THEY ARE NOT BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT REQUIRES A LOT MORE DISCUSSION AND FIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANTED THAT CLARITY, SO THANK YOU FOR FOR PROVIDING THAT AND AND THE PRESENTATION IN THAT CONTEXT, MAKES SENSE TO MAKE SENSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SEE ONE.

THING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SORRY.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: ONE LAST THOUGHT TO JOSH AND CAROLINAS.

GO AHEAD.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THE COMMISSION MONTHLY OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS AS SPOKEN TO WHAT JOSH AND CAROLINA HAS, AS FAR AS, HOW DO WE ACTUALLY ALLOW THE RESIDENTS AND GOLF MEMBERS ACCESS TO THE GOLF COURSE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: BECAUSE WE WERE GETTING SO MUCH DEMAND FOR PLAY AND JIM AND HIS STAFF AND THE OPERATION STAFF AND BEN CAN ADD TO THIS.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: IS WE CONSTANTLY LOOKED AT THE DATA ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ROUNDS, THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: AND WE LOOKED AT THAT REGULARLY TO MAKE SURE NOBODY WAS DISENFRANCHISE, BUT IF WE TOOK ON NEW MEMBERS.

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MACK CUNNINGHAM: IT'S SOMETHING JOSH AND CAROLINA WE LOOKED AT CONSISTENTLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE GOLF COURSES IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SEE ONE MORE QUESTION IN THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THIS EMAIL, AND IT IS A QUESTION ABOUT ELIMINATING A SO CALLED JUNIOR GOLF MEMBERSHIP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COULD ONE OF YOU SPEAK TO THAT HAS IT BEEN ELIMINATED IF SO, WHY.

JIM BUONAIUTO: SURE I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK ON THAT TOPIC, MR MAYOR LAST YEAR, THE COMMISSION AND I WERE REVIEWING ALL OF OUR MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES, AS WE DO ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND THE I BELIEVE THE CATEGORY THAT THE RESIDENT IS INQUIRING ABOUT WAS A JUNIOR ADD ON WHICH WOULD, FOR EXAMPLE, ALLOW A FAMILY WHO JOINED JUST FOR THE POOL TO ADD ON GOLF ACCESS FOR ONE CHILD IN THEIR FAMILY, SO IT WOULD NOT BE FOR.

JIM BUONAIUTO: FOR COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OUR ANALYSIS INDICATED TWO THINGS THAT MANY OF OUR ONE ONE TIME, COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: HAD DOWNGRADED TO FAMILY POOL WITH A JUNIOR GOLF ADD ON SO THAT JUNIOR GOLF AND ON WAS IMPACTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND THEN ALSO JUST HOW BUSY THE CLUB WAS IN 2020 THAT THE JUNIOR ADD ONS WE DID NOT FIT IN VERY WELL DUE TO KOVATS IMPACT ON HOW BUSY THE CLUB WAS SO.

JIM BUONAIUTO: FROM 2020 TO 2021 IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE REMOVE THAT MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY, WE DO NOT SELL IT IN 2021 AND THERE WAS NO SUGGESTION FROM THE COMMISSION THIS YEAR TO ADD IT BACK ON PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO AGAIN IF THINGS CALM DOWN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS SO YOU YOU'RE SAYING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ESSENTIALLY, THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IT SOUNDS AS IF IT WAS POPULAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT THAT IT HAD AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON ON ON ON FEE COLLECTION AND HAD AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE CROWDING ISSUE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YES, YES, SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL GOLFER INSTEAD OF THEM UPGRADING TO A FAMILY COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP, THEY WERE JUST REMAINING AS AN INDIVIDUAL GOLFER WOULD A JUNIOR ADD ON.

JIM BUONAIUTO: OR A FAMILY POOL MEMBER WHAT A JUNIOR ADD ON SO A SINGLE JUNIOR WITHIN THEIR FAMILY COULD HAVE GOLF ACCESS AND THAT HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMPREHENSIVE SALES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AND WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN RATE BETWEEN, SAY, A GOLF MEMBERSHIP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SAY A POOL MEMBERSHIP WITH A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUNIOR GOLF SINGLE JUNIOR GOLF ADD ON VERSUS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A ANOTHER SORT OF MEMBERSHIP I'M SORRY I DON'T KNOW THE MEMBERSHIP.

JIM BUONAIUTO: CATEGORY, IT WOULD BE ABOUT.

JIM BUONAIUTO: FOR FAMILY POOL AND A JUNIOR GOLF ADD ON IT WOULD BE ABOUT $2,100 AND THAT WOULD ENTITLE THE FAMILY, TO USE THE POOL AND ONE CHILD TO PLAY GOLF THE COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP, BUT SHE TITLES, THE ENTIRE FAMILY TO PLAY GOLF OR YOU LOSE THE POOL IS ABOUT 4300.

JIM BUONAIUTO: SO WHAT WE WERE SEEING WHERE PEOPLE THAT WOULD NORMALLY IN THE PAST HAVE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: UPGRADED FROM EITHER AN INDIVIDUAL GOLF MEMBERSHIP TO A COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP WHEN THEIR CHILDREN WERE OLD ENOUGH TO PLAY GOLF OR PEOPLE THAT HAD A FAMILY POOL MEMBERSHIP WERE ONLY ONE CHILD WANTED TO PLAY GOLF.

JIM BUONAIUTO: INSTEAD OF GOING INTO COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIPS THEY WERE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: SORT OF WORKING AROUND THAT BY USING THE JUNIOR HEAD ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, I IT, IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE SOMETHING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WAS POPULAR USED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAD FAMILIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ABLE TO SWIM AND ONE KID COULD PLAY GOLF AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M NOT I BE CURIOUS WHAT MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES THING, BUT MY MY OWN FEELING IS I'M NOT SURE THAT WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WANT TO BE DOING AWAY WITH THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT DO WHAT OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL THINK I I READ I RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE WE'RE RUNNING AN ENTERPRISE FUND, HERE WE HAVE COSTS TO CARRY BUT.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REALLY WANT TO BE FAMILY FRIENDLY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I GET THAT THAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT IT'S AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND NEED TO COVER THE COSTS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT IF YOU JUST HAVE ONE KID WHO WANTS TO PLAY AND THEN THEY'RE BEING FORCED TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE I GUESS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T SEE IT AS A WORKAROUND I SEE IT AS A WAY FOR A FAMILY THAT PREFERS TO USE THE POOL AND ONE KID WANTS TO PLAY GOLF TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AFFORDABLY AND THAT'S SORT OF HOW I VIEW IT AND IT SOUNDS IT SOUNDS LIKE SORT OF AN UNUSUAL SETUP, WHICH IS WHY I'M SURPRISED THAT IT'S POPULAR, BUT IF IT WAS POPULAR, THEN WHY NOT KEEP IT I GUESS THAT'S SORT OF MY INITIAL THOUGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I GUESS MY THOUGHT WOULD BE LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE SEEMS THERE WAS RATIONALE FOR WHY IT WASN'T WORKING FOR THE CLUB, NECESSARILY, AND SO I DON'T.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULDN'T I DON'T KNOW THIS FEELS A LITTLE MICROMANAGING TO ME, SO I WOULD PROBABLY DEFER TO WHAT JIM AND THE COMMISSION THINK IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THE CLUB AND MAYBE YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IF THEY WEREN'T STRETCHED ARE TAXED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH WITH CAPACITY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T KNOW I I GUESS I'M JUST NOT I'M NOT LEANING TOWARDS THE MICROMANAGEMENT OF THAT RIGHT NOW.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE A QUESTION DO THE JUNIOR MEMBERS HAVE SPECIFIC TIMES WHEN THEY CAN USE THE COURSE LIKE I KNOW IN SOME PRIVATE GOLF COURSES, THE JUNIOR MEMBERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED AT CERTAIN TIMES.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YES, WE DO HAVE SOME TIME RESTRICTIONS SURROUNDING THE JUNIOR ADD ONS ALSO BASED UPON AGE, WE ALSO HAD SOME FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS THEMSELVES WHERE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ONE FAMILY MIGHT SAY THAT IT WAS UNFAIR THAT THEY WERE PAYING THE COMPREHENSIVE RATE AND OTHER FAMILIES ARE USING THE FAMILY POOL AND THE JUNIOR ADD ON SO AS JULIE.

