Feb 16, 2022 City Council

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN WE DO IT.

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EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE KNOW ABOUT THIS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECULAR SESSION ROOM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, THIS IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE GENERAL CITY COUNCIL ROOMS, THAT WE HAVE TO MOTION OUT OF INTO.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT ALL IN FAVOR.

[Executive Session]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WE RETURNED BACK AT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 630 EMILY EMILY YOUR EYE RIGHT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S AN EYE YES.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, GOOD.

OKAY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW DO I MOVE THE OTHER ONE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FROM NOVA GOT IT OKAY GREAT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALRIGHT, SEE.

KAREN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HI.

[1. Roll Call.]

[2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held February 2, 2022]

[3. Acknowledgement of Jim Buonaiuto’s service to the City of Rye.]

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE'S A THERE'S A FRONT THAT COMES THROUGH OVERNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT WIND GUSTS.

THANKS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'M ASSUMING CANNONS THAT ALERT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AS THE LORD AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MORE ALERTED SINCE JOSH READ THEM THE RIOT ACT EVERY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERY TIME THERE'S A STORM SORRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SORRY FOR THE DELAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON TECHNOLOGY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16 2022 AND WE'LL BEGIN WITH A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN HEARD.

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

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

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN WOMAN SEES THAT.

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

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

HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT AND APPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD FEBRUARY 2 2022 ANY COMMENTS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I JUST WANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ONE COMMENT CAROLYN I I TOO WAS ON THE.

[4. Post Ida Storm Update.]

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: LAB THAT.

MINUTES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HEARD A MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO I HEAR A SECOND.

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

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR NEXT ITEM IS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF JIM ONE I USE OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF RYE AND JIM AS ALL OF US KNOW, HAS MANAGED THE GOLF CLUB FOR US HE JOINED US, EIGHT YEARS AGO, AFTER A PERIOD OF GREAT DISARRAY AT THE GOLF CLUB.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND HE HAS BEEN A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A CALM AND STEADY HAND IN THE REBUILDING OF OUR GOLF CLUB HE'S BEEN A AN INTELLIGENT AND GIFTED MANAGER AND HE HAS FOUND A JOB, CLOSER TO HOME ON LONG ISLAND AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE VERY HAPPY FOR HIM THAT HE HAS THAT BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM AND I TURNED TO BOTH GREG AND THEN FOR A LITTLE MORE EMBELLISHMENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THEN YOU WANT TO START.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I MEAN I'LL JUST KEEP IT SHORT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAY IT'S A IT'S A REAL LOSS FOR THE CITY JIM WAS A GREAT CALMING BRILLIANT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CITY EMPLOYEE, BUT JUST JUST A REALLY GREAT PERSON.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH A WITH A HUGE HEART.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FANTASTIC WORK ETHIC PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, A MILE LONG AND OR MORE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT'S IT WAS AN EXTREMELY CHALLENGING SITUATION FOR FOR MANY YEARS THERE, AND HE HANDLED IT WITH A PLUM.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HE WAS A CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM, IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE WORKING WITH THEM, I WILL SINCERELY MISS HIS STEWARDSHIP AND, IN PART, OWNERSHIP.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JEALOUS OF THE THE NEW CLUB THAT'S HIRING HIM I THINK HE'S GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB THERE, AND THEY'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW I HOPE WE CROSS PATHS IN THE FUTURE, IT WAS REALLY GREAT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THEM, AND YOU KNOW, I WAS, I WAS REALLY IT WAS A REAL PLEASURE SO AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE INTERIM GM CHRIS COREY ALLEY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IT'S WE'RE WE'RE REALLY BUSY OVER AT THE CLUB THESE DAYS AND THERE'S A LOT GOING ON, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO HIS STEWARDSHIP IN THE INTERIM, BUT YOU KNOW JUST GOING BACK TO JIM IT WAS JUST A SUPER PLEASURE WORKING WITH HIM AND PARTNERING WITH HIM AND I WILL MISS HIM DEEPLY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I COULDN'T SAY MUCH BETTER THAN THAT I GUESS THE THE THE BEST INDICATION OF HIS STEWARDSHIP THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS IS THE FACT THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE AFTERNOON WHEN HE GAVE US THE WORD WE HAD A MEETING WITH THE STAFF AT THE GOLF CLUB.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THEY ALL BASICALLY SAID WE'VE GOT THIS THAT YOU KNOW THE CLUB IS IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE THAT OPERATIONALLY TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY DURING THE TWO AND A HALF YEARS I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH HIM, HE HAS BEEN AS AS BOTH THE MAYOR AND BEN SAID THE CONSUMMATE PROFESSIONAL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: STEADY AT ALL MOMENTS, AND I CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THAT DURING THOSE FIRST FEW MONTHS, BEGINNING IN MARCH OF 2020.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE GOLF CLUB AND THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND LACK OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS HAD A SPINNING AND ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND PARTICULARLY WITH GOLF OPERATIONS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND HE WAS HE WAS STEADY THE ENTIRE TIME SO I AM PERSONALLY GOING TO MISS HIM PROFESSIONALLY AND A MISSING, I THOUGHT I THINK IT'S ALSO EMBLEMATIC OF THE QUALITY OF SENIOR STAFF OF THE CITY AND.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND AND AND AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DO, NAMELY GYM TODAY, EVERY DAY, SO WE WILL CERTAINLY MISS THEM PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY AND WISH THEM THE VERY BEST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO FAREWELL JIM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVING TO THE POST ITIS STORM UPDATE WE DID RECEIVE JUST AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A COPY OF THE LETTER THAT NEW YORK STATE DC HAS WRITTEN TO THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS SAYING THAT DC WILL COOPERATE IN THE INITIAL SCOPING STUDY.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BE EXACT FORMULATION THAT DC USED WAS LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE MODEL THAT THE CORE GAVE US SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SEE WE'LL BE LOOKING TO THE CORE TO UNDERSTAND THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE LETTER BUT ON ITS FACE IT LOOKS LIKE DC IS WITH US AND EAGER TO GET THE CORE PROCESS OF THE GROUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WERE TO HAVE AND DID HAVE THE FIRST ALL HANDS MEETING FOR THE D C'S OWN RESILIENCE STREAM STUDY OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED THAT MEETING WAS HAD, AND IT WAS REALLY NOT MUCH MORE THAN A KICKOFF REVIEW OF THE BASIC OUTLINES OF STUDY TO COME IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALSO, AS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, WHERE WE APPROVED A PARALLEL RAMBLE RAMBLE BEING AN ENGINEERING FIRM OF NOTE A PARALLEL RAMBLE STUDY OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT STUDY HAS BEGUN AS WELL AND I'D LIKE TO TURN TO GREG FOR A LITTLE AMPLIFICATION OF HOW THAT PROCESS IS BEGINNING SURE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU SO AS EVERYONE RECALLS, WE DID APPROVE THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT OF RAMBLE TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE WATERSHED AND.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MAKE CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS WE ARE, WE OBVIOUSLY RAMBLES OBVIOUSLY ANXIOUS TO GET STARTED, GIVEN THE TIMELINE THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO THEM THAT THEY'VE AGREED TO WE'RE ANXIOUS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE TODAY HELD THE FIRST TWO OF WHAT WILL BE FOR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE'VE ASKED VARIOUS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: RESIDENTS BUSINESSES, NOT FOR PROFITS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THE LIGHT TO TO WAY INTO THEIR CONCERNS THEIR IDEAS THEIR UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS, BECAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO IS TO MAKE THIS A VERY TRANSPARENT AND OPEN PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SIX WEEKS EIGHT WEEKS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW, WE HAVE TWO MORE TOMORROW.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THEN, WITH THAT RAMBO WILL GET FURTHER STUDY STARTED ON THE ON THE ACTUAL ENGINEERING REVIEWS, I THINK THAT FOR ANY ANYONE WHO HAS ALREADY ATTENDED THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, I THINK THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: CERTAINLY MY CONCLUSION IS THE RAMBLE IS DEFINITELY UP TO THE TASK AND WE'RE GOING TO GET WHAT WE BARGAINED FOR, SO TO SPEAK, SO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I THINK THAT THERE'LL BE THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME AND I WOULD EXPECT EVERY COUNCIL MEETING THAT WILL HAVE FURTHER UPDATES EITHER FROM STAFF OR FROM RAMBLED DIRECTLY AS TO WHERE THEY ARE IN THAT PROCESS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ULTIMATE CRESCENDO OF THIS IS TO COME AWAY IN A FEW MONTHS, WITH SOME DEFINITIVE PROJECTS THAT DO HAVE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AN APPROPRIATE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: COST BENEFIT RETURN AND THAT ARE PACKAGED IN SUCH A WAY THAT ARE WE, ALONG WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES READY TO ADVANCE THOSE PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD BE READY TO GO TO YOU KNOW VARIOUS FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCIES FOR FOR FOR FUNDING OPTIONS.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE HAVE ANY SENSE, I MEAN THE SAME TIME, I THINK, THEY WERE ALSO GOING TO BE KEEPING AN EYE ON WHAT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES MIGHT BE, AND WHEN THEY MIGHT BECOME AVAILABLE SO JUST AS WE LEARN ABOUT THAT TIMELINE HOPEFULLY THAT GETS BUILT INTO WHAT THEY PRESENT BACK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GLOBAL POINTED THIS EXERCISE AND ACCELERATING IT IS THAT SO WE'RE READY, YOU KNOW WHEN WHEN THOSE SOURCES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PRESENT THEMSELVES, SO I JUST WOULD LOVE ANY UPDATES, AS THIS GOES ON TO TO WIN THAT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR SEARCH FOR SO CALLED I WILL CALL THEM FUNDING CONSULTANTS THEY CALL THEMSELVES EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS OR DISASTER REMEDIATION CONSULTANTS AND WE DID HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH YET ANOTHER ONE AT TELEPHONIC INTERVIEW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ZOOM ACTUALLY EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE ARE COMPILING A LIST OF ADDITIONAL ONES ERROR UNDERSTAND UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE FOR US TO RFP FOR THAT AND WE DO HAVE SOME OUTLINES OF WHAT RFP IS SHOULD LOOK LIKE FOR THAT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO IN FACT MAKE THEIR LIVING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POINTING MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL TO FUNDING SOURCES FOR DISASTER REMEDIATION AND AND AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR HELP IN THAT AREA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THERE IS AN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OFF AGENDA TOPIC THAT I WOULD LIKE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADD TO OUR BUSINESS THIS EVENING, AND THAT IS IN THE LAST DAY OR TWO WE'VE RECEIVED NOTICE OF INCLUSION IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET BILL HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A COUPLE OF PROVISIONS THAT WOULD HAVE IMPORTANT IMPACT ON ZONING IN THE CITY OF RYE, AND IN FACT IMPORTANT IMPACT UPON OUR HOME RULE ABILITIES AS A CITY TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CREATE ZONING POLICY IN CERTAIN AREAS, AND ONE PROVISION DEALS WITH WHAT'S CALLED TRANSIT ORIENTED DWELLINGS AND IS FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON AN AREA WITHIN HALF A MILE OF THE RAILROAD STATION AND IT'S NOT JUST STAR RAILROAD STATION, OF COURSE, IT'S ANY CITY TOWN OR VILLAGE IN WESTCHESTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT ALSO IS FOCUSED AND KRISTEN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG HERE, BUT ONLY ON PARK AND RIDE BUS STOPS, OR IS IT ON ANY BUS STOP.

