[4. Authorization for City Manager to engage DCMC Partners and finalize a scope of services, including the development of an initial task order and timeline for execution using Contingency funds. Roll Call]

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE LAST THING IS THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON THE FAMOUS FUNDING CONSULTANT OR PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHICH I KNOW IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM, BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY IF YOU HAVE OTHER NO OTHER QUESTIONS THAT'S.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT'S A BAD THING, I ACTUALLY WANT ONE LAST SIDE POINT IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO ADVANCE OR RYAN HAS BEEN CONTINUING TO ADVANCE THE WORK ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD STORM WATER PROJECTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: HE AND I MET WITH 16 RESIDENTS YESTERDAY MORNING AND HICKS PARK TO REVIEW, WHERE WE ARE WITH SPARK WHICH IS, WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL PROJECTS JUST IN TERMS OF THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT IMPACTS, WE ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF WORK.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE THE THE LESS EXPENSIVE MATTERS, MEANING THE CATCH BASINS AND CLEARING LINES AND THE LIGHT IS ONGOING AND IS GOING TO BE DONE BY THE PW ON A SCHEDULE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THIS YEAR INTO THE FALL AND THEN THE LARGER PROJECTS ARE BEING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: HAD HAVING SOME ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK DONE AND THAT WILL BE PART OF A MORE FULSOME DISCUSSION IN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AS WE, AS WE ENTER BUDGET SEASON AND REVIEW OF ALL OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO THAT'S THE UPDATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU ANY QUESTIONS FOR GREG BEFORE WE GO ON TO DISCUSSING THE FUNDING CONSULTANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY LET'S TALK FUNDING CONSULTANT, THANK YOU.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ABSOLUTELY NOW I'LL CERTAINLY INVITE BRIAN TO TO JUMP IN OR INTERRUPT IF I IF I MISSED SOMETHING HERE.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: STARTING REALLY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOT THAT LONG AFTER IDA IN THE LATTER PART OF THE FALL INTO DECEMBER STAFF AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BEGAN REACHING OUT TALKING TO INTERVIEWING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TASKING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: CONSULTANTS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ASSISTING COMMUNITIES IN BOTH PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IN FINDING FUNDING THROUGH FEMA AND OTHER FEDERAL AND STATE SOURCES FOR MITIGATION PROJECTS OR I SHOULD SAY MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY PROJECTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS WE HAVE MET WITH INTERVIEWED.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: PICK THE BRAINS OF DISCUSS WITH SEVEN DIFFERENT FIRMS AND FOR THE MOST PART, THESE ARE ALL FIRMS THAT ARE FORMED BY OR THE PARTNERS ARE FORMER FEMA OFFICIALS, SO A LOT OF THEM, YOU KNOW WILL LEAVE GOVERNMENT AND THEY FORM THESE CONSULTING BUSINESSES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, FEW MONTHS AGO WE ISSUED A FORMAL REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO NOT JUST THIS GROUP, BUT WE ALSO USE SEVERAL DIFFERENT LISTING SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR FEDERAL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FEDERAL ENTITIES ARE FEDERAL CONSULTANTS AND WE RECEIVE THREE OUR CUES OR RESPONSES TO THE RFU FROM THREE QUALIFIED FIRMS. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OVER THE LAST MONTH STAFF REVIEW THOSE QUALIFICATIONS, WE ALSO SHARE THOSE WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO TO GET THEIR EYES TO GET YOUR OPINION OR GET YOUR EYES ON THOSE AS WELL AND TONIGHT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY ENGAGE A FIRM CALLED THE CMC.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR THIS PURPOSE, FIRMS BEEN AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AGAIN, THE SENIOR THE SENIOR PARTNERS OF THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP WE'RE ALL VERY SENIOR FEMALE OFFICIALS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO SO, THERE ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS REALLY COME FROM SUDDENLY SITUATED AND MUNICIPALITIES BOTH LOCAL CITIES VILLAGES AND TOWNS COUNTIES AND STATES AND REGIONS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE IN RESILIENCY PROJECT FUNDING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: MITIGATION PROJECT FUNDING PROJECT MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF BUILDING CODES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: RESILIENCY PLANNING, SO THAT IS THAT'S ALL PART OF WHAT THE CMC HAS DONE FROM COMMUNITIES OF THE SIZE OF GALVESTON TEXAS TO MIAMI FLORIDA TO PUERTO RICO TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, HIGHLY EXPERIENCED BOTH IT DURING DURING THE LOCAL SCENE SINGLE JURISDICTION WORK BUT ALSO LOOK AT OUR REGIONAL REGIONAL IMPACTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, BRIAN AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL CONFERENCE CALLS WITH THEM TO DISCUSS SCOPE AND APPROACH.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND WHAT THEY ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDING IS THAT THE INITIAL ENGAGEMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I WILL SAY IS LIMITED, BUT THE INITIAL ENGAGEMENT IS TO TAKE ALL THE WORK THAT THE CITY HAS DONE BOTH OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE OUTCOME OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH RAMBLE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO TAKE THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE COUNTIES HAS A HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND TO BE IN A POSITION TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO TO MANAGE A PROCESS OR MANAGE A PROJECT THAT WILL, IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, RESULT IN A SUB METAL IN THE FALL FEMA FUNDING GRANT PROCESS WHICH OCCURS ANNUALLY, BUT THEN ALSO WILL PUT US IN A POSITION TO BE SEEKING OTHER FEMA MONEY AND OTHER FEDERAL MONIES BEYOND THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE SCOPE WILL TAKE US CERTAINLY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR, IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THROUGH EITHER LATE FALL OR IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU OR WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SCOPE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT THEIR POSITION THIS OR THEIR ROLE IN THIS REALLY IS TO ACT AS A PROJECT MANAGER.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO WORK WITH US TO WORK WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM TO HELP US COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO TALK TO THE STATE TO TALK TO DC THAT THAT THAT IS THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER IS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM TO DO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE AUTHORIZATION TONIGHT IS REQUESTING THAT YOU AUTHORIZE ME TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THEM, WHICH FRANKLY IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH OF THE NEGOTIATION IT'S A IT'S FINALIZING THE SCOPE OF SERVICES.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEIR CHART THEIR THEIR THEIR COST IS BASED ON AN HOURLY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHICH IN THE AGENDA PACKAGE YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE A FEW RESPONSE ALSO NOTES THEIR KEY PERSONNEL, AS WELL AS THEIR THEIR FEE FOR SERVICE WHICH FRANKLY AMONG ALL THE RESPONDENTS WAS VERY SIMILAR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BECAUSE ALL OF THIS FRANKLY HAS TO BE COMPLIANT WITH FEMA GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT SO THEY'RE YOU KNOW THEY'RE VERY ATTENTIVE TO WHAT AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE MATTER ON HIS FAME A.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: REIMBURSEMENT QUALIFIED, SO THE THE THE MATTER IS TO AUTHORIZE US TO FINALIZE THE SCOPE AND EXECUTE THAT AGREEMENT WITH THEM.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS WOULD TAKE US THROUGH THIS FALL AND INTO THE FIRST QUARTER APPROXIMATELY DOLLARS SO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHAT I'VE WHAT I'VE SUGGESTED OR REQUESTED IS A NOT TO EXCEED $100,000.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE PENNY SHORT, YOU KNOW PENNY FOOLISH HERE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO PUT SOME GOVERNANCE AROUND WHAT IT IS WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING THEM TO DO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THEN, AS I SAID, AS THAT ASSIGNMENT EXPANDS I WOULD EXPECT THAT WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL SCOPES OR MODULES THAT WILL BE ADDED ON TO THIS AS TIME GOES ON, THAT I'D BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE'VE ALSO ASKED THAT THEY BE PREPARED AS EARLY AS THE SEP TEMBER COUNCIL MEETING, IF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IF TIME PERMITS AND THE MAYOR AGENDAS, THE ITEM TO HAVE THEM COME AND DO AN INITIAL PRESENTATION, BASED ON THEIR REVIEW OF THE RAMBO WORK THE HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN AND WHAT THEIR GAME PLAN IS FOR THE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS IS A CRUCIAL PIECE OF THE PUZZLE IS WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN TERMS OF FLOOD MITIGATION SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ALLOW YOU TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CMC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BEFORE BEFORE WE WE DO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YOU DON'T MIND CAROLINE LET'S LET.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL LAST QUESTIONS I ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE AND AND I, AND I START CAROLINA SHARING KEY YOUR YOUR VIEW AND I THINK THE CMC IS IS THE RIGHT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GROUP, I JUST WANT TO ASK GREG IF HE CAN SHARE MY PRECONCEPTION I THIS IS QUESTION ONE I HAVE TO SHARE MY PRECONCEPTION THAT THE THESE PEOPLE ARE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FEMALE EXPERIENCED IN THEIR PAST WORKING LIVES THEY CAN EXTEND TO THEMSELVES TO ANY OF THE TYPICAL SORTS OF FEDERAL FUNDING IN MITIGATION AND IN THE MITIGATION AND RESILIENCY AREA.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOW, AND IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND THE SHORT ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY ARE RECOMMENDING RESTRUCTURE THE SCOPE, THE WAY THEY THEY DO IS THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEY DON'T KNOW AS THEY ARE, THEY ARE NOW LEARNING, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW AS THEY'RE SITTING HERE TODAY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE FULL EXTENT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OR THE POSSIBILITIES AND THEREFORE THEY DON'T KNOW UNTIL THEY BEGIN MOVING DOWN THAT ROAD.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHAT OTHER TRADITIONAL WHAT OTHER NON TRADITIONAL WHAT OTHER NON FEMA GRANT SOURCES ARE ARE GOING TO BE APPLICABLE AND BECAUSE ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE SO FOCUSED ON.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: EITHER GRANT FUNDING OR REAR REIMBURSEMENT FUNDING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BASED ON A PARTICULAR PROJECT THEY MUCH PREFER TO DO, SCOPE AND MODULE TYPE ASSIGNMENTS, BECAUSE IT GIVES THEM FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THOSE FEDERAL AGENCIES OR THAT PART YOU KNOW THE, WHETHER IT BE IN THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS OR NOT, THE ABILITY, THEN TO TO ISOLATE THOSE PROJECTS SO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOSH THE SORT OF THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, IS THAT THEY THEY WANT TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF IT, THEY KNOW AS A STARTING POINT THE FALL GRANT PROGRAM IS IT IS, IT IS REAL TIPPING POINT FOR US AND WE WANT TO BE READY FOR THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT THEY ARE ALSO THE FIRST TO SAY THAT ONCE OR AS THEY DIG INTO WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND ONCE THEY ARE MORE YOU KNOW FACILE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE OF OUR PROGRAM THERE'LL BE ABLE TO DIRECT US IN OTHER PLACES AS WELL, WHETHER THAT BE FEDERAL OR ALSO WHETHER POTENTIAL IN THE STATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND GO QUICK QUESTION, TO THANK YOU, IS, ARE WE WITH THIS WITH THE THE ENGAGEMENT AS SCOPED SO FAR ARE WE GIVING THEM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ARE WE GIVING THEM ENOUGH TO MAKE IT INTERESTING FOR THEM AND TO KEEP THEM WITH US IN A PROCESS THAT I EXPECT MAY BE LONGER THAN WE'RE WE'RE PRESENTLY ABLE TO ANTICIPATE.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, I THINK THE BEST WAY OF ANSWERING THAT IS IS THAT, FOLLOWING OUR FIRST CALL THEY CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, WE THINK THAT YOU NEED TO ADD.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUILDING CODE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION TO YOUR SCOPE AND MY FIRST MY INITIAL RESPONSE TO THEM IS WE DON'T WANT TO, WE WANT TO KEEP YOU FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND AND IN SOMEWHAT KIND WORDS THEY TOLD ME THAT HAVING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: HAVING THE INITIATIVE AS IT RELATES TO CO COMPLIANCE WILL GIVE US ACCESS TO FUNDING FOR STUDIES IMPROVEMENTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO THE CITY THAT THAT WE WOULD NOT OTHERWISE HAVE SO I'M I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THEM BUSY, NOT JUST IN THE NEAR TERM, BUT I THINK THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE CERTAINLY THEIR EXPERIENCE AND THEY USE GALVESTON AS A GOOD EXAMPLE, IS IT BECOMES THIS MULTI YEAR ASSIGNMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOT NECESSARILY THEY'RE WORKING 12 MONTHS OF THE YEAR, BUT RATHER THEY ARE YOU KNOW WORKING IN THESE MODULES AS THINGS EVOLVE AND, AS THINGS DEVELOP, THAT THEY WILL THEY YOU KNOW THEY THEY FULLY INTEND, ON BEING A LONGER TERM PARTNER IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO CONTINUE WITH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: JOSH NATHAN, I THINK YOU HAD A QUESTION.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH I, I SHARE THE THE VIEWS THAT YOU AND CAROLYN HAVE EXPRESSED, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, AND I WAS IMPRESSED WITH WHAT I READ AND WHAT I'M HEARING.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO MY QUESTION REALLY WAS WHETHER THEY.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLORE STATE GRANTS AS WELL OR AND THAT DOESN'T TO ME WHETHER IT'S YES OR NO, IT DOESN'T CHANGE MY VIEW THAT THIS IS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE RIGHT THING TO BE DOING, BUT IF NOT, OR IF WE FIND THAT THEY'RE LESS TUNED IN THERE, BECAUSE THEY JUST AREN'T LOCAL YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT AND CONSIDER WHETHER WE NEED.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TO AUGMENT THIS WITH STATE CONSULTING OR WHATEVER AS AS THINGS DEVELOP SURE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, I THINK JOSH IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A GOOD POINT BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO TURN EVERY STONE OVER WE POSSIBLY CAN, I GUESS THE WAY I WOULD ANSWER IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DIFFERENT WAYS IS THAT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: CERTAINLY, AS WE KNOW FROM SOME OF THE ARMY FOR CONVERSATIONS WE KNOW THAT THE LOCAL MATCH, WHETHER THAT BE AT THE STATE OR THE LOCAL TO LOCAL LEVEL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BECOMES IMPORTANT IN SOME OF THE FEDERAL GRANT PROCESSES, BUT I THINK MORE MORE IMPORTANTLY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE DID IN DECEMBER ENGAGE A STATE FIRM TO DO NOT JUST FLOOD WORK FOR US, BUT TO ASSIST US IN OUR FUNDING REQUEST FOR STATE, YOU KNOW FOR STATE MONIES THAT IS A VERY STATE CENTRIC OR NEW YORK STATE CENTRIC FOCUS FIRM.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO YOU KNOW LOOK, I THINK THAT WE WANT TO HAVE THE DEXTERITY OF USING ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW WE POSSIBLY CAN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I DON'T WANT TO MISLEAD YOU AND SAY DC MC IS THE BE ALL END ALL AND ALBANY BUT, FRANKLY, GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF MONEY WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND THE FUNDING SOURCES IS UNLIKELY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR A LOT OF THIS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE STATE MONEY, IT MAY BE STATE MATCHING MONEY OR ASSISTANCE AT SOME YOU KNOW AT SOME LEVEL BUT, BUT WE ALSO ARE FULLY INTENDED ON CONTINUING TO USE CD CD CD STRATEGIES OR SOMEBODY LIKE THAT, IF NEED BE.