JIM BUONAIUTO: DID MENTION THAT THERE WAS A LOT MORE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL A COUPLE OF MEETINGS TO DISCUSS IT, SO I JUST APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T RECALL IT ALL ON THE SPOT, AT THE MOMENT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I I JUST SAY SORRY, AM I MUTED NOW.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THE MAYOR RAISES AN EXCELLENT POINT AND.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M I THINK THE MORE WAYS WE CAN CREATE ACCESS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF YOU KNOW, THERE ARE LIMITS TO WHAT THE RESOURCE CAN PROVIDE, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK THE MAYOR RAISES AN EXCELLENT POINT AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD LOOK AT YOU KNOW IF IF THAT REALLY WAS BEING USED.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, CAN WE CAN WE BRING THAT BACK OR, AT LEAST, CAN THE COMMISSION LOOK AT MORE WAYS TO CREATE ACCESS IN THESE SORT OF LIMITED TYPES OF ACCESS THAT MIGHT ALSO FREE UP SOME OF THE PRESSURE ON THE ON THE WAITLIST I DON'T KNOW YOU GUYS ARE THE.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXPERTS AND YOU'VE YOU'VE PROBABLY THOUGHT, A LOT OF THIS THROUGH, BUT I'M.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST MY THOUGHT I MAY RAISE A GOOD POINT.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: YEAH YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE JUNIOR PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT STARTED THIS YEAR AND IT'S GROWN TREMENDOUSLY VERSUS 2020 JUST GOING BACK TO 2020.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: THE POOL IS CLOSED, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF COVEN AND SO AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A LOT OF KIDS AT HOME AND THE PARENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE JUNIOR ACCESS THAT ALLOW THE KIDS TO GO OUT IN THE POOL, EXCUSE ME GO OUT IN THE GOLF COURSE A CHANGE IN 2021 WE BOUGHT IN A NEW PRO.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: DEVELOP THE VERY STRONG JUNIOR PROGRAM AND CLINICS THAT ARE OPEN TO RESIDENTS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE MEMBERS, THEY JUST COME IN AND PAY A FEE.

MACK CUNNINGHAM: AND THAT IS TAKEN OFF AS WELL, SO WE'RE NOT DISENFRANCHISING ANY OF THE RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY ELSE AS FAR AS ANYBODY HAS CHILDREN SO JIM CAN YOU JUST MAYBE EMBELLISH THAT TO KIND OF HELP THE COUNCIL UNDERSTAND OUR JUNIOR PROGRAMS. JIM BUONAIUTO: WILL MAC I THINK YOU SPOKE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, WHICH IS THAT WE DO HAVE JUNIOR CAMPS AND CLINICS IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO MEMBERS SO.

JIM BUONAIUTO: ANY ANY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CHILDREN, THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUNIOR CAMPS AND CLINICS CAN SIGN UP FOR LESSONS JUNIOR CAMPS OR JUNIOR CLINICS AT THE GOLF PROFESSIONALS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND THEN TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING MAX SAID YES, WE DEFINITELY DO RECALL THE COMMISSION AND I, SEEING THAT THE JUNIOR ADD ON WAS USED IN THAT WAY, A LOT DURING COVEN WHERE WAS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YOU KNOW, WHILE THE COURSE WAS VERY BUSY, AND WE WERE JUGGLING TO GET MEMBER TO PAY FULL PRICE TO GET AS MUCH ACCESS AS THEY WANT AND HAVING TO USE LOTTERIES TO ASSIGN TEE TIMES.

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JIM BUONAIUTO: THE AVAILABILITY BEING THERE, SO IT WAS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE IN 2020 AND 2021 AND I DO RECALL THE COMMISSION SAYING THAT IT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT AGAIN AS AS DEMAND EASES POST COVEN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST THE, THE ONLY REASON THAT AND AND I ABSOLUTELY DEFER TO YOU ALL AND TO THE COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU SEE THIS AT SUCH A GRANULAR LEVEL, BUT THE ONLY REASON THAT I'M YOU KNOW THAT THE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE WITH WITH JOSH NATHAN, THAT THE MAYOR RAISES A POINT THAT IS WORTHY OF REFLECTION IS THAT I'M SURPRISED THAT IT WAS POPULAR AND THEN, WHEN YOU EXPLAIN THAT IT WAS ALMOST HALF OF WHAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP WAS WHAT THAT INDICATES TO ME IS THAT THE PEOPLE THAT READ OUR RESIDENTS WERE USING IT AS AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE FAMILY MEMBER PLAY GOLF AND SO I'M JUST THINKING IN TERMS OF THE RESIDENTS AND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THAT'S JUST IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE COSTS TO COVER AND ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT YOU KNOW I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS SORT OF AN ODD THING THAT IT WOULD BE SO POPULAR AND THEN YOU KNOW NOW, IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS ALMOST HALF THE COST AND AND AT LEAST ONE PERSON CAN CAN PLAY GOLF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN CAN WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: APPROVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS WITHOUT THAT CHANGE AND ASK YOU TO COME BACK TO US ON THAT TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GIVE IT AN ANOTHER THANK.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I JUST MAKE A STATEMENT TO BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PARTICULAR PLEASE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE WITH JULIE, I THINK THIS IS HIGHLY MICROMANAGING IF THAT NO THAT'S NOT A WORD.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE REACHING DOWN INTO SOME SPECIFIC ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN RAISED, AND IT MAY HAVE MERIT, BUT WE'RE HERE ON THE FLY TALKING ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISSUE A VERY SPECIFIC LINE ITEM.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN A BUDGET WHEN YOU WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO THIS AND I SUGGESTED IT EARLIER.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT YOU KNOW IF WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT MAKING RIGHT GOLF ONLY FOR RIGHT RIGHT RESIDENTS, I THINK, MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT, BUT I DON'T THINK PICKING ON A PARTICULAR ISSUE AFTER THE COMMISSION HAS REALLY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAD A YOU KNOW, A WORKSHOP ON IT DISCUSSED IT INTERNALLY AND US REACHING INTO TO YOU KNOW TO ENTERPRISE FUN MAKING A DECISION ON THE SPECIFIC LINE ITEM LIKE THIS, I THINK, SETS A BAD PRECEDENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DISAGREE, THEN WE HAVE TO APPROVE THESE FEEDS AND WE'VE GOTTEN A QUESTION FROM A RESIDENT A SPECIFIC QUESTION, IT MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN OCCURRED TO US, BUT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY LEFT WITH THE QUESTION AND I HAVE TROUBLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROCEEDING NOT REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE OVERALL IMPACT IS ON THE CLUB, WHETHER THE CLUB CAN MANAGE AROUND THIS AND AND KEEP THIS TO SARAH'S POINT IT IS APPARENTLY SOMETHING THAT WAS POPULAR AND USEFUL AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALLOWED ONE KID IN THE FAMILY TO PLAY GOLF.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO JOSH I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH APPROVING THIS AS IT IS AND THEN HAVING THEM COME BACK AND THINK ABOUT THAT, BUT I JUST I'M WITH BEN ON THIS, AND THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE SOMETHING ANECDOTAL WE DON'T EVEN JIM DOESN'T HAVE IN FRONT OF HIM ALL THE NOTES OF WHAT THE THOUGHT WAS THAT WENT INTO THIS AND SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK IT WOULD BE HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR US TO INSERT A LINE ITEM ON SOMETHING WHEN WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THE BENEFIT THE OF THE ANALYSIS OR THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS, SO I I.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM RECONSIDER THAT AND COME BACK WITH THEIR THOUGHTS AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT, AS A YOU KNOW ANOTHER THING BUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT LIKE IT JUST FEELS REALLY INAPPROPRIATE TO ME SO I'M NOT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH US INSERTING A LINE OR DELETING A LINE OR WHATEVER FOR THEM WITHOUT WITHOUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M COMING BACK, MORE SPECIFICALLY, AND GIVING FULLER DETAIL IT'S FINE AS FOR MORE INFORMATION, BUT TO GO CHANGING THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR STRUCTURE, WITHOUT.

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SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I AGREE, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY GET MORE INFORMATION, I ALSO WANT TO REMIND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL OF US, IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME THAT LAST YEAR DURING BUDGET SEASON, WE HAD A WE HAD A VERY SIMILAR DISCUSSION ABOUT THE BOAT BASIN AND FEES RELATED TO THAT AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S OUR IT'S OUR JOB TO TO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, APPROVE THESE FEES AND WE'LL HAVE SIMILAR QUESTIONS FOR THE BOAT BASIN AND OTHER SO WHEN WE DID WE DID ACTUALLY GO AGAINST WHAT THE BOAT BASIN COMMISSION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RECOMMENDED LAST YEAR, SO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU JULIE, THAT YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD GET MORE INFORMATION I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BUT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS WAS SOMETHING POPULAR WITH THE RESIDENTS, AND FOR THAT REASON, SINCE WE ARE HERE FOR THE RESIDENTS, I WOULD LOVE TO TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WAYS THAT WE CAN RECTIFY THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF I MAY ASK.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JIM DO WE KNOW HOW MANY JUNIOR MEMBERSHIPS WERE IN PLACE BEFORE THEY WERE TAKEN OUT.

