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Board of Trustees Meeting
� VS Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Village Hall, 938 King Street
1. 6:30 P.M. - EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1.1. Rye Brook Firefighter Arbitration
1.2. Fire Service Agreement with Port Chester
2. 7:30 P.M. - REGULAR MEETING:
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4. REPORT/PRESENTATIONS:
4.1. Review of the Village of Rye Brook FY 2015-16 Audit by the Village's
Auditors.
*Rye Brook Financial Statements -FY Ending May 31, 2016
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
6. RESOLUTIONS:
6.1. Setting a public hearing on proposed Local Law regarding the commercial
storage and display of firearms, ammunition, and explosives.
*Resolution: Setting PH for Firearms Local Law
*Firearms Local Law
*PB Report and Recommendation: Firearms Local Law
*Planimetric Base 1 Model
*EAF for Firearms LL
6.2. Considering a referral to the Planning Board for a proposed local law rezoning
Village and Town Parks as Rec Zones.
*Resolution: PB Referral Parks and Rec District LL
*Local Law Establishing Parks and Rec Overlay District
*Local Law Amending Zoning Map Parks and Rec Overlay District
*Comp Plan- Ch 4 - Land Use&Zoning
*Comp Plan- Ch 6 - Parks, Rec & Open Space
*Current Rye Brook Official Map &Zoning Map
6.3. Considering a request for use of Village Streets by the Port Chester Rye Union
Free School District.
*Resolution: PCSD Street Use Request
*PCSD Email Request
6.4. Considering a proposed Local Law regarding Nonconforming Setbacks.
*Resolution: Nonconforming Setbacks LL
*Local Law -Nonconforming Setbacks
*PB Report and Recommendation Nonconforming Setbacks Local Law
6.5. Considering bid 17-01, Investigation of Village Sanitary Sewers.
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*Resolution - Bid 17-01 - Investig of Sanitary Sewers
*DRE Bid Recommendation- Bid 17-01 Investig of Sanitary Sewers
*SSES Report
6.6. Considering bid 17-02, Sanitary Sewer Flow Monitoring.
*SSES Report
6.7. Considering the adoption of New York State Retirement and Social Society
Law 341-J regarding benefits for Firefighters.
*Resolution: NYS Retirement 341-J
*NYS Retirement 341-J Request
*NYS and Local Retirement System - 341-J
*Police and Fire NYS Retirement System Rates
6.8. Considering rescheduling the April 11, 2017 Village Board meeting to April 12,
2017.
*Resolution: Rescheduling April 11, 2017 Meeting
6.9. Considering the approval of the minutes from the meeting held on February 28,
2017.
*Resolution: Minutes of Feb 28, 2017
*Minutes: Feb 28, 2017
7. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT:
8. OLD BUSINESS:
9. NEW BUSINESS:
10. DISCUSSION ITEM:
11. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12. ADJOURNMENT
ACTION ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF
THE TRUSTEES PRESENT AT THE MEETING
THE NEXT TRUSTEES MEETINGS
March 28, 2017 and April 12, 2017
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Financial Statements and
Supplementary Information
Year Ended May 31, 2016
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Table of Contents
Page No.
Independent Auditors' Report 1
Management's Discussion and Analysis 3
Basic Financial Statements
Government-Wide Financial Statements
Statement of Net Position 13
Statement of Activities 14
Fund Financial Statements
Balance Sheet—Governmental Funds 16
Reconciliation of Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the
Government-Wide Statement of Net Position 17
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balances-Governmental Funds 18
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
In Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities 20
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance-
Budget and Actual-General Fund 21
Statement of Assets and Liabilities- Fiduciary Fund 22
Notes to Financial Statements 23
Required Supplementary Information
New York State and Local Employees'Retirement System
Schedule of the Village's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability 47
Schedule of Contributions 48
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Schedule of the Village's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability 49
Schedule of Contributions 50
Other Post Employment Benefits
Schedule of Funding Progress-Last Three Fiscal Years 51
Individual Fund Financial Statements and Schedules
Major Governmental Funds
General Fund
Comparative Balance Sheet 52
Comparative Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balance-Budget and Actual 53
Schedule of Revenues and Other Financing Sources Compared to Budget 55
Schedule of Expenditures and Other Financing Uses Compared to Budget 57
Capital Projects Fund
Comparative Balance Sheet 60
Comparative Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balance 61
Project Length Schedule 62
Non-Major Governmental Fund
Special Purpose Fund
Combining Balance Sheet—Sub Funds 66
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balances—Sub Funds 67
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PKF
OCONNOR
DAVIES
ACCOUNTANTS AND ADVISORS
Independent Auditors' Report
The Honorable Mayor and Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rye Brook, New York
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, each major fund
and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Village of Rye Brook, New York ("Village") as of and
for the year ended May 31, 2016, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively
comprise the Village's basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes
the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair
presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or
error.
Auditors'Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors' judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Village's
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness
of the Village's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes
evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant
accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for
our audit opinions.
Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
respective financial position of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate
remaining fund information of the Village, as of May 31, 2016, and the respective changes in financial
position, thereof, and the respective budgetary comparison for the General Fund for the year then ended
in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
PKF O'CONNOR DAVIES,LLP
500 Mamaroneck Avenue,Harrison,NY 10528 1 Tel:914.381.8900 1 Fax:914.381.8910 I www.pkfod.com
PKF O'Connor Davies.LLP is a member firm of the PKF International Limited network of legally independent firms and does not accept any responsibility or liability for
the actions or inactions on the part of any other individual member firm or firms.
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Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to Note 2C and Note 3F in the notes to the financial statements which disclose the effects
of the Village's adoption of the provisions of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement Nos. 68
"Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions" and 71 "Pension Transition for Contributions Made
Subsequent to the Measurement Date". Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that Management's
Discussion and Analysis and the schedules included under Required Supplementary Information in the
accompanying table of contents be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such
information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental
Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing
the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic or historical context. We have
applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of
management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for
consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements and other
knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an
opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us
with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance.
Supplementary and Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively
comprise the Village's basic financial statements. The combining and individual fund financial
statements and schedules are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part
of the basic financial statements.
The combining and individual fund financial statements and schedules are the responsibility of
management and were derived from and relate directly to the underlying accounting and other records
used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures,.
including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other
records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves,
and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to
the basic financial statements as a whole.
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PKF O'Connor Davies,LLP
Harrison, New York
March 8,2017
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Management's Discussion and Analysis(MD&A)
May 31, 2016
Introduction
The management of the Village of Rye Brook, New York ("Village"), offer readers of the Village's
financial statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the Village for
the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016. It should be read in conjunction with the basic financial
statements, which immediately follow this section, to enhance understanding of the Village's
financial performance.
Financial Highlights
4• On the government-wide financial statements, the assets and deferred outflows of
resources of the Village exceeded its liabilities and deferred inflows of resources at the
close of fiscal year 2016 by $18,568,243. Of this amount, a net unrestricted deficit of
$11,386,800 exists.
❖ As of the close of the current fiscal year, the Village's governmental funds reported
combined ending fund balances of$7,139,618 of which $4,875,732 is unassigned, which is
available for spending at the Village's discretion. The fund balance of all governmental
funds decreased by $156,093 primarily attributable expenditures and other financing uses
exceeding revenues and other financing sources.
❖ At the end of the fiscal years 2016 and 2015, the unassigned fund balance for the General
Fund was 5,641,949 or 30% and $4,437,719 or 23% respectively of total General Fund
expenditures and other financing uses.
During the current fiscal year, the Village did not issue new long-term obligations. Other
long-term liabilities were reduced by$625,000 in scheduled payments.
❖ During the current fiscal year, the Village issued short-term obligations (bond anticipation
notes) in the amount of$1,082,500 at interest rates ranging from 0.74% to 1.56%. Existing
bond anticipation notes used to finance the cost of various capital projects were reduced by
$476,445.
❖ For the year ended May 31, 2016, the Village implemented the provisions of the
Governmental Accounting Standards Board ("GASB") Statement No. 68, "Accounting and
Financial Reporting for Pensions". This pronouncement established new accounting and
financial reporting requirements associated with the Village's participation in the cost
sharing multiple employer pension plans administered by the New York State and Local
Employee's Retirement System ("ERS") and the New York State and Local Police and Fire
Retirement System ("PFRS"). Under the new standards, cost-sharing employers are
required to report in the government-wide financial statements a net pension liability
(asset), pension expense and pension-related deferred inflows and outflows of resources
based on their proportionate share of the collective amounts for all of the municipalities and
school districts in the plan. At May 31, 2016 the Village reported in its Statement of Net
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Position a liability of $5,388,505 for its proportionate share of the ERS and PFRS net
pension liabilities. More detailed information about the Village's pension plan reporting in
accordance with the provisions of GASB Statement No. 68, including amounts reported as
pension expense and deferred inflows/outflows of resources, is presented in the notes to
the financial statements.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an introduction to the Village's basic financial
statements, which consist of three components: 1) the government-wide financial statements, 2)
the fund financial statements, and 3) the notes to financial statements. This report also includes
supplementary information, which is intended to give the reader additional detail in support of the
basic financial statements.
Government-Wide Financial Statements
The govemment-wide financial statements are designed to provide readers with a broad overview
of the Village's finances, in a manner similar to a private-sector business.
The statement of net position presents information on all of the Village's assets and liabilities and
deferred inflows/outflows of resources, with the difference reported as net position. Over time,
increases or decreases in net position may serve as a useful indicator as to whether the financial
position of the Village is improving or deteriorating.
The statement of activities presents information showing how the Village's net position changed
during the most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the
underlying event giving rise to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.
Thus, revenues and expenses are reported for some items that will only result in cash flows in
future fiscal periods (for example, uncollected taxes, earned but unused vacation leave and other
post-employment benefit obligations("OPEB").
The government-wide financial statements distinguish functions of the Village that are principally
supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenues (governmental activities). The governmental
activities of the Village include general government support, public safety, health, transportation,
economic opportunity and development, culture and recreation, home and community services and
interest.
Fund Financial Statements
A fund is defined as a fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording
cash and other financial resources, together with all related liabilities and residual equities or
balances, and changes therein, which are segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific
activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions or
limitations. The Village, like other governments, uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate
compliance with finance-related legal requirements. All of the Village's funds can be divided into
two categories: governmental funds and fiduciary funds.
