Dec 15, 2021 City Council

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'M GLAD, NOBODY SAW ME OUT AND ABOUT RUNNING MY ERRANDS BECAUSE I WAS NOT A SIGHT TO BE SEEN I'LL SEE THAT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU HAD AN ISSUE WITH THE BOOSTER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH, AND LEAD ME FLAT THEN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE IT WAS BAD YEAH LIKE I GOT SUNDAY LIKE LATE AFTERNOON LIKE AROUND 330 ISH OR WHATEVER IT WAS FINE AND THEN I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND LIKE.

[Executive Session]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I'D HEARD IT WASN'T BAD, SO I WAS EXPECTING LIKE SORT OF A WALK IN THE PARK WRONG.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DID YOU GET THE SAME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW SO I I GOT MY FIRST TWO SHOTS MY VACCINATIONS WERE PFIZER AND I THE MADONNA BOOSTER.

[1. Roll Call.]

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I GUESS IT FLAT OUT YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AFTER HER AND LUCKILY IT WASN'T THAT LONG, I MEAN, I WAS ABLE TO LIKE FUNCTION AND LOOK LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN THE NEXT DAY, A LITTLE BIT I MEAN WHEN I DIDN'T FEEL GREAT I STILL FELT LIKE A LITTLE LIKE THIEVERY A LITTLE WEIRD BUT YEAH THAT WAS NOT FUN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAD ZERO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M TELLING YOU I FEEL LIKE IT'S IT'S RAMPANT RIGHT NOW, THOUGH YOU GUYS LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND WHO WHO ALREADY HAD COVERED IS FULLY MAXED FULLY BOOSTED AND JUST GOT IT AGAIN.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY WE'RE BEING RECORDED.

SORRY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S A TRUE STORY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S UP.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH WAS MUTED, HE WAS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAPPY OKAY, SO I GUESS WE'RE HERE CALLING THINGS ORDER.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE STILL MUTED JOSH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, AM I UNMUTED.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW YEAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 15 2021 CORE AND BEING PRESENT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION MAY HAVE EMOTION.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOOD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WILL RETURN IN.

HALF.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IGNORE MY TEXTS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN'T MISS YOUR LAST MEETING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR ANYBODY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE CAN HEAR YOU OKAY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SIR SO YES, IGNORE MY TEXTS GREG SORRY I COULDN'T GET ON INITIALLY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE THEY'RE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ALL YOUR TEXTS ARE GOING THROUGH, EITHER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH REALLY GOSH TECH DIFFICULTIES I'M GOING TO COMPLAIN TO MY IT GUY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JUST JUST CAME THROUGH.

OKAY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ONLY ONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE, I WAS MUTED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME AGAIN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 15 21.

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

HERE.

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

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STOCKS.

HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HERE, JUST BEFORE WE GET STARTED I'D LIKE TO MARK THAT THIS IS SARAH GODDARD'S LAST MEETING WITH US IT'S A BIG SMILE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SARAH COMPLETES YOUR FOUR YEAR TENURE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, THIS EVENING I AND I'M SURE HER OTHER COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO THANK HER FOR HER MANY CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THESE FOUR YEARS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN PARTICULAR SHE'S INTRODUCED THE CITY TO A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS SHE'S BEEN A STRONG VOICE ON THE COUNCIL SHE'S BEEN VERY GIVING OTHER TIME AND THOUGHT AND DONE GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WE ALL THANK HER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY I HAVE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I DO HAVE SOME WORDS TO SAY, BUT I CAN WAIT TILL THE END OF THE OF THE MEETING.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR, I CAN SAY THEM NOW IT'S IT'S IT'S YOUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH WHICHEVER YOU PREFER.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S NOT TOO LONG, BUT SINCE YOU, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, THANK YOU, THOSE ARE VERY KIND WORDS AND AND ACTUALLY I WAS I'M LAUGHING BECAUSE.

[2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held December 1, 2021 and of the Budget Workshops held on November 16 and 29, 2021.]

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M DEFINITELY READY TO PURSUE NEW VENTURES THAT I'VE HAD TO PUT ASIDE THESE PAST FOUR YEARS, BUT IT REALLY HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE JOY TO SERVE THIS INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS TOWN IS UNIQUE IN BEING POPULATED BY SMART TALENTED PEOPLE SO MANY OF WHOM ARE DEVOTED TO CIVIC VOLUNTEERISM.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WHILE I'VE DONE MY BEST TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF RYE I'M ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE LEVEL OF DEEP ENGAGEMENT ON AND KNOWLEDGE OF MYRIAD ISSUES I HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM MY CONSTITUENTS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SERVING ON THE COUNCIL IS ALSO BROUGHT NEW PEOPLE INTO MY LIFE CITIZENS I'VE MET WHILE CAMPAIGNING SERVING AS THEIR COUNCIL LIAISON AT NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS OR SIMPLY THROUGH AN EMAIL APPEAL FROM A RESIDENT.

[3. Post Ida Storm Update.]

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY I'VE BEEN DEEPLY TOUCHED BY THE KINDNESS AND EMPATHY OF OUR RESIDENTS AS THEY RALLY TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN PLACES IN THIS TOWN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHETHER IT'S STANDING WITH STUDENTS TO CALL FOR A FLAG TO BE RAISED OR ADVOCATING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS THAT PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY AND BEAUTY OF OPEN SPACES IN THIS VERY SPECIAL PLACE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS STRONG SENSE OF SOLIDARITY AMONG RIGHT PEOPLE IS WHAT HAS ENERGIZED ME AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO LEND MY SUPPORT THAN FROM THIS COUNCIL.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YES, IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE AND I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT, I WANT TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, ON THE COUNCIL I'M LOOKING AT ALL OF YOU JULIE CAROLINA JOSH BEN AND THE NEW JOSH.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT ALSO A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO RICH WHO, WITH HIS PERPETUALLY POSITIVE ATTITUDE HAS BEEN A FRIEND AND ROLE MODEL TO ME.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE MANY HOURS THAT YOU PUT INTO VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I WANT TO WELCOME THE NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS JOSH AND BILL HENDERSON AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND, OF COURSE, A BIG THANK YOU TO THE MANY PEOPLE AT CITY HALL, WHO DO THE HEAVY LIFTING TO MAKE THIS TOWN TICK GREG CAROLYN YUCA.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOE NOVA KRISTEN RYAN DANNY ANGIE GEORGE ARE AMAZING MS OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE LIST GOES ON AND ON, OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORK SO HARD TO TO MAKE THIS PLACE A WONDERFUL ONE TO LIVE IN AND THEN LASTLY, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU TO THE CITIZENS OF RYE, FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP THESE PAST FEW YEARS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, SIR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, SIR I'LL THANK YOU AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER MORE THAN AS A COLLEAGUE BECAUSE I'VE WATCHED YOU AS A AS A CITIZEN AND RYAN THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL DONE, SARAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SARAH.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW, BE AROUND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE NOT MOVING OUT OF TOWN SO.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW I'M HERE I GOTTA DEAL WITH MY PROJECT NOW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU BUSY.

COW.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS GREAT SORRY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WAS, I WAS TARA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVING TO THE DRAFT AND APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING CAROLYN HAVE THERE BEEN ANY COMMENTS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: JUST ONE CHANGE, MR MAYOR THE DURING THE APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT ON APPROVED MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER, NO THE NOVEMBER 17 MEETING I.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I WANT TO INDICATE, I WANT TO AMEND THE MINUTES AND INDICATE THAT COUNCILMAN NATHAN DID ABSTAIN FROM THAT VOTE, AS HE WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY GOOD, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE MINUTES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO MAKE CAROLYN I'LL MAKE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OK, SO NOW WE GO TO WHAT IS BECOME A CUSTOM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POST ITEMS STORM UPDATE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE BEEN A NUMBER OF EVENTS SINCE OUR LAST MEETING WE HAD A COUNTY CALL ON FLOODING THAT GREG AND I ATTENDED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT WAS A MEETING WITH THE ASSISTANT COUNTY EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE HEAD OF OPERATIONS HEAD OF PLANNING AND OUR COUNTY LEGISLATOR CATHERINE BARKER AMONG OTHERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE TOOK A NUMBER OF TOPICS ONE WAS WARM WATER ON MIDLAND AND THE COUNTY PROMISE THAT IT WILL BE COORDINATING MIDDLE AND DEVON YOU H REPAIR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH THE CITY'S SANITARY SEWER WORK AT MIDLAND AND GRACE CHURCH AND THEY ALSO PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD ASSESS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE PROBLEM DRAIN WHAT THEY'D LOCATED IS A PROBLEM DRAIN, WHICH ACTUALLY RUNS FROM MIDLAND AND GRACE CHURCH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH PORCHESTER AND OUT TO THE SOUND THAT THEY WILL ASSESS THAT FOR OTHER REPAIRS THAT MAY BE NEEDED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN, WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING GENERALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY QUESTION JOSH JUST ABOUT THAT, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THEY THEY'RE GOING TO REMEDIATE THE PROBLEM THAT WAS CAUSING SORT OF UNEXPECTED FLOODING AT MIDLAND AND PACK, THEY HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING OKAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN THE DRAINAGE IS FROM GRACE CHURCH THROUGH PORT PORT CHESTER SO IT'S EVERYTHING ALL THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THAT'S A REALLY SKINNY PIPE SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, THEY COULD DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT PIPE AS WELL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AT THE SAME TIME I'M YEAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, I I THINK IT'S A LITTLE SQUISHY HERE ON THE TIMELINE FOR THE PIPE THAT GOES THROUGH PORCHESTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY WOULD REMEDIATE WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN PECK AND GRACE CHURCH UNLESS THE PIPE THROUGH PORCHESTER TO THE SOUND CAN BEAR THE STRESS OF THE WATER THAT'S COMING FROM RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE WATER GOES AND OTHERWISE IT BACK UP SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE COUNTY HEAD OF OPERATIONS JOHN MCDONALD PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE ISSUES, BUT FOR THE MONTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND GREG MAY BE ABLE TO COME IN FURTHER ON THIS, THEY HAVE LOCATED A PROBLEM THAT IS IN THE PACK AREA, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE WORKING THERE IN THE SPRING.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO MAYBE SOMETHING SHORT OF THE OVERPASS BUT AS POSSIBLE, OR EVEN LIKELY CAUSED EVEN MORE THE FLOODING THAT BACKED UP GOING UP MIDDLE AND MORE TOWARD FIVE POINTS, SIMPLY BECAUSE JUST THE VOLUME COULD NOT TRAVEL THROUGH THAT PART OF THE COMPROMISE PIPE YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND A REALLY NARROW PIPE THERE TOO, SO IF YOU HAVE THAT BACKUP IN THAT FORCE IT'S POSSIBLE AND IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE CLAY PIPES GOD DON'T SO ALL RIGHT THAT'S THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH RESPECT TO FLOODING GENERALLY THEY NOTED AN EXPECTATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF FEDERAL FUNDING OF FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POTENTIALLY NOT FOCUSED ON DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THEY'D WORK WITH US ON THAT ONE ISSUE THAT WE FACE WITH RESPECT TO DISTRIBUTION HAVE FACED IN THE PAST WITH RESPECT TO DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING MONIES TO THE CITY OF RYE IS THAT THOSE MONIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FREQUENTLY ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AIMED AT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, AND SO I THINK WHO'S A LONG HISTORY WHICH CITY STAFF IS FAMILIAR WITH HAVE ARE MISSING THE CUT, SO TO SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE WE ARE IN, FORTUNATELY, IN BETTER SHAPE FINANCIALLY BUT THERE IS THE PROSPECT THAT THE COUNTY IS RAISED WITH US OF FUNDS THAT ARE NOT SO RESTRICTED AND THE THOUGHT THAT THEY WILL WORK WITH US ON THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEPARATE ITEM WE HAVE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT OR INTEREST TO AN AGENCY, CALLED THE NATURAL RESOURCES, CONSERVATION SERVICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH IS ACTUALLY A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THEY APPARENTLY HAVE SOME FLOOD REMEDIATION MONIES WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS THROUGH DC, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE DC IS BEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY, VERY FORTHCOMING AND EAGER TO HELP AND SERVING AS A GUIDE TO RYE RYE BROOK PARIS AND REALLY ANY INTERESTED COMMUNITY ON RESOURCES AVAILABLE SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AT THEIR SUGGESTION WE SUBMITTED A LETTER OF INTENT OR INTEREST AND THAT'S WITH RESPECT TO A FLOODPLAIN PROGRAM THAT MAY INCLUDE BUYOUT OPPORTUNITIES THAT IS OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE WHOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY DAMAGED AND WHO MAY WISH TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO RECEIVE HELP IN THE FORM OF BUYOUTS OF THEIR PROPERTY, WE EXPECT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IN EARLY JANUARY IT'S REALLY TOO EARLY FOR ME TO REPORT MORE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN WE WE DID HAVE A CALL TODAY WITH STATE DC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ACTUALLY EARLIER THEY HAD RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST TO GIVE OUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S IT'S CALLED A STREAM RESILIENCY PROJECT OR STREAM RESILIENCY STUDY TO GET GIVE THAT THE UTMOST PRIORITY THEY COULD THAT IS OUR WATERSHED OVER OTHERS IN THE QUEUE SO THERE'S SOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FINALIZATION WORK THAT THE CONSULTANT, IS DOING ON SOME OTHER STUDIES AND THEY ARE HOPEFUL THAT OUR STUDY CAN START IN FEBRUARY WE'LL SEE IF IF THAT'S THE CASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT WE APPRECIATE THEY'RE BUMPING US UP IN THE QUEUE AS FOR THE CALL TODAY, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GOOD CALL THEY'RE ACTING IN A KIND OF COORDINATING CAPACITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE HAD IN ADDITION TO OURSELVES AND RIGHT BROKE ON THE CALL WE HAD OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WE HAD COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT ALLOWED FOR A GIVEN TAKE ON A NUMBER OF PENDING THOUGHTS INITIATIVES MOST PROMINENTLY D C IS GOT NOW IN FRONT OF THE EFFORT WITH THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND IS PRESSING THE ARMY CORPS AND THE NAME OF NEW YORK STATE TO BUMP US UP FROM THE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A TOO MUCH LARGER FEDERAL FUNDING NOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT TO GET EVEN THE STUDY FOR THIS LARGER FORM OF FEDERAL HELP WE NEED CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO DO IT SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REACHING OUT TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO GET AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS WITH A CHRONOLOGICAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND POLITICAL GRAIN OF SALT, THAT IS ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECTS ARE MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL, WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND THEY'RE SUBJECT TO REPEATED APPROVALS BY CONGRESS SO, EVEN IF WE GET A BLIND WATERSHED STUDY WITH THE ARMY CORPS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HE EVEN IF WE GET CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL TO THAT PROJECT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL VETTING I'M SORRY ARMY CORPS VETTING AND THEN COME BACK TO CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAMARONECK EXPERIENCE HERE IS INSTRUCTIVE THAT IS MAMARONECK WE HAVE HEARD BEGAN ITS ARMY CORPS RELATIONSHIP IN 2007 AFTER THE TWINS STORMS THAT ALSO FLOODED RYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IS NOW 14 YEARS LATER, AND THEY ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR PROJECT TO BE FINALLY APPROVED IT HAS BEEN IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THROUGH THE ENTIRE COURT PROCESS, BUT IT HAS TO GO BACK THROUGH A CONGRESSIONAL PROCESS, BUT IN ANY CASE, WE HAVE THE DC ON OUR SIDE WITH RESPECT TO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THE DC HAS ARTICULATED THE THOUGHT THAT WHAT THEY ARE HOPING TO DO WITH FAIR STUDY IS TO ADD TO OUR LIST AND WE ALREADY HAVE A LIST FROM ALL THE STUDIES THAT GRIND HAS DONE OF PROJECTS THAT ARE REALIZABLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEAR TERM AND WITH LESSER MONIES THEN ARE ATTACHED TO ARMY CORPS PROJECTS THAT'S THEIR GOAL WITH THEIR STUDY AND WE HOPE THAT WILL BE THE CASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH RESPECT TO OUR NEW YORK RISING ISSUES WERE STILL WAITING AND PRESSING FOR INFORMATION FROM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF STORM ARE COVERING AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GET WITH THAT WE'RE HOPEFUL OF NEWS SOON WE HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS EXPLORING THE RANGE OF CONSULTANTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE THINK WE ARE LIKELY TO NEED IN ORDER TO SUCCEED IN THE PROCESS OF COMPETITIVE FUNDINGS THAT MAY RESULT FROM THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT PASSED WASHINGTON, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT MAY YET PASS WASHINGTON THERE'S A HURRICANE RELIEF ACT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT PASSED WASHINGTON, THERE MAY BE OTHER SOURCES OF FEDERAL FUNDING AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CONSULTANTS, RANGING FROM THOSE TO WHIP OUR PROJECT LIST INTO OUR CHOICE OF THE BEST POSSIBLE AND THAT STAND THE BEST CHANCE OF PASSING FUNDING MUSTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSULTANTS THAT CAN HELP US NAVIGATE PARTICULAR AGENCY PROCESSES IN WASHINGTON OR NEW YORK STATE AND CONSULTANTS THAT CAN HELP US AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL AND IT THERE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ORIENTATION IN IN EACH OF THOSE AREAS SOME CROSSOVER WITH ONE ANOTHER AND WE'RE WE GREG AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SORTING THAT PRELIMINARILY AND WE'LL BE BRINGING SUGGESTIONS TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE LONG.