JIM BUONAIUTO: AND I DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CERTAINLY INFORMATION LIKE TO PULL UP.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT REALLY WOULD GIVE US A YOU KNOW, A SCOPE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FIVE OR 500, AND I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE 550 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE NUMBER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I AGREE WITH JULIAN WITH SARAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GETTING MORE INFORMATION I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND, NOR DO I WANT TO NECESSARILY ENDORSE AN ITEM IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN QUESTIONED THAT I DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND, AND SO I BEFORE ACCEPTING THIS FEE SCHEDULE, SUBJECT TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE GULF COMMISSION COMING BACK TO US PROMPTLY WITH FURTHER INFORMATION ON WHAT ITS THOUGHT PROCESS WAS WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS ON ITS OWN, ITS ITS OVERALL FEE YIELD AND NEED AND WHETHER THERE'S SOME MEANS OF KEEPING THE ACCOMMODATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS KEY IF I OFFER THAT AS AS EMOTION, CAN I GET A SECOND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS THIS ROLL CALL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, YES.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE THEN WE'RE SO WE'RE APPROVING THIS SUBJECT TO THOSE TWO OTHER THINGS, JUST TO BE CLEAR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUBJECT TO THEM COMING BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YOU KNOW THEY COME THEY COME BACK WITH THEIR FULL ANALYSIS AND WE HAVE A FULLER PICTURE, IT MAKES MORE SENSE AND THAT'S FINE OR COULD BE, YOU KNOW.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHO, THEN WHY ARE WE JUST BECAUSE THIS COULD CHANGE THE WHOLE BUDGET SO WHAT DO WE APPROVE THEM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I THINK WE'RE PROVING THIS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO CHANGE THE BUDGET IF THIS WORKS, I MEAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE OTHER THING I JUST WANT TO KEEP IN MIND THIS IS LIKE ONE YEAR RIGHT LIKE I I AM HOPING THAT THERE IS TRACKING AND ANALYSIS ON WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT'S POPULAR AND YOU'RE SERVING THE MEMBERSHIP AND IF THERE'S OUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT TO BRING SOMETHING LIKE THIS BACK HOPEFULLY YOU'RE LISTENING TO YOUR MEMBERSHIP AND YOU WOULD DO THAT RIGHT, SO THIS IS NOT FOR ALL TIME SITUATION THIS I'M INTERPRETING, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO TO IMPROVE OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY OF THE CLUB.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THIS, AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THEY WANT TO TRY FOR A YEAR, SO I'M IN FAVOR OF LETTING THE THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUDGET GO, BUT I DO WANT MORE INFORMATION AND THEN, IF WE SEE HERE, SOMETHING BACK THAT'S REALLY YOU KNOW COUNTER TO WHAT WE'RE ALL SORT OF ASSUMING HERE, THEN I THINK WE REVISIT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO ROLL CALL WAS.

KRISTEN WILSON: SORRY, MR MAYOR SORRY TO INTERRUPT THERE IS A LIVE MOTION, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW YOU DO HAVE A HAND RAISED.

KRISTEN WILSON: I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WEREN'T ANTICIPATING HAVING PUBLIC COMMENT ON.

THIS.

OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOTION DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE MOTION IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WE WE HAVE IT KRISTEN I BELIEVE THAT'S THAT'S THE RULE YOU TAUGHT US.

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KRISTEN WILSON: ALERT YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE'RE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I'M A WOMAN GODDARD YES COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN AKA ABSENT COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COULD YOU REPEAT THE MOTION, I HAD A TECH ISSUE, AND I ONLY HEARD HALF OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE MOTION IN IN ESSENCE IS WE'RE PASSING THE BUDGET, AS IS WE'RE ASKING THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION COME BACK TO US WITH ITS FULL THINKING ON THE JUNIOR MEMBERSHIP ISSUE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALONG WITH THE THE FACTS THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF ANY CHANGE ON ON HEALTH CLUBS POSITION AND ANY WORKAROUNDS THAT THE GOLF CLUB CAN THINK OF TO FILL ANY GAPS THAT THE DOING AWAY WITH THE JUNIOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP MIGHT CREATE.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANKS, AND THAT WAS YOUR EMOTION THAT WAS YOUR AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WAS MY EMOTION.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, GREAT ALL RIGHT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, I.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I RESPOND YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT I'M JUST GONNA SAY NOW OKAY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE HAD A WE HAD A HAND RAISED, AND IF THAT PERSON STILL WISHES TO SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND KRISTEN WILSON: JUST JOSEPH DONLEY HE STILL HAS HIS HAND RAISED I'LL ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND WE DO HAVE THE THREE MINUTES STOPCOCK.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THANK YOU, I LIVE ON ALLENDALE DRIVE AND I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF Y'ALL FOR MANY YEARS, WHEN I LOOK AT THE FEE SCHEDULE, THERE WERE TWO NUMBERS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND I'M GOING TO USE THE COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP TO ILLUSTRATE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT JIM PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF I'M NOT READING THIS PROPERLY.

JOSEPH DONLEY: BUT MY WIFE AND I HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERSHIP SO NEXT YEAR TO RENEW WE WILL PAY 4970 DR OWENS WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR TWO HOUSES DOWN.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND HAS BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR TWO YEARS IF HE'S LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET OFF THE FOURTH 400 PLUS PERSON WAITING LIST HE WILL PAY 6915 IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, WHICH IS A 1900 PLUS DELTA, WHICH IS 39% MORE THAN I WILL BE PAYING WHAT'S NOT CLEAR, IS WHAT HAPPENS, THE SECOND YEAR.

JOSEPH DONLEY: TO DR OWENS IS HE NOW ON A SEPARATE FEE PLATFORM, PERHAPS YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED THIS.

JOSEPH DONLEY: BUT.

JOSEPH DONLEY: ONE POSSIBILITY IS AFTER HE'S IN FOR A YEAR, HE IS TREATED JUST AS I AM THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS HE NOW HAS A A.

JOSEPH DONLEY: PERPETUAL HIGHER RATE THAN SOMEONE WHO CAME IN A YEAR BEFORE HIM.

JOSEPH DONLEY: SOMEHOW THAT SEEMS UNFAIR TO ME THE SECOND NUMBER THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME IS THAT.

JOSEPH DONLEY: A NON RESIDENT WHO'S RENEWING IS PAYING.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AT 835.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AS COMPARED TO DR LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET ON THE WAITING LIST WILL BE TURNING 6915.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THAT NON RESIDENT WAS YOUR KNOWING IT'S ONLY PAYING 22% MORE.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THAN THE DOCTOR OWENS WILL BE PAYING HISTORICALLY.

JOSEPH DONLEY: NON RESIDENTS HAVE PAID TWICE WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE PAID AND SOME OF THE.

JOSEPH DONLEY: SOME PORTIONS OF THE FEE SCHEDULE, I THINK, PROPERLY MOVE.

JOSEPH DONLEY: THE FEES OF NEW NON RESIDENTS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT A 22% DIFFERENTIAL FOR A NON RESIDENT RESIDENT JUST JUST DOESN'T SEEM HISTORICALLY, IN KEEPING WITH THE PRACTICES OF THE CLUB.

JOSEPH DONLEY: AND THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: KNOW OUR HANDS, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THANK YOU, JIM THANK YOU MAC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT IS ARE THE ARE THE BOAT BASIN FOLKS WITH US.

JIM BUONAIUTO: THANK YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SEE JOE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: CORA YES JOKE JOKE RECORD SHOULD BE DOING THE DISCUSSION TONIGHT.

[01:00:26]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ARE YOU ON.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: UNMUTE YOURSELF.

OKAY.

JOE PECORA: YES, MAYBE I JUST DON'T HAVE A CAMERA I'M HAVING SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES HERE.

OKAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE CAN HEAR YOU THOUGH.

JOE PECORA: OKAY LET'S SEE.

JOE PECORA: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE YOU ARE.

JOE PECORA: HI HOW ARE YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOOD HOW ARE YOU.

JOE PECORA: GOOD I HAD SOME NEW WI FI PUT IN MY HOUSE AND THERE WAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE, SO I'M OUTSIDE IN THE CAR WITH THE NEW PHONE, AND SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOUNDS GOOD SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE.

JOE PECORA: OKAY, SO SO BASICALLY AS WE'VE BEEN DOING.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN RAISING RATES PRETTY CONSISTENTLY WE'RE TRYING TO DO, SMALLER AMOUNTS YEARLY RATHER THAN.

