Mar 16, 2022 City Council

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HELLO.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT DOES IT IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS THIS SHOULD WE JUST MAKE A MOTION AND GO IN, I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO GO.

[1. Roll Call.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, I THINK SO.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH SO WELCOME TO THE, I GUESS, WE CAN JUST DO IT RIGHT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE MARCH 16 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE WILL RETURN HOPEFULLY BY 630 WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

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

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AWESOME YOU GUYS OVER THERE, SEE.

WELL.

[3. Post Ida Storm Update.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, WELL, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL VIA ZOOM CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY MARCH 16 2022.

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

[4. Commissioner Kopy Briefing on Recent Car Accident.]

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

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

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

HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STATS.

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

HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE DRAFT UNAPPROVED MINUTES TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD MARCH 2.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I HAVE NOT RECEIVED COMMENTS.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: POST DATA STORM UPDATE ALL I HAVE AT THIS MEETING IS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WAS INFORMED BY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: STATE SENATOR SHELLEY MAYOR AND ASSEMBLYMAN OTIS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE ADMINISTRATION OF PURCHASE COLLEGE IS OPEN TO DISCUSSION WITH US, OF AN IMPOUNDMENT ON PURCHASE COLLEGE PROPERTY OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO COMMITMENT THERE, BUT THERE IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A WILLINGNESS TO LOOK INTO IT WITH US AND AND DISCUSS WHICH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE CITY WAS TURNED AWAY YEARS AGO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH WITH WITHOUT DISCUSSION, SO THIS IS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SHARE JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK MENTIONS, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, RAMBLE WAS ENGAGED BY THE CITY TO WORK ON THE WATERSHED STUDY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THREE WEEKS AGO I GUESS IT'S BEEN NOW MAYBE FOUR THEY HAD THE KEY STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WITH FOUR DIFFERENT CONSTITUENCIES OVER THE LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE BEEN DOING SITE VISITS TO VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THE AREA I THINK THEY'VE IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY 24 POTENTIAL PROJECTS, SOME OF THOSE HAVE BEEN STUDIED IN THE PAST, SOME HAVE NOT BEEN OR SOME OF SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, SO THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE, IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS THIS WEEK.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I EXPECTED THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A STATUS UPDATE MEETING TODAY THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, WE RAN INTO SOME CONFLICTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WILL HAPPEN IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, SO I WOULD EXPECT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE CAN HAVE A MORE THOROUGH UPDATE OF KIND OF WHERE THEY STAND WITH THEIR WORK.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT I'M TOLD THAT THEY ARE STILL ON TASK AND ON TIME WITH THEM EXPECTED KIND OF CONCLUSIONS AND SOME REPORTS, YOU KNOW, OVER THE NEXT 30 TO 60 DAYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M HOPING WE HAVE COMMISSIONER KOFI WITH US AND CAN MAKE HIM A PANELIST THERE WAS A RECENT CAR WE CALL IT ON OUR HITCH ON OUR AGENDA SHEET ACCIDENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT IT WAS A CHASE AND A CRASH, AND IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD ALL BE AWARE OF AND AND CONSIDER, AND SO, COMMISSIONER COPIA HAS KINDLY JOINED US TONIGHT WELCOME COMMISSIONER AND WILL TELL US WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER.

MAK: THANK YOU MAYOR AND I JUST APOLOGIZE, AS I WAS BEING ADDED AS A PANELIST WHO ARE MISSED THE LAST PORTION OF YOUR COMMENTS, SO I BELIEVE THAT YOU WANT TO BE TO PROVIDE YOU AN OVERVIEW WITH THE SITUATION.

MAK: YES, OKAY, SO WE HAD AN OFFICER WHO WAS ON PATROL FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING HE OBSERVED A VEHICLE AND.

MAK: HE NOTED THAT THERE WILL BE TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS HE INITIATED A TRAFFIC STOP AND THE SUBJECT ATTEMPTED TO FLEE APPREHENSION.

MAK: THE SUBJECT PROCEEDED TO THE INTERSECTION OF PURCHASE AND THEODORE FRIEND, WHERE THE.

MAK: LOST CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE IT WAS OCCUPIED BY A HIMSELF AND FIVE OTHERS AND THE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE BUILDING AT THAT INTERSECTION.

MAK: FORTUNATELY, THERE WERE NO SERIOUS INJURIES THAT SUBJECT WAS APPREHENDED AND BROUGHT TO THE STATION WHERE HE WAS PROCESSED AND.

MAK: LATER, CHARGED WITH A FELONY RELATED TO THE NUMBER OF SUBJECTS WHO ARE IN THE VEHICLE WHO WERE POTENTIALLY.

MAK: SUBJECT TO VERY SERIOUS INJURY, I WOULD JUST ASK THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL OF YOU COULD ALLOW ME TO LEAVE THE CASE OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS STILL PENDING INVESTIGATION AND ENDING A CRIMINAL MATTER THAT WOULD YOU KNOW SUBJECT OF SOUL TO POTENTIAL TESTIFY LETTER ASKING TO GET HOLD ON THAT.

MAK: I COULD ALSO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR POLICY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED, NOT AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT, BUT.

MAK: AS A RESULT OF ACTIVE THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEGUN A PROCESSOR VIEWING ALL POLICIES, NOT JUST.

MAK: BOOTS ON ENSURE THAT THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH TODAY'S LAWS AND BEST PRACTICES, TODAY, SO I EXPECT THAT YOU WILL HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU WITHIN NEXT TWO THREE WEEKS, WE ARE ON THE PROCESS REVIEWING ALL OF THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY UM CAN YOU JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THE PROOF WHERE WHERE THE SUSPECT IS IS NOW THAT HE WAS CHARGED WITH A FELONY DOES THAT MEAN THAT HE IS THE DUTY OF HAVE TO POST BAIL WAS HE INCARCERATED WAS HE WHAT.

MAK: HE WAS HE WAS NOT INCARCERATED HE WAS RELEASED, HE WAS.

MAK: ARRAIGNED WITH THE VIDEO OR RAYMOND SYSTEM THAT'S IN PLACE IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY NOW HE WAS ARRAIGNED IN THE PRESENCE OF ITS PARENTS WITH HIS PARENTS ACTUALLY IN THE POLICE STATION AND HE WAS RELEASED FOR REAPPEARANCE AT A LATER DATE.

[5. Set a public hearing for April 6, 2022 adopting a six-month moratorium in the City of Rye temporarily limiting the approval of any new mechanical rock removal, drilling or boring application to fifteen (15) calendar days and prohibiting the review, processing or approval of any blasting applications for the duration of this moratorium.]

MAK: HE IS NOT A MINOR NO SIR.

MAK: VERY COMMON, THIS IS IT, IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY TO BE RELEASED, THIS WAS NOT A ALMOST A SIGNIFICANT FELONY, BUT IT IS A LOWER LEVEL FELONY AND IT IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR SOMEBODY TO BE RELEASED.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO SO THERE'S A POLICE STOP AND THE PERSON DOESN'T STOP AND THEN THERE'S A POLICE CHASE AND THERE'S A CRASH AND PEOPLE COULD HAVE BEEN HURT BADLY AND THE SUBJECT THERE'S NO BELL HE JUST GETS RELEASED.

MAK: A YES THAT'S.

MAK: MY EXPERIENCE THAT IT IS NOT UNUSUAL AND CERTAINLY NOW WITH THE CHANGES IN THE BAIL IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MORE COMMON.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DOES THAT BECAUSE OF THE NEW NO BAIL LAW OR.

MAK: I DON'T WANT TO COMMENT, IT WAS BECAUSE OF KNOW PALE AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING PROBABLY THAT ARE ANSWERED BY THE BY THE JUDGE.

MAK: THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR MAYOR, I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE NET THE KICKOFF FOR THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WILL HAPPEN ON.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WEDNESDAY MARCH 30TH AT 630 VIA ZOOM IN CASE ANYBODY'S INTERESTED IN THESE TOPICS AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THE POLICE, COMMISSIONER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I START I JUST QUICK QUESTION UM I DID DRIVE BY THERE AFTERWARDS IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS MAYBE SOME DAMAGE TO THE FACADE BUT NOT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE CAR GOT THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORST PART OF THIS, THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE BUILDINGS OR ANYTHING WAS THERE.

MAK: IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT THERE WAS STRUCTURAL IMAGE, I BELIEVE, BUILDING ARM WAS OUT THERE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY WOULD BE THE FINAL DETERMINING WHAT NEEDED TO BE CORRECTED IT, IT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORKS AS AS CAN ANY PURSUIT.

MAK: YOU KNOW, BUT THIS CERTAINLY THIS, I WILL SAY THIS, THIS WAS A, YOU KNOW AS NO RESULT OF ANY MEMBER OF THE RIOT POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT DIRECT RESULT OF INDIVIDUAL WHO FAILED STORY OF LAW AND PULL OVER, AND THIS COULD HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED ENTIRELY SOFT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER KOFI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS FOR JOINING US, COMMISSIONER.

MAK: NO PROBLEM, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE MEETING TO WHEN I WOULD.

MAK: YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS THERE'S NO NEED TO WAIT FOR MEETING I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE DURING THE DAY, AND IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO SET UP AN APPOINTMENT TO DISCUSS THIS OR ANY PUBLIC SAFETY MATTER I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE MOVE TO SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 6 2022.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADOPTING A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF RYE TEMPORARILY LIMITING THE APPROVAL OF ANY NEW MECHANICAL ROCK REMOVAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DRILLING OR BORING APPLICATION TO 15 CALENDAR DAYS AND PROHIBITING THE REVIEW PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF ANY BLASTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE DURATION OF THIS MORATORIUM AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.

[6. Authorization to fund $240,000 in engineering consulting services for the design of the Forest Avenue Pedestrian Improvement Project.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE BURDEN THAT OUR PRESIDENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROCK GREG YOU ROCK REMOVAL REGULATIONS AND BLASTING REGULATIONS PERMIT A BUILDER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO PLACE ON THE NEIGHBORS OF THE BUILDING SITE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND UP PURPOSE OF MORATORIUM IS TO GIVE US A LITTLE WINDOW OF TIME IN WHICH TO RECONSIDER OUR REGULATIONS AND COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK THAT OUR REGULATIONS ARE APPROPRIATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO SET PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

A SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR MAYOR.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST NOTICED THERE'S.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 48 ATTENDEES AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE NOT HAVE GOTTEN NOTICED THAT WE HAD CHANGED THE AGENDA AND MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T HANGING ON THE PHONE OR ON THEIR COMPUTER.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHO DON'T WANT TO ATTEND ALL MEETING.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NUMEROUS COMMENTS THAT WE WERE RECEIVING DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY, AND THE GREAT INTEREST THAT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE IN THAT TOPIC, BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I, FOR ONE DID NOT HAVE TIME THE COURSE OF THE DAY, TO KEEP UP WITH ALL THE READING AND WILL BENEFIT BY HAVING TIME TO DO THAT IN ADVANCE TO THE NEXT MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT WE GO TO SHOE AUTHORIZATION TO FUND A 240,000 IN ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF THE FOREST AVENUE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THIS PROJECT, OF COURSE, IS FUNDAMENTALLY THE LONG PLANNED WALKWAY ALONG FOREST AVENUE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH IS IN SUBSTANTIAL PART GRANTS SUPPORTED AND GREG I'M GOING TO TURN TO YOU, PLEASE, TO EXPLAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES THAT WE WOULD BE ACQUIRING WITH THIS 240,000.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU SO AS A REMINDER AT THE SEP TEMBER 18TH 2019 COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED MOVING AHEAD ARE ACCEPTING THE GRANT FOR THE FOREST AVENUE SIDEWALKS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE THE WAY THE GRAMMAR STRUCTURE, THIS IS THE STATE OF NEW YORK DO T.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IT IS 80% REIMBURSE CIVIL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE FIRST FEW STEPS IN THIS PROCESS, OR ONE TO HAVE SELECTED A CONSULTANT OR A DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THE DESIGN OF THE OF THE SIDEWALK.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT'S THE STAGE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW THE THE THE $240,000 WOULD TAKE THE PROJECT BASICALLY FROM A.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ORIGINAL SCOPE THROUGH BEEN DOCUMENTS SO IT'S IT REALLY IS TAKES US THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT STEPS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE.

[7. Curbside Food Scrap Recycling Program discussion (Part 1 of 2)]

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, IT IS 80% REIMBURSES WILL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS STUDY OR THIS WORK DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE CITY TO ACTUALLY FINISH THE SIDEWALK, BUT IT IS REQUIRED FOR US IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THIS TO A BIT DOCUMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IT IS REIMBURSED TO THE TO 80% BUT ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT WE ACTUALLY MOVE AHEAD WITH THE SIDEWALK SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S YOU KNOW EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON THIS, THE ORIGINAL RESOLUTION AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: DID AUTHORIZE THE EXPENDITURE OF MONIES, BUT SINCE IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND, SINCE THIS IS A LARGE AMOUNT, I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE SPEND THE MONEY AND ENGAGE THE CONSULTANT THAT THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT EXPENDITURE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE SCOPE OF SERVICES INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO THE THE RESOLUTION AND I'LL LET KRISTEN STEP IN HERE IF SHE UNLESS THERE'S QUESTIONS, BUT WOULD BE AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF $240,000 FROM THE CAP X RESERVED FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE OF THE OF THE PLANNING AND THE SCOPE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU HAVE A RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AMEND IT BRIEFLY, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU, YOU MOVE IT AND THE RESERVOIR THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE TO AUTHORIZE TO FUND $240,000 TO PAY CREATING MANNING FROM THE CAT BACKS FUND.

