Apr 06, 2022 City Council

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JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING I UNDERSTAND I DIDN'T CALL.

[Executive Session]

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[Additional Item (Part 1 of 2)]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE WE GO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ON A CALL US TO ORDER JOSH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU'RE MUTED YOU'RE MUTED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 6 2022 WE'RE A QUORUM BEING PRESENT WE'RE ABOUT TO ADJOURN INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO RETURN AT 7PM MAY HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MOTION TO ADJOURN.

I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEE YOU THERE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE WE GO.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ANALYSTS YEAH I SEE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE MAY BE SOME UM MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT.

[1. Roll Call.]

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH AND SOMEBODY ASKED WHY I THINK WE SHOULD CLARIFY WHAT'S GOING ON.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH OSBORNE MADE THE REQUEST YEAH.

OKAY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HERE RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH SO WELCOME TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL WEDNESDAY APRIL 620 22 BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I WANTED TO SHARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH PUBLIC THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE OSBORNE INDICATED TO US LATE YESTERDAY THAT IT WANTED TO ADJOURN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ITS PUBLIC HEARING UNTIL MAY 25.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DO KNOW THAT THE OSBORNE IS REVIEWING THEIR TRAFFIC REPORT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE OTHER CHANGES IN MIND FOR THE PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE EXPECTING THEM TO MAKE.

[2. Draft unapproved minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council held March 16, 2022.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO, WITH THAT IN MIND, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE OSBORNE TONIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WOULD ASK PEOPLE TO PLEASE WATCH OUR AGENDAS, THAT IS, THE OSBORNE HAS POSTPONED MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE COURSE.

[3. Post Ida Storm Update.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ON MAY 25 BUT TO AVOID HAVING THE BURDEN OF REPEATING COMMENTS OR OF COMMENTS, NOT BEING CONTAINED IN THE PUBLIC RECORD, WE WOULD ASK YOU TO WAIT UNTIL MAY 25.

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CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH THE CAVEAT THAT I NEED TO LEAVE AT 637 30.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

HERE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: HE'S ABSENT SORRY THERE'S SO MANY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, WHERE'S.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: OKAY WE'RE GOING TO MARK COUNCILMAN SEXES ASHTON AND MAYOR CON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A YES HERE AND AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF BOTH COUNCILMAN STACKS AND AND COUNCILWOMAN HEARD BOTH HAVE WORK OBLIGATIONS THIS EVENING AND HAVE OF COURSE PLEDGED TO WATCH THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE HAVE DRAFT UNAPPROVED MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD ON MARCH 16.

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

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

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN, MAY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE GO TO POST IT TO STORM UPDATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL I HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE THIS WEEK IS THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I HAVE PURSUED THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GIVEN THAT DC INDICATED SOME WEEKS AGO, ITS INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN AN ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STUDY OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED I THOUGHT IT TIME TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TURN TO THE ARMY CORPS AND SEE WHAT FURTHER THOUGHTS THEY HAD ABOUT WHEN THEIR OWN STUDY WOULD COMMANDS DC, OF COURSE, IT HAS ITS OWN NEW YORK RESILIENCE STREAM STUDY GOING, AND WE, AS A CITY HAVE A WATERSHED STUDY BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE RAMBLE ENGINEERING FOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG YOU MAY HAVE MORE TO SAY ABOUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE RAMBLE IS ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S NOT RAMBLE IT'S THE DC STUDY THAT WANTS TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WILL MEET WITH US IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE'RE AT SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH DC THE ENGINEERING FIRM SLR WHO'S BEEN COMMISSIONED TO DO THE DC SPONSORED WATERSHED STUDY THERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A VIRTUAL MEETING WITH THEM AND REVIEWING PARTS OF THE CITY.

[4. Westchester Power Update and Renewal.]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SENIOR STAFF HAS ALSO BEEN A WEEK MEETING EVERY WEEK WITH RAMBLE ON OVER THE LAST MONTH IN TERMS OF THEIR WHERE THEY'RE PROCEEDING TO THEY DID THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SITE VISIT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO ALL OF THE VARIOUS WATERSHED LOCATIONS THAT DID THAT ABOUT BY THE THIRD WEEK OF MARCH.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THEY ARE CONTINUING THE HYDROLOGICAL SCREEN UPSTREAM APPROXIMATELY 20 WATER STORAGE CONCEPTS IN 14 LOCATIONS THAT ARE ALSO SCREENING STRUCTURAL MEASURES AT EIGHT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WATERSHED AND ACTUALLY BELOW INTO THE CITY ITSELF.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THEY EXPECT TO BE WRAPPING ALL OF THIS UP BY THE THIRD BETWEEN THE THIRD AND FOURTH WEEK OF APRIL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND WILL BE PREPARED TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL INTO THE COMMUNITY APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY, WHICH WILL NEED TO COORDINATE A MEETING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BECAUSE IT WILL BE A QUITE QUITE LENGTHY PRESENTATION BY THEM WHERE THEY WILL REVIEW ALL OF THEIR FINDINGS THAT YOU KNOW THE VARIOUS OPTIONS, THE CHANGES IN SURFACE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND SOME PRELIMINARY SCOPING OF IDEAS, AT WHICH POINT, THEN THE YOU KNOW THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY WILL.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE IDEAS THAT BY JULY ONE, WE WILL HAVE HAD SCOPED PLANS FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE IN A STATE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE TO A SHOW A FEMALE LEVEL APPLICATION.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT THE REALLY THE NEXT KEY EVENT, IT WOULD BE A PRESENTATION HERE IN THE CITY APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST WEEK OF MAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT WEEK, GOING TO WESTCHESTER POWER, UPDATE AND POTENTIAL RENEWAL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IF NICOLE, IF YOU CAN ELEVATE DAN WALSH THEN WE'LL SEE WHETHER I DON'T BELIEVE HE'S A SONG SOMEWHERE, HERE WE GO.

DAN WELSH: HI THERE I'M HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY DAN.

DAN WELSH: I I KNOW YOU HAVE A GARGANTUAN AGENDA, SO I WILL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN THEN.

DAN WELSH: AND THE GOAL IS TODAY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE CONTRACTING PLAN FOR THE YEAR AND THE THE MORE NEAR TERM ACTIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTH SHORT TERM EXTENSION AND THEN.

DAN WELSH: AN ENHANCED AUCTION LATER IN THE YEAR, SO I WON'T I WON'T BELABOR THE SORT OF BASIC CCA BASICS, YOU KNOW THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY ENERGY PROGRAM 29 MINUTES PALETTE IS NOW THAT YONKERS AND TELCO HAVE JOINED IN THE LAST YEAR.

DAN WELSH: CONTINUE TO MEDICAL TREMENDOUS IMPACT WITH OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROCUREMENT OVER A MILLION TONS OF CO2 MITIGATED IN THE PROGRAM TODAY AND CITY RISE STARTED TO ACCUMULATE A NICE CHUNK OF THAT.

DAN WELSH: THIS IS KIND OF A JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF SORT OF WHERE WHERE WE ARE NOW IN THE HISTORY, ALL IN ONE SHOT AND THE BOX IN THE UPPER RIGHT, THIS IS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT, WHICH IS A.

DAN WELSH: REALLY NICE PLACE FOR US TO BE TODAY BECAUSE IT WAS CONTRACTED IN ANOTHER ERA SORT OF ENERGY PRICE WISE BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF.

DAN WELSH: 2021 AND ACTUALLY THE AUCTION WAS IN 2020 SO OUR RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLIER IS AT 7.41 SENSE, AND WE ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE STANDARD SUPPLY.

DAN WELSH: IF THE THAT'S SOMEPLACE THEY HAVE TO BE THEY CAN EASILY CHANGE TO THAT, AND YOU SEE THE HISTORICAL RATE GRAPH THERE AND THE BIG SPIKE THAT WE JUST.

DAN WELSH: WENT THROUGH WITH KINDA DAD YOU SEE THERE'S ALSO A DROP IN MARCH, THAT IS NOT AN ENERGY MARKET RELATED DROPPED THERE'S A THERE WAS A MINUS SIX CENTS ADJUSTMENT THAT.

DAN WELSH: KIND OF MADE ON THAT LINE IT'S NORMALLY THEY ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE ADJUSTMENT FACTORS, BUT THEY RUN FROM TWO TO MINUS TWO CENTS, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT EXACTLY WAS ABOUT BUT IT'S NOT.

DAN WELSH: IT'S NOT GOING TO STAY THAT WAY FOR SURE, AND THIS IS ALSO JUST KIND OF A QUICK WAY OF THINKING ABOUT HOW THE RATES HAVE PERFORMED.

DAN WELSH: THIS IS A SIMPLE UNWEIGHTED AVERAGE, WE TAKE THE CONTENT AND OUR RATES AND DURING THE PERIOD AND OUR RATES ARE IN HERE AND AVERAGE THEM AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE AND.

DAN WELSH: I'M GOING BACK TO THE VERY START ON A RIDE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE AND THE NEGATIVE VERSUS KIND OF ADD YOU'D SEEN THE RENEWABLES SUPPLY BY ABOUT A PENNY A KILOWATT HOUR.

DAN WELSH: YOU CAME IN AT THE AT A BIG DEPTH THERE BUT THEY'RE IN THIS CURRENT CONTRACT AND THROUGH THAT WHOLE THAT WHOLE SPIKE AND ALL THAT WERE NET POSITIVE.

DAN WELSH: MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF SAND FOR THE AVERAGE WERE NOBLE CUSTOMER, SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF A WAY TO ROUGHLY.

DAN WELSH: COMPARE HOW WE'RE DOING, BUT OF COURSE THAT'S ALL RENEWABLE ENERGY VS VS BASIC GRID POWER AND IT'S ALSO WITH THE FIXED RATES, WHICH AGAIN CARRY YOU THROUGH SOME OF THOSE NASTY SPIKES.

DAN WELSH: BY WAY WANT TO LAY OUT THE BACKGROUND AGAIN ALL THIS WITH THE THE AI TO GIVING YOU WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO.

DAN WELSH: DELIBERATE ABOUT THE THESE UPCOMING ACTIONS AND THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR, AS WE SEE IT, IS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO UPDATE OUR PROCUREMENT.

DAN WELSH: PROCESSES TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF COMPETITION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DRAW TO THOSE.

DAN WELSH: PROCUREMENT TO THE AUCTIONS AND BY DOING SO, ALSO BUILD TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE OR EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE YOU NO LONGER TERM CONTRACTS OR IT MAY ALSO BEHOOVE AT TIMES TO HAVE SHORTER TERM CONTRACTS AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND.

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DAN WELSH: TO THE PROGRAM AND LEAD TO A GOOD PRICE PERFORMANCE AS WELL, AND THE THE GIST OF THIS ENHANCEMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR ALL THE BOXES, YOU SEE RIGHT THERE.

DAN WELSH: BASICALLY, THAT REPRESENTS WHAT WE DO NOW, WHICH IS BUY FROM US CODES RIGHT IN NEW YORK STATE AND THE RETAIL RELATIONSHIP WITH A RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER HAS TO EITHER BE WITH A.

DAN WELSH: WITH A UTILITY OR WHEN AN ENERGY SERVICE COMPANY, SO WE ARE ALWAYS GOING OUT TO THE MARKET TO THESE ENERGY SERVICE COMPANIES, THERE ARE COUNTERPARTS, BUT BY.

DAN WELSH: WE FOUND A FIRM THAT'S WILLING TO PACKAGE UP AND PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICES NEEDED TO TAKE WHOLESALE BIDS.

DAN WELSH: SO THAT THE END RESULT COULD BE A QUALIFIED ESCROW BIT SO ON THE SAME DAY THAT WE HOLD THE AUCTION FOR.

DAN WELSH: THE RETAIL SUPPLY AS WELL WE DO, WE CAN ALSO RUN OPTIONS FOR THE WHOLESALE BLOCK OF ENERGY, WHICH IS THE LARGEST PART OF THE COST.

DAN WELSH: AND IF THE THE THE WHOLESALE BID BEST WHOLESALE BIBS PLUS OUR OUR SLEEPING COST THE COST TO PROVIDE ALL THE REST OF THE SERVICES THAT THAT MAKE THAT INTO A QUALIFIED AS GO BID.

DAN WELSH: IS LESS THAN OUR RETAIL BITS, THEN WE HAVE A YOU KNOW, A CHEAPER OPTION AND AND ANOTHER WAY TO GO, AND AGAIN THAT THAT SAME STRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THAT WILL.

DAN WELSH: STAND US IN GOOD STEAD IN THE FUTURE WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE MAY WANT TO LEVERAGE OUR BUYING POWER TO HELP NEW FACILITIES NEW YOU KNOW WHEN DEVELOPERS UPSTATE COME ONLINE AND SLEEP THAT THAT.

DAN WELSH: PRODUCTION INTO OUR SUPPLY AND HELP THOSE FACILITIES GO ONLINE, SO THE TOOL THAT WILL NOT ONLY ENHANCE OUR AUCTION RIGHT AWAY AND AND KIND OF RUN MORE CONVENTIONAL SENSE BUT WILL BE ABLE TO USE IN THE FUTURE.

DAN WELSH: SO, IN ORDER TO GET THERE WE'RE PROPOSING TO FIRST HAVE A CONTRACT EXTENSION, SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER THESE ENHANCED OPTION FACILITIES THAT'S THE RFP IS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT THE SLEEPING ARRANGEMENTS THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND TO BEAT THE BUSHES FOR MORE RETAIL.

DAN WELSH: BITTERS WE ACTUALLY HAD A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF QUALIFIED BITTERS RECENTLY AND AND THOSE WHOLESALE BITTERS BUT ALSO IMPORTANTLY.

DAN WELSH: THIS EXTENSION WILL PUSH US OUT A BIT FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW, WHICH IS A REALLY CRAZY ENERGY MARKET AND YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAS READ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT SOMEWHERE, BUT IT WAS ALREADY TOUGH LAST YEAR.

DAN WELSH: WITH WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH THE NATURAL GAS MARKETS, BUT NOW, WITH THE WITH THE TRAGEDIES OVERSEAS AND THE WARDS AND NOW NOW WE'RE SEEING EVEN HIGHER PRICES, SO IT SHOULD BE.

DAN WELSH: EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE CLEAR IS THAT THAT THE PRICING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR OLD PRICING IT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY ALL THESE ALL THESE THINGS SO AS I SAY, WE WERE LOOKING TO.

DAN WELSH: TO ENGAGE OUR MUNICIPALITIES, AS PART OF CONTRACT EXTENSION.

DAN WELSH: RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKE FIVE MONTHS WE GOT APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SERVICE IN OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN UPDATE FOR UP TO SIX MONTHS, SO IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO SIX MONTHS, DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW WHERE THINGS FALL OUT BUT IT'D BE NO MORE THAN SIX MONTHS.

DAN WELSH: AND THIS WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR THAT YOU KNOW OUR CURRENT CONTRACT AGAIN GOES TO THE END OF JUNE.

DAN WELSH: SO THE SCHEDULE IS TO BACKS UP FROM THAT, AND YOU HAVE THE MAILING AND ALL THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOCK EVERYTHING DOWN OUR TARGET IS IS REALLY MID APRIL.

DAN WELSH: TO TO LOCK DOWN THE EXTENSION IN ORDER TO PULL THIS OFF AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR WOULD BE THIS ENHANCED AUCTION.

DAN WELSH: SAME PROCESS, WE HAVE THE MO YOU, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE MECHANISM FOR BRINGING ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.

DAN WELSH: TOGETHER FOR A GIVEN BID OR GIVEN CONTRACTING ACTIVITY, BECAUSE IT SETS OUT TO THE PRICE, NOT TO EXCEED AND WITH THAT YOU CAN GO.

DAN WELSH: TO BED OR GET YOUR OFFERS, AND IF IT COMES IN COMPLIANT THEN, THEN THE CONTRACTS GET SIGNED, SO THAT IT WOULD BE A SIMILAR.

DAN WELSH: SERIES OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR, BUT WITH THE GOAL OF GETTING TO THAT ENHANCED AUCTION, BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

DAN WELSH: IN THE NEAR TERM, AS I SAID, IS THE MO YOU ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONTRACT EXTENSION AND WE'VE BEEN A FREE BOARDS TONIGHT AND.

DAN WELSH: WE HAD THREE MEETINGS YESTERDAY AND WE'RE WE'RE HITTING EVERYBODY TO TRY TO GET THAT EXECUTED AGAIN BY WAY OF ORIENTATION.

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DAN WELSH: AND THAT FUEL PRICE SETS THE GENERAL MARKET FOR ELECTRICITY, BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THE GENERATORS ARE NATURAL GAS FUELS THAT'S WHAT SETS THE STANDARD.

DAN WELSH: AND HAVING DOUBLED THAT ENERGY REALLY COMPRISING THE BENCHMARK THAT PEOPLE USE IT'S VERY ROUGH IT'S LIKE HALF OF YOUR RETAIL PRICE THAT IMPLIES THAT WE'RE UP IN LIKE 10 CENTS AREA JUST FOR THE RAW.

DAN WELSH: ENERGY WITHOUT WITHOUT THE RENEWABLE ENERGY RX PREMIUM AND.

DAN WELSH: LOOKING FORWARD, RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, THE WORLD COULD CHANGE IN A WEEK FOR ALL WE KNOW WITH TERMS OF YOU KNOW, THESE ARE SHAKING EVENTS BUT WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN AT A RECORD.

DAN WELSH: YEAR OF EXPORTS LAST YEAR, AND NOW A COMMITMENT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO DO EVEN MORE EXPLOITING SO.

DAN WELSH: THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING LIKE THAT THAT PRICE PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE THERE THE OTHER PRESSURE HAS BEEN ON THE THE RACKS THEMSELVES REMEMBER THAT'S THE.

DAN WELSH: THE WAY THAT WE PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY, A RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATOR VERY MEGAWATT THEY PRODUCE IT REGISTER IT WITH NEW YORK STATE THAT BECOMES PART OF THE THE.

DAN WELSH: VOLUNTARY.

DAN WELSH: RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES MARKET AND THAT'S, WHAT ARE WE PURCHASE AND OUR ORIGINAL OUR CURRENT CONTRACT WAS SET AT ABOUT POINT SIX CENTS A KILOWATT HOUR IT'S UP THERE UP.

DAN WELSH: SENT THEM A HALF AND AND ACTUALLY IT RECENTLY MOVED A LITTLE HIGHER THAN THAT PART OF THAT IS JUST THE DEMAND LIKE CCA LIKE OURS.

DAN WELSH: AND PART OF IT IS THE STATE ACTUALLY ACTING TO PROP UP THOSE PRICES, BECAUSE SOME OF THAT PRODUCTION WAS ACTUALLY LEAKING OUT OF STATE INTO MASSACHUSETTS SO THEY RAN SOLICITATIONS TO HOW PUMP THAT PRICE UP AGAIN SOME ORIENTING INFORMATION IF YOU GO OUT ON THE THE ESKIMO MARKET FOR.