JOE PECORA: DO LARGER AMOUNTS KIND OF LIKE WE HAD DONE IN THE I THINK A FEW MEETINGS AGO WITH THE WINTER STORAGE, BECAUSE WE HADN'T RAISED RATES IN TWO YEARS, SO WE'RE DOING A 5% INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD ON THE SUMMER STORAGE SLIP FEES KAYAKS WE ALSO RAISED $25 FROM 300 TO $325.

JOE PECORA: THEY'VE NEVER KAYAKS HAVE NEVER BEEN RAISED, SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION SO THAT'S FOUR PLUS YEARS NOW.

JOE PECORA: AND WHEN I WAS DOING LOOKING AT SOME HISTORICAL DATA I DID SEE THAT THEY WERE HIGHER AT ONE POINT I GUESS AT ONE POINT THEY LOWERED THE FEE FOR THE KAYAKS SO WE'RE JUST RAISING THEM HONESTLY AND WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT A HUGE HUGE DEAL TO GO FROM 300 TO 325.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JOE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I'M ASSUMING IS USUAL YOU'VE LOOKED CLOSELY AT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RATES IN COMPETING.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AND AND THAT WE'RE COMPETITIVE.

JOE PECORA: YES, MR MAYOR AGAIN I DON'T HAVE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT DATA, BUT I COULD SAY THIS COMFORTABLY WE ARE AGAIN THERE'S PRIVATE MARINAS THAT WE.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW, WE COMPETE AGAINST AND THERE'S MUNICIPAL MARINAS FOR THE PRIVATE MARINAS WE ARE DEFINITELY LOWER, WE ARE STILL LOWER ON.

JOE PECORA: EVEN WITH THE MUNICIPAL MARINAS AND AGAIN YES MAMARONECK IS A MUNICIPAL ARENA, BUT THEY DON'T EQUATE THEY DON'T COMPARE TO WATCH VERY WELL NOURISH SHELL IS PROBABLY THE BEST COMPARISON IN THE SIZE OF THE BOATS.

JOE PECORA: AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE, WE ARE STILL STILL LOWER THAN THEY ARE OUR NON RESIDENT RATES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THEIRS ARE.

JOE PECORA: WHICH IS WHY WE HAVEN'T RAISED THOSE THE PAST THREE GO ROUNDS, WE WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND SEE WHAT THE MARKET IS AND, IF SO, WE WILL RAISE THAT BUT WE'RE WE STILL HAVE A PRETTY BIG GAP BETWEEN RESIDENT AND NON RESIDENT.

JOE PECORA: SO WE JUST FELT BEING THAT WE WERE ALREADY ABOVE MARKET ON THAT WE BEEN LEAVING THAT ALONE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THESE RATES ARE ARE STILL COMPETITIVE AND THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE LOWER THAN NOURISHING WAS WHICH IS PROBABLY OUR BEST COMPARISON.

JOE PECORA: AGAIN, YOU KNOW WE WE JUST HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT AT THE MARKET OR AT THEIR THEIR SAME RATE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A DREDGING ISSUE YOU KNOW WE DON'T PROVIDE.

JOE PECORA: ACCESS WHENEVER YOU WANT, YOU KNOW SO PEOPLE HAVE TO YOU KNOW USE THEIR BOATS ACCORDINGLY, SO I THINK WE'RE STILL A GOOD RATE AND WE'RE RAISING THIS REVENUE, IF YOU HAVE A GENUINELY.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THEIR BOATS IN A DECENT MANNER, AND YOU KNOW THERE'S THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOMETIMES REAL LOW TIDE.

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JOE PECORA: WE'LL SEE THIS YEAR IT'S PROBABLY YOU KNOW THIS YEAR IT'LL PROBABLY BE WORSE WITH WHAT WE HAD IN THE LAST STORM IT SO YOU KNOW WE MIGHT HAVE MORE COMPLAINTS, THIS YEAR, BUT WE ARE IN LINE WITH OTHER OTHER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS IS A SEASONAL RATE JOE THIS ISN'T LIKE A MONTHLY RATE, THIS IS.

JOE PECORA: YEAH THIS IS ALL SEASONAL RATES YEAH AND AND, AS YOU SEE THE OTHER BOAT LAUNCH FEES, WE RAISED MINOR BUT.

JOE PECORA: OTHER THAN THAT, YOU KNOW IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO DO WE HAVE ANY IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, DO WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED CHRISTIAN.

KRISTEN WILSON: NOW YOU DON'T MISS TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THE MOTION.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY, I JUST SEE THERE'S A NOTE THE ADDITIONAL FEES WILL ASSIST WITH THE DREDGING FUND.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS THAT HOW MUCH IS THAT FUND AT THE MOMENT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS LIKE A DROP IN THE BUCKET.

JOE PECORA: WELL, NO, ALL THESE THINGS HAVE CONSIDERABLY ADDED TO THAT.

JOE PECORA: THAT FUN GREG, YOU HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BALLPARK IS FINE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I LEAVE JOE FOR ZENO CAN CORRECT ME ON THIS I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

RIGHT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YEAH.

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BASED ON THE END OF 21 OUR PROJECTIONS WILL BE ABOUT 2.9 MILLION.

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YES, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, YES.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANK.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF I THINK I CAN'T SEE IT HERE, BUT I THINK IT WAS IT WAS CONSERVATIVE LIKE ABOUT 25,000.

JOE PECORA: GIVE OR TAKE, AND THEN WE YOU KNOW WE ANOTHER 15 OR 20,000 THE LAST TIME AROUND, SO WE ARE MAKING CONSIDERABLE STRIDES TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO PAY FOR THE DREDGING AND DO A CONSIDERABLE DREDGE.

[6. Mayor and Council amendments to the proposed 2022 City of Rye Budget. Roll Call]

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SECOND JULIE'S MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JULIE, YOU YOU MOVE TO ACCEPT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MEGA ABSENT COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVE ALONG TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE AD BUDGET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS, IN OUR PACKET A DOCUMENT WHICH TALKS ABOUT WITH WHICH SAYS IT'S REGARDING COUNCIL PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TENTATIVE BUDGET, AND THOSE ARE ACTUALLY STAFF PROPOSALS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AS OUR CHANGES TO THE BUDGET AND SO GREG I'D ASK YOU IF YOU WOULD JUST TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RUN THESE RUN THESE BIAS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SURE, SO YOU'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN IN THE IT'S THE MEMO THIS COMPANY, THE AGENDA PACKAGE YOU'LL NOTICE THERE'S TWO BULLET ITEMS. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ONE IS THE UPDATED GOLF THE SCHEDULE WHICH YOU HAVE NOW ADOPTED THIS ACTUALLY WAS PRODUCED BEFORE THE BOAT BASE AND PRODUCE THEIR PROPOSED CHANGES SO YOU HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BOTH THE FEES FOR THE BOAT BASE AND AS WELL AS FOR THE GOLF CLUBS SO THAT'S ALREADY DONE, THE ONE ITEM THAT IS ON HERE IS INCREASING THE MORNING FEE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BY 20,000 FOR THE BOAT BASIN THAT'S ACTUALLY JUST AN ACCOUNTING ITEM IN THE BUDGET BECAUSE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE, AS YOU RECALL FROM MY BUDGET BUDGET MESSAGE WE WERE SPENT WE WERE TAKING A LARGER SHARE OF THE MORNING FEES RELATED TO THE MOORINGS IN THE BOAT BASIN VICINITY, INCLUDING GREEN HAVEN.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS OPPOSED TO TAKING THOSE INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CITY WE'RE DIRECTING THOSE TO THE BOAT BASIN FOR THE FOR THE DREDGE FUND FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DREDGE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BUDGET IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S REVENUES, BUT WAS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE BOAT BASIN SO AS MUCH AS ANYTHING IS, THIS IS A CLARIFICATION, MORE THAN A RECOMMENDED CHANGE.

[01:10:03]

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BUT YOU ARE REDUCING YOU ARE INCREASING THE BOAT BASINS REVENUES, BY DOING THIS MOTION, SO I BELIEVE SO DOESN'T AFFECT THAT I THINK I WROTE IN THE MEMO TO THE COUNCIL, IT DOESN'T AFFECT TAX RATE DOESN'T AFFECT.

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: ANYTHING LIKE THAT IT'S A GENERAL FUND REVENUES, IT WAS JUST A OVERSIGHT, I THINK, AND JUST NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET DOCUMENT WHEN IT IS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IT'LL HAVE $20,000 MORE IN REVENUE FOR THE BOAT BASIN.