[13. Adjourn until April 20, 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: MAKE THAT MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE A SECOND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I CAN CRY THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

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

[11. Consideration of a request from Rye Sustainability Committee to co-host a Compost Give Back Day on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 7 am – 2 pm at the Rye Town Park parking lot at a cost to the City not to exceed $1500. Rye residents may collect free compost with their own shovel and container to coincide with spring planting]

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

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

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

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY WELL IT'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S GOOD TO SEE PROGRESS IN THAT BAD, OF COURSE, WAS SOMETHING THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN IN PROCESS NOW FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CLOSE TO FIVE YEARS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE GO TO CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM DISCUSSION AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE WE BEGIN, I JUST LIKE TO UNDERSCORE THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON CURBSIDE, THAT IS, SOME TIME AGO THEY COUNCIL DETERMINED THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUBJECT ESSENTIALLY TO THE COUNTY CONTINUING ITS EFFORTS TO BETTER OUR FOOD SCRAP DISPOSAL MECHANISMS THAT THE CITY WOULD WOULD WOULD CERTAINLY CONTINUE THE DROP OFF PROGRAM AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE COUNTY IN ITS EFFORTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO WE WILL FOCUS ON CURBSIDE AND I I'D LIKE TO OPEN, I SUSPECT THAT THERE ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MANY PEOPLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUEUED UP WHO WOULD LIKE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SPEAK TO US ABOUT THIS AND I LIKE TO OPEN WITH AN AND HEAR WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY BEFORE HEARING WHAT THE COUNCIL IS THINKING.

[12. Resolution expressing the City’s support for Rye Sustainability Committee’s (RSC) campaign seeking to earn credit for the Community Campaigns High-Impact Action under NYSERDA’s Clean Energy Communities Program, specifically Clean Heating and Cooling and Energy Efficiency]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE YOU THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CREW CREW CREW CREW.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, I'M JUST TRYING TO SET UP THE.

KRISTEN WILSON: CLOCK, SO I NEED TO 30 SECONDS, GIVE ME A MINUTE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO TAKE YOU TAKE TAKE YOU TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE PULL SOMETHING UP IN THE AGENDA, SOME OF THESE LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THINGS NEAR THE END OF THAT MIGHT BE QUICK, IF WE REALLY NEED A MINUTE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE WE CAN GET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN ADJOURN UNTIL APRIL 20 YES, THE PUBLIC HEARING TO CREATE A NEW LEAF BLOWER LAW.

[7. Curbside Food Scrap Recycling Program discussion. (Part 2 of 2)]

YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH ME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO ONE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY THAT'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S WHEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE TWO REQUESTS FROM SUSTAINABILITY ONE TO CO HOST A COMPOST GIVE BACK AND THERE'S A COST TO THE CITY OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: 1500 DOLLARS AND THERE'S RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THE RICE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEES CAMPAIGN SEEKING TO EARN CREDIT FOR THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS HIGH IMPACT ACTION UNDER DINNER NICE SERVICE CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AND SO THAT RESOLUTION IS IS IN OUR PACKET AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE NEED A ROLL CALL ON 11 BECAUSE THERE'S FUNDS INVOLVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH I'M AFRAID WE DO SO, WE HAVE TO BREAK THEM UP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY HAVE MOST MAY HAVE EMOTION ON 11.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ME COMMOTION WELL MOST OF YOU, THE 11TH THE MONEY SO 12 IS THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH I WAS GOING TO DO WITH 11 FIRST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SECOND.

SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SORRY.

YOU'RE ON MUTE BELLEVUE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY, YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: 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.

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

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

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YES, I'M REAL FAST I DON'T KNOW THERE'S TWO PEOPLE WITH HANDS RAISED, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE FREE I'M THINKING ABOUT FOOD SCRAPS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVER RAISED FOR FOOD SCRAPS AND WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR KRISTEN TO GET DONE, AND THEN WE WERE GONNA.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SAY SOMETHING FROM SUSTAINABILITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THEN THERE'S OUR OTHER RESOLUTION REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGNS HIGH IMPACT ACTION CLEAN ENERGY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM I MAY HAVE A MOTION.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WILL THEY BE DOING A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT FOR US.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE IF THEY WERE PLANNING TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE TIME IT TOOK TO FIX THE CLOCK, WE HAVE THREE THINGS OFF THE AGENDA, I LOVE IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL LET'S BACK UP AND WE'RE GOING TO START THE CURBSIDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DISCUSSION, AND WE HAVE HANDS RAISED SO KRISTEN IF YOU WOULD WELL WELCOME THEM IN.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND WE HAVE DAVID.

KRISTEN WILSON: HI DAVID, YOU MUST HAVE AN OLDER VERSION OF ZOOM SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE PROMOTED TO A PANELIST SO IF YOUR CAMERA IS ON WILL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYBODY KNOWS, TO KEEP THEIR NAME AND THEIR ADDRESS AND THE CLOCK BEHIND KRISTIN YEAH.

KRISTEN WILSON: HEY DAVID EUROPE OH.

DAVID SICA: HELLO HELLO EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AN ANALOGY, MAY I REALLY APPRECIATE IT EVERYONE, MY NAME IS DAVID SECRET I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT.

DAVID SICA: HERE, JUST OVER 20 YEARS FAMILY'S BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES OPERATIONS FOR WEST MED MEDICAL GROUP.

DAVID SICA: JUST WANTED TO SPEAK REAL QUICK WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM AT WEST MED A COUPLE YEARS AGO, IT TOOK OFF, AND IT HAS ADDED UP LIKE CRAZY IT'S IT'S REDUCED OUR OUR TRASH TRAIN, WE HAVE.

DAVID SICA: PUT INTO THE THE RECYCLING SYSTEM.

DAVID SICA: SO MUCH COMPOST AND WE'VE HAD IT TURNED INTO MULCH WHICH WE PURCHASED IT PURCHASED AND HAS HAVE REUSED AT OUR FACILITIES OVER 200 YARDS TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS OF OF MULCHING.

DAVID SICA: IT'S WORKED OUT SO WELL FOR US, I JUST URGE EVERYONE TO TO PROMOTE THE PROGRAM KEEP THE PROGRAM, IF POSSIBLE, LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF REDUCING THE TRASH TRADE.

DAVID SICA: YOU KNOW I I'VE BEEN BEFORE I AM ON THE LIST, AND MY FAMILY PUTS AS MUCH TO IT, AS WE CAN, BEFORE THAT WE WOULD YOU KNOW DROP OFF AND THOSE BINS WERE FULL MANY, MANY TIMES, WE ALSO TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE MULCH THAT THE PROGRAM ALLOWED US TO HAVE THAT WENT IN LIKE A DAY OR TWO.

DAVID SICA: AGAIN I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE THE PICKUPS IT'S SUCH A GREAT CONVENIENCE, I REALLY WOULD URGE EVERYONE TO LOOK AT THE BENEFITS.

DAVID SICA: TO REDUCE THAT TRASH DRAIN BECAUSE I SEE IT IN MY HOUSE AND IT'S LESS GARBAGE BAGS.

DAVID SICA: FULL HOUSE WITH LOTS OF WITH KIDS AND PETS AND I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HOW IT ADDS UP IF IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TRIED IT, I THINK YOU REALLY WOULD AGREE.

DAVID SICA: I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU KNOW FOR PEOPLE WITH MOBILITY ISSUES I HAD SOME.

DAVID SICA: SERIOUS SURGERY HAD TO MISS A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT OUT, BUT THERE'S NO WAY I COULD HAVE GOT IT OVER TO THE.

DAVID SICA: RECYCLING CENTER, SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL AND IMPORTANT TO ME.

DAVID SICA: AND ALSO, YOU KNOW NOT HAVING ALL THESE BIG SUVS AND TRUCKS GOING UP PERSONAL VEHICLES GOING OVER THERE ALL THE TIME IT'S DEFINITELY.

DAVID SICA: I THINK WE COULD REALLY SHINE AS AS A CITY IN PROMOTING THIS MAKING THE SUSTAINABILITY CIRCLE COMPLETING IT BY BY PRODUCING MULCH.

DAVID SICA: OUT OF THIS COMPOST I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP YOU KNOW ANY MORE TOO MUCH TIME I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS HERE OR OFFLINE AGAIN.

DAVID SICA: I RUN ALL THE FACILITIES FOR ALL THE WEST MEDS INCLUDING CO WROTE IT RIGHT AND AGAIN IT'S JUST BEEN A FANTASTIC PROGRAM.

DAVID SICA: AND SO I DO URGE EVERYONE IF WE COULD PLEASE LOOK TO TO PROMOTE IT AND AND KEEP IT AND JUST BE COMPLETE THE SUSTAINABILITY FOR US IN OUR KIDS GENERATIONS COMING FORWARD.

DAVID SICA: I THINK IT'S REALLY SOMETHING WE GOT TO LOOK AT LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, AND NOT JUST YOU KNOW THE NEXT QUARTER AND THIS NEXT YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT A LONG TERM.

DAVID SICA: FIX FOR IT, I THINK WE REALLY GET A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK, SO THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME, AND PLEASE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, I DO APPRECIATE IT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

DAVID SICA: OKAY WELCOME.

KRISTEN WILSON: JUDY LINTON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME TODAY.

JUDI LINTON: THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING THERE CONE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

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JUDI LINTON: THE REASON WE'VE ADJUSTED OUR LIFESTYLE IN RESPONSE TO THE URGENCY OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NAME TO ACT NOW.

JUDI LINTON: TO REDUCE OUR SOLID WASTE OR MINIMUM WE TRY TO REDUCE BRINGING ANY PACKAGING AND THE HOUSE RECYCLING EVERYTHING WE CAN USE DIVERTING ALL OUR FOOD SCRAPS INCLUDING MEAT AND FISH WASTE FLOWERS COFFEE GRINDS.

JUDI LINTON: PAPER TOWELS ETC FROM OUR TRASH AND THANKFULLY WE'RE ONE OF THE LUCKY FEW WITH CURBSIDE FOOD SQUARE COLLECTION.

JUDI LINTON: WE BELIEVE THAT RIGHT RESIDENTS HAVE BOTH THE UNDERSTANDING AND THE WHEEL FOR TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE CRITICAL, YET MODEST ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR LIFESTYLE.

JUDI LINTON: ALMOST MORE IMPORTANT BY EMPHASIZING AND PRIORITIZING NICE MEASURES PARENTS CAN ECHO THE EPA BY TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN TO REDUCE REUSE AND RECYCLE.

JUDI LINTON: DIVERTING ALL OF RICE FOOD SCRAPS WHICH COMPRISE 22% OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE WOULD GREATLY REDUCED THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY INCINERATED GENERATING AIR POLLUTION.

JUDI LINTON: FURTHERMORE, WE UNDERSTAND USUAL WESTCHESTER COUNTIES FOOD WASTE WARNING SUBSIDY, THE CITY OF RICE HAULING COSTS ARE THREE TIMES LOWER WHEN FOOD SCRAPS OF COURSE SEPARATELY FROM SOLID WASTE.

JUDI LINTON: WHEN FOOD SCRAPS OF SEPARATED THE COST IS $10 A TON VERSUS $29 AND 98 CENTS AT TOM WHEN COMMINGLED WITH TRASH.

JUDI LINTON: IN ORDER FOR ALL RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE, INCLUDING APARTMENTS AND CONDOS WELLS, WHO WERE EXCLUDED FROM CURBSIDE COLLECTION, THE CITY MUST ACT TO ME FOOD SCRAPS RECYCLING MORE ACCESSIBLE.

JUDI LINTON: INDIVIDUAL CONDOS DROPPING OFF SCRIPT THAT DOES BRO PRECLUDES MANY RESIDENTS AND IT'S NOT THE ANSWER CURBSIDE COLLECTION FOR ALL IS.

JUDI LINTON: RIGHT CHILDREN ALREADY LEARNED SEPARATE THEIR FOOD SCRAPS AT SCHOOL SHOULDN'T THE LESSON CONTINUE AT HOME.

JUDI LINTON: AS PRIMARY RESIDENCE OUR TRASH YARD WASTE ALL WASTE PLASTIC, GLASS ALUMINUM PAPER ETC IS COLLECTED, SO WHY NOT FOOD WASTE.

JUDI LINTON: MANY CITIES WORLDWIDE PROVIDE AN COLLECTION OF FOOD SCRAPS, SO WHY NOT RIGHT RIGHT SHOULD BE A LEADING EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY THAT CARES ENOUGH ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT TO PRIORITIZE FOOD SCRIPTS RECYCLING, IT SEEMS SELF EVIDENT THAT INCREASE.

JUDI LINTON: MAN I JUST FINISHED VERY QUICKLY AND JUST SAY THAT THERE'S A HUGE AND GROWING COST CURRENT AND FUTURE EVENTS SO.