DAN WELSH: RENEWABLE ENERGY AT THIS POINT, NO CANCELLATION FEE APPLES TO APPLES WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IT'S ABOUT 13 CENTS.

DAN WELSH: THIS IS FROM THE NEW YORK STATE POWER TO CHOOSE WEBSITE, I CAN GET A LITTLE STALE SO WE ALSO CHECK DIRECTLY ON THE THE ESCA WEBSITES AGAIN AROUND AROUND 13 CENTS.

DAN WELSH: THIS IS ALL THE DATA WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING A WEEK ON WEEK TO JUST SORT OF LINE OURSELVES UP AS WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE WOULD NEGOTIATE A FINAL PRICE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE.

DAN WELSH: THIS IS THE BASE PRICE WITHOUT THE RACKS DIRECTOR OVER HERE AND IT'S BEEN GOING UP.

DAN WELSH: CONSISTENTLY AND WEEK ON WEEK WITH ALL THIS ACTIVITY AT THE TIME OF OUR CHIEF ELECTIVES MEETING WHICH WE HELD LAST WEEK WE BROUGHT EVERYBODY, TOGETHER WITH THE PURPOSE OF.

DAN WELSH: AGAIN, PRESENTING THIS KIND OF INFORMATION AND GETTING SOME CONSENSUS AROUND WHAT NUMBER TO PUT IN THERE, AS THE PRICE, NOT TO EXCEED.

DAN WELSH: THE YELLOW NUMBERS, THEY ARE WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHICH HAD US AT A TOTAL OF ABOUT 11.76 CENTS FOR THE RENEWABLE.

DAN WELSH: SINCE THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ROUND OF INDICATIVE IS, WHICH IS NOT ACCEPT TO 12.3 WITH WITH THAT WE THEN PROPOSED.

DAN WELSH: THEN, THROUGH THE TO THE CHEAP LICENSE TO GO RUN WITH A NUMBER OF 12.5 CENTS, AS THE NOT TO EXCEED.

DAN WELSH: LEAVING A LITTLE BIT OF BUFFER IN THERE, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE COULD STILL BE MOVEMENT WE HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE WITH.

DAN WELSH: TRYING TO BE A LITTLE TOO CLEVER AND AND YOU KNOW HUGGING IT RIGHT UP TO WHAT THE CURRENT INDICATIVE IS THAT HAPPENED TO US IN THE NICE SEGUE.

DAN WELSH: TERRITORY IS UP NORTH THE NORTHERN TOWNS AND WE ACTUALLY MISSED IT AND WE HAD TO GO BACK AROUND AND RESET ALL OUR SCHEDULES AND REDO THE MO US.

DAN WELSH: AND SO WE ACTUALLY HAD A GAP OF THREE MONTHS IN THE PROGRAM AS WE RESET EVERYTHING.

DAN WELSH: THAT'S, OF COURSE, PRESENTS YOU KNOW ADDITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS CHALLENGES WITH THE UTILITY SWITCH LETTERS AND IT HAPPENED AND BEING THE MIDST OF HIGH RATE PERIODS WHEN THE.

DAN WELSH: WHEN THE RATEPAYERS WILL ACTUALLY LIKE WHERE'S WHERE'S WHAT'S YOUR SUPERPOWER, YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT SO THAT WAS THAT WAS SOMETHING WE.

DAN WELSH: WE IF WE CAN AVOID REPEATING THAT THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO THAT'S KIND OF THE BACKGROUND, AND I WOULD JUST NEED YOU ALSO JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT THE.

DAN WELSH: RATES ARE THE RATES, YOU KNOW AT THE WEEDS LEVEL, BUT THEY ALSO REPRESENT ON THE KIND OF THE THE OFFERING AS A WHOLE, WHAT IT MEANS AS.

DAN WELSH: A FIXED RATE AS REALLY A CAP RATHER THAN SOMETHING YOU'RE LOCKED INTO BECAUSE REMEMBER YOU CAN OPT OUT AT ANY TIME, SO IT REALLY THE WESTERN SUPERPOWER RATES PROVIDE.

DAN WELSH: AN ADDITIONAL OPTION, WHICH MEANS YOU NEVER HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN THAT RIGHT, YOU CAN ALWAYS OPT OUT, OR IF YOU KNOCKED DOWN TO THE STANDARD PRODUCT AS WELL IF THAT THAT WORKS FOR YOU, BUT ALL.

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DAN WELSH: YOU KNOW PATHWAY THROUGH THE THE BACKDROP FOR THE MO YOU EXERCISE THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, AND YOU HAVE THE DRAFT OF THAT AND THE ASSOCIATED.

DAN WELSH: ENERGY SERVICE AGREEMENT EXTENSION, WHICH IS A SIMPLE COUPLE PAGES AGREEMENT WHICH BASICALLY JUST IS FOR THE MOST PART, IS A CHORUS THE CHANGE IN THE RATES AND AND THE TIMINGS.

DAN WELSH: AND I OPEN OPEN UP TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, DAN YOUR ASK IS THAT WE RESERVE TO ENTER INTO THE MO YOU AND LI DOCUMENTATION.

DAN WELSH: YEAH THAT'S RIGHT TO AUTHORIZE THE SIGNING THE MO YOU THE OTHER DOCUMENTS ARE ARE EXHIBITS TO THE MO YOU SO THEY DON'T NEED THEY'RE NOT TO BE SIGNED NOW BUT THEY'RE THE REPRESENTATIVE FORMATS, OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WOULD BE SIGNED, IF WE GET COMPLIANT NUMBERS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND HOW DOES THIS MO YOU DIFFER FROM MO USE THAT WE'VE SIGNED BEFORE OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO DATES AND RATE PARTICULARITY.

DAN WELSH: YEAH PRIMARILY IS JUST THE THE YOUNG, THE PAST MO IS WOULD REFER TO THE RFP PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING THAT FOR THIS SHORT EXTENSION.

DAN WELSH: SO SIMPLE ADVISORS JUST SAY YOU KNOW IT'S A LONG AS WE GET OUR OFFERS UNDER THIS UNDER THIS NUMBER, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE AWARD BUT OTHER THAN THAT THE FORMAT IS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, AND THEN I WOULD JUST ADD FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN NOW FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAYBE MORE THOUSAND NIKE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IT OFFERS RIGHT RESIDENTS, THE ABILITY TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GET WHAT WE HOPE WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE IS GREEN POWER RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR A NON GREEN POWER RATE AND RESIDENTS HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPT OUT OF THIS IF THEY CHOOSE TO AND THEY GET CORRESPONDENCE WITH COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DOWNLOAD.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I ASK QUESTION HOW MANY RESIDENTS HAVE OPTED OUT THIS IN THE LAST YEAR.

DAN WELSH: OH, YOU KNOW I DON'T HAVE, IN THE LAST YEAR, PROBABLY NOT MANY AT ALL, BECAUSE I WOULD SAY IT'S IN YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE 10TH OR SOMETHING.

DAN WELSH: AT MOST, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A VERY FAVORABLE THING YOU KNOW WE WE THINK KIND OF IN TERMS OF NET ATTRITION.

DAN WELSH: YOU KNOW, FROM THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE THE NUMBERS GO UP AND DOWN, WE HAVE NEW NEW CUSTOMER MAILINGS WHEN PEOPLE MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

DAN WELSH: AND SO IT'S VERY HARD TO PIN DOWN THE GENERAL ATTRITION OVERALL TENDS TO BE BETWEEN ABOUT 10 AND 15% FROM THE ORIGINAL ELIGIBLE POPULATION BUT THERE'S BEEN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT WITH THE IN THE PAST YEAR BECAUSE OF THE FAVORITE MORNINGS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE IT'S IT'S RENEWABLES SO NORMALLY THOSE RATES ARE HIGHER THAN STANDARD RATES THAT RIGHT.

DAN WELSH: THAT IS NORMALLY TRUE IN THE PAST THAT PREMIUM WAS LOW ENOUGH THAT WE COULD REALLY HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SAYING YOU KNOW WE MIGHT EVEN BEAT CON ED.

DAN WELSH: WITH THE PREMIUM AND WE'RE WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THAT IN THIS CONTRACT, YOU KNOW THERE'LL BE GOING FORWARD WITH THE INCREASE IN THAT RENEWABLE ENERGY.

DAN WELSH: PRICE THERE'S LIKELY TO BE A SMALL PREMIUM INVOLVED, BUT WE, YOU KNOW WE'RE RUNNING OUR OPTIONS WERE TRYING TO ENHANCE THOSE OPTIONS.

DAN WELSH: AND THE, THE IDEA IS TO SECURE GREEN POWER AT THE MOST ECONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE RATE POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE YOU KNOW, A CONSUMER FRIENDLY STRUCTURE WHERE YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE, AND THEN YOU CAN OPT OUT EASILY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHICH OH, HOW DO YOU OPT OUT IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU DON'T WANT TO.

DAN WELSH: WAIT METHODS, YOU CAN CALL US ON THE PHONE, YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE THERE'S A SIMPLE FORM YOU PLUG IN YOUR KIND OF ID AND.

DAN WELSH: AND A COUPLE OF CLICKS AND YOU'RE OUT, I WILL EVEN TAKE EMAILS AND IF IT'S IN THE COURSE OF.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MEDIUM KNOW EVERY EVERYBODY IN RYE WILL GET A MAILING THAT WILL GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPT OUT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WHEN I GET.

DAN WELSH: A MAILING ONLY NOT EVERYBODY IN RUSHES NOTED THAT.

DAN WELSH: IF THEY'VE OPTED OUT IN THE PAST THEY WON'T GET THIS MAILING.

DAN WELSH: THEY COULD CHOOSE TO OPT IN AGAIN BY CONTACTING US, BUT WE WON'T TREAT THEM AS PART OF THIS OPT OUT COHORT ANYMORE WILL ASSUME THEY'VE OPTED OUT AND THEY'RE STAYING OUT SO.

DAN WELSH: THE PEOPLE GET THE MAILING WILL BE THE FOLKS THAT ARE IN THE PROGRAM NOW AND THEN, AS I SAID, THERE'S A NEWLY ELIGIBLE CUSTOMER MAILING.

DAN WELSH: WERE KIND OF GIVES US A DATA DUMP ON A PERIODIC BASIS OF PEOPLE HAVE MOVED IN THEY BECOME PART OF THE COHORT AND WE GET GET MAILINGS BUT IF YOU'VE TALKED IT OUT, YOU WON'T BE OPTED IN.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AUTOMATICALLY I NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROGRAM BEFORE I'VE LIVED IN RYAN FOR 27 YEARS, AND SO I NEVER HEARD OF THIS AND, AND YOU KNOW I'M PROBABLY HAVEN'T OPTED OUT, BECAUSE I PROBABLY DIDN'T READ IT, THE MAILING BUT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I JUST THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THIS IS VOLUNTARY AND CITIZENS CAN OPT OUT IF THEY CHOOSE AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, AND TO LOOK THROUGH WITH A MAILING COME FROM.

DAN WELSH: NOW IT'LL COME IT'LL HAVE THE SUSTAINABLE WEST CHESTER LOGO ON THERE, AND HAVE THE THE NAME OF THE CITY RIGHT.

DAN WELSH: IT WILL HAVE A RETURN ADDRESS WITH OUR SUPPLIER, BECAUSE THEY THEY DO THE ACTUAL PHYSICAL HANDLING OF THE MAIL BACK SO IT'LL SAY CONSTELLATION NEW ENERGY, BUT IT WILL SAY VERY CLEARLY IT'S.

DAN WELSH: SUSTAINABLE WEST CHESTER IN REGARDING YOUR YOU'RE NOT BEING AWARE OF THE THE PROGRAM IT COULD BE A COUPLE EXPLANATIONS THERE EITHER YES, YOU KNOW YOU YOU.

DAN WELSH: YOU DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE MAILER WHICH IS FINE, I MEAN PEOPLE GET SWAMPED WITH MAIL.

DAN WELSH: BUT ALSO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WITH AN ENERGY SUPPLY COMPANY, WE FIND THAT QUITE FREQUENTLY SIGNED UP YEARS AGO WITH SOMEBODY.

DAN WELSH: AND JUST KEEPS ROLLING OVER SO IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK, WE WE NOT INFREQUENTLY FIND THAT PEOPLE HAVEN'T LOOKED IN A LONG TIME, AND LIKE OH I'M PAYING YOU KNOW A LOT OF ELECTRICITY SO WORTH TAKING A LOOK.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH JUST A QUICK COMMENT ON THAT DID HAPPEN WITH MY FAMILY BILL, WE WERE PART OF AN ECHO THAT I DIDN'T I DIDN'T REALIZE, WE WERE PART OF.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE DID SWITCH TO THE SUSTAINABLE WESTCHESTER PROGRAM AND ARE GLAD TO BE PART OF IT, IT WE DID DO A LOT OF PUBLIC MESSAGING WHEN WE PASS THIS IN 2019 SO.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S POSSIBLE IT WAS OVERLOOKED, I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE A TON OF MAILERS I RECEIVE AND I SEE IT, ON THE RYAN MOMS FACEBOOK PAGE PEOPLE ARE YOU KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH KIND OF IS TRYING TO CONFUSE PEOPLE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THEY FEEL COMPETITION FROM THIS PROGRAM BUT WE GET MAILERS ALL THE TIME THAT I REALLY CONFUSING SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING WHO THOSE ARE COMING FROM AND BEFORE JOSH.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TALKS I HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING FOR A WORK OBLIGATION BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO DROP OFF NOW THANKS DAN GOOD NIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANKS EMILY HI.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSH.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST REAL QUICK, I MEAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LIKE BILL, WHILE I WAS AWARE OF THE PROGRAM, HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW IF YOU'RE IN THE PROGRAM CAN YOU FIND IT ON YOUR CONTENT BILL YEAH.

[5. Presentation by The Rye Garden Club regarding the Square House beautification project.]

DAN WELSH: A SUPPLIER NOTE SECTION AND IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR BEING A PART OF THE WESTCHESTER POWER PROGRAM YOU KNOW AND YOUR CONTRIBUTION THAT KIND OF THING, SO THERE ARE A FEW PLACES ON THE BILL, BUT YOU DO NEED TO FLIP TO THE INNER PAGES TO SEE IT, THOUGH.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANKS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE DEFAULT IS THAT YOU'RE IN IT THROUGH JOSH THAT WAS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M LOOKING AT THE BILL RIGHT NOW AND FOUND IT I'M IN IT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, SO YOU HAVE TO IT SO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S RIGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DEFAULT IS YOU WOULD BE A NET PROBABLY AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO ACTIVELY OPT OUT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT, I MEAN WE GET LIKE ALL OF YOU TONS OF MAIL ABOUT TWO CENTS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WELL, OTHER AS GOES RIGHT YOU GET AN EMAIL FROM OTHER PLACES, AND THERE ARE TIMES I LOOK AT IT I'M LIKE THAT'S NOT OURS THAT'S.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RIGHT A SALES BOY RIGHT AND SO YEAH YOU GOTTA PAY ATTENTION.

DAN WELSH: YOU GET QUESTIONS ALL THE TIME PEOPLE.

DAN WELSH: CALL AND SAY IS THIS YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW AND IT SAYS LIKE OFFICIAL NEW YORK STATE PROGRAM WHICH, IF YOU STRETCH IT OKAY YOU DON'T ASK THOSE ARE LIKE AN OFFICIAL NEW YORK STATE THING, SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT YOU KNOW BUT IT'S IT'S TOUGH FOR PEOPLE THAT REALLY.

APPRECIATE THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT THEIR QUESTIONS FOR DAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DAN.

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THE MOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO ENTER INTO THE MO WITH THE TERMS THAT ARE STIPULATED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND THEN AGENDA PACKET.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROW QUOTE, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN HURT IS ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA YES COUNCILMAN STACKS IS ABSENT NEAR COLON.

IS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU DOING.

DAN WELSH: I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GETTING THE SUN, THE SCHEDULE AND DEALING WITH THIS EXPEDITIOUSLY AND NOW I'M OFF TO US TODAY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

DAN WELSH: YES, GOOD NIGHT.

DAN WELSH: TAKE CARE NOW.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE ROYAL GARDEN CLUB REGARDING THE SQUARE HOUSE BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT THAT THEY ARE UNDERTAKING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NICOLE, IF YOU CAN ELEVATE ALLISON SAWN NOT SURE ALLISON WHO ELSE'S WITH YOU TONIGHT AND CAROLYN OH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SEE ANY ITALIAN AND MARGO RAISA OKAY.

MARGORESSA: HI GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, MY NAME IS MARCO REZA I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE RIGHT GARDEN CLUB AND I'M ON THE ZOOM WITH THE MEMBERS ALLISON CEYLON IN A NEW TAB ON.

MARGORESSA: AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT THE SQUARE HOUSE GARDEN AND PARKER INNOVATION PLANTS WITH YOU, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF THE SMALL BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.

MARGORESSA: IN THE 1970S, A WOMAN NAMED LENORE BARONE BUILT A SMALL KITCHEN GARDEN BEHIND THE SQUARE HOUSE AND AROUND 2005 THE RIGHT GARDEN CLUB TO GO OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS LITTLE GARDEN.

MARGORESSA: THE SQUARE HOUSE GARDEN AND THE SQUARE HOUSE PARK WHICH THE PARK, SO YOU KNOW, IS THIS AREA BETWEEN THE SQUARE HOUSE AND THE ARCADE BUILDING.

MARGORESSA: THESE AREAS HAVE BECOME VERY TIRED AND ARE IN NEED OF A RENOVATION, THE TREES THERE THEY'RE NOT THRIVING THEIR WEEDS UNDERNEATH THEM AND THE WAY IT'S LAID OUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT VERY ENTICING FOR PEOPLE IN TOWN TO WALK THAT WAY TO THE LIBRARY OR TO ADMIRE THE 911 MONUMENT OR GARDEN.

MARGORESSA: SO, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ALLISON AND I BEGAN MEETING WITH SHERRY JORDAN, OF THE RYE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WE MET WITH CAROLINA JOHNSON GREG US THREE AND RYAN COIN OF DP W.

MARGORESSA: WITH THEIR APPROVALS AND SUPPORT WE CREATED A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WE FEEL WILL NOT ONLY BEAUTIFY THAT AREA.

MARGORESSA: BUT ALSO MAKE IT MORE USABLE.

MARGORESSA: WE HAD LONG TERM MAINTENANCE.

MARGORESSA: PLANS WE REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT THE LONG TERM, MAINTENANCE WHEN DEVISING THIS PLAN AND IN THE SELECTION OF PROPER TREES.