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Governmental Funds
Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as
governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the
government-wide financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term
inflows and outflows of spendable resources, as well as balances of spendable resources available
at the end of the fiscal year. Such information may be useful in evaluating a government's near-
term financing requirements.
Since the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial
statements, it is useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar
information presented for governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By
doing so, readers may better understand the long-term impact of the Village's near-term financing
decisions. Both the governmental fund balance sheet and the governmental fund statement of
revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances provide a reconciliation to facilitate this
comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.
The Village maintains two major governmental funds: The General Fund and the Capital Projects
Fund. This information is presented separately in the governmental fund balance sheet and in the
governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balances. The
Friends of Rye Brook and the Recreation Trust Fund are grouped together as a Special Purpose
non-major governmental fund.
Budgetary comparison statements have been provided for the General Fund within the basic
financial statements to demonstrate compliance with the respective budget.
Fiduciary Funds
Fiduciary funds are used to report assets held in a trustee or agency capacity for others. Fiduciary
funds are not reflected in the government-wide financial statements because the resources of
those funds are not available to support Village programs. The Village maintains one fiduciary
fund: The Agency Fund. The resources of the Agency Fund are held by the Village in a custodial
capacity for individuals, private organizations and other governments.
Notes to the Financial Statements
The notes to the financial statements provide additional information that is essential for fair
presentation and that is not otherwise displayed on the face of the financial statements. As such,
the notes are an integral pan: of the basic financial statements and should be read in conjunction
with the financial statements. The notes focus on the primary government — specifically, its
governmental activities, major funds and non-major funds in the aggregate.
Other Information
In addition to the basic financial statements and notes to the financial statements, this report also
presents required supplementary information (RSI) concerning the Village's progress in funding its
obligation to provide other post-employment benefits (OPER) to its employees and its
proportionate share of the net pension liability for its participation in the NYSLRS. RSI immediately
follows the notes to the financial statements.
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This report also includes supplementary information (SI), which immediately follows RSI and gives
the reader further detail on the information presented in the basic financial statements. Included in
SI are the individual and combining non-major governmental fund financial statements and
schedules;the project length schedule for the Capital Projects Fund.
Government-wide Financial Analysis
As noted earlier, net position may serve over time as a useful indicator of a government's financial
position. For the Village, assets and deferred outflows exceeded liabilities and deferred inflows of
resources by $18,568,243 at the close of the fiscal year 2015-2016. The largest portion of the
Village's net position is its investment in capital assets (land, land improvements, buildings and
improvements, infrastructure, machinery and equipment and construction-in-progress), less any
related debt outstanding that was used to acquire those assets. The Village uses these capital
assets to provide services to citizens. Consequently, these assets are not available for future
spending. Although the Village's investments in its capital assets is reported net of related debt, it
should be noted that the resources needed to repay this debt must be provided from other sources,
since the capital assets themselves cannot be used to liquidate the debt.
The following table reflects the condensed Statement of Net Position:
May 31,
2016 2015
Current Assets $ 11,602,548 $ 11,195,070
Capital Assets, net 31,620,864 30,360,957
Total Assets 43,223,412 41,556,027
Deferred outflows of resources 5,382,752 2,767
Current Liabilities 4,490,890 3,926,504
Long-term Liabilities 24,710,032 17,618,182
Total Liabilities 29,200,922 21,544,686
Deferred inflows of resources 836,999 -
Net Position
Net Investment in Capital Assets 26,406,524 25,115,233
Restricted 3,548,519 4,103,899
Unrestricted (11,386,800) (9,205,024)
Total Net Position $ 18,568,243 $ 20,014,108
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Sources of Revenue for Fiscal Year 2016
Governmental Activities Chargesfor
Unrestricted State Miscellaneous Services
Aid 0.45
Insurance 7.50%
1.95% Recoveries
Unrestricted Use of 0.28%
Money and Capital Grants and
Contributions
Property 0.03%
0.10%
Non-Property
Taxes Operating Grants
16.13% and Contributions
.84%
Other Tax Items
.05% Real Property
Taxes
72.67%
Sources of Expenses for Fiscal Year 2016
Governmental Activities
Culture and Home and Interest
Recreation Community .58%
12.12% Services
5.03% General
Government
Support
Economic - 18.24%
Opportunity and
Development _ -
2.30% _
Transportation Public Safety
11.75% Health 49.04%
.94%
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Statement of Activities
2016 2015
Revenues:
Program Revenues:
Charges for Services $ 1,500,569 $ 1,705,222
Operating Grants and Contributions 167,873 145,812
Capital Grants and Contributions 5,081 4,208
Total Program Revenues 1,673,523 1,855,242
General Revenues:
Real Property Taxes 14,534,433 13,987,981
Other Tax Items 10,434 313,743
Non-Property Taxes 3,226,976 2,398,878
Unrestricted Use of Money and Property 20,965 22,787
Unrestricted State Aid 390,623 322,572
Insurance Recoveries 56,757 95,022
Miscellaneous 90,748 15,067
Total General Revenues 18,330,936 17,156,050
Total Revenues 20,004,459 19,011,292
Program Expenses:
General Government Support 3,852,583 3,392,086
Public Safety 10,363,091 10,076,624
Health 198,842 198,842
Transportation 2,482,153 2,394,179
Economic Opportunity and Development 486,704 455,320
Culture and Recreation 2,560,305 2,451,274
Home and Community Services 1,061,911 1,176,574
Interest 121,606 136,201
Total Expenses 21,127,195 20,281,100
Change in Net Position (1,122,736) (1,269,808)
NET POSITION
Beginning, as reported 20,014,108 21,283,916
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle (323,129) -
Beginning, as restated 19,690,979 21,283,916
Ending $ 18,568,243 $ 20,014,108
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Governmental Activities
Governmental activities decreased the Village's net position by$1,122,736 and $1,269,808 in 2016
and 2015 respectively.
For the fiscal years ended May 31, 2016 and 2015, revenues from governmental activities totaled
$20,004,459 and $19,011,292, respectively. Tax revenues ($17,771,843, in 2016 and
$16,700,602, in 2015), comprised of real property taxes, other tax items and non-property taxes,
represent the largest revenue source(89% in 2016 and 88% in 2015 respectively).
The largest components of governmental activities' expenses are public safety (49% in 2016 and
50% in 2015), general government support (18% in 2016 and 17% in 2015) and culture and
recreation (12% in 2016 and 2015 respectively). The major changes are as follows:
Revenues:
• Total general revenues increased $1,174,886 or 6.8% with real property taxes increasing
by $546,452 due to an increase in the tax levy and the inclusion of the Doral-Arrowood
property, other tax items decreasing by $303,309, mainly due to the removal of the Doral-
Arrowood property from the PILOT program and entered on the tax assessment roll, non-
property taxes increasing by $828,098 mainly due to an increase in hotel occupancy tax
and the recognition of the deferred revenue. All other revenue sources increased by
$103,645.
Expenses:
• Total general expenses increased by $846,095 or 4.17% mainly due to increases in public
safety of $286,467 and $460,497 in general government support respectively. All other
functions/programs had a net increase by a total of$99,131.
Financial Analysis of the Village's Funds
Fund Balance Renortingr
Governmental Accounting Standards Board ("GASB") issued its Statement No. 54, Fund Balance
Reporting and Governmental Fund Type Definitions, in February 2009. GASB Statement No. 54
abandons the reserved and unreserved classifications of fund balance and replaces them with five
new classifications: nonspendable, restricted, committed, assigned and unassigned. An
explanation of these classifications follows below.
Nonspendable fund balance includes amounts that cannot be spent because they are
either not in spendable form (inventories, prepaid amounts, long-term receivables,
advances) or they are legally or contractually required to be maintained intact(the corpus of
a permanent fund).
Restricted fund balance is to be reported when constraints placed on the use of the
resources are imposed by grantors, contributors, laws or regulations of other governments
or imposed by law through enabling legislation. Enabling legislation includes a legally
enforceable requirement that these resources be used only for the specific purposes as
provided in the legislation. This fund balance classification will be used to report funds that
are restricted for debt service obligations and for other items contained in General
Municipal Law of the State of New York.
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Committed fund balance will be reported for amounts that can only be used for specific
purposes pursuant to formal action of the entity's highest level of decision making authority.
The Board of Trustees is the highest level of decision making authority for the Village that
can, by the adoption of a resolution prior to the end of the fiscal year, commit fund balance.
Once adopted, these funds may only be used for the purpose specified unless the Village
removes or changes the purpose by taking the same action that was used to establish the
commitment. This classification includes certain amounts established and approved by the
Board of Trustees.
Assigned fund balance, in the General Fund, will represent amounts constrained either by
the entity's highest level of decision making authority or a person with delegated authority
from the governing board to assign amounts for a specific intended purpose. An
assignment cannot result in a deficit in the unassigned fund balance in the General Fund.
Assigned fund balance in all other governmental funds represents any positive remaining
amount after classifying nonspendable, restricted or committed fund balance amounts.
Unassigned fund balance, in the General Fund, represents amounts not classified as
nonspendable, restricted, committed or assigned. The General Fund is the only fund that
would report a positive amount in unassigned fund balance. For all governmental funds,
other than the General Fund, unassigned fund balance would necessarily be negative,
since the fund's liabilities and deferred inflows of resources, together with amounts already
classed as nonspendable, restricted and committed would exceed the fund's assets and
deferred outflows of resources.
When both restricted and unrestricted amounts of fund balance are available for use for
expenditures incurred, it is the Village's policy to use restricted amounts first and then
unrestricted amounts as they are needed. For unrestricted amounts of fund balance, it is
the Village's policy to use fund balance in the following order: committed, assigned, and
unassigned.
These changes were made to reflect spending constraints on resources, rather than availability for
appropriations and to bring greater clarity and consistency to fund balance reporting. This
pronouncement should result in an improvement in the usefulness of fund balance information.
As noted earlier, the Village uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with
finance-related legal requirements.
Govemmental Funds
The focus of the Village's governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows,
outflows and balances of spendable resources. Such information is useful in assessing the
Village's financing requirements. In particular, unassigned fund balance may serve as a useful
measure of a government's net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.As of
the end of the current fiscal year, the Village's governmental funds reported combined ending fund
balances of $7,139,618. Of this amount $33,481 has been classified as non-spendable,
$1,057,557 has been classified as restricted, $1,172,848 has been classified as assigned and
$4,875,732 has been classified as unassigned.