JUDI LINTON: IF WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO EVERYTHING NOW WE CAN TO REDUCE THE IMPACT WE ALL HAVE ON CLIMATE CHANGE IT'S NOT JUST THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF.

JUDI LINTON: OF CURBSIDE PICKUP OF FOOD SCRAPS NOT ALL COSTS CAN BE MEASURED IN DOLLARS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: THROUGH T.

DREW T: HI, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME ON THE CALL MY NAME IS DREW CHEDDAR I LIVE AT NINE CORNELL PLACE MY WIFE AND I JUST MOVED TO RYE LAST SUMMER.

DREW T: I WAS VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIVE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND EVEN MORE EXCITED THAT THERE WAS A FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM AS I SPENT A YEAR INTERNING AT THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND IN DC DURING GRAD SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY ON THEIR ON THEIR FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING INITIATIVES.

DREW T: I THINK CONTINUING THE CURBSIDE PICKUP PROGRAM WOULD BE A HUGE BOON TO HAVING OTHER RIGHT RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO USE THE.

DREW T: FIRST CUP RECYCLING PROGRAM AS ONE OF THE STUDIES THAT WE DID IT W WF INVOLVES.

DREW T: HOTELS, WHEN WE FOUND THAT COMPLIANCE OF SEPARATING FOOD SCRAPS AND ACTUALLY GOING THROUGH COMPOSTING CYCLE CORRECTLY WAS HIGHEST WHEN WE HAD.

DREW T: BOOTSTRAP RECYCLING BINS VERY PREVALENT AND HIGHLY LABELED IN HOTEL RESTAURANTS AND A FAVOR ROOMS SIMILARLY WITH SCHOOL.

DREW T: PILOTS THE CHILDREN WERE DOING MUCH BETTER WHEN THERE WAS VERY EASY CONVENIENT AND HIGHLY LABELED PLACES TO RECYCLE YOUR FOOD SCRAPS.

DREW T: AND HAVING PICKUP, AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED IS MUCH MORE CONVENIENT, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE MOBILITY ISSUES IN TERMS OF GETTING TO DESBOROUGH AND BEING ABLE TO DROP OFF.

DREW T: MY PROPERTY IS NOT THAT FAR SO IT'S PRETTY EASY FOR ME TO GO ON A NICE LONG WALK AND DROP THINGS BUT IT'S NOT CLOSE FOR EVERYONE, AND I THINK THAT HAVING CURBSIDE PICKUP NOT JUST CONTINUE, BUT HOPEFULLY EXPANDED WOULD BE A HUGE BOON TO THE PROGRAM THANK YOU.

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KRISTEN WILSON: LAURA IVERSON.

LAURA IVERSON: OKAY, CAN YOU HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME LAURA IVERSON: HELLO, AGAIN, MY NAME IS LAURA I EVER SEND MY FAMILY OF FOUR I HAVE 14 YEAR OLD SON AND DAUGHTER MOVED TO WRITE ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.

LAURA IVERSON: WE LIVE OVER IN MILTON POINT AND MY FAMILY WAITED FOR TWO YEARS UNTIL APRIL OF 2021 ON THE WAITLIST FOR CURBSIDE COLLECTION OF FOOD SCRAPS AND RYE.

LAURA IVERSON: DURING THIS TIME WE DROPPED OUR FOOD SCRAPS USUALLY WEEKLY AT THIS BRO WHICH HAS BEEN A VERY WELL RUN COLLECTION SITE, SINCE IT WAS CREATED, DESPITE LESS THAN PERFECT PERFECT USAGE, AT TIMES, MOST NOTABLY WITH JACK O' LANTERN DISPOSAL AT HALLOWEEN.

LAURA IVERSON: MY MESSAGE TODAY REGARDING THE FUTURE OF THE FOOD SCRAPS PROGRAM AND WHY IS THAT WE SHOULD, BY ALL MEANS CONTINUE TO PROGRAM AND EXPAND CURBSIDE COLLECTION TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS INTERESTED.

LAURA IVERSON: THERE'S SO MANY GLOBAL PROBLEMS TODAY THAT WE, IN OUR CHILDREN SO POWERLESS TO CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE, POLITICAL INSTABILITY, THE PANDEMIC.

LAURA IVERSON: THESE THINGS, MAKE US AND OUR CHILDREN, IN PARTICULAR, AFRAID AND STRESSED INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS AND RIDE CANNOT SOLVE THE WAR IN UKRAINE, BUT WE CAN SEND SUPPLIES AND FUNDS WITH OUR CHILDREN.

LAURA IVERSON: WE CAN END THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE CAN PRACTICE REGULAR WEEKLY HABITS, WITH OUR FAMILIES THAT KEEP US SAFER.

LAURA IVERSON: SIMILARLY, IN THE SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE OREGON'S CLIMATE CHANGE OUR DAILY HABITS OF RECYCLING, ENERGY CONSERVATION A WASTE REDUCTION, MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

LAURA IVERSON: THE FDA ESTIMATES ONE POUND OF FOOD WASTE PER AMERICAN PER DAY, THAT MEANS THAT RIGHT PRODUCES 15,000 POUNDS OF FOOD WASTE PER DAY AND 5.5 MILLION POUNDS PER YEAR.

LAURA IVERSON: THIS IS AN AMOUNT WORTH ADDRESSING TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, AND NO DOUBT OUR EFFORTS WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE, WITH WIDELY AVAILABLE CURBSIDE COLLECTION.

LAURA IVERSON: IN ADDITION TO THE DROP OFF OPTION WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND PARTICULARLY TO OUR CHILDREN THAT WHY RIAZ WILLING AND DEDICATED TO MOVE FORWARD.

LAURA IVERSON: NOT BACKWARD ON THIS ISSUE TO MORE CURBSIDE COLLECTION, NOT LESS, THINK OF THE MESSAGE THAT GREEN BINS AND EVERY DRIVEWAY WILL SPEND REGARDING OUR PRIORITIES THIS, IN TURN, WILL ENCOURAGE OUR HABIT, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: SOO DREW AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME SUE.

SUE DROUIN: HI EVERYBODY I'M SUE DREW AND 57 MOREHEAD DRIVE I'M A SUBSCRIBER TO THE CURBSIDE COLLECTION PROGRAM.

SUE DROUIN: AND I'M CALLING IN TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THE PROGRAM IT'S BEEN A REALLY WONDERFUL PROGRAM TO HAVE OUR FAMILY TO BE A PART OF.

SUE DROUIN: AND IT'S REALLY OPENED OUR MINDS TO WHAT GOES INTO FOOD PRODUCTION AND OUR EATING HABITS AND EVEN PACKAGING AND AS MORE RESONANCE SEEK TO DIVERT FOOD WAYS FROM INCINERATION.

SUE DROUIN: TRASH COLLECTION SHOULD BE REDUCED TO ONCE A WEEK MY FAMILY OF FIVE AND SEVERAL PATHS NOW ONLY USES THIS CONVENTIONAL TRASH COLLECTION ONCE A WEEK ANYWAY.

SUE DROUIN: THE INCINERATOR.

SUE DROUIN: DIRTY ENERGY INDUSTRY HAS TOUTED SO CALLED WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITIES BUT CLAIMS THAT THESE FACILITIES ARE PART OF A CLEAN ENERGY STRATEGY ARE FALSE.

SUE DROUIN: A STUDY BY THE BOSTON COLLEGE LAW REVIEW ON DIRTY ENERGY DISCUSSES IN DETAIL THE WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE GREATER BALTIMORE INCINERATOR.

SUE DROUIN: WHICH HAS BEEN AN OPERATION SINCE 1985 AND IT'S STILL THE CITY'S GREATEST SINGLE SOURCE OF AIR POLLUTION IN 2014 THIS INCINERATOR WAS THE SOURCE OF 82% OF THE CITY'S SULFUR DIOXIDE POLLUTION AND 64% OF THE NITROGEN OXIDE.

SUE DROUIN: TODAY IT RELEASES AROUND 120 POUNDS OF LEAD 99 TONS OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID 60 POUNDS OF MERCURY AND TWO TONS OF FORMALDEHYDE IN A YEAR.

SUE DROUIN: COMPARED TO THE STATE AVERAGE, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM LUNG CANCER OR TWICE AS HIGH AND THE LIFE EXPECTANCY IS 10 YEARS LOWER FOR THOSE WHO LIVE NEAR THEIR FACILITY.

SUE DROUIN: AMONG OTHER CONCLUSIONS IT STATES WASTE TO ENERGY CANNOT COEXIST WITH ACTUAL SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES LIKE RECYCLING COMPOSTING OR ZERO WASTE.

SUE DROUIN: AND I HOPE YOU AGREE, I AM GRATEFUL TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AND I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER MY REQUEST TO PRESERVE AND EXPAND FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

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

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EMILY: HI THIS IS EMILY POWERS, I LIVE AT 23 COOLIDGE AVENUE AND I'VE BEEN DOING THE FOOD TRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS IT WAS SOMETHING THAT MY FAMILY AND I STARTED DOING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC.

EMILY: I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY ARTICULATED WELL HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO THE TOWN TO FAMILIES TO TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN AND I ECHO ALL OF THAT, I THINK THE TOWN SHOULD BE A LEADER IN THIS AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM INCLUDE CURBSIDE PICKUP.

EMILY: AND EMILY: I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO.

EMILY: TO SHOW HOW RY CAN BE AT THE LEADING EDGE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO.

EMILY: ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS SO.

EMILY: AGAIN I'M SUPPORTER OF EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AND HOPE THAT THE CITY CAN REALLY BE A LEADER, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: DONNA PRESIDENTE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME DONNA PROVIDENTI: HELLO THANK YOU ALL SICK OF HEARING FROM ME, I DATA PRIVATE ENTITY 105 HICKS AVENUE, I WAS ACTUALLY HAD PUT MY HAND UP TO TALK ABOUT THE SMART ENERGY HOMES, I KNOW IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: WILL BE RUNNING JUST SO YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE COMMUNITY WILL BE PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND HEAT PUMP WEBINARS THAT SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER IS RUNNING.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT, THROUGH DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AS WELL AS OUR NEWSLETTER AND IF WE GET FIVE SIGNUPS DURING THE COURSE OF THE CAMPAIGN WILL GET A $5,000 MY SIR GRAHAM FOR THIS CITY.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: THAT CAN BE USED AT OUR DISCRETION, SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OFFLINE BUT JUST WANTED TO NOT LET THAT GO UNSAID, AND AS FAR AS FOOD SCRAPS GO, I THINK YOU ALL KNOW MY POSITIONS, I KNOW THAT.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: I SENT AN EMAIL RIGHT BEFORE THIS MEETING WITH THE KEY POINTS AND DID EVERYONE READ IT, SO I WON'T REREAD IT.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: BUT YOU KNOW THEIR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE HAS DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH, A LOT OF TALKING WITH.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: THE USERS OF THE PROGRAM THE PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND WE JUST FEEL THAT IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP CURBSIDE GOING.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: IN SOME FORM AND AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CURRENT FORM IS NOT THE BEST SOLUTION, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: THE RESOURCES AND THE KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT BETTER AND TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND WE THINK AT THIS JUNCTURE, A.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: REMOVAL OF THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM ONLY HINDER ADOPTION IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS OVERRUN THIS FOR A PARK WITH CARS AND WITH ADDITIONAL IN 1000 POUNDS OF.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: GARBAGE WILL YOU KNOW, A FOOD SCRATCH WILL SHOW UP AT DISPARATE PARK IF WE CAN'T SELL THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM SO I REALLY THINK IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO PUSH OUT.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: DROP OFF INTO PUTTING MORE PEOPLE ON CURBSIDE AND YOU KNOW THAT I THINK WILL BE A MORE EFFICIENT METHOD, THEN HAVING ALL THESE CURBSIDE RESIDENT SHOW UP AT DISRUPT.

DONNA PROVIDENTI: SO YOU HAVE YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF THE REDUCED TIPPING ETC, SO I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND ENERGY THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE PUTTING TO SPEAKING WITH US OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: DONNA THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE MEMOS AND THE TIME YOU'VE TAKEN TO MEET WITH EVERYBODY, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: LESLIE AVERS.

LESLIE EBERS: HI I'M LESLIE VARIOUS I LIVE AT 138 OSBORNE ROAD, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM FIRST, I THINK, SINCE THE BEGINNING ACTUALLY.

LESLIE EBERS: THE ONE THING I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT IS WE'RE ASKING YOU TO BE LEADERS, BUT THIS IS NOT A NEW THING.

LESLIE EBERS: ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO AFTER MY SON FINISHED KINDERGARTEN HIS BEST FRIEND MOVED BACK TO CANADA AND WHEN WE WENT TO VISIT GUESS WHAT.

LESLIE EBERS: THEY HAD THIS VERY PROGRAM SO WHEN WE HAD TO COOK IN THE KITCHEN, IT WAS A WHOLE PROCESS AND LEARNING WHERE THINGS GO BUT BACK AT THAT TIME IN TORONTO.

LESLIE EBERS: THEY WERE PICKING UP FOOD SCRAPS AND YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S TIME IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS SINCE THEN, WHEN MY MIND WAS BLOWN.