KRISTEN WILSON: THAT'S FINE JUST AS LONG AS WE CLARIFY IT AT THE FINAL DOCUMENT THAT'S ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL YEP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, OTHER THAN THESE TWO ITEMS ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET THAT ANY ONE ON THE COUNCIL WISHES TO BRING FORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO PROCEDURALLY KRISTEN.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU DO HAVE COME FROM MELBOURNE NATHAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RAISING YES, I SEE YES.

I.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I I'D LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE IDENTIFY A PORTION OF THE RESERVE TO ADDRESS FLOODING, SO THIS WOULD BE A NON.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TAX LEVY WOULD HAVE NO IMPACT ON THE TAX LEVY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, GIVEN THE.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT OF IDA AND OTHER STORMS AND OUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, TO SET ASIDE A PORTION OF THE RESERVE DESIGNATED FOR ADDRESSING FLOODING.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WORK ON IT, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED CONSULTING WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TAKE THE NEW YORK RISING REPORT, WHICH IS.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, COMING ON EIGHT YEARS OLD AND UPDATE IT AND THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF WORK.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'D LIKE TO SEE US IDENTIFY THAT IN THE BUDGET, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE BUDGET NARRATIVE I CAN PROPOSE A NUMBER, BUT I WOULD WELCOME A NUMBER FROM THE CITY MANAGER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR GREG TO MAYBE GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU WEREN'T AT THE LAST MEETINGS AND SO MAYBE DIDN'T HEAR THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT THERE THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT GOES INTO THIS AND ITS CAPITAL EXPENSES THAT HAVE TO BE PLANNED FOR OVER TIME, SO I JUST I THINK IT'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO COME IN, LIKE, AT THIS STAGE AND SORT OF THROW THAT OUT THERE WITHOUT SOME CONTEXT SO MAYBE GREG YOU CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR FOR JOSH I DON'T THINK THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THAT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE IRRESPONSIBLE TO ME ACTUALLY WITHOUT HAVING BACKGROUND AND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S.

SO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE ARE THERE ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT RESERVES THAT THAT THE CITY MAINTAINS, THERE WILL BE, OR WHAT IS PROPOSED IN THIS BUDGET.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS UPON THE TRANSFER OF THE AMOUNT, OVER AND ABOVE THE COUNCIL'S POLICY OR THE CITY'S POLICY HAVE MAINTAINED AND 10% GENERAL FUND RESERVE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $4.2 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE, WHICH IS 10% OF PROJECTED EXPENSES WHICH IS A POLICY THAT THIS COUNCIL ADOPTED THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, IS IN KEEPING WITH RATING AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS AS RELATES TO OUR CREDIT RATING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE SECOND RESERVE IS THE CAPITAL, THE CAP X RESERVE, WE ARE CURRENTLY AT JOE I BELIEVE FIVE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT RESERVE.

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: YEAH SO WITH THIS TRANSFER THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO THE BUDGET, RIGHT NOW, THE ONE EIGHT THAT IS GOING INTO THE CAP EXES ARE, IT WILL BE AT $7.6 MILLION SO GREG'S NUMBER, YES, WAS YOU KNOW.

JOE FAZZINO, CITY COMPTROLLER: BEFORE THAT TRANSFER YET.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OBVIOUSLY THAT'S 7.6 MILLION IS PART OF A I'LL CALL IT A PACKAGE OF AVAILABLE MONIES TO PAY FOR THE ROUGHLY $25 MILLION CAPITAL PROGRAM THAT THE CITY IS IS PROJECTING TO OR WILL BE UNDERTAKING UPON COUNCIL ACTION FOR THE VARIOUS PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS HBC YOU KNOW THE WORKS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ALL OF OUR COST ESTIMATES THOSE THUS FAR, AS WE ALL PAINFULLY KNOW ARE COMING IN HIGHER THAN THE DESIGN THAT TOOK PLACE SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT'S, NOT TO SAY THAT THAT MONEY IS NOT AVAILABLE TO SEEK SENT THE COUNCIL WISHES TO DIRECT OUR PORTION OR IDENTIFY OR CIRCLE, A PART OF THAT FOR FOR FLOOD.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT CAN NEED TO BE DONE, AS PART OF THIS BUDGET PROCESS WHERE YOU SAW CIRCLE OR HARD CIRCLE THAT DOLLARS FOR THAT PURPOSE, OR IT CAN BE DONE AT A TIME AND PLACE WHEN CONSULTANTS OR OTHER EXPENSES RELATED TO FLOODING, NEED TO BE SPENT.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I AM FOR KEEPING FULL DISCRETION, WITH RESPECT TO THOSE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS WE'RE OBVIOUSLY TAKING THE FLOODING ISSUE VERY SERIOUSLY AND PULLING FIGURE OUT OF THE AIR AND CALLING IT A FLOODING, I AM I THINK IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOT A MEANINGFUL EXERCISE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BURDEN OURSELVES WITH IT, WHAT THERE'S THING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS STUFF TAKES SO MUCH TIME AND PLANNING RIGHT AND WE WANT TO HAVE REAL NUMBERS TO BACK IT UP AND REAL PROJECTS TO PUT AGAINST IT, SO I MEAN, I THINK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN DEDICATING A LOT OF TIME AND CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT MITIGATING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE FLOOD ISSUE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO IT, BUT I'D RATHER SEE US DO IT IN A RESPONSIBLE THOUGHTFUL WAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S REALLY AROUND REAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN ADVANCE, AND WE HAVE REAL COSTS ESTIMATES, THEN, THEN IT FEELS A LITTLE PERFORMANCE ART HE ACTUALLY TO JUST BE THROWING OUT A NUMBER, RIGHT NOW, WITHOUT ANY BACKING FOR IT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION AND AND WE GOT HIT WITH THIS THING, AND YOU KNOW AUGUST SEPTEMBER.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S A HUGE MASSIVE IMPACT, SO WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO INCUR MAJOR MONEY I THINK IT'S MAJOR COST, I THINK WE NEED TO IDENTIFY COMMITMENT TO COVERING SOME OF THOSE COSTS I'M OPEN TO A NUMBER, I CAN PUT A NUMBER BUT I'M OPEN TO A NUMBER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE COMMITTED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DON'T NEED TO POST IT A NUMBER THAT HAS NO REALITY TO IT TO SHOW COMMITMENT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T DOUBT THAT WE'RE ALL INDIVIDUALLY COMMITTED IT JUST STRIKES ME THAT WE HAVE THE FIRST MAJOR BUDGET AFTER YOU KNOW.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER THE MOST MAJOR THREAT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE THAT WE FACE AND HAVE JUST EXPERIENCED, I THINK WE SHOULD ACKNOWLEDGE IT IN OUR BUDGET.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THAT'S WHY I'M RAISING IT AND I, YOU KNOW, I THINK, SETTING ASIDE AND AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SAYING WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THIS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THE WORK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT JOSH DO WE KNOW AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MONEY IS BECAUSE WE'RE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS EVERY MEETING, SINCE I MEAN AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL THE TIME IN BETWEEN, AND AT THE BUDGET WORKS OUT THERE'S THIS HAS COME UP EVERY SINGLE TIME, AND SO I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NEW AND YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL TOTALLY FINE AND UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE TRYING TO GET YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL WE'RE AT A STATE LEVEL, ONE OF THE COUNTY LEVEL WE'RE WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PARTIES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FUNDING IS GOING TO BE SO, WHAT IF IT COMES IN AND WE'VE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SET ASIDE $5 MILLION FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW OUR PORTION OF IT IS ONLY TWO RIGHT THEN WE'VE TIED UP MONEY THAT COULD BE GOING INTO THE $70 MILLION LONG LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE, SO I GUESS, I WOULD JUST CAUTION, RATHER THAN LET'S DO SOMETHING THAT IS YOU KNOW MORE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR SHOW THAN IT DOES FOR SUBSTANCE, I WANT TO HAVE REAL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT I WANT TO HAVE REAL COST REAL ESTIMATES REAL UPDATED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS INFORMATION BACK FROM SCHUMER CAN WE EXPEDITE EXPEDITE SOME OF THESE THINGS AT THE COUNTY IN THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN HAVE REAL PROJECTS, I DON'T THERE'S NO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE'S OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND WHERE WE NEED TO SPEND, BUT MAKING UP A NUMBER SEEMS JUST VERY IRRESPONSIBLE TO ME, I WOULD RATHER HAVE SOME THOUGHT, AND SOME REASON AND SOME LOGIC TO THAT NUMBER AND HAVE A REAL CONVERSATION, RATHER THAN JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LAUNCHING SOMETHING OUT THERE, BECAUSE IT, IT SOUNDS GOOD.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S NOT ABOUT SOUNDING GOOD IT'S YOU KNOW WE HAVE A DOCUMENT IT'S NOW A NUMBER OF YEARS OLD, THAT HAS A SERIES OF PROJECTS WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING A CONSULTANT IN WE SHOULD BE EARMARKING MONEY TO GET THAT CONSULTANT, YOU KNOW GOING RIGHT AWAY.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE YOU KNOW, A.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NUMBER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE FLOOD COMMITTEE OR.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU SURE YOU YOU YOU I HOPE YOU'LL LISTEN TOMORROW AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH MARTHA MONSTROSITIES MEMO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE VALUE IN IN SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS MAY BE VERY, VERY HARD TO REALIZE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT WE DON'T YET KNOW REALLY WHAT IT WHAT IT IS, AS I SAID EARLIER THIS EVENING, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT OUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FUNDING APPLICATION TIMING AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PRIME PROJECTS ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HOW MUCH OF THAT WE DO OURSELVES AND HOW MUCH WE DO WITH CONSULTANTS AND WHICH CONSULTANTS IS GOING TO REQUIRE A MEASURED PROCESS OF CONSIDERATION AND WE'RE WE'RE GAME FOR IT, BUT WE SHOULDN'T BE MAKING UP FIGURES FOR IT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT WE TAKE ON A PARTICULAR PHYSICAL PROJECT, BUT I DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WE ARE GOING TO END I'M HEARING THE COMMANDMENT AND THAT'S GREAT.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED CONSULTING HELP WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FLOODING, NOT THIS COUNCIL NECESSARILY BUT US AS A COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FLOODING IN THESE IMPACTS AND ISSUES, FOR YOU KNOW 14 YEARS.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO GO ABOUT IT DIFFERENTLY, AND SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU KNOW BUDGET IS A PLACE WHERE YOU START SAYING ALL RIGHT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD, WE NEED TO GIVE OUR.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAJOR AND THE TEAM THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WE HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AMPLE DISCRETIONARY MONEY TO BE DOING THIS AND IT IS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES, IT IS FOR CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT OUR PROJECTS IN GENERAL, SPEAKING OF THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND, IN PARTICULAR, SO THE MONEY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE'S MONEY THERE, WE CAN DO THIS, WE WILL DO THIS.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HEAR YOU I'M GLAD THAT THE PUBLIC IS HEARING THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE BEEN HEARING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR A REALLY LONG TIME LIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STAYING IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH WE.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVEN'T BEEN I'M I'M JUST LOOKING TO PUT YOU KNOW DOLLAR YOU KNOW MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS THAT'S ALL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO HELP BRING DOWN THE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL HERE I I DO THINK IT'S.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THAT THAT JOSH NATHAN RAISES A VERY GOOD POINT THAT THAT, OBVIOUSLY, IS ON THE MINDS OF EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF MEMBER, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT PERMEATES.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYTHING EVERY DECISION WE DO, AND THE FACT THAT WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION HERE IN PUBLIC.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR THAT WE DEFINITELY ARE COMMITTED.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU GUYS WILL BE COMMITTED IN A FEW WEEKS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO TO CONSIDERING WATER MANAGEMENT IN EVERY DECISION YOU MAKE SO SO THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT COMES OUT OF THIS DISCUSSION SO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, I THINK, THANK YOU JOSH NATHAN FOR FOR RAISING IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE MOTION WHEN EMOTION, OR SOMETHING WHAT WE DO HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE OR I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE BUDGET WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE CHANGES PROPOSED BY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STAFF IN THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MEMO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE HAS YOU KNOW PUT TOGETHER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS WORLD CALL.

YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL DO ROLL CALL I'M ALSO IN GODDARD.

YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: COMES FROM A NATHAN.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, COUNCILMAN MECCA IS ABSENT COUNSELOR AND SOUZA YES OTTOMAN STACKS.

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YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WILL OBSERVE THEIR THREE MINUTE CONVENTION, PLEASE.

[7. Open the public hearing on the 2022 Budget]

KRISTEN WILSON: STICKY VAN DYKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE JUST JUST TO A WORD, PLEASE ON WE WE ASKED PEOPLE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES AS RESIDENTS AND, IF SO, WHERE THEY LIVE AND IF PEOPLE ARE NOT RESIDENTS, WE ASK THEM TO TELL US THAT AND EXPLAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEIR REASON FOR COMING IN SPEAKING TO US.

KRISTEN WILSON: SORRY, MR MAYOR WE JUST REALIZED YOU SKIPPED OVER OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU WANT TO TAKE MISS MISS VAN LIKES COMMENTS NOW OR, IF YOU WANT US TO MOVE HER BACK AS AN ATTENDEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S LET'S MOVE HER BACK, PLEASE AND AND LET'S LET SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OPEN THE PUBLIC HERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE NEED EMOTION, WHICH I WILL DO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS MOTION OPEN AND PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE.

AYE.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: NOW, HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE'LL BE CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE NEED A MOTION TO HOLD IT OVER TO THE DECEMBER.

KRISTEN WILSON: DECEMBER 15 THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 15TH MEETING I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE BUDGET NUMBER 15.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND, SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: K NOW RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD AND SUKI VAN DYKE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK MY NAME IS TO Q&A GOOD I AM AT 62 GARDEN DRIVE IN RIGHT, I AM A RESIDENT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I WAS SOME I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE RAY GOLF CLUB CURRENTLY I WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING DISCUSSION AND THERE'S BEEN YOU KNOW MUCH SAID ABOUT THE GOLF CLUB AND IT'S PLANS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND I THINK NOW WOULD BE A VERY GOOD TIME FOR THIS COUNCIL.

SUKI VAN DIJK: TO SAY THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC FORUM IN WHICH PEOPLE CAN SPEAK ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE THE THE WAY THAT THE GOLF CLUB WEBSITE IS SET UP, YOU CAN'T TELL ANYTHING ABOUT FIELDS, SO I CAN'T GO ON THERE AS A RESIDENT AND FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST IT DOESN'T EXIST THERE PUBLICLY.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: TALKING ABOUT WHO THE CLUB IS FOR AND HOW IT'S BEING RUN AND HOW THEY CAN HAVE AN INPUT INTO IT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I KNOW THERE ARE A GROUP OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THEIR BACKYARD.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I KNOW WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODING AND SO WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TREES COMING DOWN, AND IF THERE IS INDEED A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PLAN FOR THE GOLF CLUB TO REDO ALL OF THESE THINGS.

SUKI VAN DIJK: HOW DOES THAT BALANCE AGAINST.

SUKI VAN DIJK: HAVING IT BE A.

SUKI VAN DIJK: MOSTLY RY RESIDENT CLUB.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND I THINK THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE NEED TO SPEAK ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN HAVING THE GOLF CLUB PRESENT THIS STUFF AND THEN YOU GUYS SOME TALKING ABOUT IT HERE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I THINK THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF WANT OF PEOPLE RESIDENTS WANTING TO BE HEARD ON THIS, SO IF YOU KNOW I KNOW WE'VE ALL GOT VERY BUSY SCHEDULES, BUT IF WE CAN COMMIT TO AS BEN SUGGESTED HAVING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CLUB AND HOW IT.

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SUKI VAN DIJK: I'D LOVE TO GET THAT ON THE SCHEDULE, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO PEOPLE CAN PLAN FOR THAT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO PETER'S YOU KNOW TO THOSE MEETINGS ARE OPEN WAS COMMISSIONED MEETINGS SO PEOPLE CAN CERTAINLY ATTEND THOSE I'LL FIND OUT THE NEXT DATE I'LL LET YOU KNOW.

KRISTEN WILSON: ROBERT VANDER ROCK AND ARE WATERING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: GOOD EVENING.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, INDICATE THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR LOCAL 122 CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: THAT ISN'T TODAY ANNOTATION NOT ON THE AGENDA.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: I COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEETING LAST TIME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT DO I STILL HAVE A POSSIBILITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROB IF YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE LEAF BLOWER LAW, THEN THAT WAS ACTUALLY PUT OVER THAT I THINK WE'VE DISCOVERED ANOTHER A MISTAKE IN THE MINUTES, IT WAS PUT OVER TILL THE DECEMBER 15 MEETING.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, SO I STILL HAVE THE POSSIBILITY TO TO BREAK MY COMMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YES, THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING REMAINS OPEN UNTIL THEN.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE CAN GO BACK AND AMEND THE MINUTES AGAIN AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF NEED BE, FOR THAT DATE.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUT THE INTENTION WAS CERTAINLY THE MOTION WAS TO PUT IT OVER UNTIL THE 15TH.