[4. Continue the public hearing on the 2022 Budget]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LAST POINT ON MY UPDATE, THERE WAS A PRESS FLAP LAST WEEK THERE WAS A NEWS 12 REPORT ON BOWMAN, THAT WAS HEAVY WITH MISINFORMATION GREG WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS, BUT JUST MOST DEFINITELY HEADLINES KNOW THE DAM CONTROL SYSTEM CANNOT BE REMOTE ACT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE DAM WAS INSPECTED BY ENGINEERS POST DATA AND NEEDS ONLY ORDINARY COURSE MAINTENANCE AND I REGISTERED PROTEST OF THE MISINFORMATION WITH NEWS 12 GREG I'LL PASS IT TO YOU.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO ADD RIGHT, IT SHOULD ALL HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THE IDA POST FOR AN UPDATE JUST IN TERMS OF EXPANDING SOME OF THE NEWS REPORT FROM FROM LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE DC THAT THEY WERE MISSING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE DAMN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: A EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN AND A REVIEW OF THE DAM ITSELF BOTH OF THESE DOCUMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED AGREED TO, AND AT THE NEW YORK RISING GRANT PROGRAM AND AT THAT POINT, WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PRODUCED IN THE SPRING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THE SPRING WE RECEIVED NOTICE THAT, BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FUNDING OR POTENTIAL LACK OF FUNDING THOSE HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM THE SCOPE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO THE THE REFERENCES IN THE STORY ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE DAM REALLY RELATE TO THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS ONE AND BEEN DELIVERED ORIGINALLY IN 2010.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE DID BELIEVE IN 2012 AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN HAD BEEN SUBMITTED, ALTHOUGH IT IS MUCH TO MY DISAPPOINTMENT, WE FOUND HAS NOT HAD NOT BEEN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO, LAST WEEK WE DID SUBMIT THAT THAT NOW OUTDATED PLAN, BUT AT LEAST THERE IS ONE ON RECORD, AND WE ARE GOING TO PRODUCE THAT AT OUR OWN EXPENSE, AT THIS POINT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THE INTEREST OF GETTING THAT DONE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AS THE MAYOR STATED, WE DID, AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE DID HAVE AN ENGINEER REVIEW THE STRUCTURE OF THE DAM POST, IT WAS DONE APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AFTER THE STORM.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEY FOUND IT HAD NOT SUSTAIN ANY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, THERE WAS SOME MINOR COSMETIC DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING THAT ANY WAY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BROUGHT INTO QUESTION THE INTEGRITY, YOU KNOW THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THEN LASTLY, AS AS THE MAYOR NOTED, THERE IS NO REMOTE ACCESS TO THE DAMN TO THE SLUICE OR ANY OF THE CONTROLS, SO YOU KNOW, THE REPORT OF SOME SORT OF POTENTIAL RISK OF CYBER HACKING IS IS NOT FACTUALLY ACCURATE.

SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, YES JOSH NATHAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS THANKS FOR THAT GREAT REPORT, THEY ARE CON DO WE HAVE ANY SENSE OF WHAT THE CONSULTING FEES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MIGHT BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WE DON'T YET WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SECOND ROUND OF OF CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE CONSULTANTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE CERTAINLY OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE CAPABLE OF WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: 2022 BUDGET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH IS A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING, AND SO I THINK WE NEED NO MORE FORMALITY, THEN KRISTIN FOR YOU TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED ON THAT.

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

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SUKI VAN DIJK: I THINK YOU I'M NOT A BUDGET READING EXPERTS, SO I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SORT OF COMPARING THIS ONE TO THE ONES OF PREVIOUS YEARS AND.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND ACTUALLY JOSH NATHAN JUST BROUGHT UP PART OF MY QUESTION, WHERE WOULD CONSULTANTS BE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: IN THIS BUDGET AND AND WHERE I KNOW THAT WE'VE SPOKEN A LOT ABOUT YOU KNOW OUTSIDE LEGAL COUNSEL AND HIRING THOSE, HOW DO WE FIND OUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON LAWYERS, EVERY YEAR, SO THOSE ARE JUST MY QUESTIONS THANKS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, LET ME, LET ME TALK SPEAK TO THE CONSULTANT LINE OR THE CONSULTANT EXPENSE, THERE IS NOT IN THIS BUDGET, A SPECIFIC LINE ITEM FOR CONSULTANTS RELATING TO FLOODING AND AND, FRANKLY, THE REASON IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW AS WE SIT HERE TODAY WHAT THAT EXPENSE, IS GOING TO BE WITH THAT SAID.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE CURRENTLY IN ADDITION TO THE 10% GENERAL FUND RESERVE WHICH WE HAVE, AS THIS COUNCIL AS A POLICY HAS MAINTAINED.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE ESTABLISHED A CAPITAL PROJECTS RESERVE IN AN AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY JOB CORRECT ME 7.2 OR $7.3 MILLION.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT IS DEDICATED TO OR NOT DEDICATED THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR CAPITAL SPENDING GENERALLY MY EXPECTATION IS IS THAT ANY CONSULTANCY EXPENSE RELATED TO FLOODING PLANNING IN THE LIGHT WOULD COME OUT OF THAT LINE ITEM OR OUT OF OUR CONTINGENCY LINE WHICH IS $300,000.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOE IN TERMS OF THE LEGAL LINE IN THE BUDGET.

JOE FAZZINO: SO SPECIFICALLY YOUR BUDGET DOCUMENT PAGES THREE DASH 114 PAGES THREE DASH 115 HAVE.

JOE FAZZINO: CALL CENTERS RELATED TO LEGAL SERVICES AND THEN HUMAN RESOURCES.

JOE FAZZINO: A LINE CALLED CONTRACTUAL COSTS IS WHERE YOU WOULD FIND LEGAL EXPENSES, MORE SPECIFICALLY, I COULD GET THE LEGAL BILLS.

JOE FAZZINO: SPECIFIC LINES, ESPECIALLY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES BECAUSE THAT'S OUR LABOR COUNCIL SO IF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE THAT I COULD CERTAINLY PROVIDE THAT NUMBER.

JOE FAZZINO: YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT ME TO DO, WHILE WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION, I CAN PULL IT UP PRETTY QUICKLY BUT IT'S UP TO YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DON'T KNOW IF KRISTEN HAS ANY ANY IDEA OF.

KRISTEN WILSON: WHAT THE OUTSIDE LEGAL FEES HAVE BEEN OR WHAT THEIR PROPOSED TO BE FOR NEXT YEAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH.

JOE FAZZINO: I MEAN, SO I KNOW THAT THERE FOR NEXT FOR THIS YEAR AND, AS THEY REMAINED FLAT AT $230,000 IN A LAW DEPARTMENT FOR THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE WE WENT TO.

JOE FAZZINO: WE KEPT IT 120 5000 FOR THE.

JOE FAZZINO: PERSONNEL BLIND SO I'M SORRY OUR LABOR COUNSELOR HUNDRED 25,000.

JOE FAZZINO: UM.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S HARD TO SOMETIMES PREDICT IN A DEPARTMENT DOES PRIMARILY REACTIONARY YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUED OR WHAT KIND OF LAWSUITS.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE WILL RECEIVE THAT YEAR ARE WE SERVED WITH THAT YEAR, BUT WE TRY AND TAKE AN AVERAGE OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT'S PENDING RIGHT NOW SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: THEN PRETTY ACCURATE SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THAT BUDGET LINE ITEM WILL IS THIS FAIR TO MOVE FORWARD INTO NEXT YEAR.

JOE FAZZINO: YEAH AND IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE YEAR TO DATE VERSUS BUDGET, YOU KNOW THAT KIND OF TRACKS, YOU KNOW WE DON'T SEE US EXCEEDING THE 230 THAT WE BUDGETED THIS YEAR.

[5. Consideration to open the public hearing to adopt a Local Law to override the State enacted tax levy limitation, if necessary]

JOE FAZZINO: WERE WITH CONTRACT EXPIRED THAT'S WHEN IT SEEMS, YOU SEEM TO SEE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSE THERE IN TERMS OF THIS YEAR THAT NUMBER HAS BEEN PRETTY LOW COMPARED TO BUDGET AND MY YOU KNOW COME IN UNDER BUDGET FOR LABOR COUNCIL BUT I'M A COUPLE OF WEEKS LEFT SO WE'LL SEE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I WOULD EXPECT MOVING IN I'M SORRY MAYOR GOING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY I THINK THAT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, WHICH IS THAT OUR LABOR CONTRACTS ARE GOOD INTO.

JOE FAZZINO: CORRECT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT WE WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF IN 2022 OF LOOKING FORWARD.

[6. Resolution to adopt the 2022 Budget and establish the 2022 tax levy and 2022 tax rate. Roll Call]

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH OUR UNIONS, YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND SUKI YOU HAVE YOU STILL HAVE YOUR HAND UP, BUT I WILL ASSUME THAT THAT.

WAS FROM LAST TIME.

KRISTEN WILSON: OH OH, SHE PUT HER HAND BACK UP ALRIGHT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: SO MY SORRY, SO I, AND AGAIN I APOLOGIZE THIS JUST.

SUKI VAN DIJK: ISN'T MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT SO I'M LOOKING AT LAST YEAR'S BUDGET FOR LEGAL FOR LAW DEPARTMENT ON PAGE 321.

SUKI VAN DIJK: AND THAT HAS.

SUKI VAN DIJK: 505 A LITTLE OVER $500,000 BUDGETED SO UM SO I'M NOT SURE.

JOE FAZZINO: WHAT.

JOE FAZZINO: QUESTION I'M SORRY.

SUKI VAN DIJK: YEAH IT'S IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, IT SAYS PAGE THREE THIS IS PAGE THREE DASH 21 YEAH.

JOE FAZZINO: OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS 2019 IS THE SUMMARY PAGE FOR THE LAW DEPARTMENT.

JOE FAZZINO: ACTUAL COSTS FOR 2019 I'M JUST LOOKING AT JUST RELATED TO JUST LEGAL EXPENSE, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ITEMS IN THERE.

SUKI VAN DIJK: WHEN I.

JOE FAZZINO: WAS 300 AND ROUGHLY $396,000.

JOE FAZZINO: YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT CASES WE WERE DEALING WITH IN 2019 VERSUS LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER DROPS DOWN TO.

JOE FAZZINO: 130 $7,000 SO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT'S THAT DOES THAT LINE INCLUDE LABOR NOW.

JOE FAZZINO: THOSE ARE JUST LEGAL SERVICES.

SUKI VAN DIJK: SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT THINGS, BECAUSE THIS IS 2019 ACTUAL WAS 588 001.

[7. Resolution authorizing the City Comptroller to make the necessary year-end closing transfers. Roll Call.]

SUKI VAN DIJK: OKAY, SO THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE THAT THAT'S THE ONLY THE OUTSIDE AND PLAY.

JOE FAZZINO: IT RIGHT.

SUKI VAN DIJK: OKAY OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER.

[8. Resolution authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement with the Rye Free Reading Room to furnish library services for 2022. Roll Call.]

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

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE ANOTHER NO OTHER HANDS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO LET'S THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I GUESS, WE COULD INCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE NEED EMOTION TO DO THAT, YES, PLEASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND HAVE MOTION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HI HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHEN WE MOVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONSIDERATION TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE LOCAL LAW TO OVERRIDE THE STATE ENACTED TAX LEVY LIMITATION, IF NECESSARY, NOW THAT HASN'T BEEN NECESSARY, SO DO WE STILL NEED TO DO THIS.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE NOT MR MAYOR.

KRISTEN WILSON: UNLESS THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE THINKING AND EMOTIONS TO AMEND THE BUDGET AT ANY POINT BEFORE YOUR NEXT ACTION ITEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOTIONS TO AMEND THE BUDGET IF ANYBODY HAS EMOTION, TO AMEND THE BUDGET, THIS IS THE MOMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THEN LET'S JUST SKIP AHEAD TO THE RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE BUDGET AND ESTABLISHED THE.

[9. Continue the public hearing to create a new local law, Chapter 122, “Landscapers and Leaf Blower Regulations” requiring all landscapers to obtain an annual permit in order to operate as a landscaper and restrict the use of leaf blowers.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND CAN WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ONE MOTION THAT DOES ALL THOSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THUMBING THROUGH MY AGENDA PACKAGE CHEER WITH EXCITEMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO SEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND KRISTEN WILSON: IT ISN'T ONE IT'S A COUPLE PAGES IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOUR NOTES I'VE GOT IT I'VE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOT IT AND.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE WHOLE THING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST LET ME ASK FOR A MOTION TO PASS THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUDGET AND ESTABLISHED THE 2022 CITY TAX LEVY AND 22 TAX RATE, AS IT APPEARS IN THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AGENDA PACKAGE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M AT THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

YES.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STOCKS.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ITEM SEVEN RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY CONTROLLER, TO MAKE THE NECESSARY YEAR AND CLOSING TRANSFERS.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS THE MOTION AS IN OUR AGENDA.

PACKAGE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD.

YES.

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: EXCELLENT STOCKS.

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

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVING TIGHT AND A A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAY OR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH RYE FREE READING ROOM TO FURNISH LIBRARY SERVICES FOR 2022 AND WE HAD ALREADY DISCUSSED IN ONE OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE LIBRARY GREG.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR KRISTEN IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US SOME BACKGROUND, ON THE NEED FOR THE AGREEMENT THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR UNDER THE UNDER THE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: PUBLIC.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: EDUCATION, A LOT OF NEW YORK STATE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE LIBRARY, TO PROVIDE CERTAIN FUNDS WHICH ARE PART OF THIS YEAR'S BUDGET.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN RETURN, THEY YOU KNOW, AGREE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS PART OF THEIR ANNUAL REPORT, HAVING TO DO WITH USAGE OF THE LIBRARY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR FINANCIALS, THIS IS AN ANNUAL REPORT AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE END THE LIBRARY AND THE CONVEYANCE OF THOSE BOOKS.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I CAN.