LESLIE EBERS: AND HERE WE ARE WITH I DON'T EVEN KNOW THERE'S LIKE WHAT 200 OR LESS HOMES, WITH THE PICKUP I THINK A LOT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO DO IT IF IT WAS CONVENIENT TO THEM AND HAVING TO PICK UP YOUR GARBAGE IN THE.

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LESLIE EBERS: AND THEN CARD IT OVER THERE IS NOT THE MOST FUN THING IT'S SMELLY BUT YOU KNOW WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING IT, I DO THINK WE WOULD HAVE A MUCH WIDER GROUP OF PEOPLE.

LESLIE EBERS: WILLING TO DO IT AND THEN SEEING THEIR NEIGHBORS DO IT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE AND MORE INTEREST IF WE JUST PUSHED OUT AND SAID OKAY, EVERYONE IS ABLE TO DO THIS FROM THEIR OWN HOME, I REALLY URGE YOU TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM FROM THE CURBSIDE PERSPECTIVE, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

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

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO, THEN I WILL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I WILL TURN TO THE COUNCIL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND ASK PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EXCUSE ME, WHEN WHAT THEY MAY THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSH NATHAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURE THANKS THANKS MR MAYOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE I THINK THE PROGRAM HAS GARNERED A LOT OF SUPPORT, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT HOW IT DOVETAILS TO OUR FUTURE GREEN WASTE PLAN AND I REALIZED THAT THAT'S MAYBE A LONGER BRIDGE AND WE'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS, WE ARE FULLY IMAGINED TONIGHT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT IT'S WITH THAT OBJECTIVE IN MIND THAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONTINUING THE CURRENT PROGRAM FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE WE RECONCILE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I SEE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT ANALYSES OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, IN OTHER WORDS I'VE READ SOME MEMOS FROM SUSTAINABILITY, I READ THE EMAIL SUMMARY THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE GOT TODAY FROM OUR LAST SPEAKER, THESE ARE ALL REALLY HELPFUL THEY MODEL OUT PROJECTIONS FOR WHAT IF WE EXPAND THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT MIGHT WORK OF US TO READ THE CITY'S ANALYSIS AND SOME UPDATES TO THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THERE IN THAT TELLS THE STORY FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY, THE DP W AND THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LOOK AT RECONCILE THESE THINGS AND COME BACK AND SAY ALL RIGHT HERE'S WHAT'S WORKING, WE AGREE THAT THESE THINGS ARE WORKING, THESE THINGS AREN'T WORKING, WE AGREE THAT THIS IS A PATHWAY, I ALSO KNOW.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FROM MY CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU, MR MAYOR THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENTS GOING ON IN HOW GREEN WASTE MAY BE HANDLED.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN OUR AREA IN THE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS I'D LOVE TO SEE HOW THIS ALL JUST DOVETAILS INTO THAT SO THAT'S I START FROM A POINT OF I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IT CONNECT IN WITH WHAT THE FUTURE IS IS REALLY GOING TO BE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'LL I'LL START WITH THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKEY DOKE CAROLINA.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I HAVE PERSONALLY BENEFITED FROM THE PICKUP PROGRAM I, LIKE OTHER SPEAKERS, ONLY PUT GARBAGE OUT WAS A WEEK, OF COURSE, GRANTED, WE ARE EMPTY NESTERS, BUT I DO WE DO COOK A LOT AND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM RYAN AND DP W WHAT TWEAKS CAN BE MADE TO THE PROGRAM OR WHAT HE SEES EFFICIENCIES THAT WE COULD THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO I DON'T MIND PAYING FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE SERVICE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I MEAN YOU KNOW I JUST THE BOTTOM LINE IS I'VE BENEFITED FROM THE PROGRAM I THINK THAT ONE IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BOOTSTRAPPING IS IT'S A HABIT AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CERTAIN SORT OF METHODOLOGY AND AND WHEN I STARTED BOOTSTRAPPING I WOULD OFTENTIMES CATCH ME LIKE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN IN THE IN THE IN THE REGULAR BAND AND THEN LIKE OH NO, NO, WE THESE THESE NEEDS TO GO SEPARATE IN A IN A DIFFERENT WAY, SO I THINK IF WE IF WE LOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PICKING UP AND THEY LOSE THE HABIT OF OF.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SEPARATE SEPARATING THE SCRAPS, THEN WE MIGHT HAVE A MAJOR LEARNING CURVE WHEN MORE TECHNOLOGIES ADVANCE AND DEVELOP IN THESE THERE'S OTHER YOU KNOW COMPOSTERS OR BIO DIGESTERS OR OTHER.

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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SUSTAINABILITY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT IT'S IT'S NOT PERFECT AND I, AND I DO ALSO INTELLECTUALLY, I UNDERSTAND THAT CARDING OUR SCRAPS ALL THE WAY TO ALL STIR MEANS THAT WE MAY NOT BE HAVING OR DOING.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REALLY ANYTHING GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE WE'RE MEETING ALL THESE OTHER YOU KNOW DIESEL EMISSIONS BY THE TRUCK THAT'S TAKING IT 100 MILES AWAY, BUT I DO THINK THAT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO DO THESE IT IS JUST A HABIT THAT IT'S THAT IT'S GOOD HAVING AND PROMOTING THAT'S IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU EMILY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SURE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YES, I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN SUSTAINABILITY AND PATTY KAPPA RALLY AND LINDA MCKAY FOR SPEARHEADING THIS PROGRAM I THINK IT WAS 2019 WHEN WE HEARD FROM THEM AND, JUST TO REITERATE THE COMMENTS THAT I MADE THEN.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THIS PROGRAM WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WERE LIVING IN BERKELEY CALIFORNIA, IN 2009 TO 2011 BEFORE WE MOVE TO RYE, WE WERE PARTICIPATING IN THEIR COMBINED YARD WASTE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROGRAM MANDATORY PROGRAM AND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YOU KNOW, WE HAD IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD A NEWBORN WITH DIAPERS WE HAD VERY LITTLE GARBAGE OUTSIDE OF THAT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND AND IT'S IT'S EASY TO DO AND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I THINK IT IS IT'S IMPORTANT AND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: FAST FORWARD TO TWO TODAY I THINK WE'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROGRAM ALONG THE WAY WE'VE SEEN THE COUNTY SUBSIDIZING THE PROGRAM WE'VE SEEN.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: A FACILITY OPENED AT CORTLAND WHERE WERE YOU DID DIVERTING SOME OF OUR FOOD SCRAPS AT THIS POINT, THEY ARE PROCESSING 75% YARD WASTE AND 25% FOOD SCRAPS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: IN LIMITED QUANTITIES, SO WE CAN'T SEND ALL OF OUR FOOD WASTE THERE, I THINK THE GOAL AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON THE HORIZON IS FOR US TO BE COMMINGLING OUR FOOD SCRAPS WITH OUR YARD WASTE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: CONSOLIDATING THAT PICKUP SO IT, YOU KNOW IT WILL IT WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF OF COUNTY OF COMMUNITY WIDE PICKUP.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YOU KNOW, IN ITSELF, BUT I, I AGREE WITH CAROLINA AND WITH JOSH NATHAN THAT WE'VE MADE IMPORTANT STRIDES IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM AND I THINK THAT TO UNDO IT WOULD BE A LOSS OF MOMENTUM, IT WOULD BE A LOSS OF OF.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: OF LEARNING, I FOR ONE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: HAD TO STEP BACK FROM CURBSIDE PICKUP AND I'VE BECOME MY FAMILY'S ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND IT'S JUST NOT IT'S NOT WORKING ANYMORE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: NO I'M TEASING BUT I HAVEN'T READ INSTITUTED THE PROGRAM BECAUSE I'M JUST FRANKLY TOO BUSY AND TOO LAZY TO DEAL WITH TAKING THAT FOOD SCRAP TO TO DESBOROUGH.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM IS INCREDIBLY CONVENIENT AND SO JUST TO REITERATE SOME OF THE ECONOMICS OF THE PROGRAM THAT HAVE BEEN.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: HIGHLIGHTED IN VARIOUS MEMOS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, YOU KNOW THE THE FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM AS IT IS THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM WITH ITS HUNDRED AND 56 PARTICIPANTS PARTICIPANTS HAS A 70% PARTICIPATION RATE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: TO SOME THAT'S NOT GREAT, TO ME, I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GOOD, I THINK YOU KNOW.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: PEOPLE GO ON VACATION THEY ARE SICK, THEY DON'T PUT IT OUT EVERY WEEK, BUT I THINK IT SHOWS AN INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: IT IS COSTING THE CITY AFTER THE SUBSCRIPTION FEES ARE DEDUCTED ABOUT $34,000 FOR INDIRECT COSTS OF THE TWO SALARY DP W EMPLOYEES WHO ARE PICKING UP THAT WEDNESDAY CURBSIDE FOOD SCRAPS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: FOR 156 PEOPLE $34,000 IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES SENSE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW LET'S SAY WE'RE TWO YEARS OUT FROM A PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN COMBINE COMMINGLED FOOD SCRAPS AND YARD WASTE IN THE INTERIM, MY VOTE IS THAT WE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: REDUCE ONE DAY OF GARBAGE WE TRIED THAT WE WERE FORCED TO TRY THAT DURING COVEN AND I THINK WE WERE SUCCESSFUL, WE MITIGATED SOME PEOPLE'S NEED TO HAVE GARBAGE TWICE A WEEK BY HAVING A GARBAGE TRUCK IT DOES BRO I I'D STILL LIKE TO SEE INCREASE DROP LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND, AND I THINK WE WE WE INSTITUTE ONE DAY OF FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PICK UP.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: BY REMOVING ONE DAY OF GARBAGE PICKUP SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I AM.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I'M THANK YOU MISS MARY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M A NEW, ON THE COUNCIL, SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME HISTORY HERE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'VE HAD A WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS THIS WEEK ABOUT THIS PROGRAM I THINK THE FIRST THING.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO BE CLEAR ABOUT IS THERE'S TWO SIDES OF THE PROGRAM ONE IS DROP OFF AND ONE IS CURBSIDE PICKUP AND I THINK.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THE THE WE'RE ONE OF THREE MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER THAT DOES THE CURBSIDE AND THE OTHERS ALL DO DROP OFF, AND I THINK I THINK YOU KNOW.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYBODY IS I THINK NOBODY'S IN FAVOR OF GETTING RID OF DROP OFF, WHICH IS YOU KNOW STILL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROGRAM PERHAPS DROP OFF COULD BE IMPROVED I'VE HEARD SOME COMPLAINTS THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD MAKE IT A LITTLE NICER AROUND DESBOROUGH WHERE YOU DROP OFF.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE HEARD MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE DROP OFF.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PLACE WHERE YOU DROP, YOU CAN DROP OFF AND THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN DROP OFF THEIR FOOD SCRAPS WHEN THEY'RE DOING OTHER ERRANDS AND NOT MAKING SOLO TRIPS TO DROP OFF, WHICH INCREASES EMISSIONS AND KIND OF DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PART OF WHAT I I'VE GATHERED FROM FROM READING THE REPORT FROM DP W IS THAT THE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE CURBSIDE COST WE'VE GOT A DEFICIT OF ABOUT $34,000.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND SO.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT IT THAT YOU KNOW FOR PROGRAM I THINK THIS PROGRAM LIKE OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF WE'RE GOING TO.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PAY EXTRA MONEY FOR A PROGRAM LIKE THIS, I THINK IT SHOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, AND THIS IS ONLY A PROGRAM INVOLVING 156 PEOPLE, SO I WOULD, I FEEL THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD WANT TO EITHER CHARGE MORE MONEY IF WE WANTED TO CONTINUE THIS OR.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR, OR PERHAPS JUST LIMIT THE PROGRAM FOR NOW UNTIL, FOR YOU KNOW.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOR FOR DROP OFF UNTIL YOU KNOW WE HAVE A MORE SUSTAINABLE WAY OF DOING THIS AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS AS MOST PEOPLE THINK THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO EVOLVE OVER TIME.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I WOULD THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING TO DO IS TO REALLY BECAUSE WE'VE JUST RECEIVED THIS REPORT FROM DC W IS SPEND SOME TIME ANALYZING IS TALKING TO THEM.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT THE OTHER ISSUE AROUND AROUND CURBSIDE IS IS, IF YOU HAVE A DIESEL TRUCK THAT GOES AROUND THE PICKUP.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE WAIST AND ARE WE REALLY HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW NET NET BY HAVING CURBSIDE PICKUP AND SO SO, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE WE ASKED.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREG AND RYAN TO.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO LOOK AT THIS AND MAYBE COME UP WITH SOME ALTERNATIVES.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT NOW, I WOULD SAY IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE CURBSIDE IS IS IS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS PAYING FOR ITSELF AND MAYBE MAYBE THE OPTION IS JUST TO GO AND DROP OFF FOR NOW AND TO STUDY THIS SOME MORE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO REIMAGINE THE PROGRAM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FAN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT BILL JUST SAID, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO REIMAGINE THIS IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS, AND YOU KNOW I MET WITH.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE SUSTAINABILITY FOLKS ON SATURDAY AND TALKED ABOUT, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, I THINK, IS A WHAT I THINK IS A BROADER SOLUTION AND THE BIGGER SOLUTION FOR ALL OF THIS STUFF I MEAN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN REDUCE GARBAGE PICKUP AND INCREASE RECYCLING I'VE YOU KNOW MY WIFE AND I'VE BEEN DOING.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FOOD SCRAPS EVER SINCE THE PROGRAM STARTED WE'VE BEEN COMPOSTING IN OUR HOUSE EVER SINCE WE MOVED TO RIDE, YOU KNOW 21 YEARS AGO AND SO I'M ALL, FOR YOU KNOW.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, BEING A GOOD RECYCLER AND BEING A GOOD, YOU KNOW STEWARD OF THE ENVIRONMENT, I JUST FEEL YOU KNOW I FEEL LIKE IN THE CASE OF THE THE CURBSIDE PICKUP IT'S YOU KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE AND AND IT'S YOU KNOW I'M NOT SURE THAT.