MARGORESSA: SO THE RIGHT GARDEN CLUB WANTS, YOU KNOW TO WE WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RENOVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THIS LITTLE GARDEN AREA, BUT THE DP WHO WILL BE HELPING US WITH THE INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE SQUARE HOUSE PARK AREA.

MARGORESSA: AND WE BELIEVE THIS PROJECT MAY BE DONE AS EARLY AS MAY.

MARGORESSA: WE SUBMITTED THE ACTUAL PLAN I DON'T KNOW NICOLE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO A SCREEN SHARE FOR US OR NOT.

KRISTEN WILSON: WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SHARE.

MARGORESSA: WE SENT UP, WE SENT THE ACTUAL LANSKY OH, HERE IT IS FANTASTIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY DO A DO A RUN THROUGH OF THIS PLAN ALLISON SALON DREW THIS FOR US.

MARGORESSA: SO YOU KNOW AGAIN THE AREA BETWEEN THE ARCADE AND THE SQUARE HOUSE, THAT IS ALL THIS SQUARE HOUSE PARK AREA.

MARGORESSA: AND WE WERE WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING DOWN THE TREES THERE AND REPLACING THEM WITH AMERICAN HORN BEAM AND DOG WHICH FREES THESE TREES WERE SELECTED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO MANAGE TO GROW WELL AND SHADE, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THEY WON'T GET TOO TALL AND A PROBLEM, BECOME A PROBLEM.

MARGORESSA: IN FACT, I HAD PRESENTED THIS SPOKE TO THE OWNER OF THE ARCADE BUILDING AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY QUITE THRILLED WITH THIS AS WELL.

MARGORESSA: AND WE WILL BE ALSO THERE IS AN EXISTING PATHWAY FROM PURCHASE STREET ALONG THE SQUARE HOUSE, WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND THAT PATHWAY, ALL THE WAY BACK TO THIS GARDEN IN THE BACK.

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MARGORESSA: AGAIN, WE WILL ALSO, THIS WILL BE AN EASY MAINTENANCE ONGOING FOR THE DP W UNDER YOUR ALL THOSE TREES IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE LAWN WHICH THEY MAINTAIN NOW ANYWAY, JUST A BIT EXTENDED.

MARGORESSA: AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THAT'S IT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR ALLISON OR AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE.

ALLISON SELLON: YEAH I THINK THE ONLY THING TO ADD REALLY MARGO YOU COVERED QUITE WELL AS THAT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A THIS CAN BE A GREAT VIEW DOWN TO THE MEMORIAL FROM PURCHASE STRAIGHT, BUT THESE SHRUBS RIGHT HERE.

ALLISON SELLON: ARE QUITE TALL OVERGROWN AND ARE BLOCKING IT SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THESE I THINK THERE'S VIBURNUM SO WE CAN HAVE A CLEAR VIEW DOWN HERE, AS WELL AS MAKE MAKE THE WHOLE AREA MORE INVITING TO WALK DOWN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DO HAVE A QUESTION, IF I MAY, I THINK HE SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE HORN BEEN TREES.

ALLISON SELLON: OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN.

ALLISON SELLON: VARIETY AND WE'RE SUGGESTING TO SO RIGHT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE PRETTY MUCH DOG WAS THERE A COUPLE OF LOCUSTS THAT ARE QUITE AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES, THAT ARE ALONG HERE ON ALONG EVERY POST OF THE ARCADE BUILDING.

ALLISON SELLON: SO WE'RE SUGGESTING WE PLANT WE ALTERNATE WITH DOGWOOD HORN BEAM DOGWOOD HORN BEAM DOGWOOD AND THEN INTERSPERSE IT WITH SOME SMALLER BUT EVERGREEN RHODODENDRON TO ASK YOU TO.

ALLISON SELLON: ADD SOME EVERGREEN SHRUB IN THE WINTER TIME EVERGREEN INTEREST BUT THEY WOULD ALSO BE NATIVE SO EVERYTHING HERE, IT WOULD BE A NATIVE PLANT.

ALLISON SELLON: IN THE TREE LINE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, IS THE PHOTOGRAPH AT THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THIS DISPLAY HORN HORN BEAM I I'VE ACTUALLY I'M COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH PORN BEAM TREES FIRST I'VE EVER HEARD OF THEM.

ALLISON SELLON: THEY ARE SHADE TREE THE THE EUROPEAN VARIETY IS MORE COMMON YOU DO SEE THEM AROUND THERE THEY'RE USED, EVEN AS HEDGING THEY CAN BE VERY LOW HEDGES AS LONG AS CAP TALL TALL HAS THEY'RE VERY EASILY PROVABLE AND KEPT TO A SHAPE THAT.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

MARGORESSA: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF I MAYOR, IT LOOKS REALLY BEAUTIFUL, ARE THERE ANY SITTING AREAS OR I HAVEN'T BEEN BACK THERE IN A WHILE.

MARGORESSA: YES, AS A RIGHT NOW THE RIGHT GARDEN CLUB WILL BE PLACING TWO BENCHES WITHIN THE GARDEN THE SQUARE THE LITTLE CIRCULAR CIRCULAR GARDEN IN THE BACK UM THIS DOES OPEN OPPORTUNITY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES WELL WE'D LIKE TO PUT IN SOME MORE BENCHES.

MARGORESSA: IT THIS IS BASICALLY A STARTING POINT FOR CLEANING THIS AREA UP.

ALLISON SELLON: YEAH IT'S A GOOD PLACE A GOOD BASE PLAN TO MAKE IT LOOK ATTRACTIVE AND REALLY CAN BE BUILT UPON DOWN THE ROAD, I MEAN PAST CAN BE ADDED TO GO DOWN TO THE MEMORIAL BENCHES COULD BE ADDED IN BETWEEN, AND I THINK.

ALLISON SELLON: AS MARK MENTIONED THE HISTORICAL SITE IS EVEN TALKING ABOUT PUTTING STATUARY HANDSOME STATUE ART ALONG THE ALONG THE THE TREE LINE AS WELL, SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT BASE TO BUILD OFF OF GOING ON DOWN THE ROAD.

MARGORESSA: IT REALLY MAKES THIS LITTLE PARK AREA USABLE, ESPECIALLY FOR ALSO HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

MARGORESSA: WHEREAS RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY NOT USED BY ANYONE.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I COULD ENVISION SOME PICNIC BENCHES, AND YOU KNOW PEOPLE HAVING COFFEE OR LUNCH IN THAT AREA, I THINK YOU GUYS BROUGHT OUR EYES AND OUR ATTENTION TO THE AREA THANK YOU SO MUCH, CLEANING IT UP IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT A NEW AND INVITING PLACING RIGHT THANK YOU.

MARGORESSA: THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING US JOIN YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, I THINK THIS IS.

MARGORESSA: VERY EXCITING THANK YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH REALLY THANK YOU THIS IS GREAT, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

MARGORESSA: OH, WE PREACH FOR VERY MUCH.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN'T WAIT TO SEE IT.

MARGORESSA: HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

NIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS WE HAD THE LATE BREAKING A GERMAN BY THE OSBORNE WE DECIDED TO TAKE UP SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN PRESSING FOR AGENDA ATTENTION BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK AS IF THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME IN THE EVENING, AND THAT IS THE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEW GENERAL ORDERS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS UNDERTAKING AS PART OF THE OVERALL REVIEW OF ITS ORDERS AND POLICIES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT, COMMISSIONER, COPY HAS UNDERTAKEN, THAT THE COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED, AND THAT THE POLICE REVIEW COMMITTEE WOULD WISH US TO DO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO WE HAVE INVITED COMMISSIONER KOBE TO STAY IN AND PRESENT TO US A SMALL PORTION OF THE WORK THAT'S GOING TO BE HIS AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE COMING YEAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KOBE IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE YOU ARE.

MAK: HI GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

MAK: OH YES, I FORWARDED THESE DOCUMENTS YOU HAVE FIRST I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST.

MAK: LOOK UP THE SPEED THAT HE HAD CONTRACTED OUT WITH LEXAPRO, WHICH IS A NATIONAL FIRM DEVELOPS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FIRMS BUT TYPICALLY FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

MAK: THEY DO THIS WITH INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED EXPERTS, AS WELL AS ATTORNEYS THEN THEY CREATE STATE SPECIFIC POLICIES.

MAK: DEPENDING ON THE LAWS OF EACH STATE THEY DO THIS FOR CONTRACT THEY SEND THIS OUT TO THEM, IT IS A PALLET EASE THE MUNICIPALITIES AND REVIEW THESE POLICIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE MUNICIPALITY, AND WHEN I SAY THAT IS, THEY THEY CREATE A.

MAK: NETWORK POLICY THAT'S GOOD FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT OF FIVE OR 10 OFFICERS UP TO 1000 OFFICERS AND CERTAINLY RIDE IS NOT THERE, SO.

MAK: WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE AND THE POLICIES ARE THERE CAN CAN BE HANDLED BY A DEPARTMENT OF 36 OFFICERS, SO I FORWARDED A NUMBER OF WELL POLICIES TO NEW AND I CAN START HERE WITH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF USE OF FORCE.

MAK: WE HAVE THIS SPECIFICALLY THIS NEW USE OF FORCE THERE'S TWO KEY CHANGES HERE FIRST IT'S GOING TO MANDATE IMMEDIATE REPORTING BY AN OFFICER WHO'S ENGAGED IN A USE OF FORCE.

MAK: NOT THAT TYPE OF FORCE THAT WOULD JUST RESULT IN AN INJURY OR MAY RESULT IN A COMPLAINT, BUT ANYTIME AN OFFICER.

MAK: AGES IN A USE OF FORCE, HE IS NOW MANDATED TO REPORT THIS TO A SUPERVISOR, IT ALSO MANDATES A SUPERVISOR TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE, THE LOCATION WHERE THE PORCH WAS UTILIZED AND.

MAK: BEGIN HIS REVIEW OF THIS PROCESS IF THE SERGEANT IS AVAILABLE, SO YOU KNOW WE WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD.

MAK: BE AVAILABLE, MOST OF THE TIME, BUT I NEVER FELT IF THERE WOULDN'T BE A MORE PRESSING MATTER THAT'S GOING BUT, REALLY, THESE ARE TWO KEY CHANGES, AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE APPROPRIATE AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOOD.

MAK: OTHER CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE IS THAT YOU KNOW, AT TIMES, WE CAN ENCOUNTER.

MAK: DEFENDANTS WHO MAY ATTEMPT TO SWALLOW EVIDENCE.

MAK: IN PREVIOUS IT WASN'T ACCEPTED WOULD SAY PRACTICE EMPTY SECURE THE EVIDENCE, YOU WOULD GRAB AN INDIVIDUAL BY THEIR THROAT, TO PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INSIDE OUT IS PROHIBITED.

MAK: ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE POLICY TO INCLUDE VEHICLE AND FOOT PURSUITS AS USES OF FORCE, YOU KNOW THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICY WE JUST TAKING A STEP.

MAK: WILL ENSURE THAT THERE IS THE APPROPRIATE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THOSE SITUATIONS AND FINALLY.

MAK: WHEN WE HAVE A HUGE SUPPORT SOMEBODY IS INJURED, IT IS GOING TO MANDATE THAT THAT INJURED INDIVIDUAL IS BOTH HAVE PROVIDED MEDICAL ATTENTION.

MAK: AT THAT TIME, AS WELL AS A CONTACT AND ANGELA, AND SO THE OFFICERS MANDATED TO BEGIN WHATEVER TREATMENT HE CAN HE OR SHE CAN, AS WELL AS.

MAK: CONTACT AND AMBULANCE OR ACTUALLY TAKE THE SUBJECT HOSPITAL AT THAT POINT, THEY CAN WAVE TREATMENT IF THEY SO DESIRE, BUT WE WOULD ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY IS OFFERED MEDICAL.

MAK: THAT BEING A QUICK OVERVIEW I WOULD STOP HERE AND ASK QUESTIONS PRIOR TO I GO ON TO THE NEXT POLICY.

MAK: X POLICY AS POLICY CREATE SEVEN VEHICLE PURSUITS.

MAK: PURSUITS OR A VERY DANGEROUS ONE OF THE MORE DANGEROUS EVOLUTIONS ENFORCEMENT CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT RISK OF INJURY TO THE OFFICER, THE SUBJECT BEING PURSUED, AS WELL AS TO THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE.

MAK: EITHER WALKING OR OPERATING A VEHICLE ON THE STREET, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE ANGRY CLOSE ATTENTION TO, AND ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES HERE IS IN THE PREVIOUS POLICIES.

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MAK: WHO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR CONTINUED PURSUED AND SO THAT TAKES THAT RESPONSIBILITY FROM THE OFFICER WHO'S ALREADY GOT A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THIS.

MAK: HE'S OPERATING A 2000 POUND VEHICLE A VERY HIGH RATE OF SPEED CHASING SOMEBODY WHO MAY HAVE COMMITTED.

MAK: SOME INTERACTION LAW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT ON THE SUPERVISOR OF POSSIBLY ON THE LIEUTENANT THE HIGHEST RANKING PERSON IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A DANGEROUS EVOLUTION.

MAK: THE OFFICER STILL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPERATION OF HIS VEHICLE PERSONA THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAWS IT DOESN'T EXEMPT HIM FROM OPERATING IN A DANGEROUS CONDITION, SO HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR.

MAK: OPERATING THE VEHICLE THE DETERMINATION, WHETHER WE HAVE A CONTINUED NEED FOR PURSUED, BASED ON THE FACTORS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME, SUCH AS.

MAK: THE LOCATION OF THE PURSUIT PURSUIT BE THE REASON FOR PURSUED THOSE FACTORS WILL BE EVALUATED BY A SUPERVISOR TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT PURSUIT.

MAK: AS I SAID EARLIER, PURSUIT IS NOW CONSIDERED A HORSE AND WILL REPORTED ON AS A USE OF FORCE ALSO WE'VE ELIMINATED ANY POTENTIAL OF TERMINATION SUIT YOU.

MAK: THROUGH THE USE OF A PITMAN WHICH IS TAKING A POLICE CAR AND INTENTIONALLY TERMINATING A PURSUIT BY COLLIDING WITH THE OTHER.

MAK: THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T HAPPEN, BUT WE WILL NOT BE TERMINATING PURSUITS ONLY DETERMINATE A PURSUIT.

MAK: THROUGH THE USE OF VEHICLE TO VEHICLE CONTACT, IT MAY IN FACT BE OCCASIONS WHERE THAT'S NECESSARY THAT'S CALLED WAFFLE AND FOR INTERVENTION, WHERE THE OFFICER DETERMINES THAT THAT NEED TO TERMINATE THE FOOD IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

MAK: BE NO PURSUITS WITH PRISONERS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THE CARS WHICH COULD HAPPEN AT TIMES WHEN WERE TRANSPORTING A PRISONER WE'RE DOING A COURTESY TRANSPORT OF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC AND, ADDITIONALLY, WE WILL BE PUTTING POST.

MAK: RULES AND WHEN HE PURSUED IS TERMINATED, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE OFFICERS ARE NOW PROHIBITED FROM FOLLOWING A VEHICLE HAD BEEN PURSUED SO ONCE THE PURSUIT IS OVER IT'S OVER AND IT SAYS, IF THAT PERSON WAS BEING PURSUED WOULD NO LONGER BE SUBJECT APPREHENSION.

MAK: BECAUSE THAT, IN SHORT, IS A OVERVIEW OF PURSUITS AND I WOULD HOLD YOUR IF THERE WERE ANY QUESTIONS PRIOR TO THE OTHER THREE POLICY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I'LL INVITE QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL AND FROM THE PUBLIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE THERE ANY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUESTIONS CHRISTIAN.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE NO HANDS RAISED OR IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE AT STAR NINE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMMISSIONER, PLEASE PROCEED.

MAK: SURE MAYOR AND DO THE OTHER THREE ARE SIMPLER AND MORE SO I'M IMPORTANT I WOULD START OFF WITH POLICY 301 NOW THE CREATION USED TO REVIEW BOARD, THIS IS A TOOL THAT.

MAK: ALL COMMANDER COULD USE TO CONVENE BUT IT ONLY BE UTILIZED IN THOSE INSTANCES WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS RESULTED IN EITHER A SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY.

MAK: OR DEATH WHICH, FORTUNATELY, THE CITY AWRY IS NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE, BUT I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A TOOL THAT WILL ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT TO.

MAK: ENGAGE IN ADDITIONAL REVIEW IN A COORDINATED FASHION, AGAIN I EXPECTED THAT'S GOING TO BE USED VERY RARELY THE SECOND IS OVERTIME COMPENSATION.

MAK: AND THAT IS ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT IS, THE DEPARTMENT'S PRIOR EXISTING POLICY, THIS IS DEVELOPED OVER YEARS OF NEGOTIATION.

MAK: UNION AND THIS WAS SENT TO LIPS AND BOWL FOR THEIR REVIEW AND THEY HAVE RESPONDED BACK TO US AS AN HR POLICY WITH NO CHANGES.

MAK: AND FINALLY, WE HAVE A POLICY AGAIN A NEW POLICY REGARDING WELLNESS PROGRAM THIS GENERALLY RELATES TO THE OFFICERS MENTAL HEALTH MENTAL WELL BEING, AS WE KNOW THAT OFFICERS SEE A LOT OF VERY NEGATIVE THINGS AND, OF COURSE.

MAK: YOU THAT AND THIS YEAR WITH DEVELOPMENT POLICY IN A PROGRAM TO ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS WITH OFFICERS AND ENSURE THAT THEY GET THE TREATMENT AND HELP THAT THEY NEED A PRIOR TO.

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MAK: UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE HAD SOME NEGATIVE EVENTS IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS HERE THAT I'VE INVITED MEMBERS THAT ARE CLERGY, WHO.

MAK: DO OFFICERS VERY COMFORTABLE WITH COME IN AND PROVIDE COUNSELING FOR THEM, WE EXPECT TO BUILD THAT OUT TO INVOLVE PROFESSIONALS, WHEN THE OFFICERS WILL HELP SELECT AND.

MAK: YOU GET THEM ENGAGED WITH IT DEPARTMENT AND NOT ONLY THAT HAPPENS AT NON SERIOUS INCIDENTS, BUT THEY'RE IN THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH OFFICERS ON A REGULAR BASIS, AND SHOULD PAINT OR DURING A PTA MEETINGS.

MAK: AND THAT THEY GET TO DEVELOP A RAPPORT WITH YOU OFFICERS, THAT WHEN WE HAVE BOTH CRITICAL INCIDENT BRIEFING THEY HAVE BETTER FAMILIARITY.

MAK: CLOSES OUT BEFORE I GO TO QUESTIONS MARRIAGES THAT ALSO THAT THESE POLICIES OR SENT TO US BY LET'S HAVE BOTH WE HAD A TEAM OF PEOPLE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE BBA.