KRISTEN WILSON: NOW, THERE HAS TO BE A PARKING COMPONENT AND IT HAS TO BE COVERED BUS STOP THERE IS SOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE, SO IT IS FOCUSED ON FOR US ON OUR RAILROAD STATION AND AND DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND THE RAILROAD STATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A MILE IN DIAMETER AND ANYTHING IN THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIALLY ANY RESIDENTIAL LOT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AT LEAST 25 UNIT PER ACRE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF THIS PROBLEM FOR US, AND THEN THE OTHER IS ON ANY RESIDENTIAL LOT ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE PROVISION MADE FOR WHAT ARE CALLED ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND THOSE ARE DEFINED AS ESSENTIALLY INDEPENDENT LITTLE DWELLING UNITS ON THE SAME LOT AS AN ALREADY EXISTING PROPERTY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THERE'S OBVIOUS REASON FOR CONCERN WITH BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS, BUT A FUNDAMENTAL CONCERN IS THAT IN NEW YORK STATE A BASIC HOME RURAL RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF A CITY OR, FOR THAT MATTER, TOWN OR VILLAGE IS THE ZONING WOULD SAY POWER QUALITY PRIVILEGE WHAT YOU WILL, AND THIS SUBSTANTIALLY DILUTES THAT IN IMPORTANT WAYS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO ATTENTION TO OUR HEARTFELT CONCERN WITH INCREASING DENSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A WIDE ARRAY OF IMPACTS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH AIR TO STATE ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES AND BOTH SAID THAT THEY OPPOSE THIS ACTION IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL IS STILL DEVELOPMENTAL AND IT WAS SUGGESTED, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST TO THE COUNCIL AND I'VE SENT A DRAFT AROUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE PASS A RESOLUTION THAT WE THEN FORWARD TO OUR ELECTED SEND TO THE GOVERNOR INDICATING OUR OPPOSITION TO THESE TWO PROPOSALS NOW JULIE, I KNOW THAT YOU SAW THE TEXT AND WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE POTENTIAL AS AN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS AN IMPLIED BUT OTHERWISE NOT EXPRESSED IMPACT THAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH AND I SPOKE WITH CHRISTIAN ABOUT IT, SHE PROVIDED SOME PERFECT LANGUAGE ABOUT THIS, WE MIGHT ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING BIGGER BUILDINGS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT DON'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR ZONING THE STANDARDS THAT WHAT THAT DOES TO THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHEN WE'VE JUST YOU KNOW EXPERIENCED ARGUABLY THE MOST DISASTROUS FLOODING WE'VE EVER SEEN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S IT'S NOT OKAY, AND A LOT OF THESE AREAS OR AROUND THE BLIND RIGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TARGETING IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE TRAIN STATION WHICH IS IS IS NOT YOU KNOW KITTY CORNER, RIGHT FROM THE BLIND BROOK SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE, IN OUR WHEREAS CLAUSES, WE INSERT SOMETHING AND KRISTIN WAS WROTE SOME YOU KNOW PERFECT LANGUAGE TO JUST SAY THAT THAT IS ANOTHER REASON.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHY WE YOU KNOW WE WE CAN'T HAVE WE CAN'T HAVE MORE EXACERBATION OF AN ALREADY REALLY, REALLY FRAUGHT ISSUE HERE, AND SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD ASK THAT WE INCLUDE IN OUR RESOLUTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF PEOPLE ARE ARE CONTENT WITH THAT ADDITION I JUST ASKED KRISTEN IF YOU WOULD I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M I'M DOWN TO ONE SCREEN AND CAN'T PUT IT UP TO READ, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD IT OUT BEFORE THE PUBLIC, AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND READING IT IT'S NOT TERRIBLY LONG.

KRISTEN WILSON: WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ THE ENTIRE RESOLUTION IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH, THAT IS WHAT I'M ASKING IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF THERE'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF THERE'S PREAMBLE MATERIAL THAT YOU THINK IT'S NOT NECESSARY THEN THEN THEN DON'T I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME SURE.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND I WILL INCLUDE THE WHEREAS CLAUSE THAT CONSOLE AND SOUZA WAS JUST REFERENCING THAT I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS HAS SEEN YET SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: THIS IS THE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OPPOSING GOVERNOR HOPEFULS 2023 EXECUTIVE BUDGET REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

KRISTEN WILSON: WHEREAS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSING TO AMEND STATE LAW TO IMPOSE TO STATEWIDE MANDATES REQUIRING EVERY CITY VILLAGE IN TOWN TO AUTHORIZE ONE.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE CREATION OF AT LEAST ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PER RESIDENTIAL THAT AND PROVIDE STANDARDS FOR STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS THAT DO NOT UNREASONABLY RESTRICT THE CREATION.

KRISTEN WILSON: OF THESE UNITS AND TO THE CREATION OF OF TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT THAT PERMITS 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE ON PROPERTY ZONE FOR RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN A ONE HALF MILE RADIUS.

[5. Approve the application of Luke Henry Goldszer for the position of Volunteer Firefighter for the City of Rye Fire Department.]

KRISTEN WILSON: AND, WHEREAS SHOULD THESE PROPOSALS BE ADOPTED, EITHER THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL LEGISLATIVE PROCESS OR AS PART OF THE 2023 BUDGET FOR THE NEW FOR NEW YORK STATE.