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BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, CREATE OUR OWN CULTURE, CREATE OUR OWN OUR OWN COMPOST OR CREATE A BETTER SYSTEM FOR YOU KNOW COMMINGLING BOOTSTRAPS AND GREEN WASTE TO LINE UP WITH THE COUNTY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M NOT AS CONCERNED THAT THAT IF WE TAKE AWAY THE THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM, WHICH IS, I THINK BESPOKE AND EXPENSIVE QUITE FRANKLY.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THAT WE THAT WE LOSE OUT ON LEARNED BEHAVIOR I MEAN, I THINK YOU KNOW WE STILL WILL HOPEFULLY WE CAN YOU KNOW EXPAND THE THE THE BOOTSTRAP DROP OFF SITES, I THINK THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AROUND THE CITY SO IT'S NOT JUST A DRONE WE'RE NOT PACKING EVERYBODY IN THERE.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I THINK THAT IF WE CAN COME UP WITH WITH BETTER YOU KNOW HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS ON HOW TO HANDLE ALL THIS STUFF WE'RE GOING TO BE BETTER SERVED IN THE LONG RUN INTO ME.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW WHETHER WE DO THIS RIGHT NOW, OR OR NOT I DON'T THINK WHETHER WE DO CURBSIDE NOW OR NOT IT'S NOT THE REAL QUESTION THE REAL QUESTION IS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHERE IS THE DESTINATION FOR THIS, HOW CAN WE LINE UP WITH THE COUNTY, HOW CAN WE GET OUR OWN DP W TO TO HANDLE THIS STUFF BETTER, AND YOU KNOW GET DOWN TO ONE WAY ONE DAY A WEEK GARBAGE HOPEFULLY OR STUFF LIKE THAT, I MEAN.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK A LOT OF US ON THIS COUNSELOR ARE EMPTY NESTERS ARE GETTING CLOSE TO IT, SO WE ALL PROBABLY USE LESS ANYWAY SO WE'RE MAYBE NOT THE BEST TEST CASES HERE AND.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THOSE FOLKS MAYBE JULIE, WITH WITH KIDS CAN SPEAK DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE CERTAINLY USED TO GENERATE A LOT OF GARBAGE WHEN MY KIDS WERE HERE AND AND I WAS HAVING MY EYES OPEN COMPLETELY WITH.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ONE PIECE OF BOOTSTRAPPING AND OUR KIDS WERE STILL AROUND A LITTLE BIT WE THREW OUT A TON OF FOOD, AND IT WAS REALLY ASTONISHING.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND REALLY WASTEFUL AND THAT REALLY OPENED MY EYES SO ANYWAY THAT'S I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MADE ANY SENSE BUT THAT'S I AM NOT.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN FAVOR OF EXTENDING THE THE DROP OFF, I MEAN I'M SORRY THAT THE CURBSIDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KILLING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AGREE WITH A LOT OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID, I MEAN, I THINK, ULTIMATELY, MY VISION OF LIKE SUCCESS IS, WE HAVE ONE DAY A WEEK TRASH PICKUP IN ONE DAY A WEEK OF COMPOST AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YARD WASTE RIGHT AND THAT WE'RE NOT WE ONLY HAVE TWO RIGHT SO WE'RE TAKING WHAT IS CURRENTLY FOR GOING TO TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: REASON THAT MATTERS IS BECAUSE, AND THIS IS MY CONCERN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS WHAT WE'RE DOING HOW WE'RE DOING IT, THE ENDS AREN'T JUSTIFYING THE MEANS ON THIS IF WE'RE TRYING TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE'RE PUTTING INCREMENTAL DIESEL TRUCKS NEVERMIND 100 MILES TO OLDSTER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHICH DEFIES THE NICER TO 25 MILE RULE OF BEING NOT EFFECTIVE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT RIGHT NEVERMIND THAT WE'RE ALSO PUTTING THE CITY TRUCK ON THE ROAD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND AND DIESEL TRUCKS EMIT 400 TIMES OF THE 400 TIMES THE PARTICULATE MATTER THAT A CAR DOES SO IT'S ACTUALLY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR SOMEBODY TO DROP OFF ON THEIR WAY TO THE GROCERY STORE OR THE DRY CLEANER KIDS SOCCER WHATEVER THAN IT IS FOR US TO PUT THIS THIS CAR OR THIS TRUCK ON THE ROAD SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AN ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDS I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TROUBLED WITH HOW WE'RE DOING THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I GUESS, I MEAN THE POINT OF YOU KNOW MORE WOULD DO IT IF IT WAS CONVENIENT LIKE I DON'T EVEN SEE THAT IN THIS DATA, LIKE I LOOKED AT THESE NUMBERS AND REALLY 43% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM AREN'T USING IT AT ALL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 59% ARE NOT USING IT OR BARELY USING IT, PUTTING VERY MINIMAL AMOUNTS IN THERE PROBABLY NOT WORTHY OF A DIESEL TRUCK RUMBLING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I DON'T I AGREE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE LIKE WE NEED TO EDUCATE, WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE INVOLVED HERE AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE SUGGESTION AND BILL OR BEN WHO MADE IT OF ADDING ADDITIONAL DROP OFF.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LOCATIONS IN CASE DOES ROW ISN'T CONVENIENT I MEAN IT'S SORT OF CENTRALLY LOCATED, BUT IF WE COULD LOOK AT LIKE WRECK OR THE POLICE NEAR THE TRAIN STATION POLICE DEPARTMENT OR SOMETHING I FEEL LIKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WOULD BE GOOD, I WANT TO EXPAND DROP OFF I JUST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS, I MEAN PEOPLE HAVE RAISED ECONOMIC REASONS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT LARGELY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS I DON'T THINK AND THE FACT THAT THE DATA DOESN'T SUPPORT THIS LEARNED BEHAVIOR THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE, PEOPLE ARE NOT USING THE PROGRAM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE OPTED IN AND AND EVEN LOOKING AT THE DATA PEOPLE HAD TO BE KICKED OUT OF THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T USING IT, SO THOSE NUMBERS DON'T EVEN COUNT THOSE PEOPLE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, SO I THINK YOU'D HAVE AN EVEN MORE DEPRESSED NUMBER WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, AND SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF LEARNED BEHAVIOR.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND DROP OFF STILL IS, YOU KNOW I THINK 50% HIGHER THAN PICK UP IN TERMS OF TOTAL WEIGHT SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I WANT THIS I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO GET THERE, I WANT TO GET TO TWO DAYS A WEEK PICKUP AND I'M, BUT I THINK THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW IS JUST BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BAD ECONOMICALLY BAD IT'S AGAIN WE'RE DOING HARM IN OUR ATTEMPT TO DO GOOD AND IT BOTHERS ME A LOT THAT THAT THAT'S NOT MORE ALARMING TO PEOPLE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHO CARE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, LIKE IT, IT SHOULD HOW WE DO THIS MATTERS, AND WHEN YOU KNOW EVEN IN BUSINESS WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CARBON FOOTPRINT, HOW THEY MEASURE SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE WHOLE SUPPLY CHAIN OF HOW YOU GET THERE IS WHAT GETS MEASURED AND WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT DOING THAT MATH WE'RE SAYING WE FEEL REALLY GOOD WHEN WE DO THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT WE'RE IGNORING THE FACT THAT DON'T LOOK AT THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN, WITH ALL THE DIESEL TRUCKS AND YOU KNOW WAY YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOING WAY ABOVE ANY POSITIVE RETURN IN THE NEGATIVE SOLUTION THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE, SO I'LL SHUT UP NOW, BUT I'VE ALWAYS STRUGGLED WITH THIS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS HOPING THE DATA WOULD BE BETTER, THIS TIME, AND LIKE EVERYBODY'S USING IT AND IT'S WE STARTED TO SEE THIS LIKE YOU KNOW INCREASE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT THERE AND SO WHY CONTINUE TO PUNISH THE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN REALLY USING THE PROGRAM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M LOOKING AROUND AND I GET SOME LEFT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MUCH OF WHAT I HAVE TO SAY HAS BEEN SAID BY OTHERS, BUT I'LL TRY TO SKIM OVER MY NOTES QUICKLY, SO I HAD TO PRELIMINARY POINTS AND FIRST POINT, I THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT HAS HAS BEEN MADE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL IS THINKING OF DIMINISHING THE FOOD SCRIPT PROP OF PROGRAM AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF US ARE BELIEVING IT SHOULD BE MADE MORE ACCESSIBLE, IF WE CAN DO IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND MANY OF US SUPPORT THE DROP OF PROGRAM NOT ONLY FOR ITS OWN MERITS, THAT WE FEEL, BUT AS A MEANS TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY IS TOLD US THAT IT NEEDS TO SHOW DEMAND IN WESTCHESTER TO ENABLE IT TO DEVELOP A RATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING MECHANISM IN THE COUNTY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN WESTCHESTER HAVE FOOD SCRAPS COLLECTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND ALL HAVE DROPPED OFF WITH ONLY THREE ALSO HAVING CURBSIDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I USE THE TERMS, RATIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE LET'S FOCUS ON SUSTAINABLE THE THREE PILLARS OF SUSTAINABILITY OR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE CITY COUNCIL CREATING OUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE ON NOVEMBER 3 2010 STRESSED THAT THERE NEEDED TO BE THE ECONOMICAL LEG, ALONG WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PRESENTLY, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY FOOD SCRAPS PROGRAM AGGREGATES FOOD SCRAPS FROM THE PARTICIPANT IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND TRUCKS MOST OF ITS SCRAPS TO COMPOSTING AND ULSTER 100 MILES AWAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT TRIP AS WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FLUNKS BY FAR THE NEW YORK STATE SPONSORED ENVIRONMENTAL COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT LED TO THE 25 MILE TRANSPORTATION LIMIT IN NEW YORK STATE'S NEW LAW REQUIRING COMMERCIAL PRODUCERS HAVE AT LEAST TWO TONS A WEEK TO RECYCLE WESTCHESTER COUNTY KNOWS THAT 100 MILES WHO'S DONE AN ENVIRONMENTAL GOOD THING AND IS SEEKING CLOSER FACILITIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WESTCHESTER IS ALSO AWARE OF THE PROBLEM OF IMPOSING ANOTHER COLLECTION ROUTE ON ITS MUNICIPALITIES, IT IS LOOKING TO MOVE FROM SEGREGATED FOOD SCRAP ONLY PICK UP AND PROCESSING TO COMBINE FOOD SCRAPS INTO THE YARD WASTE SITE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE YARD WASTE CYCLE AS IT'S DONE IN MANY US CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES BERKELEY IN BOULDER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SPOKE TODAY AND I WAS IN I WAS INTRODUCED BY THE COUNTY I SPOKE WITH THE CEO OF A COMPANY THAT EXPECTS TO HAVE A LARGE BIO DIGESTER IN OPERATION IN MOUNT VERNON WITHIN TWO YEARS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT WILL TAKE MIXED SCRAPS AND YARD WASTE IN ANY PROPORTIONS, WE ALREADY HAVE A REGULAR YARD WASTE PICKUP AND COULD FOLD SCRAP PICKUP FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY RIGHT IN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, THAT THAT WAS MY FIRST POINT DROP OFF SUPPORTS OUR COUNTY AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT LOOKS LIKE THE COUNTY SOON WILL BE FINDING A WAY TO COMBINE YARD WASTE AND FOOD SCRAPS.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S AGGREGATED BY THE COUNTY AND TRUCK TO PEEKSKILL TO A WASTE TO ENERGY INCINERATOR THAT GENERATES ELECTRICITY AND STEAM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT INCINERATOR IS FAR FROM PERFECT, BUT IT WRITES ABOVE LANDFILL AN ORDINARY INCINERATORS, AND JUST BELOW COMPOSTING IN A COMMON FOOD WASTE HIERARCHY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHAT WE DO WITH OUR FOOD SCRAPS WHAT OTHERS DO WITH THEIR FOOD SCRAPS WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FUTURE OF THE INCINERATOR AS IT GOES ABOUT IT, SERIOUS BUSINESS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF BURNING, ALL THE MORE POLLUTING THINGS THAN FOOD SCRAPS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COME, ITS WAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT TO RECAP WE'RE TIED INTO A COUNTY FOOD SCRAPS PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY NOT SUSTAINABLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE REMAIN IN IT, IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE COUNTY TO MOVE TO A SUSTAINABLE PROCESS, WE CAN DO THAT, ALONG WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF PARTICIPATING THE MUNICIPALITIES, BY MAINTAINING OUR DROP OFF PROGRAM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S LOOK AT OUR CURBSIDE AT ON WE SAID YES TO A TEST AT THAT BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2018 THAT TEST HAS BEEN CONTINUED AND REFINED BUT REMAIN TO TEST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR ABIDING CONCERN WAS THAT THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM WOULD NOT BE WELL USED, AND WE WOULD BE ADDING MORE DIESEL WASTE TO THE ALREADY WASTEFUL TRIPS TO ULSTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR RESULTS 25% OF THE AVID VOLUNTEERS WHO WANTED CURBSIDE WERE DROPPED OUT OR THROWN OUT OF THE PROGRAM FOR POOR PARTICIPATION, AND THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO MOVED THIS DOESN'T COUNT PEOPLE WHO MOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OUR CURRENT STATS SHOW THAT, ON AVERAGE, OF THE HUNDRED 56 HOUSES ON THE ROUTE ONLY 110 PUT OUT THERE SCRAPS FOR COLLECTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF THE HUNDRED 1011 PUT OUT NEARLY EMPTY PINS IN SHORT, OUR TRUCK IS LOGGING THE MILES TRAVELING PAST 156 HOMES TO SERVICE 99 HOMES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE IS OF COURSE $1 COST TO THIS, THE DP W LABOR COSTS DEDICATED TO THIS IS IN EXCESS OF 40,000 AND AMOUNT SOMETIMES LEFT OUT OF CALCULATIONS OF PROGRAM P&L.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THERE'S THE LOSS OF DP W WORKER TIME WHICH MANIFESTS AND SLOWER PATIL FILLING STREETLIGHT MAINTENANCE, ETC, ETC THAT'S JUST NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS WORK COULD BE ACCELERATED BACK TO NORMAL ONLY BY PAYING TIME AND A HALF OVER TIME, WHICH WOULD FURTHER INCREASE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COST CURVE SIDE AND PRESUMED PROGRAM YIELD BEYOND THE NET COST OF ABOUT 30,000.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE HEARD MANY REASONS WHY ON ANY DAY OF CURBSIDE PARTICIPANT IS NOT PARTICIPATING IF THE PEOPLE IN THE CURBSIDE PROGRAM OR PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY REALLY WANT TO HAVE THE PROGRAM WORK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY ALSO SAY OPEN THE PROGRAM TO OTHERS AND CHANGE OTHER CITY SERVICES TO DO SO, BUT THE RESULTS OF OUR TEST PROGRAM ARE NOT, TO MY MIND, ENCOURAGING ENOUGH TO JUSTIFY THAT IF THE DEDICATED FOOD SCRAPPERS ARE INCONSISTENT PARTICIPANTS, HOW CAN WE EXPECT OTHERS TO BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PEOPLE SAY THAT FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING PROMOTES EDUCATION ABOUT FOOD WASTE, I TAKE THAT POINT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AIRDROP OF PROGRAM IS RESPONSIVE ONE DOESN'T NEED A CITY TRUCK OUTSIDE TO LEARN ABOUT WASTE IN THE KITCHEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MY END POINT IS TO FOCUS ON THE FUTURE, WE CAN DO THIS BY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY WITH DROP OFF AND WORKING TO MAKE DROP OFF HE'S HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN PARTICULAR, BY THE ADDITION OF DROP OFF LOCATIONS, WE CAN ASK CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT THE REALITIES FOR THE CITY OF A TRANSITION TO A MIXED FOOD SCRAP AND YARD WASTE PICKUP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN ASK STAFF TO LOOK AT WHETHER THERE ARE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS IN CURBSIDE THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL ON AN INTERIM BASIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WOULD HAVE OUR CURBSIDE PROGRAM ON PAUSE WHILE WE CONSIDER THE FOREGOING, AND OUR CITY'S REAL LONG TERM NEEDS GOING FORWARD I'M SORRY THAT TOOK SO LONG, BUT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH US NOW FOR.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IT FLOWED.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: UM I JUST LEAVE ME A COMMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY EMILY GOOD GO AHEAD.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I JUST FEEL UNSATISFIED WITH A PAUSE UM I THINK THAT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WHAT I'M HEARING IS PEOPLE ARE WANT TO REDUCE THE TRIPS THAT ARE GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE MAKING AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WE CAN'T SUBSTITUTE A DAY OF GARBAGE WITH A DAY OF FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING, I THINK WE SAY THAT 70% PARTICIPATION IS SOME AWFUL NUMBER.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT PARTICIPATION, WE HAVE WITH OUR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS, I ALSO THINK THAT SOME OF THE NEWCOMERS TO THE FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM ARE SOME OF THE BEST PARTICIPANTS AND, AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THAT FOLLOWS NECESSARILY THAT THESE ARE THE HUNDRED AND 56 PARTICIPANTS ARE THE MOST HARDCORE FOOD SCRAPPERS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE IS THAT WE TURN THIS OVER TO GREG AND RYAN, TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN CONVERT AT THIS POINT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WITH OUR FACILITIES AND OUR MANPOWER GARBAGE ONE DAY OF GARBAGE TO ONE DAY OF FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING UM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GET.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO COMMENTS THERE WHAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO AHEAD JOSH.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO AHEAD, I WAS BEING AFTER YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE NEW FOLKS ARE THE BEST, I MEAN THE LIST HAS BEEN DUMPED AT LEAST TWICE AND DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY THREE TIMES I THINK SO I'M.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UNFORTUNATELY, THE DATA IS NOT BEARING THAT OUT RIGHT THAT THAT I THINK, MAYBE PEOPLE JOIN WITH SOME ENTHUSIASM, BUT THEN WE'VE SEEN THEY HAD THEY HAD, AND THESE ARE OPT INS, THIS IS NOT LIKE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED PEOPLE WHO OPTED IN AND THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING AT THE LEVELS, I I WOULD.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DO SUPPORT HAVING UM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE STAFF LOOK AT THOSE OTHER OPTIONS, I DO SUPPORT THAT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: BUT I THINK THE TIMELINE ON THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, LOOK.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: HERE HERE I'M.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST GOING TO PROPOSE, I PROPOSE THIS I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION I MOTION THAT WE PAUSE THE CURBSIDE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN EFFECTIVE, WE ASKED THE CITY STAFF TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW HOW WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY CAN WE CAN WE DO, CAN WE GO TO YARD WASTE, ALONG WITH COMPOSTING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WALK DID I ALREADY SAY MULTIPLE DROP OFF FACILITIES AND WANT MULTIPLE DROP OFF FACILITY SO THERE'S MORE THAN JUST YOU KNOW DOES BRO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UM AND THAT YOU KNOW AND THEN LET'S LOOK AT WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO, I MEAN TO BEN'S POINT OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX ARE THERE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD DO, CAN WE LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE CONVERTING TO ONE DAY A WEEK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, AGAIN, BUT MY POINT EMILY IS THAT THAT I DON'T WANT TO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS NET REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES.

