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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M LOOKING FOR BRIAN DEMPSEY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DID WE SEND HIM A ZOOM.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS HE'S HERE JOSH YOU'LL BE ELEVATED WHENEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE HIM JOIN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY TERRIFIC.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE'RE ALL HERE ON THE CITY SIDE SCHOOL BOARD, CAN YOU HEAR US.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YES, WE HEAR YOU CAN HEAR US.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU WILL GET YES GOOD MORNING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: MORNING MORNING, WE ARE ALL HERE AS WELL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WONDERFUL MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE THAT WE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT WE ALL INTRODUCE OURSELVES, BUT THAT WE TAKE OUR AGENDA TOPICS OUT OF ORDER AT LEAST TO THE EXTENT THAT WE START WITH THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY TOPIC AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE WITH US, BRIAN DEMPSEY WHO'S CHAIR OF OUR TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COMMITTEE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT BRIAN HAS OBLIGATIONS TO HELP GET BULLY PARADE ORGANIZED SO WE'D LIKE TO ACCOMMODATE HIS SCHEDULE AS HE'S ACCOMMODATING HOURS AND HAVE THAT TOPIC FIRST AND THEN ALLOW HIM TO GO.
CERTAINLY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'LL JUST I'LL JUST START I'M JOSH CONE MAYOR.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF THERE'S ON THE CITY SIDE WOULD INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, PLEASE.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: CAROLINA JOHNSON.
BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BILL BILL HENDERSON.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: EVERYONE EMILY HORIZON CITY COUNCIL.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HI JULIE SOUZA WHO ACTUALLY IT'S A TRIFECTA DAY FOR ME CITY COUNCIL MIDDLING PTO CO PRESIDENT AND RIGHT GIRLS SOFTBALL.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: COACH SO.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: DAY IS WHERE ALL THE MASH UP HAPPENS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: GREG AZZURRI CITY MANAGER.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: OKAY, IS THAT I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE SO ON THIS END, THIS IS JENNIFER BOYLE BOARD OF EDUCATION, PRESIDENT.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: CHENEY ANDERSON BOARD OF EDUCATION VICE PRESIDENT. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: GOOD MORNING KELSEY JOHNSON TRUSTEE ON THE BOARD OF EDUCATION RIGHT EVERYBODY CHRIS REPO TRUSTEE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE MORNING YOU GET UP FOR THAT CAME WITH YOUR TRUSTY SORRY KELLY ERICKSON TRUSTEE ERIC BYRNES SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TRAFFIC AND AUSTRIAN SAFETY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ONE ONE ISSUE THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PARAMOUNT THESE DAYS, AND THAT LED TO OUR TENDERING, THE TOPIC FOR OUR AGENDA IS TRAFFIC AROUND THE OSBORN SCHOOL AND THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT THAT ISSUE HAS COME TO THE FORE, PARTICULARLY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE OSBORNE REQUEST FOR ZONING AMENDMENT AND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE THOUGHT IT WOULD JUST BE HELPFUL TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF THAT IN SO FAR AS WE KNOW IT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THAT IS THAT THE OSBORN INDICATED BACKING IN A.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LETTER TO THE CITY THAT IS WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE, THE COST OF IT TRAFFIC STUDY AROUND THE SCHOOL AND THAT AFTER THE STUDY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S WILLING TO PROVIDE WHAT IT CHARACTERIZED AS REASONABLE ACCESS TO PROPERTY ALONG ITS SHARED BOUNDARY WITH THE SCHOOL FOR TRAFFIC RELATED IN IMPROVEMENTS SO NOTHING SPECIFIC THERE, BUT A COMMITMENT TO FUND THE STUDY AND THEN A COMMITMENT TO CONTEMPLATE.
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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PROVIDING ACCESS TO ITS PROPERTY FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE STUDY MIGHT CALL FOR, AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SCHOOL IS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IS AWARE OF THE OSBORNE'S WILLINGNESS THAT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE SCHOOL BOARD IS IS PREOCCUPIED WITH THE MASSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEFORE IT WITH YOUR OWN CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AS WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE THE OSBORNE MAY IN FACT BE FUNDING THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THEN THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY MIGHT PRODUCE AND WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THAT'S THAT'S MY RECAP OF OF WHAT WE THINK THE STATUS IS, AND I JUST ASK THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR ANY COMMENT OR ADDITIONAL COLOR OR.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: VARIATION ON THAT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND I'LL LET DR BYRNE AT ANY POINT JUMP IN AS WELL FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO I THINK, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE WE CERTAINLY ARE AWARE THAT THE OSBORNE HAS PUT THIS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: COMMITMENT OUT TO DO AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE, GIVEN THE CHANGES AROUND THE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ENVIRONMENT RELATED TO BOSTON POST ROAD AND OSBORNE ROAD WITH SOME ADDITIONAL NEW.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUILDINGS COMING ONLINE AND AND I THINK YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY, WE ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH ANYONE, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BE FULLY INFORMED AS TO WHERE THINGS ARE CURRENTLY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SINCE I THINK THE LAST TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE 2007 OR SEVEN OR EIGHT I THINK AND BRIAN OBVIOUSLY WOULD.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HAVE MORE OF THAT DETAIL, BUT AS FAR AS, AS YOU KNOW, ANY ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: DOES NOT HAVE ANY EARMARKED FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT ANYTHING ELSE ON ITS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW SO CLEARLY WE'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE STUDY PROVIDES AS FAR AS INFORMATION AND THEN I THINK YOU KNOW WE'D BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AS WE HAVE THAT UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I THINK, CERTAINLY OUR FACILITIES COMMITTEE WOULD COME TOGETHER AND AND.
DIGEST THE REPORT AND LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SEE WHERE, IS THERE ANY LOW HANGING FRUIT THINGS THAT WE CAN CHANGE IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT.
A HUGE CAPITAL EXPENSE AND THEN GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF ANALYZING FOR LIABILITY IN TERMS OF FINANCING AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE EITHER YOU KNOW AT THE STATE LEVEL THROUGH GRANTS AND.
WHAT WE'D HAVE TO YOU KNOW ACCESS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY I.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WOULD JUST ONLY ADD ONE THING WHICH, AS THE CITY SEEMS TO BE THE LIAISON TO THE STUDY ON JUST.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF BOTH DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT MAKING SURE THERE'S A PEDESTRIAN COMPONENT TO THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN I SAT ON TPS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY COME FORTH TALKING ABOUT THAT AREA.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: UM OBVIOUSLY THE TRAFFIC IS CHANGING, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT AND THERE'S VEHICULAR ISSUES EXXON DRIVE THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY RESIDENTS AND DIFFERENT AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOL BUT IT'S ALSO THE PEDESTRIANS AND UNDERSTANDING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: INDUSTRY AND ACCESS POINTS AND AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I KNOW WHEN WE DID THE FOREST AVENUE STUDY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON THEIR WORK PEDESTRIAN COUNTS, YOU KNOW AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF DAY UNDERSTANDING, WHERE PEDESTRIANS WERE CROSSING SO IF THAT INFORMATION IS POSSIBLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF THIS STUDY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THAT AS WELL.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YEAH I'LL JUST THROW MY MY PERSONAL VIEW HERE IS THAT I THINK A TRAFFIC STUDY IS GOING TO TELL US THAT WE HAVE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I WAS BORN ROAD AND SON DRIVE IN THAT CORNER ALREADY AND THAT'S NOT I'M NOT SAYING I'M OPPOSED TO ANY.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AT THE OSBORNE BUT, WHATEVER WE DO, HAS TO BE NOT JUST FOCUSED ON STUDIES, BUT A SOLUTION RIGHT WE KNOW WE NEED TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT'S ALREADY THEY ARE NOW. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND SO, WHATEVER WE THINK ABOUT WITH THE OSBORNE'S PLANS NEED TO INCLUDE THE DISTRICT, THE CITY AND THE OSBORNE ON SOLUTIONS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND NOT WHO'S GOING TO FUND THE STUDY BUT WHO'S GOING TO FUND THE SOLUTIONS SO THAT HAS TO BE PART OF OUR PLANNING GOING FORWARD THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THIS AS AS THE WORD.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JUST COMING BACK ON THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE PROBLEM, CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN CHARACTERIZED TO ME.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BY SOME AS A AS AS ESSENTIALLY A PROBLEM AROUND A PICKUP TIME AND DROP OFF TIME.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND IS IS THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS IS IS THAT THE VIEW AMONG THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WOULD SAY, FROM AN ADMINISTRATION THAT EACH OF THE SCHOOLS, THERE ARE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT DROP OFF AND PICK UP, SO WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT I WAS BORN, WE HAVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL COMPLEX AND MILTON AND MIDLAND AS WELL, SOME DON'T HAVE SOME OF THE COMPLEXITIES OF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THAT LOCATION, BUT YEAH I WOULD SAY THE TO PEAK PERIODS ARE CERTAINLY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: DROP OFF IN THE MORNING AND ARRIVAL IN THE AFTERNOON AND I PICK UP IN THE YEAH I THINK I WAS BORN, YOU KNOW, HAS THE PARTICULAR WHEN YOU MENTIONED IS THE IS THE RUSH HOUR PROBLEM AS WELL COMMUTERS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AT IN LATE AFTERNOON EARLY MORNING WHICH HAPPENED TO COINCIDE WITH THE DROP OFF AND PICK UP FOR THE SCHOOL, SO I THINK THAT AREA DOES GETS GETS MULTIPLIED BY WHAT WE ALL CAN UNDERSTAND, AS THE AS A NATURAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC DURING THE DAY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO, WITH RESPECT TO PICK UP AND DROP OFF I THINK AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG THAT DURING COVEN THE SCHOOLS STARTED KEEPING TRAFFIC OUT OF THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CALL THEM TURN AROUND AREAS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY OR PASS THROUGH AREAS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE USED TO HELP ACCOMMODATE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DROP OFF AND PICK UP FLOW AND IF IF THAT'S THE CASE NOW THAT OUR COVEN CONCERNS, WE HOPE, OR WANING ARE THERE PLANS IN PLACE TO REOPEN THOSE ACCESS POINTS WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE MOVEMENT OF AT LEAST SOME OF THOSE CARS THAT ARE BACKED UP ON THE STREET.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: REALLY CLOSE OFF THE FRONT OF OSBORNE THAT'S ALWAYS REMAINED OPEN.
WE CLOSED OFF MIDLAND AND THAT WAS REOPENED PROBABLY ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS NOT AN ISSUE, BECAUSE THE THE ONE PARKING LOT ON THE MIDDLE SCHOOL SIDE THAT IS CLOSED, BUT THE DROP OFF ALL HAPPENS ON PARSONS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THAT WAS BEFORE CODED AND CONTINUES AND MILTON SAME THING THAT DROP OFF HAPPENS ON IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, NOT THROUGH THAT DRIVEWAY ON THE CIRCLE SO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I WOULD SAY THE, THE ONLY PLACE WHERE IT WAS A SIGNIFICANT CLOSURE WAS IN ENGLAND SCHOOL AND THAT HAS SUBSEQUENT IT'S ALREADY BEEN REOPENED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT IT WAS NEVER CLOSED IT AS ONE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO WE'VE WE'VE EXHAUSTED MY SHORTLIST OF TPS TOPICS, BUT OTHERS ON THE COUNCIL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY WORK OR SCHOOL BOARD MAY HAVE THEM AND WE HAVE BRIAN HERE TO HELP US AS AS WELL AS BEN STACKS WHO'S OUR LIAISON AND, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE KELSEY IN THE ROOM.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK JOSH NATHAN, HAS A QUESTION.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OH YEAH JOSH.
JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANKS SO MUCH THANKS I IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE REVIEWED IT CORRECTLY, BUT THIS IS REALLY A QUESTION FOR BRIAN DO THESE CAPTURE THE PEDESTRIAN, PARTICULARLY THE CHILDREN WALKING PATTERNS AND CROSSWALK PATTERNS, AS THEY WEAVE THROUGH CARS.
JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS PART OF THAT AS PART OF THIS STUDY.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: YOU KNOW WHEN THEY FOR DO THIS STUDY IT WILL INCLUDE PEDESTRIANS, I WILL BE REQUIRING PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ALSO.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THAT WILL BE A REQUIREMENT AT EACH OF THE LOCATIONS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT ONE OF OUR ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH.
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BRIAN DEMPSEY: LATELY, IS A CONCERN FROM THE PARENTS LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM I WAS BORN. BRIAN DEMPSEY: I WAS BORN ROAD, THERE IS NO SIDEWALK ON THAT OTHER SIDE WE LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL PUTTING A SIDEWALK OVER THERE, BECAUSE WE CAN'T PUT A CROSSWALK THERE WITHOUT A SIDEWALK BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CROSSWALK GO TO SOMEWHERE, SO THOSE KIDS ARE KIND OF.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: CUTTING STRAIGHT ACROSS.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THE FACT IT'S.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SCREEN FOR A SECOND HERE UM SO A LOT OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE BEEN GETTING FROM THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA, RIGHT HERE UM AND.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WHAT HAPPENS IS BASICALLY IT'S IT'S JUST YOU KNOW TOO MANY CARS, YOU KNOW, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, SO THAT'S BLOCKING UP TRAFFIC SO IF YOU.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY PUTS UP THESE CONES AND THEY HAVE SCIENCE HERE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE SCIENCE NO PARKING HERE TO CORNER UM I'VE TAKEN PICTURES OF PEOPLE PARKING ON TOP OF THESE CONES AND BLOCKING THIS DRIVEWAY THEY GET THERE AT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: 20 MINUTES BEFORE SCHOOL AND AND THEY ACTUALLY BLOCKED PEOPLE GETTING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAYS THAT THEY COULD BE THE CLOSEST CAR, SO PEOPLE CAN PICK THEM UP.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO THAT'S PART OF THE ISSUE, THERE IS JUST TRYING TO GET PARENTS TO FALL AND OBSERVE SOME OF THE RULES I'VE MET NUMEROUS TIMES WITH THOSE RESIDENTS AND WITH.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND KELSEY HAS MET WITH THEM AND BEN HAS BET WITH THEM.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: YOU KNOW WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THAT AREA JUST BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF CARS, THE LAST TRAFFIC COUNTS AS JEN MENTIONED THAT WE DID WAS 2008 I KNOW THE SCHOOL BOARD DID HAVE A NOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT I THINK THEY ONLY THERE WAS ONLY AT THE AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL AT THAT TIME.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: TRAFFIC HASN'T CHANGED TOO MUCH IT'S STILL THE SAME ISSUES FROM MY FIRST REPORT FROM BACK IN LIKE 1998 2000 AND.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT SAYS A LOT OF CARS THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS PAID BUT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IF WE PUT MORE OVER TOWARDS SAN DRIVE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT UPSETS THAT GROUP IF WE'LL PUSH MORE OVERTIME WAS BORN ROAD YOU KNOW IT'S A CONCERN TO THEM.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING FROM THE LOOP BEHIND THE ROAD PROVIDING MORE PARKING BACK WHEN WE DID THE EARLIER STUDIES THAT'S ONLY PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL PARKING.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND ON THE SIDE DRIVE SIDE, WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ON THERE, WE HAD SET UP THE FOUR LANES OF KILLING TO TRY TO GET.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: GET THE TRAFFIC OFF OF OSBORNE ROAD AND THE POST ROAD BECAUSE THAT'S, THE KEY IS TRAFFIC IS BACKING UP ONTO THE TWO ROADS AND THAT'S WHERE THE CONGESTION AND CONFUSION STARTS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO WE'LL SEE WHAT A A NOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY DOES IF IF AND WHEN WE GET TO THAT COMMITMENT TO THE OSBORNE'S.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE THERE OTHER AREAS OF CONCERN THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE CAN ADDRESS COLLECTIVELY ON THIS TOPIC, OR SHOULD WE MOVE ON.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BECAUSE JUST TO WRAP UP REAL QUICK AND THE OTHER SCHOOLS AND.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: THE DO PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, SHOULD COPY AND CERTAIN RUSTY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: ON ALL OUR TRAFFIC BEATINGS AS AS KELSEY AND BAN AS THE LIAISON AND AS FORMER MEMBERS, SO THE POLICE HAVE BEEN LOOKING MORE AT THIS, THEY HAVE BEEN ENFORCING MORE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: HERE, AND THEN THERE IS ISSUES WITH PEOPLE KIDS CROSSING AT THE SNOWFIELD OVER BY THE BRIDGE AND PEOPLE PARKING ON THE POST ROAD ALONG THE FOOTBALL FIELD TO DO DROP OFF AND PICK UP.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THEY'VE OBSERVED AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOME THINGS ABOUT IS PEOPLE ARE STOPPING ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF THE POST ROAD BY PARSON STREET AND THE KIDS ARE DROPPING KIDS OFF THEY'RE RUNNING ACROSS THE POST ROAD TO GO TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: SO PLEASE, SIR, ARE LOOKING AT THOSE ISSUES MIDDLING I HAD SOME MEETINGS WITH PETROL BOILING WE WERE GOING TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE THE.
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BRIAN DEMPSEY: PARKING AREA FOR THE DROP OFF PERIOD. BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT BY THE TIME THAT ONE WAS BEING PROCESSED THIS DRIVEWAY DID REOPEN UP BECAUSE THAT WAS MORE OF AN ISSUE OF.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WITH THE FRONT DRIVEWAY BEING CLOSE SO NOW THAT IT'S BEING OPENED I'VE GOTTEN REPORTS IT'S WORKING VERY WELL.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: BUT I'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HIM AND KELSEY ON THAT AND MELTON HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET TO SHARE WE DID DO SOME CHANGES BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR STARTED.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: WITH THE ONE WAY PATTERN, AND SUCH BUT RELATIVELY QUIET TRAUMA AND SO FAR.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD TO THE BRIAN TO THAT IN TERMS OF THE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: POLICE ENFORCEMENT WE WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING A LOT OF ATTENTION BOTH ON THE SNOW LOT, AS WELL AS ON POST ROAD AND KIND OF IN THE SUN DRIVE AREA.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE'VE CHANGED THE PERMIT PROCESS FOR THE SNOW LOT WE'VE PUT SIGNAGE OUT AND IT'S BASICALLY TO TRY TO FORCE THE KIDS TO USE THE CROSSWALK ON POST ROAD.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BECAUSE, AS BRIAN SAID, WE HAD A NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS RIGHT AT THAT INTERSECTION OF POST AND PARSONS SO WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP BUT TICKETING A HANDFUL OF KIDS ARE RATHER REVOKING PERMITS THIS YEAR.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: FOR KIDS ONCE THEY WERE MADE AWARE OF THE OF THE NEW REQUIREMENTS, WE ALSO HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH PARENTS CROSSING WITH KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF POST ROAD IT'S ON.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE PUT OFFICERS THERE TO INITIALLY REMIND AND THEN ACTUALLY GIVE SUMMONS TO PARENTS WHO ARE CROSSING.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF POST ROAD DURING DURING THIS DROP OFF HOURS, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN ON A REMEDIAL BASIS UNTIL WE CAN DEAL WITH SOME OF THE LARGER YOU KNOW LARGER, MORE MACRO PROBLEMS. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND GREG I, THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD TO BOTH WHAT YOU AND BRIAN SAID IS THAT THAT WE WANT TO THANK THE POLICE, FOR WHENEVER THEY CAN COME TO SHOW THAT LEVEL OF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: PRESENCE AND AND IT REALLY DOES ACT AS A DETERRENT, WE SAW THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WHICH I THINK YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS SO APPRECIATED THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR TO KIND OF HELP PEOPLE GET BACK INTO THE SWING OF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: DROP OFF AND PICK UP HAVING THAT PRESENCE THERE, BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES REALLY MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE BEHAVIORS OF PEOPLE CHOOSING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS OR OR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DRIVE SO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE HAVE FOUND THAT TO BE TO MAKE A MARKET DIFFERENCE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WELL, AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER COPIA IS VERY IS VERY FOCUSED ON THIS, I MEAN, I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AT ANY GIVEN TIME THERE'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR OFFICERS ON THE ROAD CITY WIDE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND SO WE TRIED TO YOU KNOW WE TRY TO BE AS JUDICIOUS AS WE CAN, ABOUT USING ALL OF THOSE ASSETS TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OF THE FOUR CAMPUSES AND WILL CONTINUE DOING THAT I THINK IT ALSO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS SEVERAL TIMES, BECAUSE I DO A WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MEETING IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE SCHOOL YEAR AND PROBABLY AT AT THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, WITH YOUR FACILITIES FOLKS AND THE COMMISSIONER KOCHI AND THE POLICE, JUST TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: OF WHATEVER CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS, YOU MIGHT BE MAKING IN YOUR OPERATION AND SO THAT WE CAN WE CAN APPLY THOSE THOSE ASSETS ACCORDINGLY ABSOLUTELY IT'S BEEN A GOOD PRACTICE AND WILL CONTINUE THAT.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: AND JUST ONE OTHER THING AT THE REQUEST OF SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ON AS ONE ROW THE CITY ENGINEER IS INSTALLING ANOTHER FLASHING BEACON WITH THE SPEED COULD CONTROL.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: FOR THE SCHOOL ZONE, A LOT GUYS BORN ROAD THERE.
BRIAN DEMPSEY: IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING THE MATERIALS WITH SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND EVERYTHING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE UNDERSTAND THAT.