MAK: BBA PRESIDENT WAS THERE AND HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE REVIEW AND THE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE POLICY AND VERY SIGNIFICANT AND PUT ON THIS, SO I TAKE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THOSE THREE OR ANY POINT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL OR FROM THE PUBLIC.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ME IF I MAY JUST ASK A VERY BROAD QUESTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE, AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE ONGOING OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT YEAR OR OR SO, AS YOU REVIEW ALL THE POLICIES AM I CORRECT.

MAK: YES, SIR, THIS EVERY POLICY IS GOING TO BE REVIEWED AND IT'S IT'S QUITE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE GET THEM FROM LEFT TO BULK, WE HAVE TO REVIEW THEM INDIVIDUALLY, THEN WE HAVE TO SCHEDULE A MEETING.

MAK: AND THEN WE SEND IT BACK THE LEFT OF ALL.

MAK: FICTIONAL REVIEW BECAUSE, LIKE TO POLE IN THE FURTHER INTO THEIR CONTRACT WILL BE TAKING THE POLICIES BACK AND THEN PROVIDING TRAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS ON THESE POLICIES AND WILL BE AMENDING THEM AS NEEDED ON THAT, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS YEAH IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIME PUT INTO THIS IN IN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOUR TIME WITH US THIS EVENING AND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND I'M GLAD WE WERE USING THE TIME THAT WE GOT BACK FROM THE OTHER MATTER THAT WAS THE JOURNEY TO BE ABLE TO PUT ATTENTION INTO THIS SO IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME, YOU HAVE US ALL TOGETHER WHAT IF IF WE YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE THESE TONIGHT, AND IF WE DO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW THE PUBLIC MAY BE READING THESE QUICKLY AND MAY COME BACK WITH COMMENTS AT A LATER TIME IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR COMMENTS AT A LATER DATE AND ADDRESS QUESTIONS AT A LATER DATE, IF PEOPLE HAVE A.

MAK: YES, SIR, I EXPECTED THESE POLICIES WILL EVOLVE OVER TIME AND THE WORST THING THAT I FEEL WE DO IT'S SPECIAL BECAUSE JUST ADOPT THESE POLICIES AND LET THEM SIT ON THE TABLE SO.

MAK: WE NEED TO CONSUME LIVING BREATHING DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED SO YOU KNOW I WOULD EXPECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE COMMENT, BOTH DIRECTLY FROM THE.

MAK: PUBLIC WHETHER IT'S FOR THE COUNSELOR OR TO ME DIRECTLY ON MY PHONE OR THROUGH THE POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH NOW ON A NUMBER OF TOPICS SO YES, I'M ASKING THAT THESE BE ADOPTED, I THINK THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION HERE.

MAK: IN THE FURTHER TO HAVE TO SAY YOU WANT, AND I THINK THAT THESE ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE CITY ARRIVED AT THIS TIME IT'S A MISTAKE WOULD BE AS IF THAT ON USING DIDN'T REVIEW THEM AND I CERTAINLY WON'T LET THAT HAPPEN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NO, NO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING A.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, OVERALL, A GREATER LEVEL OF SUPERVISORY SCRUTINY FOR SOME OF THESE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND IN THE CASE OF THE WELLNESS PROGRAM.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NECESSARY AND IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR OUR OFFICERS, SO I THINK THAT'S ALL GOOD, SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT YOU KNOW IF THEY HAVE THOUGHTS OR OR QUESTIONS AT SOME LATER DATE THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW THEY CAN COME BACK AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS THAT IT IS A LIVING DOCUMENT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST SO THAT PEOPLE AREN'T CONCERNED THAT THIS YOU KNOW POPPED INTO THE AGENDA TONIGHT AND THEN IT'S LIKE OH IT'S NOT A ONE AND DONE THAT'S THAT'S MY POINT IS THERE'S A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE FEEDBACK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AS THERE ALWAYS IS.

[6. Open the public hearing to adopt 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.]

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GREAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, I SHOULD POINT OUT THAT SOME ON THE COUNCIL HAVE GIVEN THE COMMISSIONER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SMALL CHANGES AND THAT HE HAS AN UNDER UNDERTAKEN TO AN INCORPORATE THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD WITH WHAT HE HAS APTLY DESCRIBED AS LIVING PROCESS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, SUBJECT TO THOSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TWO TO THE TWEAKING THAT SOME OF US SUGGESTED.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY I HAVE A SECOND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL SECOND THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I ASSUME THAT WE'RE ROLL CALL ON THIS YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I'M SO COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: I COUNCILWOMAN HURT IS ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

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

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M GOING TO GO WITH IT TO LIKE THAT.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS IS ABSENT THERE CONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FACED WITH A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, THANKS FOR STEPPING IN AT THE LAST MOMENT, I WILL GIVE YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE MORE MORE ADVANCED NOTICE IN THE FUTURE.

MAK: YES, SIR, HAVE A NICE NIGHT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MUCH.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM IN THE CITY OF RYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TEMPORARILY LIMITING THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: APPROVAL OF ANY NEW MECHANICAL ROCK REMOVAL DRILLING OR BORING APPLICATION TO 15 CALENDAR DAYS AND PROHIBITING THE REVIEW PROCESSING OR APPROVAL OF ANY BLASTING APPLICATIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR THE DURATION OF THIS MORATORIUM AND I WILL JUST REMIND REMIND PEOPLE, AS I MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR EFFORT, OVERALL, IS TO RE EXAMINE THE BALANCE BETWEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE NEEDS OF THOSE BUILDING OR CHANGING THEIR PROPERTIES OR THE NEEDS OF DEVELOPERS AND THE NEEDS OF NEIGHBORS LIVING CLOSE TO THOSE PROJECTS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE REASON FOR A MORATORIUM, OF COURSE, IS TO AVOID.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A RUSH TO CHIP OR BLAST OUT OF CONCERN THAT THE LAW MAY BE CHANGING AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO START A STAMPEDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH WITH THAT AS BACKGROUND, MAY I HAVE EMOTION, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I MOVED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THOSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK, WE TRY TO OBSERVE A THREE MINUTE CONVENTION AND KRISTIN WE CAN ALL SEE YOUR CLOCK IT'S A LITTLE OFF TO THE SIDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU SO KRISTEN KINDLY KEEPS TIME FOR US IN THAT VISIBLE MANNER.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE JONATHAN CROWD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME, JONATHAN CROWD.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: GOOD EVENING JONATHAN CROWD I AM, AS YOU KNOW, A LAND USE ATTORNEY AND MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY AND IN THE NEW YORK METRO AREA, I WANT TO TOUCH ON FOUR THINGS ONE IS ZOOM ONE IS WHY THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR A MORATORIA.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THE THIRD IS HOW WE SHOULD LEARN FROM OUR NEIGHBORS AND THE FOURTH IS HOW WE SHOULD LEARN FROM EXPERTS ON THE FIRST POINT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I KNOW THAT MOST MUNICIPALITIES HAVE GONE BACK TO IN PERSON MEETINGS, I THINK THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE YOUR SPEAKERS FACES.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: UP ON THE SCREEN PUTS THE COUNCIL IN A LESSER POSITION THAN AN IN PRESENT MEETING AND A LESSER YET ONE THAT, AS WITH YOUR MUNICIPAL PRESENTERS YOU ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO SEE THEIR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I ALSO THINK THE TIME LIMIT THAT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED IS UNFORTUNATE, AND I WOULD INDULGE THE BOARD TO BE LENIENT ON THAT AND TO ALSO RECONSIDER CHANGING THAT IN THE FUTURE, SO LONG AS PEOPLE ARE NOT BEING REPETITIVE.

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JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BELL HARBOR REALTY IS IN NEW YORK STATE IT'S THE LEADING CASE AND I'LL QUOTE IT SAYS A MUNICIPALITY MAY NOT INVOKE ITS POLICE POWERS AS A PRETEXT TO ASSUAGE COMMUNITY OPPOSITION.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IS ONLY TO BE USED IN A DIRE NECESSITY TO LEAVE AN EXISTING CRISIS OR TO PREVENT AN EMERGENCY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: ONE EXAMPLE I WAS INVOLVED IN AS AN ATTORNEY FOR A MUNICIPALITY IS WHEN WE ENACTED A MORATORIUM ON BUILDING, BECAUSE THE WATER SUPPLY WAS INSUFFICIENT AND A NEW WATER TOWER NEEDED TO BE BUILT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: OR FIRE SUPPRESSION WOULD BE AT RISK, THAT IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT A MORATORIUM IS FOR WHEN RY LAST UNDERTOOK A EXAMINATION OF ROCK REMOVAL.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IT WENT THROUGH SEVERAL MONTHS OF JUDICIOUS PUBLIC DEBATE AND DISCUSSION AND AT THAT TIME RIGHT HAD NO LAW.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AT THAT TIME, NO MORE MORATORIUM WAS APPROPRIATE, AND SO I WOULD REALLY ENCOURAGE THIS COUNCIL TO NOT CONSIDER MORE TUTORIAL BUT CONSIDER A REAL DISCUSSION TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: MY COMMENT AND LEARNING FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS THE TOWN OF HARRISON, AND I KNOW BECAUSE I DRAFTED, ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS TO IT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: HAS A PARTICULAR LAW CONCERNING BLASTING ROCK REMOVAL BY BLASTING.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THAT IS SOMETHING THE CITY OR I REALLY DOESN'T HAVE AND YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT PROBABLY IN MANY WAYS IS THE LEAST DISRUPTIVE METHOD TO REMOVE ROCK.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IN A SUBURBAN SETTING LIKE RIGHT, BY THE WAY, INCIDENTALLY, YOU CAN ASK YOUR NEIGHBORS YOU CAN ASK THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT HARRISON, VERY FEW COMPLAINTS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: COMING OVER BLASTING AND, AS FAR AS ROCK JUMPING THEIR RULES ARE NOWHERE NEAR AS RESTRICTIVE AS ARISE ALWAYS ARE LASTLY, MY COMMENT ON LEARNING FROM EXPERTS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: YOU HAVE A BLESSED DAY INSPECT TO THAT YOU'VE USED IN RY FOR A LONG TIME THAT INDIVIDUAL SHOULD BE CALLED TO TESTIFY BEFORE YOU BEFORE YOU CONSIDER ANY MORE TUTORIAL.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST THAT THE CITY CONSIDER RETAINING DR CATHERINE AMMONIA MARTIN WHO'S GIVING OPINIONS TO YOUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND ENGINEER DEPARTMENT, AS RECENTLY AS IN 2017.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: CONCERNING BLASTING SHE IS A PHD AND HAS EXPERIENCED IN BLASTING NEXT TO NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NEXT TO DAMS AND NEXT TO RAILROAD STATIONS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BLASTING IS INHERENTLY WHEN DONE WITH MODERN TECHNIQUES, A VERY SAFE AND MINIMALLY DISRUPTIVE ACTIVITY AND WILL ALLOW RIDE TO CONTINUE ENJOYING.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IT'S BUILDING POPULARITY, WHICH IN MANY WAYS, HELPS YOU, WITH YOUR BUDGET AND SUSTAINING OUR BUDGET.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IN THE CITY AWRY WITHOUT INCREASING TAXES ABOVE THE CAT I TRIED TO FIT IT ALL, AND I APPRECIATE THE EXTRA COUPLE SECONDS, AND AGAIN I REALLY THINK THAT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IN PERSON MEETINGS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME SHE REALLY CAN SEE PEOPLE AND LOOSENING UP YOUR TIME LIMIT, SO LONG AS PEOPLE AREN'T REPETITIVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE YOU'RE ON THE PHONE WITH.

KRISTEN WILSON: JOSEPH MURANO.

JOSEPH LORONO: GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, WELCOME.

JOSEPH LORONO: WELCOME, MY NAME IS JOSEPH LOVATO AND 35 YEAR RIGHT RESIDENT HOMEOWNER BUILDING OWNER AND BUSINESS OWNER HERE AND RIGHT.

JOSEPH LORONO: ALSO, MY TWO SONS AND FAMILY AND THEIR FAMILY ARE HOMEOWNERS HERE ARRIVED WITH MY GRANDCHILDREN, I BELIEVE THAT MY COMMITMENT HERE AND RICE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

JOSEPH LORONO: TO BE CLEAR, I REPEAT, TO BE CLEAR, NO ONE LIKES TO ENCOUNTER ROCK.

JOSEPH LORONO: FORTUNATELY OR UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS NOT LONG ISLAND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING.

JOSEPH LORONO: EVERY RESIDENT HERE AT SOME POINT ENCOUNTERED ROCK DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, NEWER OLD SEWER LINES WATERLINES BASEMENTS POOLS, WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OF ROCK.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT IS NO SURPRISE OF SOME OF OUR STREETS ARE NAMED AFTER ROCK ROCK LEDGE BOULDER ETC IT'S ALSO NO SURPRISE, OUR SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES ARE STONES FROM THE GROUND WHERE THEY SIT.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT MAKES SENSE, WHY OUR FOREBEARS CHOSEN THE MORE HIGH SCHOOL MASCOT IS STONE RIGHT GARDENS.

JOSEPH LORONO: IN ALL MY YEARS HERE IS, BEEN A FACT OF LIFE TO ENCOUNTER STONE, THIS IS NOT NEW, SO YOU HEAR ME EVEN LIVE IN A STONE HOUSE OR HAVE A STONE FOUNDATION OR A STONE WALL.

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JOSEPH LORONO: YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK VERY HARD TO SEE HOW ROCK HAS TO BE DEALT WITH IN ORDER TO MAKE RICE CITY IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN GO BY LUCAS AVENUE SEWER PROJECT THAT SEEING HERE THE ROCK CAMERON, AS WELL AS OTHER PAST AND FUTURE SEWER DRAIN PROJECTS THAT WILL ENCOUNTER ROCK.

JOSEPH LORONO: RIGHT HAS TO DIESEL PUMPS ON INTERSTATE 95 FOR YEARS TO READ THE DIRECT SEWER UNTIL A NEW STORYLINE IS ME.

JOSEPH LORONO: I CAN PREDICT WHAT A HIGH DEGREE OF CERTAINTY, YOU WILL ENCOUNTER ROCK AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.

JOSEPH LORONO: AS WE KNOW, YOU CAN EXEMPT YOURSELF FROM THIS LAW, BUT THE QUESTION IS, IS WHY IS YOUR ROCK REMOVAL OKAY, AND NOT OKAY FOR RIGHT PROPERTY OWNER.

JOSEPH LORONO: WHO PAYS HIS SHARE OF TAXES TO PUT IN A POOL OR A BASEMENT.

JOSEPH LORONO: I BELIEVE THERE IS A SOLUTION, AND ALL OF THIS WITH FURTHER DISCUSSION.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT MAKES SENSE FOR 30 DAYS BETWEEN THE THOUSAND FOOT FEET AS PROPOSED 15 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH DAYS AND NOT ENOUGH DAYS AND PROJECTS WILL BE LEFT HALF COMPLETE WAITING FOR ADDITIONAL DAYS NEXT YEAR.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT MAY 24 ALSO ALLOWING BLASTING WHICH IS SAFE QUICKER AND LESS INTRUSIVE.

JOSEPH LORONO: IN MAY 20 PLUS OCCASIONS OF ROCK LAST THING I HAD NEVER HAD A CLAIM FOR DAMAGE EVER DONE PROPERLY AND SAFELY.

JOSEPH LORONO: IMPOSE A VERY STRICT HIGH STANDARD, IT IS A SAFE AND THE RECORD AND FACTS PROVE YOU.

JOSEPH LORONO: I KNOW MY TIME'S UP WE'LL CIRCLE BACK, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

THANKS.

KRISTEN WILSON: KATHY HEAVENS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME KATHY HOBBINS: IT'S ACTUALLY JOHN HOPKINS 75 OAKLAND BEACH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME, JOE GIBBONS.

KATHY HOBBINS: THANK YOU HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.

KATHY HOBBINS: WELL, LIKE TO SAY IS YOU KNOW WE ARE PART OF A SITUATION HERE IN OAKLAND BEACH INVOLVING ATTORNEYS INVOLVING.

KATHY HOBBINS: DEVELOPERS, AS WELL AS ARCHITECTS AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, OUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WENT THROUGH THIS BLASTING ROCK CHIPPING AND SOME KIND OF OTHER CHEMICAL ADDITIVES PUT INTO THE SOIL.

KATHY HOBBINS: OUR HOUSE GETS FLOODED EVERY SPRING BECAUSE WE'RE JUST BELOW SAWN DR ALRIGHT, AND THE WATER THAT COMES OFF OF SUN AND FOR THEM DUE TO DEVELOPMENT IS A PROBLEM FOR US AND CONTINUES TO BE.

KATHY HOBBINS: WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S NECESSARY TO REMOVE ROCKS FROM THE GROUND AND OURSELVES, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORS ARE OPPOSED TO ANY TYPE OF BLASTING.

KATHY HOBBINS: BECAUSE IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MORE OUR.

KATHY HOBBINS: DEVELOPERS IN OUR ATTORNEYS PLEAD THEIR CASE FROM BLASTING, THE BIGGER THE HOMES GET IN THE BIGGER THE HOMES GET MORE DISRUPTIVE IT IS.

KATHY HOBBINS: TO THOSE LIVING AROUND US PART OF THE PROBLEM, I THINK WE HAVE IN RY IS THAT, AS YOU WELL KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER PLAN.

KATHY HOBBINS: OUR ZONING LAWS ARE ANTIQUATED AND A MORATORIUM IS ACTUALLY THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO FAIRLY SIT BACK AND LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS IN THE NEXT 1015 AND 20 YEARS.

KATHY HOBBINS: IT'S NOT FAIR TO THE CITIZENS WHO BUY HOMES HERE AND WHO HAVE ELECTED YOU TO REPRESENT THEM TO CONSTANTLY BE IN THE MIDST OF DEVELOPMENT.

KATHY HOBBINS: OUR STREETS ARE DEPLORABLE CONDITION AGAIN DUE TO DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS NEW SEWER LINES EVERY TIME THE STREET GETS PAID OVER IT GETS TORN UP TO PUT IN DIFFERENT LINES, BE THE WATER LINES PLUMBING ETC.

KATHY HOBBINS: AND KATHY HOBBINS: I THINK IT'S THE MORATORIUM MAKES SO MUCH SENSE, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, THAT ANYBODY IN YOUR POSITION HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO ADDRESS THIS IN THE CORRECT MANNER.

KATHY HOBBINS: AND I THINK WE DO NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT INSPECTORS AND DIFFERENT OFFICIALS COME IN AND LOOK AT THIS AND WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF THAT BUT LET'S.

KATHY HOBBINS: LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, THE CORRECT WAY WE WENT TO BLASTING PROCEDURES HERE THAT WE DON'T THINK OR MONITOR CORRECTLY, WE DON'T THINK THE COMPANY THAT MONITOR IT WAS LEGITIMATE AND AND WE RESEARCH THAT.