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

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IF IF, IF I MAY ADD TO IT, I THINK WE, WE MAY BE LOOKING AT FEDERAL MONEY FUNNELED THROUGH STATE AGENCIES AND IN THOSE CASES, I SUSPECT, WILL BE USING BOTH RESOURCES DCM SAY AND AND AND OUR STATE FRIENDS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GREAT.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP CBD STRATEGIES AND I'M GLAD WE HAVE THAT COMPONENT AS WELL, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S TERRIFIC.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GREG BEFORE WE GIVE CAROLINA THE FLOOR AGAIN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: BILL YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU, MY DOG WAS BARKING SO I'M JUST A COMMENT, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF HOW WE SUSTAINABLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WE'VE WE'VE HIRED ENGINEERS WE'VE GOT THE DC STUDY.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAVING THIS GRANT CONSULTANT, WHO CAN ACT AS OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND QUARTERBACK WILL MEAN THAT.

[5. Presentation of the 2021 City Financial results by Brendan K. Kennedy of the auditing firm of BST & Co, LLP.]

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT THIS WILL GET.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ATTENTION AND THEN THE INTENTION WILL STAY WITH IT AND WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE THE RESOURCES TO STAY FOCUSED ON THIS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT THAT WE, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THIS A LOBBYING PIECE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND, AND SO THERE'LL BE MORE TO COME ON THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY DISCUSSING ON THE COUNCIL AND AND SO I'M VERY PLEASED THAT WE'RE DOING THIS AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE IDEA IS THAT WE'RE ON THIS AND WE'RE GONNA STAY ON THIS FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CAROLYN IF IF, IF I CAN ASK YOU TO REPEAT YOURSELF.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO ALLOW GREG TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CMC PARTNERS.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YOU CAN SEE MULTIPLE SECONDS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YES, COUNCILWOMAN SOUZA IS ABSENT COUNTY COUNCILMAN STATS.

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

YES.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANKS, VERY MUCH GREG AND BRIAN AS WELL, FOR YOUR WORK ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: CITY FINANCIAL RESULTS BRENDAN KENNEDY AND JOSIE KNOW.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: HI MR MAYOR, THANK YOU, I THINK I'LL KICK IT OFF, I GUESS, THIS IS OUR EIGHTH AUDIT WITH DST RUNNING KENNEDY HAS BEEN OUR PARTNER ALL ALONG, SINCE 2014.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: THINK BRIAN IT'LL TELL YOU IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD YEAR FOR US GOOD AUDIT WE STARTED AT THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF APRIL.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: DID SOME VIRTUAL THINGS WE DID SOME THINGS IN PERSON BST ALSO VISITED THE GOLF CLUB AND THE BOAT BASIN, AS THEY TYPICALLY DO.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: AND WE ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME, SET UP OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE, FOR WHEN A FRIEND IS ACCOUNTANTS, WHERE THEY WERE ABLE TO LOG ON TO OUR FINANCIAL SOFTWARE AND PULL RECORDS.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: AFTER WE TRAIN THEM A LITTLE BIT SO THEY WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DRILL INTO SPECIFIC EXPENSE LINES AND REVENUE LINES AND GET THE DETAIL AS NEEDED SO IS VERY EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF THAT NOT HAVING TO COME.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: TO CITY STAFF WITH YOU KNOW 50 OR 60 DIFFERENT ACCOUNTS PAYABLE QUESTIONS OR YOU KNOW, ASKING FOR BACKUP OR.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: QUOTES AND INVOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, SO A THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY EFFICIENT WE KEEP GETTING TO THAT POINT WE'RE TRYING TO NOT GET THEM OUT OF THE OFFICE BUT, AGAIN, A LOT OF THIS WORK CAN BE DONE REMOTELY AND CODE PUSHED US TOWARD THAT AND CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THAT.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: AND WITH THAT NOT MY FAMILY'S WATCHING THE STRANGER THINGS FINALE SO I'M GOING TO KICK IT OVER TO BRENDAN THEM MYSELF ON MUTE RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU BRENDAN.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: EVERYONE KNOW WHERE YOU ALL THAT TALK ABOUT HURRICANE IT MADE ME THINK ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE WHEN I WAS A IN THE VILLAGE OF DOBBS FERRY AND MY STORY IS PROBABLY BETTER TOLD ON A PUB STOOL THAN A THAN A BOARD MEETING, BUT WE MADE IT OUT ALIVE AND.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: HAPPY TO BE HERE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: SO WE MET WITH THE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE EARLIER ON MONDAY, SO MY PLAN HERE IS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU THIS, THE SHOOT SUPER SHORT AND SWEET.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: PRESENTATION HERE ON THE AUDIT RESULTS, AND I CAN ASSURE YOU, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING BAD.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD ABOUT IT, WELL BEFORE TONIGHT, SO A FEW QUICK POINTS I'M GOING TO HIT AND THEN I'LL LEAVE IT OPEN FOR YOU FOLKS FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR ME.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: JOE MENTIONED, WE WE WE DID OUR FIELD WORK, PRIMARILY IN APRIL AND THAT SPILLS INTO MAY AND JUNE GOING FORWARD I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY COME DOWN IN DECEMBER OR JANUARY.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: TO FRONT LOAD SOME OF OUR AUDIT WORK, WE WERE IN THE HABIT OF DOING THAT, PRIOR TO COVEN AND THEN WITH COVEN LIKE MANY PEOPLE, WE GOT BACKLOGGED AND HAD TO PUSH WORK DOWN BLIND BUT.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: EVERYTHING WAS WRAPPED UP IN JUNE, AND THE REASON IT'S WRAPPED UP IN JUNE IS BECAUSE WE FILE A.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WITH JEFF AWAY, WHO IS A OVERSIGHT AGENCY AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW NEW YORK STATE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE ACTUALLY AWARDED A CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PREPARATION OF OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SO.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: IN ADDITION TO BST EXECUTING ALL OF OUR UH OUR WHAT PROCEDURES AND TESTS AND THINGS OVER YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