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

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

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THEY ARE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE MOVED TO CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW CHAPTER ONE LANDSCAPES AND LEAF LANDSCAPE AND LEAF BLOWER REGULATIONS REQUIRING ALL LANDSCAPERS TO OBTAIN AN ANNUAL PERMIT IN ORDER TO OPERATE AS A LANDSCAPER AND RESTRICT THE USE OF LEAF BLOWERS, AND BEFORE WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TURN TO THE PUBLIC, I JUST LIKE TO GET A FEW IDEAS OUT THERE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HELP HELP INFORM THE CONVERSATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THESE ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THESE ARE IDEAS THAT PERHAPS EVEN I AM NOT WEDDED TO BUT THINK MAY BE HELPFUL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF NOT, AS KEEPERS AS FOILS FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PEOPLE TO CONSIDER AND TO HELP BOTH FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND, ULTIMATELY, THE COUNCIL DELIBERATIONS SO FOR FOUR OF US ON THE COUNCIL ATTENDED A COUPLE OF DEMONSTRATIONS THAT OUR CITY DP W.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS SURROUNDING CITY HALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO THOSE WHO WERE AT THE OTHER DEMONSTRATION AS WELL, I THINK WE ALL HEARD A CLEAR DIFFERENCE IN BOTH SOUND PITCH AND INTENSITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BETWEEN THE ELECTRIC BLOWER AND THE GAS BLOWER, BUT WE ALSO SAW A CLEAR DIFFERENCE IN EFFECTIVENESS WITH THE GUEST BLOWER, AND THIS WAS JUST BACKPACK BLOWER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WAY OUTPERFORMING THE ELECTRIC BLOWER AND THIS OUTPERFORMANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH MUCH THAT I'VE HEARD IN THE COURSE OF PRIOR COUNCIL MEETINGS I THINK OTHERS MAY HAVE HEARD THE SAME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WILL ALSO HAVE A REPORT AND IT'S IN OUR AGENDA PACKAGE FROM COMMISSIONER COPPI I DON'T KNOW GREG IF COMMISSIONER COPY WILL BE WITH US OR NOT, BUT HE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: HE UNFORTUNATELY HAD A CONFLICT TO NOT USE HE'S NOT WITH US.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, BUT HE HAS HIS INFORMATION IS HIS PRESENCE IS ALWAYS VALUED, BUT HIS INFORMATION IS TRUE IS TREASURED AT THE MOMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAS WORKED ON INCREASING POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOT OPEN TO THAT STAGE OF THE AGENDA, BUT TO GET THERE QUICKLY MORE THAN 70 SOME PHONE CALLS AND NOVEMBER, AND I THINK 73 FOR MEMORY AND 36 SENTENCES ISSUED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN ENFORCEMENT EFFECTIVENESS AND MUCH APPRECIATED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WITH THOSE TWO THINGS HIS BACKGROUND I I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT SOME THOUGHTS AGAIN THEY'RE JUST THOUGHTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR 2022.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PERHAPS WE COULD CONSIDER IN THIS I HAS COME UP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FROM RESIDENTS SUGGESTION CHANGING THE HOURS OF BLOWER OPERATION IN PERIODS WHEN BLOWER OPERATION IS OTHER WAS COMMITTED TO BE FROM 8:30AM TO 5:30PM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT SHORTENS THE BLOWER DAY BY AN HOUR, IT GIVES GIFTS RESIDENTS, A HALF HOUR BREAK IN THE MORNING AND A HALF HOUR BREAK IN THE EVENING, HOPEFULLY TIME TO TAKE THE PRESSURE OFF ARISING AND TO TAKE SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF DINNER WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DINNER EARLY DINNER WITH THE YOUNG ONES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WOULD HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK LANDSCAPER PERMITTING KICKING IN AT SOME POINT IN 2022 GIVING PEOPLE TIME TO SIGN UP TO BECOME AWARE AND SIGN UP BUT THAT I THINK WILL EASE FURTHER OUR ENFORCEMENT DIFFICULTY AT LEAST THAT'S THE SUGGESTION WE INITIALLY HAD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN, WITH RESPECT TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONTINUE THE HOURS CHANGE AND ADAPT OUR DRAFT LAW TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR BID, THE USE OF GAS BLOWERS, AS IT DOES, OTHER THAN FOR FALL AND SPRING CLEANUP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AND OTHERWISE, WE WOULD BE REQUIRING ELECTRIC BLOWER USE IN ALL THE TIMES WHEN BLOWER USE IS PERMITTED, AND I JUST WANT TO NOTE, BECAUSE THIS HAS COME UP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN DISCUSSION IT'S THE DRAFTERS INTENT THAT ALL PROPERTIES IN RYE EVEN MUNICIPAL PROPERTY AND CLUBS AND LIKE BE SUBJECT TO THE ALL ELECTRIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REQUIREMENT THAT'S NOW IN OUR DRAFT FOR 2023, BUT I DO WANT TO GO ON TO SAY THAT, GIVEN THE PRACTICALITIES OF OF WHAT WE'VE WITNESSED AND IN BASED ON A CONVERSATION WITH GREG, TO THE EFFECT THAT THIS IS AT LEAST PLAUSIBLE THAT DP W WOULD CONTINUE TO HELP US.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BY FOLLOWING THE PROGRESS OF ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWERS, WE KNOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS IS MOVING TO ELECTRIC, WE KNOW THAT OTHER STATES ARE CONSIDERING THIS, WE KNOW THAT MUNICIPALITIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN OTHER AREAS ARE PUSHING FOR THIS, AND SO I WOULD JUST AGAIN AN IDEA FOR US TO CONSIDER HAVE A LOOK BACK DAY IN FALL OF 2022 WHERE WE ASK OURSELVES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHETHER OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE IN TERMS OF THE TRANSITION FULL TRANSITION FOR ALL PROPERTIES TO ELECTRIC AGAIN, SUBJECT TO THE SPRING AND FALL CLEANUP POSSIBILITY FOR USE OF GAS, WHETHER THAT'S REALLY PRACTICAL, WE MIGHT HAVE THAT POINT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I MEAN IF WE'RE SEEING A LETTER FLOWERS THAT CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE SUBSTANTIAL WEIGHTS OF HEAVY LEADS MAYBE WE'RE REEVALUATE THE CLEANUP CARVE OUTS, MAYBE WE DON'T BUT THAT WE WE GO FORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MUCH ON THE TEMPLATE THAT IS SET OUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEEN THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC HEARING, BUT WE DO HAVE THIS CHECK BACK DATE IN FALL AND AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST THOUGHTS THAT I'M THROWING OUT FOR THE COUNCIL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS SOME ON THE COUNCIL HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH ME ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALLY SOME OF LIKE THEM SOME NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT I ALSO WANT TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHERWISE I I SENSE THEIR HEARING IS AT SOME FOR IT SOME AGAINST BUT REALLY A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION BEING RAISED IN THE COURSE OF THE HEARING, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF IT AND THAT'S MY EFFORT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS JOSH I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT BECAUSE THAT I THINK GOES IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE REMARKS YOU MADE AT THE VERY BEGINNING, IS IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND ALSO IN READING SOME OF THE PUBLIC HEARING LETTERS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I FIND REMARKABLE IS THAT THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OF LACK OF KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS EVEN AN EXISTING LAW AND BECAUSE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COMMISSIONER KOFI AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE REALLY RAMPED UP ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW OF THE EXISTING LAW, I THINK PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT WAS GOING ON, BECAUSE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PRE COPY AND AND CURRENT COPY, SO I THINK THAT HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT DENT, BUT I THINK THE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION ABOUT THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LAW.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW THERE'S THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY AND TIMES AND ALL OF THAT SORT OF STUFF AND THEN JUST A.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: QUESTION THAT SOMEBODY RAISED TO ME, WHICH WAS IF WE WERE ULTIMATELY TO GO TO ALL ELECTRIC DOWN THE ROAD WOULD THAT.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WOULD THERE BE A CONSIDERATION OF ELIMINATING THE SUMMER BAN, WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN DISCUSS TONIGHT, BUT, BUT SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT DOWN THE ROAD FOR FOR THIS COUNCIL.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE I SUSPECT THAT THAT YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF OPINION ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I THINK I HEARD THE SAME THING TO SARAH I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND, MAYBE I MAYBE I HEARD SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHICH IS JUST YEAR ROUND ELECTRICS OKAY YOUR ROUND.

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SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT, I ACTUALLY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I LOVE THE PEACE AND QUIET AND THE SUMMER THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION, AND I THINK THE MORE WE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOVE TOWARDS NATURAL LANDSCAPING AND MULCHING AND AND ENJOYING THE BEAUTY OF LEAVES BLAH BLAH BLAH DEBRIS IN THE SUMMER, BUT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT COMES UP AND THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE PASSIONATE OPINIONS ON ON BOTH SIDES ABOUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH RESPECT, SARAH TO YOUR REMARKS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT AND WITH ALL ALL PRAISE THAT'S DUE TO COMMISSIONER KOBE FOR THE GREAT EFFORT HE AND THE PD ARE COLLECTIVELY MAKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IF WE INSTITUTE PERMITTING IN 2022 AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS, WE WILL BE MAKING WHERE WE WILL BE NEEDING TO MAKE EACH LANDSCAPER AWARE OF THEIR NEED FOR A PERMIT AND OF WHAT THE LAWS ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WILL BE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AND WITH A PHASE IN IN 2022 OF THAT WE MAY ALSO SEE FURTHER IMPROVEMENT, EVEN IN ADVANCE OF OTHER LEGISLATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY SORRY.

KRISTEN WILSON: SORRY, BEFORE WE OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AGAIN JUST BECAUSE I DID RECEIVE A COUPLE INQUIRIES FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND YOU, YOU TOUCHED UPON THIS AS WELL, BUT THE THE CURRENT DRAFT.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND IT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED A LITTLE BIT, AND I WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT RIGHT NOW SECTION 122 DASH FIVE F, WHICH HAS THE EXEMPT ENTITIES LISTED SCHOOLS.

KRISTEN WILSON: CITY OF RYE PROPERTIES AND THE LIKE, WHEN IT REFERS TO THIS SECTION IS TALKING ABOUT 122 DASH FIVE IN ITS ENTIRETY IT'S NOT WRITTEN VERY CLEARLY RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT WAS THE INTENT, SO I WILL MAKE THAT CLEAR IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S WISHES AS WE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT WE WE WE DO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, YOUR YOUR INTENT AS AS AS AS DRAFT OR ON OUR BEHALF, WAS TO MAKE THE ALL ELECTRIC, THAT IS, THE ELECTRIC MANDATE THAT IS SEPARATELY IN THE DRAFT STATUTE APPLICABLE TO ALL PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.

KRISTEN WILSON: CORRECT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO FOR BETTER FOR, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, THAT IS, OUR STARTING POINT AND I'M SURE THAT IS A DISCUSSION ITEM, AND IF WE CAN TURN TO THE PUBLIC, NOW LET'S HEAR WHAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE.

KRISTEN WILSON: ROBERT VANDER WHARTON.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS ROBERT FENDER RHODES FROM SIX ETC, BOOSTING POSTS OR WROTE.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: A FEW OF MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED OR ALREADY, SO I WILL NOT REPEAT THAT.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: AND ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: LEAGUE GROWERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED BETWEEN OCTOBER 1 AND APRIL 30 IS THE FOLLOWING RESTRICTIONS.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: UNDER EACH ONE KNOW LEAF BLOWERS SHALL BE OPERATED ON THE SAME LOT IS OTHER POWER TO LOAN EQUIPMENT AND IT, THAT IS FOR ALL PROPERTIES IN TRY.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: UNDER HE.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: ONLY ONE LEAF BLOWER CAN BE OPERATED EXCEPT IN OUR ONE ZONES.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: AND THAT IS ONLY FOR.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: ARTICLE HE TOO.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: SO FOR OUR ONE ZONE THAT INDICATES.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: THAT IS FOR ONE ACRE OR MORE PROPERTIES.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: BUT WHEN SOMEONE HAS MORE THAN ONE ACRE AND IS IN OUR TIME ZONE IS NOT ALLOWED.

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ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: VS TWO AND A HALF ACRES IN AN ARTIST ZONE, AND WE CAN OPERATE ONLY $1 AT A TIME WITHOUT OTHER EQUIPMENT.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: IT WILL TAKE TWO TIMES THE TIME AND NOISE.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: AND INSTEAD OF FINISHING IN ONE HOUR, THAT IS WHAT IT NORMALLY TAKES FOR THE LANDSCAPER IN OUR CASE, I FEEL, WILL TAKE MORE THAN TWO HOURS.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THE NEW LOW AND ALLOW PROPERTIES OVER ONE ACRE TO US SIMULTANEOUSLY MORE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT.

ROBERT VAN DER WATEREN: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU ROB.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: OKAY I'M GOING TO PROMOTE A PHONE NUMBER THAT ENDS AND 737.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT IS WHAT IS THE HERE GO OFF ME.

1914****737: GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL THIS ESCAPE BRIGGS ONE ONE WALL STREET.

1914****737: I JUST HAD AN IDEA OF COULD WE PUT LIKE POSTERS BILLBOARDS LIKE WE HAVE RIGHT AT THEM BY CITY BANG.

1914****737: IT THAT ROTATE THE RIDE FREE READING ROOM AND WE CAN PUT THESE POSTERS THAT, LIKE THE ENTRANCES INTO ARRIVE FOR NOTIFYING LANDSCAPERS.

1914****737: AND MAYBE THERE'S LIKE A WEBSITE LINK AND SO THESE LANDSCAPERS CAN DRIVE AND SEE THE SIGNS AND ALSO BE INFORMED.

1914****737: I'M REALLY AGAINST REGISTERING BECAUSE IT'S JUST MORE PAPERWORK AND THEN EACH TOWN IS GOING TO WANT THIS AND WE WORK IN MULTIPLE TOWNS WE'RE ALREADY WITH THE COUNTY CAN SOMEBODY GO TO THE COUNTY AND SAY HERE'S A RYE LAW, AND THEN IT GETS BLASTED OUT TO ALL OF US THROUGH THE COUNTY.

1914****737: THAT WAY IT'S MORE UNIFORM AND IF SCARSDALE WANTS TO SEND OUT A LAW AT THIS COMES TO ANYBODY WHO HAS A COUNTY LICENSE.

1914****737: THESE ARE SOME IDEAS I WANTED TO USE, INSTEAD OF HAVING PERMITTING WITH WITHIN ONE CITY OR ONE TOWN.

1914****737: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: THERE ANYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

KRISTEN WILSON: MR MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO I WOULD I SPOKE TO YOU SOON.