The General Fund is the primary operating fund of the Village.At the end of the current fiscal year,
the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund was $5,641,949, representing 74% of the total
General Fund balance of$7,662,972. Revenues and other financing sources were $19,968,563,
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which was $1,272,493 greater than the final budget. The major areas where revenues exceeded
the budget were non-property taxes, departmental income and state aid. Expenditures and other
financing uses were$18,991,452, which was$799,245 less than the final budget.
Capital Assets and Debt Administration
Capital Assets
The Village's investment in capital assets for governmental activities at May 31, 2016, net of
$23,542,348 of accumulated depreciation, was $31,620,864. This investment in capital assets
includes land, land improvements, buildings and improvements, machinery and equipment and
construction-in-progress.
Major capital asset activity during the current fiscal year included the following:
Capital Assets
May 31,
Class 2016 2015
Land $ 13,660,376 $ 13,094,447
Land Improvements 6,200,677 5,972,942
Building and Improvements 7,977,465 7,688,148
Machinery and Equipment 5,411,464 4,541,868
Infrastructure 21,564,716 20,666,207
ConstructiorrirrProgress 348,514 796,158
Less-accumulated depreciation (23,542,348) (22,398,813)
Total(net of depreciation) $ 31,620,864 $ 30,360,957
Additional information on the Village's capital assets can be found in Note 3 in the notes to the
financial statements.
Lona-Term Debt/Short-Term Debt
At the end of the current fiscal year, the Village had total bonded debt outstanding of$2,035,000.
As required by New York State Law, all bonds issued by the Village are general obligation bonds,
backed by the full faith and credit of the Village.
During the current fiscal year, the Village issued $1,082,500 of short-term debt (bond anticipation
notes/BAN's), and paid down $476,445 (all from General Fund appropriations) on existing BAN's
for capital projects.
Pursuant to Article VIII of the State Constitution and Title 9 of Article 2 of the Local Finance Law,
the Village is subject to a "constitutional debt limit". This debt limit is calculated by taking 7% of the
latest five-year average of the full valuation of all taxable real property within the Village. At May
31, 2016,the Village has the authority to issue$175,860,429 of general obligation long-term debt.
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Additional information on the Village's long-term and short-term debt can be found in Note 3 in the
notes to the financial statements.
Requests for Information
This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the Village of Rye Brook, New
York's finances. Questions and comments concerning any of the information provided in this report
should be addressed to Diane DiSanto, Treasurer, Village of Rye Brook, 938 King Street, Rye
Brook, New York 10573.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Statement of Net Position
May 31, 2016
Governmental
Activities
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 10,548,428
Investments 211,323
Receivables
Taxes 51,186
Accounts 278,730
Due from other governments 479,400
Prepaid expenses 33,481
Capital assets
Not being depreciated 14,008,890
Being depreciated, net 17,611,974
Total Assets 43,223,412
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES 5,382,752
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 818,389
Accrued liabilities 274,654
Deposits and other liabilities 4,590
Due to retirement systems 222,911
Bond anticipation notes payable 3,142,386
Accrued interest payable 27,960
Non-current liabilities
Due within one year 510,000
Due in more than one year 24,200,032
Total Liabilities 29,200,922
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES 836,999
NET POSITION
Net investment in capital assets 26,406,524
Restricted
Capital projects 2,490,962
Debt service 814,694
Special purposes 242,863
Unrestricted (11,386,800)
Total Net Position $ 18,568,243
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Statement of Activities
Year Ended May 31, 2016
Program Revenues
Operating Capital
Charges for Grants and Grants and
Functions/Programs Expenses Services Contributions Contributions
Governmental activities
General government support $ 3,852,583 $ 49,740 $ - $ -
Public safety 10,363,091 874,964 5,097 -
Health 198,842 - - -
Transportation 2,482,153 40,000 124,384 -
Economic opportunity and
development 486,704 - - -
Culture and recreation 2,560,305 379,310 36,892 -
Home and community
services 1,061,911 156,555 1,500 -
Interest 121,606 - - 5,081
Total Governmental
Activities $ 21,127,195 $ 1,500,569 $ 167,873 $ 5,081
General revenues
Real property taxes
Other tax items
Interest and penalties on real property taxes
Non-property taxes
Non-property tax distribution form County
Utilities gross receipts taxes
Hotel occupancy tax
Franchise fees
Unrestricted use of money and property
Unrestricted State aid
Miscellaneous
Insurance recoveries
Total General Revenues
Change in Net Position
NET POSITION
Beginning, as reported
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
Beginning, as restated
Ending
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Net(Expense)
Revenue and
Changesin
Net Position
$ (3,802,843)
(9,483,030)
(198,842)
(2,317,769)
(486,704)
(2,144,103)
(903,856)
(116,525)
(19,453,672)
14,534,433
10,434
1,368,979
249,405
1,343,527
265,065
20,965
390,623
90,748
56,757
18,330,936
(1,122,736)
20,014,108
(323,129)
19,690,979
$ 18,568,243
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Village of Rye Brook,New York
Balance Sheet
Governmental Funds
May 31, 2016
Total
Capital Non-Major Governmental
General Projects Governmental Funds
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 9,537,085 $ 758,560 $ 252,783 $ 10,548,428
Investments 211,323 - - 211,323
Taxes receivable 51,186 - - 51,186
Other receivables
Accounts 278,730 - - 278,730
Due from other governments 479,400 - - 479,400
Due from other funds - 2,026,571 - 2,026,571
Prepaid expenditures 33,481 - - 33,481
Total Assets $ 10,591,205 $ 2,785,131 $ 252,783 $ 13,629,119
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES(DEFICITS)
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 407,535 $ 408,962 $ 1,892 $ 818,389
Accrued liabilities 274,654 - - 274,654
Deposits and other liabilities 4,590 - - 4,590
Due to retirement systems 222,911 - - 222,911
Due to other funds 2,018,543 - 8,028 2,026,571
Bond anticipation notes payable - 3,142,386 - 3,142,386
Total Liabilities 2,928,233 3,551,348 9,920 6,489,501
Fund balances (deficits)
Nonspendable 33,481 - - 33,481
Restricted 814,694 - 242,863 1,057,557
Assigned 1,172,848 - - 1,172,848
Unassigned 5,641,949 (766,217) - 4,875,732
Total Fund Balances(Deficits) 7,662,972 (766,217) 242,863 7,139,618
Total Liabilities and
Fund Balances(Deficits) $ 10,591,205 $ 2,785,131 $ 252,783 $ 13,629,119
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Reconciliation of Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to
the Government-Wide Statement of Net Position
May 31, 2016
Amounts Reported for Governmental Activities in the Statement of Net
Position are Different Because:
Fund Balances-Total Governmental Funds $ 7,139,618
Capital assets used in governmental activities are not financial
resources and, therefore, are not reported in the funds. 31,620,864
Governmental funds do not report the effect of assets or liabilities
related to net pension liabilities whereas these amounts
are deferred and amortized in the statement of activities.
Deferred amounts on net pension liabilities 4,545,753
Long-term liabilities that are not due and payable in the current
period are not reported in the funds.
Accrued interest payable (27,960)
Bonds payable (2,071,954)
Compensated absences (1,425,613)
Net pension liability (5,388,505)
Other post employment benefit obligations payable (15,823,960)
(24,737,992)
Net Position of Governmental Activities $ 18,568,243
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances
Governmental Funds
Year Ended May 31, 2016
Capital Non-Major
General Projects Governmental
REVENUES
Real property taxes $ 14,534,433 $ - $ -
Other tax items 10,434 - -
Non-property taxes 3,226,976 - -
Departmental income 1,265,769 - -
Intergovemmental charges 198,055 - -
Use of money and property 26,046 - -
Fines and forfeitures 38,245 - -
State aid 521,100 - -
Miscellaneous 90,748 - 35,896
Total Revenues 19,911,806 - 35,896
EXPENDITURES
Current
General government support 2,565,543 - -
Public safety 5,765,787 - 472
Health 198,842 - -
Transportation 1,151,634 - -
Economic opportunity and development 296,819 - -
Culture and recreation 1,600,799 - 37,176
Home and community services 963,676 - -
Employee benefits 4,319,502 - -
Debt service
Principal 625,000 - -
Interest 133,230 - -
Capital outlay - 2,502,072 -
Total Expenditures 17,620,832 2,502,072 37,648
Excess (Deficiency) of Revenues
Over Expenditures 2,290,974 (2,502,072) (1,752)
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Insurance recoveries 56,757 - -
Transfers in - 1,370,620 -
Transfers out (1,370,620) - -
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses) (1,313,863) 1,370,620
Net Change in Fund Balances 977,111 (1,131,452) (1,752)
FUND BALANCES(DEFICITS)
Beginning of Year 6,685,861 365,235 244,615
End of Year $ 7,662,972 $ (766,217) $ 242,863
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Total
Govemmental
Funds
$ 14,534,433
10,434
3,226,976
1,265,769
198,055
26,046
38,245
521,100
126,644
19,947,702
2,565,543
5,766,259
198,842
1,151,634
296,819
1,637,975
963,676
4,319,502
625,000
133,230
2,502,072
20,160,552
(212,850)
56,757
1,370,620
(1,370,620)
56,757
(156,093)
7,295,711
$ 7,139,618
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues,
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
to the Statement of Activities
Year Ended May 31, 2016
Amounts Reported for Governmental Activities in the Statement of Activities are Different Because:
Net Change in Fund Balances-Total Governmental Funds $ (156,093)
Governmental funds report capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the state-
ment of activities, the cost of those assets is allocated over their estimated useful
lives and reported as depreciation expense. This amount may be less than the
total capital outlay since capital outlay includes amounts under the capitalization
threshold.
Capital outlay expenditures 2,403,442
Depreciation expense (1,143,535)
1,259,907
Bond proceeds provide current financial resources to governmental funds, but
issuing debt increases long-term liabilities in the statement of net position. Re-
payment of bond principal is an expenditure in the governmental funds, but the
repayment reduces long-term liabilities in the statement of net position. Also,
governmental funds report the effect of premiums, discounts and
similar items when debt is first issued, whereas these amounts are deferred and
amortized in the statement of activities.