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BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: WE HAVE ACTUALLY OPT IN THE CITY'S OPTED TO HAVE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: BY OTHER CPA IS OTHER FIRMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND THEN THEY DETERMINE IF WE WE DID EVERYTHING CORRECTLY AND EVERYTHING LOOKS PRESENTED CORRECTLY, AND SO THEY EVALUATED THE 2020 IT'S ALWAYS ON A ONE YEAR LAG AND WE WERE AGAIN WHERE DID THAT CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE SO JOB WELL DONE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: OUR DELIVERABLES INCLUDED THE AUDITOR'S REPORT WHICH WE EXPRESSED IN UNMODIFIED OPINION THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE BOARD.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL ERROR, WE ALSO ISSUE A YELLOW BOOK REPORT OR A GAS REPORT IT'S A IT'S A REPORT UNDER GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AND IT'S THE VEHICLE IN WHICH WE REPORT ANY MATERIAL NON COMPLIANCE OR INTERNAL CONTROLS DEFICIENCIES AND THAT REPORT AS CLEAN AS WELL.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AND FINALLY, THE LAST DELIVERABLE THAT WE PROVIDED TO YOU FOLKS IS OUR REQUIRE COMMUNICATIONS, MANY OF THOSE COMMUNICATION FOR MADE ON THE JULY.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: 11 MEETING ON MONDAY AND I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME OF THOSE TODAY AS WELL AND THERE'S A FORMAL LETTER THAT ALSO CONTAINS ALL THESE SO AS MENTIONED NO INTERNAL CONTROLS DEFICIENCIES AND MATERIAL WEAKNESS, NO NON COMPLIANCE AND AND UNMODIFIED OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: SO OVERALL JOE MENTIONED THE CITY IS ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD FINANCIAL SHAPE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GENERAL FUND.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AND OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE OTHER FUNDS ARE DOING PRETTY WELL THE GOLF COURSE HAS BENEFITED FROM INCREASE MEMBERSHIP.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: WITH COVEN AND THE FUNDS APPEAR TO BE STRONG, OBVIOUSLY WE GOT SOME PROJECTS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HERE SOME SOME BIG THINGS GOING ON, BUT A FEW OBSERVATIONS COMMUNICATIONS, THE PERSONNEL WERE FRIENDLY WELL ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGEABLE WE THINK THE FINANCIAL RECORDS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AS JOE MENTIONED, THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME EFFICIENCIES GAINED THIS YEAR AND I THINK AGAIN THIS YEAR WILL PROBABLY COME IN UNDER ARE NOT TO EXCEED AUDIT FEE WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AND SO OBVIOUSLY I ONLY CHARGE YOU FOLKS FOR THE TIME INCURRED AND ANY EXCESS SAVINGS GOES BACK TO YOU FOLKS IN YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO AGAIN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY IS REALLY GOOD WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO OUR WORK GET IN ASK ALL THE QUESTIONS WE NEED TO GET OUT.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: THE OVERALL FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY APPEARS STRONG ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND PRACTICES WERE APPROPRIATE THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES SO THEREFORE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ON A COMPATIBILITY BASIS.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: SHOULD BE FAVORABLE THERE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT LAST YEAR'S REPORT THIS YEAR'S REPORT AND THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: NO UNUSUAL TRANSACTIONS WERE NOTED WE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES, INCLUDING THOSE THAT MIGHT INCLUDE MANAGEMENT BIAS, WE EVALUATE INPUTS ASSUMPTIONS AND REASONABLE POINT AND RANGES AND WE CONCLUDED THAT YOUR ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES WERE REASONABLE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED AND, AS ALWAYS, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WAS VERY COOPERATIVE WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN THIS THIS ALLOWS US TO DO OUR JOB EFFICIENTLY.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: GET ALL THE REPORTS FILED ON TIME AND HAVE THESE MEETINGS IN A NON STRESSFUL MANNER, WHERE WE CAN JUST REPORT HOW WELL THINGS WENT.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: ON THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD REMIND THE THE THE COMMITTEE HERE IS THAT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT TO THIS ANNUAL MEETING I'M AVAILABLE ALL YEAR ROUND.

[6. NY State Consolidated Funding Application update.]

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH ME I'M ALWAYS HAPPY TO AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT JOE HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION IT'S ALSO IN PSTN WEBSITE AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU FOLKS YOU JUST HAVE TO LET ME KNOW.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: WITH THAT THOSE ARE MY PREPARED REMARKS I'LL LET YOU GET BACK TO BUSINESS, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST LIKE TO COMMEND JOE AND HIS TEAM FOR ANOTHER GREAT EFFORT HERE REALLY APPRECIATE HOW EASY YOU MAKE IT ON US TO TO YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THE FINANCIALS AND ANALYZE THEM, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOE.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: APPRECIATE THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH SURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YEAH I THINK WE CAN ALL SECOND.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: THANK YOU ALL.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: AND THE CITY.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: THE CITY IS DONE A NICE JOB INVESTING IN THEIR FINANCE DEPARTMENT IT'S.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: IT'S NOT YOU KNOW ALWAYS WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO PUT THEIR MONEY, BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD GROUP THERE AND GOOD RESOURCES AND, IN TURN, THAT JUST HELPS YOU GUYS MAKE GOOD DECISIONS, BECAUSE THE DATA THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING YOU SHOULD BE ACCURATE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR AND BRANDON THANK YOU AND YOUR FIRM FOR YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: OF COURSE.

JOSEPH FAZZINO COMPTROLLER: THANKS ALL.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU, THANKS BRENDAN THANKS JOE.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: I'M GOING TO SIGN OFF AND AGAIN IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOU FOLKS YOU JUST GOTTA GIVE ME A CALL OR AN EMAIL AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BRENDAN KENNEDY PARTNER BST & CO. CPAS, LLP: OKAY, HAVE A GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

INTO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE GO TO THE NEW YORK STATE CONSOLIDATED FUNDING APPLICATION UPDATE.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND I'LL ALSO ASK BRIAN TO JOIN FOR THIS AS WELL I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON ASK BRIAN TO GO INTO MORE MORE DETAIL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW NUMBER OF YEARS, THE STATE HAS CREATED THIS MECHANISM FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCALITIES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AT THE STATE LEVEL ON, AS THE TITLE SAYS ON A CONSOLIDATED BASIS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE A MULTITUDE OF DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE STATE ISSUING SEPARATE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE CONDUCTED THEIR OWN PROCESS, THERE IS ONE ANNUAL PROCESS IT CULMINATES THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH A SUB MIDDLE ON ON BY JULY BY THE END OF JULY JULY 29, TO BE EXACT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: CERTAINLY, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, OUR APPROACH TO THIS HAS REALLY BEEN TO LOOK AT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN A VERY PRAGMATIC WAY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BECAUSE THERE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS, BUT FOR EVERY GRANT FOR EVERY STATE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THOSE COME WITH.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: MATCHING OBLIGATIONS IN TERMS OF LOCAL BALLERS IT COMES WITH IN MANY CASES PLANS THAT ARE RELATIVELY FAR ALONG, SO YOU KNOW YOUR SCORED HIGHER BY HAVING SOMETHING THAT'S SHOVEL READY FOR EXAMPLE VS HEY I HAVE THIS GREAT IDEA IF WE HAVE SOME MONEY MIGHT WE MIGHT DO THIS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BECAUSE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND YOU'RE ALL EXTREMELY AWARE OF THIS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE REALLY ARE FOCUSED ON SPECIFIC NEEDS THE CITY HAS FOR SPECIFIC IDENTIFIED COUNCIL PROJECTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE NOT JUST THE NEED, BUT WE ALSO YOU KNOW, HAVE THE THE WHETHER THE INTENTION, OR THE ABSOLUTE OBLIGATION AS IT RELATES TO, FOR EXAMPLE, TO SAVE THE SOUND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SETTLEMENT TO ACTUALLY DO THESE PROJECTS, I KNOW THAT AT TIMES WE ALL, YOU KNOW SEE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE, AND YOU KNOW IT WOULD BE NICE TO APPLY FOR EVERYTHING IT'D BE NICE TO DO A VARIETY OF THINGS, BUT WE, THE STAFF IS HYPER FOCUSED ON THE COUNCIL'S IDENTIFIED PRIORITY PROJECTS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NEXT MONTH PER THE CHARTER, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO YOU ON THE STATUS OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, NOT JUST IN TERMS OF WHERE WE ARE WITH DESIGN, BUT ALSO WHERE WE ARE, FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS CFA APPLICATION IS CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THAT AS AS BRIAN IS GOING TO IS GOING TO DESCRIBE.

BRIAN SHEA: OKAY, THANK YOU GREG I'M JUST GOING TO DO A SCREEN SHARE SEE.

BRIAN SHEA: CAN EVERYONE SEE THIS.