KRISTEN WILSON: SORRY CURTIS BACK EVENT TO.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: I LISTEN TO A LOT WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY MAYOR AND, YES, A LOT OF IT IS TRUE, A LOT OF THE CITY OF RESIDENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF THE LAWS THAT ARE THERE IN PLACE NOW.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: BACK IN OH WAIT, IT WAS VERY HARD TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ALL YOUR CLIENTS, THE TECHNOLOGY FROM THAT DAY TODAY IS A LOT DIFFERENT.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU GUYS GETTING A FEEDBACK SAME THING IS HAPPENING WITH THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE BLOWERS, IS THAT, AS THAT TECHNOLOGY GOES.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THE ELECTRIC BLOWERS WILL WORK BETTER AND AGAIN WHEN YOU GUYS TAKE OUR TIME PUSHING UNTIL 830 IN THE MORNING AND WE HAVE THE FALL WHERE IT'S GETTING DARKER EARLIER.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: IT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPEDE EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORK WE DON'T ASK ANYBODY ELSE TO OPEN THEIR STORES LATER GAS STATIONS LATER OR ANY OF THAT, SO I THINK THAT TAKING OUR TIME IS VERY, VERY UNFAIR.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: BUT I DO THINK THAT YOU WATCHING THE DEMONSTRATIONS THAT THE CITY GAVE YOU YOU YOU GUYS DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THERE.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: OH, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY COUNCIL TO READ A LOT OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PETITION THAT WAS PASSED AROUND THE CITY RIGHT.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE LEGISLATION DOES NOT APPLY TO TREE CARE COMPANIES, IT ONLY APPLIES TO LANDSCAPERS NOT TO TREE CARE COMPANIES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I'LL SAY ON THAT THAT WAS JUST DIFFICULT FOR ME TO IS IS THE PETITIONERS, WHILE I RECOGNIZED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW MANY NAMES AND BY NO MEANS DO I KNOW, EVERYBODY AND RYE BUT BUT THERE AT THE LOCATION IT DOESN'T SPECIFY IF YOU'RE RIGHT RESIDENTS SIGNING THAT SO I DID SEE GERMANY AND THE NETHERLANDS AND PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S THE HARD PART I FOUND ANYBODY WHO'S EVER USED ONE OF THOSE PETITIONING PLATFORMS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US, YOU THERE'S NO WAY OF.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN SOME WAY, LIMITING I GUESS OR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOLICITING INFORMATION TO SHOW IS EXACTLY WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM AND SO THAT WOULD JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW, FOR WHATEVER IT'S WORTH I NOTICED THAT AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS KRISTEN.

KRISTEN WILSON: CURTIS HAS HIS HAND RAISED AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF THERE'S ANY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO HAVEN'T SPOKEN BEFORE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN CURTIS PLEASE SPEAK AGAIN, IF YOU WISH.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: WELL, ONE OF THE THINGS IS IS THAT WHEN THE PETITION WENT AROUND.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: THEY ARE WALLED CITY I WOULD THINK I DIDN'T CHECK EVERY NAME, MOST OF THEM ARE ALL CITY OF RESIDENTS, THAT I PERSONALLY KNOW OF.

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CURTIS SPACAVENTO: IN THE TOWN OF SCARSDALE I MEAN YOU'RE ALLOWED TO USE AN ELECTRIC LEAF BLOWER THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THAT YOU'RE NOT.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: BUT.

CURTIS SPACAVENTO: IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS THAT'S WHAT IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US, I GUESS OKAY I'M DONE.

KRISTEN WILSON: IS ANYONE ELSE, THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEING NONE ARE WE HOLDING THIS OVER THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS OVER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO SHINE MAKE A MOTION TO HOLD IT OVER TO WHAT JULY JULY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JANUARY 5 AT THE NEXT MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHY NOT HOLD IT OVER TO WELL I DON'T WANT TO, I KNOW THAT THE OSBORNE AS SCHEDULED ITSELF FOR THE 19TH I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT LEAST WITH THE TENTATIVE DATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHY DON'T WE LET'S HOLD THIS OVER TO THE FIFTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE FIRST MEETING AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND, PLEASE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ASKED ME TIM, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOTION AND I AGREE WITH EMOTION IN THE HOLDING IT OVER I WAS JUST LOOKING AT ALL OF THE WE GOT TWO PACKETS OF COMMENTS, PLUS THE PETITION THERE'S A LOT TO GO THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IF SOMEBODY IN IN CITY HALL WANTS TO GO CAN GO THROUGH THIS AND IF DIFFERENT PEOPLE PROPOSE DIFFERENT IDEAS, JUST LIKE WE HAD THE COMMENT ABOUT WHAT IF YOU'VE GOT AN EXTREMELY LARGE LOT COULD WE ADDRESS THAT THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT PROBABLY BEHOOVES US FOR SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH THIS MATERIAL AND SEE ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW IT HELPED US, YOU KNOW WITH A BETTER SOLUTION BECAUSE CERTAINLY WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT THINKING TODAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S LET'S TALK TO GREG AND AND KRISTEN OR LEAVE WITH GREG AND KRISTEN THE IDEA OF OF HOW THAT MAY BE MANAGED THERE'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH A LOT, A LOT OF URINE WORK GOING ON ON EVERYONE'S PART AND HOLIDAYS BEFORE US SO.

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH SO MAYBE ON THE FIFTH, WE MIGHT SAY THEY'RE NOT READY SO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE NOT READY, BUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I ALSO THINK THAT THAT'S SORT OF INCUMBENT UPON US TO JOSH RIGHT LIKE SO I MEAN WE READ THROUGH ALL THESE THINGS AND WE TRY AND PULL SOME OF THESE OUT TO BE DEBATED SO IF YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I THINK WE ALL SHARE THAT RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK THROUGH THIS STUFF AND FIGURE OUT, I MEAN POINT ABOUT CURTIS MADE ABOUT 530 AT NIGHT IN THE FALL AND 530 AT NIGHT, RIGHT NOW, GRANTED WE'RE A LITTLE FURTHER INTO FALL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT IS PITCH DARK RIGHT SO SO MAYBE THAT DOESN'T WORK I DON'T KNOW RIGHT, SO I THINK, AS THESE THINGS COME OUT UP JOSH YOU'RE RIGHT LIKE THEY DO NEED TO BE SORT OF TOSSED AROUND A LITTLE BIT AND DEBATED AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND AS NUGGETS COME UP THAT WE THINK ARE WORTHY OF DISCUSSION, I MEAN I THINK THAT'S TOTALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AGREE WITH YOU THAT WE SHOULD BE DEBATING THOSE AND DISCUSSING THEM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT AND LOOK AT IT FROM ALL ANGLES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES SENSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO LET'S SEE DID WE ACTUALLY VOTE ON THE EMOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE THEN GO TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE UPDATE ON THE RIDE GOLF CLUB SO BEFORE WE BEGIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I JUST LIKE TO MENTION THAT I ATTENDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL INSPECTION DINNER LAST NIGHT, IT WOULD BE CASTLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO LET THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION REPS THAT I KNOW ARE LISTENING TONIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO KNOW THAT THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD AT WITH BE, AS WAS THE SERVICE, AND SO MY MY COMPLIMENTS TO LESSONS AND THE EFFORTS OF GM AND THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION TO HAVE HAVE THAT ASPECT OF THE GOLF CLUB WORKING WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND NOW THE COMMISSION STARTED TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLAN THIS EVENING'S PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE PRESENTATION IS NOT HAVE A RENOVATION PLAN, RATHER, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IT'S A STATUS REPORT ON A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT ARE NOW GETTING BROUGHT ATTENTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO SET THE STAGE BY UNDERSTANDING JUST A LITTLE ABOUT THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL AND SO FORTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN OWNED BY THE CITY SINCE 1965 BUT IT'S NOT RUN AS MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE AND MY OWN WORDS IT'S RUN AS A SELF SUPPORTING MEMBER MEMBERSHIP CLUB, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT SAID, IT WOULD BE UNWISE FOR THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION NOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT ITS PRIMARY CONSTITUENCY IS COMPRISED OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF RYE, AND THAT THE MEMBERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THAT OFFERS MATTERS TOO MANY IN OUR CITY, WHETHER THEY CHOOSE TO BE MEMBERS OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STILL, THE GOVERNANCE OF THE CLUB RESTS PRIMARILY WITH THE COMMISSION FOLLOW THE CITY COUNCIL RATIFIES THE RESULTS OF COMMISSION COLLECTIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND PASSES ON ITS FEET PLAN ANNUALLY, WE DO NOT MANAGE THE CLUB AND DO NOT BECOME INVOLVED IN ORDINARY COURSE DECISION MAKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EXTRAORDINARY DECISIONS LIKE A REROUTING OF THE COURSE MAY COME TO US, EVENTUALLY, BUT ONLY AFTER COMPLETE VETTING BY THE COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE RELYING ON THE COMMISSION AND THE GOLF CLUB MANAGER, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO THINK OF THE BEST INTERESTS OF RIGHT GOLF CLUB.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS BOTH A SELF GOVERNING GOLF AND SWIMMING MEMBERSHIP CLUB AND AS AN IMPORTANT CITY TENANT AND CITY RESOURCE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND KRISTEN I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE USEFUL, BEFORE WE GO TO THE GOLF CLUB ITSELF IF YOU COULD JUST MENTION WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE SHOULD THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION DECIDE THAT IT WANTS TO PURSUE A REROUTING A FEE OF SEVEN THE HOLES TO THE GOLF COURSE.

KRISTEN WILSON: SURE, MR MAYOR IT OBVIOUSLY WILL DEPEND ON THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT AND THE NATURE OF THE APPROVALS NEEDED MEANING LOCAL STATE AND FEDERAL APPROVALS.

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KRISTEN WILSON: IT WILL, WILL THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ANY WETLANDS PERMIT THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED, WE.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND AS PART OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS, THEY AUTOMATICALLY REFER IT TO THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR REVIEW AND COMMENT, SO THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE AS WELL.

KRISTEN WILSON: THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE OTHER STATE OR FEDERAL PERMITS THAT WE NEED TO OBTAIN SO THE PROCESS ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND PROCESS MAY BE INCLUDED AS THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS FINALIZED.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND IF AND WHEN THE PERMITS ARE RECEIVED BY THE VARIOUS AGENCIES, IT WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM THE UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE TO TO FUND THIS PROJECT, WHEN I SAY UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE FROM THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB BUDGET.

KRISTEN WILSON: GREG I THINK I SAID THAT ACCURATELY IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING, BUT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC PROCESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REVIEW, THEY WILL BE, MEANING THAT THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER OUR OUR LOCAL LAW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO GREG I'M AM I, ARE WE, TURNING TO YOU IN ADVANCE OF TURNING TO THE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION OR STRAIGHT TO TERRY AND JIM.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE ARE WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO TERRY AND JOE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, TERRY AND JIM FOR FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS PRESENTATION.

JIM BUONAIUTO: OF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING US, MR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: MY NAME IS FOR THE RECORD, TERRY MCCARTNEY FOR 50 PARK AVENUE I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RIDE GOLF CLUB COMMISSION.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND ALSO ON THE CALL IS JIM BONE I YUTO, WHO IS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I'LL LEAD, MOST OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT JIM YOU KNOW MAY BE ABLE TO AMPLIFY SOME OF MY POINTS HERE AND THERE, IT DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO SARAH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON YOUR SERVICE AND TO THANK ALL THE REST OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE COUNCIL, I THINK I KNOW MOST OF YOU HAVE AT LEAST MET JOSH AND CAROLINA AND I KNOW, EVERYBODY ELSE FAIRLY WELL.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT AS YOU KNOW, I SERVED ON THE COUNCIL FROM 2013 TO 2017 AND BACK THEN, I ALSO SERVED AS THE GOLF COURSE LIAISON BEN'S JOB NOW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO, THAT WAS A BUSY TIME WE WERE KIND OF COMING OFF THAT SCOTT, WHY TIME AND WE HIRED JIM WE HIRED LESSENING WE RESOLVE THAT TK I.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FUNGICIDE TAINTED FUNGICIDE MASS THAT KILLED OUR GREENS THAT ONE SUMMER SO IT WAS KIND OF A CRAZY TIME, BUT IT DID GIVE ME A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AT THE COURSE AND HOW THINGS RUN JIM HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SINCE HE'S BEEN WITH US PROBABLY SEVEN EIGHT YEARS NOW ALL RIGHT, JIM.

JIM BUONAIUTO: HERE'S THIS APRIL, THANK YOU, TERRY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YEAH HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB HE'S AN EXCELLENT PLANNER HE'S VERY GOOD WITH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND RELATIONS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HE'S GREAT WITH BUDGETS AND THAT'S YOU KNOW WHAT WE ALWAYS TRY TO DO OVER THERE IS PLAN AHEAD AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, AS JOSH SAID JOSH GAVE A VERY NICE SUMMARY OF WHAT RIGHT GOLF CLUB IS A SELF SUSTAINING ENTERPRISE FUND AT THE CITY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE'RE SOLELY SUPPORTED BY OUR MEMBERS, YOU KNOW WE PAY INTO THIS CITY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IN THE FORM OF INNER FUN CHARGES OF ABOUT $400,000 A YEAR AND WE YOU KNOW RECEIVE NO TAX DOLLARS, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE NOT A NET TAKER WE'RE NET GIVER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE GOLF COMMISSION IS AN ADVISORY BOARD, MUCH LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WHO VOLUNTEER THEIR THEIR ELECTED LIKE YOU AND ERIC AND THEN VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO HAVE OUR CURRENT COMMISSIONERS OR FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS SO IT'S SORT OF YOU KNOW, A MINI VERSION OF WHAT Y'ALL DO, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A VERY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: NARROW OR FOCUS, BUT YOU KNOW WE WE DO SERVE QUITE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND NON RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW SOME YOU KNOW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THEIR GOLF SO IT CAN BE A LITTLE TRYING AT TIMES, BUT WE DO OUR BEST, I WILL SAY THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE GOLF COURSE FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN IS I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE IS IT'S NEVER BEEN BETTER I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR OVER 20 YEARS IT'S NEVER EVER BEEN IN BETTER SHAPE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW IT'S NEVER EVER BEEN RUN BETTER THAN IT'S BEING RUN RIGHT NOW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DO OUR JOBS IN A TRANSPARENT AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: ABOUT A THIRD OF THE BOOK IS THE HISTORY OF THE GOLF COURSE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT TONIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: GOING TO START SHARING MY SCREEN NOW, SO I CAN SHOW YOU.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS POWERPOINT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ALL RIGHT, CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OKAY, THANKS.