THESE TRUCKS ARE REALLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAKING WIDGETS YOU MAKE A.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: MOTION.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I THINK THIS IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A SECOND THE MOST.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I SECOND THE MOTION WITH THE CAVEAT THAT WE PUT A TIMELINE ON IT WITH A PRIORITY BEING THAT WE SWITCH A DAY OF GARBAGE TO A GREAT DAY OF FOOD SCRAPS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND THAT WE PUT A TIMELINE I THINK I SAID THAT ALREADY A TIMELINE OF, SAY, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS ON THIS REVIEW, I THINK THAT THE PAUSE I DON'T WANT IT TO BE INTENDED TO BE A TWO YEAR PAUSE UNTIL WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE OPTION THAT IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I, THE REASON I DON'T I DON'T MY MOTION DOESN'T HAVE A TIMELINE ON, IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE $15 MILLION OF CAP X PROP PROJECTS IN FRONT OF RYAN RIGHT NOW AND IN FRONT OF GREG RIGHT NOW, AND SO I DON'T KNOW I DON'T HAVE ANY SENSE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LOOK I'LL SAY THIS, THEY CAN COME BACK AND REPORT BACK YOU KNOW BUT I'M NOT I'M NOT ARBITRARILY GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE, FRANKLY, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF STUFF THAT'S MID STREAM RIGHT NOW, ARE WE TAKING THEM OFF FOREST AVENUE SIDEWALKS AND WE TAKE THEM OFF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EVEN THOUGH IT'S EVERYWHERE WE HAVE EMOTION ON THE FLOOR, WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN DO THIS, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR JULIE'S MOTION AS TRULY MADE IT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'LL DO THAT SECOND.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: CAN I MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION HERE KRISTEN.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF YOU HAVE A LIVE MOTION, SO YOU NEED TO VOTE ON THE LIVE MOTION RIGHT NOW AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSEQUENT MOTION, BUT YOU YOU IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION DON'T HAVE TO CALL FOR A VOTE RIGHT AWAY ON THE EMOTION THAT'S BEEN SECOND THAT YOU CAN HAVE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THEN JOSH NATHAN, I.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST DON'T SEE THE VALUE OR THE POINT OF SAYING TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE GOING TO PAUSE SOMETHING WHILE WE FIGURE OUT.

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE SHOULD BE ASKING THOSE TWO GROUPS TO GET TOGETHER PUT THIS FIGURE THIS OUT, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW WE MANAGE WASTE IN TOTALITY I'M HEARING THAT FROM EVERYONE I THINK THERE'S THERE'S NOT A LOT I DON'T HEAR DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I THINK WE'RE RACING TO PAUSE SOMETHING AND I THINK A PAUSE IS A EUPHEMISM FOR YOU KNOW JUST KILLING IT AND PARTICULARLY IF THERE'S NO TIMELINE I THINK WE NEED TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONTINUE IT ON A SHORT LEASH GIVE THE COMMITTEE THAT HAS WORKED ON THIS AND THEY IN THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT HAS PARTICIPATED.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN THE TEST AND OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OUR DP W I'D ASKED GREG TO TELL US HOW LONG THEY NEED TO DO THAT, BECAUSE VERY APPRECIATIVE THEY HAVE MULTIPLE THINGS ON THEIR PLATE AND AND THEY'VE GOT TO MANAGE ALL OF THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT I THINK WE'RE WE'RE BEING PREMATURE BY STOPPING SOMETHING IT'S KIND OF LIKE SAYING YOU KNOW I'VE GOT A PATIENT ON THE TABLE AND TURNING TO THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST AND SAYING PAUSE THE OXYGEN FOR A MOMENT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE I WANT TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS WORKING KNOW KEEP THE OXYGEN GOING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND LET'S SORT OUT WHAT THE BEST WAY IS FORWARD JOSH WAS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A TICKET.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT IT'S A KICK IN THE TEETH I DON'T KNOW WE DON'T KNOW IF THE PATIENTS ARE BREATHING I THINK 70% 71% PARTICIPATION FOR PRO TO PAY I'M IF I'M IN THE PROGRAM I'M PAYING MONEY TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT PARTICULARLY APPEALING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN 71% 2% PARTICIPATION BASICALLY PAYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT RIGHT DATA JOSH I'M LOOKING AT THIS DATA, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVERAGES ON THIS 59% THE MAJORITY OF THE PARTICIPANTS ARE EITHER NOT PUTTING IT OUT AT ALL OR THEY'RE PUTTING OUT WITH VERY LITTLE IN IT RIGHT 43% WHOLE WE AREN'T PUTTING IT OUT AT ALL.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF ANALYSIS, DO WE HAVE A FIRE OTHER TRASH I MEAN I DON'T ONCE THE BASELINE HERE, I THINK, WHEN YOU HAVE A.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CITY RESOURCES FOR SOMETHING BESPOKE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT USING, SO I THINK.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M I GUESS MY POINT IS, WE HAVE DATA AND PEOPLE HAVE EMOTIONS AND THOUGHTS AND OTHER IDEAS BUT I'M LOOKING AT DATA THAT TELLS ME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THIS PROGRAM IS NOT WORKING IN ITS CURRENT CONSTRUCT SO THAT IS WHY I SAY LET'S LET'S STOP THIS TEST THAT WE RAN A TEST THE TEST WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL LET'S GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO THIS SUCCESSFULLY LET'S REALLY INVEST IN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COMBINING THIS WITH YARD WASTE AND FIGURING THAT OUT, IF THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVES CAN THERE ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO, CAN WE COMPOST LOCALLY IN THE INTERIM AT DESBOROUGH I DON'T KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS SO GOOD GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M NOT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO SORT THAT OUT IN ANY REASONABLE PERIOD OF TIME, IN THE MEANTIME.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE KICKING KICKING A PROGRAM IN THE TEETH 70% ON A TINY PILOT IS PHENOMENAL AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE BASELINE WHY IS IT, I MEAN, I KNOW, AT SOME POINT, THERE WAS THIS 85% NUMBER, AND YOU KNOW TO ME THAT WAS ASPIRATIONAL.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND AND IT'S GOOD TO BE ASPIRATIONAL, BUT I THINK THE COMMUNITY HAS HAS BEEN PRETTY ENGAGED AND PRETTY INVOLVED AND SHOULD BE GIVEN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO CONTINUE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND PARTICIPATE IN A THOUGHTFUL DISCUSSION BETWEEN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SOME EXPERTISE IN THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, NAMELY OUR STAFF PROFESSIONALS AND OUR SUSTAINABILITY CAN COMMITTEE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT TO SAY THAT THE FOLKS ON THIS CALL I HAVEN'T PUT A LOT OF TIME IN IT, AND I VERY MUCH RESPECT AND APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, THE MAYOR AND THOSE OF YOU BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR YEARS TO PUT INTO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OVERSEEING THIS AND, AND YOU KNOW AND IN CASES TO GREAT DEPTH AT DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT I JUST THINK WE'RE WE'RE RACING TO A CONCLUSION AND WHAT'S ANOTHER MONTH WHAT'S ANOTHER TWO MONTHS OF GETTING IT RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSH JOSH I I WE'RE WE'RE NOT RACING TO A CONCLUSION FOR SOME OF US, THIS HAS BEEN MULTIPLE YEARS OF TEST AND EXTENDING TEST AND WE SEEM TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE THAT WE WERE IN VIRTUALLY THE LAST TIME WE EXTENDED THE TEST.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT, I THAT'S A FAIR POINT MR MAYOR, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS WHEN YOU HAVE.