THANK YOU THAT'S THAT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND I GUESS BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS TOPIC I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I WAS ON TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR MANY YEARS, AND NOW YOU KNOW MOVING INTO THIS ROLE ON.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: OSBORNE SCHOOL THE PARENTS THERE IN THE STUDENTS, THERE HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY ASKING FOR HELP AND WE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON TRACK TO CONVENTION AND SAFETY WHEN I WAS IN THAT ROLE, YOU KNOW SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO THINK THROUGH THE PROBLEMS IT'S OBVIOUSLY VERY COMPLICATED THERE'S NOT A SIMPLE SOLUTION.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT I THINK THE FACT THAT WE ARE COLLABORATING ON THIS AND ELEVATING IT TO THIS PRIORITY OF DISCUSSION IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE AT TPS THERE'S UNDERSTANDING THAT OSBORNE SCHOOL IT DRAWS FROM SO MANY GEOGRAPHIC.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AREAS IN RY THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY A LARGE PORTION OF THE SCHOOL THAT CAN CHOOSE TO WALK INSTEAD OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AT THAT SCHOOL, OUT OF ALL THE SCHOOLS IS JUST MORE OF A SET NUMBER OF CARS THAT HAVE TO PHYSICALLY BRING THE CHILDREN THERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEFT TO WALK THOSE STUDENTS ARE EXPOSED TO NOT ONLY JUST VERY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HEAVILY TRAVELED ROADWAYS, BUT A LOT OF AT THOSE HEIGHTENED TIMES YOU KNOW DEALING WITH A LOT OF VEHICLES THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE SAME PLACE SO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I'M HAVING US COLLABORATING CONTINUE TO THINK ABOUT THIS, THEN, IF THAT STUDY YOU KNOW FIRST I THINK WE'VE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ALREADY SAID IT, BUT MAKING SURE THERE IS THAT PEDESTRIAN COMPONENT WHEN THE IS BORING, YOU KNOW MOVES THAT STUDY FORWARD, I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE AND FIND SOME SOLUTIONS, BECAUSE IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I WOULD JUMP IN, AND THANK YOU CHELSEA FOR SAYING THAT, I WOULD JUST MAYBE PUT A FINAL POINT ON THIS.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'VE ONLY LIVED ON SAN DRIVE FOR 21 YEARS AND THE MINUTE WE MOVED IN WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS WAS A PROBLEM SO IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM FOR, AND IT WAS A PROBLEM BEFORE WE MOVED IN FRANKLIN.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD JUST PRESS THE URGENCY OF KIND OF FIX THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT IT, AND NOTHING HAPPENS SO I REALLY WOULD STRESS THE URGENCY TO TRY TO FIGURE THIS PROBLEM OUT BECAUSE.
BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME TALKING ABOUT IT A TPS AND NOTHING EVER HAPPENS SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO REALLY PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM, BECAUSE IT NOTHING'S EVER CHANGED, TO BE FRANK.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THEN, BUT THEY DID PUT THE DIET IN.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT USED TO BE TWO LANES.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: GOING ONE WAY TUNINGS GOING ANOTHER IDEA THAT MUST HAVE BEEN 10 OR 12 YEARS AGO.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I WOULD JUST I WOULD JUST ASK A FARM IF THERE ANY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS AT ASKED ONE SCHOOL HAPPENING WITH KOBE OR AFTER COVEN.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, THERE'S AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS THAT ARE IN FULL SWING AND THAT THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU KNOW NOT CRAMMING EVERYBODY COMING TOGETHER, HOPEFULLY THEY'RE POPULAR THANK YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, IF THAT'S ALL ON TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY UM THANKS EVERYONE, AND ESPECIALLY BRIAN FOR JUMPING IN AND AND BEING AVAILABLE TO US SEE IT SEE WITH GRAY.
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TAKE CARE. THANK YOU, THANKS, BRIAN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF EVERYBODY IS AGREEABLE WE CAN GO BACK TO THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO THE ORDER OF OUR AGENDA, THOUGH, I WELCOME THE THE SCHOOL GET SHARING ITS STATE OF WITH US FIRST IF YOU'D LIKE TO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO BEFORE DR BYRNE STARTS, I THINK WE WOULD ALL JUST LIKE TO EXPRESS.
OUR CONDOLENCES TO THE ENTIRE COUNCIL AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY ON THE LOSS OF RICHARD MECCA THIS PAST WEEK.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN ALWAYS BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH HIM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT ON, AND IT WAS A HUGE LOSS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF AREAS I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AT A CERTAIN POINT, TO GIVE AN UPDATE THE MARRIED HE MENTIONED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE CAPITAL PROJECT EARLIER AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME IMAGES OF THE WORK AND JULIAN I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW YOU JUST SAW ALL OF THESE YESTERDAY, I DID NOT, I DID NOT GET TO UPDATE THEM YEAH.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: FROM 915 YESTERDAY UNTIL TONIGHT, OR THIS MORNING, BUT FIRST I'D SAY YOU KNOW I LOOK BACK AT LAST YEAR'S REPORT AND MOST OF IT WAS ABOUT COVEN I HAVE A VERY SHORT SECTION TO SPEAK ABOUT COVEN AND THAT'S REALLY ABOUT OUR COVEN RECOVERY PLAN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE HAVE JUST WRAPPED UP AN AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMIC.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: LIKE A REMEDIATION PROGRAM THAT WE HAD RUN SINCE THE START OF THE YEAR IS HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL WE IDENTIFIED KIDS THROUGH OUR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ASSESSMENTS IN THE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND IN THE BUILDINGS AND OFFERED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN LITERACY AND MATHEMATICS AFTER SCHOOL, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED VERY WELL RECEIVED AND WE SAW TREMENDOUS PROGRESS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: OCCUR AMONG THE KIDS IN TERMS OF THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND THEIR SKILL DEVELOPMENT, ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF OUR COVERT RECOVERY PLAN HAS BEEN THE INCREASED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT FOR OUR STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION KNOWS WE BROUGHT ON THREE ADDITIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THROUGH AN AGENCY CALLED EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SOLUTIONS LAST APRIL, WHEN WE RETURN SO WHEN WE WERE FULLY RETURN TO SCHOOL AND THEY HAVE BEEN WITH US EVER SINCE THROUGH THE SUMMER. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ACROSS THE SCHOOL YEAR ONE THAT SUPPORTS THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ONE THAT SUPPORTS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ONE THAT SUPPORTS THE HIGH SCHOOL AND.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THEIR WISDOM IS GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE SUPPORTS NEXT YEAR I'LL BE AT SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED SO THERE WILL BE A FULL TIME.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SCHOOL COUNSELOR ADDED AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL, SO WE WILL NOW HAVE TWO COUNSELORS SUPPORTING THE THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ROSIE BRACKET DATA, WHO SUPPORTS KINDERGARTEN THROUGH SECOND GRADE AND WE'LL HAVE A SECOND COUNSELOR AS A FULL STAFF EMPLOYEE THAT WILL JOIN ROSIE IN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL EDUCATION COMPONENT AND THE MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: FOR STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE WILL CONTINUE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH EFFECTIVE SCHOOL SOLUTIONS, I HAVING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: A FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKER AND A IN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKER AT RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT SINCE APRIL.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER ALL OF THE KIDS WERE IN SCHOOL THAT THESE PROVIDERS HAVE HAD FULL CASELOAD AND HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING STUDENTS AND FAMILIES NONSTOP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THERE WE ARE IN A CRISIS OF MENTAL HEALTH AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THERE WERE CHALLENGES AND MENTAL HEALTH PRIOR TO CODED AND KOBE HAS CERTAINLY EXACERBATED THAT AND AND SHINE A SPOTLIGHT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON THE ISSUES THAT KIDS ARE FACING THESE DAYS, SO I THINK THAT'S A HUGE POINT RIGHT NOW AND THAT THERE WASN'T WE THERE WAS A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN OUR IN OUR YOU KNOW CHILD POPULATION NATIONALLY GLOBALLY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND WHILE COVEN WAS ITS OWN YOU KNOW ONLY UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHAT IT DID IS SHINE A LIGHT ON ALL OF THIS STUFF AND I THINK IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SILVER LININGS WHICH I'M ALWAYS DOING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IS IT GAVE KIDS WHO WERE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND ALL THESE ISSUES THAT WE KNOW KIDS DEAL WITH A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY FOCUS ON SOMETHING AND THEN YOU GO INTO COVEN YOU'RE GOING TO LOCK DOWN I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM MY OWN FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: KIDS SAY THIS IS WHAT ANXIETY REALLY FEELS LIKE AND OH, BY THE WAY, I WAS ALREADY FEELING SOME OF THIS STUFF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND I THINK IT'S LAUNCHED US IN A WAY THAT'S ALLOWED US AND ALLOW KIDS TO OPEN UP AND AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE ISSUES MORE BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THIS THING TO CRYSTALLIZE AROUND.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO OUR WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR YEARS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE'RE GETTING WE'RE MAKING GREAT ADVANCEMENTS, AND THIS HAS ACCELERATED THAT AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO GO BACK DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO STICK BECAUSE WE, THIS IS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THIS IS THE REMEDIATION WE NEEDED FOR ISSUES WE HAD BEFORE COVEN AND AND WE'RE SEEING GREAT GREAT WORK OUT OF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE PEOPLE THAT WE BROUGHT IN, AND AND THE ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE KIDS IN ACCESSING IT, WHICH IS WHAT MY MAIN QUESTION WAS IS LIKE IT'S GREAT TO BRING IN HELP, BUT IF THE KIDS DON'T ACCESS IT IT DOESN'T IT WON'T GET THERE, BUT THEY ARE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE CAN WE CAN ACTUALLY FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEM WHERE WE WERE PRIOR, AND ALL THIS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO, MOVING ON, I WOULD JUST SAY IN TERMS OF RECOVERY AND GETTING BACK TO TYPICAL SCHOOL, THE MAJORITY OF OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOL EVENTS ARE HAPPENING AGAIN FULLY IN PERSON.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME CONCERTS WE HAVE THE ARTS AWARDS, WHILE SOME OF THE LOCATIONS ARE STILL SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE OFTEN DO THINGS AND OTHER PLACES THAT ARE NOT YET.