KRISTEN WILSON: LOCAL ZONING AND HOME RULE WILL BE DESTROYED BY A PERMITTING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS OF RIGHT ON ANY RESIDENTIAL LOT THROUGHOUT RISE.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND BE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING IN ANY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITHIN HALF A MILE OF OUR TRAIN STATION.

KRISTEN WILSON: REGARDLESS IN EACH CASE OF ANY EXISTING LIMITATIONS ON THE APPLICABLE ZONING FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND REGARDLESS OF THE RESULTING INCREASE IN THE PERMITTED HOUSING DENSITY THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF RYE.

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KRISTEN WILSON: AND, WHEREAS THIS IS THE NEW CLAUSE, THE CITY HAS EXTORT HAS HISTORICALLY EXPERIENCED SEVERE FLOODING EVENTS.

KRISTEN WILSON: BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT FELT AFTER HURRICANE IDA AND THE CITY NEEDS TO RETAIN LOCAL CONTROL OVER THE INCREASE IN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND LIVE COVERAGE IN AND AROUND THE BLANK LOOK APPLYING BROOKE WATERSHED.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND, WHEREAS, WHEREAS IT IS THROUGH HOME RULE AND DISCREET COMMUNITY ACTIONS THAT COMPLEX ISSUES RELATING TO PLANNING ZONING AND HOUSING OUR BEST RESOLVED.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND, WHEREAS THE NEW YORK STATE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS AND MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS HAVE PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON SIMILAR GROUNDS AND BE AT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF RYE OPPOSES THE PROPOSAL WITHIN THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: EXECUTIVE BUDGET DEALING WITH THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PROPOSAL AND THE TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THEY CITY COUNCIL URGES ITS PARTNERS IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, AS WELL AS THE GOVERNOR TO REJECT THE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT PROPOSAL.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND THE TRANSPORTATION ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL AND TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT LOCAL HOME RULE AND LOCAL ZONING POWERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAESTECKER NO FURTHER COMMENTS, AND I WOULD ASK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M MIXED EMOTION PLEASED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW HOW TO RAISE SORRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO KRISTIN AND GREG AND EVERYBODY FOR GETTING THAT TOGETHER SO QUICKLY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT REALLY CAME OUT OF NOWHERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT, I THINK THAT WE, THAT WE OPPOSE THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHEN WE, WHEN WILL THIS DO WE HAVE TIMING OR LINE OF SIGHT AS TO WHEN THIS WILL BE DEBATED DECIDED AND I'M ASSUMING WE SEND A COPY OF THIS OBVIOUSLY TO OUR ALL OF OUR STATE LEGISLATOR LEGISLATIVE REPRESENTATIVES, AS WELL AS TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SPOKE TO SHELLY MAYOR THIS MORNING, WHO SAID THAT THERE IS AN EXPECTED REVISION OF THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSAL I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IT WILL THEN SEE WHETHER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR MESSAGE AND REALLY A MESSAGE I THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL GET FROM MANY MUNICIPALITIES IN THE COUNTIES AFFECTED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH ARE COUNTIES IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY AND COUNTIES ON LONG ISLAND WHETHER THE GOVERNOR GETS THE MESSAGE AND DECIDES TO CHANGE WHAT SHE'S PROPOSING AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SHIRT I GOT.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY THEY SORTA I MEAN THERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ISN'T THAT THE BODY THAT RAISE THIS WITH US.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TONIGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY COM SORRY I SORT OF MALES NIKON NIKON, SO THERE ARE THERE'S GALVANIZING EFFORTS UNDERWAY ACROSS ALL THESE MISS MUNICIPALITIES TO WORK WE'RE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BE ALONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE WE'RE NOT ALONE AT ALL IN THIS NO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT THANK YOU THANKS CHRISTIAN THANKS GREG JOSH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO THAT WE NOW MOVE TO A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REALLY HAPPY EVENT AND ORDINARILY THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE TURN TO RICHARD MECCA FOR, AND SO I JUST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WANT TO MENTION RICHARD AND HIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HIS LONG TENURE AS A VOLUNTEER AND HE IS AN ENORMOUS FONDNESS OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF WELCOMING NEW VOLUNTEERS TO THE RYE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT LUKE HENRY GOLD, SIR, AND I HOPE I'M PRONOUNCING LUKE'S LAST NAME CORRECTLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS BECOMING A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WE WERE ASKED TO APPROVE IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROVE HIS BECOMING THAT AND I SEE COMMISSIONER KOFI AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KOFI WELCOME IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS APPLICATION WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

MAK: YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME, SO THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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MAK: COME THE FALL SO HE'S THE FIRST NEW MEMBER PAD IN A LITTLE WHILE, AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON GETTING HIM TRAINED HE'S ALREADY CPR CERTIFIED AND HE'S A.

MAK: LIFEGUARD HE HAS SOME LIFE RESCUE EXPERIENCED SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO LEND TO HIM BEING SUCCESSFUL HERE AND WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE A NEW MEMBER WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED WITH HIM.

MAK: TALKING TO SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED ALSO AND MY FEELING IS THIS IT'S OKAY, FOR THEM TO COME AND TRY AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT CERTAINLY THERE'S NOTHING LOST.

MAK: BUT WE'RE ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME OUT ALONG THAT LINE WE ARE DEVELOPING A PROGRAM NOW TO HAVE INTERNSHIPS.

MAK: AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR GRADUATING SENIORS WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS IS A CAREER AND HOPING THAT THAT WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TO TRY IT AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE SO.

MAK: WE'RE GOING TO KICK THAT OFF THIS SPRING AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL PEOPLE BECOMING INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING AND THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS, HAVE A TRANSITION TO THE CAREER STAFF SO.

MAK: GOOD NEWS I'M I'M HOPING THAT THAT WORKS OUT AND I'M WATCHING I'M WATCHING LUKE WELL.

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

MAK: ONE OTHER THING IF I CAN ALSO YOU KNOW I HEARD THE EARLIER CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STORM.

MAK: AND PUBLIC SAFETY FORCES ARE PREPARED FOR WE'RE LOOKING AT SCHEDULE, I CAN TRY TO GET PEOPLE READY TO GO AND WE'RE IN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE W.

MAK: AND I KNOW THAT RYAN, HAS SAID, HIS FORCES ARE READY TO GO WITH THE CHANGE CLOTHES AND THE EQUIPMENT TOMORROW, I WILL BE ON THE PHONE WITH CON ED.

MAK: TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE CITY EXPECTATIONS ARE OR PERFORMANCE DURING THIS AND I HAVE A NUMBER OF TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO I WILL BE ON THE PHONE AND I WILL BE TALKING TO THEM, AND IF I'M NOT SATISFIED WHAT'S GOING ON HERE FROM ME 24 SEVEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU MUCH APPRECIATE IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO LUKE TO THANK YOU.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, IS THERE ANYTHING FORMAL KRISTEN, WE NEED TO DO BY WAY OF THIS APPROVAL OBVIOUSLY THERE'S MASSIVE APPROVING SENTIMENT HERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YEAH THAT'S SIMPLY, IT IS, IT WAS FOR CEREMONIAL THAN ANYTHING.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK I KNOW LUKE'S PARENTS ASSUMING IT'S THE GOLDERS THAT I KNOW AND THEY'RE FANTASTIC PEOPLE AND I'M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL, THEY HAVE A SON INTERESTED IN SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO CONGRATULATIONS TO LUKE AND TO HIS FAMILY, AND THIS IS AWESOME YES RECRUIT YOUR FRIENDS LUKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU LUKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WE NOW GO TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 197 ZONING OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF RYE SETTING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON LOT WITH AND CONFIGURATIONS OF PROPERTIES IN NEW SUBDIVISIONS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I GUESS, I WOULD SAY, AS WE BEGIN OUR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REVIEW OF OF THREE NEW LAWS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE WE'RE DOING THIS WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT WE HOPE IS MEASURED PROTECTIVE INTENT AND ALL THESE THINGS WILL NEED TO BE ENFORCED BY OUR RESPONSIBLE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEY'RE DOING THAT, WITH A GREAT CARE THAT WE THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE THINK THESE PARTICULAR LAWS AND REALLY OUR ZONING LAWS IN DEVELOPMENT LAWS REQUIRE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I WOULD ASK YOU KRISTEN TO JUST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUICKLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REVIEW, AND THIS IS A VERY GOOD LEGISLATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY CHANGES SINCE THIS WAS LAST DISCUSSED PUBLICLY.

KRISTEN WILSON: THANK YOU, MR MAYOR AND THE DRAFT THAT THE COUNCIL CURRENTLY HAS BEFORE IT.