Principal paid on serial bonds 625,000
Amortization of premium/loss 12,439
637,439
Some expenses reported in the statement of activities do not require the use of
current financial resources and, therefore, are not reported as expenditures in
governmental funds.
Accrued interest (815)
Compensated absences (119,333)
Pension liabilities (519,623)
Other post employment benefit obligations (2,224,218)
(2,863,989)
Change in Net Position of Governmental Activities $ (1,122,736)
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook,New York
Statement of Revenues,Expenditures And Changes
In Fund Balance-Budget And Actual
General Fund
Year Ended May 31,2016
Variance with
Final Budget
Original Final Positive
REVENUES Budget Budget Actual (Negative)
Real property taxes $ 14,534,433 $ 14,534,433 $ 14,534,433 $ -
Other tax items 6,000 6,000 10,434 4,434
Non-property taxes 2,374,000 2,374,000 3,226,976 852,976
Departmental income 1,134,250 1,134,250 1,265,769 131,519
Intergovernmental charges 197,516 197,516 198,055 539
Use of money and property 16,000 16,000 26,046 10,046
Fines and forfeitures 40,000 40,000 38,245 (1,755)
Sale of property and
compensation for loss 15,000 15,000 - (15,000)
State aid 356,271 356,271 521,100 164,829
Miscellaneous 7,600 7,600 90,748 83,148
Total Revenues 18,681,070 18,681,070 19,911,806 1,230,736
EXPENDITURES
Current
General government support 2,737,444 2,847,617 2,565,543 282,074
Public safety 5,885,466 5,866,890 5,765,787 101,103
Health 198,842 198,842 198,842 -
Transportation 1,349,709 1,278,989 1,151,634 127,355
Economic opportunity and development 308,883 310,383 296,819 13,564
Culture and recreation 1,656,874 1,659,174 1,600,799 58,375
Home and community services 1,086,038 1,093,108 963,676 129,432
Employee benefits 4,424,300 4,371,853 4,319,502 52,351
Debt service
Principal 625,000 625,000 625,000 -
Interest 126,666 133,232 133,230 2
Total Expenditures 18,399,222 18,385,088 17,620,832 764,256
Excess of Revenues Over
Expenditures 281,848 295,982 2,290,974 1,994,992
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES(USES)
Insurance recoveries 15,000 15,000 56,757 41,757
Transfers out (1,381,675) (1,405,609) (1,370,620) 34,989
Total Other Financing Uses (1,366,675) (1,390,609) (1,313,863) 76,746
Net Change in Fund Balance (1,084,827) (1,094,627) 977,111 2,071,738
FUND BALANCE
Beginning of Year 1,084,827 1,094,627 6,685,861 5,591,234
End of Year $ - $ - $ 7,662,972 $ 7,662,972
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Fiduciary Fund
May 31, 2016
Agency
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 342,481
Cash and equivalents- senior services 17,662
Accounts receivable 55,829
Total Assets $ 415,972
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 16,569
Deposits 386,395
Deposits-senior services 13,008
Total Liabilities $ 415,972
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements
May 31, 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Sianificant Accounting Policies
The Village of Rye Brook, New York ("Village")was incorporated in 1982 and operates in accordance with
Village Law and the various other applicable laws of the State of New York. The Village Board of Trustees
is the legislative body responsible for overall operation. The Village Administrator serves as the chief
administrative officer and the Village Treasurer serves as the chief financial officer. The Village provides
the following services to its residents: public safety, health, transportation, economic opportunity and
development, culture and recreation, home and community services and general and administrative
support.
The accounting policies of the Village conform to generally accepted accounting principles as applicable to
governmental units and the Uniform System of Accounts as prescribed by the State of New York. The
Governmental Accounting Standards Board ("GASB") is the accepted standard setting body for
establishing governmental accounting and financial reporting principles. The following is a summary of the
Village's more significant accounting policies:
A. Financial Reporting Entity
The financial reporting entity consists of a) the primary government which is the Village, b)
organizations for which the Village is financially accountable and c) other organizations for which
the nature and significance of their relationship with the Village are such that exclusion would cause
the reporting entity's financial statements to be misleading or incomplete as set forth by GASB.
In evaluating how to define the Village, for financial reporting purposes, management has
considered all potential component units. The decision to include a potential component unit in the
Village's reporting entity was made by applying the criteria set forth by GASB, including legal
standing, fiscal dependency and financial accountability. Based upon the application of these
criteria,there are no other entities which would be included in the financial statements.
B. Government-Wide Financial Statements
The government-wide financial statements (i.e. the Statement of Net Position and the Statement of
Activities) report information on all non-fiduciary activities of the Village as a whole. For the most
part, the effect of interfund activity has been removed from these statements, except for interfund
services provided and used.
The Statement of Net Position presents the financial position of the Village at the end of its fiscal
year. The Statement of Activities demonstrates the degree to which direct expenses of a given
function or segment is offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly
identifiable with a specific function or segment. Program revenues include (1) charges to customers
or applicants who purchase, use or directly benefit from goods or services, or privileges provided by
a given function or segment, (2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the
operational or capital requirements of a particular function or segment and (3) interest earned on
grants that is required to be used to support a particular program. Taxes and other items not
identified as program revenues are reported as general revenues. The Village does not allocate
indirect expenses to functions in the Statement of Activities.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Significant Accounting Policies(Continued)
Separate financial statements are provided for governmental funds and fiduciary funds, even
though the latter are excluded from the government-wide financial statements. Major individual
governmental funds are reported as separate columns in the fund financial statements.
C. Fund Financial Statements
The accounts of the Village are organized and operated on the basis of funds. A fund is an
independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts, which comprise its
assets, deferred outflows of resources, liabilities, deferred inflows of resources, fund balances,
revenues and expenditures. Fund accounting segregates funds according to their intended
purpose and is used to aid management in demonstrating compliance with finance related legal
and contractual provisions. The Village maintains the minimum number of funds consistent with
legal and managerial requirements. The focus of governmental fund financial statements is on
major funds as that term is defined in professional pronouncements. Each major fund is to be
presented in a separate column,with non-major funds, if any, aggregated and presented in a single
column. Fiduciary funds are reported by type. Since the governmental fund statements are
presented on a different measurement focus and basis of accounting than the government-wide
statements' governmental activities column, a reconciliation is presented on the pages following,
which briefly explain the adjustments necessary to transform the fund based financial statements
into the governmental activities column of the government-wide presentation. The Village's
resources are reflected in the fund financial statements in two broad fund categories, in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles as follows:
Fund Categories
a. Governmental Funds - Governmental Funds are those through which most general
government functions are financed. The acquisition, use and balances of
expendable financial resources and the related liabilities are accounted for through
governmental funds. The following are the Village's major governmental funds.
General Fund - The General Fund constitutes the primary operating fund of the
Village in that it includes all revenues and expenditures not required by law to be
accounted for in other funds.
Capital Projects Fund -The Capital Projects Fund is used to account for and report
financial resources that are restricted, committed or assigned to expenditures for
capital outlays, including the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities and
other capital assets.
The Village also reports the following non-major governmental fund-
Special Revenue Funds - Special revenue funds are used to account for and report
the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are restricted, committed or assigned
to expenditures for specified purposes other than debt service or capital projects.
The non-major Special Revenue Fund of the Village is as follows:
Special Purpose Fund - The Special Purpose Fund is used to account for
assets held by the Village in accordance with the terms of a trust agreement.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31, 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Significant Accounting Policies(Continued)
b. Fiduciary Funds - (Not Included in Government-Wide Financial Statements) - The
Fiduciary Funds are used to account for assets held by the Village in an agency
capacity on behalf of others.
D. Measurement Focus, Basis of Accounting and Financial Statement Presentation
The accounting and financial reporting treatment is determined by the applicable measurement
focus and basis of accounting. Measurement focus indicates the type of resources being measured
such as current financial resources (current assets less current liabilities) or economic resources
(all assets and liabilities). The basis of accounting indicates the timing of transactions or events for
recognition in the financial statements.
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources
measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting. The Agency Fund has no measurement
focus but utilizes the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and
expenses are recorded when a liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.
Property taxes are recognized as revenues in the year for which they are levied. Grants and similar
items are recognized as revenue as soon as all eligibility requirements imposed by the provider
have been met.
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources
measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as
soon as they are both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when
they are collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the
current period. Property taxes are considered to be available if collected within sixty days of the
fiscal year end. A ninety day availability period is generally used for revenue recognition for most
other governmental fund revenues. Property taxes associated with the current fiscal period as well
as charges for services and intergovernmental revenues are considered to be susceptible to
accrual and have been recognized as revenues of the current fiscal period. Fees and other similar
revenues are not susceptible to accrual because generally they are not measurable until received in
cash. If expenditures are the prime factor for determining eligibility, revenues from Federal and
State grants are accrued when the expenditure is made. Expenditures generally are recorded when
a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, as well as
expenditures related to compensated absences, net pension liability and other post employment
benefit obligations are recorded only when payment is due. General capital asset acquisitions are
reported as expenditures in governmental funds. Issuance of long-term debt and acquisitions under
capital leases are reported as other financing sources.
E. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources and Net Position or Fund
Balances
Deposits, Investments and Risk Disclosure
Cash and Equivalents - Cash and equivalents consist of funds deposited in demand
deposit accounts, time deposit accounts and certificates of deposit with original maturities of
less than three months.
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Village of Rye Brook,New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Significant Accounting Policies(Continued)
The Village's investment policies are governed by State statutes. The Village has adopted
its own written investment policy, which provides for the deposit of funds in FDIC insured
commercial banks or trust companies located within the State. The Village is authorized to
use demand deposit accounts, time deposit accounts and certificates of deposit.
Permissible investments include obligations of the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Agencies,
repurchase agreements and obligations of New York State or its political subdivisions, and
accordingly,the Village's policy provides for no credit risk on investments.
Collateral is required for demand deposit accounts, time deposit accounts and certificates of
deposit at 100% of all deposits not covered by Federal deposit insurance. The Village has
entered into custodial agreements with the various banks which hold their deposits. These
agreements authorize the obligations that may be pledged as collateral. Such obligations
include, among other instruments, obligations of the United States and its agencies and
obligations of the State and its municipal and Village subdivisions.