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE US WE'RE VERY EXCITED, WE WILL HAVE GRADUATION ON FRIDAY JUNE 17 IT WILL BE AN EVENING GRADUATION THIS YEAR, THAT WAS A DECISION MADE BY THE SENIOR CLASS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AFTER THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE LAST YEAR, AND ON THE FIELD MAY RECALL, IT WAS 131 DEGREES TURF AND IT WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER ON FRIDAY EVENING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WHICH WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PLEASED ABOUT, AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A RAIN DATE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: OF SATURDAY JUNE 18 AND FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE GRADUATION EXPERIENCE AT RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: KNOW THAT IF THERE WAS RAIN, THERE WAS THAT SORT OF PANIC PLAN B, WHICH WAS TO CRAM AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ABSOLUTE CAST, SO WE ARE USUALLY QUITE FORTUNATE IN THAT WE DID NOT HAVE RAIN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: OR WHATEVER.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: MOBILITY, THE RAIN DATE WILL BE SATURDAY JUNE 18 WE CONTINUE OUR SURVEILLANCE TESTING PROGRAM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AFTER SCHOOL AND WE ROTATE AROUND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR LORD KNOWS WE CERTAINLY HAVE PLENTY OF COVERT TESTS, WHO USE FOR THAT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND WE CONTINUE OUR TEST KIT DISTRIBUTION, SO WE JUST THIS WEEK ANOTHER 3100 TEST KITS GREG I KNOW WE'VE LAUGHED ABOUT THIS I'M CERTAINLY HAPPY TO SHARE IF YOU'VE RUN OUT OF YOURS.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE HAVE CONTINUED TO DISTRIBUTE THEM TO OUR FAMILIES AND TO THE BROADER COMMUNITY I BECOME A REGULAR AT THE DIRECT SENIOR GROUP AND DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE OFTEN BRING CASES OF THEM TO SHARE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE GOBBLED UP AND APPRECIATE IT SO WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT TEST KIT DISTRIBUTION AS WELL, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO SHARING MY SCREEN AT THIS POINT SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU THAT. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: CAPITAL UPDATE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WHAT I'LL DO IS JUST SLIP THROUGH A COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK TOUR THROUGH ALL FIVE OF OUR SCHOOLS, JUST SO YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE THERE WAS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THERE HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK IN EACH OF THE BUILDINGS, I WOULD SAY JUST IN TERMS OF SCALE OF WORK, THE HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY BEING THE BIGGEST CAMPUS AND THE OLDEST BUILDING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IS WHERE THE GOOD DEAL OF WORK IS HAPPENING NEXT IS MIDLAND SCHOOL, WHICH IS EFFECTIVELY HAD A COMPLETE GUT RENOVATION.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ALMOST COMPLETE OSBORNE SCHOOL IS NEXT WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF WORK THEY'RE NOT QUITE THE FULL GUT THAT MIDLAND RECEIVED AND MILTON SCHOOL, WHICH OBVIOUSLY OUR MOST UPDATED SCHOOL FOR THE FACILITIES POINT OF VIEW, HAD A LOT LESS WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING THERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SO IT MID ONE AND AND WE SEE THESE AT ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS, THERE ARE NEW SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCES WHICH ARE STATE OF THE ART, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SECRET SERVICE ON THEIR STUDIES TO PROTECT SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IT IS THE VESTIBULE STYLE ENTRANCE, SO THERE ARE TWO SETS OF DOORS THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY A SECURITY OFFICER INSIDE AND.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU HAVE TO BE BUS TO GET IN THE FIRST SET OF DOORS AND THEN YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY LOCKED IN A BOX AND UNTIL THE COMPLETE BACKGROUND AND VETTING PROCESS IS DONE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU CANNOT BE LET THROUGH TO THE NEXT SET OF DOORS AND, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE COUNTRY IN WHERE WE ARE, IT IS BALLISTIC GLASS AND ALL OF THOSE PANELS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE HAD A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE LIBRARY A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE AUDITORIUM THOSE ARE STILL UNDERWAY, AND I WILL ADD JUST A LITTLE BIT OF COLOR TO THIS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AS I KNOW THE CITY IS ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES AND THE COVEN DELAYS HAVE BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THIS LIST WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETE BY AUGUST 20 AND WE'RE STILL WRAPPING UP MANY OF THESE PROJECTS BECAUSE OF DELAYS AND GETTING MATERIALS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT THE AUDITORIUM RENOVATION, THE THE BATHROOMS AND AND I WOULD SAY AT ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, THE ORIGINAL BATHROOMS THAT WERE IN DIRE NEED OF UP DATE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE'VE HAD MASSIVE BATHROOM UPDATES ACROSS THE BOARD, THE MAIN OFFICE HAS BEEN RENOVATED CLASSROOMS THAT MILTON'S MIDDLING SCHOOL HAVE BEEN RENOVATED WITH FLOORING LIGHTING CEILINGS NEW FRESH AIR VENTILATION.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND FOR THOSE VERY FAMILIAR WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL, WE HAVE EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATED THE MIDDLE AND SMELL BY GETTING A FUNCTIONING FRESH AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM IN PLACE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THAT WE HAVE FRESH AIR COMING INTO EVERY SINGLE CLASSROOM AND EVERY SINGLE SPACE IN THAT BUILDING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: UNLIKE THE OLD PRESSURE VENTILATION SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED, IT WAS A GRAVITY SYSTEM THROUGH THE LOCKERS THAT WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL FOR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I WOULD PROBABLY SAY 70 YEARS BUT ENTER BUILDING INSTALLED IT AND WE DID HAVE A FIELD RENOVATION THERE THAT HAS MADE MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS, THERE ARE SOME SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS WILL BE MAKING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IN THE COMING MONTHS TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER, BUT THE FIELD THAT USED TO EACH SPRING HOW'S THE FAMILY OF DUCKS IN THE DUCK POND THAT WOULD BE ON THE ON THE FIELD, THERE IS NO LONGER A DUCK POND WE MISSED THE DOC SOMEONE ACTUALLY MENTIONED THE DUCKS TO YESTERDAY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WHEN I WAS AT THE SCHOOL, BUT THE KIDS DON'T MISS NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE FIELD, YOU SHOULD SHARE THE ANECDOTE OF THE DOOR THE FRONT DOORS AND SORT OF HOW IT WAS STAGE BY OUR FACILITIES TEAM AS A JUST.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: SPEAKING OF HOW TO HELP THE CITY POTENTIALLY MANAGED THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES JUST THAT ANTICIPATION OF SAVING THE DOORS INSTEAD OF THROWING THEM OUT THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA JUST IT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YEAH THAT THAT WHAT WE FOUND DOORS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING WITH THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND WE WOULD GET A DOOR HERE AND ADORE THERE, BUT OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM WAS VERY SMART AND WORKING WITH OUR FACILITIES TEAM, WHEN WE WERE DOING THE DEMO SO THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IN JUNE, WAS THE FIRST DAY OF DEMO AND WE HAD THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FIRM SAVE ALL OF THE DOORS IN THE BUILDING, BECAUSE WE HAD NO DOORS ON SITE AND WE HAD NO DATE OF DELIVERY ON DOORS. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING IS AFTER THE GUT RENOVATIONS WERE DONE IN THE CLASSROOMS WHICH WERE WHICH CHANGED THE DOOR CONFIGURATIONS, SO THE NEW DOOR FRAMES WERE IN THERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE THEN WENT BACK AND RETROFITTED ALL OF THE OLD DOORS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THEM UP THERE TEMPORARILY AND AND THEY WERE ALL BEING REPLACED BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: UP TO DATE, FIRE CODE, SO IF YOU ARE REPLACING ANY DOORS OR THINGS LIKE THAT I WOULDN'T THROW TOO MUCH AWAY IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT YOU CAN SALVAGE YOU MAY HAVE TO USE THEM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND NOW WE ARE FINALLY WE ARE ALMOST DONE REPLACING DOORS AT MIDDLING THEY WE GOT A BIG SHIPMENT ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, AND WE HAVE BEEN STRATEGICALLY REPLACING THE DOORS AND THE DOOR LOCKS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THROUGH THE WHOLE BUILDING AND THREE QUARTERS OF THE BUILDING IS NOW COMPLETE, BUT WE WOULD GET TWO DOORS LIKE A DELIVERY TRUCK WOULD SHOW UP WITH TWO DOORS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THEN THERE WOULD BE NOTHING, NO OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER DOORS SO JUST AS AS YOU EMBARK ON THE PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IT'S A GOOD STRATEGY SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE FREE TO FINISH THAT, THOUGH I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT THE CRUCIAL PIECE OF KEEPING THOSE DOORS WAS THAT THE BUILDING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BECAUSE WITHOUT THE DOORS YOU CRACK OPEN THE BUILDING RIGHT.
NOW WOW.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: ERIC ERIC I APPRECIATE THE SUGGESTION I WISH THAT OUR PROJECTS WERE A SEXY AND FLASHY AS NEW.
BUILDINGS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REPURPOSE SEWER MAINS BUT BUT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YEAH GOOD GOOD POINT, BUT I WAS GONNA TAKE THE OLD ONES OUT UNTIL THE NEW ONES YOU'RE HERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: VERY CAREFUL ON YOUR STAGE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE THE BOX THAT I MENTIONED ON THE SECURE ENTRANCE AND YOU SEE A WINDOW INTO THE MAIN OFFICE THERE THAT'S HER TOM OR SECURITY OFFICER ONE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HE'S IN THERE, AND HE DOES THE VETTING PROCESS THROUGH OUR SECURITY SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED RAPTOR SO IT DOES BACKGROUND CHECKS EFFECTIVELY SEARCHES FOR ANY OPEN WARRANTS THINGS LIKE THAT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THERE ARE FLAGS, IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, AND THEY CANNOT GET THROUGH THAT NEXT DOOR ON THE RIGHT UNTIL HE'S FINISHED THAT PROCESS AND CLEARS THEM UNLESS THEM GET OUT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ANYBODY THAT'S EVER USE THE BATHROOM IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEFORE 2019 SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE EVEN ATTENDED THE GREAT BATHROOM TOUR, WHICH WE DID ON A SATURDAY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IN 2019, THIS IS WHAT ALL OF OUR BATHROOMS NOW LOOK LIKE THEY ARE UPDATED WITH ENERGY EFFICIENT FIXTURES AND THEY ARE JUST.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THAN THEY WERE BEFORE AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT YOU SEE THE THE CURRENT STATE OF THE LIBRARY, WE, THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES ARE HOLDING UP THE FURNITURE DELIVERY BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THERE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AT MELTON SCHOOL ALSO THE SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE, THERE WAS A BOILER REPLACEMENT ROOF REPLACEMENT AND A LIBRARY RENOVATION SO AGAIN, AS I SAID IN MILTON THERE WAS A LOT LESS WORK THAT WAS HAPPENING, BUT CRITICALLY IMPORTANT WORK.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU SEE THE INSIDE THAT'S THE VESTIBULE YOU ALSO SEE SOME OF OUR COVEN TEST, IF YOU NEED WANT TO STOP BY MILTON BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON THE TABLE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND GARY REFRESHES THAT SUPPLY EVERY DAY AND DOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU SEE THE NEW HIGH EFFICIENCY BOILERS THAT ARE HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE PROGRESS OF THE LIBRARY RENOVATION.