YES.

BRIAN SHEA: OKAY, SO THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR W Q IP APPLICATION, WHICH IS THE APPLICATION WE'RE ADVANCING THE CYCLE.

BRIAN SHEA: W Q IP WHAT IS IT IT'S THE WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND ITS COMPETITIVE REIMBURSEMENT GRANT PROGRAM THAT FUNDS PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY IMPROVED WATER QUALITY.

BRIAN SHEA: HABITAT AND PROTECT DRINKING WATER SOURCE FROM THE CITY HAS A POSITIVE HISTORY WITH THIS WITH WI FI WAS AWARDED 3.9 MILLION AND TO 2018 AT THAT TIME, THE MAXIMUM AWARD WAS $5 MILLION THIS YEAR THEY DOUBLED IT TO 10 MILLION.

BRIAN SHEA: THOSE FUNDS ONCE REPLACING 500 LINEAR FEET OF SEWER LONG ISLAND AVENUE REPLACING A SEWER MAIN AND FORCE MAIN FROM THE BREADBOARD LANE PUMP STATION.

BRIAN SHEA: CONSTRUCTING A NEW PUMP STATION REPLACING A SEWER LINE AND LUCAS TO HAVE AND REPAIRING OTHER SEWER LINE AND MANHOLES AND IDENTIFIED AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

BRIAN SHEA: FOR 2022 THE CITY WILL BE SEEKING THE MAXIMUM AWARD OF $10 MILLION TO FUND APPROXIMATELY 13.3 MILLION OF MANHOLE AND SEWER REPAIR PROJECTS.

BRIAN SHEA: THESE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS WILL SATISFY ALL REMAINING ITEMS WITHIN THE DEC CONSENT ORDER AND CONTINUED PROGRESS TOWARDS SATISFYING THE CONDITIONS OF THE SAVE THE SUN STIPULATED SUMMIT.

BRIAN SHEA: THIS CHART HERE JUST DELINEATES THE BUCKETS THAT THAT ARE GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR APPLICATION IT'S.

BRIAN SHEA: A LITTLE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS OF MANHOLE REPAIRS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SEWER SYSTEM EVALUATION SURVEY AND THEN ABOUT $12.26 MILLION WORTH OF SEWER LINE REPAIRS AND AGAIN, THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SS E S AS WELL.

BRIAN SHEA: TOTAL PROJECT COST WOULD BE 13.3 AND, OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE FUNDED, WE HAVE A 25% MATCH OBLIGATION UNDER THIS GRANT PROGRAM SO I'LL STOP MY SHARE DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

BRIAN SHEA: OKAY.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AGAIN, THE THE APPLICATION WILL BE GOING OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH WE WILL HEAR OF AN AWARD OR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: EITHER I GUESS BRIAN IS GOING TO BE 100% SUCCESSFUL OR SOME PERCENTAGE SUCCESSFUL OR NOT SUCCESSFUL, WHICH WE WILL KNOW, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS IS AN EFFECT THE PHASE TWO AND BEGINNING OF PHASE THREE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE DC CONSENT OR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO AGAIN, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO DO WE HAVE TO FUND, WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO CARRY FORWARD, AND SO, THEREFORE, WE THINK IT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE OF WHERE TO PUT YOU KNOW OUR RESOURCES IN TIME WE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: ACTUALLY, SUCCESSFUL AND GETTING THIS.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THIS MONEY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW IT'S, IT IS A COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVE GRANT APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT HERE'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US IS THAT NUMBER ONE IS WE WERE 100% SUCCESSFUL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOT JUST IN RECEIVING THE LAST ROUND OF THIS, BUT IN COMPLETING ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE APPLIED FOR UNDER THAT UNDER THAT GRANT SO WE WERE 100% COMPLIANT WITH THAT WE HAVE ALSO HAD MARTIN JUDAS, WHO IS THE ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM THAT'S ASSISTING US IN THIS IN THIS PROCESS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: DO SOME I WOULD SAY RELATIVELY ADVANCED FOR GRANT APPLICATION WORK TO DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE ARE FULLY PREPARED TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: DO THESE PROJECTS AND TO COMPLETE THEM IN THE TIME SPECIFIED AND THAT THE CITY IS FULLY COMMITTED, YOU KNOW FROM A FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND A LEGAL OBLIGATION STANDPOINT OF DOING THIS, SO THIS IS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT ONE OF THOSE NICE TO HAVE PROJECTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO PER THE DC HER THE COURTS, AND YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE WE'RE BEING 100% COMPLIANT AND SUCCESSFUL WITH WITH IN THE SAME PROGRAM.

KRISTEN WILSON: SO JUST JUST TO BE CLEAR GREG MENTIONED IT WAS UNDER A DC CONSENT ORDER BEFORE WHICH IS TRUE ELSE UNDER A FEDERAL COURT STIPULATED ORDER SO.

KRISTEN WILSON: FOR BETTER FOR WORSE, THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOOD FOR US AND THE GRATIFICATION PROCESS, BUT WE ARE UNDER BOTH THE FEDERAL COURTS, I AND THE STATE, IT SEEMS I TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GREG CAN YOU CLARIFY WHERE THESE PROJECTS STANDING RELATIONSHIPS RELATION TO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT UNDER OUR CAP X PLAN, AND THAT HAS IS IS FUNDED, AT LEAST IN PART BY THE BOND PROCEEDS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FOR SURE WITHIN BOND ISSUANCE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YEAH AND IT'S YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S IT'S A RELATIVELY LENGTHY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: CONVERSATION, WHICH IS REALLY WHY A LOT OF THIS WILL HAPPEN WILL HAPPEN IN AUGUST, WHAT WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING TO DATE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: REALLY HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE FOR LARGE SEWER PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE CITY'S BEEN SO TORN UP OVER THE LAST FOUR TO SIX MONTHS LUCAS AVENUE MEDDLING CENTRAL IS ACTUALLY NOW UNDERWAY AS WELL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO THAT THAT REALLY WAS WAS PHASE ONE THE THE WHERE WE ARE WITH THESE PROJECTS REALLY TAKES THIS TO THE NEXT STAGE, AND THAT IS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: MANHOLE REPAIR SEWER LINING AND THE END THE LIKE WE ARE REDOING THE FINANCIAL MODELS NOW BECAUSE FRANKLY WE CLOSED OUT THESE OLD PROJECTS AND WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THESE NEW.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO YOU KNOW I'M NOT NOT NOT IN THAT TRYING TO BE EVASIVE BATTLE THAT THE QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING REALLY IS GOING TO BE BORN OUT MUCH MORE IN THE AUGUST CAMP X PRESENTATION, BUT JUST TO YOUR POINT WE ISSUED $13.5 MILLION DOLLARS $13.55 MILLION OF BONDS IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: A PART PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THOSE BONDS IN THE IN THE PROCEEDS THERE OF WAS TO PAY FOR OUR PORTION OF THE OF THIS PROJECT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SIX AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS OF CAP X RESERVES THAT THE CITY HAS ACCUMULATED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AS WELL AS OTHER MONIES THAT WE ARE IN THE IN THE PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING BOTH STATE, AS WELL AS SOME LOCAL MONIES WILL BE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: OR THE PLAN IS TO BE WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO FIND ALL OF OUR CAP X PROGRAM BUT AGAIN THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY THE YOU KNOW THE JUST A LARGE PART OF THE DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: WHEN WILL WE KNOW IF THIS IS APPROVED.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IT'S BRIAN THAT IS NOVEMBER, DECEMBER NOVEMBER.

BRIAN SHEA: YEAH SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER JUST KIND OF DEPENDS ON HOW QUICKLY YOU GOES BUT AROUND THAT TIME.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THE WORK DOESN'T START UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE APPROVED THAT RIGHT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THESE ARE, THESE ARE REIMBURSEMENT PROCEEDS SO.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW IT'S IT ALL KIND OF FRANKLY BILL AT ALL KIND OF UNFORTUNATELY BLEND THEM TOGETHER WE DO THIS IS SUCH A LARGE UNDERTAKING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT YOU KNOW WE ARE ALREADY BEGINNING, YOU KNOW SOME OF THIS OTHER WORK IN ADVANCE OF THOSE FUNDS, BECAUSE AS KRISTEN HIGHLIGHTED, WE HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT WERE BEING HELD TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR THESE, YOU KNOW AT THE FEDERAL THE D C LEVEL, AS WELL AS WITH THE SAME SOUND, AND YOU KNOW THE PROJECTS ARE CONTINUING CONTINUING ON.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THERE OTHER QUESTIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THANK YOU GREG AND BRIAN.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE HAVE A.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AN UPDATE ON DREDGING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK WE'LL BE TALKING.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SEPARATELY, PERHAPS ABOUT PLAN BROADLY WITH RESPECT TO BASE IN N CHANNEL AND THEN A MORE PARTICULAR DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO CHANNEL.