Custodial credit risk is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the Village's deposits may
not be returned to it. GASB Statement No. 40 directs that deposits be disclosed as
exposed to custodial credit risk if they are not covered by depository insurance and the
deposits are either uncollateralized, collateralized by securities held by the pledging financial
institution or collateralized by securities held by the pledging financial institution's trust
department but not in the Village's name. The Village's aggregate bank balances that were
not covered by depository insurance were not exposed to custodial credit risk at May 31,
2016.
The Village was invested only in the above mentioned obligations and, accordingly, was not
exposed to any interest rate or credit risk.
Investments - All investments are stated at fair value and/or amortized cost, which
approximates fair value.
Taxes Receivable - Real property taxes attach as an enforceable lien on real property as of May
1st and are levied and payable in two installments due in June and February. The Town of Rye is
responsible for the billing and collection of the Village's real property taxes.
Other Receivables - Other receivables include amounts due from other governments and
individuals for services provided by the Village. Receivables are recorded and revenues recognized
as earned or as speck program expenditures are incurred. Allowances are recorded when
appropriate.
Due From/To Other Funds - During the course of its operations, the Village has numerous
transactions between funds to finance operations, provide services and construct assets. To the
extent that certain transactions between funds had not been paid or received as of May 31, 2016,
balances of interfund amounts receivable or payable have been recorded in the fund financial
statements.
Prepaid Expenses/Expenditures -Certain payments to vendors reflect costs applicable to future
accounting periods, and are recorded as prepaid items using the consumption method in both the
district-wide and fund financial statements. Prepaid expenses/expenditures consist of insurance
and other costs which have been satisfied prior to the end of the fiscal year, but represent items
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31, 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Sianificant Accounting Policies(Continued)
which have been provided for in the subsequent year's budget and will benefit such periods.
Reported amounts in governmental funds are equally offset by nonspendable fund balance which
indicates that these amounts do not constitute "available spendable resources" even though they
are a component of current assets.
Capital Assets-Capital assets, which include property, plant, equipment and infrastructure assets
(e.g., roads, bridges, sidewalks and similar items) are reported in the governmental activities
column in the government-wide financial statements. Capital assets are defined by the Village as
assets with an initial, individual cost of more than $5,000 and an estimated useful life in excess of
one year. Such assets are recorded at historical cost or estimated historical cost if purchased or
constructed. Donated capital assets are recorded at estimated fair market value at the date of
donation.
Major outlays for capital assets and improvements are capitalized as projects are constructed. The
cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially
extend assets lives is not capitalized.
Land and construction-in-progress are not depreciated. Property, plant, equipment and
infrastructure of the Village are depreciated using the straight line method over the following
estimated useful lives.
Life
Class in Years
Land improvements 20
Buildings and improvements 15-45
Machinery and equipment 5-20
Infrastructure 15-50
The costs associated with the acquisition or construction of capital assets are shown as capital
outlay expenditures on the governmental fund financial statements. Capital assets are not shown
on the governmental fund balance sheet.
Deferred Outflowslinflows of Resources - In addition to assets, the statement of financial
position will sometimes report a separate section for deferred outflows of resources. This separate
financial statement element represents a consumption of net position that applies to a future period
and so will not be recognized as an outflow of resources(expense/expenditure) until then.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will sometimes report a separate section
for deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element represents an
acquisition of net position that applies to a future period and so will not be recognized as an inflow
of resources(revenue)until that time.
The Village reports deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources in relation to
its pension obligations. These amounts are detailed in the discussion of the Village's pension plans
in Note 3F.
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Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Sionificant Accounting Policies(Continued)
Long-Term Liabilities - In the govemment-wide financial statements, long-term debt and other
long-term obligations are reported as liabilities in the Statement of Net Position. Bond premiums
and discounts are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds. Bonds payable are reported
net of the applicable bond premium or discount. Bond issuance costs are expended as incurred.
In the fund financial statements, governmental funds recognize bond premiums and discounts,
as well as bond issuance costs, during the current period. The face amount of the debt issued is
reported as other financing sources. Premiums received on debt issuances are reported as
other financing sources while discounts on debt issuances are reported as other financing uses.
Issuance costs, whether or not withheld from the actual debt proceeds received, are reported as
Capital Projects Fund expenditures.
Compensated Absences - The various collective bargaining agreements provide for the
payment of accumulated vacation and sick leave upon separation from service. The liability for
such accumulated leave is reflected in the government-wide Statement of Net Position as current
and long-term liabilities. A liability for these amounts is reported in the governmental funds only if
the liability has matured through employee resignation or retirement. The liability for
compensated absences includes salary related payments, where applicable.
Net Pension Liability-The net pension liability represents the Village's proportionate share of the
net pension liability of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and the New
York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System. The financial reporting of these amounts
are presented in accordance with the provisions of GASB Statement No. 68, "Accounting and
Financial Reporting for Pensions" and GASB Statement No. 71, "Pension Transition for
Contributions made Subsequent to the Measurement Date".
Net Position-Net position represent the difference between assets and liabilities. Net position is
reported as restricted when there are limitations imposed on its use either through the enabling
legislation adopted by the Village or through external restrictions imposed by creditors, grantors,
or laws or regulations of other governments. Net position on the Statement of Net Position
includes, net investment in capital assets, restricted for capital projects, debt service and special
purposes. The balance is classified as unrestricted.
Fund Balance - Generally, fund balance represents the difference between current assets and
deferred outflows of resources and current liabilities and deferred inflows of resources. In the
fund financial statements, governmental funds report fund classifications that comprise a
hierarchy based primarily on the extent to which the Village is bound to honor constraints on the
specific purposes for which amounts in those funds can be spent. Under this standard the fund
balance classifications are as follows:
Nonspendable fund balance includes amounts that cannot be spent because they are
either not in spendable form (inventories, prepaid amounts, long-term receivables) or they
are legally or contractually required to be maintained intact (the corpus of a permanent
fund).
Restricted fund balance is reported when constraints placed on the use of the resources
are imposed by grantors, contributors, laws or regulations of other governments or
imposed by law through enabling legislation. Enabling legislation includes a legally
enforceable requirement that these resources be used only for the specific purposes as
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May 31, 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Sisanificant Accounting Policies(Continued)
provided in the legislation. This fund balance classification is used to report funds that
are restricted for debt service obligations and for other items contained the General
Municipal Law of the State of New York.
Committed fund balance is reported for amounts that can only be used for specific
purposes pursuant to formal action of the entity's highest level of decision making
authority. The Board of Trustees is the highest level of decision making authority for the
Village that can, by the adoption of a resolution prior to the end of the fiscal year, commit
fund balance. Once adopted, these funds may only be used for the purpose specified
unless the entity removes or changes the purpose by taking the same action that was
used to establish the commitment. This classification includes certain amounts established
and approved by the Board of Trustees.
Assigned fund balance, in the General Fund, represents amounts constrained either by
policies of the entity's highest level of decision making authority or a person with
delegated authority from the governing board to assign amounts for a specific intended
purpose. Unlike commitments, assignments generally only exist temporarily, in that
additional action does not normally have to be taken for the removal of an assignment.
An assignment cannot result in a deficit in the unassigned fund balance in the General
Fund. Assigned fund balance in all other governmental funds represents any positive
remaining amount after classifying nonspendable, restricted or committed fund balance
amounts.
Unassigned fund balance, in the General Fund, represents amounts not classified as
nonspendable, restricted, committed or assigned. The General Fund is the only fund that
would report a positive amount in unassigned fund balance. For all governmental funds
other than the General Fund, unassigned fund balance would necessarily be negative,
since the fund's liabilities and deferred inflows of resources, together with amounts
already classified as nonspendable, restricted and committed would exceed the fund's
assets and deferred outflows of resources.
In order to calculate the amounts to report as restricted and unrestricted fund balance in
the governmental fund financial statements, a flow assumption must be made about the
order in which the resources are considered to be applied. When both restricted and
unrestricted amounts of fund balance are available for use for expenditures incurred, it is
the Village's policy to use restricted amounts first and then unrestricted amounts as they
are needed. For unrestricted amounts of fund balance, it is the Village's policy to use fund
balance in the following order: committed, assigned, and unassigned.
F. Encumbrances
In governmental funds, encumbrance accounting, under which purchase orders, contracts and
other commitments for the expenditure of monies are recorded in order to reserve applicable
appropriations, is generally employed as an extension of formal budgetary integration in the
General Fund. Encumbrances outstanding at year-end are generally reported as assigned fund
balance since they do not constitute expenditures or liabilities.
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May 31 2016
Note 1 -Summary of Significant Accounting Policies(Continued)
G. Use of Estimates
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
amounts of assets, deferred outflows of resources, liabilities and deferred inflows of resources and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Estimates
also affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenditures/expenses during the reporting
period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
H. Subsequent Events Evaluation by Management
Management has evaluated subsequent events for disclosure and/or recognition in the financial
statements through the date that the financial statements were available to be issued, which date is
March 8,2017.
Note 2-Stewardship.Compliance and Accountability
A. Budgetary Data
The Village generally follows the procedures enumerated below in establishing the budgetary data
reflected in the financial statements:
a) On or before March 20th, the budget officer submits to the Board of Trustees a tentative
operating budget for the fiscal year commencing the following June 1st. The tentative
budget includes proposed expenditures and the means of financing for all funds.
b) The Board of Trustees, on or before March 31st, meets to discuss and review the tentative
budget.
C) The Board of Trustees conducts a public hearing on the tentative budget to obtain taxpayer
comments on or before April 15th.
d) After the public hearing and on or before May 1st, the Trustees meet to consider and adopt
the budget.
e) Formal budgetary integration is employed during the year as a management control device
for the General Fund.
f) The budget for the General Fund is legally adopted annually on a basis consistent with
generally accepted accounting principles. The Capital Projects Fund is budgeted on a
project basis. An annual budget is not legally adopted by the Board for the Special Purpose
Fund.
g) The Village Board of Trustees has established legal control of the budget at the function level of
expenditures. Transfers between appropriation accounts, at the function level, require approval
by the Village Administrator. However, any modification to appropriations resulting from
increases in revenue estimates or supplemental reserve appropriations require a majority vote
by the Board.
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May 31, 2016
Note 2-Stewardship, Compliance and Accountability(Continued)
h) Appropriations in the General Fund lapse at the end of the fiscal year, except that
outstanding encumbrances are reappropriated in the succeeding year pursuant to the
Uniform System of Accounts promulgated by the Office of the State Comptroller.