KRISTEN WILSON: HAS NOW INCLUDES A A MINIMUM LOT WITH THE 75 FEET THAT WAS PART OF THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: PRIOR DRAFT LAW, BUT THERE WAS A SOME CONSIDERATION BETWEEN 60 FEET AND 75 THE VERSION, YOU HAVE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS SIMPLY FOR THE MINIMUM THAT WITH TO BE 75, THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE FROM THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC OR ANY REMARKS FROM THE COUNCIL.

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD MR MAYOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE GOT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A QUESTION AND A COMMENT TO FIND A.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE ABLE TO HEAR ME.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, OKAY GREAT UM SO FIRST THE THE COMMENT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANT TO THANK CAROLYN I KNOW SHE HAS WORKED COUNTLESS HOURS ON THIS IN THE OTHER PROPOSALS THIS EVENING AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME HELPING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ME GET UP TO SPEED AND OTHERS WHO ARE NEW TO THE COUNCIL GET UP TO SPEED AND THAT'S JUST TREMENDOUS AND I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE ALL THE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HARD VOLUNTEER WORK CAROLYN HAS DONE IN THIS, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS INVOLVED NICK AVERAGE AND VARIOUS COMMITTEES, AND MY THANKS TO THEM, BUT CAROLINA YOU REALLY JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP PERSONALLY THANK YOU.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY QUESTION IS JUST A POINT OF PROCEDURE, I KNOW WE'RE WE'RE COMING UPON A POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PASS SOME OR ALL OF THESE ARE WE IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT I DON'T SEE IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW IS THAT SOMETHING WE'RE ABLE TO DO TODAY, OR IS IT SOMETHING WE DO LATER, AND THOSE ARE JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, JUST A PROCEDURAL QUESTION.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO THE COUNCIL.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT AND TAKE ACTION ON IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEPARATELY NOTICE.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE ACTUAL ACTION THAT YOU ARE TAKING THE THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS PERTAIN TO THE TO THE HEARINGS THEMSELVES SO IT'S AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION, IF IT WANTS TO MOVE IT FORWARD TONIGHT WITH A VOTE FOR TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS, I THINK WE WOULD ALL SECOND THE PLAUDITS TO CAROLINA AND ALSO TO NIK EVERETT AND THE VOLUNTEERS, BECAUSE IT WAS A VOLUNTEER COMMITTEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMPOSED OF PLANNING COMMISSION PEOPLE AND SOUNDING BOARD OF APPEALS PEOPLE WHO PUT TOGETHER THE DRAFTS THAT WE THAT WE WORKED FROM AND WHO, ALONG WITH CAROLINA PARTICULARLY NIK EVERETT HELPED GUIDE US AND LET'S NOT FORGET CHRISTIAN MILLER, JUST BECAUSE HIS NAME IS ON THE SCREEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE SHOULDN'T FORGET YOU CHRISTIAN FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE THANK YOU.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND KRISTIN AND BEN AND RICH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE WE GO.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S GO TO THE PUBLIC.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: HANDS RAISED, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO HANDS RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ASK FOR A VOTE ON THIS.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LET ME MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN THE SECOND MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR A MOTION FOR A VOTE ON THIS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MAKE THE MOTION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DO, BY THE WAY, HAVE A RESOLUTION SET OUT IN FULL AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND I THINK WE CAN JUST REFER TO THAT RESOLUTION, RATHER THAN READING IT AND FULL.

KRISTEN WILSON: THAT, THAT IS FINE, MR MAYOR, YOU WANT TO MOVE THE RESOLUTION AS SET FORTH BEFORE THE COUNCIL, IT IS IN THE AGENDA PACKET AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS THERE ANY ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THESE RESOLUTIONS BEFORE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AT A BLANK FILL IN FOR AN EFFECTIVENESS DAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: THEY ARE ALL ALL THE LOCAL LAWS ARE WRITTEN WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE UPON IMMEDIATELY UPON FILING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, AND THE ACTUAL TEXT OF THE LAW.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO I THINK THAT THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ASK A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE THE MORATORIUM IN PLACE TO RIGHT, SO THE MORATORIUM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS IN PLACE UNTIL THAT DATE CORRECT THAT IS FILED WITH THE SECURITY.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH OKAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO LET'S ASSUME, FOR IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FRIDAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE EMOTION BEFORE US MAN, I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

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

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

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

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, CHRISTIAN IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO WITH RESPECT TO A SECRET WE'VE GOT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO, IN THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU JUST ADOPTED AND ADDRESSES THE SEEKER REQUIREMENTS.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO IT DOES THE THE AGENDA PACKET DID INCLUDE THE F AND EACH OF THE RESOLUTIONS DOES ADDRESS THE SENIOR STATUS OF.

KRISTEN WILSON: EACH OF THE PROPOSALS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY GOOD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO NEXT WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR NEW CHAPTER 166 STEEP SLOPE PROTECTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AGAIN KRISTEN I WOULD ASK YOU TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST VERY BRIEFLY TOUCH ON THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MATERIAL SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES SINCE LAST BEFORE THE PUBLIC.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M SORRY, CAN I JUST JUMP IN KRISTIN WE NEED THE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SAY SOMETHING HERE, YES.

KRISTEN WILSON: ACTUALLY, I WILL DEFER TO YOUR STATEMENT SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I NEED TO BE RECUSED ON THIS MATTER SO I'M GONNA GO ON MUTE AND GO OFF CAMERA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU BEN.

SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: SINCE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WERE I WOULD CATEGORIZE THEM AS AS THREE SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ALERT THE PUBLIC TO THEY WERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: FOLDED IN THE MOST RECENT VERSION THAT WAS CERTAINLY CIRCULATED AND POSTED BUT THOSE CHANGES ARE THE FIRST ONE BEING UNDER SECTION 166 DASH SIX CAPITAL B TWO DEALS WITH DEVELOPMENT IN EXCESS OF 35% THERE ARE SOME LANGUAGE CHANGES THERE THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: ESSENTIALLY, ALLOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOW IN UNDER EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES TO CONSIDER ISSUING A STEEP SLOPE PERMIT FOR DEVELOPMENT ON SLOPES GREATER THAN 35%.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE SECOND CHANGE, AND THE SECOND AND THIRD CHANGER ARE BOTH UNDER SECTION 166 SIX THAT 14 TITLED INSPECTIONS VIOLATIONS AND FINDS.

KRISTEN WILSON: THERE IS A A FINE OF $1,000 PER VIOLATION FOR EACH DAY THAT A VIA THAT VIOLATION EXISTS AND THERE'S ALSO THE DENIAL OF CONSTRUCTION RELATED PERMITS, SO ANY PERSON FIRM OR CORPORATION, THAT IS FOUND TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER WILL BE SUBJECT TO A THREE YEAR SUSPENSION.

KRISTEN WILSON: OF HIS OR HER ITS ABILITY TO OBTAIN ANY OTHER CONSTRUCTION RELATED PERMITS IN THE CITY OF RYE FOR UP TO THREE YEARS, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE MAIN SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES THERE WERE SOME OTHER TWEAKS AT THROUGHOUT THE CODE, BUT THOSE WERE THOSE ARE THE MAIN ONES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION BEFORE WE TURN TO THE PUBLIC.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE THOUSAND DOLLAR A DAY FINE HOW DOES THAT WORK IF SOMEBODY IS DESTROYED A STEEP SLOPE WITHOUT WITHOUT A PERMIT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN IT'S, I GUESS, IN VIOLATION EVERY DAY IN PERPETUITY SO HOW DOES THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: OH.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT WOULD BE.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO IT WOULD BE EACH DAY THE VIOLATION EXISTS, UNTIL WE COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF.

KRISTEN WILSON: OBVIOUSLY, IN MOST CASES, YOU CAN'T REMEDIATE A SLOPE THAT HAS DISAPPEARED, SO IT WOULD BE IT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S A MATTER OF UNTIL WE ADJUDICATE THE MATTER IN COURT AND FOR EACH AND HOW MANY DAYS IT TAKES TWO TO GET IT'S BEEN.