THANKS KRISTEN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VIEW OF A GOLF COURSE FROM THE TOP OF WITH THE CASTLE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND SHOW YOU AROUND, BUT THE THINGS THAT ARE WORTHY OF NOTE IN THIS PARTICULAR SCREEN IS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, TO THE LEFT SIDE IS IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY THAT WE RECOVERED IN THE TK I SETTLEMENT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THEY KILLED OUR GREENS IN 2015 WE SETTLED THAT CASE FOR $2.7 MILLION, AND AFTER GIVING THE MEMBERS A REFUND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, WE USED A LOT OF IT TO PLOW BACK INTO THE COURSE TO MAKE COURSE IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS QUITE A QUITE A LOT OF THEM RIGHT IN FRONT OF US AS THE PRACTICE GREEN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE TEACHING T TO THE RIGHT OF THAT LITTLE SHACK IN THE MIDDLE OF A PHOTOGRAPH THE 18TH GREEN WAS LARGELY EXPANDED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S THE, AS I SAID WHEN I STARTED THE COURSE IS IN GREAT SHAPE, SO I WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BACKGROUND INFORMATION, ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT LED TO THIS, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX PROJECT REALLY BEGAN BACK IN 2015.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHEN WE HIRED LOMOND QUIT NO GOLF DESIGNED FOR SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT THAT WE HAD THE MONEY FOR TO DO AROUND THE COURSE ONE OF THE REASONS WE WANTED TO DO A LOT OF THAT WORK WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF UNHAPPINESS AFTER THE 2015 YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HAD TO CLOSE THE COURSE FOR FOUR MONTHS, FOUR OF THE SEVEN MONTHS WERE TYPICALLY OPEN RIGHT IN THE HEART OF THE GOLF SEASON IN THE MIDDLE, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY PAID THEIR MONEY, WE HAVE A NO REFUND POLICY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHICH WE STUCK TO AND MUCH TO KRISTIN CHAGRIN, SHE HAD A LOT OF WORK THAT SUMMER PEOPLE WERE MAD SOME PEOPLE SUED US.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO WE WANTED TO PLOW THAT MONEY BACK INTO THE COURSE SO WE HIRED LOHMAN QUIT NOW TODD QUIT NOW IS THE PRINCIPAL THERE IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED ART GOLF COURSE ARCHITECT WHO'S WORKED ON A LOT OF BIG COURSES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HE WORKED ON 12 OR 13 OF OUR 18 GOLF HOLES THAT WE HAVEN'T RIDE OFF AND HE ALSO ESTABLISHED A SHORT GAME AREA AND WORKED ON TO PRACTICE GREENS NEAR THE 16TH TEA IN THE FIRST TEE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE WERE SO PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT THEY DID.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT CAME UP WHILE WE'RE DOING THAT WORK IS THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THESE CHANGES THAT WE WERE MAKING SHOULD BE DONE IN THE AS A PART OF A MASTER PLAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT WILL HELP US GUIDE SORT OF OUR LONG TERM COURSE IMPROVEMENTS YOU DON'T WANT TO AN IMPROVEMENT IT PUT AN IMPROVEMENT IN AND THEN TEAR IT UP TO PUT SOME IRRIGATION AND THE VERY NEXT YEAR IF YOU CAN KIND OF WORK ON A MASTER PLAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO LOOK AT THE LONG TERM COURSE OF YOUR IMPROVEMENTS AND YOUR MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND YOUR SCHEDULING AND YOUR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOUR BUDGETING AND EITHER YOU KNOW STAKEHOLDER EXPECTATIONS OUR MEMBERS ARE NEIGHBORS AND WHAT THEY EXPECT IS GOING ON ON THE GOLF COURSE SHOULD BE PART OF SOME YOU KNOW LARGER PLAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO THAT'S WHAT A MASTER PLAN IS IT'S PART OF OUR PROVEN PLANNING AND GOVERNANCE THAT THAT WE DO IT RIGHT GOLF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: UNFORTUNATELY, AROUND THIS SAME TIME AS A LOT OF YOU MAY KNOW, I THINK YOU ALL, PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW, WE STARTED TO HEAR FROM NEIGHBORS OFF OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I REMEMBER A COMMISSION MEDIA OR A GOLF COMMISSION MEETING WHEN I WAS THERE AS THE LIAISON FROM THE COUNCIL, WHERE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ON ALLENDALE SHOWED UP WITH A VERY LARGE COLLECTION OF GOLF BALLS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF GOLF BALLS WHICH ENDED UP IN THEIR YARD OFF OF THE 50 THEY ALSO HAD YOUNG CHILDREN AND THAT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THERE WAS SOME SOME SERIOUS CONCERN AND OVER THE YEARS TO DEAL WITH THOSE CONCERNS OVER ON THE FIFTH HOLE WE MADE NUMEROUS CHANGES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO TRY TO CORRECT IT AND WE CUT DOWN TREES DOWN THE LEFT, WE REORIENT IT FAIRWAY WE WIND IT WE ADDED THREE BUNKERS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE TO FORCE PEOPLE TO AIM OVER TO THE LEFT.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THOSE OF YOU THAT PLAY NO EVEN PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS PLAYING IN MAJOR TOURNAMENTS SLICE THE BALL ONCE IN A WHILE, AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NO GOOD FIX BUT YOU KNOW THE WAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE COURSE CURRENTLY EXISTS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP DURING THE MASTER PLANNING WAS THE POTENTIAL FOR POSSIBLE REROUTING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX, AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW YOU REAL QUICKLY AN OVERVIEW OF OUR GOLF COURSE IN IN RYE AND AND DESCRIBE FOR YOU SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE TIDE QUIT KNOWS FIRM MADE FOR US THAT GREEN I JUST POINTED OUT TO YOU.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OVER BY THE IS RIGHT OFF THE CASTLE RIGHT THERE THE TEACHING T THAT THEY DID IS THERE, THEY DID THE 18TH GREEN THERE, BUT ALL OVER THE COURSE REALLY THE ENTIRE 12 HOLE WAS REDONE, THIS IS THE SHORT GAME AREA HERE OVER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE THIRD GREEN WAS EXPANDED AND TOTALLY CHANGED ALL OVER THE COURSE REALLY THE EIGHTH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE 10TH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW DOWN HERE ON 13 TEE BOX ON 17 YOU GET THE IDEA, IT WAS THERE, I MEAN 13 OR 1412 OR 13 HOLES ON THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE'RE WERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: CHANGED AT THAT TIME, THE PROBLEM AT ROGOFF WHICH LED TO THIS 456 POTENTIAL REROUTING PROJECT IS THIS SECTION OVER HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND TERRY MCCARTNEY: THESE ARE THE THE HOLES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT ARE INVOLVED HERE, SO THIS IS THE THE FIRST HOLE YOU TEE OFF IN THIS VICINITY YOU GO DOWN TO THE FIRST HOLE YOU CUT ACROSS DOWN THE TEE OFF HERE ON TWO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT'S THE SECOND GREEN NOW YOU'RE ON SOUNDVIEW AND THEN THE THIRD HOLE COMES HERE, SO THIS IS THE PROBLEM WHEN YOU GET TO THE FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIX HOLES THERE CRAMMED IN THERE REALLY, REALLY TIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO, THIS IS THE THIRD GRAIN, THIS IS THE FIFTH GRAIN, THIS IS THE TEE BOX FOR THE FOURTH T, AND THIS IS THE TEE BOX FOR THE 60.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO, WITHIN LESS THAN 100 YARDS, YOU HAVE TWO GRAINS AND TO TEE BOXES AND EACH TEE BOX HAS MULTIPLE TEAMS ON IT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS IS A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IT'S CRAZY IF SOMEBODY'S PUTTING ON THREE AND YOU'RE TEEING OFF ON SIX, YOU HAVE TO WAIT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IF YOU'RE TEEING OFF ON FOUR AND SOMEBODY'S BEEN OFF ON SIX, YOU HAVE TO WAIT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THERE'S A LITTLE DISTANCE OVER TO FIVE GREEN SO YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM, BUT YOU CAN HEAR PEOPLE TALKING AND CHIPPING AND PUTTING ETC, SO THIS IS A CRAZY CORNER OF THEIR EYE GOLF CLUB ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE AREA IS IN THIS WAS OH SHOOT I'M GOING TO GO BACK SORRY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IN THIS AREA, RIGHT HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IS THE HILL, THIS IS THE BIG SLEDDING HILL AND RIGHT WHERE WE WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING HURT BECAUSE THEY GO DOWN THIS VERY STEEP HILL ON FIVE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THIS ENTIRE AREA IS A STEEP HILL AND THE WAY THAT IMPACTS, THE COURSE IS WHEN YOU'RE STANDING ON THE FOURTH T AND YOU'RE HITTING YOUR DRIVE DOWN INTO THIS AREA HERE.