RIGHT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: SO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THIS COUNCIL AND BY RESIDENTS AND SLIP HOLDERS FOR FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE ANY CUTE NEED THE CITY HAS AN ACUTE NEED TO DREDGE BOTH THE CHANNEL, AS WELL AS THE THE BOAT BASE IN THE MARINA FOOTPRINT ITSELF, IT IS LONG OVERDUE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE MOST RECENT DREADS THAT WAS UNDERTAKEN WAS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHICH WAS IN LARGE PART FEMA DISASTER FUNDED OR REIMBURSED.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THAT WAS AT THAT POINT TO REMOVE ABOUT 21,000 CUBIC YARDS FROM THE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF THE CHANNEL PRIOR TO THAT THERE WAS A DREDGE DONE IN 2008 AGAIN THE BASIN AND PORTIONS OF THE CHANNEL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE MAJORITY OF THAT CAME FROM BASE AND FUNDS A SMALLER PORTION ABOUT 25% CAME FROM FEMA FAMOUS FUNDING AGAIN REIMBURSE FROM SOME FROM PRIOR STORMS. GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THERE WAS ALSO A 20,000 CUBIC YARD DREDGE AT THE BASIN AND A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE CHANNEL THAT WAS A CITY BORN COSTS AND TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE IN A MINUTE WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT THE COST TODAY 20,000 CUBIC YARDS AND 2000 TO COST A GRAND TOTAL OF $230,000.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN GOING BACK IN 91 THERE WAS ALSO A BASE AND DREDGE OF 25,000 CUBIC YARDS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AGAIN, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN COST FOR THAT, SO IT HAS BEEN A ON THE ONE HAND AND ONGOING DREDGE, ON THE OTHER, ON THE OTHER HAND, IT HAS BEEN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN FREQUENT, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY BEEN A YOU KNOW VERY COORDINATED UNDERTAKING OR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: PLAN FOR, AND WE ARE NOW AT A VERY EXTREME PLACE BOTH IN THE CHANNEL, AS WELL AS IN THE IN THE MARINA ITSELF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AS OF JULY, ONE WE HAVE RECEIVED ALL OF THE REQUISITE PERMITS THAT THAT WE NEED TO DO THE DO THE DREDGE THAT'S BOTH OF THE ARMY CORPS THROUGH THE NEW YORK DC AND THE CONNECTICUT DP, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF THE DC FOR FOR CONNECTICUT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, IS A TO A CALL TO STAGE DREDGE OR TWO PIECE DREDGE ONE BEING A FULL DREDGE OF THE CHANNEL TO A WIDTH OF 75 FEET TO A DEPTH OF APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE ESTIMATED COST AND I'LL EMPHASIZE THE WORD ESTIMATED, BUT THE ESTIMATED COST OF THAT BECAUSE OF THE QUALITY OF THE SILT OR THE NON TOXICITY OF THE SELF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IS APPROXIMATELY $60 A CUBIC YARD, SO WE ARE, WE ARE ESTIMATING BEFORE WE RFP THE COST OF THAT TO BE APPROXIMATELY ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN PRIOR COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S NOT BEEN A FORMAL VOTE THE SENTIMENT WAS THAT THE CITY IS TAKING THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHANNEL DREDGE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE SECOND ASPECT OF THIS IS THE BOAT BASIN ITSELF THE MARINA.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN FOR REALLY CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY, I SAY WE CITY STAFF FINANCE CITY ENGINEER, HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH JOE PECORA THE BOAT BASIN COMMISSION AND RODRIGO POLINA THE BASEMENT SUPERVISOR ON A ON A DREDGE PLAN FOR THE BASIC.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE BASIC FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED THEY HAVE ACCUMULATED A TREMENDOUS RESERVE OF THE OF THEIR OWN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND LIKE I SAID A LOT OF THAT JUST COMES OUT IN THE LAST IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS WITH MUCH BETTER MANAGEMENT MUCH BETTER OVERSIGHT AND MUCH MORE OF A STRATEGIC.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: STRATEGIC PLAN WITH ALL THAT SAID, THE TOXICITY OF THE SILT IN THE BOAT BASIN IS CAUSES THE OPEN WATER DISPOSAL THE SILT TO NOT BE A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THROUGH EVERYTHING FROM LEAD TO PETROLEUM PRODUCTS TO OTHER TO OTHER POLLUTANTS, AS A RESULT, EVERYTHING IN THE BOAT BASE AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: EVERYTHING WE CURRENTLY HAVE PERMITTED IN THE BOW BASE AND HAS TO BE DISPOSED OF UP LAND MEANING THEY LEAVE TO GO TO A.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: LOCATION, I BELIEVE IT'S CONNECTICUT OR PENNSYLVANIA OR NEW JERSEY, THE COST AS A RESULT OF THAT IS TWO AND A HALF TIMES GREATER THAN WHAT IT IS TO DREDGE THE CHANNEL, SO INSTEAD OF THE $60 A CUBIC YARD IT'S APPROXIMATELY $160 A CUBIC YARD.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE HAVE SALT AND RECEIVED A PERMIT TO DREDGE IN EXCESS OF 40,000 CUBIC YARDS OUT OF THE BASEMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT IS THE BEST OF ALL WORLDS UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS FINANCIALLY POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVE BEEN AGAIN WORKING WITH JOB CORPS AND THE BASE OF THE NIGHT I DO SEE JOE IS HERE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IF YOU NICOLE, CAN YOU JUST ELEVATE JOE IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR IN CASE HE WANTS TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: CORRECT ME OR OR REFINE OR EDITORIALIZE WHAT I'M SAYING HERE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BUT THE THE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH JOE AND THE AND THE COMMISSION WILL BE TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO UNDERTAKE A DREDGE THIS YEAR WITH FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF THE BOAT BASIC COMMISSION.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WILL ALSO THEN LEAVE THEM IN A FINANCIALLY STRONG POSITION TO CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE MONIES TO DO SUCCESS OF DREDGES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE PERMIT THAT WE ARE RECEIVING IS GOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND, IF NEED BE, WE WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THAT SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE PLAN TO DO REGULAR TO DO REGULAR DREDGING YOU KNOW OF THE BASIN ITSELF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AS I SAID, WE RECEIVE THE PERMITS AT THE FIRST OF JULY, OR THE LAST OF THE THREE PERMITS SO WE'RE WE ARE, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, WE CAN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: COMMIT STRETCHING AS EARLY AS OCTOBER ONE WE ARE GRANTED PERMITS FOR A LIMITED PERIOD OF TIME, EACH SEASON FOR THIS SEASON IS OCTOBER ONE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: TO DECEMBER 31 SO WHATEVER DREDGING WE'RE GOING TO DO, HAS TO BE DONE IN THAT WINDOW, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S THE CHANNEL OR THE BASIS, THIS WOULD ALL BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME, WITH THE SAME DREDGE OPERATOR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE CITY ENGINEER AND COASTLINE CONSULTANT, WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT IS WORKING ON THE RFP RIGHT NOW I WOULD EXPECT THAT TO BE RELEASED IN THE NEXT I'LL SAY 30 DAYS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE WOULD EXPECT THOSE RESULTS TO BE BACK BY THE END OF AUGUST AND, THEREFORE, WHEN THE INFANT OF THE COUNCIL AS EARLY OR NEEDS TO BE REALLY BY THE SEPTEMBER 14 COUNCIL MEETING.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR IN THE ONE HAND, THE CITY'S FUNDING OF THE CHANNEL, BUT ALSO THE AUTHORIZATION TO APPROPRIATE THE BOAT BASIN.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: UNRESTRICTED MONIES FOR THEIR FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE DIRECT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: PART OF THE REASON THAT I WANTED TO, WE WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS TONIGHT IS THAT WE REALLY ARE NOW HAVING RECEIVED THE PERMITS WE'RE ON VERY MUCH ON THE FAST TRACK TO MOVE THIS PROCEDURALLY ALONG.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NEXT WEDNESDAY AT THE BASIC COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE DOING A MUCH MORE FULL SOME DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION TO THE BASIC COMMISSION THE SUPPORTERS AND AMY AND ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE CITY RESIDENT HE WANTS TO DO ATTEND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ON WHAT THE PLAN IS WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE WITH THE TIMELINE IS BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN WELL IMAGINE IF WE HAVE THIS WINDOW FROM OCTOBER ONE TO DECEMBER 31.

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GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THERE'S A LOT THAT HAS TO HAPPEN, BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND FINANCIALLY BUT ALSO HAS TO BE A LOT THAT HAPPENS TRANSFORMATIVE AT THE AT THE BOAT BASE IN ITSELF SO THAT EVERYBODY IS OUT OF THE WATER AND THAT AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: GIVE THE DREDGER THE ON THE FULL THE FULL TIME THAT THAT THE PERMIT PROVIDES YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO HAVE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A IT'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT TASK BY A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GET US TO WHERE WE ARE NOW IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW, JOE AND RODRIGO AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEN THE COMMISSION, BUT ALSO BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND BY A VARIETY PEOPLE AT CITY HALL, SO I MEAN I'M I'M CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL CAUTIOUSLY VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUSY FEW MONTHS BUT IT LOOKS LIKE, FINALLY, THE END OR THE BEGINNING, AS INSIDE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: JOE DID I FORGET ANYTHING OR.

JOE PECORA: NO GREG I THINK YOU HIT EVERYTHING I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE HERE.

JOE PECORA: IT THIS IS FINALLY ABOUT TO HAPPEN, AND I SEE YOU SMILING EMILY BE YOUR BE A CURSE OR A BLESSING WHEN YOU ASKED ME TO BE ON THIS.

JOE PECORA: COMMISSION YEARS AGO WE ARE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE SOMETHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN SO.

JOE PECORA: AND AGAIN, I DO WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN NIGHT AND DAY DEALING WITH THE WITH THE CITY AND THE STAFF, AND YOU KNOW WE HAVE A REAL PLAN, AND YOU KNOW THERE'S JUST SO MANY MOVING PARTS AT THIS POINT.

JOE PECORA: WINNING FOR THE BED WHAT WERE YOU KNOW BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE, AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE BEST WEEKEND, WHAT WE HAVE SO.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW WE'RE HOPING TO THAT OUR SLIP HOLDERS, YOU KNOW, YES IT'LL BE A LITTLE INCONVENIENT FOR FOR A FEW WEEKS THAT THEY MIGHT NORMALLY USE THEIR BOAT BUT.