KRISTEN WILSON: SUKI I SEE YOUR HAND IS RAISED AGAIN I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK AGAIN.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF THERE ARE ANY IS THERE IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE, YOU HAVE TO PRESS STAR NINE.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO YOUR HAND IS STILL RAISED, I WILL ASSUME YOU WANT TO SPEAK AGAIN.

SUKI VAN DIJK: GREAT THANK YOU UM YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND TO JULIE'S COMMENT UM I KNOW THAT THE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: THE MEETINGS ARE OPEN, FOR YOU KNOW, FOR ALL OF THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, BUT I WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT BEN'S IDEA OF HAVING A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE GOLF CLUB, AND I THINK WE NEED THAT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: ON THE DOCKET THAT IT'S NOT JUST A GOLF CLUB COMMISSION MEETING IT'S WE WANT THE WHOLE TOWN TO TO WEIGH IN ON WHAT WE WANT THE GOLF CLUB THAT THE WHOLE TOWN OWNS TO BE LIKE, BECAUSE WHAT I HEARD A LOT OF TONIGHT IS IT BEING COMPARED TO OTHER CLUBS AND IT'S NOT A CLUB IT'S.

[9. Consideration to set a public hearing to create a new local law, Chapter 166 “Steep Slope Protection” regulating development on steep slopes.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO BE CLEAR.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I MEAN OKAY YEAH THAT WASN'T CLEAR WITH WHAT THEY WERE SAYING OTHER MUNICIPAL.

SUKI VAN DIJK: OWN CLUBS, BECAUSE, LIKE WHAT THEY WERE SAYING WAS UM.

SUKI VAN DIJK: WAS.

SUKI VAN DIJK: COMPARING THEM TO OTHER CLUBS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO IF I THINK HERE'S THE GENERAL MARKET SUKI AND THEN THERE'S ALSO LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M NOT A GOLFER SO YEAH NO I HEAR YOUR POINT I DIDN'T MEAN TO TALK OVER YOU I JUST.

SUKI VAN DIJK: I JUST I THINK FIT BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS THAT THE WHOLE TOWN WOULD BENEFIT FROM A SPECIFIC SPECIAL SESSION WITH ALL OF YOU AND WITH THE GOLF CLUB.

SUKI VAN DIJK: THANKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO MORE HANDS RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN WE WILL GO TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR FIRST MORATORIUM RELATED ITEM CONSIDERATION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 160 STEP SIX STEEP SLOPE PROTECTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REGULATING DEVELOPMENT ON STEEP SLOPES, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK CAROLINA WHO HAS BEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOT ONLY LIAISON BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REALLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HOW, HOW CAN I PUT IT HEAVILY ENGAGED IN IN GETTING OUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MULTI PART COMMITTEE TO PRODUCE THESE PROPOSED CHANGES IN CODE I'D LIKE TO ASK CAROLINA TO INTRODUCE IF SHE WOULD.

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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND TO ENSURE THAT OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS ADEQUATE FOR RESIDENTS, WE ARE SUBMITTING FOR YOUR REVIEW, A NEW CHAPTER TO COMPLEMENT OUR ZONING CODE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A GROUP OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ON THE DIFFERENT LAND USE BOARDS THAT SERVE OUR CITY PARTICIPATED IN THESE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COMMITTEE LAURA BRITT SUSAN BROWN TRACY STORA BAR BRINING NIK EVERETT MICHAEL HARRINGTON RICHARD SHOP COUNCIL MEMBERS BEN STACKS AND RICHARD MECCA.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL OF US, ASSISTED BY KRISTIN WILSON AND CHRISTIAN MILLER DELIBERATED AND COMPROMISED ON THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED HERE, BECAUSE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO PRESERVE THE STEEP SLOPES AND RYE AND THE MAGNITUDE OF THE DAMAGE THAT CAN BE DONE IF WE CONTINUE TO BE WITHOUT THE SAFEGUARDS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE ALL ARE CONCERNED WHEN MATURE TREES ARE CUT DOWN IN SOME CASES THEY'RE THERE FOR 50 OR 80 YEARS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SLOPES, IN SOME CASES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR NOT NOT IN SOME CASES, IN ALL CASES HAVE BEEN THERE FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS AND THEY DON'T GROW BACK SO I.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I KNOW THIS IS, THIS IS A LONG, THIS IS A NEW CHAPTER JUST JUST THINK ABOUT IT, AS WHEN WE INTRODUCED.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WETLANDS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO BE THE THE AUTHORITY TO LOOK AND REVIEW WETLAND PERMITS, SO THESE STEEP SLOPES WOULD BE SORT OF THE SAME, THE SAME THING AND WE HAVE ASKED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE THE APPROVAL AUTHORITY TO OVERSEE STEEP SLOPE DISTURBANCES, SO THERE IT IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO ALL WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING AND I BE PROPOSING THAT.

[10. Consideration to set a public hearing to create a new local law amending Chapter 197 “Zoning” of the Code of the City of Rye setting new restrictions on lot width and configurations of properties in new subdivision.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THE FIRST JANUARY MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO IF I.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE A MOTION TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL OF US.

ARE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST STEEP SLOPE OR ALL THREE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SAME FOR ALL ONE BY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE BY ONE, OR ALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK WE, I THINK, FOR GOOD ORDER, WE HAVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO ONE BY ONE, SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S WHAT I WAS CLARIFYING.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND THIS IS, FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, SO JANUARY 5.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CORRECT I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION THAT WE SET UP A PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW THE STEEP SLOPES AND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PROPOSED LEGISLATION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEFORE JANUARY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 2.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE.

ALL RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER 10 CONSIDERATION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 197 ZONING OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF RISE SETTING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOT WITH AND CONFIGURATION OF PROPERTIES IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION OKAY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I JUST SAY A FEW WORDS, THE ZONING REVISIONS COMMITTEE IS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONCERNED WITH THE CURRENT DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES FLOODING THE LOSS OF MATURE TREES AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY'S PROPOSING A LOT WITH.

[11. Consideration to set a public hearing to create a new local law amending Chapter 53 “Architectural Review” of the Code of the City of Rye to amend authority and scope considered by the Architectural Review Board in reviewing applications]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND LET'S JUST TO TO TO MAKE IT JUST CRYSTAL CLEAR PRINCIPAL TARGET IS FLAG LOTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU MAY HAVE A MOTION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION, MR MAYOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ITEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: 11 IS CONSIDERATION TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 53 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF RIDE TO AMEND AUTHORITY AND SCOPE.

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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH WELL THE THESE IS A COMPLICATED ONE AND I MADE THE ANALOGY, THAT THE CURRENTLY THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IS SORT OF LIKE THE MEDIATOR IN A DIVORCE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE TRYING TO PUT A STRUCTURE AND YOUR NEIGHBORS DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IS COMING UP AND NEGOTIATING IN THE MIDDLE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND SO WE NEED TO GIVE THE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THOSE NEIGHBORS THOSE THOSE SUGGESTIONS OR THE OR THE RULES THAT ARE IN PLACE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR THE CODE ARE ARE SO HONORS WHEN YOU WHEN IT'S YOUR PROJECT RIGHT WHEN IT'S YOUR PROJECT IT'S TERRIBLE WHEN IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORS PROJECT, YOU ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THEY ARE IN PLACE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THEY'RE THERE TO AGAIN SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFEGUARD THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT YOU THAT YOU HAVE SO THERE AGAIN IT'S COMPLICATED IT'S NOT EASY, BUT THIS IS THE LANGUAGE WE ARE PUTTING FORWARD FOR YOUR REVIEW AND FOR THE POETRY OF YOU.

[12. Consideration to extend through March 31, 2022 the moratorium in the City of Rye temporarily prohibiting the review, processing or approval of any new application related to a subdivision or re-subdivision of property plans filed after April 7, 2021, development on steep slopes or the placement of a residential structure with its front not oriented towards a front yard for the duration of this moratorium.]