OOPS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU CAN TELL I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT THIS STUFF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO WHEN YOU'RE ON THE FOURTH T HERE AND YOU'RE HITTING YOUR DRIVE DOWN TO HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU'RE HITTING YOUR DRIVE DOWN TO HERE YOU CAN'T SEE WHERE YOUR BALLS LANDING IT'S A BLIND TISHA.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHEN YOU PLAY FIVE AND COME BACK THIS WAY YOUR TEE SHOT LANDS DOWN HERE, BUT THEN, WHEN YOU GO TO HIT UP THE HILL IT'S BLIND YOU CAN'T SEE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHEN YOU GO TO PLAY SIX, THIS IS THE T AND THEN YOU COME DOWN HERE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO HIT DOWN TO ANOTHER BLIND AREA HERE, BECAUSE THIS HILL IS STEEP AND SO THESE THREE HOLES IN ADDITION TO THE THE THAI TRAFFIC.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: DENSE AREA HERE THE HILL COMPLICATES THINGS AND MAKES ALL THESE SHOTS BLIND AND THAT MEANS, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE AND YOU DON'T WANT TO HIT INTO PEOPLE YOU TEND TO WAIT TOO LONG WE HAVE THIS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUTTON SYSTEM PEOPLE FORGET TO HIT THE BUTTON YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR THE BUTTON TO TURN THE LIGHT TO TURN GREEN IT'S IT THE ENTIRE COURSE JAMS UP IN THIS CORNER EVERY DAY AND ALWAYS AS I'VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR 20 YEARS ALWAYS HAS ALWAYS WILL UNTIL WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHOW WHILE WE'RE ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS THE THERE'S BEEN A COMMENT IN FROM SOME FOLKS ABOUT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW GOLF CART PATHS AND I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PATHS ARE ON RYE GOLF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON THE COURSE OKAY, SO THIS IS SOUND, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ALL KNOW AND THE, THIS IS THE MAIN THE LONGEST PATH ON THE GOLF COURSE IT RUNS ALL THE WAY DOWN WHOLE 10 WHOLE 11.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THERE'S ANOTHER CART PATH RIGHT IN HERE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY THERE AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER CART PATH THAT RUNS OH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THERE, THOSE ARE THE CAR PASS ON RYE GOLF THAT ARE ADJACENT TO RESIT RESIDENTIAL HOME AREAS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE F AND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THE REDESIGN IN DETAIL IN A MOMENT, BUT IF WE DID THE FOUR OR FIVE SIX REDESIGN, THIS IS THE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AREA THAT WOULD BE A JASON TWO HOMES THAT LITTLE BIT RIGHT THERE, SO THESE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT INVASION OF PRIVACY FROM ALL THAT THIS IS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PROBABLY 2000 YARDS OF CART PATH ADJACENT TO PROPERTIES, THIS IS PROBABLY 150 YARDS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THAT'S WHAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING, IT WOULD BE AN INVASION OF THEIR PRIVACY IF WE ADDED THAT LITTLE BIT OF A CART PATH AROUND THE NEW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE NEW HOLE THERE ANYWAY SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SHOW YOU THAT, WHILE WE WERE ON THAT SCREEN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THIS MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT WE'VE SORT OF TAKEN A LONG TIME TO DO IT IT'S YOU KNOW IT OVER THE COURSE OF MANY YEARS IT HASN'T BEEN A RUSH IT'S THERE'S NO RUSH TO DO IT REALLY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IT'S JUST BEEN A SLOW DELIBERATE PROFESSIONAL PROCESS WE'VE GIVEN QUIZNOS YOU KNOW ALL THE TIME HE WANTS TO DO IT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, HE STARTED BY WITH THE HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE COURSE HE LOOKED AT OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND LOOKED AT HOW DEVEREAUX EM AT THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECT OF OUR GOLF COURSE DESIGNED IT 100 YEARS AGO AND YOU'LL SEE IN A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE OF THOSE OLD PHOTOS YOU'LL SEE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: JUST AS A SIDE POINT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TREES LATER THERE WERE VERY FEW GOLF TREES ON THE GOLF COURSE BACK IN THE DAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHEN THE GOLF COURSE WAS ORIGINALLY MADE AND THAT'S TRUE OF MANY GOOD GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD, THE TOP GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD HAVE VERY, VERY FEW TREES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT ANYWAY, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY WORKED WITH WHAT'S CALLED A STAKEHOLDER GROUP AND THAT'S WHAT'S LISTED ON THAT FIRST BULLET POINT THERE, THE STAFF IS A STAKEHOLDER MEMBER BASED FOCUS GROUPS, THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT ARE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS, I THINK THEY WERE GOOD GOLFERS OLDER GOLFERS AND I THINK LADY GOLFERS BECAUSE THEY THEY PLAY OFF OF DIFFERENT TEAS AND SO, AND THEY GOT FEEDBACK FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THE INITIAL RESPONSE WHEN THAT WORK WAS DONE WAS THAT THE FIFTH HOLE WAS EVERYBODY'S LEAST FAVORITE HOLE ON THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND OF COURSE WE KNEW WE HAD THAT SAFETY ISSUE THERE AS WELL AS UNDERLIES THIS WHOLE THING AND THEN THE PACE OF PLAY ISSUE AT FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX EVERYBODY RAISED SO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THEY STARTED THINKING ABOUT THIS, MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, WHILE WE'RE DOING THIS MASTER PLAN PLAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TODD QUIZNOS THINKS THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT THE COURSE COULD BE REROUTED COMPLETELY I THINK THAT'S LESS LIKELY TO BE POPULAR WITH THE MEMBERSHIP.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT CERTAINLY THE FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX THING COULD MAKE SENSE WE'RE STILL EARLY IN THE PROCESS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO YOU GUYS UNTIL WE SEE ALL OF THE FEEDBACK FROM THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT EXPERTS THAT WE'VE HIRED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THE SO FAR, THE THE EARLY RESPONSE ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX HAS BEEN VERY STRONG SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF, THE FOCUS GROUP THE COMMISSION'S THE MEMBERSHIP.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: ALL RIGHT, THIS, THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORIGINAL THE COURSE AS IT EXISTED IN 1925.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE HERE IS THE ORIGINAL PLAN, THIS IS IN THE CENTENNIAL BOOK, SO I HAD IT ON MY COMPUTER, SO I THREW IT IN HERE FOR Y'ALL, BUT THIS IS HOW WAS THE THE RIGHT COUNTRY CLUB.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BEFORE THEY HIRED DEVEREAUX ME THIS IS WHAT THEY SKETCHED OUT THIS WAS THEIR IDEA OF THE GOLF COURSE THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY, THE SAME PROPERTY THAT WE OWN TODAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THEY THIS IS HOW THEY THOUGHT THEY WANTED IT LAID OUT, THIS IS THE FIRST HOLE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ABOUT WHERE I PRO SHOP IS NOW, THIS IS THE CASTLE OVER HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO YOU CAN SEE, THE FIRST HOLE WENT FROM THERE BACK TOWARD THE BOSTON POST ROAD AT THE CORNER OF SOUND YOU.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: KNOW THE SECOND HOLE KIND OF WENT BACK THERE AND THEN THE THIRD HOLE WENT UP THAT WAY, THE FOURTH ONE OVER THERE NOTHING LIKE THE CURRENT LOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SEVERAL EM AND ACTUALLY BUILT, BUT THE THE INTERESTING PART IS THESE HOLES OVER HERE BECAUSE THEY ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO HAVE A TEE BOX HERE, WHICH WOULD BE HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND A GREEN DOWN THERE AND THAT WOULD BE THE CLOSEST ONE TO THESE WORDS OVER HERE, THERE WAS NO ALLENDALE BACK THEN THAT WAS JUST ALL WOODS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT WHAT AM IT ACTUALLY BUILT WAS THE OPPOSITE THERE'S A GREEN HERE AND THERE'S A TEE BOX HERE, SIMILAR TO THE LAYOUT OF THE CURRENT FIFTH HOLE, BUT THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: EMMETT BUILT BACK IN THE DAY WAS THAT WHEN YOU HIT A SLICE BACK THEN IT WENT INTO THESE WOODS RIGHT THERE WERE NO HOUSES THERE, AND SO IT WAS YOU KNOW IT WASN'T A SAFETY RISK TO ANYBODY IT WASN'T A PROBLEM SO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, AS THIS AREA WAS SETTLED AND THOSE THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE CUT DOWN SO HOUSING COULD GO IN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, THINGS CHANGED AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS YOU KNOW WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO BALANCE SAFETY VERSUS GOLF COURSE PLAYABILITY AND PACE OF PLAY AND ALL THE THINGS THAT GOLFERS CARE ABOUT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND I THINK THIS THIS LAYOUT HERE, TOO, IS TO NOTICE THAT RIGHT IN HERE, THERE IS A VERY SHORT PAR FOUR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT THERE'S A LONG PAR FOR HERE A LONG PAR FOR HERE BUT UNLIKE OUR CURRENT LAYOUT, THIS IS A SHORT PAR FOUR, THIS IS THE CURRENT SIX GREEN HERE SAME EXACT GREEN HUNDRED YEARS OLD, BUT IT WAS A VERY SHORT PAR FOUR AND THE FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: LAYOUT THAT WE'RE SUGGESTING WE WOULD TAKE THIS SHORT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PAR FOUR AND PUT IT OVER HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE BALLS LEAVING THE GOLF COURSE AND YOU WOULD TEE OFF FROM UP HERE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE EXACT PROPOSE ON A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WOULD TAKE THAT SAME IDEA THAT DEBORAH ME AN IDEA AND PUT IT OVER HERE TO HELP US SOLVE OUR PROBLEM AND REROUTE OUR COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO, AS THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT WENT ON, WE WE'VE HELD PUBLIC MEETINGS IN JULY 2019.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, WE HAD LOHMAN QUIT NO TODD QUIT KNOW COME JOIN THE COMMISSION AND WE DISCUSSED THE MASTER PLAN WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THESE REROUTES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IN NOVEMBER OF THAT YEAR WE SPECIFICALLY STARTED TO FOCUS ON THE FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX, PART OF THE REROUTE I THINK THE THOUGHT FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX WOULD BE A GOOD PHASE ONE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OF THE THE MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE IT SOLVES OUR BIG LOG JAM PACE OF PLAY PROBLEM, AND IT ALSO SOLVES OUR FIFTH HOLE SAFETY PROBLEM.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IT'S ALSO YOU KNOW MORE HISTORIC LEE ACCURATE, AS I JUST POINTED OUT, WITH THE SHORT PAR FOUR MIXED INTO THOSE THREE OLD SO THEY'RE NOT COOKIE CUTTER SO IDENTICAL.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT, AT THE TIME WE KNEW WE HAD TO GET MEMBER BUY IN FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, HAVING GONE THROUGH THAT DEAD, GREENS AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ALL THE CHANGES THAT I JUST SUMMARIZE FOR YOU, WE KNEW THAT THE MEMBERSHIP WAS KIND OF TIRED OF THE COURSE BEING TORN UP ALL THE TIME, SO WE KNEW WE HAD TO GET MEMBER BY AND IF WE WERE GOING TO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, SO WE HIRED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HARRIS KALINKA TO CREATE THIS DIGITAL VIDEO FLYOVER I ASSUME YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT BY NOW, BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW IT AGAIN HERE IN A SECOND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT IT WAS ONCE AGAIN, WE WERE NO BIG RUSH WE DIDN'T RUSH THIS THING THROUGH.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE FINALLY GOT BACK AROUND TO IT IN FEBRUARY 2020 AND A HELL OF ANOTHER PUBLIC COMMISSION MEETING AND WE DECIDED YEAH LET'S GO GET THAT MEMBER FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO PULL THIS OFF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THEN, UNFORTUNATELY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: COPE WITH IT AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND, AS EVERYBODY REMEMBERS IT WAS LATE FEBRUARY, MARCH OF 2020 AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE GOLF COURSE WE JUST FROZE EVERYTHING WE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PROPER AND WISE AND PRUDENT TO SPEND MONEY AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE GOLF COURSE SO WE JUST PUT EVERYTHING ON HOLD, NOTHING HAPPENED TO THE GOLF COURSE FOR 16 MONTHS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THEN, YOU KNOW AS WE SORT OF MADE IT THROUGH THAT ONE CRAZY YEAR 2020 AND WHERE IT STARTED INTO THE GOLF YEAR WE REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T THE END OF THE WORLD AND GOLF WAS CRAZY UP WE'RE DEALING WITH AN EMBARRASSMENT OF TOO MANY MEMBERS NOW WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN A MOMENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT WE FIGURED NOW'S THE TIME IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS, WE SHOULD GET THAT MEMBER FEEDBACK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT 16 MONTHS EARLIER AND SO THAT SUMMER SO AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE HELD A WORKSHOP TO DISCUSS, WE WANTED TO PLAN A WORKSHOP, SO THAT WE CAN PRESENT IT IN THE IN THE RIGHT WAY AND IT TOOK US SOME TIME TO GET ORGANIZED FOR THAT WE CREATED A.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SHEET WE CREATED A SUMMARY PRO PAPERWORK SET TO SEND OUT TO PEOPLE, WE OF COURSE HAD HARRIS KALINKA WORKING ON THE FLYOVER AT ALL, YOU KNOW IN THIS TIME PERIOD AND THEN IN JULY OF 2020.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS WITH THAT BROCHURE AND THE FLYOVER AND WE ALSO HAD PREPARED A SURVEY FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FOR THOSE THAT CHOSE TO RESPOND TO IT AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BEFORE WE HELP THE WORKSHOP IN AUGUST OF 2021 WE GOT THE FEEDBACK FROM THE SURVEY, AND IT WAS VERY POSITIVE 80% WERE IN FAVOR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: EITHER STRONGLY OR JUST STRAIGHT ARE IN FAVOR AND SOME ARE ON THE FENCE, AND I THINK 14 OR 15% WERE AGAINST, AND IT WAS MOSTLY THE COST AND THE DISRUPTION THAT THEY DIDN'T THEY DIDN'T WANT, BUT YOU KNOW, BY AND LARGE, IT WAS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: POSITIVELY RECEIVED BY THE MEMBERSHIP, SO THAT THAT WAS LIKE STEP TWO YOU KNOW STEP ONE WAS YOU KNOW THE MASTER PLAN PART STEP TWO WAS YOU KNOW PREPARING THE MATERIALS STEP THREE WAS HOLDING THIS WORKSHOP SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE YOU KNOW, ARE IN THE PROCESS WE HELD THE WORKSHOP.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TODD QUIT NO CAME, YOU KNOW AT SOME EXPENSE TO US, WE PAID FOR ALL THIS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND HE RESPONDED TO QUESTIONS FROM NEIGHBORS IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED MEETING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL WERE THERE KRISTEN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE, JIM AND I WERE THERE OBVIOUSLY THE COMMISSION WAS THERE LOTS OF MEMBERS SHOWED UP SOME NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP WE ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED I STOPPED MY NOTES FROM ALL THAT, IF ANYBODY CARES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT NOW I WANT TO, I WANT TO RUN THIS VIDEO FOR YOU, I THINK I HAVE TO SHARE A DIFFERENT SCREEN, IN ORDER TO DO THIS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: I SEE TERRY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: DOES EVERYBODY SEE THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOING AWAY FOR A SECOND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: EVERYBODY HAVE IT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, YES ALRIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO I'M GONNA.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS IS THE OUR VISION FOR LONG TERM.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND I'M GOING TO LET HIM TALK I'M GOING TO PAUSE IT A COUPLE OF TIMES BECAUSE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS AS YOU'LL SEE THIS IS VERY WELL DONE, I THINK YOU KNOW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DC IS FOCUSED ON MAXIMIZING THE GOLFER EXPERIENCE AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT OR FIVE AND SIX.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OUR CONCEPT BEGINS BY CONVERTING THE EXISTING SIX HOLE TO BE THE NEW FOR WHICH PROVIDES A MORE NATURAL FLOW FROM OPRAH AGREE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AIRWAY UPGRADES HERE AND INCLUDE THE PIPING TO CREATE THAT CROSSES MID WHOLE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT THAT THE PIPING OTHER CREEK THAT COST IS MID WHOLE HE JUST MENTIONED HAPPENS ABOUT RIGHT HERE.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT WE'RE HAVING A ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER REVIEW THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, IF ANY IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: MAKE HAPPEN WITH MANAGING STORMWATER AS A PART OF THIS PROJECT, ALLOWING FOR MORE GENEROUS LANDING AREA FOR SHORTER HIM WITH THE ADDITION OF A NEW BUNKER IN MOUNT LAND FORM ON THE RIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE MORE DOUBLE SHOT SELECTION FOR THE LONGER HITTERS POSITION ON THE TEAM HERE WAS NOW BE MORE PRECISE, TO GET THE BEST ANGLE INTO THE EXISTING PACKAGE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THAT'S AN EXISTING GREEN THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS 456 REROUTE THAT WILL SAVE US A PILE OF MONEY GOLF GREENS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THEIR THEIR MULTIPLE LAYERED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND WE'RE NOT BUILDING ANY NEW GREENS FOR THIS PROJECT WE'RE BUILDING ONE NEW TO NEW TEE BOXES AND USING THE EXISTING GREEN SO THAT'S THE EXISTING SIX SCREEN, WHICH WOULD NOW BE WHOLE FOR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON THE FIFTH CALL WE PREPOSITION THE KEYS TO THE HIGH POINT BETWEEN THE FOURTH AND SIXTH GRADE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT, SO THIS IS A BRAND NEW T, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO BUILD AND SPEND SOME MONEY ON AND THEN THIS IN THE DISTANCE THERE YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S NO LONGER A BLIND SHOT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT THAT'S STILL A BLIND SHOT OVER THERE, BUT HAVING REMOVED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE DITCH RUNNING ACROSS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FURTHER UP AND PEOPLE RIGHT NOW PEOPLE DON'T HIT DRIVER ON THE CURRENT SIX HOLE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WELL, THE LONG HITTERS DO THEY GO OVER, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE LAY UP, AND THIS IS THE THE BLIND ZONE WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE WHO'S DOWN THERE WHEN YOU'RE UP ON THE TEE SO BY REMOVING THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE ARCHITECT WANTED TO REMOVE THE DITCH SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PLAY LONGER SHOTS SO THEY'D BE MORE VISIBLE FROM THE TEA.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HERE, THIS IS A NEW TEE BOX MAN STANDING ON THE TEE BOX, YOU CAN SEE, THE ENTIRE WHOLE WHICH IS NEW, YOU KNOW THERE IT'S NOT LIKE THAT NOW THAT'LL THAT'LL HELP WITH PACE OF PLAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: NAMEPLATE ON THE CURRENT FOR FAIRWAY FROM THIS LOCATION, THE ENTIRE WHOLE IS NOT VISIBLE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AN IDEAL TEE SHOTS WILL BE PLAYED NEW THE BASE OF THE HILL TO THE FLAT AREA JUST OVER THE LARGE AMOUNT IN THE FAIRWAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FROM HERE ROCK OUTCROPPINGS PLACE ALONG THE RIGHT PROVIDE A MAIN POINTS TO THE CENTER OF THE GREEN FROM VARIOUS ANGLES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND NOW ATOP THE HILL A MUCH WIDER CENTERED FAIRWAY ALLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM TO SUCCESSFULLY NEGOTIATED A LONG APPROACH I'LL STILL REQUIRE A WORKPLACE SHOT OR A LUCKY BOUNCE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT'S THE EXISTING FIFTH GREEN THAT WOULDN'T BE CHANGING THAT IS THE FAIRWAY SET UP WITH THE NEW AND DIFFERENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WITH THESE FIRST ALONG THE TOP OF THE HILL, THE PROPOSED SIX HOME NOW PLACES A SHORT PART.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT, SO THIS IS A NEW TEE BOX, SO THE ONE TEE BOX, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BEING NEW IS OVER THERE BEHIND THAT TREE AND THEN THIS IS A NEW TEE BOX, THAT WOULD BE OVER AT THE TOP OF THE HILL.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHICH IS NOW THE FIFTH FAIRWAY OFF TO THE SIDE, THIS WOULD BE THAT PART OF THAT CAR PATH THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WOULD BE NEW SO THIS WOULD BE A NEW CAR PATH THAT WOULD WRAP AROUND THE GREEN AND COME IN, RIGHT HERE, BUT AFTER YOU GET PAST THIS TEE BOX IT GETS PRETTY FAR IT GETS FARTHER AWAY FROM.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE HOUSES AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS THERE YOU'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE TREES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE DOWN OR WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT MORE IN A BIT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THIS IS THE COPS OF TREES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THIS IS THE CURRENT BACK IN HERE, AND THIS IS THE CURRENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FIFTH FAIRWAY BEGINNING OF THE FIFTH FAIRWAY, SO THIS IS ALL IMPLANTABLE THIS IS ALL AREAS TO MANAGE WATER STORMWATER TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT WILL ASSIST WITH STORMWATER MANAGEMENT AND WE CAN PLANT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF TREES ALONG HERE, IF NEED BE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OR FOUR ANGLES AWAY FROM THE COURSE PERIMETER AND TOWARD THE EXISTING FOR GREEN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: LONG HITTERS MIGHT CHOOSE TO FIRE ONE AT THE GREEN, WHILE THE LESS BOLT WILL HAVE TO DECIDE ON THE LAYUP POSITION THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO YOU CAN SEE THE THE DITCH IS STILL THERE AND THAT'S THE EXISTING DITCH THAT RUNS ACROSS FIVE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND ACROSS EXISTING FOR NOW, SO IT WOULD REMAIN, IF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW WE'RE TALKING TO THE HYDROLOGISTS PERHAPS ABOUT WIDENING IT SO IT CAN HOLD MORE WATER WHEN WE DO HAVE A STORMWATER EVENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO KEEP THAT WATER, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND MANAGED ON OUR PROPERTY RATHER THAN IN THE ALLENDALE AREA OR IN THE SOUND AREA AND 10S WITH THE CROSSING CREEK IN BUNKER'S CUTTING ALONG THE LEFT.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: BERNIE ALWAYS HERE BUT BOBIER WORSE ALSO WHEN IT'S AN EXCITING CONCLUSION TO A STRONG OPENING SIX HOLES IN A GREAT LEAD INTO ALL SEVEN IN THE HEART OF THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THAT'S THAT.

JIM BUONAIUTO: PERFECT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OKAY, WE BACK ON IT.

JIM BUONAIUTO: YES.

OKAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ALL RIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO AFTER WE HELD THAT WORKSHOP AND AUGUST OF 2021 SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO NOW, SO NOT YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME AGO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE HEARD FEEDBACK FROM NEIGHBORS AND MEMBERS AND JIM HAS MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE TO THE MEMBERS MEMBERS OF THE GOLF COMMISSION HAVE MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO THEM MY NEIGHBORS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HAVE GOTTEN AND GOLF CARTS AND RODE AROUND OUT THERE AND KIND OF SHOWED THEM WHAT I JUST SHOWED YOU HOW IT'S GOING TO LOOK WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE HEARD WAS THAT IN THE OLD 50 AREA THAT I JUST SHOWED YOU BACK IN THAT CORNER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO PUT LIKE BRANCHES, AND YOU KNOW CUT LEAVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ONE OF OUR MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS DIDN'T LIKE THAT IDEA, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S DONE ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT GOLF COURSES, INCLUDING WESTCHESTER COUNTRY CLUB, BUT WE SAID OKAY, YOU KNOW WILL ABANDON THAT IDEA.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND DO THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU KNOW HEATING, THE THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM NEIGHBORS WE HIRED AN ENGINEER TO COMPLETE AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO TRY AND THEN AFTER YOU KNOW HE STARTED TO WORK WE TOLD THEM LISTEN, WE WANT TO IMPROVE RUNOFF WATER MANAGEMENT TO MITIGATE FLOWS ONTO THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE HIGH GROUND IF YOU'RE A CALL WHEN I WAS SHOWING YOU EARLIER, THE HIGH GROUND IS SOUND VIEW OVER BY THE SECOND GREEN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THEN THAT'S THE HIGH GROUND AND THEN UP BY THE THIRD GREEN AND ALL THOSE TEE BOXES THAT I SHOWED YOU EARLIER THAT'S THE HIGH GROUND THAT LOW GROUND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE WATER COMES DOWN SOUNDVIEW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THEN DUMPS ONTO THE COURSE BELOW THE SECOND GRAIN AND THEN IT FINDS ITS WAY YOU KNOW INTO A DRAIN AND ACROSS THE SECOND FAIRWAY ENDS UP IN THAT DITCH OVER THERE AND THAT WHOLE AREA IN A BAD STORM.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: LIKE IDA OR HENRY YOU KNOW THAT WHOLE AREA OVER THERE, FLOODS, BUT IF WE CAN KEEP THE WATER ON SOUNDVIEW WITH CURBING AND WITH NEW DRAINS JUST RIGHT OFF THE TOP AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN TRIED VERY HARD.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: RIGHT OFF THE TOP, WE CAN MANAGE A GREAT DEAL OF WATER AND KEEP IT OFF THE GOLF COURSE IF WE PUT DRAINS OVER THERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WILL TAKE IT OVER TO UPON WE HAVE, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SOUND VIEW ON THE MAIN SIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE PUT IT IN THE POND AND RUN IT OUT TO THE SOUND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHERE IT BELONGS, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF TAKEN SO LONG, BUT WE'LL GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IN A MINUTE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID, THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE CONCERNED THAT QUICK NOSE WASN'T RIGHT ABOUT HIS SHOT DISPERSION CHARTS HE DID SOME SHOT DISPERSION CHARTS TO SHOW THAT HIS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS REDESIGN THE REROUTING WAS A SAFER WAY TO DEAL WITH ERIC GOLF BALLS OVER ON THE FIFTH ALL AND SO PEOPLE WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH THAT, SO WE HIRED A SECOND ARCHITECTS TO DOUBLE CHECK TODD QUIT KNOWS HIS WORK WE HIRED MICHAEL HEARD ZAN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THE ASPCA IS AMERICAN SOCIETY OF GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HE AFFIRMED WHAT TODD QUIT KNOWS OPINIONS WERE, I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THIS LETTER OR NOT I WILL CERTAINLY MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HE THINKS IT'S A SAFER WAY FOR US TO DEAL WITH THE THE ISSUES ON THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I DON'T HAVE TO TELL KRISTEN OR THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT EXPERTS TELLING YOU HOW TO YOU KNOW MORE SAFELY MANAGE POTENTIAL LITIGATION AGAINST THE CITY AND THE GOLF COURSE.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: SOMEBODY THAT IS REGULARLY APPEARS IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CIC AND YOU KNOW, I THINK.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE'RE NOT RUSHING THEM OR ASKING TO DO A THOROUGH JOB AT YOU KNOW MULTIPLE MEETINGS I PERSONALLY HAVE SAID THAT I WILL NOT VOTE FOR THIS PROJECT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: UNLESS IT IMPROVES STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, NOT A NON NEUTRAL NOT ONLY MAKE IT WORSE, BUT I WON'T SUPPORT THIS UNLESS IT IMPROVES STORMWATER MANAGEMENT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE BAD NEIGHBORS HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AT MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS WE HAVE REMINDED CONCERN NEIGHBORS THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO ALL THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS UNDER SEEKER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE HAD AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS THAT'S WHAT CHRISTIAN WAS TALKING ABOUT BEFORE I STARTED TALKING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AT MULTIPLE RECENT PUBLIC MEETINGS WE HAVE COMMITTED TO A SUBSTANTIAL TREE REPLANTING PRO PROGRAM IF THIS PROJECT IS TO MOVE FORWARD.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT THAT AREA, I POINTED OUT TO YOU OVER THERE, ALONG THE LOW POINT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE COULD PLAN, A LOT OF TREES IN THERE, AND THIS IDEA THAT YOU HAVE TO IT HAS TO BE A FULL GROWN TREE TO MANAGE WATER IS JUST NOT TRUE, THEN DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO THIS, YOU KNOW RAIN GARDENS AND AND AND AREAS THAT MANAGE WATER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ROUTINELY HAVE YOU KNOW LONG GRASSES AND SHRUBS AND AND SMALL TREES AND I HAVE PERSONALLY BECAUSE I'M A FLY FISHERMAN AND I'VE WORKED ON CONSERVATION ISSUES NEARLY MY ENTIRE LIFE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I'VE PLANTED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF WILLOW TREES ALONG THE BANKS OF THE BEAVER KILLING THE WILLOWY MUCK IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST SMALL AND THEY GROW FAST AND THEY SUCK UP WATER AND IN NO TIME YOU KNOW WE CAN MAKE THIS A BETTER AREA AND WE WILL PLANT, I MEAN I'VE KEPT PERSONALLY COMMITTED TO PLANNING TWICE AS MANY AS WE TAKE OUT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SOME TREES OUT AND THAT BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT SLIDE OUR TRICK TREE MANAGEMENT AT ROGOFF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HAS ALWAYS SINCE JIM AND I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WE'VE WORKED WITH CERTIFIED ARBORISTS THAT'S TREE EXPERTS, THE USGA AND OTHER AGRONOMISTS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TO MANAGE THE TREES ON OUR PROPERTY, THE PROBLEM WITH GOLF COURSES AND TREES, IS THAT TREES INHIBIT GRASS HEALTH BECAUSE THEY BLOCK SUNLIGHT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT, IF YOU HAVE TREES THEY'RE GOING TO THROW SHADE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BLOCK SUNLIGHT AND THE GRASS ISN'T GOING TO GROW SO GOLF COURSES REQUIRE HEALTHY GRASS THAT REGROWTH ALL THE TIME.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO TREES ARE NOT HELPFUL ON GOLF COURSES, AS I SAID EARLIER, IT'S NO ACCIDENT THAT THE BEST GOLF COURSES IN THE WORLD HAVE VERY FEW TREES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE AGRONOMISTS AND THESE CONSULTANTS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND WE'VE BEEN PRUNING ARE DEAD DYING DISEASED AND OVERGROWN TREES BACK INTO 2016 SO FIVE SIX YEARS AGO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: MY PERSONAL VIEW IS HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF THE GOLF COURSE FOR 20 YEARS IS, I THINK THERE WAS A TIME BEFORE JIM AND CHIP.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BECAME RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR GOLF COURSE WHERE WE JUST DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO IT, WE LET THE TREES GO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND ONE EXAMPLE OF IT IS ON THE 16TH HOLE WHERE THERE'S A THERE'S A BIG ROCK DOWN THE MIDDLE LEFT MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY THERE WAS A LARGE TREE THERE THAT GOT STRUCK BY LIGHTNING THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT, AND THEN YOU HAD TO PLAY AROUND THAT TREE YOU COULDN'T GO DOWN THE LEFT SIDE, OR YOU GET STUCK BEHIND THAT TREE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO, NOBODY WAS SAD TO SEE IT GO WHEN THE LIGHTNING HIT IT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT THAT IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT TREE USED TO BE A LITTLE BUSH, IT WAS A YOU KNOW THE 150 YARD MARKERS ARE AN IMPORTANT THING ON GOLF COURSES, BECAUSE THEY LET YOU KNOW WHAT CLUB TO US SO THAT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PEOPLE WANT TO GOLF COURSES PLANT SOME DIFFERENT LOOKING BUSH RIGHT AT THE 150 SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT AND GO OH YEAH I'M ABOUT 160 OR I'M ABOUT 130.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND SO THAT BUSH IS IMPORTANT BUT THAT BUSH HAD BECOME A LARGE TREE, YOU KNOW 80 FEET TALL BECAUSE WE HADN'T MANAGED OUR TREES, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A LITTLE PINE TREE, BUT INSTEAD, IT WAS THIS MASSIVE TREE BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB WITH OUR TREES FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO ANYWAY WE'RE NOT THE FIRST GOLF COURSE THAT YOU KNOW, WANTS TO CUT DOWN A FEW TREES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO TALK ABOUT DEVEREAUX EMMETT AND.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE DESIGNER OF RYE GOLF CLUB BACK WHEN IT WAS THE RIGHT COUNTRY CLUB AND HE HIS MOST FAMOUS COURSE IS CALLED THE CONGRESSIONAL COUNTRY CLUB.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: HAS BEEN REDESIGNED LIKE FIVE TIMES YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW EMMETT COURSES GET REDESIGN EMMETT HIMSELF, ARE YOU DESIGNING GOLF COURSES FOR A LIVING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A TRAVESTY TO REDESIGNING GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS ARTICLE RIGHT HERE, JIM CAN PROVIDE YOU THE LINKS, IF YOU WANT TO READ THESE FOR YOURSELVES, BUT BUT I'VE READ THEM AND THIS FIRST ONE HERE TALKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL AND THERE'S SOME GREAT QUOTES IN THERE THAT SAYS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHAT WORKED IN THE 1920S ISN'T WORKING ANYMORE THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE REMOVED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON CONGRESSIONAL COUNTRY CLUB THOUSANDS OF TREES, WE WANT TO REMOVE ABOUT 100.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THOUSANDS OF TREES WERE TAKEN DOWN THERE BECAUSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHAT WAS WORKED IN THE 1920S WASN'T WORKING ANYMORE, THIS SECOND ARTICLE IS ABOUT OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB IN PENNSYLVANIA ANOTHER TURN OF THE CENTURY TYPE COURSE REGULAR US OPEN VENUE THEY'VE CUT DOWN 15,000 TREES OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DECADES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THE COMMENTS IN THIS ARTICLE ARE THAT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT WAS FIRST DESIGNED IN 1903 NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE GOLF COURSE YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD THAT SAME.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW RESULT WHERE WE'VE TAKEN DOWN SOME TREES ON THE GOLF COURSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU CAN NOW SEE THE WATER FROM SO MANY OF OUR HOLES WHERE YOU KNOW BECAUSE WE LET THE TREES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OVERGROW FOR SO MANY YEARS YOU COULDN'T FOR A WHILE THIS THIRD ARTICLE HERE IS FROM A GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT SEVEN REASONS TO CUT DOWN TREES ON GOLF COURSES, SOME OF WHICH I JUST DESCRIBED TO YOU THAT YOU KNOW SHADE IS A PROBLEM.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS IF YOU WANT TO READ THAT SIX OF THE SEVEN REASONS HE SAID.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU CAN CUT DOWN TREES ON GOLF COURSES APPLY TO US IN OUR SITUATION AND THEN LASTLY, THIS ARTICLE HERE IS BY ONE OF THE TOP GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTS IN THE COUNTRY GUY NAMED GIL HANTS AND HE LISTS FIVE CRITERIA FOR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: EVALUATING TREES ON GOLF COURSES AND THEIR HISTORY SAFETY AESTHETICS PLAYABILITY PLAY ABILITY AND AGRONOMY AND ALL OF THOSE FAVORITE TREE REMOVAL AND THE REPLANTING PLAN THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH HERE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FINALLY, OUR NEXT STEPS, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW, DEPENDING ON HOW IT GOES FROM HERE, YOU KNOW WHEN WE CAN VOTE ON THIS ONE ONE IF YOU KNOW THE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS REPORT COMES BACK POSITIVELY AND WE CAN YOU KNOW BETTER, THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND YOU'LL VOTE ON, AND AS SOON AS WE CAN, AND THEN REFER IT UP THE CHAIN AND THEN IT'LL BE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: HANDS AND ANY OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE WERE THINKING THAT IT COULD YOU KNOW THE WORK CAN BE DONE A YEAR FROM NOW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT IT COULD BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW, IT COULD BE THREE YEARS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT IN ANY BIG HURRY AS WE'VE SAID.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ONE THING THAT IS KIND OF A HURRY THING IS, WE NEED TO PUT IN A NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM ON A GOLF COURSE AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, UNTIL WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH 456.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THIS HAS BEEN A VERY SLOW METHODICAL PROCESSES, I HOPE YOU CAN SEE FROM THE WAY WE'VE GONE SO FAR, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPRESENTATIONS, THAT THIS IS THE 11TH HOUR, YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S ABOUT THREE O'CLOCK NOT 11 O'CLOCK.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW IT'S JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN DECIDED VOTED ON IT, YET AT THE GOLF COMMISSION LEVEL AS THE MAYOR SAID WHEN HE INTRODUCED THE TOPIC.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THE BOTTOM LINE CONCLUSION IS TO BE DRAWN FROM WHERE THIS 456 PROJECT IS RIGHT NOW IS THAT YOU KNOW IF WE STOP IF WE ABANDON THIS NOW BECAUSE OF PUBLIC PRESSURE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OR YOU KNOW, MISS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW THE NEIGHBORS ALL AROUND THAT LOW AREA ON OUR GOLF COURSE WILL LOSE A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP THEM MANAGE STORMWATER RUNOFF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IN THAT AREA RIGHT GOLF PALOOZA SIGNIFICANT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A BETTER AND SAFER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR MEMBERS IN THE CITY IS GOING TO LOSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIX THE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ONGOING PROBLEM AND WE'VE HAD OVER ON THE FIFTH HOLE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS THAT YOU KNOW I'M A TRIAL LAWYER, THAT I MEAN IT'S SOMEONE GOT HURT OVER THERE, WITH ALL THE NOTICE THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR US, YOU KNOW CANDIDLY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO THANKS FOR YOUR TIME I'M SORRY THAT TOOK FOREVER I APOLOGIZE I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND TERRY AND SAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT TWO QUESTIONS, ONE ON YOUR PRESENTATION AND.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: WHAT'S THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WAS YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK YOU PUT THIS PICTURE OF YOURSELF I'M JUST WONDERING HOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HOW THAT SHOT PLAYED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ACTUALLY KNOCKED THAT ONE ON THE GREEN THAT'S THE 14 POWDER IN THE RYDER CUP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, WELCOME CLEAN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT, BUT MY MY QUESTIONS THE TWO QUESTIONS ARE ONE ON YOUR PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLIC INPUT AND IF YOU CAN SKETCH THAT OUT FOR US A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL I'M I'M NOT GOING TO AT TO TO TURN THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MEETING INTO A ESSENTIALLY A PUBLIC HEARING ON ON THIS, BUT I AM EAGER TO KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACT TO THIS PRESENTATION AND AND RESPOND TO THIS INITIATIVE AND AND ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH THAT'S ONE QUESTION, LET ME GIVE YOU THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE OTHER, AND YOU CAN ANSWER BOTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN OUR BUDGET SESSION THERE WAS JUST A QUESTION ABOUT YOUTH A AS A CERTAIN YOUTH BUDGET ITEM, AND I THINK THERE WAS CONCERN ON THE PART OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SOME OF US ON THE COUNCIL JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PROVISION, THE GOLF CLUB WAS MAKING FOR US THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND ENJOY THE GAME, IF NOT NECESSARILY IN THE SAME FORMAT, AS HAD BEEN OFFERED BEFORE YEAH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: OKAY UM REGARDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEARD AND RESPOND TO THIS INFORMATION, YOU KNOW WE HAVE SCHEDULED EXTRA GOLF COMMISSION MEETINGS IN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FEBRUARY AND MARCH RIGHT JIM NOT JUST.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: NOW WE HAVE OUR ONE REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY, WHICH SOMETIMES WE DON'T EVEN HAVE BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE OFFSEASON NOW BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REGULAR MEETING IN JANUARY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY AND TWO MEETINGS IN MARCH SO THAT'S FIVE OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT THERE YOU KNOW.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE EXPECT THE ENVIRONMENT ENGINEERS REPORT SOMETIME JANUARY, FEBRUARY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE HIM COME TO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: A COMMISSION MEETING TO PRESENT HIS FINDINGS, ALONG WITH THE OTHER EXPERTS, THE SECOND OPINION GUYS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: TODD QUIT KNOW, MAYBE AGAIN, YOU KNOW GET THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER TO GIVE US THEIR FINAL VIEWS AND MAYBE YOU KNOW PEPPER THEM WITH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE RAISED SO WE'RE NO HURRY I RIGHT THERE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD OR FIVE OPPORTUNITIES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: FOR THEM TO BE HEARD, OF COURSE, THEY COME TO YOUR MEETINGS TO SO YOU KNOW MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE HEARD, THERE WERE NEIGHBORS YOU KNOW PEOPLE CAN BE HEARD.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: ON THE AGENDA, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE IN, AS I SAID, TO MAYOR WERE NO BAKERY ON THIS, YOU KNOW WE JUST WANTED TO BE DELIBERATE ABOUT IT, AND DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, SO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THOSE ARE SOME ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS JIM HAS AN OPEN DOOR SO JIM YOU KNOW RESPONSE TO EMAILS AND LETTERS AND THINGS YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY TO RESPOND AS WELL.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO I THINK THAT'S RESPONSIVE TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT THIS WHAT WE CALL THE JUNIOR ADD ON.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND JUST SO YOU UNDERSTAND THE HISTORY OF THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB FOR THE WE'VE BEEN AROUND A GOLF CLUB FOR, AS YOU SAID, 56 YEARS SINCE 1965 WE JUST YOU KNOW WE'RE 56 YEARS IN AND FOR THE FIRST 54 YEARS.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WE HAD TO MARKET OURSELVES, YOU KNOW THE RESIDENTS OF RYE DID NOT FULLY SUPPORT THE RYE GOLF CLUB AND THAT'S WHY WE WENT OUTSIDE THE RESIDENTS OF RYE AND ALLOWED NON RESIDENTS TO JOIN THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IT IS A COVEN RESPONSE THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE IN RYE, WANT TO JOIN THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, IN THE FIRST 54 YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE THAT WASN'T TRUE OKAY, SO WHAT WE HAD TO DO BACK IN THE DAY WE CREATED ALL THESE SUBCATEGORIES BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: PEOPLE TO JOIN AND PEOPLE WOULD SAY HEY YOU KNOW, CAN YOU HAVE A JUNIOR ADD ON BECAUSE I'M ONLY A POOL MEMBER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT MY SON IS GOING TO TRY OUT FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL GOLF TEAM SO CAN I GET HIM IN WITHOUT JOINING AS A FULL COMPREHENSIVE MEMBER.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP RIGHT NOW AND IT'S CRAZY YOU DON'T SEE THIS AT ANY OTHER GOLF CLUB.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP AT RYAN GOLF AND IT'S BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE WE WERE TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO JOIN, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST 54 YEARS OF OUR EXISTENCE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE WEREN'T OVERSUBSCRIBED WE DIDN'T HAVE A WAITLIST RIGHT, SO WE WERE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO JOIN, SO WE CREATED ALL THESE GOOFY CATEGORIES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW THAT WE HAVE AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES AND A WAIT LIST OF FOUR OR 500 IS WE'RE TRYING TO CONSOLIDATE OUR MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES DOWN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND WE'RE NOT TRYING TO PENALIZE ANYBODY, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE ROOM TO ADD.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: 70 OR 80 JUNIOR GOLFERS IN A IN A CATEGORY THAT DOESN'T HELP US PAY THE BILLS, YOU KNOW WE'D NEED TO PUT A NEW POOL IN AT THE COST OF $10 MILLION WE HAVE ABOUT $15 MILLION, WHERE THE PROJECTS ON OUR CAP X LIST.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THAT HAVE BEEN ON THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE NO LONGER IN THE BUSINESS OF GIVING BARGAIN PRICES TO PEOPLE IF IF A FAMILY WANTS THEIR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THE JUNIORS TO PLAY GOLF THEY CAN JOIN AS COMPREHENSIVE MEMBERS THAT'S WHAT I DID WHEN MY SON WAS A HIGH SCHOOL KID AND HE WANTED TO PLAY GOLF I PAID THE COMPREHENSIVE AMOUNT, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF FAMILIES DO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A BARGAIN AND THEY WANT TO BE A POOL MEMBER AND PAY $700 FOR THEIR JUNIOR TO PLAY.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: I WILL SAY THAT IN THE PAST 1210 OR 12 YEARS THE GOLF JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM AT RYE IS AMAZING COMPARED TO WHAT IT USED TO BE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, WHEN MY SON WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, AND I WAS TRYING TO TEACH HIM HOW TO PLAY GOLF HE WASN'T ALLOWED ON THE GOLF COURSE UNTIL AFTER 6PM 6PM SO I COULD TAKE HIM OUT THERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND WE DIDN'T HAVE A SHORT GAME AREA AND HE WASN'T ALLOWED ON THE PRACTICE SCREENS, IT WAS JUST IT WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR JUNIOR GOLF NOW WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF KIDS IN OUR JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM THEY'RE ALLOWED ON THE COURSE AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW THAT ARE TWO NEW PROS ARE HEAD PRONE OR ASSISTANT PRO HAVE HAVE ESTABLISHED GOLF NUMEROUS GOLF PROGRAMS FOR KIDS SO THE JUNIOR PROGRAM AT RIGHT GOLF.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IS BETTER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE CLUB AND FAMILIES THAT JOIN IN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE CATEGORY, YOU KNOW THAT THAT WE DON'T EVEN COUNT THOSE ABOVE THE MEMBERSHIP LOVE, WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP LIMIT OF 675.