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND OSBORNE SCHOOL AGAIN, AND THIS IS THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE COMPONENTS THAT ARE STILL WAITING TO BE INSTALLED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT IT'S A FULLY FUNCTIONAL SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE NOW THE LIBRARY IS RENOVATED THE AUDITORIUM RENOVATED BATHROOMS RENOVATED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND POINTED OSBORNE HAVE SOME HORRENDOUS BATHROOM THE PINK AND YELLOW BATHROOMS PARTICULARLY CLASSROOMS ARE ALSO RENOVATED FLOORING LIGHTING CEILINGS PRESSURE VENTILATION AND WE DID UPGRADE THE ENTIRE PRESSURE VENTILATION SYSTEM, WHICH WAS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: INCREDIBLE TIMING THINKING ABOUT THE CHALLENGES WITH HV AC AND KOBE AND OUR NEW SYSTEMS DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE UPGRADED MURPH 13 FILTRATION IN THERE AND THE MAIN OFFICE WAS ALSO RENOVATED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I'M SORRY THIS IS THIS MOUSE IS VERY SENSITIVE SO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CLASSROOM WORK AND THAT'S THE SPECIAL SERVICES SWEET.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU SEE, THE NEW FLOORING YOU CAN SEE, THE NEW LIGHTING AND AND HOW MUCH MORE RIGHT AND LIGHT AND AIRY AND NEW WINDOWS ACTUALLY ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE NEW BATHROOMS THAT WAS THE YELLOW BATHROOM. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU SEE A KINDERGARTEN BATHROOM KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOMS ARE REQUIRED TO BATHROOMS, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE WE ALSO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: REALLY RESOLVED A LOT OF COMPLIANCE ISSUES FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND FOR FIRE CODE COMPLIANCE FOR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BECAUSE THE CODES WERE VERY DIFFERENT WHEN THESE BUILDINGS WERE BUILT MILTON WAS 1952 WHEN IT OPEN OSMAN WAS 1956.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ONCE YOU BECAME CONSTRUCTION AS I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS YOU HAVE TO BRING EVERYTHING UP TO CODE AND THERE, YOU CAN SEE, THAT IS A NEW FLOOR THAT WAS REPLACED IN THE OSBORN CAFETERIA BUT IT'S ALSO HIGHLIGHTING THE FRESHER VENTILATION SYSTEM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLE SCHOOL YOU SEE HERE ON THE TOP YOU'VE GOT THE NEW SECURE VESTIBULE ENTRANCE AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ON THE BOTTOM, THAT IS, THE ENTRANCE OF THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WHICH WILL BE THE NEW MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN MORE PROGRESS MADE SINCE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE STEPS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THEY MAKE CODE, THE RAILINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED AND THEY MAY CODE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE TOP PANEL ABOVE THE SECURE DOORS HAS NOT ARRIVED YET, BUT WE HOPE THAT WILL BE COMING SOON AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE REPLACED THE TURF FIELD.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND TRACK AND HAVE A CUSTOM TARGETING SYSTEM, THERE ARE A LOT OF BATHROOMS IN THIS CAMPUS THAT HAVE BEEN FULLY RENOVATED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ROOF REPAIR THERE'S BEEN THE FIRST PHASE OF MASONRY REPAIR THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MASONRY PARIS STILL TO COME.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: HV AC MAJOR UPGRADES TO THE FRESH AIR VENTILATION SYSTEM HERE, AND THE THIRD FLOOR, WHICH WAS TECHNICALLY UNUSABLE, BECAUSE IT DID NOT MEET FIRE AND ACCESS.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: CODES NOW DOES AND WILL BE A FULL INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE AND HOME TO THE ACADEMY AT RIGHT HIGH SCHOOL AND WE'VE HAD BOILER PLACEMENTS WE'VE ACTUALLY REPLACED THE BOILERS TWICE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: THE FIRST TIME WAS PRE IDA AND THEY WEREN'T QUITE COMPLETE, BUT WITH THE FLOODING, WITH IT, IT DID DESTROY ALL OF OUR BRAND NEW BOILERS THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND IN THE BOILER REPLACEMENT, WE DID MOVE FROM A VERY INEFFICIENT HOT WATER SYSTEM, THE WHOLE BUILDING WAS A HOT WATER SYSTEM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: IT'S NOW HALF OF THE BUILDING IS NOW ON A STEAM SYSTEM, WHICH IS MUCH MORE EFFICIENT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ALLOWS FOR REMOTE CONTROL TO BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHICH PARTS OF THE BUILDING NEED TO BE HEATED AND CAN BE SHUT DOWN AND IT GETS BUILDINGS HEATED OR COLD MUCH QUICKER THAN A HOT WATER SYSTEM.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU JUST SEE THE NEW BATHROOMS AND IT'S THE SAME DESIGN FOR BATHROOMS ACROSS THE DISTRICT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT IS A ROOM THAT HAD NONFUNCTIONING FRESH AIR VENTILATION COMPONENTS FOR.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WHEN ANGELO OUR FORMER HEAD CUSTODIAN FOR SHOWED ME THAT ROOM HE HAD SAID AT THAT TIME IT WAS 40 YEARS THAT IT HAD NOT WORKED, IT IS NOW FULLY FUNCTIONING AND BRINGING FRESH AIR INTO THE BUILDING AND, AS YOU SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL TRACK AND TURF.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND IT'S MUCH FURTHER ALONG I KNOW JANE ANDERSON WAS THERE, VISITING THE OTHER DAY WITH ME THE FLOOR HAS BEEN COMPLETED, I CAN'T WAIT TO GET MORE PHOTOS OUT ABOUT THAT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THAT THIRD FLOOR SPACE WILL BE READY TO USE SOON, AND IT WILL BE A REALLY INCREDIBLE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE THAT WILL HAVE THE ACADEMY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND ON THE RIGHT, YOU SEE THE NEW BOILERS UP TOP AND THE CONTROLS THAT ENABLE US TO HAVE THE REMOTE EFFICIENT CONTROL SYSTEM IN PLACE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WITH ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS WE'VE LOOKED AT ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND WE'VE LOOKED AT CONTROLS, SO THAT WERE SAVING THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY, MONEY, SAVING ENERGY AND MOVING FORWARD IN TERMS OF OUR OWN SUSTAINABILITY.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND I WILL STOP SHARING BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT THE MOMENT, WE STILL HAVE A LOT MORE TO GO, BUT OVERALL, OF THE $79 MILLION WORTH OF WORK WE'VE COMPLETED OR SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED $50 MILLION WORTH OF WORK WE DO HAVE NEW WINGS TO ADD AT.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: MARYLAND SCHOOL AND OSBORNE SCHOOL REPLACING THE TRAILER CLASSROOMS WE HAVE SOME WORK THAT'S HAPPENING OVER THE SUMMER IN ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, JUST TO SORT OF WRAP UP PHASE TWO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED BY WHERE WHERE WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF THIS EFFORT, BUT IT REALLY IS BRINGING OUR SCHOOLS INTO.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: CERTAINLY INTO THE MID 21ST CENTURY IN TERMS OF INSTRUCTIONAL SPACES AND AS FACILITIES AND FOR EFFICIENCY AND HEATING AND COOLING AND THAT THAT IS IF I'M THE CAPITAL PROJECT.
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DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: LAST TWO COMPONENTS ONE IN TERMS OF THE THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA ALL OF OUR PARIS HAVE BEEN COMPLETE. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I KNOW GREG I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND I PARTICIPATED IN SOME GROUPS WITH THE FLOOD STUDY THAT'S CITY IS ENGAGED IN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE DID HAVE $2.8 MILLION WORTH OF DAMAGE TO OUR SCHOOLS IN THE FLOODING AND OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE INSURANCE CLAIM PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BUT ALL OF THE REPAIRS OF INCOMPLETE AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME ON MY BUDGET ROADSHOW BUT ON MAY 17 WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL BUDGET VOTE AND TRUST THE ELECTION.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY ATTACKS CAP COMPLIANT BUDGET.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: VOTING WILL TAKE PLACE OF RYAN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THE GYMNASIUM FROM 6AM TO 9PM THERE'LL BE PLENTY OF PARKING AVAILABLE, AND THERE ARE TO TRUST THE SEATS THAT ARE UP FOR ELECTION.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND AT THE MOMENT, WE DO KNOW THAT ARE TWO TRUSTEES WHO ARE SITTING ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THAT AN EARLY A BOARD MEETING BOTH JEN BOIL AND JANE ANDERSON ARE RUNNING FOR THEIR SEATS AGAIN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND THE DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATES TO COME FORWARD IS THIS WEEK, SO WE WILL KNOW THAT FULL SLATE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: BY MID THIS, I THINK, WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK, BUT WE DO, ENCOURAGE AND HOPE, THE COMMUNITY WILL COME OUT AND VOTE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: ON MAY 17 AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO HEAR ABOUT THE BUDGET WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT INFORMATION OUT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WE PUT A CAPITAL PROJECT UPDATE FLYER OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WITH MANY OF THE MERCHANTS AND RESOURCES, AND WE CONTINUE TO REPLENISH THOSE SO.
[2. State of the City of Rye Report]
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AGAIN WE HOPE EVERYONE VOTES AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF OUR SCHOOLS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT DO DID PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL HAVE QUESTIONS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE STATE OF THE CITY I'M GOING TO GO VERY QUICKLY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND I INVITING GREG AND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WHO WANTS TO CHIME IN TO FILL IN I SEE WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO 10 O'CLOCK AND WE HAVE FLOODING AS A SEPARATE TOPIC SO I'M I'M GOING TO MAKE THE OVERALL STATE OF THE CITY VERY SHORT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUBJECT TO OTHERS HELP, AND SO OUR FINANCIAL SITUATION IS GOOD, AND WE HAVE REMAINED WITHIN THE TEXT GAP WE'VE GONE OUT TO BOND FOR ABOUT $15 MILLION.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT AND TO RETAIN OUR TRIPLE A RAID AND MOST OF THE MONEY FROM THE BOND ISSUE WILL GO TO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAP X PROJECTS AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THOSE FOR YEARS IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO US TO BE ABLE TO BE EMBARKED ON THOSE PROJECTS, AND SO THERE ARE THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEWER PROJECTS THAT GREG MENTIONED WE'VE GOT REPLACEMENT AND RENOVATION OF DP W FACILITIES, WE HAVE A CITY HALL LIGHTING AND HBA SEE PROJECT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PLANNED AND SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS AS WELL I'M GOING TO SKIP FLOODING AS A TOPIC BECAUSE WE'LL TAKE THAT UP SEPARATELY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'LL MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE OUR NEW PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMISSIONER, ALREADY MENTIONED, MICHAEL COPPI A MAN OF VAST EXPERIENCE AND WHO'S TAKEN A GREAT INTEREST.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS, QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES, AND I THINK HE'S BEEN PRESENT ON SOME OF THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC ISSUES, IN PARTICULAR AS AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN BOLSTERING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WITH NEW CAREER FIREFIGHTERS, WE HAVE A NEW CAPTAIN JOHN MCGUIRE WHO WAS BEEN ACTUALLY A LONGTIME PRESENCE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT RECENTLY ELEVATED CAPTAIN AND HE'S WORKING WELL, ALONG WITH OUR VOLUNTEER CHIEF A BOOK KIKI A.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU SHOULD BE SEEING SOME GREATER PRESENCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN TERMS OF FIRE INSPECTIONS.