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KRISTEN WILSON: INSTITUTING A ALMOST BLACKLISTING THAT THAT PERSON OR ENTITY THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: THAT DID THE WORK SO THAT THIS IS MORE OF A DETERRENT TO HOPEFULLY PREVENT ANYONE FROM FROM ACTUALLY WORKING IN VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER OR WITHOUT A PERMIT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 166.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS A RESTITUTION PROVISION AS WELL JOSH THAT ALLOWS THE COURT TO TO SOME EXTENT CONSTRUCT OR REMEDY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, WHO MIGHT, MY CONCERN IS JUST.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT $1,000 A DAY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IF IT DOESN'T ADD UP TOO MUCH YOU KNOW STARTS TO FIT INTO THE CALCULUS OF YOU KNOW IT'S WORTH IT, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY I RAISED IT, BUT IF THERE'S OTHER IT'S NOT A REASON NOT TO GO AHEAD IT'S JUST I'M JUST RAISING THE POINT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY SECOND QUESTION IS WE'VE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT FOR EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENT ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE MY READING OF X AGAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND AGAIN I'M JUST MY LAY PERSON INTERPRETATION IS IT REALLY MEANS AN EMERGENCY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMETHING IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE OR FALL OR SOME OTHER THING AND AND THAT MIGHT AND THAT AND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS DISCRETION TO RECOGNIZE THAT BUT WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM ANY DISCRETION, BEYOND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY I RAISED THIS AS A WATERFRONT QUESTION IN THE PAST.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I JUST I WAS COMFORTABLE WITH THE ISSUE GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUT I'M LOOKING AT THE ONLY THING THAT THEY CAN DO THERE IS EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES UNLESS KRISTEN YOU'RE ABLE TO TELL ME THERE'S A BROADER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THAT MEANS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR IF THEY HAVE GREATER FLEXIBILITY THAT I'M IMAGINING.

KRISTEN WILSON: OH.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE PLANNING COMMISSION CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDS.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE THE DEVELOPMENT ON STEEP SLOPES BETTER THAN THAN ANY OF US DO, AND I THINK THE ALLOWING THEM SOME LATITUDE AND DETERMINING WHAT IS EXIGENT WHAT IS.

KRISTEN WILSON: NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE, BUT FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THIS STEEP SLOPE IS IS PROBABLY BEST LEFT IN THEIR HANDS TO KEEP IT.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WOULD CONSIDER THE LACK OF OF HAVING ANY MORE DEFINING LANGUAGE HELPFUL TO THE COMMISSION IN THIS INSTANCE, TO ALLOW THEM TO TO FIGURE OUT AND DEFINE WHAT EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THEMSELVES.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YOU WOULD YOU WOULD SAY, AND AGAIN AND WHY I'M PUTTING WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU CAN EDIT THEM.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT IF IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEFINES EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE CONTEXT OF YOU KNOW, FAIR AND APPROPRIATE USED TO THE PROPERTY THAT YOU WOULD SAY WELL THAT'S IN THEIR DISCRETION TO INTERPRET IT IN THAT REGARD FOR THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW WHAT WAIT A MINUTE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO THAT'S IT THEN I WANT SOMETHING STRONGER THAN THAT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS IS ABOUT LIKE ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE SOMEBODY COULD BUY SOMETHING ON A COMPLETE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW STEEP SLOPE, WITH THE INTENTION OF AMELIORATING ALL THAT, FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY WHEN THEY SHOULD HAVE YOU KNOW NOT DONE THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE, LIKE I MY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY INTERPRETATION JOSH WAS YOURS, INITIALLY, WHICH IS, IT SHOULD BE AN EMERGENCY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DISRUPT YOU KNOW BEDROCK AND ALL OF THIS STUFF JUST AND SLOPES, WE ARE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO DO HERE IS TO HIGHLY DISCOURAGE AND DISALLOW THE DISRUPTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OF STEEP SLOPES, AND SO I I WANT THERE TO BE VERY LITTLE DISCRETION ON THE PART OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE TO JUST SAY OH WHAT YOU WANT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU WANT A POOL OKAY WELL THAT'S ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY KNOW, LIKE THE POINT IS NO YOU SHOULDN'T BE BUILDING A POOL OF STEEP SLOPE RIGHT SO I'M JUST MAKING UP AN EXAMPLE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO MY POINT IS LIKE I I FEEL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WE IN THIS ONE ARE TRYING TO BE PROTECTIVE OF OUR YOU KNOW OUR TYPOGRAPHY HERE, AND SO I JUST I DON'T I DON'T.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOUR YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A BRIDGE TO YOUR HOUSE AND IT FELL DOWN AND YOU NEED TO REPAIR IT, YOU KNOW FINE OKAY, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY WAY, YOU CAN GET OUT OF THERE BUT OTHERWISE YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M GOING FOR HERE SO I'M CURIOUS WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE THINKING.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE IN THE ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, REBUILDING A RETAINING WALL, FOR EXAMPLE, REBUILDING STEPS OR A WALKWAY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR A DOC OR A DECK THOSE ARE ALLOWABLE SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT A DOC YOU CAN PUT A DOC OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER REGULATIONS THAT DEAL WITH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEING CLOSE TO THE WATER AND AND WETLAND REGULATIONS, BUT THERE ARE ALLOWABLE ACTIVITIES AND THE ACCOUNT FOR THAT SAY FAILING SLOPE OR FAILING A WALL OR OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT I WOULD I WOULD AGREE WITH JULIE, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO BE PROTECTIVE HERE, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO EMBROIDER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RARE AND EXIGENT IN ANY WAY, I THINK EXIT JIM HAS A SLIGHTLY BROADER MEETING MEETING THEN EMERGENCY, BUT IT IS AN URGE A GREATER URGENCY OF NEED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEVELOP THAT AND IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FALTERS, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT WE THINK IT'S MISGUIDED, THEN WE, AS A COUNCIL CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TRY TO LEGISLATE AGAIN, BUT THIS IS ONLY WITH THOSE TERMS SUPPLY ONLY WITH RESPECT TO GREATER THAN 35% SLOPES, WHICH ARE VERY STEEP SLOPES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS GREATER LATITUDE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO SLOPES BETWEEN 25 AND 35% AND I WILL, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE IT THAT WAY ANNOYED AND I'D BE EAGER TO HEAR FROM OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I, I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THIS WAS YOU KNOW WE AT ONE POINT WE WERE SAYING NO DEVELOPMENT 35% SLOPE AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS MAYBE WE WE COULDN'T FORESEE ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THAT LEAVING DISCRETION, WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS WAS A BETTER WAY TO DO THIS AND AS MAYOR SAYS WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK AND REVISIT THIS LATER.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF WE IF WE WEREN'T SATISFIED WITH THE WAY IT'S BEING THE WAY IT WORKS, BUT I THINK THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE THE PROVEN WAY TO WORD THIS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK, CERTAINLY IT'S IT SAYS THAT STEEP SLOPE CONSTRUCTION ON STEEP SLOPE OVER 35% IS IS VERY HIGHLY DISCOURAGED AND AND SO.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR AND WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IS IS IS IS KIND OF PUT THIS OFF AGAIN, I THINK I THINK WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE DEBATED ALL THIS THIS LANGUAGE QUITE EXTENSIVELY AND I THINK I THINK WE'RE AT A PLACE WHERE I THINK WE'RE READY TO VOTE ON IT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SHOULD WE HEAR THE PUBLIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EMILY LOOK LIKE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW, I JUST WANT TO WHY I APPRECIATE BILLS COMMENTS AND I I.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FEEL THE SAME WAY, I THINK WE'VE YOU KNOW WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ISSUE, AND I THINK WE LEAVE THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION BUT UNDERSCORING WHAT BILL SAID, WHICH IS THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A POLICY DISCOURAGING ANY KIND OF APPLICATION FOR STEEP SLOPE WORK AT 35%.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR GREATER.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH I'M CERTAINLY FINE WITH THE IDEA OF OF LIMITING IT AND I'M I'M A FAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS IT, THAT IS WHERE THE EXPERTISE LIE, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFICATION.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR THE INTENTIONS ARE THERE AND IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT'S REALLY FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORK OUT TO A DEGREE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DISCOURAGE THE ACTIVITY THAT'S HOW I'M TAKING THE SUMMON SUBSTANCE OF THIS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHICH WHICH I'M SUPPORTIVE OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WITH THAT LET'S PLEASE TURN TO THE PUBLIC.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL HAVE THE TIME EVERYONE ON MY OWN PERSONAL PHONE I DON'T MAKE OFFICES, A LITTLE BIT UNDER CONSTRUCTION, SO I DON'T HAVE MY STOP CLOCK TODAY.

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STEVEN WRABEL: GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, ALL RIGHT.