Budgeted amounts are as originally adopted, or as amended by the Board of Trustees.
B. Property Tax Limitation
The Village is permitted by the Constitution of the State of New York to levy taxes up to 2% of the
five year average full valuation of taxable real estate located within the Village, exclusive of the
amount raised for the payment of interest on and redemption of long-term debt. In accordance with
this definition, the maximum amount of the levy for 2015-2016 was $50,245,837 which exceeded
the actual levy by$35,711,404.
On June 24, 2011, the Governor signed Chapter 97 of the Laws of 2011 ("Tax Levy Limitation
Law"). This applies to all local governments.
The Tax Levy Limitation Law restricts the amount of real property taxes that may be levied by a
Village in a particular year. The original legislation that established the Tax levy Limitation Law was
set to expire on June 16, 2016. Chapter 20 of the Laws of 2015 extends the Tax Levy Limitation
Law through June 2020.
The following is a brief summary of certain relevant provisions of the Tax Levy Limitation Law.
The summary is not complete and the full text of the Tax Levy Limitation Law should be read in
order to understand the details and implementations thereof.
The Tax Levy Limitation Law imposes a limitation on increases in the real property tax levy,
subject to certain exceptions. The Tax Levy Limitation Law permits the Village to increase its
overall real property tax levy over the tax levy of the prior year by no more than the "Allowable
Levy Growth Factor," which is the lesser of one and two-one hundredths or the sum of one plus
the Inflation Factor; provided, however that in no case shall the levy growth factor be less than
one. The "Inflation Factor" is the quotient of: (i) the average of the National Consumer Price
Indexes determined by the United States Department of Labor for the twelve-month period
ending six months prior to the start of the coming fiscal year minus the average of the National
Consumer Price Indexes determined by the United States Department of Labor for the twelve-
month period ending six months prior to the start of the prior fiscal year, divided by (ii) the
average of the National Consumer Price Indexes determined by the United States Department of
Labor with the result expressed as a decimal to four places. The Village is required to calculate
its tax levy limit for the upcoming year in accordance with the provision above and provide all
relevant information to the New York State Comptroller prior to adopting its budget. The Tax
Levy Limitation Law sets forth certain exclusions to the real property tax levy limitation of the
Village, including exclusions for certain portions of the expenditures for retirement system
contributions and tort judgments payable by the Village. The Board may adopt a budget that
exceeds the tax levy limit for the coming fiscal year, only if the Board first enacts, by a vote of at
least sixty percent of the total voting power of the Board, a local law to override such limit for
such coming fiscal year.
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May 31,2016
Note 2-Stewardship.Compliance and Accountability(Continued)
C. Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
For the year ended May 31, 2016, the Village implemented GASB Statement No. 68, "Accounting
and Financial Reporting for Pensions" and GASB Statement No. 71, "Pension Transition for
Contributions Made Subsequent to the Measurement Date" These statements seek to improve
accounting and financial reporting by state and local governments for pensions by establishing
standards for measuring and recognizing liabilities, deferred outflows/inflows of resources and
expenses/expenditures. These statements also require the identification of the methods and
assumptions that should be used to project benefit payments, discount projected benefit payments
to their actuarial present value and attribute that present value to the periods of employee service.
As a result of adopting these standards, the government-wide financial statements reflect a
cumulative effect for the change in accounting principle of$(323,129).
D. Capital Projects Fund Deficits
The unassigned deficit in the Capital Projects Fund of $766,217 arises in-part because of the
application of generally accepted accounting principles to the financial reporting of such funds. The
proceeds of bond anticipation notes issued to finance construction of capital projects are not
recognized as an 'other financing source". Liabilities for bond anticipation notes payable are
accounted for in the Capital Projects Fund. Bond anticipation notes are recognized as revenue only
to the extent that they are redeemed. The deficit will be reduced and eliminated as the bond
anticipation notes are redeemed from interfund transfers from other governmental funds or
converted to permanent financing. Other deficits, where no bond anticipation notes were issued or
outstanding to the extent of the deficit, arise either because of expenditures exceeding current
financing on the projects or from capital projects exceeding their budgetary authorization. These
deficits will be eliminated with the subsequent receipt or issuance of authorized financing.
E. Expenditures in Excess of Budget
The following capital projects exceeded their budgetary provisions by the amounts indicated:
Comprehensive Plan $ 10,000
Land-Garibaldi Place and Parking Lot 6,785
Laser fiche Project 14,326
Pine Ridge Park Tennis Court Resurfacing 7,200
Highway Equipment 35,193
Pine Ridge Park Tennis Wall Reconstruction 2,418
Police Desk Renovations 6,466
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds
A. Taxes Receivable
Taxes receivable at May 31, 2016 consisted of the following:
Current Year $ 51.186
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May 31,2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
B. Due From/To Other Funds
The balances reflected as due from/to other funds at May 31, 2016 were as follows:
Due Due
Fund From To
General $ - $ 2,018,543
Capital Projects 2,026,571 -
Non-Major Governmental - 8,028
$ 2,026,571 $ 2,026,571
The outstanding balances between funds result mainly from the time lag between the dates that 1)
interfund goods and services are provided or reimbursable expenditures occur, 2)transactions are
recorded in the accounting system and 3)payments between funds are made.
C. Capital Assets
Changes in the Village's capital assets are as follows:
Balance Balance
June 1, May 31,
Class 2015 Additions Deletions 2016
Capital Assets, not being depreciated
Land $ 13,094,447 $ 565,929 $ - $ 13,660,376
Construction-in-Progress 796,158 6,504 454,148 348,514
Total Capital Assets, not
being depreciated $ 13,890,605 $ 572,433 $ 454,148 $ 14,008,890
Capital Assets, being depreciated
Land Improvements $ 5,972,942 $ 227,735 $ - $ 6,200,677
Buildings and Improvements 7,688,148 289,317 - 7,977,465
Machinery and Equipment 4,541,868 869,596 - 5,411,464
Infrastructure 20,666,207 898,509 - 21,564,716
Total Capital Assets, being
depreciated 38,869,165 2,285,157 - 41,154,322
Less Accumulated Depreciation for
Land Improvements 2,401,615 318,676 - 2,720,291
Buildings and Improvements 2,437,000 180,272 - 2,617,272
Machinery and Equipment 3,405,104 196,799 - 3,601,903
Infrastructure 14,155,094 447,788 - 14,602,882
Total Accumulated Depreciation 22,398,813 1,143,535 - 23,542,348
Total Capital Assets, being
depreciated, net $ 16,470,352 $ 1,141,622 $ - $ 17,611,974
Capital Assets, net $ 30,360,957 $ 1,714,055 $ 454,148 $ 31,620,864
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May 31 2016 -
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Depreciation expense was charged to the Village's functions and programs as follows:
General Government Support $ 69,875
Public Safety 169,129
Transportation 456,746
Culture and Recreation 349,550
Home and Community Services 98.235
Total Depreciation Expense
D. Accrued Liabilities
The Village has reported accrued liabilities for payroll and employee benefits of $274,654 in the
General Fund.
E. Short-Tenn Capital Borrowings-Bond Anticipation Notes
The schedule below details the changes in short-term capital borrowings.
Year of Balance Balance
Original Maturity Rate of June 1, New May 31,
Purpose Issue Date Interest 2015 Issues Redempbons 2016
Various Capital Projects 2012 01/17 1.49 % $ 919,831 $ $ 288,945 $ 630,886
Land and Highway Garage 2013 10116 1.15 750,000 187,500 562,500
Various Capital Projects 2015 08116 1.56 491,500 - 491,500
Various Capital Projects 2015 03117 1.24 375,000 375,000
Various Capital Projects 2016 10116 0.74 - 1,082,500 1,082,500
$ 2,536,331 $ 1,082,500 $ 476,445 $ 3,142,386
Liabilities for bond anticipation notes are generally accounted for in the Capital Projects Fund.
Bond anticipation notes issued for judgments or settled claims are recorded in the fund paying
the claim. Principal payments on bond anticipation notes must be made annually. State law
requires that bond anticipation notes issued for capital purposes or judgments be converted to
long-term obligations generally within five years after the original issue date. However, bond
anticipation notes issued for assessable improvement projects may be renewed for periods
equivalent to the maximum life of the permanent financing, provided that stipulated annual
reductions of principal are made.
Interest expenditures of $32,655 were recorded in the fund financial statements in the General
Fund. Interest expense of $35,574 was recorded in the government-wide financial statements
for governmental activities.
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May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
F. Long-Term Liabilities
The following table summarizes changes in the Village's long-term liabilities for the year ended May
31, 2016:
Cumulative
Effect of
Balance Change in Balance New Maturities Balance Due
as Reported Accounting as Restated Issues/ and/or May 31, Within
June 1,2015 Principle June 1,2015 Additions Payments 2016 One-Year
Bonds Payable $ 2,660,000 $ $ 2,660,000 $ $ 625,000 $ 2,035,000 $ 370,000
Add-Unamortized premium
on bonds 52,160 52,160 15,206 36,954
2,712,160 2,712,160 640,206 2,071,954 370,000
Other Non-current Liabilities
Compensated Absences 1,306,280 1,306,280 249,333 130,000 1,425,613 140,000
Net Pension Liability - 323,129 323,129 5,065,376 5,388,505 -
Olher Post Employment Benefit
Obligations Payable 13,599,742 - 13,599,742 3,063,563 839,345 15,823,960
Total Noncurrent Liabilities 14,906,022 323,129 15,229,151 8,378,272 969,345 22,638,078 140,000
Total Long-Tenn Liabilities $ 17,618,182 $ 323,129 $ 17,941,311 $ 8,378,272 $ 1,609,551 $ 24,710,032 $ 510,000
Each governmental fund's liability for bonds, compensated absences, net pension liability and other
post employment benefit obligations are liquidated by the General Fund.
Bonds Payable
Bonds payable at May 31, 2016 are comprised of the following individual issues:
Amount
Original Outstanding
Year of Issue Final Interest at May 31,
Purpose Issue Amount Maturity Rates 2016
Various Village Purposes 2003 $ 3,100,000 September,2018 4.00-4.50 % $ 1,215,000
Various Village Purposes 2010 2,200,000 November,2023 3.00-5.00 820,000
$ 2,035,000
Interest expenditures of $100,575 were recorded in the fund financial statements in the General
Fund. Interest expense of$86,032 was recorded in the government-wide financial statements.