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KATHY HOBBINS: AND FOR THE RECORD GARNET IS ACTUALLY A MINERAL AND IT'S PART OF A GEMSTONE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BLAST OUT OF THE GROUND, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: LORD OF EDA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME LAURA.

LAURADEVITA: CAN YOU HEAR ME.

LAURADEVITA: YES, OKAY, MY NAME IS LAURA DE DE DE I WORK AT JULIE BEEFY SOTHEBY'S AND RYAN NEW YORK I'VE BEEN A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF RYE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS.

LAURADEVITA: I ENJOY.

LAURADEVITA: SELLING THE COMMUNITY AND.

LAURADEVITA: AND EVERYTHING THAT THAT RICE STANDS FOR, I HAVE A LOT OF BUYERS THAT HAVE VENTURED INTO CONTRACTS.

LAURADEVITA: AND HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE, AS FAR AS IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD OR IF THEY WANTED TO ADD A POOL OR MAKING ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT PROPERTY THEY'RE ABOUT TO ENTER INTO.

LAURADEVITA: SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, AND I HAVE A FEW OF THEM NOW COMING BACK TO ME SAYING GOSH IF THIS MORATORIUM COMES IN WE'VE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME WITH ARCHITECTS ATTORNEYS KNOW WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO.

LAURADEVITA: SO I REALLY THINK THAT I'VE SEEN IN THE LAST YEAR THAT THE CITY OF RYE, HAS HAD REALLY MORE OF A KNEE JERK REACTION TO NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS.

LAURADEVITA: I UNDERSTAND THAT BLASTING CAN BE ANNOYING AND ROCK CHIPPING BUT LIKE JOE TORONTO, HAS SAID, WE LIVED IN THE TYPOGRAPHY AND THE CITY OF RYE, WITH AS ROCCO OVER US.

LAURADEVITA: I'M SURE THAT THE PEOPLE ON OPEN BEACH OR SUN DRIVE IN THEIR HOMES THAT WERE BUILT IN THE 1950S, THEY HAVE BASEMENTS AND PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT WAS TO OBVIOUSLY GET THE ROCK OUT OF THE GROUND SO.

LAURADEVITA: I THINK THAT A DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE HAD VERSUS A MORATORIUM, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ENTERED INTO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS AND SPENT A LOT OF MONEY.

LAURADEVITA: OBVIOUSLY, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT YOU KNOW CITY RULES AND REGULATIONS, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE.

LAURADEVITA: A PROFESSIONAL MISSTEP TO REALLY PUT A SIX MONTH MORATORIUM, IT WOULD COST THEM A LOT MORE MONEY, AND I THINK THAT A BALANCE IN DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE HAD, I THINK THE 15 DAYS.

LAURADEVITA: CALENDAR DAYS SEEMS WAY TOO SHORT JUST BASED ON MY.

LAURADEVITA: EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPMENT, WORKING WITH BUILDERS, ESPECIALLY LUBRANO FAMILY RANO HOMES THEY'VE BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH, AND I THINK HAD BEEN VERY SENSITIVE TO THE COMMUNITY.

LAURADEVITA: AND THEY DO EVERYTHING AS OF RIGHT AND ACCORDING TO THE LAW SO AND I THINK THAT THE PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA IN THIS TOWN HAS TAKEN THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO FAR AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION AND NOT A MORATORIUM.

LAURADEVITA: THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE GOES TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN YET SO DAWN PIKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME DONE.

DAWN PIKE: HI I'M WITH DON PIKE AND.

DAWN PIKE: THE CITIZENS AT ORCHARD LANE RIGHT.

DAWN PIKE: ROUND AVENUE MY MAGGIE ON AND LIVE AT 42 ORCHARD LANE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHERS HAVE ENJOYED ROCK SHOULD BE PROJECTS FOR YEARS SINCE THE ROCK TO BE LAW THAT WAS PASSED IN 2015 AND TEAM BUILDING SHIPPING AND BLASTING HAVE INCREASED ALL HAVE ARRIVED AND EXTENSIONS ARE.

DAWN PIKE: HAVE INCREASED AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

DAWN PIKE: ROCK SHIPPING SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE WHEN IT OCCURS, WE CANNOT WORK FROM HOME STUDY FROM HOME TALK ON THE PHONE OR DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE A READ A BOOK, WE HAVE TO LEAVE.

DAWN PIKE: I SUPPORT THE 15 DAY LIMIT OR WE ALL SUPPORT THE 15 DAYS LIMIT IN THE PROPOSED MORE TIME, I WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AN 18 MONTH QUIET PERIOD FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD TO ALLOW RESIDENCE IN HOT ZONES WHERE WE HAVE HAD THREE ROCK SHIPPING PROJECTS OVER THE COURSE OF LIKE SIX MONTHS.

DAWN PIKE: NOISE HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ONE'S QUALITY OF LIFE, IN ADDITION TO ADULTS YOUNG CHILDREN.

DAWN PIKE: AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY NOISE EXPOSURE TO LOUD NOISE INTERVIEWS WITH SPEECH AND LANGUAGE IN PEERS.

DAWN PIKE: READING AND LEARNING IN PARIS HEARING AND DISRUPT SLEEP PATTERNS, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDS THAT UNPROTECTED EXPOSURE TO SOUND THOSE GREATER THAN 100 DECIBELS.

DAWN PIKE: OR THE SOUND OF A JACKHAMMER OR SNOWMOBILE BE LIMITED TO FOUR HOURS FOUR TIMES A YEAR THAT 16 HOURS IN ONE YEAR.

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DAWN PIKE: ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURES AND LEVELS OF STRESS AND HORMONES AND CHILDREN I'M ROCK SHIPPING PRODUCES AN AVERAGE OF 85 DECIBELS AT 50 FOOT DIFFERENT 50 FOOT DISTANCE.

DAWN PIKE: I REALLY AM SO THANKFUL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT THIS MORE TORYISM AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS OF RIGHT AND THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE, THANKS, VERY MUCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: CATHY HABITUS.

KRISTEN WILSON: OR JOHN.

KATHY HOBBINS: HI KRISTEN AND JOSH AND JULIAN BILL AND CAROLINA AND GREG CHRISTIAN ACTUALLY IT'S KATHY NOW NOT JOHN.

KATHY HOBBINS: I FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU ALL AND, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF YOU HAVE LIVED IN RIGHT, ALMOST ALL OF MY LIFE.

KATHY HOBBINS: I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU ALSO KNOW I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS MORATORIUM AND ELIMINATING BLASTING AND FURTHER REDUCING CHIPPING.

KATHY HOBBINS: HAVING LIVED THROUGH BLASTING AND CHIPPING AND THE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS CALLED THE CHEMICAL PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT WAS THAT HAD THOSE POOLS GOING INTO THE AIR, WHICH HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COMING NOBODY KNEW WHAT IT WAS.

KATHY HOBBINS: IT'S ALL VERY DISTURBING AND VERY DISRUPTIVE TO NEIGHBORS.

KATHY HOBBINS: TO RESIDENTS AND NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS WHO MAKE UP THIS TOWN WHERE THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THIS TOWN.

KATHY HOBBINS: NEIGHBORS WHO WERE SCAMMED WITH THE PRE BLAST SURVEY SCENARIO WHICH IS ACTUALLY TO BENEFIT THE BUILDERS, NOT THE HOMEOWNERS THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY.

KATHY HOBBINS: ANYWAY, AGAIN BACK TO NEIGHBORS AND RESIDENTS WHO SUFFER THROUGH TOO MUCH WAY WAY TOO MUCH, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING AT THIS IT'S A GREAT STEP I'M.

KATHY HOBBINS: THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS.

KATHY HOBBINS: IT'S NICE TO HAVE THESE SMALL STEPS IT'S NOTICED IT'S APPRECIATED AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE MORE AND MORE.

KATHY HOBBINS: IF PEOPLE ENCOUNTER ROCK THEN.

KATHY HOBBINS: EXCUSE ME I'M SORRY DON'T BUILD HERE IT'S HARMFUL TO TO THE COMMUNITY BUILD ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT, THE WAY PEOPLE IN TOWN, HAVE, FOR YEARS, WHY CAN'T WE BUILD ON THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.

KATHY HOBBINS: OUR HOUSES ON ROCK WE HAVE ROCK IN OUR BASEMENT WE BOUGHT THAT KNOWING THAT.

KATHY HOBBINS: YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IS IT SO AGAIN, I KNOW YOU'VE ALL HEARD FROM ME, OFTEN BUT THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENCE THAT PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE ALRIGHT THANKS SO MUCH TAKE CARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE A DARRON THOMAS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME DARREN.

DARREN THOMAS: EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

DARREN THOMAS: ALRIGHT, THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AND THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING UP THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE, MY FAMILY AND I WE LIVE 61 OR TWO LANE.

DARREN THOMAS: AS PART OF THE OTHER WOMAN SPOKE, AND I WONDER IF I THINK THE RESIDENTS, FOR THEIR BRAVERY AND SPEAKING TODAY SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE AGAINST THIS WERE ABSOLUTELY FOR IT.

DARREN THOMAS: I SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS DOWN AND HUDSON YARDS, AS WE MOVED OVER WITH GOOGLE AMAZON, AND MANY OTHERS FIRST AND KNOTS IN YARDS AND WATCH THE MASSIVE ROCK SHIPPING THAT WAS DONE THERE SPENT THREE YEARS AND A HUGE CONSTRUCTION SITE AND NOT REALLY ENJOYED IT BUT.

DARREN THOMAS: WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF SAFETY PROCEDURES PUT IN PLACE, THERE WERE CONSTRUCTION FOLKS POLICE.

DARREN THOMAS: AREAS WHERE WE COULD WALK AROUND IT, IT WAS VERY WELL DONE, NO ONE WAS INJURED, THERE WERE VERY CLEAR CONSIDERATIONS FOR THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THAT AREA, AND IT WAS A WAY THAT WE COULD WORK.

DARREN THOMAS: AND STILL HAVE MASSIVE BUILDINGS BEING CONSTRUCTED ALL AROUND THIS, THE OPPOSITE IS HAPPENING HERE AND RYE, WE ARE UNDER HOSTAGE UNDER SIEGE MY CHILDREN CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL SAFELY.

DARREN THOMAS: I HAVE TO WALK THEM AROUND THE CONSTRUCTION SITE LOT WITH AS AN ADULT I HAVE A KID IN EACH OF THE SCHOOLS HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY I FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY ON A DAILY BASIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

DARREN THOMAS: I'VE BEEN ALMOST HIT RUN OFF THE ROAD BY CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES RUNNING BACKWARDS DOWN THE LANES.

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DARREN THOMAS: THAT YOU HAVE BLASTING HAPPENING AND ROCKS ARE HAVE ARE FALLING ON PEOPLE'S YARDS, AND THE GAME OF THE CHILDREN OUTSIDE.

DARREN THOMAS: THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE ALLOWING CONSTRUCTION HAPPENED IN OUR TOWN WHEN THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY HAPPENS THERE'S ALSO NO CONSIDERATION FOR THE HOMES AROUND WE LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOMES MY HOMES OVER 100 YEARS OLD.

DARREN THOMAS: THERE ARE CRACKS IN THE FOUNDATION THOSE BLASTING THE CHIPPING I CAN HEAR IT IN MY BASEMENT AND IT'S ABOUT A QUARTER MILE AWAY.

DARREN THOMAS: IT DOES TRAVEL FOR THE GROUND AND ESPECIALLY TRAVELS SPECIFICALLY WELL THROUGH ROCK IT WILL CHIP THE FOUNDATIONS AND THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION.

DARREN THOMAS: FOR EXAMINING THE HOMES BEFORE ANY OF THIS HAPPENS, WHICH IS A PROPOSAL IN LARCHMONT THAT I'VE READ.

DARREN THOMAS: AND MAYBE ALSO IN HARRISON, TO LOOK AT THE HOMES AROUND IT, TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO DAMAGE AND THOSE THAT DO HAVE DAMAGED OR LEFT TO SUE THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND WHO ARE WE GOING TO SUE.

DARREN THOMAS: AND THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING IN THIS THEIR NON RESIDENTS HERE THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND.

DARREN THOMAS: I'M REALLY FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT PEOPLE DON'T TAKE CONSIDERATION FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS.

DARREN THOMAS: SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE WE'RE HIGHLY SUPPORTIVE OF MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THE TOWN CONSIDER WHAT ARE THE RIGHT OPTIONS I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ELIMINATE BROCK SHIPPING.

DARREN THOMAS: I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD ELIMINATE BLASTING HOWEVER, I DO THINK WE SHOULD TAKE CARE OF OUR CONSIDERATION OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ON WHAT THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURES ARE WE NEED TO HAVE IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENCE.

DARREN THOMAS: SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK THAT'S MY TIME APPRECIATE IT TO THE COUNCIL.

KRISTEN WILSON: THE GELATO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOE WELCOME AGAIN.

JOSEPH LORONO: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW BEFORE YOU START THE CLOCK PERSON SCAM THAT IS A HUGE ACCUSATION.

JOSEPH LORONO: SO NOW GO INTO WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SAY, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

JOSEPH LORONO: THE RIGHT BILLING DEPARTMENT IS THE ONLY DEPARTMENT HERE IN RIGHT THAT MAKES ANY MONEY.

JOSEPH LORONO: ALTHOUGH RAISE A NOT FOR PROFIT.

JOSEPH LORONO: THEN THE END THE US FEES THAT THEY CHARGE IS NOT JUSTIFIED WITH SIX INSPECTIONS AND A PLAN REVIEW.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT CONSTANTLY AS A SURPLUS OF ONE TO $2 MILLION.

JOSEPH LORONO: WHICH GOES INTO THE GENERAL FUND HELP OR WAS IT A SHORTFALL.

JOSEPH LORONO: AND YOU CANNOT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ON YOUR BUDGET.

JOSEPH LORONO: BETWEEN THAT INFUSION OF DOLLARS, WHICH HAS MILLIONS AND THEN INCREASE A PROPERTY TAXES.

JOSEPH LORONO: WHETHER IT'S A POOL HOUSE OR IN ADDITION, IT ALLOWS OLDER RESIDENTS TO STAY BECAUSE IT OFFSETS WITH THEIR HIGHER TAXES, IT IS A BALANCE SOMEONE IS PAYING $1,000 SOMEONE IS PAYING 40 5060 $70,000 IT'S ALL SETTING IT SERVES TWO PURPOSES IT'S UNDISPUTED IT'S WORKED FOR YEARS.

JOSEPH LORONO: I HOPE YOU TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS MORE CLOSELY AS A PRIOR GUY JUST TALKED ABOUT WHO'S AN ENGINEER, AND IN ORDER TO AVOID AN ADVERSE EFFECT.

JOSEPH LORONO: I SAY THAT BECAUSE PART OF THE ISSUE IS WITH A PRIOR LAW CHANGE OF LOWERING THE FIRST FLOOR HEIGHT IT PUSHED HOUSES LOWER INTO THE GROUND COMING INTO ROCK AND OR WATER CONTINUING THE ISSUE.

JOSEPH LORONO: ROCK HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE HAVE ALWAYS WORKED WITH THE AS I DEMONSTRATED IN THE PAST HISTORY.

JOSEPH LORONO: I BELIEVE WE SHOULD ALLOW BLASTING WHAT A HIGH STANDARD, BECAUSE IT IS A SAFE QUICK AND LESS INVASIVE.

JOSEPH LORONO: IN CASES AND THE INCREASE HAS TO BE MADE ON THE 15 DAYS OR NO PROJECT OR SO NO PROJECT IS LEFT UNCOMPLETED AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER YEAR TO COMPLETING.

JOSEPH LORONO: 30 DAYS BETWEEN THE PROJECT WITH 1000 FEET I'M IN A GREENS, THE QUESTION IS, CAN WE DEAL WITH IN A CONSTRUCTIVE INCLUSIVE EDUCATED, INNOVATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC WAY.

JOSEPH LORONO: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I WANT TO GIVE YOU 60 SECONDS, FIRST AS A LIFELONG RESIDENT IS SOMEONE WHO STILL LIVES IN AWRY AND I LIVE PROXIMATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, I HEARD THAT ROCK CHIPPING FROM MY KITCHEN AND NOW THERE'S A HOUSE THAT SHIPPING ROCK THREE DOORS UP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.

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JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BUT IT IS DEFINITELY TEMPORARY AND WHAT'S PERMANENT IS THE CREATION OF HOMES OF GREATER VALUE GREATER UTILITY AND THAT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S VIBRANT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: IT ALSO, BY THE WAY, INCREASES SUBSTANTIALLY THE VALUE OF MY HOME WHEN A HOME NEARBY IS BUILT, NEW AND SOLD AT MARKET FOR PREMIUM AS A RESIDENT WHO'S LIVED HERE OVER 50 YEARS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I'M GOOD WITH THAT I SUPPORT THAT I'M I'M WILLING TO PUT UP WITH TEMPORARY DISCOMFORT FOR LONG TERM GAME NOW I'M GOING TO PUT MY LAWYER HAT BACK ON.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: TONIGHT IS NOT FOR A REFERENDUM ON NOISE OR ROCK REMOVAL OR ROCK HAMMERING OR BLASTING TONIGHT IS AN EMERGENCY MEETING, THE COUNCIL.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AS I READ TO YOU FROM NEW YORK'S HIGHEST COURT IN ORDER FOR YOU TO CONSIDER SAYING YES TO A MORATORIUM, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN EXIT AGENCY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: YOU'RE EXERCISING YOUR POLICE POWER, AND THERE MUST BE AN EMERGENCY, IT IS A KIN TO THE COUNCIL OR THE CITY MANAGER APPROVING A NO BID CONTRACT.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN AN EMERGENCY AND A ROOF IS BLOWN OFF OR A BOILERS BLOWN UP AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO BED IT PUT IT THROUGH THE LEGAL BIDDING SYSTEM, JUST LIKE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: A MORATORIUM IS A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE WHAT THE COURT CALLED A DIRE NECESSITY, A CRISIS CONDITION THE MAYOR INDICATED.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND I WOULD POINT OUT, WITH DUE RESPECT TO MAYOR CONE INCORRECTLY THAT YOU CAN USE A MORATORIUM TO PREVENT A STAMPEDE FIRST OF ALL.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: THOSE DMP COULD BE CREATED WHEN IT COMES TO ROCK REMOVAL, BECAUSE, IN ORDER TO GET TO THE ROCK YOU HAVE TO DEMO THE HOUSE TO DEMO THE HOUSE, YOU NEED TO HAVE UTILITY CUT OFFS, ESPECIALLY THIS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: ASSESSMENT REPORTS LEAD PAINT REPORTS OIL TANK REMOVAL REPORTS, UNLESS YOU DRIVE AROUND RYAN, YOU TELL ME, YOU HAVE DOZENS OF EMPTY LOTS THERE CAN BE NO STAMPEDE TO REMOVE ROCK.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: SO THAT IS NOT A LEGITIMATE BASIS, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU SIT ON THE COUNCIL, AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE OR A FEW PEOPLE VOCALLY COMPLAINING, YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT AWAY.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: I WOULD SUGGEST YOU TAKE THE LEAD OF A PRIOR COUNCIL WHO, WHEN THEY HAD NO LAW IN EXISTENCE DIDN'T CONSIDER A MORATORIUM INSTEAD THEY HAD A JUDICIOUS.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL VIEWPOINTS, WITH MANY PUBLIC MEETINGS AND OUTREACH.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: AND INSTEAD THIS COUNCIL, THE FIRST TIME I SAW THIS, I THINK, WAS ON YOUR LAST MEETING AGENDA TO SET TONIGHT'S HEARING, SO I WOULD IMPLORE YOU ESPECIALLY WITH ONLY FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT DON'T EVEN CONSIDER PUTTING THIS TO A VOTE.