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION SMEAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND JUST FINALLY I WANTED TO THANK AGAIN CHRISTIAN WILSON AND CHRISTIAN MILLER FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT, WE HAD TO SELL THEM ON THESE IDEAS THEY HAD TO SEE THE VALUE OF IT AND THEY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD WITH ALL OF US, AND MY TEAM OF OTHER NINE PLAYERS WERE HAD INVALUABLE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THESE, WHICH I THINK YOU KNOW IF IF ALL THESE LEGISLATIVE LEGISLATION IS PASSED, WILL BE TRANSFORMATIVE IN KEEPING RIGHT IT WITH LOTS OF GREEN SPACE AND MAINTAINING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, THANK YOU GUYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE NEXT HAVE A MOTION TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM THROUGH MARCH 2022 TO ALLOW AMPLE CONSIDERATION IF NEED BE, REVISION OF ANY ASPECTS OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED THAT MAY BE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT MAY BE MORE TIME THAN WE ACTUALLY NEED BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE FELT THAT IT WAS BETTER TO GIVE PEOPLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE WARNING THAT THE MORATORIUM MIGHT BE CONTINUING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SET A SHORTER TIMELINE FOR THE MORATORIUM AND THEN POSSIBLY HAVE TO EXTEND AGAIN SO WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE CONSIDERATION TO EXTEND THROUGH MARCH 31 2022 THE MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF RIGHT TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE REVIEW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF ANY NEW APPLICATION RELATED TO A SUBDIVISION OR RE SUBDIVISION OF PROPERTY PLANS FILED AFTER APRIL 7 2021 DEVELOPMENT ON STEEP SLOPES OR THE PLACEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH ITS FRONT NOT ORIENTED TOWARDS THE FRONT YARD FOR THE DURATION OF THIS MORATORIUM.

[13. Resolution to authorize the City Manager to execute an amended contract with the Firefighter’s Union.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTION OH SORRY GO AHEAD, CURRENTLY IN.

SOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: USE THIS ROLE CALLED CRISPIN.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, PLEASE IT'S ACTUALLY A LOCAL LAW THAT YOU'RE EXTENDING THE SUNSET DATE FOR.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN MEGA ABSENT COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, AND.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE NEXT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED CONTRACT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION GREG.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS SOME WOULD PREFER THE AS EVERYONE'S AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH THE WITH THE UNION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERALLY TO TO PUT IN PLACE A FULL FULLY STAFFED COMMAND.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MEANINGFULLY STAFF MEETING, AS WE ALL KNOW, HISTORICALLY, THE CITY OF RYE, HAD A VOLUNTEER COMMAND STRUCTURE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: LAST OR EARLIER THIS YEAR WE PROMOTED CAPTAIN MICK DWYER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE CITY'S HISTORY TO A NEWLY CREATED POSITION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AFTER ABOUT FOUR MONTHS OF COLLABORATIVE BUT SOMETIMES SPIRITED CONVERSATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE, I BELIEVE, NEGOTIATED A FAIR AGREEMENT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION WHICH I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT TO FEAR AUTHORIZATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE'S REALLY THREE IMPORTANT ITEMS HERE THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE CITY IS ACCEPTING THAT THOSE FOUR NEW LIEUTENANTS WILL BE PART OF THE BARGAINING UNIT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NUMBER TWO THAT THE PAY FOR A FIRE LIEUTENANT WILL ULTIMATELY BE A 16% DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE HIGHEST PAID FIREFIGHTER.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THAT IN THAT PAY SCALE 14 AND A HALF OF THAT FIT 16 WOULD BE PAID AN APPOINTMENT, THE LAST ONE AND A HALF PERCENT WOULD BE PAID AT COMPLETION OF THEIR FIRE CODES CLASS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ONE VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR FOR THIS COMMAND STRUCTURE IS NOT JUST HAVING PROPER COMMAND IN THE FIREHOUSE BUT ALSO TO INCREASE OUR ABILITY TO DO FIRE INSPECTIONS CITYWIDE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE FIRE INSPECTOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE DOING ON A REGULAR BASIS, SO PART OF THAT IS TO TO RECOGNIZE THAT THOSE FIREFIGHTERS, WILL ALSO BE RECEIVING CODES CLASS AND WILL BE THAT WILL BE PART OF THEIR DUTIES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE FINAL PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE WILL BE MOMENTS IN TIME WHEN A LIEUTENANT IS NOT AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE ON VACATION THEY'RE OUT SICK SOMETHING ELSE OCCURS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE CITY MAINTAINS DISCRETION AS TO WHETHER TO APPOINT A SUPERVISOR IN REPLACEMENT FOR THAT INDIVIDUAL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND IF THE CITY DIRECTS OR CITY MANAGEMENT DIRECTS THAT TO HAPPEN, THAT THERE WILL BE A DIFFERENTIAL PAY TO THAT FIREFIGHTER AND DURING THE TRUMP TIME IN WHICH THEY ARE IN COMMAND.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OF SEE WHETHER IT'S AT A FIRE SCENE OR ACTUALLY IN THE FIREHOUSE BUT THAT DISCRETION IS RETAINED BY THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION OR THROUGH THE MANAGERS OFFICE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YES, THAT'S THAT'S REALLY IT I AM I BELIEVE THAT THE COMPARABLES HERE FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING ARE VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH SIMILARLY SITUATED COMMUNITIES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT'S JAMIE HAS BEEN HEAVILY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS, AND I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE I SAID IT'S REFLECTIVE OF A HAVE A VERY HEALTHY BUT COLLABORATIVE WORK ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGERS OFFICE AND THE FIREFIGHTER SHEET.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND IT IS BY THE WAY, I'M SORRY ONE LAST POINT ON THE THIS IS THIS CONTRACT FROM A COMPENSATION AND FINANCIAL STANDPOINT IS REFLECTED IN THIS BUDGET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I AM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASED TO BE SEEING THIS AGREEMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE US GREG IT'S REALLY BEEN A JOB OF YEARS TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT ALONG ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THE CITY'S NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE HAVE REQUIRED AND COMING TO A FAIR ACCOMMODATION WITH THE UNION IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAS HAD ITS CHALLENGES, BOTH FROM OUR SIDE AND FROM FROM THERE'S NO DOUBT SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND INTO THE UNION ON ON GETTING US HERE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT WORK GREG, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO.

[14. Resolution to declare certain City equipment as surplus.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I CAN'T.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT WORK GREG YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

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

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CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

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

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH YES, GREAT WORK EVERYBODY ON THIS FANTASTIC JOB, THANK YOU.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: MAYOR CONE.

YES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IF I CAN JUST I'M SORRY I WOULD HAVE BEEN REMISS TO SAY CLYDE PITS AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNION AND AND IGNORE SHEILA'S VICE PRESIDENT CERTAINLY SHOULD EQUALLY BE THANKED IT WAS IT WAS YEOMAN'S WORK BY EVERYBODY, SO THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREAT DAY, AND WE DO THANK.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR MAYOR AND I'M GONNA HAVE TO EXCUSE MYSELF FROM NOW ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU CAROLYN.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

[15. Adjourn until January 19, 2022 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.]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: APPARENTLY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SUPERINTENDENT ROBO HAS BEEN IN POSSESSION OF 33 DINING ROOM CHAIRS AT THE REC FOR MANY YEARS AND IS LOOKING TO MAKE SPACE FOR MORE PROGRAMMING SO SHE HAS ASKED THAT WE THAT YOU DECLARE THE SURPLUS, SO WE CAN MOVE THEM OUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M MAKING THAT MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MUCH FOR MUSICAL CHAIRS AT THE REC.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I CAN.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON IS NOW ABSENT COUNCILMAN MEGA ABSENT COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

[16. Consideration of a request by the Midland Elementary School PTO to approve a parade to precede the Midland Elementary School Fair on Saturday, April 30, 2022 from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

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

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE JOURNEYING UNTIL JANUARY 19 THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION FROM THE MIRIAM OSBORNE MEMORIAL HOME TO AMEND THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF RICE ZONING CODE ASSOCIATION TO CREATE NEW USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES IN THE ART TO ZONING DISTRICT.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: A FRONT FOR THE TIME BEING, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: JUST I WILL CERTAINLY LET YOU KNOW AND WE'LL PUT IT ON THE AGENDA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, MAY HAVE EMOTION.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST BY THE MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PTO TO APPROVE UPGRADE TO PROCEED THE MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAIR ON SATURDAY APRIL.

[18. Old Business/New Business ]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS SO POLICE ADVISORY DAN LOVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, FINANCE FRED BUT PHONE AND JOHN SOUZA WILL BOTH RENEW PLANNING COMMISSION ANDREW BALL AND LAURA BRETT WILL RENEW TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BRIAN DEMPSEY, WILL RENEW AND REMAIN AS CHAIR MAY HAVE NODS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REALLY QUICKLY SHOUT OUT TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR AN AMAZING MISTLETOE MAGIC AND TO WRECK FOR A WONDERFUL TURKEY TROT THIS PAST WEEKEND LOTS OF FESTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY FEELS THIS PAST WEEKEND SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND BOTH BOTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HUGELY WELL ATTENDED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS AWESOME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVORITE WELL SECOND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR AYE AYE GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH NATHAN, RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.