JOE PECORA: IT'S WELL WORTH THE RESULT OF HAVING YOU KNOW FULL ACCESS TO THE WATER AND NOT HAVING THE ISSUES WITH THE MUD SO I'M HOPING, THIS ALONE, YOU KNOW WORK OUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HEY I'D LIKE TO IF WE CAN AS JUST AS A COUNCIL FOCUS ON THE PLAN RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY TO BEAR THE EXPANSE OF THE CHANNEL DREDGE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND FOR THE BOAT BASE AND TO BEAR THE EXPANSE WHICH WILL BE MUCH GREATER OF THE BASE AND DREDGE AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT $1.5 MILLION FIGURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: THAT GREG MENTIONED FOR THE CHANNEL DREDGE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL BE ASKED TO VOTE ON IT SOON AS GREG DESCRIBED THERE'S KIND OF A CHECKERED HISTORY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OF EXPENSE ALLOCATION IN DREDGING I'M ON FEMA AND THE CITY AND THE BASE AND ENTERPRISE FUND ITSELF WE HAVEN'T GOT FEMA LINED UP HERE YET, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OR WE WILL SOON I'M NOT SURE WHICH HAVE AN APPLICATION INTO THEME FOR FUNDING FOR DREDGING ASSISTANCE RELATING TO THE ADDITIONAL SILTING PRODUCED BY EITHER SO THAT MAY DEFRAY SOME OF THE EXPENSE, BUT PUTTING FEMA SIDE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I I'D LIKE TO HEAR HOW COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL OR WHAT QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ABOUT THE CITY BEARING THE ONE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATED COST OF THE CHANNEL TRENCH.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: GIVEN GIVEN GIVEN APPARENT SILENCE I'LL JUST JUMP IN AND AND AND SAY THAT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I THINK THAT THE HARBOR AND THE CHANNEL AND THE BASE AND ARE IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES OF WHERE I AND REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL WELL BEING, FOR I.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT A HAVE NOT BEEN A USER OF THE BASE IN OR THE CHANNEL, AND SO I I'D START BY VOICING MY SUPPORT FOR THIS SAYS SOMETHING NECESSARY THAT THE CITY HAS TO DO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WITH DOING IT, AS WE ARE DOING IT WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE CONTINUING FUTURE EXPENSE BILL, I SEE A VIRTUAL HAND RAISED.

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BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: YES, I'M A GOLFER NOT A BOATER BUT I AGREE WITH YOU AS WELL, MR MAYOR, I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT WE KEEP THE CHANNEL ALIVE, ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE COST OF DREDGING THE BASEMENT OF GOING WAY UP OVER THE YEARS AND.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER BUT IT'S NOT THAT THE BASIN IS A LOT MORE POLLUTED THAN IT USED TO BE, IS IT MORE OF A CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I GUESS EVERY COMMUNITY THAT HAS A.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HAS A MARINA ARBOR HAS TO DEAL WITH AS WELL HERE IN NEW YORK.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IT'S, NOT JUST IN NEW YORK, THAT IS, WE WE'VE HEARD FROM.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: FROM THE ARMY CORPS THAT THIS DREDGING ISSUE DREDGING IN AND DREAD SPOIL DISPOSAL IS AN ISSUE FOR SMALL HARBORS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES HARBORS THAT WERE ONCE COMMERCIAL PARTNERS THAT ARE NOW RECREATIONAL HARBORS AND NO LONGER QUALIFY FOR FEDERAL TRAGIC.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT WE'RE NOT A LOT DIRTIER THAN WE USED TO BE IT'S JUST THE RULES HAVE CHANGED IS THAT FAIR TO SAY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THAT'S CORRECT, I MEAN WE'RE UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW NO PUN INTENDED THERE'S BEEN A SEA CHANGE IN REGULATION OF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THE SMELTING DEPOSITS AND WHERE THEY CAN GO AND BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING NOT JUST WITH THE ARMY CORPS WOULD DEAL WITH TWO GEOGRAPHIC.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATORS BETWEEN NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT, GIVEN THAT IT GOES OUT INTO THE SOUND IT JUST EXACERBATES IT, BUT NOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE DIRTY YOURSELF IT'S NOT AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S ANY CLEANER THAN IT USED TO BE, BUT IT'S REALLY BEEN IN THE LAST 10 YEARS A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THE REGULATORY REGIME IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T PUT BACK INTO THE OCEAN.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AND WHY DO WE THINK THE THE BASIN IS A LOT 30 OR TOXIC MORE TOXIC THAN THE CHANNEL, SIR.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, YOU KNOW YOU YOU, YOU HAVE IN JOE IS AS A AS A PROFESSIONAL MOTOR AND THE CROWD KNOWS THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY, YOU HAVE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW YOU HAVE DECADES OF BOATS THAT WERE PAINTED WITH LEAD PAINT THAT HAVE RESIDED IN THAT AREA, YOU HAVE WE DO NOT HAVE A FUEL DEPOT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AT THE BASIN, SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL TAKE THEIR CANS OF FUEL OR THEIR OIL DOWN TO THE DOCKS AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YOU KNOW, INEVITABLY, SOME SPILLS, YOU CERTAINLY DO HAVE THE RUNOFF THAT COMES FROM THE BLIND BROOK AND WHATEVER COMES FROM THE BLIND BROOK FIRST HITS THE BASEMENT ITSELF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE A YOU KNOW, FORTUNATELY, FOR US WELL.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FROM A DEPOSITORY STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE THE TITLE IMPACT OF CHANNEL AS MUCH GREATER THAN THAN WHAT IT IS IN THE BASE ITSELF, SO YOU KNOW THINGS GET MOVED OUT OF THE CHANNEL EASIER AND QUICKER THAN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET MOVED OUT OF THE BASEMENT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I WILL SAY FOR JOE AND RODRIGO AND, FRANKLY, FOR THE FOR THE CITY, WE ARE RAPIDLY MOVING CERTAINLY LIKE A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND A LOT OF.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BOTH YOU KNOW BOAT ESTABLISHMENT TO GREEN MARINE PRACTICES AND.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JOE HAS BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT RODRIGO PLANE, HAVE BROUGHT WITH HIM AS BOTH BASED AND SUPERVISOR IS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO IMPROVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVELY IMPROVING OUR GREEN MARINE PRACTICES.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FINANCIAL IMPACT, BUT OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF OF NOT OF NOT FALLING.

JOE PECORA: RIGHT AND BILL ALSO.

JOE PECORA: IN IN IN THE HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT DREDGE MAYBE WE WON'T BE CONTAMINATED.

JOE PECORA: YOU KNOW AS MUCH, BUT I DO WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN VOTING THERE SINCE I THINK MY FIRST BOAT I PUT IN THERE IN 1987.

JOE PECORA: AND NOW YOU HAVE BLUE CRABS ARE BACK, WE WENT OUT SUNDAY, WE SAW A TURTLE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, SO THE WATERS THERE'S NO DOUBT ARE CLEANER.

JOE PECORA: THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST, I THINK, LIKE LIKE GREG AND YOU SAID IT'S JUST THE RULES HAVE CHANGED, YOU KNOW THEY'RE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND MAYBE YOU KNOW, WHATEVER METRICS THEY USE A GREATER NOW THAN THEY WERE IN THE PAST.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THAT'S GOOD, I WANT TO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK GREG AND JOE AND RYAN, AND ALL THE STAFF THAT'S PUT SO MUCH EFFORT INTO THESE, AND I MEAN IT IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR OPERATION FOR.

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CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF VOTERS, WE HAVE, BUT YOU KNOW BUT THAT'S IT, I MEAN IT'S IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE THAT THESE AMENITIES RIGHT.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: IT IS BEAUTIFUL BUT IT'S VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE AND I FOR ONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE MONEY INTO FLOOD MITIGATION WHICH WE'RE DOING, WHICH I KNOW I KNOW WE'RE DOING, BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S A IT'S A REALLY BIG EXPENSE AND THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: AS GREG HAS PUT US ON THE RIGHT PATH OF.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: MAKING PLANS AND IN RESERVING AND HAVING RESERVES TO WE KNOW THIS IS GOING TO KEEP KEEP HAPPENING SO WE CAN WE NEED TO START PLANNING NOW FOR THE NEXT RICH, SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW IF WE JUST IF WE JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR THE LIFE OF ME I DON'T KNOW WHY.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: TRUCKING ALL OF THESE DEBRIS ALL OF THE SLED SLUDGE IS EASIER OR MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY IT'S IT REALLY ISN'T AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, YOU KNOW, SPORT, I GUESS IT'S JUST ANYWAY THAT'S IT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: YEAH I JUST LIKE TO ADD I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE JOE HERE I'M SO GLAD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS FINALLY IT'S BEEN A LONG IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL AND JOE YOU'VE DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB PUSHING THE CITY AND THE STAFF THROUGH TO TO GETTING US HERE, WHERE WE'RE FINALLY PERMITTED.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND GREG THANK YOU, I DO THINK CAROLINA THAT JOE AND GREG THE OBESE AND COMMISSION HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: OF PLANNING AND SAVING AND FIGURING OUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO BRING IN REVENUE.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: AND I THINK THAT THEY YOU KNOW THIS WILL CERTAINLY BE AN EXPENSE THAT WE WILL NEED TO INCUR GOING FORWARD, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE EXPENDITURE RIGHT NOW AND GOING FORWARD I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE AMENITY FOR THE CITY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: I'VE SEEN THE POPULATION OF USERS OF THE BOAT BASIN GROW WITH THE ADDITION OF YOU KNOW KAYAK STORAGE, WITH THE ADDITION OF THE CAREFREE BOAT CLUB WE'RE SEEING A TON OF NEW USERS AND IT'S CONSISTENTLY.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: ALMOST THAT CAPACITY OR, IF NOT AT CAPACITY I HAVEN'T I AM NOT NO LONGER THE BOAT BASIN, COMMISSIONER.

EMILY HURD RYE CITY DEPUTY MAYOR: EXCUSE ME UM BUT ANYWAY, I THINK THIS IS GREAT I'M SO PLEASED SO JOE THANK YOU GREG THANK YOU AND I SUPPORT THIS.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I'M JUST NOT TO REITERATE EVERYTHING I AGREE WITH WHAT EMILY SAID, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY ELSE, AND I DO THINK THAT THE COST OF INACTION ARE IS GREATER THAN THE COST OF ACTING.

BEN STACKS RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BECAUSE IF WE JUST LET EVERYTHING SILT IN THIS CAN BE A MUCH BIGGER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE GOING FORWARD, SO I THINK WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING HERE.