JONATHAN D. KRAUT: DO YOUR JOB TALK TO YOUR STAFF TALK TO THE EXPERTS, AND CONSIDER WHATEVER CHANGES YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE TO YOUR LAW, BUT NOT A MORATORIUM, THANK YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND ROSE KOREAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME ROSE.

ROSE CREAN: GOOD EVENING.

ROSE CREAN: MY NAME IS ROSE SCREEN AND I'M FROM THE LAW FIRM OF HARFORD IS CHROME PERLSTEIN OUR FIRM REPRESENTS ALL OF OUR SON THIS DEVELOPMENT LLC, WHICH IS A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY AND RYE.

ROSE CREAN: PAUL OUR SOURNESS HIMSELF HAS WRITTEN A LETTER WHICH WE PLAN TO SUBMIT TO YOU ONLINE, BUT FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING HIS LETTER INCLUDED TONIGHT, HE HAD ASKED THAT WE READ THE LETTER TO YOU PUBLICLY.

ROSE CREAN: SO IF YOU DON'T MIND I'LL JUST READ THAT.

ROSE CREAN: YOUR MAYOR COLON AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL RISE A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE, AND THE REASON I MOVED MY FAMILY HERE YEARS AGO.

ROSE CREAN: I ALSO WORK JUSTIN RIAZ A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS WHILE WORKING AND RIGHT OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS I'VE ENCOUNTERED ONE COMMON THING ON ALMOST EVERY SITE ROCK.

ROSE CREAN: WE ENCOUNTER ROCK WALL CREATING USABLE SPACE BASEMENT SPACE WELL NOT INTENSIFYING THE USE OF A HOME DOES PROVIDE FAMILIES VERY ENJOYABLE RECREATION SPACE FOR KIDS AND ADULTS.

ROSE CREAN: THEY SPIN SPACES TYPICALLY ABOUT 30% OF THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF A HOME THE BASEMENT SPACE IS IN MOST CASES NOT VISIBLE, BUT A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE HOME.

ROSE CREAN: IT'S IMPORTANT FROM AN ENJOYABLE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL AS AN OVERALL VALUE WITH LONG COLD WINTERS IT PROVIDES FAMILIES MORE ROOM TO SPREAD OUT.

ROSE CREAN: AND ENJOY THE INDOOR SPACE FINISHED BASEMENTS HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF FAMILY LIFE IN THE NORTHEAST WITHOUT THESE BASEMENTS IN RYE PROPERTY VALUES WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME WORTHLESS.

ROSE CREAN: RIGHT RAIL SEE VALUE IS A LARGE PART, SUBJECT TO THE AMOUNT OF USABLE SQUARE FEET, THE MORE SQUARE FEET, THE MORE VALUABLE.

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ROSE CREAN: THUS, BE LESS WILLING TO PAY FULL PRICE FOR HOMES OR, FOR THAT MATTER, ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE VALUES ARE TODAY.

ROSE CREAN: RIGHT HAS A LOT OF OLD HOUSES THAT WILL EVENTUALLY BE KNOCKED DOWN FOR MORE MODERN HOMES THAT TODAY BUYERS ARE BOTH LOOKING FOR AN EXPECT.

ROSE CREAN: THESE NEW HOMES WITHOUT FULL FINISH THESE BINS WILL BE WORTHLESS THEREFORE DRIVING DOWN PRICING.

ROSE CREAN: I PERSONALLY DIRECTLY OBSERVED THE TOWN OF NORTH COWS CASTLE PUT IN PLACE ANTI DEVELOPMENT LAWS IN THE LATE 1990S AND EARLY 2000S AND THE MARKET HAS NEVER BEEN ABLE TO RECOVER.

ROSE CREAN: WHAT HAPPENS TO BUILDERS AND HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE ALREADY PURCHASED HOMES OR PROPERTIES AND NOW MAY NOT GET FULL FINISHED BASEMENTS POWER THEY COMPENSATED FOR THIS LOSS.

ROSE CREAN: BUILDERS AND HOMEOWNERS HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON AN EXPECTATION THAT NOW MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE, HOW IS THIS FAIR.

ROSE CREAN: THE CITY SPENT MONTHS, A FEW YEARS BACK, LOOKING AT THE SITUATION, BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM MANY BUILDERS AND EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND CAME TO A MIDDLE GROUND SOLUTION.

ROSE CREAN: WHAT HAS HAPPENED FOR US TO REVISIT THE SITUATION SO QUICKLY AGAIN.

ROSE CREAN: IN CLOSING, HAVING BEEN IN THE RESIDENTIAL HOME BUILDING REAL ESTATE BUSINESS FOR 35 YEARS I HAVE FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT NEW ANTI DEVELOPMENT LAWS WILL ADVERSELY AFFECT THE CITY.

ROSE CREAN: OR TOWN, AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM, I WOULD URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER TAKING SUCH A DRASTIC MEASURE THAT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES RESPECTFULLY PAUL OR THOMAS.

ROSE CREAN: I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE THOMAS.

KRISTEN WILSON: OR.

KRISTEN WILSON: MAYBE I DID THAT WRONG.

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE A PHONE NUMBER THAT ENDS IN 737.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: STAR NINE COFFIN YOU.

KRISTEN WILSON: KNOW STAR SIX STAR NINE TO RAISE THE HAND SO PHONE NUMBER ENDING IN 737.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU MAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEAR YOU 737.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO HIT STAR SIX, THOUGH, TO GET OFF MUTE.

KRISTEN WILSON: I WILL TRY AGAIN LATER.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE JOEL AROUND I WILL AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK, THEN LET'S HAVE JOE ONE MORE TIME.

KRISTEN WILSON: YOU'RE OUT.

JOSEPH LORONO: IT'S ACTUALLY JEWELER ON A JUNIOR THRILLING COURT.

JOSEPH LORONO: CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME SORRY.

JOSEPH LORONO: YES, NOT NOT TO BELABOR EVERYONE'S POINT REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHT OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW WE'RE PRO THAT, AND YOU KNOW WE, WE THINK THAT THERE'S YOU KNOW LEGITIMATE STIPULATIONS IN PLACE JUST TO COMMENTS, I WOULD MAKE.

JOSEPH LORONO: I WOULD ADVISE EVERYONE TO READ WHAT IT REQUIRES TO GET A BLESSING PERMANENT AND RYE ON THE COUNCIL I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYONE KNOWS STIPULATIONS AND THE HOOPS.

JOSEPH LORONO: THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES REQUIRE THERE ARE PLAYED PRETTY BLESSED SURVEYS THAT'S NOT A SCAM WE SPEND A FORTUNE DOING THAT HOW THAT WASN'T DONE ON ORCHARD IS MAYBE A FAULT, TO THE BLESSING CONTRACTOR THEY HIRED THERE.

JOSEPH LORONO: AND THAT THAT'S ALL ALONG THE LINES OF FOLLOWING THE LAWS OF THE CITY OF CHRIST SO JUST JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT.

JOSEPH LORONO: IN THE MORE TECHNICAL SENSE PROPOSED LAW HAS A NOTE THAT INCLUDES BORINGS IN WHAT IS RESTRICTED UNDER THE MORATORIUM.

JOSEPH LORONO: BORINGS ARE NOT JUST DRILLING HOLES TO MAKE ROCK REMOVAL EASIER BORINGS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING DONE BY A BORING CONTRACTOR TO DETERMINE.

JOSEPH LORONO: THE LOAD CAPACITY OF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY, SO YOU BUILD WHETHER IT'S A HIGH END PROJECT SMALL PROJECT COMMERCIAL PROJECTS, A BORING CONTRACTOR NEEDS TO COME OUT.

JOSEPH LORONO: AND ACTUALLY TAKE SAMPLES OF THE GROUND TO THEN DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF STRUCTURE CAN BE DESIGNED IN THAT AREA, IF YOU NEED TO PULL A ROCK HON PERMIT TO DO THAT.

JOSEPH LORONO: AND THEN DETERMINE YOU HAVE SOME ROCK TO REMOVE YOU NOW CAN'T BUILD YOUR STRUCTURE SO REALLY THAT IS MORE OF AN ENGINEERING ITEM AND, FRANKLY, SHOULD NOT BE A PART OF THIS IT'S A ONE DAY TASK, MAYBE TWO DAYS.

JOSEPH LORONO: AS PART OF DETERMINING THE BARON CAPACITY, BECAUSE PROPERTY SO MORE OF A TECHNICAL COMMENT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT INTO THE RECORDS, THANK YOU ALL.

KRISTEN WILSON: ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK GOOD RAISE YOUR HAND OR PRESS STAR NINE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME SUZANNE.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: THANK YOU I'M I'M PART OF THE LINDEN STREET ORCHARD CONTINGENCY AS WELL AND.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: I HAVE LISTENED VERY CAREFULLY TO WHAT WAS SAID AND I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE MOVING FORWARD AS A TOWN AND DEVELOPMENT, AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THIS TOWN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CIRCLE BACK ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AND.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: LAUREN OR JUNIOR I AGREE WITH YOU WHEN THEY HAD THE BLASTING ON LINDEN, WE GOT REPORTS WE HAD CREATED SECTIONS.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: IN OUR OWN HOME SO I'M A NEIGHBOR OF ONE OF THOSE AND THEY DID IT ALL BY THE BOOK AND I WROTE TO THE COUNCIL EARLIER TODAY THAT TO ME BLESSING WAS LIKE A VACATION COMPARED TO CHIPPING.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND I THINK SOMEBODY SAID, I THINK IT WAS FOR SOME A LAWYER, SAID ABOUT IN THE LETTER WHAT'S CHANGED SINCE 2015 AND I THINK WHAT'S CHANGED IS REAL QUICKLY IS.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WORKING FROM HOME NOW OUR HOME HAS BECOME OUR OFFICE AS WELL, AND THE DESTRUCTION IS SO MUCH MORE FELT.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND YES, YOU CAN HAVE YOUR NOISE CANCELLING CANCELLING HEADPHONES ON AND ETC, BUT WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS SHAKING IN YOUR ZOOM CALL IT IS JUST INSANE IT'S INSANE.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND I GUESS WHAT BRINGS ME TO THE OTHER COMMENT WAS THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TEMPORARY TO GREATNESS, YOU KNOW.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IS VOICING OUR COMPLAINT IS TEMPORARY HAS BEEN PERMANENT FOR US IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE PAST.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: SO I'VE LIVED HERE 28 YEARS AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, IT HAS BECOME ENTIRE LIBERAL.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: YOU KNOW, YES, ABOUT SAFETY, YES, ABOUT THAT, BUT THE PURE NOISE, I MEAN WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME IN OUR SCHOOLS TALKING ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: WE'RE STIR CRAZY HERE BECAUSE OF THE VIOLATION OF OUR PEACE AND QUIET AND IT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE AND EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE AND IT HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING TEMPORARY.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND SO, WITH, THAT IS WHAT I ASKED VIEW, PLEASE, WE SEEM TO HAVE NO NEIGHBORHOOD PRODUCTION BECAUSE THE NEW NEXT NEIGHBOR COMES IN AND SAYS WELL IT'S MY TURN IT'S MY RIGHT IT'S MY TURN IT'S MY RIGHT.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: AND WE'VE LIVED HERE A LONG TIME, AND WE HAVE A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE A GREAT TOWN AND WE JUST ARE ASKING FOR SOME PEACE REALLY IT'S REALLY THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM BECAUSE I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LIVE HERE AND ARE HERE.

SUZANNE OBRIEN: HALF THE PEOPLE I HATE TO TELL YOU DURING THE CONSTRUCTION GO OFF TO THEIR HOME ON THE JERSEY SHORE WHEREVER AND THEY'RE NOT EVEN HERE, WHY THEIR HOMES ARE BEING BUILT, AND SO THEY DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND THE DISRUPTION THEY'RE CREATING, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE, MR MAYOR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR I WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL IF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF SO, MAY HAVE EMOTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVED.

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

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO, NOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'LL BREAK THE UP BREAK THE ICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE WELL BEING OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PEOPLE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LIVING NEXT TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CHIPPING AND BLASTING, AND AGAIN I THINK WE NEED TO FIND OUR WAY TO A BALANCE BETWEEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE RIGHTS OF THOSE WITH PROJECTS AND THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE TO QUIET ENJOYMENT IN THEIR HOMES, I THINK THAT IS IN A NUTSHELL, THAT THE TASK THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS BEFORE US, I DID NOTE SHOW THE RANO JUNIORS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS HIGHLIGHTING BORING SHORT TERM BORING TO DETERMINE LOAD CAPACITY AND, THOUGH I AM IN FAVOR OF MOVING.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SEE IF WE SHOULD PROVIDE SOME SORT OF ADDITIONAL DISPENSATION FOR EXACTLY THAT SORT OF DRAFTING SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M COMING FROM ON THIS TONIGHT I WELCOME OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND ASK A QUESTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WITH THIS IS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS WILL NOT PROVIDE OR STANDING HOLD ANYTHING THAT IS IN PROCESS, BECAUSE THESE ARE ONLY FOR NEW APPLICATIONS CORRECT IT'S MY READING THIS CORRECT.

RIGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO ANYTHING IN PROGRESS CAN COMPLETE ANY NEW APPLICATION WE'RE NOT, WE WOULD NOT BE TAKING THEM.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DO WE HAVE A SENSE OF HOW MANY ARE IN PROGRESS, DO WE HAVE ANY THAT ARE PENDING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED, YET DO WE KNOW THOSE NUMBERS.

KRISTEN WILSON: I DON'T KNOW THEM OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, WE CAN ELEVATE CHRISTIAN I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS THAT INFORMATION BUT.

KRISTEN WILSON: LET ME BRING HIM IN.

KRISTEN WILSON: MAY NOT KNOW THESE COMING IN, AS A PANELIST BUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: A CHRISTIAN CAREFUL YEAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH CLOSER.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M HERE MY QUESTION OR SAY.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: NO, I HEARD IT, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE, SO LET ME JUST GO THERE AND LOOK I'M ALL APPLICATIONS OF ALL APPROVED APPLICATIONS FOR ROCK REMOVAL ARE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND THAT'S.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE EXISTING LAW UNDER THE EXISTING LAWS SO.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: THERE'S A THERE'S A REGISTRY AND IT INDICATES ALL OF THE PENDING ADDRESSES, SO I LOOK AT THE END DATE WE HAVE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: FOUR OR FIVE.

GIVE OR TAKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR PENDING THAT ARE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: APPROVED.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE GROUP SO THOSE ARE IN PROGRESS AND WILL NOT BE AFFECTED, BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY BE NEW APPLICATIONS AND WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF ANYBODY WHO MAY BE ON THE DOCKET BUT NOT YET APPROVED RIGHT.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: NOW I MEAN IF THEY DON'T SUBMIT WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: RIGHT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DID I GUESS, I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S A PURGATORY BETWEEN SUBMIT AND APPROVE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: THAT WE DO NOT BE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER: IT'S NOT A TREMENDOUS LENGTH OF TIME IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER KINDS OF PERMITS IT TAKE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER COUNCIL.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: POINTS YEAH.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WANT TO ECHO THE MAYOR IN THAT WHAT WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT HERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHTS AND THE NEIGHBORS RIGHTS TO PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTIES AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CURRENT LAW WAS PASSED IT'S FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, AND I THINK.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT'S CHANGED AND RISE WE'RE SEEING A LOT BIGGER HOMES BEING BUILT IN A LOT BIGGER LOT HIGHER QUANTITY OF LOT LOT BIGGER HOMES AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THE AMOUNT OF ROCK CHIPPING HAS INCREASED, AND WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE IN SOME NEIGHBORHOOD YOU, YOU HAVE BACK TO BACK TO BACK HOMES BEING BUILT AND ROCK CHIPPING AND PEOPLE SEEM TO NEVER GET RELIEF, AND SO I.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAS AT A MEETING AND ONE NEIGHBORHOOD 130 PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS PROBLEM, AND IT IS A PROBLEM AND IT'S QUALITY PROBLEM BECAUSE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PROPERTIES VERY EXPENSIVE AND PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD BIG HOUSES RIGHT, BUT IT IS A PROBLEM, AND SO I THINK WE'RE TAKING A.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MEASURED APPROACH HERE BY HAVING A MORATORIUM AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LOOK AT THIS AND LOOK AT THINGS LIKE OUR ZONING LAWS AND HOW THIS AFFECTS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: PEOPLE BUILDING BIG BASEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS AND AND AND AND AND THE IDEA IS TO REALLY STUDY THIS VERY HARD IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND AND AND AND THEN HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CHANGE THE LAW, AND SO, SO I SUPPORT, I SUPPORT THE.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE'S JOSH NATHAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I AM MY ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE SO FAR BY YOURSELF AND BELL AND THANKS JULIE FOR QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY ANSWERED MINE.

[7. Continue 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.]

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHILE WE STUDY THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, AND FOR THOSE REASONS I I'M I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS MEASURED APPROACH.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH JUST TO ALSO ADD TO THAT TO JOSH THE MORATORIUM IS NOT THE TOTAL BAN ON ROCK SHIPPING IT'S IT'S LIMITING IT TO 15 DAYS, WHICH IS A LAW CURRENT LAW IN LARCHMONT AND SOME OTHER TOWNS SO IT'S NOT AN OUTRIGHT BAN AND THERE ARE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF THERE'S EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES THE COUNCIL WILL HEAR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE'S ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THEN I'M LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION TO PASS THIS MORATORIUM.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE A SECOND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SORRY YEAH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN HURT IS ABSENT COUNCIL COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

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

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

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS IS ABSENT, THEIR HOME.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SPOKE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF WE NEED TO COME BACK ON THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BORING FOR LOW TO DETERMINE LOAD BEARING CAPACITY WILL LOOK INTO THAT AND WE'LL DO THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OK SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MOVE TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUT OVER THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION OF A PETITION FROM THE MIRIAM OSBORNE MEMORIAL HOME TO AMEND THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF RISE ZONING CODE TO CREATE NEW USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES IN THE ARE TO ZONING DISTRICT.