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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE BEEN FOCUSING AS A COUNCIL OTHERWISE, TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FIND A GENERIC TOPIC OR TOPICS ON VARIOUS ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT RELATED ISSUES, AND MOST RECENTLY WE'VE INSTITUTED A PARTIAL MORATORIUM.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ON ROCK REMOVAL IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS THAT IS ROCK CHIPPING AND BLASTING AND, OF COURSE, THE BIG ISSUE COMING UP FOR US IN THE APPROVAL DEPARTMENT, WILL BE THE OSBORNE REASON WHICH.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE EXPECT TO BE CONTINUING WITH SOON THE OSBORNE HAS SAID IT INTENDS TO COME BACK TO US AT OUR LIGHT MAIN MEETING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO THAT'S A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF STATE OF THE CITY GREG IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD, OR ANYTHING ANYONE ON THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THAT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SURE JOSH I THINK JUST THAT, TO PUT A FINE POINT, THERE ARE FOUR PRIMARY AREAS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING, OR THAT THE CITY OPERATION IS FOCUSED IT'S IT'S TIME AND ATTENTION ON CERTAINLY THE POST IDA FLOODING WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE CAP X PROGRAM IS AS ERIC IS FACILITIES FOLKS KNOW, IS A SIGNIFICANT UNDERTAKING OF TIME AND ENERGY, MANY OF THE PROJECTS ARE LONG OVERDUE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE ONE EXCEPTION WHICH THE SCHOOL SEES ON A REGULAR BASIS, AS THE IMPROVEMENTS WE'VE MADE IT WRECK PARK, WHICH ARE ONGOING WE'RE EXPECTING TO OPEN THE EMPTY THEATER AROUND MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND, AND I CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THESE FACILITIES, AS WELL AS THE WHOLE COMMUNITY HAS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE AS JOSH MENTIONED IS IS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS OF OURS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IN PARTICULAR, BUT WE CERTAINLY ARE WITH COMMISSIONER COPIOUS EDITION, LOOKING AT THE WAY IN WHICH WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY BOTH WITH POLICE AND FIRE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THEN THE FINAL THING THAT HAS REALLY CAME AT OUT OF COVEN IS SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT OF TIME, MONEY AND RESOURCE AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE HAVE WE SPEND AN AWFUL LOT OF TIME.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: RECOGNIZING THAT OUR RESIDENTS WANT AND NEED REGULAR COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CITY ABOUT EVERYTHING, WHETHER IT BE REC PROGRAMS WHETHER THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT MIGHT INCONVENIENCE PEOPLE IN THEIR TRAVELS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND, MOST RECENTLY, FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO WE LAUNCHED THE CITY'S MOBILE APP WHICH IS AVAILABLE, PLEASE SIGN UP GO THERE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THERE AND WITH AN EXPECTATION IN A SHORT WHILE THAT WE'LL BE ADDING EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TO THAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO TARGET COMMUNICATIONS TO SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOODS OR AREAS OF TOWN, SO I THINK THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PROBABLY MY HIGHLIGHTS.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: JOSH COULD I JUST.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, PLEASE.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING THAT GREG MENTIONED.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE THE RENOVATIONS OR THE IMPROVEMENTS AT REC I HAVE BEEN JUST ASTOUNDING REALLY IN IN WHAT THEY HAVE ACHIEVED THERE, AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY DONE WITH CITY RESOURCES, SO THE APARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS, SO THIS IS.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: RYAN COIN AND AND SALLY ROBLES PARTNERSHIP REALLY BROUGHT THAT WHOLE PLACE TO LIFE, BUT NOT JUST WRECK AND WE'LL SEE IT TODAY, WHEN WE MERGE OVER TO DOES BRO BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MASSIVE IMPROVEMENTS TO DOES BRO TO.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALSO, COURTESY OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN WRECK AND DP W AND RYAN'S GREAT INTEREST IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THAT AND ALSO FUN THING.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO PUT IN YOU BATTING CAGES AND WHATNOT, SO I THINK AS WE'RE COMING OUT OF COVEN AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOCKED DOWN FOR SO LONG, I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT WE HAVE USED THIS TIME TO IMPROVE OUR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S NOT JUST A GENERAL COMMUNITY ISSUE, BUT CLEARLY FOR KIDS TO TO HAVE PLACES TO GO OUT AND PLAY.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THAT WE'VE WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN SO I'M PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE CITY'S WORK IN THAT SPACE AND SO TAKE A LOOK AROUND JUST BRO LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY WHEN YOU GO THERE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GOSH YES.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M EMILY HEARD, I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OF THE CITY.
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EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS YOU ALL KNOW, I STEPPED DOWN FROM THE COUNCIL AT THE END AT THE END OF 2019 BEGINNING OF 2020 AND AND REJOINED IN JANUARY. EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OF 2022 G'S SO IT WAS TWO YEARS AND WE WERE ALL KIND OF IN A COVEN YOU KNOW LOCKDOWN AND I JUST AM IN AWE OF ALL THE WORK THAT BOTH OF THESE GROUPS HAVE DONE.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IN AN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TIME WITH YOU KNOW LIMITED RESOURCES AND ACCESS, BUT THE FACT THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS HAVE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY COMPLETED WITH THOSE AND AND THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DONE ON ON THE SEWER PROJECTS I'M GETTING THIS BOND ISSUED IS.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT'S JUST AMAZING I KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT IT TAKES AND AND TO COME BACK AFTER TWO YEARS AND SEE THE PROGRESS IS INCREDIBLE SO TO BOTH OF YOU CONGRATULATIONS AND GREAT WORK.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUESTIONS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD ON OTHER THAN FLOODING.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I WOULD JUST COMMENT THANKS GREG AND CP JOB YOU THE SNOWPLOW NAME, THAT WAS A HUGE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I KEPT GETTING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAW THEIR THEIR SCHOOL SNOWPLOW GO BY DURING THE WINTER, THEY WERE SO EXCITED.
[5. Post-Ida Flood Update]
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YEAH WELL, I THINK THE JUST THE COMMUNITY FUN COMMUNITY TYPE INITIATIVES, WHILE PROBABLY RELATIVELY SMALL, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE IS MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: RIGHT RED LOOKS AMAZING SO BEAUTIFUL IT'S AMAZING WORK REALLY WONDERFUL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, SO UM I'LL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BREAK THE ICE ON FLOODING IN AND AGAIN LOOK LOOK FOR HELP FROM GREG IN THE COUNCIL IT'S A BIG TOPIC IT'S TAKING UP AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY, BOTH AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL AND THE STAFF LEVEL AND I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO APPROACH IT FIRST.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONCEPTUALLY AND THEN MENTIONED SOME OF THE INITIATIVES THE MANY INITIATIVES THAT WERE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE REALLY HAVE THREE KINDS OF FLOODING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH IN RYE, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL RIVER RHINE, AND THAT WOULD BE OUR OUR BROOKS PARTICULARLY BLIND BROOK BUT ALSO BEAVER SWAMP BROKE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE HAVE WHAT WE'RE CALLING STORMWATER FLOODING WHICH IS REALLY SURFACE WATER THAT WE FOUND PARTICULARLY WITH THE IDA.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAD NO PLACE OR INADEQUATE PLACE TO MOVE TO AND THEN THERE'S TITLE FLOODING AND A TITLE SLASH COASTAL FLOODING WHICH WE MIGHT THINK OF IT SEPARATE BUT THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS ALL THESE THINGS CAN WORK IN COMBINATION, AND SO WHAT WE FREQUENTLY HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR HIS REIGN OF.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUFFICIENT INTENSITY AND DURATION TO BE MEANINGFUL, COUPLED WITH TITLE ACTION SO TIED PUSHING UP THE BROOK BECAUSE THE BROOK IS ACTUALLY TITLE, ALL THE WAY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND SO, FOR INSTANCE, OUR LAST STORM OVER OVERLAPPED THE BROOK AND WE HAD BOTH A MIDNIGHT KIND OF STORM PEAK COUPLED WITH A MIDNIGHT KIND OF HIGH TIDE AND THAT HELPS PRODUCE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A BROKE SLOSHING OVER.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT IN ORDER TO TACKLE THESE THINGS AND THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF TRYING TO TACKLE THESE THINGS IN RIGHT IF WE GO BACK, WE FIND WE HAVE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A SMALL NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW IN PROCESS THAT WE HOPE WILL BE HELPFUL AND THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN NEW YORK STATE UNDER THE NEW YORK RISING PROGRAM AND SO THERE'S A MILTON ROAD DRAINAGE POINT THERE'S.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: A PROJECT TO INSTALL STRAIN GAUGES ON BLIND BROOK WHICH WILL HELP US WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF OUR FLOOD CONTROL DAMN AT BOWMAN AVENUE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN ACTUALLY LOCATED IN RYE BROOK BUT THE STRAIN GAUGES SHOULD GIVE US INFORMATION TO ALLOW A COMPUTER PROGRAM TO WORK TO.
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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADJUST THE PHASING, AS IT WERE, OF THE PASSAGE OF FLOOD WATER DOWN THE BROOK AND THERE'S ALSO A VERY, VERY SMALL RESERVOIR OR IMPOUNDMENT. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEHIND OUR FLOOD CONTROL DAMN CALLED UPPER BOWMAN POND AND WE HAVE SOME MONEY TO CLEAR SOME OF THE DEBRIS OUT OF THAT AND RESTORE AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF CAPACITY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT NONE OF THESE PROJECTS OR THESE PROJECTS COLLECTIVELY DON'T REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE AGAINST A BIG FLOOD AND AN IDEA, OF COURSE, WAS REALLY UNPRECEDENTED IN TERMS OF RAIN INTENSITY AND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: RAIN INTENSITY AND THE DURATION WAS NOT LONG THE INTENSITY OVER A SHORT PERIOD WAS TREMENDOUS AND PRODUCED WHAT I WOULD CHARACTERIZE AS OUR.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FIRST FLASH FLOOD, AT LEAST IN MEMORY IT LITERALLY PRODUCED A WAVE DOWN THE BROOK AND WE ARE, WE HAVE TO BE PLANNING WITH ICT IS IN MIND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THOUGH WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS MUCH AS WE MIGHT PLAN AN ITEM MAY STILL EXCEED OUR PROJECT CAPABILITY OVER THE YEARS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE COPING WITH WATERSHED THAT EXTENDS FROM WESTCHESTER AIRPORT DOWN THROUGH PARTS OF HARRISON PARTS OF RYE BROOK PARTS OF PORT CHESTER INTO RYE AND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ESSENTIALLY, THE BROOK IS CARRYING THE DRAINAGE FOR ALL THE WATER, THE WATER THAT YOU WOULD THINK OF IS PROPERLY THE BROOKS BUT ALL THE STORMWATER THAT MAKES ITS WAY INTO DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ENDS UP IN THE BROOK ON THE WAY DOWN SO WE'RE GETTING QUITE A TORRENT AND THE MORE AND MORE OUR WATERSHED GETS DEVELOPED AND THE MORE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THERE IS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT'S DRAINING INTO STORM DRAINS AND ULTIMATELY INTO THE BROOK THE MORE VOLUME AND MORE GETTING AND MORE INTENSITY WE'RE GETTING SO IN ORDER TO COPE WITH THIS TERRIFIC PROBLEM.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE UNDERTAKING A NUMBER OF ENGINEERING STUDIES AND PEOPLE WILL SAY WELL WE'VE DONE STUDIES FOR YEARS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BUT WHEN WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE STUDIES, WE FOUND THAT FEW OF THEM HAD BEEN DEVELOPED TO THE POINT WHERE THEY COULD ACTUALLY BE TAKEN FORWARD AS FUNDING PROSPECTS AND THEY EITHER WEREN'T HAVE SUFFICIENT ENGINEERING DESIGN LEVEL OR COST BENEFIT ANALYSES HAD NOT BEEN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PERFORMED FOR THEM, AND SO WE NEED BOTH THOSE THINGS IN ORDER TO ESSENTIALLY CHOOSE OUR PROJECTS PROPERLY, THAT IS, IN ORDER TO GET THE BIGGEST EFFECT THAT WE CAN FOR THE DOLLAR AND IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND WHEN I SAY QUALIFY FOR FUNDING WE'RE THINKING OF FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL FROM THE STATE LEVEL FROM THE COUNTY LEVEL WHEREVER WE POSSIBLY CAN FIND FUNDING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO ON THE ENGINEERING FRONT, YOU ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY'S OWN ENGINEERING STUDY DONE WITH A FIRM CALLED RAMBLE AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLICLY WITH A PUBLIC WORK SESSION IN MAY, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IS DOING STUDIES ABOVE THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED AND THE BEAVER SWAMP BROOK WATERSHED AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE THEIR VIEWS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THE US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, IS BEGINNING ITS STUDY OF THE BLIND BROOK WATERSHED AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE OF THE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAGNITUDE OF THE PROGRAM THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS MIGHT UNDERTAKE WE'RE STARTING AT LEAST WITH SOMETHING CALLED A SCOPING STUDY AND THAT MAY LEAD TO PROJECTS EITHER GREAT OR SMALL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH RESPECT TO STORMWATER FLOODING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG AND AND THE CITY STAFF ARE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY A DOZEN AREAS IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAD SURFACE WATER FLOODING THAT EXCEEDED OUR DRAINAGE CAPACITY OR THAT BEHAVED IN WAYS PREVIOUSLY.