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May 31 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Payments to Maturity
The annual requirements to amortize all bonded debt outstanding as of May 31, 2016 including
interest payments of$270,559 are as follows:
Year
Ending
May 31, Principal Interest Total
2017 $ 370,000 $ 79,388 $ 449,388
2018 375,000 63,388 438,388
2019 375,000 50,138 425,138
2020 400,000 34,513 434,513
2021 175,000 21,669 196,669
2022-2024 340,000 21,463 361,463
$ 2,035,000 $ 270,559 $ 2,305,559
The above general obligation bonds are direct obligations of the Village for which its full faith and
credit are pledged and are payable from taxes levied on all taxable real property within the
Village.
Compensated Absences
Pursuant to the terms of existing collective bargaining agreements, certain employees are
permitted to accumulate sick and personal leave. The maximum accumulation varies with each
agreement. Upon termination, employees will be compensated for such accumulated leave at
varying amounts according to the terms of each agreement. The value of the compensated
absences has been reflected in the govemment-wide financial statements.
Pension Plans
New York State and Local Retirement System
The Village participates in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System ("ERS")
and the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System ("PFRS") which are
collectively referred to as the New York State and Local Retirement System ("System"). These
are cost-sharing, multiple-employer defined benefit pension plans. The System provides
retirement benefits as well as death and disability benefits. The net position of the System is
held in the New York State Common Retirement Fund ("Fund"), which was established to hold all
net assets and record changes in plan net position. The Comptroller of the State of New York
serves as the trustee of the Fund and is the administrative head of the System. The Comptroller
is an elected official determined in a direct statewide election and serves a four year term.
Obligations of employers and employees to contribute and benefits to employees are governed
by the New York State Retirement and Social Security Law ("NYSRSSL"). Once a public
employer elects to participate in the System, the election is irrevocable. The New York State
Constitution provides that pension membership is a contractual relationship and plan benefits
cannot be diminished or impaired. Benefits can be changed for future members only by
enactment of a State statute. The Village also participates in the Public Employees' Group Life
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May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Insurance Plan, which provides death benefits in the form of life insurance. The System is
included in the State's financial report as a pension trust fund. That report, including information
with regard to benefits provided may be found at www.osc.state.ny.us/retire/publications/
index.php or obtained by writing to the New York State and Local Retirement System, 110 State
Street,Albany, NY 12244.
The System is noncontributory except for employees who joined after July 27, 1976, who
contribute 3% of their salary for the first ten years of membership, and employees who joined on
or after January 1, 2010, who generally contribute between 3% and 6% of their salary for their
entire length of service. Under the authority of the NYSRSSL, the Comptroller annually certifies
the actuarially determined rates expressly used in computing the employers' contributions based
on salaries paid during the System's fiscal year ending March 31. The employer contribution
rates for the plan's year ending in 2016 are as follows:
Tier/Plan Rate
ERS 4 A14/41J 18.8 %
5 A15/41J 15.5
6 A15/41J1 10.5
PFRS 2 384D 24.7
5 384D 20.1
6 384D 14.3
At May 31, 2016, the Village reported a liability of $2,117,674 for its proportionate share of the
net pension liability of ERS and a liability of $3,270,831 for its proportionate share of the net
pension liability of PFRS. The net pension liability was measured as of March 31, 2016, and the
total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial
valuation as of that date. The Village's proportion of the net pension liability was based on a
computation of the actuarially determined indexed present value of future compensation by
employer relative to the total of all participating members. At March 31, 2016, the Village's
proportion was 0.0131940% for ERS and 0.1104717% for PFRS. For this first year of
implementation, the System reported no change in the allocation percentage measured as of
March 31, 2015.
For the year ended May 31, 2016, the Village recognized pension expense in the government-
wide financial statements of$731,194 for ERS and $1,216,626 for PFRS. Pension expenditures
of$542,185 for ERS and $886,012 for PFRS were recorded in the General Fund.
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May 31 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
At May 31, 2016, the Village reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
ERS PFRS
Deferred Deferred Deferred Deferred
Outflows Inflows Outflows Inflows
of Resources of Resources of Resources of Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ 10,700 $ 251,015 $ 29,336 $ 494,510
Changes of assumptions 564,720 - 1,410,045 -
Net difference between projected and actual
earnings on pension plan investments 1,256,320 - 1,833,036 -
Changes in proportion and differences between
Village contributions and proportionate
share of contributions - 91,474 55,684
Village contributions subsequent to the
measurement date 70,468 - 152,443 -
$ 1,902,208 $ 342,489 $ 3,480,544 $ 494,510
$70,468 and $152,443 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to ERS and PFRS,
respectively, resulting from the Village's accrued contributions subsequent to the measurement
date will be recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability in the year ended March 31, 2016.
Other amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources
related to ERS and PFRS will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
Year Ended
March 31, ERS PFRS
2017 $ 373,214 $ 668,523
2018 373,214 668,523
2019 373,214 668,523
2020 369,610 643,000
2021 - 185,022
The total pension liability for the March 31, 2016 measurement date was determined by using an
actuarial valuation as of April 1, 2015, with update procedures used to roll forward the total
pension liabilities to March 31, 2016. Significant actuarial assumptions used in the April 1, 2015
valuation were as follows:
Actuarial cost method Entry age normal
Inflation 2.5%
Salary scale 3.8% in ERS, 4.5% in PFRS indexed by service
Investment rate of return 7.0% compounded annually, net of investment
expenses, including inflation
Cost of living adjustments 1.3% annually
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May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Annuitant mortality rates are based on the April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2015 System's experience
with adjustments for mortality improvements based on Society of Actuaries Scale MP-2014.
The actuarial assumptions used in the April 1, 2015 valuation are based on the results of an
actuarial experience study for the period April 1, 2010-March 31, 2015.
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a
building-block method in which best estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return
(expected return, net of investment expenses and inflation) are developed for each major asset
class. These ranges are combined to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting
the expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding
expected inflation. The target allocation and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for
each major asset class are summarized below.
Long-Term
Expected
Target Real Rate
Asset Type Allocation of Return
Domestic Equity 38 % 7.30 %
International Equity 13 8.55
Private Equity 10 11.00
Real Estate 8 8.25
Absolute Return Strategies 3 6.75
Opportunistic Portfolio 3 8.60
Real Assets 3 8.65
Bonds and Mortgages 18 4.00
Cash 2 2.25
Inflation Indexed Bonds 2 4.00
100 %
The discount rate used to calculate the total pension liability was 7.0%. The projection of cash
flows used to determine the discount rate assumes that contributions from plan members will be
made at the current contribution rates and that contributions from employers will be made at
statutorily required rates, actuarially determined. Based upon those assumptions, the System's
fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments
of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan
investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total
pension liability.
The following presents the Village's proportionate share of the net pension liability calculated
using the discount rate of 7.0%, as well as what the Village's proportionate share of the net
pension liability (asset) would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1 percentage
point lower(6.0%) or 1 percentage point higher(8.0%)than the current rate:
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Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
1% Current 1%
Decrease Assumption Increase
(6.0%) (7.0%) (8.0%)
Village's proportionate share of the
ERS net pension liability(asset) $ 4,775,201 $ 2,117,674 $ (127,823)
Village's proportionate share of the
PFRS net pension liability(asset) $ 7,305,746 $ 3,270,831 $ (111,301)
The components of the collective net pension liability as of the March 31, 2016 measurement
date were as follows:
ERS PFRS Total
Total pension liability $ 172,303,544,000 $ 30,347,727,000 $ 202,651,271,000
ERS fiduciary net position 156,253,265,000 27,386,940,000 183,640,205,000
Employers' net pension liability $ 16,050,279,000 $ 2,960,787,000 $ 19,011,066,000
ERS fiduciary net position as a
percentage of total pension liability 90.7% 90.2% 90.6%
Employer contributions to ERS and PFRS are paid annually and cover the period through the end
of the System's fiscal year, which is March 31st. Retirement contributions as of May 31, 2016
represent the employer contribution for the period of April 1, 2016 through May 31, 2016 based
on prior year ERS and PFRS wages multiplied by the employers' contribution rate, by tier.
Retirement contributions to ERS and PFRS for the two months ended May 31, 2016 were
$70,468 and $152,443, respectively.
Voluntary Defined Contribution Plan
The Village also offers a defined contribution plan to all non-union employees hired on or after
June 1, 2013 and earning at the annual full-time salary rate of$75,000 or more. The employee
contribution is between 3% and 6% depending on salary and the Village will contribute 8%.
Employer contributions vest after 366 days of service. No current employees participated in this
program.
Other Post Employment Benefit Obligations Payable
In addition to providing pension benefits, the Village provides certain health care benefits for retired
employees. The various collective bargaining agreements stipulate the employees covered and the
percentage of contribution. Contributions by the Village may vary according to length of service.
The cost of providing post-employment health care benefits is shared between the Village and the
retired employee. Substantially all of the Village's employees may become eligible for these
benefits if they reach normal retirement age while working for the Village. The cost of retiree health
care benefits is recognized as expenditure as claims are paid in the fund financial statements.
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May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
The Village's annual other postemployment benefit("OPEB") cost (expense) is calculated based on
the annual required contribution, ("ARC"), an amount actuarially determined in accordance with the
parameters of GASB Statement 45. GASB Statement 45 establishes standards for the
measurement, recognition and display of the expenses and liabilities for retirees'medical insurance.
As a result, reporting of expenses and liabilities will no longer be done under the "pay-as-you-go"
approach. Instead of expensing the current year premiums paid, a per capita claims cost will be
determined, which will be used to determine a "normal cost", an "actuarial accrued liability", and
ultimately the ARC. The ARC represents a level of funding that, if paid on an ongoing basis, is
projected to cover normal cost each year and amortize any unfunded actuarial liabilities over a
period not to exceed thirty years.
Actuarial valuations for OPEB plans involve estimates of the value of reported amounts and
assumptions about the probability of events far into the future. These amounts are subject to
continual revision as results are compared to past expectations and new estimates are made about
the future. Calculations are based on the OPEB benefits provided under the terms of the
substantive plan in effect at the time of each valuation and on the pattern of sharing of costs
between the employer and plan members to that point. The actuarial calculations of the OPEB plan
reflect a long-term perspective.