[8. Consideration of a new Home Rule Resolution to create a new parking district at Mead Place.]

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH IN THAT AGENDA PACKET THOUGH I KNOW THAT STATED IN THE AGENDA PART, BUT IN THE BODY OF IT, IT IT DOESN'T STATE THAT, SO WE WOULD JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WANT TO MATCH UP.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT FACT THAT WE'RE HOLDING IT OVER IN THE AGENDA PACKET WHAT MATCHES ON THE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FACIAL.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AGENDA JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ME FACE SHEET.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I'M OFFICIATE IT'S A IT'S A HOLDOVER IN THE COUNCIL AGENDA PACKET WHICH IS LIKE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER QUARTER OF THE WAY DOWN WE'RE DEEP IN THE PACKET AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO HOLD OVER SO JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T KNOW THAT IT MATTERS I'M JUST SAYING THAT WHAT WHAT'S IN THE PACKET DOESN'T MATCH WITH ON THE COVER SHEET SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD IT HOLD OVER.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO THE 25TH AND AND I DO THINK, CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY TO BEFORE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THIS WAS THAT THERE WERE QUITE AT THE REQUEST OF THE OSBORNE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS, AT THE REQUEST OF THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OSBORNE, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WERE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT ISSUES ONE DAY MENTIONED WAS THE TRAFFIC STUDY BUT I DON'T KNOW.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DURING THIS PERIOD, THEY HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO US IN SOME TIME, AND UNTIL THEY DO PRESENT I I FOR ONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DON'T.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL PRESENT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO HOLD OVER TILL MAY 25 ASSUMING THEY DON'T PUT IT OVER AGAIN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE GO TO CONSIDERATION OF A NEW HOME RULE RESOLUTION TO CREATE A NEW PARKING DISTRICT AND NEAT PLACE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THIS IS ABOUT SOME THINGS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT NEED PLACE RESIDENTS MADE ME AWARE OF NOW FIVE YEARS OR SO AGO, WHEN I FIRST WALK THEIR STREET WHEN I WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR MAYOR, AND THAT IS THE DIFFICULTY IN THEIR FINDING ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THEMSELVES ON THEIR STREET THEY HAVE A HOMES, WITH, FOR THE MOST PART, SMALL DRIVEWAYS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN AN AREA IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE Y VERY CLOSE TO THE RAILROAD STATION AND VERY CLOSE TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, AND IN FACT THEY ARE A FAVORITE PLACE FOR THOSE WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO PARK, OTHER THAN IN CITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR FEE PARKING SPACES SO RECOGNIZING THEIR DIFFICULTY WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS OVER THE YEARS OF WHAT WE MIGHT DO IN ORDER TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HELP THEM WITH THE PROBLEM THAT THEY HAVE AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN ORDER TO CREATE A SPECIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT, WE AS A CITY CAN'T DO IT BY OURSELVES, WE HAVE TO GET HOME RULE AUTHORITY FROM ALBANY FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO DO IT, AND THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY APPLY FOR THAT TREATMENT, THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RELIEF THAT WE CAN GET WILL NOT ALLOW US TO SAY ALL OF ME CAN BE FOR RESIDENT PARKING ONLY, WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP A CERTAIN PROPORTION THAT THE STATE DICTATES AS PUBLIC PARKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY BE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO FACE UP TO BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ONE THING ABOUT ME THAT DIFFERENTIATES IT FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT ARE ALSO HOPING FOR RESIDENT RELIEF FOR PARKING IS ME, IT IS A VERY SMALL STREET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT IS JUST THE LITTLE C SHAPED STREET THAT COMES OFF LOCUSTS CLOSE TO THEODORE FRIEND AND THEN RETURNS TO LOCUST BY THE YMCA, SO IT IS JUST THAT LITTLE LOOP, AND IT ALLOWS US TO KNOW AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ENFORCE PROPERLY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE ARE AWARE THAT, FOR INSTANCE, WITHIN WHAT IS CALLED THE BEACH PARKING DISTRICT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WHICH ACTUALLY EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM PLAYLAND PARKWAY TO THE END OF MILK POINT AND FROM BLIND BROOK TO LONG ISLAND SOUND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT THERE ARE STREETS PARTICULARLY PROXIMATE TO RIGHT TOWN PARK AND TO PLAY LAND THAT WOULD LIKE SIMILAR PROTECTION, THERE ARE OTHER STREETS WITHIN THE RIDE PARKING DISTRICT THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PERHAPS NOW ARE NO PARKING AREAS DURING THE SUMMER THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEEDN'T BE OR PERHAPS DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO BE NO PARKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO PARKING LOCATIONS SEASONALLY BUT IN ORDER TO MOVE WITHIN THE BEACH PARKING DISPLAYED, WE HAVE TO MOVE CAREFULLY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH STREETS WHICH AREAS, WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE AND WHAT WE CAN ENFORCE AND.

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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE ARE AGAIN LOOKING FOR HOME RULE AUTHORITY WITH RESPECT TO MEET PLACE IN ORDER TO CREATE A MORE LIVABLE ON STREET PARKING SITUATION FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG NEW FAVORITE READY ANYTHING HE DAD.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NO, MR BEAR THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP, BUT ASSUMING THAT IT WOULD BE GRANTED, THEN WE WOULD COME UP WITH MORE SPECIFIC PLANS AND RECOMMENDATION IS TO TO EXECUTE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKE THE MOTION OH SORRY JOSH YOU HAD A QUESTION.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JUST AND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND GREG THAT WOULD THAT WOULD INVOLVE TPS TAKING A LOOK AT IT AND THE USUAL.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE USUAL RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE WOULD WE WOULD CERTAINLY ASK TPS TO WEIGH IN BUT IN IN CERTAINLY IN LARGE PART WOULD BE BASED ON THE CITY ENGINEER, AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND PATIENTS THERE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, THANKS JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE PROCESS THANKS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GO AHEAD JULIE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OH I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO BASICALLY CLEAN THE CASE HERE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CHRIS DID YOU SAY THAT IT WAS AT THE CITY COUNCIL TO SEEK A HOMERUN MESSAGE TO AMEND THE CITY STATE NEW YORK STATE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LOTTO ALLOWED THE CITY TO CREATE A NEW PARKING PARKING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY OF RYE ON THE PLACE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, THOUGH, SECOND MACHINE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M GUESSING WE NEED ROLL CALL.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: IMPLEMENT HENDERSON.

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENT MARATHON.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO NOW RESIDENCE MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AND AGAIN REPEAT WHAT.

KRISTEN WILSON: HE SAID.

KRISTEN WILSON: MR MAYOR, WE HAVE A HAND RAISED I'M NOT SURE.

KRISTEN WILSON: IF THAT PERSON, BUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WANTED TO SAY, OH I'M SORRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, PLEASE.

KRISTEN WILSON: SAY OH, YOU ARE.

ESAYA: HI MY NAME IS SARAH I'M AT 30 NEAT PLACE AND.

ESAYA: I HAVE TO SAY I'VE LIVED ON THE BLOCK FOR 15 YEARS OVER 13 YEARS, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS HOME RESIDENTS PARKING.

ESAYA: I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND HOW THIS EVEN CAME ABOUT, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PARKING ISSUES IN THE PAST, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, MOST OF MY BLOCK WAS ILL INFORMED AND FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY SO THERE'S QUITE SOME CONCERN ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR BOX.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THIS IS A GOOD THING, ACTUALLY, THIS IS TRYING TO HELP YOU GET PARKING ON YOUR OWN STREET.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ANYTHING THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL MEMBERS OF NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THERE WAS A PROMISE OF SORT OF SOCIALIZING THE INFORMATION, BUT THIS IS THIS IS MEANT TO HOPEFULLY HELP US WAGE A CONCERN THAT IS PERPETUATED FOR QUITE SOME TIME THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR HOMEOWNERS ON THAT STREET TO ACTUALLY PARK ON THEIR STREET.

ESAYA: I KNOW HAVE YOU TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE END OF THE STREET THAT'S ALONG THE SIDE OF THE WHY THE OTHER END OF THE STREET THAT'S.

ESAYA: SUPPOSEDLY ONE HOUR PARKING THAT'S NEVER ENFORCED, I MEAN THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I AM NOT SPEAKING FOR ALL MY NEIGHBORS BUT I KNOW A LOT OF US.

ESAYA: I THINK WE WERE A LITTLE BLINDSIDED SO THAT'S WHY WE, I HAVE CONCERN AND THAT YES, ANYTHING TO HELP THE PARKING SITUATION, I MEAN WOULD BE EXCELLENT I'M NOT DENYING THAT AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO I'M JUST CONCERNED, OF HOW THIS HAS BEEN COME ABOUT.

ESAYA: I HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW.

ESAYA: EMAIL EMAILING I MEAN THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR OVER 10 YEARS AMOUNT LEAST HAVE TO SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING NOW ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IT DIDN'T USED TO BE, YOU COULD PARK, ON THE OTHER SIDE AT CERTAIN HOURS IT JUST SEEMS IT'S ALL CAME ABOUT VERY SHADY AND.

ESAYA: IT DOESN'T SIT WELL WITH ME THAT'S WHAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WAIT A SEC I JUST.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH CUZ.

YOUR.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CONCERNS.

ESAYA: I'M JUST SAYING THAT.

ESAYA: THERE WAS NO COMMUNICATION TO ANYONE ON THE BLOCK.

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JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK I THINK.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FIRST OF ALL.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS EVERYTHING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW, AS QUICKLY AS THEY'D LIKE TO OR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE HERE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE'S A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN HAVE THE AUTHORITY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO TO DEVELOP A PLAN AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN SHOULD WE AGREED TO DO IT AS A COMMUNITY, AND THAT IF WE WERE TO WAIT AND STUDY THE SITUATION AND THEN DECIDE THAT IT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'D HAVE TO WAIT POTENTIALLY ANOTHER YEAR TO.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO TAKE THE ACTION WE MIGHT AGREE TO TAKE SO THIS THIS JUST OPENS A DOOR FOR US TO DO THAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF AND WHEN WE DECIDE TO DO THAT AND SO THERE'S AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR MY QUESTION TO THE CITY MANAGER THERE'S A PROCESS WHERE THE CITY ENGINEER AND GPS AND OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND TALK ABOUT THIS, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT TO JULIE'S POINT, I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S MEANT TO ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAY NOT SOLVE IT COMPLETELY AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S, MAKING IT A LITTLE MORE PRESSING NOW IS WITH THE EXPANSION OF SERVICES BY THE YMCA PARTICULARLY WITH THEIR ADDITIONAL STUDIO THERE'S EVEN MORE PRESSURE ON NEED PLACE IT SEEMS TO TAKE AN AWFUL LOT OF IMPACT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THAT CORNER OF OF RIGHT, AND SO THIS IS FAIRLY DISCREET, BUT AGAIN THERE'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK ABOUT HOW IT'S EXACTLY GOING TO WORK BECAUSE THE IDEA HERE IS TO TO IMPROVE SOMETHING NOT TO SIMPLY YOU KNOW START IT'S NOT RANDOM.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THIS IS EARLY DAYS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND TO JOSH'S POINT WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION FROM THE STATE TO EVEN CONTEMPLATE MAKING IT BETTER RIGHT RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING THERE, SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS HEY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: LET'S GO TO THE STATE GET PERMISSION TO CREATE A NEW DISTRICT HERE THAT WILL HOPEFULLY HELP.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND THEN WE'LL WORK TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BEST LOOKS LIKE, BUT WE HAVE THIS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEIZE HERE, SO I JUST I WOULD JUST BE A LITTLE CAREFUL WITH LIKE THE SHADY BECAUSE THIS IS APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

ESAYA: I JUST APOLOGIZE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ON THAT.

ESAYA: NOW I JUST APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

ESAYA: IT JUST SEEMED THAT SHE'S GONE THROUGH ENOUGH IN THE LAST I MEAN I TO HIT OUR STREET QUITE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE HOUSES ARE VACANT CURRENTLY THREE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO LIFT THEIR HOMES, SO I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW I'M NOT INVITE I THINK.

ESAYA: I KNOW I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE I'M JUST GUN SHY, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON MY BLOCK BECAUSE I MEAN IT'S A HUGE INVESTMENT IN OUR YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S MY HOME AND.

ESAYA: I WAS JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE I HADN'T HEARD A SINGLE.

ESAYA: THING ABOUT THIS AND TELL.

ESAYA: ME THIS AFTERNOON.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK THIS IS A.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SITUATION WHERE WE WE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CALL ME AFTERWARDS OR JOSH WHAT'S.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I MEAN THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE ANTICIPATING AN ISSUE AND ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN DEVELOPING AND SO IT'S JUST THAT INITIAL STEP.

ESAYA: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: NOTHING IT'S ALL IT'S ALL REALLY WELL INTENTIONED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BEFORE THE MEETING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS.

KRISTEN WILSON: YEAR WE HAVE TWO MORE HANDS LOUISE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LOUISE I'M ASSUMING, YOU ARE THE WAYS MURRAY.

LOUISE: HI YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME LOUISE: THANK YOU, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP, AND I THINK TO ELLEN'S POINT, I THINK, MAYBE, JUST SO I CAN MAYBE CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT OF.

LOUISE: WHAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT, I THINK THAT THE REASON ELLEN PROBABLY FELT BLINDSIDED AND I'M VERY MUCH IN SUPPORTIVE THIS AND I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT IT'S.

LOUISE: COMING UP NOW, I THINK THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING AS THE MAYOR HAD SAID THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL YEARS AGO THAT I'M GUESSING AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR ALAN AT ALL THAT BECAUSE.

LOUISE: IT'S COMING UP NOW SHE MAY HAVE A FEELING THAT, LIKE THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT SHE WASN'T A PART OF WEATHER WITH YOU GUYS ARE PEOPLE ON THE BLOCK AND I THINK IT'S JUST THAT IT'S JUST TAKEN SEVERAL YEARS TO ACTUALLY WIND ITS WAY THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF.

LOUISE: HAPPENING RIGHT YOU GUYS HAD TO WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH.

LOUISE: SO UM I THINK IT'S JUST THAT SHE DIDN'T I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR LM, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST NONE OF US KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND MORE BLANK.

LOUISE: ME AND THE MOMS OF ALL THE YOUNG CHILDREN ON THE BLOCK ARE SUPER SUPER EXCITED THAT THIS IS BEING TALKED ABOUT IT MIGHT COME TO PASS, I KNOW IT MIGHT TAKE A LONG TIME.

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LOUISE: WHICH WAS WELL DESCRIBED AS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE WE BASICALLY ARE PARKING LOT FOR SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, WHETHER THEY'RE CATCHING THE TRAIN OR GOING TO THEIR JOB IN TOWN OR.

LOUISE: BUILDING ON LOW GUESTS ARE GOING TO THE Y FOR A CLASS, WE ARE A PARKING LOT, AND SO THE PARKING IS AN ISSUE FOR US, AS WAS MENTIONED BUT IT'S ALSO A SAFETY ISSUE FOR US, BECAUSE AS I'VE MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR BEFORE.

LOUISE: TRYING TO WALK DOWN OUR STREET WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS SO TO TRY TO WALK DOWN OUR STREET WITH A CHILD OR GOD FORBID, FOR A CHILD TO GO TO A FRIEND'S HOUSE IS KIND OF LIKE WALKING THROUGH THE WHOLE FOODS PARKING LOT.

LOUISE: THAT'S WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO TRY TO WALK DOWN OUR STREET LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS SO JUST TO SPEAK FOR THE THE MOMS OF ALL THE YOUNG KIDS ON THE BLOCK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT DEATH.

LOUISE: OR VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND WE'RE GLAD THAT IT'S FINALLY COMING UP.

LOUISE: BUT JUST TO REASSURE ELLEN I DON'T THINK THAT YOU ARE ASKED, OR ANYONE ON THE BLOCK WAS LIKE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT.

LOUISE: NOBODY KNEW ABOUT I THINK IT'S JUST TAKEN A FEW YEARS TO FINALLY RISE TO THE TOP OF THE LIST, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE HAD SO MANY THINGS TO WORK THROUGH THAT WERE VERY PERSONAL AND SUPPORTIVE THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT LOUISE I SHOULD I SHOULD MENTION THAT WE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DID TWO WEEKS AGO, WE COULD NOT HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS THAT WE DID GET A HEADS UP FROM ONE OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THIS WAS IN SEASON FOR A SHORT TIME, AND SO THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS WHY IT APPEARED SUDDENLY ON THIS AGENDA.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THERE WAS SOMEONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, WE HAVE MARY AND ROBIN HELLO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME MARY.

MARY ROMANELLO: THE I'VE BEEN ON THIS BLOCK FOR 45 YEARS.

MARY ROMANELLO: AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND GOOD ALL GOOD ALL GOOD AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THIS WITH THE PARKING AND THE MY CONCERN IS THE CHILDREN.

MARY ROMANELLO: THEY HAVE TO WALK TO THE WHY THEY HAVE TO WALK TO GET TO THEIR FRIENDS HOUSE, THEY HAVE TO WALK TO GO TO TOWN, THE CARS COME DOWN UP AND DOWN THE STREET BOTH WAYS AT ENORMOUS SPEEDS.

MARY ROMANELLO: AND, NO MATTER HOW MANY SIGNS THESE YOUNG MOTHERS PUT UP SAYING, OUR CHILDREN LIVE HERE SLOW DOWN, NOBODY SLOWS DOWN AND I'VE SAID IT.

MARY ROMANELLO: FOR 45 YEARS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET HER MAKING THAT TURN WALKING THAT TURN OVER BY THE WHY.

MARY ROMANELLO: AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO SLOW THESE CARS DOWN, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG CHILDREN ON THIS BLOCK AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO THIS MEETING AND SAY YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

MARY ROMANELLO: BUT I APPRECIATE IT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN ALL THESE YEARS THAT I'VE EVER ATTENDED ONE OF THESE MEETINGS I'M VERY IMPRESSED I ENJOYED IT I.

MARY ROMANELLO: I THINK YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A GREAT GROUP HERE YOU HAVE ALL ALL DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES AND I WAS GOING TO SEND BILL HENDERSON AND NOTE TOMORROW AND TELL THEM HOW IMPRESSED I WAS.

MARY ROMANELLO: NOT THAT I WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH THE REST OF YOU, TOO, BUT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH EVERYTHING VERY NICELY, AND I APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THESE THESE THESE CHILDREN BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY'RE, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

KRISTEN WILSON: MR AREA TO MORE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK KATIE KATIE.