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEN WE MUST BE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOT QUITE GETTING IT RIGHT, BECAUSE WE ALL WANT THE SAME THING RIGHT EVERYBODY WANTS GREEN WASTE EVERYONE WANTS TO IMPROVE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW WE MANAGE OUR WASTE IN TOWN NOTE THERE'S NO DISAGREEMENT BY ANYONE ON THIS COUNCIL ABOUT THAT AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S REALLY ANY DISAGREEMENT IN THE IN THE COMMUNITY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THE FACTS AND THE DATA DIFFERENTLY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE SHOULD WE SHOULD GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, I THINK THAT THAT COULD BE A LOT TO TEACH THROUGH IN A IN A IN A PUBLIC MEETING LIKE THIS, BUT I THINK WE'VE GOT PROFESSIONALS IN THE COMMITTEE, I THINK THIS IS SOLVABLE I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HASTENING AS A SOLUTION THAT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANY IT JUST AS WELL WE'RE GOING TO DO BETTER THINGS AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER THERE'S NOT A TIMELINE SO I'M VERY UNCOMFORTABLE I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE SAYING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, GIVE IT A SUNSET WELL WE DO THERE SO REALIZE MAYBE YOU, THOSE OF YOU BEEN HERE LONGER HAD BEEN FEELING LIKE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MY MY SENSE OF IT IS WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THESE LETTERS ALL THESE OPINIONS I'VE READ ALL THE LETTERS I I SPENT MY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS MANY OF US DEAD SPENT A LOT OF OUR TIME, THIS WEEKEND READING MANY, MANY LETTERS FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS, AND ANOTHER ISSUE, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME AND THE OTHER ISSUE, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT WHAT I SEE AS A LOT OF CONFLICT IN THE ANALYSIS OF WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE THE SAME FACTS, AND SO, WHEN I SEE YOU KNOW, A FOUR THREE SITUATION DEVELOPING PLUS A I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC COME TO US AND SAY STOP DOING THIS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I FEEL LIKE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO CUT IT OFF NOW.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITHOUT JUST GIVING IT A BIT MORE TIME.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IS IS MISTAKEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I CHALLENGED US JUST TO TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO YOUR POINT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE APPROACHED ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT ARE LOATH TO TAKE PART IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION BECAUSE OF ITS CONTROVERSIAL NATURE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE THERE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, SO THEY CAN WRITE US AN EMAIL.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I SUPPOSE THING, I SUPPOSE, THEY COULD BE CAROLINA YOU WANTED TO SPEAK.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT, HAVING RYAN AND DEBBIE W STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I PERSONALLY BENEFIT FROM IT, SO I WOULDN'T WANT IT STOPPED BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW JUST FOR PERSONAL REASONS, SO I HAVE THAT YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD SAY WE HAVE YARD WASTE PICKUP ALL YEAR ROUND, AND THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO YARD WASTE TO BE PICKED UP CERTAINLY NOT EVERY HOME OR AT EVERY LOCATION IN DECEMBER JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND WE STILL DO IT, I WOULD SAY LET'S GO FOR ONE DAY A PICKUP FOR ORGANIC YARD WASTE ONE DAY A WEEK FOR.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SOLID WASTE ONE DAY A WEEK FOR RECYCLABLES THAT WE WE DO IN ONE YOU KNOW ONCE AROUND TOWN FOR PLASTIC ONES AROUND TOWN FOR CARTON AND PAPER AND THEN, ONCE A WEEK FOR COMPOST.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WOULD BE A GOOD SOLUTION, AND THEN WE TAKE ONE DAY A WEEK OFF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO A VERY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BILL.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I'M KIND OF NEW TO ALL THIS, A COUPLE COMMENTS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW I'VE HEARD A LOT OF A LOT OF.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RATIONAL ARGUMENTS FROM FROM FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH FOR A LONG TIME AND AND AND I RESPECT YOU KNOW YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS I I.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW IT MAKES SENSE, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WE SHOULD EMPHASIZE THAT WE'RE NOT STOPPING THE DROP OFF PROGRAM AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT AND AND I THINK I THINK THERE IS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A SENSE THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE THAT EASIER AND BETTER, AND WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK IT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT IT MAKES SENSE TO PAUSE AND I MEAN I REALLY MEAN PAUSE I DON'T MEAN STOP YOU KNOW AND LET'S LET OUR PEOPLE LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM AND AND LOOK AT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S WORKING WHAT'S NOT WORKING AND AND AND AND THEN LET'S COME BACK AND DO THAT I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SIT HERE TONIGHT AND DECIDE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MANY DAYS OF GARBAGE COLLECTION IN THIS MANY DAYS I MEAN NONE OF US ARE REALLY YOU KNOW COMPETENT TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS RIGHT NOW I THINK SO, SO I THINK IT, WE KNOW THAT THE THAT THERE'S.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND AND AND AND SEE WHAT SEE WHAT THE COUNTY'S DOING AND THEN COME BACK AND YOU KNOW IF IT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW IF IT MAKES SENSE, WILL REINSTATE IT AND AND AND MAYBE IT'LL COST MORE OR MAYBE WE'LL DO SOMETHING ELSE AND AND, BUT AT THIS POINT, I THINK.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU ALL HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS FOR A LONG TIME, IS THAT YOU'VE LOOKED AT THIS AND LOOKED AT IT AND LOOKED AT IT AND YOU KNOW I, I APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE NOW AND I'M I'M IN FAVOR OF TAKING YOUR LEAD ON THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MAY IT JULIE, WOULD YOU RESTATE YOUR MOTION AND THEN I'LL ASK FOR VOTE ON IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I MEAN SO WE'LL LET THE TEST EXPIRE, I GUESS, AND PUT A PAUSE ON THE CURBSIDE AND WE'LL DO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT I'D LIKE IS TO ASK STAFF TO INVESTIGATE HOW WE COMMINGLE WITH YARD WASTE THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN DO TO DROP TO IMPROVE THE DROP OFF PROGRAM IN TERMS OF LIKE TO MAKE IT CLEANER LESS SMELLY WHATEVER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORK WITH SUSTAINABILITY TO YOU KNOW TO WORK ON THOSE INITIATIVES IN TERMS OF EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WE CAN GET YOU KNOW, AN INCREASE IN OUR NUMBERS, INSTEAD OF FLATLINING AND TO ALSO PURSUE MULTIPLE DROP OFF LOCATIONS FOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DROP BY WHEN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BY WHEN IS THERE.

BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S IT'S DUE TO JULIE IS RESTATING HER.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOTION YEAH.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EMOTION, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET IT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: BECAUSE, WHO DID IT LOOKING AT GARBAGE AND RECYCLING AND SWITCHING AND MAKING ONE OF THOSE DAYS OF FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING DAYS THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL MOTION INCLUDED THAT DISCUSSION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: KNOW WHAT THAT NO, I SAID THAT HAVE THE STAFF EVALUATE THAT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I EVALUATE THE QUESTION.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: OF WHETHER WE CAN REPLACE ONE DAY OF GARBAGE WITH FOOD SCRAP RECYCLING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAYBE THE CLERK CAN JUST READ BACK THE MOTION AND THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M GONNA MAKE MY MOTION AGAIN MY EMOTION IF WORDS GOT TWISTED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'D LIKE TO STAFF TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OUR CURRENT DROP OFF ADD MULTIPLE DROP OFF FACILITIES AND THEN WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR OWN YOU KNOW MUNICIPALITY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN GET ULTIMATELY TO A POINT OF COMMINGLED WITH WITH YARD WASTE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WE KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IT'S WHAT JOSH JUST TOLD US IT'S TWO YEARS OUT, WE KNOW THAT THE CITY IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE AN ALTERNATIVE BEFORE THAT, IS THERE, ANOTHER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TIME LET'S.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S LET'S PLEASE LET YOU JULIE WAS ASKED TO RESTATE HER MOTION WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THE MOTION IF THE MOTION SALES WILL GO ON WITH OUR DISCUSSION AND FIND ANOTHER MOTION.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WHAT DAMAGE DOES IT DO TO INCLUDE THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO REPLACE ONE DAY OF GARBAGE WITH ONE DAVE'S FOOD SCRAPS WHY CAN'T WE LOOK AT THAT THEY'RE CLEARLY THERE'S SEVERAL OF US ON THE COUNCIL THAT ARE INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING THAT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY DON'T WANT THREE OR FOUR PICKUPS I WANT TO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T WANT TO LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN TO ONE DAY WE GARBAGE PICKUP IT'S BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ONE DAY WE GARBAGE PICKUP.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN WE'RE TAKING THAT YARD WASTE AND COMPOSTING AND MAKE THAT ITS OWN I IT'S IT'S WE HAVE A MILLION TRUCKS RUMBLING AROUND ON EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, SO I DON'T ENVIRONMENTALLY THAT'S THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOTCHING AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I MADE THE MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS KRISTIN IS THIS ROLL CALL OR OR WHAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, I WOULD RECOMMEND INDIVIDUAL ROLL CALL VOTE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: CAN I JUST ASK WHO SECONDED THE MOTION SORRY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I DID, THANK YOU.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: OKAY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE'S THE CLINIC HAVE THE MOTION.

CLEAR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITHOUT ALL THE NOISE AND I KNOW I CONTRIBUTED TO THE NOISE, SO I DON'T MEAN THAT I JUST MEAN JUST FOR CLARITY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YEAH.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: TRYING MY BEST.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: SO THE MOTION IS TO HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN IMPROVE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: CAN SORRY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I MEAN, I WOULD HAVE TO I'D HAVE TO WATCH IT BACK AGAIN BUT.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: CAN YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WOULD YOU BE A BAND MULTIPLE SO LET ME JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LET ME JUST PULL IN POINT, IT REALLY IS CONCISELY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH EXPAND DROP OFF LOCATIONS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND OUR OWN CITY STAFF TO EXAMINE OTHER WAYS OF REDUCING.

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WHAT ELSE DID I SAY, AND THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG POINTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADD ADDITIONAL FOOD SCRIPT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADDITIONAL DROP OFF SITES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ADDITIONAL DROP OFFS 100% AND THEN LOOKING FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO THAT WE ULTIMATELY GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE EMILY IS EXCEPT I DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN INCREMENTAL DAY I WANTED TO BE A NET REDUCTION IN DAYS WHEN WE GET TO COMMINGLED FOOD SCRAPS WITH WITH YARD WASTE AND ANY OTHER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PROGRAM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO IF JULIE, PLEASE SAY IT AND DON'T EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S CONFUSING IT.

YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALRIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO KIM.

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCIL WOMAN HEARD.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I'M GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE I MAKE MY VOTE, AND MY COMMENT IS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE HAVE DROPPED OFF IN THE CITY, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC THAT WE EXPAND THE DROP OFF, I THINK.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL I, I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE A GIVEN, I THINK THAT, WITHOUT.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: WITHOUT ADDING ANY SUBSTANCE TO THIS STUDY WE'RE JUST WASTING GREG AND RYAN'S TIME AND SO, IN THAT RESPECT I VOTE NO.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD BE SHOOTING MYSELF IN THE FOOT IF I IF I GET NO DROP KNOW CURBSIDE PICKUP SO I HAVE TO VOTE NO.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THAT ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS REALLY ENDING SOMETHING WITH NO CLARITY ON ON ON WHAT THE PATH FORWARD IS BECAUSE THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE SHOULD BE ASKING ANYWAY AND INEVITABLY WILL BE, AND I THINK IT'S A MASSIVE KICK IN THE TEETH TO.

[8. Adjourn until April 6, 2022 the public hearing for consideration of a petition from The Miriam Osborn Memorial Home to amend the text of the City of Rye Zoning Code Association to create new use and development standards for “Senior Living Facilities” in the R-2 Zoning District. There will be no public comment on the Osborn zoning text amendment at this meeting.]

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SURPRISED THAT WE JUST CAN'T ASK THE STAFF TO.

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

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I VOTE FOR EXPANDING DROP OFF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE YOU VOTING FOR YOUR MOTION, PLEASE.

YES, YES.