JOSH NATHAN RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I REALLY CAN'T ADD ANYTHING EXCEPT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD PLANS AFOOT TO ADDRESS THIS, AND THANKS FOR EVERYONE WHO'S WORKED SO HARD ON IT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: I JUST MAKE TWO VERY QUICK COMMENTS NUMBER ONE IS YOU KNOW, AND I HATE TO BE A KILLJOY HERE, PLEASE DON'T FOCUS ON 1.5 MILLION, I HOPE TO GOODNESS THAT WE'RE.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: IN THE RIGHT PLACE, BUT WE ALSO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH COMMODITY PRICES IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND I AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG BIG PART OF THIS UNDERTAKING, SO I JUST AGAIN JUST YOU KNOW, I HOPE, TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY IT'S 1.4 MILLION.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: YEAH.

JOE PECORA: OKAY, IT GOES CROSS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: FINGERS THE THE OTHER THING, AND THIS IS MORE KIND OF FOR COMMUNITY WHY.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WE ARE WORKING ON A KIND OF A MULTI TIERED INFORMATIONAL CAMPAIGN THAT'S GOING TO START IT'LL IT'LL INCLUDE KIND OF A CITY WIDE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHAT'S WHAT'S THE PROCESS.

[8. Westchester Power Update and Authorization for City Manager to sign an updated MOU to provide a Community Choice Aggregation Program.]

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: THEY'LL BE THE MEETING NEXT WEEK WITH A SLIP HOLDERS AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO KIND OF OUTLINE THE SCHEDULE THE TIMING AND WHAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAPPEN, FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THEN WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE THE BASE AND NEIGHBORHOOD, IF YOU WILL, BOTH THE YOU KNOW ROW AMERICA WILL BE IN TOUCH WILL BE IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VARIOUS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: BEACH CLUBS.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: AND THE LIGHT BECAUSE WE JUST WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE BEFORE IT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY GETTING READY TO HAPPEN BECAUSE IT'LL BE A IT'LL BE A ROUGH ROUGH SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, EVERYONE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU GREG THANK YOU JOE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER ON THIS.

JOE PECORA: THANK YOU ALL AS WELL.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO NOW WE MOVE TO RESIDENTS MAY BE HER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: KRISTEN.

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CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: MR MAYOR I'M GOING TO TAKE OVER THIS PART IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO BE HEARD, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FUNCTION.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE MOVE TO WESTCHESTER POWER, UPDATE AND AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO SIGN UPDATED MO YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: IS DAN WALSH WITH US OR SOMEONE ELSE FROM WESTCHESTER POWER.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YES, I'LL PROMOTE DAN.

DAN WELSH: HELLO EVERYBODY.

DAN WELSH: HI DAN HI GOOD GOOD TO BE BACK IN IN ONE SENSE, ANOTHER SENSE, MAYBE, MAYBE NOT MAYBE YOU'RE GETTING TIRED OF US, BUT BUSINESS TO DO.

DAN WELSH: IF YOU LIKE POWERPOINT TO SERVE AS A VISUAL AND FACILITATE THE DISCUSSION AND DOOR MY COULD JUST LAY IT OUT.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: I DAN I THINK I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE ME THE BEST BEFORE IF YOU JUST.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SUCK RIGHT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE ASKING US TO.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: DO TONIGHT.

DAN WELSH: NO, THEY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: WILL BE THERE.

DAN WELSH: OKAY YEAH SO I'LL SUMMARIZE, YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN THROUGH TWO ROUNDS OF ATTEMPTS TO GET TO A NEW CONTRACT FOR THE WESTCHESTER POWER.

DAN WELSH: COMMUNITY ELECTRICITY PROGRAM AND IN EACH INSTANCE WE FAIL TO ACHIEVE THE CONTRACT, BECAUSE WE SET UP A.

DAN WELSH: TARGET FOR THE BIDDING PRICE, NOT TO EXCEED TARGET AND IN WITHIN THE SHORT TIME THAT WE HAD IN SIGNING ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES UP TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT BID THE MARKET JUST WENT.

DAN WELSH: YOU KNOW WAY BEYOND THAT AND THAT TARGET PROVED TO BE IRRELEVANT AND INVALIDATE THAT THE MO YOU SO WE TRIED THAT TWICE AND NOW HAVING DONE THAT WE HAVE MISSED THE WINDOW FOR HAVING.

DAN WELSH: CONTIGUOUS CONTRACT SITUATION, AS YOU ALL KNOW BY NOW PROBABLY AND THE CONTRACT ENDED ON JUNE 30 CUSTOMERS WHO ARE BEING SWITCHED BACK INTO THE DEFAULT KIND OF SUPPLY, WE DID SEND OUT A LETTER TO EVERYBODY.

DAN WELSH: AND IT SAID OUT THE THE WHAT WAS GOING ON THE REASONS FOR IT AND THE.

DAN WELSH: WHAT TO EXPECT COMING UP JUST SO FRAME FRAME THIS FOR PEOPLE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE A LITTLE THEY GET FROM KIND OF AS A SHORT NOTE SAYING YOU'RE BEING SWITCHED TO CONTENT SO.

DAN WELSH: SO WE DID WHAT WE COULD, IN TERMS OF LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT WE'RE SETTING UP FOR THE THE NEXT BIT THE MAJOR CHANGE IN STRATEGY ON THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY SUGGESTED BY ONE OF THE VILLAGE MANAGERS AND THAT IS RATHER THAN THINK WE CAN WE CAN.

DAN WELSH: FIGURE OUT WHAT A GOOD TARGET IS IN A MARKET LIKE WE'RE IN TODAY WHERE THINGS ARE MOVING SO QUICKLY, WE SWITCH TO LANGUAGE, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF.

DAN WELSH: TRADITIONAL MUNICIPAL PURCHASING LANGUAGE AND SWAPPED OUT THE PRICE, NOT TO EXCEED CLAUSE FOR LOWEST RESPONSIVE BETTER LANGUAGE.

DAN WELSH: SO WE'RE GOING INTO THIS ONE WITHOUT A SAID CAP, BUT JUST YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE MARKET AND AND SEEKING THE BEST FIT.

DAN WELSH: SO SO THAT'S THE THE MAJOR CHANGE IN THE MO YOU, OTHERWISE IT LOOKS THE SAME AS ALL THE OTHERS, AND THE THE CONTRACT TEMPLATE IT'S THE SAME.

DAN WELSH: THE ONLY OTHER CHANGES WE FOR THE STARTING DATE WE LEFT OUT A WINDOW THERE AS WELL, JUST IN CASE WE GO OUT AND.

DAN WELSH: THINGS ARE CRAZY AND WE DON'T GET BEEN SAID THAT ARE SATISFACTORY, AND WE WANT TO REBUILD AGAIN WE'VE LOOKED OURSELVES A LITTLE TIME TO REBUILD RATHER THAN HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ONCE AGAIN.

DAN WELSH: SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU AS A MODIFIED MO YOU WE'VE BEEN OUT IN FRONT OF ESSENTIALLY ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES NOW WE'VE GOT IN HAND.

DAN WELSH: 20 OUT OF 2420 124 SLEEPY HOLLOW WAS JUST LAST NIGHT WE THINK THEY ARE OKAY WE'RE WITH YOU TONIGHT, AND THE LAST ONE BE GREENBERG WHICH IS NEXT TUESDAY, WHICH IS QUITE A STRANGE BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT TIMING WISE.

DAN WELSH: AND, AND THEN WE WILL GET THE FINAL BITS IN AFTER THAT, SO WE ARE DOWN TO THE WIRE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE TIMING, SUCH THAT.

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DAN WELSH: WE CAN MAINTAIN A NOVEMBER 1 START WITH SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY FAR OUT THERE, EVEN WITH THAT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL THOSE COMPLIANCE STEPS YOU KNOW, ONCE WE MAKE AN AWARD THE POST AWARD.

DAN WELSH: INFORMATION SESSIONS WERE REQUIRED TO HAVE WE HAVE TO CONGLOMERATE THE DATA SO THAT WE CAN PREPARE FOR THE MAILING DO THE MAILING STILL GOT THE 3030 DAY.

DAN WELSH: OPT OUT PERIOD AS WE ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE GET A LETTER AS THEY ALWAYS DO WITH ALL THE THE YOU KNOW, THE NEW PRICING, THE TERM ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION THEY NEED AND AN EXPLANATION THAT IF THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE.

DAN WELSH: THAT YOU KNOW THEY SHOULD CONTACT US TO OPT OUT, AND ALL THAT SO THAT THAT PROCESS STAYS THE SAME AND THEN AFTER THAT'S OVER YOU LEAVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR THE FINAL ENROLLMENT PROCESS SO THAT TAKES US OUT TO.

DAN WELSH: NOVEMBER FIRST OR NOVEMBER STARTS FOR THE ACTUAL RE ENROLLMENTS WITH THAT EVEN EVEN WHERE WE ARE NOW.

DAN WELSH: LET'S KIND OF THE BACKDROP, I GUESS AT THIS POINT FOR YOU, BUT WELCOME ANY ANY QUESTIONS.

DAN WELSH: I SHOULD SAY THAT THE THE UNDERLYING IMPERATIVE BEHIND THIS REMAINS AS AS IMPORTANT TO US ALL, AS OUR, OF COURSE, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE.

DAN WELSH: TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL STAGE IN THE MOST ECONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE WAY, WE CAN AND THE PROGRAM REMAINS PLATFORM FOR ALL THE KEY.

DAN WELSH: NEW DEVELOPMENTS, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT OF WHICH AND WHEN WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ALBANY'S FINAL ON IS THE.

DAN WELSH: OPT OUT VERSION OF COMMUNITY SOLAR, WHICH WILL BE ABLE TO DEPLOY ON AN OPT OUT BASIS, STARTING WITH LOW INCOME CUSTOMERS IN THE COUNTY SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EAGER TO GET FORWARD AND AGAIN IT'S BASED ON THE BASIC PLATFORM, AND THE SAME BASIC.

DAN WELSH: STRUCTURE OPT OUT STRUCTURE WHICH ON THAT COUNT AT SOME POINT, OUR COLLEAGUES WILL COME TO YOU ABOUT A.