STEVEN WRABEL: NICE TO SEE EVERYONE'S FACES AGAIN I BELIEVE YOU REFERENCED EARLIER, THE LETTER THAT WE SUBMITTED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, SO I WILL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF AS THEY WERE MOSTLY INCLUDED IN THE LETTER.

STEVEN WRABEL: I I GATHER FROM THE COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION THAT WE ARE, I SUPPOSE, LARGELY IN AGREEMENT THAT DISCRETION LIES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

STEVEN WRABEL: I DO JUST WISH TO EMPHASIZE OUR CONCERN OVER AN EMERGENCY ONLY INTERPRETATION.

STEVEN WRABEL: AS I INDICATED IN THE LETTER MY CLIENTS ARE OWNERS OF PROPERTY IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IN A RAILROAD.

STEVEN WRABEL: THE PROPERTY HAS SOME EXCESSIVELY STEEP SLOPES OVER 35% UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE LOCATED NEAR THE FRONT OF PROPERTY, SO THAT IT CANNOT CANNOT BE ACCESSED WHATSOEVER.

STEVEN WRABEL: WITHOUT DISTURBANCE OF SLOPES 35% OF GREATER THE PURCHASE WAS OBVIOUSLY MADE PRIOR TO ANY MORATORIUM OR DISCUSSION OF A STEEP SLOPE ORDINANCE IN GOOD FAITH AND WE SIMPLY DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE ABILITY TO MAKE USE OF A.

STEVEN WRABEL: PURCHASED AND DULY OWNED PROPERTY SO THOSE ARE OUR CONCERNS I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNCIL HAD CONSIDERED TO BE FIVE DISTRICT, AND LOOKING AT THE.

STEVEN WRABEL: ORDINANCE OR CONSIDERED EFFECTS OF THAT NATURE, BUT WE DO AGREE THAT THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

STEVEN WRABEL: DOES MAKE SENSE.

STEVEN WRABEL: AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME ON MY LETTER OR WHAT I'VE DISCUSSED ARRAYS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JULIE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE WE'RE THIS IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE OKAY, WE HAVE THE DISCRETION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE'RE ALL COOL WITH THAT MOM SAID NO WE'RE GOING TO GO ASK DAD.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WERE NOBODIES GREASING THE PALMS AND OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOT THAT THEY WOULD EVER TAKE IT NICK YOU'RE A MAN OF HONOR I KNOW THIS, BUT I'M.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TELLING YOU IT JUST FEELS A LITTLE LIKE PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY AROUND THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THE POINT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE, AND IF IT IS NOT THE POINT WE ARE MAKING WITH THIS LEGISLATION, THEN I WANT TO TIGHTEN THE LEGISLATION, YOU SHOULD NOT BE BUILDING OR DOING ANYTHING ON 35% SLEEPS WITH STEEP SLOPE SHOULDN'T.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THE OKAY LET'S GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY CAN USE THEIR DISCRETION AND THAT'S CODE FOR LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET AROUND IT, THAT IS NOT THE TAKEAWAY HERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT FOR ME, SO IF IF IF PEOPLE FEEL DIFFERENTLY THAT'S FINE BUT I'M JUST SIGNALING HOW I FEEL ON THIS, AND SO MY INTERPRETATION IS, IT SHOULD BE HARD, IT SHOULD BE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T WANT TO COME IN ON THE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT MR EVIL IS ADDRESSING I'M NOT ACTUALLY QUITE SURE WHERE IT IS, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF A SPECIFIC CASE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST LOOK AT THE GENERAL ISSUE AND AND MY INTERPRETATION IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING HERE IS THE ISSUES THAT RELATE TO THAT ARE WITHIN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT WE'RE SAYING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT IF THERE IS THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO ADDRESS IT, WHETHER HOW THEY ADDRESS IT IS, IS FOR THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN YOU SPEAK TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN THE SPIRIT OF WAITING DEVELOPING A SLOW BUT I MEAN IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALINA PLEASE YEAH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF MAYBE CHRISTIAN CAN CAN HELP US.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EXPLAIN WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP WITH SIDELINED AT SITE PLAN DESIGN BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ENCOURAGE AN APPLICANT TO US FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLINA THOUGH WITH A STEEP SLOPES, WE HAVE THE OVERLAY OF OF OF THE RARE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LABORING AND I THINK WHAT JULIE IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT AM ROUGH CONCEPT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS A FAR HIGHER DEGREE OF NATE AND AS AS JULIE SAID NO DEVELOPMENT, I GUESS, I WOULD CHARACTERIZE IT AS ALMOST NO DISTURBANCE OF STEEP SLOPES, I THINK IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE CASES, BUT THOSE CASES WILL BE RARE AND UNDER EXCEEDINGLY DEMANDING CIRCUMSTANCES.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT I AM 100% ALIGNED WITH THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT THIS LANGUAGE AND TRYING TO INTERPRET IT TO THAT AND JOSH THAT IT IS WRITTEN IN A WAY THAT THAT IS INDEED HOW THEY WOULD INTERPRET IT SO THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S MY POINT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH DO WE HAVE OTHER PUBLIC SPEAKERS.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF NO, NO ONE ELSE'S RAISING THEIR HAND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE EMOTION, TO CLOSE UP THE CURE.

SO MOVE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO MOVE FOR PASSAGE OF THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEW CHAPTER.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MOVE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OUT SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

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

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN STACKS IS RECUSED HIMSELF MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE NOW MOVE TO EXCUSE ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A CLOSE LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 53 ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND AGAIN KRISTEN I'D ASK YOU TO UNDERSCORE MATERIAL CHANGES.

KRISTEN WILSON: SURE, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR THERE, THERE ARE TWO CHANGES THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT, FOR THE PUBLIC, ONE IS UNDER SECTION 53 DASH FIVE SIX D, AS IN DAVID THIS DEAL SPECIFICALLY WITH.

KRISTEN WILSON: TEMPORARY ICE HOCKEY RINKS AND THAT WE ARE THE LEGISLATION NOW REALIZED THAT THE INITIAL PERMIT SHELBY FOR TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF ISSUANCE AND A SUBSEQUENT PERMIT APPLICATION SHALL BE REVIEWED BY THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: BY THIS BOARD ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD TO DETERMINE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SCREENING OR OTHER MITIGATION MEASURES ARE NECESSARY.

KRISTEN WILSON: THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO HOW SWIMMING POOLS ARE AND OTHER OUTSIDE SPORT COURTS ARE REGULATED, WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT THE INITIAL PERMITS ONLY FOR TWO YEARS, THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT THE AIR BE LOOKS AT WITH RESPECT TO OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES WOULD APPLY.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT TWO YEAR CAVEAT, AND THEN THE OTHER CHANGE IS REALLY JUST.

KRISTEN WILSON: CLARIFYING THE STANDARD THAT EXISTS THROUGHOUT CHAPTER 53 WITH RESPECT TO THE BURDEN OF PROOF, IF YOU WILL, AND IT NOW READ THAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT MUST BE BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT IS HIGHLY AND SUBSTANTIALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE TRUE THAN UNTRUE, SO THAT IS THE THE FINAL LANGUAGE THAT'S PROPOSED AND THAT HAS BEEN CHANGED THROUGHOUT CHAPTER 53.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THIS WAS THAT MIDDLE GROUND WE WERE LOOKING RIGHT.