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

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: THE MOTION PASSES FOR TWO THREE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MR MAYOR, I THINK WE HAVE A HAND UP I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO CALL ON THEM OR NOT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALREADY DID BUT LET'S HEAR.

KRISTEN WILSON: MONTE GARISH.

MONTY GERRISH: SO YOU GUYS CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, YES.

MONTY GERRISH: YOU SEE ME TOO.

MONTY GERRISH: I ORIGINALLY DID NOT FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AND.

MONTY GERRISH: SO MY FIRST TIME GOING ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ESSENCE OF TIME I DID RAISE MY HAND ON THIS, BECAUSE AT MY RESTAURANT, WE DID USE A PROGRAM THAT WAS FREE THEY PICKED UP OUR FOOD WASTE FOR FREE, THE ONLY REASON I CAN'T DO, IT IS BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE SPACE.

MONTY GERRISH: SO YOU KNOW I'M MORE THAN HAPPY FOR ANY OF YOU GUYS TO COME DOWN AND TALK TO ME AND AGAIN THEY I FORGET THE EXACT REASON BUT FREE IS BETTER THAN 30 GRAND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, CAN YOU TELL US WHERE YOUR RESTAURANT IS.

MONTY GERRISH: I'M THE TENANT AT 615 MOUNTAIN ROAD MILTON POINT PROVISIONS AND I'M HERE TO HELP.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE FOOD IS GOOD.

MONTY GERRISH: THANK YOU.

MONTY GERRISH: ALL YOU GUYS DONE I ORIGINALLY WAS ON HERE TO TALK ABOUT SANDWICH BOARDS, BUT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND.

MONTY GERRISH: MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP OUT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THANK YOU MANDY.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TALK ABOUT SANDWICH BOARDS LATER MONEY.

MONTY GERRISH: OKAY, THANK YOU BILL I'LL STEAL THE CAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO OUR NEXT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TOPIC IS THE ACTUAL ADJOURNING UNTIL APRIL SIX THE PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ON THE OSBORNE PETITION MAY HAVE EMOTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

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

AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE GO TO RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD, THERE MAY BE SOME STILL FOCUSED ON THE OSBORNE I'D ASK YOU TO SAVE COMMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS SO YOU'RE IN THE RECORD.

KRISTEN WILSON: AND WE HAVE HAPPY HAPPENS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KATHY WELCOME.

KATHY HOBBINS: HI JOSH HI EVERYBODY CAN YOU HEAR ME HEY JULIE.

KATHY HOBBINS: HI THERE, YES, YOU CAN HEAR ME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, I CAN.

KATHY HOBBINS: SEE OKAY UM I KATHY HAVIN 75 OAKLAND BEACH LIFETIME RESIDENT THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME ON MANY OCCASIONS I'M JUST WONDERING.

KATHY HOBBINS: THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE OSBORNE I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A COMMITTEE THAT'S CURRENTLY STUDYING ANTIQUATED ZONING LAWS.

KATHY HOBBINS: WITH ALL THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND RYE, IT SEEMS LIKE BLASTING AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT DYNAMITE LIKE 10 FEET FROM NEIGHBORS WHICH ACTUALLY IS A SIDE, THANK YOU FOR THE POTENTIAL MORATORIUM AND HOW ABOUT COMPLETELY ABOLISHING BLASTING.

KATHY HOBBINS: SO ANYWAY BACK TO BLASTING CHIPPING TREE REMOVAL FLOODING MASSIVE WATER ISSUES AND MUCH, MUCH MORE NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED NOW RYAN NEEDS SOME TYPE OF COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CHANGES REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT THAT FITS WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE TOWN.

KATHY HOBBINS: THE THREE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU JUST PASSED ARE SO GREAT, REALLY, REALLY GOOD START, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

KATHY HOBBINS: EVEN IF IT ONLY AFFECTS SORT OF A HANDFUL OF PROPERTIES YOUR WORK WAS GREAT AND IT'S A REALLY, REALLY GOOD START.

KATHY HOBBINS: I DON'T BELIEVE AND CERTAINLY HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO SAVE THE CHARACTER OF RYE THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH DEVELOPMENT WITH NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON RESIDENCE.

KATHY HOBBINS: THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T HANDLE IT, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR YEARS, AND THESE IMPACTS ARE IRREVERSIBLE, I THINK, FORTUNATELY, ALL OF YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT NOW.

KATHY HOBBINS: I UNDERSTAND THAT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS STARTED TO STUDY, MAYBE YEARS AGO LOOKING INTO OTHER WESTCHESTER TOWNS THAT HAVE CHANGED THEIR ZONING LAWS, PERHAPS THIS COUNCIL CAN CONTINUE WITH THAT STUDY IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY DOING SO MAYBE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY.

KATHY HOBBINS: AND ALSO I'M ASKING AGAIN ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION HOURS HAS THAT BEEN DISCUSSED 730 TO 630 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND FIVE O'CLOCK UP TO SET UP TO FIVE O'CLOCK ON SATURDAYS DOESN'T REALLY GIVE RESIDENTS MUCH NEEDED PEACE, ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSTRUCTION SOMETIMES STARTS AT 640 IN THE MORNINGS.

KATHY HOBBINS: SO PLEASE, PLEASE BEFORE IT'S TRULY TOO LATE.

KATHY HOBBINS: I HOPE YOU ALL, WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IT'S TIME IT'S WELL PAST TIME TO ACT THANKS AGAIN TO ALL OF YOU AND I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ARE ON DIFFERENT COMPANIES SO THANKS FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IT IS TRULY APPRECIATE IT AND.

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

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK MARTY WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT HANDBILLS RIGHT MONEY YOU STILL THERE.

KRISTEN WILSON: MY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SANDWICH BOARDS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SANDWICH BOARDS RIGHT YEAH AND NOW.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SANDWICH BOARD WHATEVER WHATEVER.

MONTY GERRISH: YOU GUYS.

MONTY GERRISH: I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS THE APPROPRIATE TIME, YES I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT SANDWICH BOARDS.

MONTY GERRISH: OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFICULTIES WE ARE GOING THROUGH IN OUR INDUSTRY, ITS HISTORICAL IT'S BAD AND.

MONTY GERRISH: YOU KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO GET ANGRY ABOUT IT BUT.

MONTY GERRISH: I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT WE WERE ISSUED A WARNING FOR PUTTING UP A SMALL CHALKBOARD THAT SAYS WE'RE OPEN AND I KNOW WHAT THE LAW AND RYE I KNOW IT WAS LIFTED FOR COVEN AND.

MONTY GERRISH: I DON'T NEED TO GO THROUGH HOW LONG MY FAMILY'S BEEN HERE I LOVE RIGHT I CARE ABOUT IT, WE PUT A LOT OF MONEY INTO OUR SPACE AND I PLAN ON DOING MORE, AND ALL I WANT.

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EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: ON MONDAY, SO UM I DID, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM AN I THINK THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ANOTHER OWNER, IN THE SAME VICINITY AND APPARENTLY THERE HAD BEEN SANDWICH BOARDS HAVE BEEN OUT AND HAD BEEN.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I GUESS, THERE WERE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SANDWICH BOARDS, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WHILE SANDWICH BOARDS ARE TECHNICALLY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: NOT PERMITTED AS YOU NOTED, THERE ARE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALLOW UNLESS THERE ARE COMPLAINTS AND SO UM.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SO I THINK YOU HAVE YOU KNOW IT IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH ALL THE MERCHANTS, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LAWS THAT IMPACTS, ALL OF THEM.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND SO MY SUGGESTION TO YOU MIGHT BE TO WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TO COME UP WITH A SUGGESTION FOR HOW WE CAN CHANGE THE LAW SO THAT ALL SO THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONGST.

[10. Consideration to waive through September 1, 2022, certain building permit fees related to repairs for flood damage and certain fees related to flood mitigation projects such as elevating homes, flood proofing a business or building a new home that has been deemed to be substantially damaged by Ida and requires reconstruction compliant with FEMA flood standards.]

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND SO WE CERTAINLY WANT YOU TO THRIVE, BUT I THINK THAT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE I THINK IT'S BRIAN JACKSON, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO REACH OUT WITH HIM AND AND GET SOME.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: CONSENSUS FROM VARIOUS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: LIKE I SAID, BUSINESS AND RESTAURANT OWNERS AND THEN BRING THAT THE COUNCIL THAT WOULD BE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I THINK THE BEST WAY FORWARD.

YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AGREE WITH WHAT EMILY SAYING AND THE MAYBE THERE'S SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO I MEAN MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW NOT IMPEDING THE SIDEWALK BUT STILL GIVES YOU MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES OFF THE BUILDING A LITTLE BIT MORE WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING SOME AN IMPEDIMENT IN THE SIDEWALK SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK 100% I WAS GONNA SAY EMILY BRIAN JACKSON AND MONTE WE CAN YOU KNOW SHARE IF YOU JUST GO TO THE RIGHT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND THAT CONTACT INFORMATION BUT.

[14. Old Business/New Business.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW GILBERT MORE CONSENSUS AND HOW THIS SHOULD BE HANDLED, AND WE CAN YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES, BUT I DO GET IT, I GET YOU WANT PEOPLE CAN CAN REFER YOU IN PARTICULAR, CAN YOU USE THE SIDE OF YOUR BUILDING WAS A THOUGHT I HAD AS WELL.

MONTY GERRISH: THE SIDE ON ON MY BUILDING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH WELL ON THE SIDE BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT YOU I'M PRESUMING PEOPLE COMING DOWN MELTON YOU'VE GOT THE WHOLE SIDE WITH A COOL YOU KNOW LOGO AND EVERYTHING I JUST DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU COULD PUT SOMETHING THEY ARE NOT INDICATED THAT YOU WERE.

MONTY GERRISH: WELL, I.

MONTY GERRISH: DID GO AHEAD AND ORDER, A FLAG.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

MONTY GERRISH: SO, FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU GUYS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, YES, I DON'T WANT TO CLUTTER.

MONTY GERRISH: THE SIDEWALK AND IT WAS MOVED TO THE SIDE, BUT YOU KNOW I LOOKED AT IT, AS ALL OF US, RISING AND COMING TOGETHER AS MERCHANTS, SO I WILL REACH OUT THANK YOU EMILY AND EVERYBODY ELSE, FOR I WILL HIT UP THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND STAY TUNED FOR THE FLAG RAISING.

MONTY GERRISH: THANK YOU GUYS.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: PATRICK'S DAY MONTE.

MONTY GERRISH: YEAH THANK YOU COME SEE ME TOMORROW CHEERS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS I LIKE.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK IF COULD RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF NO MORE HANDS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO NOW WE GO TO CONSIDERATION TO WAVE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1 2022 CERTAIN BUILDING PERMIT FEES RELATED TO REPAIRS FOR FLOOD DAMAGE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND CERTAIN FEES RELATED TO FLOOD MITIGATION PROJECTS SUCH AS ELEVATING HOMES FLOOD PROOFING OF BUSINESS OR BUILDING A NEW HOME THAT'S BEEN DEEMED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED BY IDA AND REQUIRES RECONSTRUCTION COMPLIANT WITH FEMA FLOOD STANDARDS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THAT MOTION.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S SEE, I THINK WE NEED ROLL CALL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: AWESOME IN 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.

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

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE GO WE'VE COVERED 11 1213 SO WE GO TO OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND PATRICK'S DAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, HAPPY ST PATRICK'S DAY.

SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DOES ANYONE WANT TO MAKE THE FINAL MOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WILL MAKE IT OH.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: SORRY, OH.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE THING I KEEP ON FORGETTING, YOU KNOW WE USED TO SORT OF DO LIAISON REPORTS AND I DON'T WE HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T DONE THEM ANY SINCE I'VE REJOINED AND I'M THE LIAISON TO THE BAR AND THE RIGHT TOWN PARK COMMISSION.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND THEY JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE RIGHT TOWN PARK COMMISSION ADOPTED.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: A RESOLUTION TO INSTITUTE GREEN.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: LAWN CARE, AND SO WE ARE PURCHASING.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YOU KNOW LAWN MAINTENANCE MACHINERY THERE SO THAT WILL PARALLEL THE WORK THAT THE CITY OF IDP W IS DOING TO MOVE TOWARDS ELECTRIC.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: LAWN MAINTENANCE MACHINES SO ANYWAY, BUT THAT'S EXCITING THAT WILL THAT WILL HAPPEN THE SUMMER.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: OR THEY'RE BUYING IT NOW SO ANYWAY THAT'S HAPPENING AT RIDE TOWN PARK AND AT RIGHT DOWN PARK WE'RE EXPECTING A YOU KNOW ROBUST SEASON AGAIN, WHICH IS GREAT, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE THEY UPDATED THE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THE OH GOSH WHAT'S IT CALLED THE THING THAT THE RAMP DOWN TO THE BEACH, WHICH REALLY LOOKS FANTASTIC AND THEY'RE WORKING HARD OVER THERE, WITH A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS SO.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: THAT'S GREAT ALSO BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YEAH SEEING A LOT OF THEM.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: A LOT OF PROJECTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DID WE HAVE THAT THAT MOTION.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS AN ADJOURNMENT ALL IN FAVOR HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HI ALL RIGHT THANK YOU EVERYONE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD NIGHT ALL.

NIGHT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAPPY ST PATTY'S.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.