DAN WELSH: MODIFICATION TO HAVE THEY PROBABLY MAILED IT OUT TO YOU ALREADY, BUT A MODIFICATION TO THE BASIC ENABLING LAW TO ADD COMMUNITY SOLAR AS ANOTHER SERVICE OPTION FOR THE UNDER THE OPT OUT PROVISIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OKAY, BUT THEN COMMUNITY SOLAR IS THAT TODAY A SEPARATE MATTER FOR.

DAN WELSH: MATTER FROM TONIGHT YEAH.

DAN WELSH: JUST TRY.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO MUCH MAN, MAY I HAVE EMOTION TO IN THE ABSENCE QUESTIONS MAY HAVE EMOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO THE MO YOU.

[9. Consideration of proposed policies for the City of Rye Fire Department]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: LIKE COULDN'T HEAR YOU.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: BUY JUST ONE QUESTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: I GUESS WAS FOR GREG GREG HAVE YOU AS A CITY STAFF REVIEW THIS MO YOU IT'S 46 PAGES AND EVERYTHING'S EVERYTHING'S IN LINE AND APPROPRIATE, AND WE CAN USE TO RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE IT.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: WELL, THEY IT IS AS GOOD AS DAN DESCRIBED THE ONLY CHANGE IN THE PRIOR AGREEMENT IS THE IS THE RAID SETTING MECHANISM, WHICH IS A IT'S.

GREG USRY CITY MANAGER: EFFECTIVELY, A DUTCH AUCTION SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE YOU KNOW THE LOWEST CLEARING PRICE FOR YOU KNOW FOR THE BUYER BUT THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONLY CHANGE AS OPPOSED TO SETTING A FIXED TARGET OR NOT TO EXCEED.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: MAY HAVE THE MOTION.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SO MOVE.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN HENDERSON.

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

YES.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON.

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

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

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: COUNCILMAN STACKS.

CAROLYN D'ANDREA, CITY CLERK: YES, THEY ARE CONE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: YES, DAN THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD GOOD LUCK.

DAN WELSH: THANK YOU FOLKS AND I HOPE TO COME BACK WITH SOME GOOD NEWS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

DAN WELSH: OKAY, TAKE CARE NOW BYE.

BILL HENDERSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: THANK YOU.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NOW WE GO TO COMMISSIONER KOBE AND THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, FOR BEING WITH US AT THIS HOUR AND YOU HAVE A BUNDLE OF.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NEW RULES AND REGULATIONS.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: YES, SIR MAYOR AND YOU KNOW AS PART OF THE PROCESS OF A ESTABLISHING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHICH HAS BEEN THERE, I HAVE SENT OVER A NUMBER OF POLICIES FOR APPROVAL, AND YOU KNOW MUCH OF THIS IS.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: VERY GENERIC SO I'LL JUMP TO THE ONES THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT I'M I'M READY TO TAKE QUESTIONS ON OTHERS, BUT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: AS I SAID, WE'VE NEVER HAD POLICIES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SO SOME OF THIS WHICH MAY SEEM A SECOND NATURE TO ALL THIS IS NEW TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT SPECIFICALLY.

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MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: RESPONSE TIME STANDARDS IS IMPORTANT, BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO HOW FAST THE FIREFIGHTERS, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPONDING TO A CALL AFTER BEING DISPATCHED BY.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: COUNTY 60 CONTROL ONE SO WE'VE ESTABLISHED AT ONE MINUTE 20 SECONDS OR LESS FOR TURNOUT TIME AND SO THAT'S HOW LONG.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THE RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS, WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE A CALL ANYTIME DAY OR NIGHT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: AND BE IN THE APPARATUS AND SIGN ON WITH 60 CONTROL, I THINK THAT THAT'S APPROPRIATE TIME IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE INDUSTRY, AND I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY AT TIMES, WE WILL BE MUCH, MUCH LESS THAN THAT, SUCH AS WHEN WE'RE RETURNING BACK FROM ANOTHER CALL YOUR.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: RESPONSE TIME THERE CAN BE A SECOND YOU JUST RADIO ON AND THEN OTHER TIMES, IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY LONGER AT TWO O'CLOCK OR THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING TO GET FROM THE REST AREA ACTUALLY INTO YOUR TURNOUT GEAR, BUT I THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE TIME AND I.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: I THINK THAT THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY, SO I CAN HOLD BEAR OR ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: ALRIGHT, THE NEXT OTHER ONE AND WE HAVE THE OTHERS, AND AGAIN I CAN I CAN TAKE QUESTIONS ON THEM, BUT EMERGENCY RECALL.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: AS YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO FIVE FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY, AND EACH TIME.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THAT IS A SMALL NUMBER WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPRESSING A HOUSE FIRE AND, YES, THEY ARE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE VOLUNTEERS, BUT THE THE KEY COMPONENT HERE IS THE CAREER STAFF THAT'S AVAILABLE 24 SEVEN SO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THEM, WE HAVE.

[10. Consideration of proposed revisions of the Rules and Regulations of the City of Rye Police Department]

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: ENGAGED AND MUTUAL AID OF COMMITMENTS AND AGREEMENTS WITH OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT IS TO HAVE OUR RICE CITY FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND SO THIS JUST.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: GENERATES POLICY FOR ENSURING THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO RETURN AND A TIMEFRAME FOR THEM TO COME BACK WHEN CALLED WE ARE FORTUNATE IN THIS REGARD AND THAT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: I WOULD SAY 70% OF THE FIREFIGHTERS KNOW LIVE IN THE CITY OF RYE, WHICH IS UNUSUAL OR WITHIN A 10 OR 15 MINUTES ON TIME, SO THAT THIS POLICY PISTON OR IS THAT THEY ARE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND AND HOW THEY WOULD BE CALLED OUT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: I CAN HOLD THERE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: I THINK THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY THAT WERE ABLE TO RECOVER THE CAREER FULLY TRAINED STAFF TO RESPOND TO OUR FIRES ACT QUICKLY.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THE OTHER POLICIES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AGAIN A VERY BASIC REGARDING CONDUCT APPEARANCE USE OF YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE CAPTURING.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: PHOTOGRAPHS IT INCIDENTS, AND YOU KNOW VERY, VERY BASIC STUFF I WON'T HOLD YOU OFF UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS A QUESTION ON WITH REGARD.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THEM I CAN BEAR.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SO, I APPRECIATE THE SUMMARY WAY WE'RE DOING THIS, IF YOU DO HAVE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, PLEASE RAISE THEM.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: OKAY, SIR, AND THEN I CAN MOVE ON TO THE FIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF YOU LIKE.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: YES, OKAY SURE, AND SO WE HAVE ONE HERE AND WITH REGARDS TO ME REAL MEDIA RELATIONS AND THE KEY THING HERE IS THAT, IN ORDER TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND I'M A VERY BIG PROPONENT OF IT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS PUBLICIZING ALL INFORMATION, BOTH IN TERMS OF ARREST AND JUST AS A REGULAR RUNNING LOG WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US THAT CITY INVESTED IN LAST YEAR WITH TYLER A TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR CAD.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING A RUNNING LOG OF ALL FALSE SO EVERY CALL THAT COMES TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SCENARIOS THAT'D BE REMOVED SEX CRIMES THINGS INVOLVING JUVENILES, BUT EVERY CALL THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDS TO WILL BE AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: ADDITIONALLY, EVERY ARRESTED MADE IT'S EITHER A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR INCLUDING DW EYES WILL BE PUT OUT AND PUBLISHED, IT IS BENEFICIAL.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: DEVELOP POLICIES SIMILAR TO THIS ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO IN MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT AND THIS PUTTING THIS OUT A AND INCREASES TRANSPARENCY BUT IT ELIMINATES ANYBODY SAYING WHY DID ONE PERSON GET.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: PUBLISHED AND ANOTHER ANOTHER, AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IN A POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WILL TOTALLY GET CALLS FROM VARIOUS MEDIA OUTLETS AND THEY WANT TO KNOW THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING A SPECIFIC INCIDENT IF THEY CALL.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: BECAUSE OF FOIL AND CERTAINLY IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY, WE RELEASE THAT INFORMATION, SO THIS IS A PREEMPTIVE STEP IS TO PUBLISH THIS INFORMATION AND PUT IT OUT, IT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION AND I THINK THAT THIS.

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MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: ELIMINATES ANYBODY ACCUSING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF INAPPROPRIATE CONDUCT THIS IS ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE TAKING INITIAL STEP, WITHOUT AND WE'RE NOT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL US ON.

[11. Authorization for City Manager to enter into a professional contract with an engineering firm to provide technical assistance to the City regarding new blasting and mechanical rock removal legislation. Services will be paid for by City Council funds at a cost not to exceed $20,000.]

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: COMMISSIONER, I ASSUME THERE'S STILL AN ANONYMOUS TIPS CAPACITY.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: I YESTERDAY THAT GOES TO THE DETECTIVE BUREAU AND THE DETECTIVE LIEUTENANT AND FUTURE EFFECTS THAT ON A DAILY BASIS.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: AND THEN THAT REMAINS ANONYMOUS AND.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THAT WILL BE ANONYMOUS AS WELL, CERTAIN THINGS WHERE WE OCCASIONALLY PICK SOMEBODY IN CUSTODY, WHO MAY.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: MAY WANT TO COOPERATE AND THEY MAY PROVIDE INFORMATION AND THE OPERATIONAL REASONS WHY WE WOULD NOT DISCLOSE THAT.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS HANDLED AT A LOWER LEVEL THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED, BUT EFFECTIVELY KIND OF DEVICE MYSELF SO THAT THAT INFORMATION IS WITHHELD IS BEING WITHOUT BASED ON.

MICHAEL KOPY SAFETY COMMISSIONER: PROPER POLICY DECISION MAKING AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF YOUR POLICE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: SO I THINK WE ACTUALLY VOTE.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: TO APPROVE THESE, AND SO, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICIES GUIDELINES AND RULES AND RULE AND REGULATION PUT BEFORE US BY THE COMMISSIONER.

CAROLINA JOHNSON RYE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER: SECOND.

JOSH COHN RYE CITY MAYOR: ALL IN FAVOR.