KRISTEN WILSON: IT'S YES, I SEE A MIDDLE GROUND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF YOU DEFINE IT THAT WAY, I MEAN IS THAT REALLY THE MIDDLE GROUND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE CARVING UP LANGUAGE THAT WAS SUGGESTED TO US BY THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE COMMITTEE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND YOU KNOW I'M NOT SURE WHY WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE MIDDLE GROUND PERSONALLY, BUT AGAIN I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY BUT I KNOW WE WE GOT TO THIS LANGUAGE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I PERSONALLY DON'T AGREE WITH IT, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I THINK WE SHOULD BE LISTENING TO OUR PROFESSIONALS AND NOT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING THIS, BUT LOWERING IT UP AND AND CARVING IT UP AND WATERING IT DOWN, SO I JUST I DON'T AGREE WITH WITH THIS TAX SO I'M JUST STATING MY POSITION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WILL RESPOND ON THE MIDDLE MIDDLE GROUND UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE WE SEEM TO HAVE FOUR WELL KNOWN STANDARDS OF LEGAL REVIEW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE IF WE HAD THREE WE'D HAVE A MIDDLE GROUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT WE HAVE FOUR, AND SO WE EITHER STRAY TOWARDS ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER SIDE IN CHOOSING THAT IS EITHER NUMBER TWO OR THREE OUT OF OUR SERIES OF FOUR AND WHETHER YOU CALL THIS NUMBER TWO OR NUMBER THREE IT IS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW DISCUSSIONS, AND IT WAS CONCERN OVER THAT THAT LEADS ME TO BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMFORTABLE AFTER BEING TORN AND BUT COMFORTABLE WITH CLEAR AND CONVINCING.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I MEAN THIS ALL EMANATED FROM PEOPLE FEELING LIKE OUR ZONING RULES ARE TOO PERMISSIVE AND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE WE'RE WE'RE BACK TO WATERING THINGS DOWN AND NOT TAKING A TOUGHER LINE ON FUN, YOU KNOW, ON ADDRESSING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES CONCERN ABOUT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW HOW HOW PERMISSIVE OUR ZONING LAWS ARE SO I DON'T KNOW I MEAN I'M JUST TRYING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT I'VE HEARD I'VE NO NOBODY'S EVER COME TO ME AND SAID GEEZ OUR LAWS ARE TOO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW TOO PERMISSIVE THERE ARE THERE TO CONSERVATIVE THEY'RE THERE IN FACT TOO PERMISSIVE BUT I DON'T KNOW I GUESS I'M I'M ON AN ISLAND HERE SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, I MEAN I SEE YOUR POINT BEN BUT I GUESS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I GUESS I'M NOT LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY, BECAUSE I THINK IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE TRYING TO EXCEED YOUR FAR OR YOUR SETBACKS, OR SOMETHING THAT'S ALL GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT'S NOT GOING TO BAR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, SO I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR THAT WERE SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE TRYING TO YOU KNOW ADDRESS AND JUST DID ADDRESS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS GOES THERE WHEN WHEN I YOU KNOW THE THINGS I'M SEEING AND HEARD AND INTERESTED PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE NATURE OF SOME BAR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DICTATE ROOF LINES AND MATERIALS AND AND COLORS AND THE PERSONAL AESTHETIC AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE DON'T WANT TO GO, WE DON'T WANT THE BAR THINKING WE CAN CREATE A COOKIE CUTTER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COMMUNITY OR IMPART OUR AESTHETIC ON SOMEONE ELSE'S YOU KNOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING I'M TRYING TO WRESTLE WITH WHICH IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE IS A REASON FOR THE BAR TO OVERTURN SOMETHING THAT OR TO REJECT, SOMETHING THAT THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HAS A BASIS UPON WHICH TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO UPHOLD THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND IT'S THAT BALANCING LINE BETWEEN PERSONAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND AND YOU KNOW OTHER SO SINCE WE'RE I.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MEAN LOOK THE ISSUE THAT WAS TRYING TO BE ADDRESSED, WAS THAT YOU KNOW PEOPLE WERE RUNNING ROUGHSHOD OVER OVER BAR RIGHT AND THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING FOR A LONG TIME TO ME THE, THE MORE LIKELY THAN NOT WAS A.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT REALITY, WHICH IS THAT HEY YOU KNOW THAT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT NOT THAT THEY'RE INEFFECTIVE, BUT THAT THEY CONTINUALLY GET OVERRULED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR HERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, I MEAN THIS WERE THE STANDARD IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT AS HIGH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS IT PREVIOUSLY WAS WHICH SORT OF NECESSITATED BY DEFINITION ON OVERTURNING OF IT HERE THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THAT, AND WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT YOU KNOW IT DOESN'T BECOME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHIMSICAL OR PROPITIOUS BY WHICH THESE YOU KNOW REJECTIONS ARE MADE, I MEAN I YOU KNOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S, JUST TO CLARIFY CLARIFY FOR THE PUBLIC, WE HAVE TAKEN OUT OF THE STATUTE, THE BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT STANDARD ESSENTIALLY CRIMINAL LAW STANDARD AND WE'VE SUBSTITUTED CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE, WHICH IS A SUBSTANTIALLY LESSER STANDARD.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW, I GUESS, I WOULD JUST ADD I THINK ONE OF THE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT PAST MEETINGS, BUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IS LIMITED.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, BUT WHEN IT DOES, I THINK WE'VE HEARD FROM THE ZONING BOARD THAT THEY DO FEEL THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE THE STANDARD HAS BEEN SO LOW OR HIGHER WHICHEVER ONE IT IS UM SO ANYWAY UM WE'VE HAD INPUT FROM THE ZONING BOARD AND THAT TO ME WAS REALLY HELPFUL UM.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THAT THIS IS A MOVEMENT IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, I UNDERSTAND BEN'S YOU KNOW FRUSTRATION, I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT COMMITTEES SUBCOMMITTEES PUT IN TO COME TO A PROPOSAL, SO I YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY FRUSTRATION AROUND OUR OUR LOWERING OR TINKERING WITH IT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I THINK WHAT WE COULD SAY IS THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR IT, AS YOUR BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW LIAISON I'LL KEEP MY EYES ON IT.

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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF I JUST WANTED TO SAY, FOR THE PUBLIC'S YOU KNOW EDIFICATION THERE ARE NO SUCH STANDARDS OF PROOF AT ANY OF THE VA OURS AROUND OUR TOWN, IT ONLY HAPPENS IN RIGHT BUT WE HAD ONE IT WAS REALLY STRICT AND I HEAR YOU BEEN, AND THIS IS COMPROMISE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE SEAS WERE COMPROMISED LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT YOU KNOW I'M HAPPY WE'RE WE'RE MOVING SOME OTHER THINGS ALONG AND SO I'LL TAKE IT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I MEAN ULTIMATELY I'M JUST GOING ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS, I MEAN THAT'S THAT'S MY ULTIMATE FALLBACK SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'M NOT I DIDN'T WANT TO OVERRULE THEM, BUT SHE GETS EVERYBODY ELSE'S CHOICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'VE I'VE LOST MY PLACE, BUT UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL AND KRISTEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO LOOK FOR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

KRISTEN WILSON: IS RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF NO ONE.

[10. Transfer $180,000 from general fund to BV fund for technology upgrades to City Hall and to amend the prior authorization of an amount not to exceed from $150,000 to $160,000 for Council Chamber upgrades.]

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SLOW DOWN THIS LEGISLATION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THIS IS THE FORM OF RESOLUTION THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CHRISTIAN HAS PROVIDED US WITH YES GOES THROUGH SEEKER.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND YOU HAVE THE F IN FRONT OF YOU AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: ANSWER THEM IN HENDERSON.

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

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

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

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

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

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW FOR MY REASONS I JUST GAVE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE'VE WE HAVE PASSED THREE NEW LAWS, AFTER A MORATORIUM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND GREAT FOR TOURISM AND A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD WORK BY A COMMITTEE OF VOLUNTEERS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLINA AND CHRISTIAN AND OTHERS, ON THE COUNCIL AND MUCH PRIVATE CONVERSATION AMONG COUNCIL MEMBERS ESSENTIALLY WRANGLING OVER POINTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND NOW, NUMEROUS PUBLIC SESSIONS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL THIS WORK AND FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUCCEEDING AND GETTING IN IN GETTING TO THE END AND HOPEFULLY BEING BEING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MORE PROTECTIVE WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ASPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT AND IN A WAY THAT I HOPE AT LEAST MOST RY RESIDENTS WILL.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THAT THIS CAROLYN AND BEN FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS ALL THE NIK EVERETT AND CHRISTIAN AND CHRISTIAN AND EVERYBODY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION I THINK THESE ARE REAL ACHIEVEMENTS AND AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THIS REALLY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS ARE IMPORTANT STEPS TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW THE CITY DEVELOPS AND GROWS, THE WAY THAT CITIZENS THINK IT SHOULD GROW AND NOT BE DICTATED BY DEVELOPERS AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND OUTSIDE PARTY SO WHILE I APPLAUD THE COUNCIL FOR FOR THESE LAWS, I THINK I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY GOOD FOR THE CITY OF RIGHT AND THEN, SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY, I AM REALLY PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS SO.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ME TO WELL, YES, SORRY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN I YOU KNOW, FOR FOUR YEARS I WAS ON THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THIS APPOINTMENT AND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE TALKED ABOUT THIS, BUT CAROLINA YOU PUSHED IT THROUGH, AND THIS IS FANTASTIC.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH SECOND OR SECOND ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND JUST SAY THAT, FOR THE PUBLIC.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THIS IS VERY RESPONSIVE TO MUCH OF WHAT WE'VE ALL HEARD.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: INEXPERIENCED HERE IT'S RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS ABOUT DENSITY AND OVER DEVELOPMENT OR THOUGHTLESS DEVELOPMENT AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE TAKING THESE MAJOR STEPS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE NOW TURN TO RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND AGAIN, OUR THREE MINUTE CONVENTION, PLEASE, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE GET ALL YOUR QUESTIONS OUT AND THEN ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL FEELS PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM, THEY MAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO COULD RAISE YOUR HAND.