KKT: HI YES, CAN YOU HEAR ME.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, PLEASE, PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF KK.

KKT: I AM KATIE THOMAS AND I MET 37 MEET PLACE.

KKT: AND I AM ONE OF THE YOUNGER MOTHERS THAT LOUISE MARI JUST SPOKE ABOUT, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD MY SUPPORT TO THIS PROPOSAL.

KKT: I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE AND INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT, WE HAVE A GREAT COMMUNITY AS SMALL CHILDREN ON THIS STORY THAT JUST WANT TO PLAY IN EACH OTHER'S YARDS AND RIDE THEIR BIKES AND AS MOTHERS.

KKT: WE ARE IN A NOT AT ALL EXAGGERATING TERRIFIED OF OUR KIDS PLAYING OUTSIDE AT TIMES BECAUSE PEOPLE RACE UP AND DOWN OUR STREET SCHOOL BUSES INCLUDED.

KKT: WE HAVE PUT UP SO MANY SIGNS AND SO MANY PLEADINGS FOR PEOPLE, JUST TO BE AWARE OF THE SPEED LIMIT BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A PLACE WHERE YOUNG CHILDREN RESIDE AND IT'S JUST FALLEN ON DEAF EARS, FOR YEARS NOW.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELCOME PETE.

PETE ARCHER: HI GOOD, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL ON PETER ARCHER OF 43 MEET PLACE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME, I JUST WANT TO THANK.

PETE ARCHER: THE COUNCIL, FOR BRINGING THIS UP.

PETE ARCHER: IT HAS BEEN A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

PETE ARCHER: BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IS THAT OUR STREET DOESN'T ACTUALLY GO ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW BY GOING ON TO ME PLACE YOU ONLY GO BACK TO LUCAS TO IT TO YOU, LIKE YOU SAID.

PETE ARCHER: THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PARKING CREATES A TRAFFIC PROBLEM SO BY ELIMINATING PARK.

PETE ARCHER: PARKING ON THE STREET OR REDUCING IT, IN EFFECT, YOU ALSO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE POSSIBILITY OF A PERSON OR A CHILD BEING STRUCK BY A CAR IT'S, THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL THING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE.

PETE ARCHER: THE COUNCIL, BRINGING IT UP.

PETE ARCHER: YOU GUYS SHOOTING FOR THE MOON AND GOING UP TO ALBANY AND TRYING TO GET THIS THING DONE FOR US ONE SORT OF PIECE OF CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, AND I THINK.

PETE ARCHER: I KIND OF AGREE WITH ALAN THAT IT'S IT WAS HARD FOR US.

PETE ARCHER: HEY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE STREET PARKING IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SHOCK TO US SO IF IF THE COUNCIL COULD JUST COMMUNICATE WITH ONE OR ALL OF US.

[10. Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with Christ Church to allow Rye Recreation to host Kiddy Camp in its facility for the summer of 2022.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RESIDENTS MAY BE HEARD ON MATTERS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION THAT DO NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA AND, AS I, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, WE WOULD ASK THOSE WITH COMMENTS ON THE OSBORNE BECAUSE THE OSBORNE IS IN THE MIDST OF THE HEARING, AND WE MUST, AS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AN OBLIGATION OF LAW, TRY TO MAINTAIN A COHERENT PUBLIC HEARING RECORD WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT FURTHER COMMENTS ON THE OSBORNE BE RESERVED FOR THE NEXT TIME WE ARE REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING WHICH WILL BE ON MAY 25 IF, FOR SOME REASON YOU FEEL THAT YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAN'T COMMENT ON MAY 25.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR THAT YOU CAN'T PUT YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING IN THE CONTENT WITH THAT AND THAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH BEING OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WOULD HEAR YOU, BUT AGAIN I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE NOT TO DO SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS IN THE PUBLIC HERE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY CRISPIN.

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

KRISTEN WILSON: WE HAVE NO HANDS RAISED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO, THEN WE WILL GO ON AND WE HAVE A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH CHRIST CHURCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO ALLOW RIGHT RECREATION TO HOST KITTY CAMP AND HIS FACILITY FOR THE SUMMER OF 2022 THERE'S A SECOND RESOLUTION AND I REALIZED THAT WILL HAVE TO TREAT EACH OF THESE SEPARATELY BUT I SUSPECT THEY CAN BOTH BE EXPLAINED AND ONCE GREG.

[11. Resolution authorizing City Manager to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Resurrection School to allow Rye Recreation to host Day Camp in its facility for the summer of 2022.]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OBVIOUSLY, IN.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ONLY DIFFERENCE FROM PRIOR AUTHORIZED AGREEMENTS IS THAT CAMP IS FROM.

[12. Adoption of the 2022 County property tax rates.]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS FOR SIX WEEKS AND THE COST REFLECTS THAT BUT, OTHERWISE, THEY ARE THE SAME, THE PRICING OF CAMP IS MEANT TO SET TO RECOVER THESE EXPENSES, AND SO I WOULD JUST SIMPLY RECOMMEND THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THESE BE APPROVED, I WOULD ALSO NOTE THAT LATER IN THE SPRING SALLY AND AARON WILL BE BACK TO A REPORT WHERE WE ARE WITH CAMP SIGNUPS AND IT'S WELL UNDERWAY AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SIGN UP IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IF IT'S NOT ALREADY SOLD OUT.

[13. Authorize payment of the balance of the 2021/2022 Rye Neck Union Free School District taxes collected by the City to the School District.]

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: FACILITIES IS THAT CORRECT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT'S CORRECT YEAH THIS IS TO READ PARTS OF CHRIST CHURCH AND IN AN AREA OF RESURRECTION TO HOLD TO THE SECTIONS OF SUMMER CAMP.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND IT'S MOSTLY FOR LIKE RAIN LIKE A BACKUP MOST OF THE ACTIVITIES ARE OUTSIDE, BUT THEY NEED A PLACE TO GO IF IN INCLEMENT WEATHER THAT'S COVERED.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE HAVE TO, WE NEED TO SEPARATE ROLL CALLS.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO I'LL MAKE THE MOTION FIRST ON THE FIRST ONE ON THE AGENDA.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO GO INTO THE MEMORIAL MEMORIAL WHENEVER A MEMO OF UNDERSTANDING WITH CHRIST CHURCH.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: 50 REAL CALM RIGHT.

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

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENT MAYOR CONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH RESURRECTION FOR THE SAME PURPOSE.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN HEARD ABSENT COUNCIL WOMAN JOHNSON YES COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENT MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO, THEN SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A CHOICE OF ADOPTION OF THE 2022 COUNTY PROPERTY TAX RATES MAY HAVE EMOTION.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVE.

I CAN'T.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE NEED TO ROLL CALL THIS KRISTEN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH.

KRISTEN WILSON: YES, PLEASE.

MONEY.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HEARD ESSENCE COUNCIL WARREN JOHNSON.

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

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENCE MAYOR CONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT AUTHORIZED PAYMENT OF THE BALANCE OF THE 20 EXCUSE ME 2021 22 RHINEBECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TEXAS COLLECTED BY THE CITY TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND I WOULD SAY WE DARN WELL BETTER DO THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY HAVE.

SOME.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AGAIN.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION ON THIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS IS, THESE ARE MONIES THAT WERE THE TAXPAYERS HAVE NOT PAID YET IS THAT RIGHT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: NOW THESE ARE THESE ARE MONIES THAT ARE THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF RIDER PART OF THE RHINO SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE COLLECT AND ARE REQUIRED TO REMIT BACK TO THE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO SO WE'VE ALREADY COLLECTED THESE MONIES ARE THESE AREN'T.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE'RE NOT FRONTING THE SNOW, THESE ARE COLLECTED MONEY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, ALL RIGHT, YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN HURT IS ABSENT COUNCIL AND 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: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENT MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT, WE HAVE A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE CERTAIN CITY EQUIPMENT AND SURPLUS GREG IF YOU COULD.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: INTRODUCE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SURE THERE'S THERE'S THREE SEPARATE MATTER ITEMS IN THIS SURPLUS LIST THE FIRST AND THERE'S A MEMO AND TO ACCOMPANY THIS IS THAT.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: PERIODICALLY WE HAVE BULLETPROOF BALLISTIC VAST FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE DEEMED TO BE OBSOLETE BECAUSE THEY EXPIRE, THE THE THE USEFUL LIFE OF THEM EXPIRE, WE WOULD TYPICALLY SIMPLY DISPOSE OF THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT, THEY DO NOT MEET OUR GRADE.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SO WE'RE ASKING TO SURFACE THESE VESTS AS OPPOSED TO SIMPLY DISPOSING OF THEM WE WOULD DONATE THEM, WHICH IS PERMISSIBLE WITHIN OUR CITY POLICY AND STATE LAW.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE SECOND ITEM IS THAT, IN DECEMBER, THE CITY PURCHASED A NUMBER OF COVERT TESTS TO BE USED BY CITY EMPLOYEES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: KIND OF THE HEIGHT OF THE LAST ROUND UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S A USEFUL LIFE OR A STATED LIFE OF THESE TESTS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE EXPIRING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WITHIN THE NEXT 45 TO 60 DAYS AND SO THAT THESE DON'T GO TO WASTE AND SINCE WE CURRENTLY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NEED THEM.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE ARE ASKING TO SURPLUS THESE WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A NUMBER OF NOT FOR PROFITS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE DONATE AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA THAT THAT THAT ARE NEEDED THEM.

[15. Playland Parkway Beautification Resolution]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THEN THE THIRD IS A IS A DOC THAT IS NO LONGER IN NEED BY THE BOAT BASIN AND IT WILL BE PUT UP FOR PUBLIC AUCTION PER THE CITY'S POLICY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COUPLE OF QUESTIONS SO ON THE FIRST ONE AMAZING LOVE THAT WE'RE FINDING USEFUL LIFE AND UKRAINE IS EXCELLENT, THEN SECOND ONE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHAT ABOUT THIS OTHER WAVE THAT'S GOING ON AROUND NOW THAT'S I MEAN AT LEAST I KNOW I'M STARTING TO SEE AT MY KIDS SCHOOL AND STUFF, AND SO I JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I MEAN JULIE, WHERE WERE WE HAVE BEEN WE'VE HAD TAKERS FOR PROBABLY 5% OF WHAT WE'VE OFFERED WE'RE GOING TO END UP UNFORTUNATELY DISPOSING OF OKAY MOST MANY OF THESE TESTS SO.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I BET IT'S BETTER FOR IT TO GO SOMEPLACE THAT THEY COULD USE IT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT WHAT YOU NEED IF THIS NEXT VARIANT WHICH SEEMS PRETTY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU KNOW ANNOYING.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YEAH I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO END UP RETAINING WE WILL ULTIMATELY END UP DISPOSING UNFORTUNATELY OF TEST ONCE WE GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER, IF WE'VE NOT USED THEM BUT WE'LL WE'LL HAVE PLENTY WILL HAVE PLENTY OF TOUGH TEST LEFT.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OKAY, I MAKE THE MOTION TO HAVE TO DO ALL THESE SEPARATELY.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE COULD JUST DECLARED A SURPLUS RIGHT, SO I I MAKE THE MOTION TO TO TO DONATE THE JACKETS TO LIFE TO UKRAINE TO DONATE THE KITS AND THIS AUCTION OFF THE FLOATING DOCK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEY HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILMAN HEARD IS ABSENT COUNCIL IN JOHNSON.

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN NATHAN.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA RYE CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS ABSENT MAYOR CONE.

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEXT, WE HAVE A PLAYLIST.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: UNIFICATION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RESOLUTION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT RESOLUTION IS INTENDED TO BE SUPPORTIVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF AN EFFORT THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN BY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE THE COALESCING DAFFODIL PROJECT IN RYE, AND I THINK THERE'S SOME FEEDBACK TO SOMEONE HAVE TWO THINGS PLAY MAYBE IT'S JUST MY COMPUTER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO IT'S IT'S IT'S IN SUPPORT OF EFFORTS BY THE DAFFODIL PROJECT RICE SUSTAINABILITY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COUNTY LEGISLATOR PARKER AND COUNTY EXECUTIVE GEORGE LATIMER TWO TOGETHER TO IMPROVE THE MAINTENANCE AND OF THE LANDSCAPING ALONG PLAYLAND PARKWAY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO IT IS NOT A RESOLUTION THAT REQUIRES ANYTHING OF THE CITY PLAYLAND PARKWAY IS TOWARDS A COUNTY ROAD, BUT I THINK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT MANY OF US, OF COURSE, DRIVE IT AND I THINK THAT THE RESIDENTS RIGHT WILL BE APPRECIATIVE OF THESE EFFORTS, SO A RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT WAS REQUESTED BY THOSE PARTICIPATING DIRECTLY IN THE PROJECT AND I TENDER IT FOR.

[16. Resolution supporting the proposed statute that would amend the general municipal law, the civil service law, the retirement and social security law and the public health law in relation to emergency medical services.]

[02:30:16]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND UM.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, CAN I JUST MAKE A COMMENT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION, THE PURPOSE OF THE RESOLUTION IS TO SHOW THE CITY RY SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE PLANT PARKWAY BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS INITIATIVE SPRUNG FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE SPEARHEADED BY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WAS SPEARHEADED BY CHRIS COHEN CITIZEN OF RIDE THE IDEA WAS TO CLEAN UP AND BEAUTIFY THAT PLAYLAND PARKWAY CORRIDOR, WHICH IS LAND OWNED BY WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CHRISTIAN JAMES WILL SHARE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MET WITH GEORGE LATIMER AND CATHERINE PARKER AND RECEIVE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND RISE TO SPAIN, SUSTAINABILITY IS GOING TO WORK WITH WEST CHESTER TO REMOVE INVASIVE VINES AND PLANTS PLANT NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS AND EXPAND EXPAND BOLD PLANNING.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALONG THE PARKWAY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS WORK IS GOING TO INVOLVE ARRIVE ON TEARS, INCLUDING STUDENTS FROM SHANGHAI AND WILL NOT CLOSE THE CITY ANY MONEY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, THE RESOLUTION IS TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT, AS YOU SAID, FOR THE INITIATIVE, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK GEORGE LATIMER AND KATHLEEN PARKER FOR WEST CHESTER'S SUPPORT AND RECOGNIZE ALL THE WORK THAT SUSTAINABILITY, ESPECIALLY CHRIS CONE AND JAMES WARD HAVE DONE FOR MAKING THIS PROJECT REALITY.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I URGE ALL THE COUNTY INSTEAD I WOULD JUST ADD BILL THAT I BELIEVE MY BOOTS SHERRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, AS WELL AS A DAFFODIL MAN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE MOVE ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED STATUE I BELIEVE IT'S SHELLING MAYOR'S PROPOSAL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WOULD AMEND THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW IN RELATION TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M GOING TO ASK FOR GREG TO GIVE US GREATER DETAIL, I WOULD JUST MENTIONED THAT THE RESOLUTION IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN A FORM APPROVED BY A MUNICIPAL MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE DID TWEAK IT SLIGHTLY TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN CERTAIN RESPECTS THAT ITEMS THAT SOUNDED AS IF OTHERS MIGHT TELL US HOW TO DO THINGS DO IN FACT LEAVE US WITH THE CITY AS THE ABILITY TO LEAVE US AS THE CITY WITH THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE HOW WE WILL DO THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO GREG IF YOU CAN TAKE IT FROM THERE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUST SO BY WAY OF BACKGROUND NEW YORK STATE LIKE MANY STATES ACROSS THE.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: COUNTRY EMERGENCY MEDICAL MEDICAL SERVICES, UNLIKE POLICE AND FIRE ARE NOT DESIGNATED BY STATE LAW AS A CENTRAL.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE SEEMINGLY SIMPLE LACK OF DESIGNATION CAUSES US SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT ISSUES HERE IN NEW YORK NUMBER ONE IS COMMUNITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE MS SERVICES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SECONDLY, EMT EMPLOYEES ARE NOT PROVIDED STATE SPONSORED PENSIONS, NOR CAN THEY BE PART OF A STATE OF HEALTH CARE, HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, IF THEY ARE A MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES.

[CONSENT AGENDA]

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ALL OF THIS HAS LED TO A SEVERE SITUATION ACROSS NEW YORK STATE, AND PARTICULARLY IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FORTUNATELY, FOR US, WE ARE PART OF A LONG STANDING SERVICE LONGSTANDING SERVICE MEMBER OF THE PORT CHESTER RYE RYE BROOK MS, WHICH IS A NOT FOR PROFIT PROVIDER FOR OUR THREE COMMUNITIES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE DO RECEIVE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE THE BAD NEWS IS THE BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF EMT AND EXACERBATED BY KOVAC AND THE ISSUES ACROSS THE STATE WE'RE HAVING SIGNIFICANT STAFFING CHALLENGES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: MOST OF THE EMPTIES WORK MULTIPLE JOBS SINCE THERE'S NO PERMANENT STATUS, THOUGH, HEALTHCARE, NO PENSIONS, WE STRUGGLE TO RETAIN EMPLOYEES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION, ALONG WITH MATERIAL THAT'S IN SUPPORT OF THE LEGISLATION SPONSORED BY CHANNEL ETC MAYOR AND SETTLEMENT OTIS.

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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: EMERGENCY SERVICES, OUR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION, THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY MS ADVISORY BOARD AND COUNTLESS OTHER COMMUNITIES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT IS, IT IS DEFINITELY A FIRST STEP THERE'LL BE MANY MORE STEPS AS MAYOR CONE SAID, IT DOES NOT DESIGNATE THE FORM IN WHICH ANY MMS SERVICE HAS TO BE PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY IT JUST MEANS THAT WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING TMS SERVICES.

GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND SO, WITH THAT I'LL ASK FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS FOR GREG.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKES SENSE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THEN MAY WOULD WITH SOMEONE PLEASE MAKE THE MOTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE OCEAN.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'LL SECOND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYONE SECOND.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYBODY'S READY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LET'S GO ALL IN FAVOR.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE AYE.

AYE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE MOVE ALONG TO A CONSENT AGENDA AND THERE'S A REQUEST FROM THE RIDE FREE READING ROOM TO USE THE VILLAGE GREEN FOR VARIETY OF PROGRAMS AND A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: REQUEST BY THE RIGHT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE USE OF CITY STREETS FOR THE SIDEWALK SALE TO BE HELD ON THURSDAY JULY 21 2022 MAY I HAVE EMOTION.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EMOTION.

I CAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TURN.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT TAKES US TO OLD BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS AND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO WE HAVE ANY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY I WOULD ASK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO MOVE.

JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: STIR HUNDRED PERCENT GIVE YOU THE SECOND.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AYE.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE A.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD NIGHT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOOD NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.