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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PRETTY PREVIOUSLY UNPRECEDENTED AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE CAN DO AND HOW WE CAN BEST PRIORITIZE CITY EFFORTS TO RESOLVE THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THEN UNDER NON ENGINEERING INITIATIVES WE HAVE MET WITH THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S NATURAL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE WHICH IS TALKING TO US ABOUT POTENTIAL FLOOD BUYOUT PROGRAMS FOR AREAS WHERE PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND FLOODPLAIN MIGHT BE RESTORED.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN EXTREMELY POSITIVE INDICATIONS THERE IN IN PART BECAUSE OUR REAL ESTATE MARKET IS SO ROBUST AND THE PRICING IS IS HARD FOR THIS AGENCY TO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CONTEMPLATE BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SUBSTANTIAL AREAS WHERE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO LEAVE PEOPLE ARE RAISING THEIR HOUSES, I THINK, RATHER THAN THINKING OF LEAVING.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'VE MET WITH WESTCHESTER COUNTY TO TALK ABOUT POSSIBLE FUNDING AS WE DEVELOP OUR PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES WE'VE MET WITH SUNY PURCHASE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BECAUSE SUNY PURCHASE WAS CIRCLED QUITE SOME YEARS AGO AS THE POSSIBLE LOCATION FOR IMPOUNDMENT TO HOLD BACK SOME OF THE STORM WATER COMING DOWN BLIND BROOK AND AS AS AS GREG SO OFTEN TELLS US.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE COLLECTING A LOT OF WATER FROM UPSTREAM AND AIR MEANS OF DIVERTING THAT WATER OR HOLDING THAT WATER BACK.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY LIVE PRIMARILY UPSTREAM SO HAVING THE COOPERATION OF OUR NEIGHBORING MUNICIPALITIES AND ENTITIES LIKE SUNY PURCHASE IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO TACKLING THIS PROBLEM.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE'RE LOOKING TO HIRE FUNDING CONSULTANTS TO HELP US FINALLY GROOM OUR PROJECTS AND SELECT THE BEST PROJECTS FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE TO US, AND THEN THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INITIATIVES BEING UNDERTAKEN WITHIN CITY STAFF.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO IMPROVE OUR RESPONSES THAT IS NEW COMMUNICATIONS OPTIONS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ADDITIONAL SWIFT WATER RESCUE TRAINING FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, A NUMBER OF EXTREME EXTREMELY DRAMATIC RESCUES WORK PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY THANK GOODNESS.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IN RIDE DURING IDA SO THAT'S MY THAT'S MY RAPID RUNDOWN I KNOW GREG WILL HAVE A LOT TO ADD AND OTHERS, ON THE COUNCIL ARE ALSO HIGHLY FOCUSED ON THAT SO SO PLEASE JUMP IN.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW I GUESS AS A STARTING POINT, I CAN'T I CAN'T OVERSTATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES AND FOCUS THAT SIT IN THE CITY STAFF AND COUNSEL HAVE SPENT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IN THE LAST EIGHT MONTHS, YOU KNOW IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU KNOW THAT MUCH TIME HAS PASSED, BUT THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW I WOULD SAY SHORT OF THE CAP X PROGRAM THERE'S NO SINGLE TOPIC THAT WE'VE SPENT MORE TIME ON THAN THAN THE FLOODING.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW JUST A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL NOTES TO TO TO JOSH IS POINTS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THIS IS ONGOING, THE THE RESIDENT ASSISTANTS, THAT THE CITY PROVIDED POST STORM.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WAS WAS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC WORKS WERE MOVED OVER 800 TONS OF DEBRIS ACROSS THE CITY DURING THE INITIAL 30 DAYS FOLLOWING FOLLOWING THE FLOOD.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE ASSISTED IN REMOVING APPROXIMATELY 50 CARS THAT HAD BEEN SUBMERGED STORE LODGED IN THE CREEK OR AND IN PARKING LOTS AROUND THE CITY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE DID A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTREACH AND WORK WITH WITH RESIDENTS, MAKING THEM AWARE AND HELPING THEM WITH THE THE FAMOUS INDIVIDUAL SYSTEMS PROCESS AND IN TERMS OF KIND OF ONGOING WORK, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING PERMITTED 22 HOMES TO BE RAISED SETS THE FLOOD ITSELF.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE COUNCIL IS ALSO WAIVED ALL BUILDING PERMITS AND FEES RELATED TO BOTH HOUSE LISTINGS BUT ANY REPAIRS OR IMPROVEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE FLOOD AND THAT ACTUALLY IS IT'S BEEN EXTENDED TO SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, SO IT WILL BE FULL YEAR YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU KNOW, SINCE THE FLOOD.
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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IN TERMS OF OUR OWN REPAIR MUCH OF THIS IS SOME OF ITS COMPLETED, MUCH OF IT IS ALL OF ITS UNDERWAY. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE LOCUST AVENUE FIREHOUSE BACK OPERATIONAL WITHIN THE NEXT 60 DAYS THE SIDEWALK AREA ADJACENT TO THE FIREHOUSE IS ACTUALLY THE BRICK HAS BEEN DELIVERED IN THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY AS ERIC KNOWS THE INSURANCE PROCESS, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO FEMA REIMBURSEMENT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IS DIFFICULT, IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF COVEN FEMA ACTUALLY FAILED TO EVEN SEND REPRESENTATIVE PHYSICALLY HERE TO HELP US WITH THE PUBLIC ASSISTANCE ASPECT SO THAT'S THAT'S TAKEN AN AWFUL LOT OF STUFF STAFF TIME IN THAT IN THAT REGARD.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW THE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT ARE THERE BEING UNDERTAKEN, I THINK THAT.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: PROBABLY THE BETTER THE BEST WAY TO PUT IT, IS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, WE ACTUALLY WANT TO BE IN A POSITION.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO GO, FOR YOU KNOW THAT THE ACTUAL FUNDING AND ACTUALLY TAKE ACTION ON THESE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN OVER THE YEARS, A LOT OF WORK DONE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BUT NOT BROUGHT TO SUCH A SUCH A LEVEL THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN POTENTIALLY ADVANCE THE PROJECTS, WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF A 14 MILE WATERSHED.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE MITIGATION MEASURES HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTION, AND SO IT HAS BEEN CRITICAL THAT WE'RE IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH RYE BROOK WITH HARRISON WITH PURCHASE WITH THE STATE AND THAT AND THAT WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE A AN AWFUL LOT OF OUR TIME.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: I'M EXPECTING THE PUBLIC WORK SESSION TO BE SCHEDULED WITH RAMBLE THE FIRST WEEK OF OF MAY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE'VE ASKED THAT THAT STUDY AND THAT INVESTIGATION INCLUDE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME ACTUALLY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: TO INCLUDE THE WATERSHED ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST THE HIGH SCHOOL, MOST OF THE STUDY IN THE WORK THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE BEFORE THIS REALLY STOPPED AT THE NORTH END OF THE CITY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE BENEFIT OF THAT WILL IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE IMPACTS OF WHATEVER SMELTING THERE IS IN THE CRATE, BUT IT ALSO WILL WILL INCLUDE THE TITLE IMPACT COMING FROM THE SOUTH NORTH, BECAUSE AS JOSH SAID.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW THERE, THERE IS THAT THAT DUAL EFFECT WITH HEAVY RAINFALL, COMBINED WITH HIGH TIDE THAT THAT THAT DOES IMPACT THE CITY ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY UP TO THE YMCA SO IT'S IT'S IT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INFUSION.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING IS SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER KOFI HAS MADE A PRIORITY, WE HAVE FORMED A SWIFT RESCUE TEAM THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED THEIR TRAINING.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, IT WAS CLEAR FROM IDA THAT WHEN YOU HAVE FLOODWATER THAT IS REACHING THE TOPS OF STOP SIGNS.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THAT YOU KNOW SIMPLY PULLING UP A BUCKET TRUCK IS NOT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE AN OPERATION THAT THAT THAT MEETS MEETS THAT NEED AND THAT'S THAT'S IS IN THE WORKS, WE ARE.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE REVIEWED AND ARE GOING TO BE RE ESTABLISHING OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE STAGING LOCATIONS FOR TEMPORARY HOUSING, WHICH WAS DONE BACK 15 YEARS AGO, BUT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED SENSE AND THAT'S.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: A CLEARLY THERE WAS A NEED, WE HAD 40 STRANDED PEDESTRIANS AND RESIDENTS DURING IDA AND WE WILL BE BETTER BETTER PREPARED FOR THAT GOING FORWARD.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND THEN FINALLY ON LIKE I SAID BEFORE, ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE OF THINGS, IT IS IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET TIMELY ACCURATE EMERGENCY INFORMATION OUT TO RESIDENTS DURING EVENTS SUCH AS IDA AND AND THAT WE'RE WELL ON THE WAY FOR THAT, WITH REGARD TO THE LOCALIZED FLOODING.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: IT IS, IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN PROBLEMATIC, NOT JUST WITHIN RIDE, BUT WITHIN THE REGION FOR A LONG TIME, WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY RIGHT CLAY PIPES FOR SOME OF OUR SURFACE WATER REMOVAL, THAT IS, IS IS ALMOST 100 YEARS OLD.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THESE SYSTEMS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO TAKE THE TYPE OF WATER THAT WE RECEIVED DURING HENRI AND IDA WE REALIZE THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S A PROBLEM, BUT THE MAGNITUDE IS IS PRETTY.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: DAUNTING I GUESS IT, TO SAY THE LEAST, THE 12 STUDIES THAT ARE UNDERWAY NOW FOR THE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE COMMUNITIES.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: SOME OF THAT THAT SURFACE WATER ISSUE AFFECTS ONLY TWO OR THREE HOMES SOME EFFECTS ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SO PART OF THE UNDERTAKING IS NOT JUST TO IDENTIFY WHERE THEIR PROBLEMS, BUT TRYING TO JUDICIOUSLY.