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TERRY MCCARTNEY: BUT IF YOU'RE A FAMILY, YOU CAN HAVE THREE OR FOUR GOLFERS IN THAT ONE MEMBERSHIP, SO THE REAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CAN PLAY GOLF IT RIGHT GOLF IS THAT OVER 1000.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO WE'RE MAXED OUT AND UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST CAN'T KEEP YOU KNOW IF WE TAKE ALL THE JUNIOR ADD ON GOLFERS THAT WANT TO JOIN IN THAT CATEGORY, WE WILL TAKE ZERO PEOPLE OFF THE WAITLIST THIS YEAR BECAUSE.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WELL WE'LL GIVE ALL THOSE LOTS OF THE JUNIORS WHICH I GUESS IS GREAT, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR TO THE PEOPLE WHOSE NAMES ARE ON THE WAITLIST AND AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE THE FAMILIES DON'T WANT TO JOIN.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: IN THE COMPREHENSIVE CATEGORY WHERE THEY BELONG SO THAT'S A LONG ANSWER AND I'M SORRY IF THAT UPSETS PEOPLE, BUT YOU KNOW WE JUST WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO WANT TO GIVE BARGAINS TO PEOPLE WHEN WE HAVE YOU KNOW ALL THESE PROJECTS TO DO.

JIM BUONAIUTO: I WANTED TO.

JIM BUONAIUTO: IF I MAY ADD ONE ITEM TO THAT WE ALSO PROVIDE ABOUT A 1000 ROUNDS OF GOLF TO THE THE RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF TEAMS AND.

JIM BUONAIUTO: REGARDLESS OF MEMBERSHIP, SOME OF THEM REMEMBER SOME OF THEM ARE NOT SO YOU KNOW IT'S ACTUALLY TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S ALMOST A BURDEN FOR SOME OF OUR MEMBERS IN.

JIM BUONAIUTO: APRIL AND MAY, AND EVEN THIS YEAR TERRY MIGHT RECALL, WE HAD HALF A COMMISSION MEETING AN AGENDA ITEM JUST RELATED TO THAT BECAUSE WE HAD MEMBERS WHO WANTED TO.

JIM BUONAIUTO: TAKE AWAY ACCESS TO THE THE THE THE TEAMS AND THE COMMISSION I'M VERY HAPPY TO DID REALLY SUPPORTED THE BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF TEAMS AND SUPPORT AND KEEPING THEM AT THE CLUB, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BURDEN ON OUR OTHER MEMBERS.

JIM BUONAIUTO: IT IS AND.

JIM BUONAIUTO: EVEN THAT WOULDN'T THAT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE, EXCEPT FOR DURING KOBE RIGHT YEAH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: AND YOU KNOW THAT'S 1000 ROUNDS OF GOLF RIGHT THERE IN OUR ROUNDS OF GOLF COURSE WAS DESIGNED FOR ABOUT 20,000 ROUNDS OF GOLF A YEAR AND IT'S GETTING 45 OR 50 NOW BECAUSE OF KOBE TO SEE YOU GUYS KNOW DOUBLE WHAT WE SHOULD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL OF QUESTIONS FOR TERRY AND JIM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I FOUND THIS VERY HELPFUL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, TO KNOW YOUR TIMELINE WHICH I READ AS THE YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST ANOTHER YEAR OF DEVELOPMENT, I THINK SO AHEAD OF YOU IS IS THE WAY THAT LOOKED TO ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE AND STRENGTHEN YOUR PUBLIC DIALOGUE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEIGHBORS AND OUR FELLOW RYE RESIDENTS ARE ARE RAISING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: WILL DO, MR AMERICA WE'D LIKE I SAID WE'VE DONE FIVE THINGS THAT THEY ASKED US TO DO.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: SO WE ARE LISTENING.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO EVEN US TO CONSIDER THIS SO THAT I MEAN THAT'S THE PROBLEM REALLY, IN MY VIEW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN, WHAT WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED AND WE'LL DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND IF AND WHEN WE YOU KNOW, DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WILL LET YOU KNOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TERRY MCCARTNEY: THANK YOU, THANK YOU ALL APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH HIM.

KRISTEN WILSON: MR MAYOR, YOU DO HAVE A FEW HANDS HANDS RAISED I'M NOT SURE IF YOU WANTED TO HEAR FROM THESE INDIVIDUALS OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO, NO, I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL IS NOT ACTING ON THIS THIS EVENING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB COMMISSION IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THEM TO TAKE THEIR CONCERNS THIS WASN'T A PUBLIC HEARING IT WAS AN UPDATE FROM THE GOLF CLUB.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SHOULD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M SORRY IF PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH THAT, BUT WE SHOULD GO ON.

OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, UNDER THE HEADING RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S RARE, WE HAVE A CARRY BE THAT HAS HER HAND RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AND AND IS IT ON THE RIDE GOLF CLUB.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF IT IF IT IS ON ME RIGHT GOLF CLUB PRESENTATION, THEN PLEASE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TAKE THAT TO THE RIGHT GOLF CLUB COMMISSION.

KRISTEN WILSON: CAN STILL RAISE SO MAYBE IT'S ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

[13. Old Business/New Business.]

KARI B.: I PROMISE TO STOP SPEAKING WHENEVER YOU SAY TO, AND THIS IS NOT SO MUCH ABOUT THE REROUTING AS MUCH AS IT IS ABOUT HOW WE FEEL ABOUT BRINGING OUR CONCERNS TO THE COMMISSION AS SOMETHING HAPPENED RECENTLY.

KARI B.: THAT MAKES US BELIEVE THAT OUR COMMENTARY IS NOT WELCOME, SO I THINK IT'S MORE IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNICATION.

KARI B.: AS A RICE'S AND THEN IT IS ABOUT THE REBOOTING PLAN MAY CONTINUE FOR A MOMENT.

KARI B.: YEAH YES OKAY, THANK YOU LAST NIGHT, THERE WAS A RTC COMMISSION MEETING THAT MANY OF US ATTENDED AND THE HEAD OF THE COMMISSION'S FINANCE COMMITTEE.

KARI B.: AT THE END OF THE MEETING ENCOURAGED AND THERE YOU KNOW THESE ARE RECORDED AND THERE IS TRANSCRIPT ENCOURAGE THE COMMISSION TO NOT THIS, THESE ARE VERY CLOSE TO QUOTES NOT BE DISTRACTED BY RESIDENTS CONCERNS AND COMMENTARY ABOUT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOISE NOTHING BUT NOISE.

KARI B.: I AM JUST REQUESTING THAT THE RICE CITY COUNCIL GIVE THIS SOME CONSIDERATION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BECAUSE WE ARE VERY INTERESTED IN THE RTC SUCCEEDING AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND AND NOTHING BUT A WIN.

KARI B.: IF IT SOLVES A LOT OF WATER PROBLEMS IN GENERAL, BUT I WILL SAY THAT IS A VERY SAD MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE HURT WHEN YOU'RE TOLD THAT, AT A COMMISSION MEETING AS A PRESIDENT, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, JOE JUST TO RESPOND, I THINK YOU HEARD ME AND I'M SURE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WOULD BE JOINING ME IN THIS URGE THE GOLF CLUB TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO HEAR NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS CONCERNS AND TAKE THEM TO HEART AND THAT'S MY POSITION I'M SURE IT'S MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL AND I I DO KNOW THAT TERRY AND JIM HEARD US, I BELIEVE THAT THE MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHOSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POSITION YOU FOUND OBJECTIONABLE WAS ACTUALLY MAKING HIS DEPARTURE SPEECH SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHATEVER WHATEVER HE MAY HAVE SAID.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE HAS BEEN A MESSAGE FROM THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMISSION.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD AGAIN ON MATTERS THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA.

KRISTEN WILSON: NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE MOVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PARTICIPATION IN THE TREE CITY PROGRAM AND PARTICIPATION IN THAT PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE GLAD TO BRING BACK TO RIGHT NOW FOUR YEARS AGO, OUR PARTICIPATION CONTINUES THERE'S A FORMAL RESOLUTION THAT'S REQUIRED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THAT I ALSO HAD TO SIGN SOME PAPERWORK THAT I ASSUME IS NOT DUPLICATIVE OF THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I WOULD ASK FOR A RESOLUTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO THIS.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I WANT YOU TO GO FIRST YOU MAKE THE MOTION.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WILL SECOND YOUR MOTION.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TREE HUGGER THAT I AM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOING TO GO OUT ON IT'S A GOOD NOTE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT IS A GOOD THING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE LAST THANK YOU SARAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, WE CAN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, ABSOLUTELY I AGREE WITH YOU.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKER MOSHE ACTUALLY SARAH YOU MAKE THE MOTION MY.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FRIENDS, I KNOW I'M I'M VERY SAD THAT RICHES NOT HERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: OH.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU KNOW WHAT SORRY KEEP GOING CAPITAL PARTNER HAS WORK ANDRES SORRY OH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, OH SORRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CATHERINE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CATHERINE, YOU MAY BE MUTED.

CATHERINE PARKER: CAN YOU HEAR ME.

CATHERINE PARKER: YES, OH VERY GOOD HI ALL.

CATHERINE PARKER: THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK I I JOINED YOU TONIGHT ON AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING WHICH AGAIN WAS A VERY GOOD MEETING.

CATHERINE PARKER: GOOD TO SEE BUSINESS OF THE CITY TO GOING SO WELL, BUT I JOINED YOU TONIGHT, BECAUSE I WANTED TO THANK COUNCILWOMAN GODDARD FOR HER FOR YEARS OF SERVICE.

CATHERINE PARKER: IT IS REALLY BEEN WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU BRING YOUR LOVE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY, TO THE COUNCIL AND KEEP THOSE ISSUES THAT FRONT AND CENTER.

CATHERINE PARKER: AND YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF, I THINK YOU KNOW STARTING THE FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL CONTRIBUTION AND.

CATHERINE PARKER: FOR ALL YOUR WORK IN HELPING TO MAKE RIOT CLIMATE SMART COMMUNITY IN, AS WE KNOW, THIS WAS JUST SORT OF THE THE ICING ON THE CAKE WITH YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

CATHERINE PARKER: HAVING SERVED AS THE CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE FOR SO MANY YEARS, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A WONDERFUL WAY TO LEAVE THAT SERVICE, THOUGH I.

CATHERINE PARKER: I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY I DON'T KNOW WHO BUT SOMEBODY MAY TWIST YOUR ARM TO CONTINUE ON AND.

CATHERINE PARKER: AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE HAVE DONE, AND ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS THIS TIME TO SPEAK I'M GOING TO ALSO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY BUT, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL FROM MY VOICE THAT'S NOT HAPPENING QUITE YET.

CATHERINE PARKER: UNTIL UNTIL I GET THE ALL CLEAR BUT UH BUT I WILL ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW BE BE SWINGING BY TO GIVE YOU A PROCLAMATION AND CONGRATULATIONS IN PERSON.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU SO MUCH, CATHERINE.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, AS AS MY CHIEF ARM TWISTER AND FRIEND.

SARA GODDARD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I, AND I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS CATHERINE BE WELL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SARAH DO THE HONORS PLEASE.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HI HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HEY WOW THAT'S YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.