KRISTEN WILSON: HANDS, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THEN WE WILL GO ON TO TRANSFER OF $180,000 FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE BUILDING AND VEHICLE FUND FOR TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES TO CITY HALL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THERE'S AN AMENDMENT OF A PRIOR AUTHORIZATION OF AN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 150,000 TO 160,000 AND BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO GREG I'LL JUST SAY THAT WHAT THIS IS IS UPGRADING OUR AUDIO VISUAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RECORDING AND TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE COUNCIL CHAMBER TO SOMETHING APPROXIMATING WHAT HAS BECOME TYPICAL IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND IT WILL ALSO ALSO INCLUDE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS IN LIGHTING THAT WILL GO.

[11. Adjourn until March 2, 2022 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.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAS TWO QUESTIONS REALLY QUICKLY AND MAYBE GREG WILL GET TO THIS, BUT ONE JUST CLARIFICATION OF THE ITEM WHICH IS TRANSFERRING $180,000 FOR AN AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED $160,000 SO I'M PRESUMING THERE'S JUST A QUESTION IN THERE AND CASES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOMETHING WHY WOULDN'T WE JUST DO 160 THAT'S ONE QUESTION AND THEN NUMBER TWO DOES THIS ALSO GIVE US SORT OF A HYBRID CAPABILITY FOR PEOPLE CALLING CALL YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO DO MEETINGS IN A HYBRID MANNER SO SOME PEOPLE CAN BE IN PERSON, SOME PEOPLE CAN HYBRID YES OKAY I'LL GO AHEAD GREG.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OKAY, SO THIS IS THIS IS BOTH AN UPDATE AND A CLARIFICATION OF SOME ACTION THAT THE CASTLE TOOK LAST YEAR.

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

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE RECEIVED THE SECOND SMALL PART OF THAT IN.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IN JANUARY, TOTALLY IN $180,000 THAT CURRENTLY RESIDES IN THE GENERAL FUND, WE ARE SIMPLY TRANSFERRING THAT HUNDRED $80,000 SETTLEMENT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: INTO BUILDING AND VEHICLE MAINTENANCE MOST OF THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE COUNCIL CHAMBER UPGRADES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER TECHNOLOGY UPGRADES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNDERTAKE BOTH AT CITY HALL AND OTHER PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND SO THERE IS THAT ADDITIONAL BUFFER THERE OF SAVE $20,000.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE SECOND ASPECT OF THIS IS THAT, WHEN WE GOT THE ORIGINAL QUOTES BACK LAST YEAR, WHEN YOU DID THE RESOLUTION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE AMOUNT WAS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WHERE THAT PRICING IS COMING IN NOW FOR ALL THE REASONS WE'RE ALL PAINFULLY AWARE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES TECHNOLOGY INCREASES IN COSTS, ETC.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE BELIEVE TODAY THAT WE CAN GET ALL THIS DONE FOR APPROXIMATELY $160,000 OR A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT, WE DO HAVE FINAL BIDS AND INFORMATION THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE.

[13. Old Business/New Business]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, ALL OF THIS, BUT YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT THAT TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, THERE WILL BE VIDEO SCREENS IN THE CHAMBERS, THAT WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW PRESENTATIONS AND THE LIKE, THERE WILL BE A.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ABILITY JULIE, TO YOUR QUESTION TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT HYBRID MEETINGS WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO ZOOM IN PRESENTERS OR THE PUBLIC OR SOMEONE ELSE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT WILL BE VIEWED BOTH BY YOU, ON THE DAY, YES, BUT ALSO BY VIEWERS, YOU KNOW, ON TV OR ON COMPUTER SCREENS.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND DO PRESENTATIONS THAT WILL BE VIEWED ON THE ON THE SCREENS THAT ARE THERE, BUT ALSO BY YOU, ON THE DAY, YES, AND IT WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY THE EXPERIENCE OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AT HOME, WHETHER THAT BE ON TV OR BY COMPUTER ACCESS SO.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW MY MY HOPE AND DESIRE, FIRST AND FOREMOST, IS THAT WE'RE ALL BACK IN PERSON.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW BY THE SUMMER AND, SECONDLY, THAT THIS ALL WILL BE COMPLETED AND THE UPGRADES WILL BE THERE, INCLUDING MICROPHONES THE LIGHTING AND THE LIKE, SO THAT THE EXPERIENCE BY PEOPLE IN PERSON REMOTE IS MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SAID, THANK YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION I LOVE ALL THAT STUFF.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROTOCOL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: ANSWER THEM IN HENDERSON.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCIL, WHAT SOUZA GUESS COUNCILMAN STACKS.

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

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE TO ADJOURN UNTIL MARCH 2 2020 TO THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LOCAL LAW CHAPTER 122 LANDSCAPERS AND LEAF BLOWERS, AND I WILL WE ARE PUTTING THAT OFF BECAUSE FRANKLY ERROR, ATTENTION HAS GONE INTO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE THREE LAWS THAT WERE PASSED THIS EVENING THERE WAS AN APPROPRIATE REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC TO BE COMING OUT WITH A NEW DRAFT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF THE LEAF BLOWER LAW BEFORE WE ADD ANOTHER PUBLIC SESSION ON IT, WE WILL ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT, I HOPE WE WILL NOT HAVE TO ADJOURN AGAIN BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW QUICKLY WE CAN MOVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MOTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TRACKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE COME TO APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND SO TO THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE COMMISSION I'M SORRY INGRAM TAYLOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RECREATION COMMISSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WEIRD WE'RE RENEWING BART TO NARDO LISA DEMPSEY RICK MCCABE AND SHELLY WILSON, AND WE THANK THEM FOR GOING AROUND AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR THANKS TO STEVE A RELAY WHO'S EXITING FOR HIS PAST WORK AND NEW TO THE COMMISSION IS TOM WALSH AND I SAW CAROLYN AS I WAS LOOKING AT OUR RICK COMMISSION INFORMATION THAT ARE STAGGERING OF TERMS IS OFF WE'VE GOT TOO MANY PEOPLE BUNCHED UP AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FRANCIS INSTANCE, THIS YEAR, SO INSTEAD OF THREE YEAR RENEWALS WILL TRY TO START SORTING THINGS OUT BY ARBITRARILY GIVING BART AND LISA SINCE THEY'RE THE FIRST TWO NAMES I CAME TO A TWO YEAR TERMS, INSTEAD OF THREE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAN, I HAVE NOT.

NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS ME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE QUICK THING I JUST WANT TO THANK TONY COAL ASH AND LIZARDS BEFORE HIM AND WITH HIM FOR SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TONY HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM THAT RULE AND BRIAN JACKSON IS IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TAKING ON THE TASK AND IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS LIZ TONY BRIAN AS A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OTHERS ON THAT AND HAVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORKED SO HARD TO KEEP OUR DOWNTOWN FLOW AND HAVE WORKED REALLY COOPERATIVELY WITH US AS A COUNCIL AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND FOR ALL THEY'VE DONE FOR OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT, SO MY SPECIAL THANKS TO TONY COACH WHO LITERALLY I WOULD SEE HIM IN TOWN PICKING UP TRASH AND CHECKING IN WITH MERCHANTS, AND SO HE HE IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A VERY GOOD MAN, IN ADDITION TO BEING A VERY CAPABLE AND AND STRONG LEADER OF THE CHAMBER, SO THANK YOU TO HIM AND BEST OF LUCK TO BRIAN I KNOW HE'LL HE'LL DO GREAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND TONY HE'S ALSO A CRACKERJACK VIDEOGRAPHER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AIRING AND, YES, I CAN'T IMAGINE MORE DIFFICULT CHAMBER CIRCUMSTANCES.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STANCES OF THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND, AND TO TO ALL THREE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTED AS CHAIR REALLY MY MY GREAT FACTS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M A COMMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TWITTER AND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND, LIKE WHAT'S THE MOTION.

OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY TO EVERYONE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT GOOD.

NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.