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GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, SEEK SOLUTIONS THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT THE LARGEST NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: THERE IS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE IS A BOND REFERENDUM THAT WILL BE VOTED ON STATEWIDE IN NOVEMBER TO CREATE A $4.2 BILLION.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: BOND AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN WITHIN THAT THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 350 OR $400 MILLION FOR STATEWIDE ASSISTANCE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR STORMWATER.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: AND AND THAT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HEAVILY FOCUSED ON AND BY THE TIME THE BOND ACT IS HOPEFULLY PAST.
GREG USRY RYE CITY MANAGER: WILL BE IN A POSITION TO ADVANCE THOSE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS AS WELL, SO AND, AS I SAID, THIS IS, THIS HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS FOCUS OF THE CITY BOTH STAFF CONSULTANTS IN COUNCIL, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT'LL THAT'LL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHERS, ON THE COUNCIL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUESTIONS FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I MEAN, I WOULD SAY, PRIMARILY, THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT UPDATE ABOUT ALL THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN UNDERTAKEN AND CONTINUES.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: I THINK WE'RE WE'D BE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR HOW THIS PROGRESSES, YOU KNOW, FOR NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE OF THE DAMAGE AND THE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: MAGNITUDE OF THAT PAST STORM AND AND PREVIOUS ONES, I THINK, AS YOU SAID, JOSH, WE HAVE TO EXPECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS IN THE FUTURE, AND SO WE HAVE TO PREPARE AS BEST WE CAN, FOR THOSE.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: AND SO YOU KNOW, WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE INVOLVED TO THE DEGREE THAT WE CAN.
DR. ERIC BYRNE SUPERINTENDENT RCSD: YOU KNOW, TO TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION, HOPEFULLY.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WELL, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BOTH GREG AND I MENTIONED THAT THERE WILL BE A WORK SESSION IN MAY, AND I THINK THAT, THOUGH, THAT WILL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BE ESSENTIALLY THE COUNCIL.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: QUESTION QUESTIONING OR RECEIVING THE PRESENTATION OF OUR OWN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT AND REALLY JUST ONE OF THE ENGINEERING POINTS OF VIEW THAT THAT WILL BE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLICLY PUBLICLY VIEWABLE AND I THINK WILL BE VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE WE'VE GIVEN OUR IN OUR OWN ENGINEERING CONSULTANT, A VERY, VERY LONG LIST OF POSSIBLE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FLOOD PROJECTS OR AREAS WHERE THERE MIGHT BE SOLUTIONS, AND SO THIS WILL BE.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ONE ENGINEERS FIRST CUT AT THE LIST OF POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS, AND AGAIN I THINK IT WILL BE VERY HELPFUL FOR PEOPLE TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING FROM THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT'S OUR AGENDA.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: OR MAYBE SOME PUBLIC.
CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: QUESTIONS I SEE YOUR HAND UP.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEP THAT WOULD BE GREAT SO I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OPEN THE CHANNEL FOR PUBLIC QUESTION.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LUCY BERKOFF WELCOME.
LUCYBERKOFF: HI GUYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, SO I MOVED TO RYAN.
LUCYBERKOFF: AND SINCE THEN I HAVE FOUR KIDS ONE A FRESHMAN EVERY HIGH SCHOOL ONE A SEVENTH GRADER RIGHT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TO AT MIDLAND AND FORTH AND SECOND GRADE.
LUCYBERKOFF: AND THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING MEETING I'VE ACTUALLY LEARNED SO MUCH, AND IT GOES DIRECTLY TO ISSUES THAT I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT AND HOPEFULLY HELP YOU ALL ADDRESS.
LUCYBERKOFF: WE HAVE A CHILD MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS ISSUES OF OUTDOOR CHILD PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND COMMUNITY WIDE FLOODING THAT HAVE BEEN UNRESOLVED FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
LUCYBERKOFF: PLAY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPY OUTDOOR LIVES AND HEALTHY THRIVING ENVIRONMENTS IS A HUGE PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THESE CHILDREN, I HAVE BEEN INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THE OUTDOOR SPACES OR ICT SCHOOLS FOR PAID NOW, WE CAN DO SO MANY MORE WONDERFUL THINGS.
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LUCYBERKOFF: FOR AND DO BETTER BY OUR CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY THAN WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW WE HAVE INVESTED DEEPLY AND FANTASTICALLY IN THE INTERIORS OF OUR SCHOOL SPACES AND IT IS TIME TO DO THE SAME THROUGHOUT. LUCYBERKOFF: OUR PROPERTIES, THOROUGH AND DEEPLY THOUGHTFUL WORK IN OUR OUTDOOR SPACES AT OUR SCHOOLS, THE DUCK POND RENOVATION, WHILE IT DID ACHIEVE WHAT I WAS HOPING TO ACHIEVE WITH A PLAYABLE SPACE AT MIDLAND.
LUCYBERKOFF: IS NOT ALWAYS EXACTLY THE BEST SOLUTION FOR OUR CHILDREN AND NOT ALWAYS THE BEST SOLUTION FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT.
LUCYBERKOFF: WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT DUCK POND WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL FIELD THAT MIDDLE AND THAT WE CAN NOW USE IS THAT THE WATER DID NOT DISAPPEAR, THE WATER HAS MOVED TO THE DRAGON PLAYGROUND.
LUCYBERKOFF: AND THAT'S A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW, WITH ALL OF THESE ROCK CHIPPING AND FLOODING ISSUES IN OUR TOWN, WE HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL THAT THE SOLUTION DOES NOT CREATE A PROBLEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
LUCYBERKOFF: ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE SOLUTIONS THAT IS EFFECTIVE AND CAN DO NO HARM IS THE PLANTING OF NATIVE TREES OUR TOWN IS DEFINED BY THREE MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES MARSH ROCKS AND WATER, IF YOU ELIMINATE THE HABITAT FOR ONE OF THE THREE THE OTHER TWO WHEN IN BALANCE, THEY WORK TOGETHER SMOOTHLY.
LUCYBERKOFF: I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF OVER 100 MOTHERS WHO HAVE SPECIFICALLY INDICATED TO ME THAT THEY ARE HIGHLY CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ISSUES.
LUCYBERKOFF: THERE ARE MANY MORE WHO AGREE WITH US DADS NON PARENTAL CITIZENS OF RYE, AND THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES.
LUCYBERKOFF: THERE IS A GROUND SWELL OF CONCERNED PEOPLE, INCLUDING MOST PRIVATE CITIZENS AND, OBVIOUSLY, THANKS TO THIS MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS AMAZING YOU GUYS HAVE DONE SUCH INCREDIBLE WORK SO FAR.
LUCYBERKOFF: AND ALSO THE RIGHT NATURE CENTER IS DOING IMPORTANT STUDIES AND WORKS ON HOW TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS. LUCYBERKOFF: RICE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AS A MAJOR, IF NOT THE LARGEST RYLANDS HOLDER.
LUCYBERKOFF: I AM REQUESTING PERMISSION TO FORM A COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ISSUES SPECIFIC TO RICE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND HOPEFULLY TO WORK IN TANDEM WITH THE PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN INVESTIGATION AT THE RIGHT CITY COUNCIL LEVEL AND ALSO AT THE RIGHT NATURE CENTER.
LUCYBERKOFF: TO PRESENT A SPECIFIC PLAN OF SOLUTION OR ACTION, I GUESS, WOULD BE A BETTER WORD BY AUGUST.
LUCYBERKOFF: TO THE RIGHT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND TO FUNDRAISE WITH A GOAL OF ACTING BY SPRING 2023 WITH VERY SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS INVOLVED, I THINK.
LUCYBERKOFF: THE WORK THAT SALLY'S DONE AT THE RYE RAP SHOWS HOW QUICKLY AND IMMEDIATELY BEAUTIFUL IMPORTANT SOLUTIONS CAN BE ACHIEVED.
LUCYBERKOFF: THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WOULD RATHER RAISE THEIR HOME THAN LEAVE SPEAKS TO THE STRENGTH OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR SCHOOLS, WE OWE IT TO THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTING SO DEEPLY.
LUCYBERKOFF: IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES AND IN THEIR PERSONAL FRANKLY FUNDS TO COME UP WITH A POSITIVE SOLUTION THAT'S QUICK.
LUCYBERKOFF: WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE ISSUES DAMN THE SLUICE GATES ALL OF THESE THINGS FOR MANY YEARS, THERE IS ONE THING WE CAN DO IMMEDIATELY.
LUCYBERKOFF: I JUST TODAY AND PLANTING FIVE TREES NATIVE TREES ALL OVER RYE, WE CAN PLANT AND WE CAN ALSO STUDY HOW THE WATER IN OUR SCHOOL SPECIFIC PROPERTIES CAN BE HANDLED AT A BENEFIT TO ALL.
LUCYBERKOFF: THERE'S NO COST TO A NATIVE TREE, IT IS JUST THE COST OF THE PLANTING AND WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM AT DP W WE HAVE A WONDERFUL TEAM AT RICE CITY SCHOOLS THAT CAN HELP US.
LUCYBERKOFF: ACHIEVE THAT MR GIMIGLIANO IS AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY, HE THINKS THOUGHTFULLY ON ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND I IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO GET TO KNOW HIM THIS SPRING.
LUCYBERKOFF: IT WOULD ALSO BE WONDERFUL, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD CREATE SOME SORT OF MAP OF FLOODING SOLUTIONS SO THAT COMMON CITIZENS CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW AND WHERE THE CITY IS WORKING ON THESE ISSUES.
LUCYBERKOFF: THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CLAY PIPE ISSUE IS DAUNTING BUT SO ARE THE PRICES, PEOPLE ARE MAKING ON THE SALES OF THEIR HOMES LET'S TIE HOME SALES INTO THESE MAJOR REPAIRS, THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY IS MAKING A FORTUNE ON ALL OF OUR FLOODING.
LUCYBERKOFF: ANYWAY, SPECIFICALLY TO RISE CITY SCHOOLS, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU I'M HERE TO BE YOUR ALLY AND I HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS I KNOW THESE PROPERTIES VERY WELL AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN ACT QUICKLY AND INTELLIGENTLY, TO COME UP WITH COMMON SENSE SOLUTIONS, THANK YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
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JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY WELL THANK YOU EVERYONE, THANK YOU. JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SCHOOL BOARD IT'S A GREAT PLEASURE TO.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I'M I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING MORE AND DOING IT AGAIN.
JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PUBLIC, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND LUCY SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US.
YES, THANK YOU.
THANKS EVERYBODY, THANK YOU.
JULIE SOUZA RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MUCH HAVE A GREAT DAY.
EMILY HURD RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BYE GUYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