The Village is required to accrue on the government-wide financial statements the amounts
necessary to finance the plan as actuarially determined, which is equal to the balance not paid by
plan members. Funding for the Plan has been established on a pay-as-you-go basis.
The assumed rate increase in postretirement benefits is as follows:
Non-Medicare Medicare Medicare
Eligible Eligible Part B
Year Medical & Rx Medical Reimbursement Dental
2017 7.5 % 5.0 % 5.0 % 5.0 %
2018 7.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
2019 6.5 5.0 5.0 5.0
2020 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
2021 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0
2022+ 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
The amortization basis is the level percentage of payroll method with a closed group amortization
approach with 24 years remaining in the amortization period. The actuarial assumptions include
a 4% rate of return. The entry age method was used to determine the actuarial value of the
assets of the OPEB plan, however, the Village currently has no assets set aside for the purpose
of paying postemployment benefits. The actuarial cost method utilized was the entry age method.
The number of participants as of May 31, 2016 was as follows:
Active Employees 68
Retired Employees 46
Total 114
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Amortization Component:
Actuarial Accrued Liability as of June 1, 2015 $ 38,016,131
Assets at Market Value -
Unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability $ 38,016,131
Funded Ratio 0.00%
Covered Payroll (active plan members) $ 6,099,869
UAAL as a Percentage of Covered Payroll 623.23%
Annual Required Contribution $ 3,197,443
Adjustment on annual required contribution (677,869)
Interest on Net OPEB Obligation 543,989
Annual OPEB Cost 3,063,563
Contributions Made (839,345)
Increase in Net OPEB Obligation 2,224,218
Net OPEB Obligation-Beginning of Year 13,599,742
Net OPEB Obligation - End of Year $ 15,823,960
The Village annual OPEB cost, the percentage of annual OPEB cost contributed to the plan and
the net OPEB obligation for the current and two preceding year is as follows:
Percentage
Fiscal of Annual
Year Ended Annual OPEB Cost Net OPEB
May 31, OPEB Cost Contributed Obligation
2016 $ 3,063,563 27.40 % $ 15,823,960
2015 2,928,018 26.65 13,599,742
2014 2,822,259 28.93 11,452,113
The schedule of funding progress for the OPEB plan immediately following the notes to the
financial statements presents multi-year trend information about whether the actuarial value of
the plan assets is increasing or decreasing relative to the actual accrued liability for the benefits
over time.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Continued)
May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
G. Revenues and Expenditures
Interfund Transfers
Interfund transfers are defined as the flow of assets, such as cash or goods and services, without
the equivalent flow of assets in return. The interfund transfers reflected below have been reflected
as transfers:
Transfers In
Capital
Projects
Transfers Out Fund
General Fund $ 1,370,620
Transfers are used to move amounts earmarked in the General Fund to fulfill commitments for
Capital Projects Fund expenditures.
H. Net Position
The components of net position are detailed below:
Net Investment in Capital Assets - the component of net position that reports the difference
between capital assets less both the accumulated depreciation and the outstanding balance of
debt, excluding unexpended proceeds, that is directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or
improvement of those assets.
Restricted for Capital Projects - the component of net position that reports the amounts restricted
for capital projects, exclusive of unexpended bonds proceeds and unrestricted interest earnings.
Restricted for Debt Service - the component of net position that reports the difference between
assets and liabilities with constraints placed on their use by Local Finance Law.
Restricted for Special Purposes-the component of net position that reports the difference between
assets and liabilities of certain programs that consist of assets with constraints placed on their use
by either external parties and/or statute.
Unrestricted- all other amounts that do not meet the definition of"restricted" or "net investment in
capital assets".
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements (Continued)
May 31, 2016
Note 3-Detailed Notes on All Funds(Continued)
Certain elements of fund balance are described above. Those additional elements which are not
reflected in the statement of net position but are reported in the governmental funds balance
sheet are described below.
Prepaid Expenditures has been provided to account for certain payments made in advance. The
amount is classified as nonspendable to indicate that funds are not"available" for appropriation or
expenditure even though they are a component of current assets.
The Restriction for Parklands has been established to account for funds received by the Village in
lieu of parklands as a condition precedent to the approval of a parcel of land by the Planning Board.
These funds may be used only for recreation purposes.
The Restriction for Trusts has been established to set aside funds in accordance with the terms of
the grants.
Purchases on order are assigned and represent the Village's intention to honor the contracts in
process at year-end. The subsequent years appropriation will be amended to provide authority to
complete the transactions.
Subsequent years expenditures represent that at May 31, 2016, the Board of Trustees has
assigned the above amounts to be appropriated for the ensuing years budget.
Unassigned fund balance in the General Fund represents amounts not classified as non-spendable,
restricted or assigned. Unassigned fund balance in the Capital Projects Funds represents deficit
balances.
Note 4-Summary Disclosure of Sianificant Continaencies
A. Litigation
The Village, in common with other municipalities, receives numerous notices of claims for money
damages arising from false arrest, property damage or personal injury. Of the claims currently
pending, none are expected to have a material effect on the financial position of the Village, if
adversely settled.
There are currently pending certiorari proceedings, the results of which could require the payment
of future tax refunds by the Village, if existing assessment rolls are modified based on the outcome
of the litigation proceedings. However, the amount of these possible refunds cannot be determined
at the present time. Any payments resulting from adverse decisions will be funded in the year the
payment is made.
B. Contingencies
The Village participates in various Federal grant programs. These programs may be subject to
program compliance audits pursuant to the Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, the Village's
compliance with applicable grant requirements may be established at a future date. The amount of
expenditures, which may be disallowed by the granting agencies cannot be determined at this time,
although the Village anticipates such amounts, if any,to be immaterial.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Notes to Financial Statements(Concluded)
May 31, 2016
Note 4-Summary Disclosure of Sianifcant Contingencies(Continued)
C. Risk Management
The Village purchases various conventional insurance coverages to reduce its exposure to loss.
The Village maintains a general liability policy, public official's liability and law enforcement liability
with coverage up to $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. In addition, the
Village also maintains an umbrella policy with coverage up to $20 million. The Village purchases
conventional workers' compensation insurance with coverage at statutory limits. The Village also
purchases conventional health insurance from one provider. Settled claims resulting from these
risks have not exceeded commercial coverage in any of the past three fiscal years.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Required Supplementary Information -Schedule of the
Village's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability
New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System
Last Ten Fiscal Years (1)
2016
Village's proportion of the net
pension liability(asset) 0.0131940%
Village's proportionate share of the
net pension liability (asset) $ 2,117,674
Village's covered-employee payroll $ 2,948,292
Village's proportionate share of the
net pension liability (asset) as a percentage
of its covered-employee payroll 71.83%
Plan fiduciary net position as a
percentage of the total pension liability 90.70%
Note-The amounts presented for each fiscal year were determined as of the March 31 measurement
date.
(1) Data not available prior to fiscal year 2016 implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Required Supplementary Information -Schedule of Contributions
New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System
Last Ten Fiscal Years (1)
2016
Contractually required contribution $ 550,949
Contributions in relation to the
contractually required contribution (550,949)
Contribution deficiency(excess) $ -
Village's covered-employee payroll $ 2,925,051
Contributions as a percentage of
covered-employee payroll 18.84%
(1) Data not available prior to fiscal year 2016 implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Required Supplementary Information-Schedule of the
Village's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Last Ten Fiscal Years (1)
2016
Village's proportion of the net
pension liability (asset) 0.1104717%
Village's proportionate share of the
net pension liability (asset) $ 3,270,831
Village's covered-employee payroll $ 3,798,173
Village's proportionate share of the
net pension liability(asset) as a percentage
of its covered-employee payroll 86.12%
Plan fiduciary net position as a
percentage of the total pension liability 90.20%
Note-The amounts presented for each fiscal year were determined as of the March 31 measurement
date.
(1) Data not available prior to fiscal year 2016 implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financia!Reporting for Pensions.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Required Supplementary Information-Schedule of Contributions
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
Last Ten Fiscal Years(1)
2016
Contractually required contribution $ 884,771
Contributions in relation to the
contractually required contribution (884,771)
Contribution deficiency(excess) $ -
Village's covered-employee payroll $ 4,043,564
Contributions as a percentage of
covered-employee payroll 21.88%
(1) Data not available prior to fiscal year 2016 implementation of Governmental Accounting Standards
Board Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions.
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Required Supplementary Information-Schedule of Funding Progress
Other Post Employment Benefits
Last Three Fiscal Years
Unfunded
Actuarial Unfunded Liability as a
Actuarial Percentage
Valuation Value of Accrued Accrued Funded Covered of Covered
Date Assets Liability Liability Ratio Payroll Payroll
June 1,2013 $ - $ 34,350,519 $ 34,350,519 - % $ 5,854,584 586.73 %
June 1,2014 - 36,081,549 36,081,549 - 5,951,092 606.30
June 1,2015 - 38,016,131 38,016,131 - 6,099,869 623.23
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
General Fund
Comparative Balance Sheet
May 31,
2016 2015
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 9,537,085 $ 7,644,591
Investments 211,323 211,323
Taxes receivable 51,186 65,836
Other receivables
Accounts 278,730 278,981
State and Federal aid - 9,515
Due from other governments 479,400 494,078
Due from other funds - 8,028
758,130 790,602
Prepaid expenditures 33,481 353,702
Total Assets $ 10,591,205 $ 9,066,054
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 407,535 $ 187,928
Accrued liabilities 274,654 259,013
Deposits and other liabilities 4,590 4,590
Due to retirement systems 222,911 232,792
Due to other funds 2,018,543 1,116,771
Unearned revenues - 579,099
Total Liabilities 2,928,233 2,380,193
Fund balance
Nonspendable 33,481 353,702
Restricted 814,694 809,613
Assigned 1,172,848 1,084,827
Unassigned 5,641,949 4,437,719
Total Fund Balance 7,662,972 6,685,861
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance $ 10,591,205 $ 9,066,054
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Village of Rye Brook,New York
General Fund
Comparative Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balance-Budget and Actual
Years Ended May 31,
2016
Variance with
Final Budget
Original Final Positive
Budget Budget Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Real property taxes $ 14,534,433 $ 14,534,433 $ 14,534,433 $ -
Other tax items 6,000 6,000 10,434 4,434
Non-property taxes 2,374,000 2,374,000 3,226,976 852,976
Departmental income 1,134,250 1,134,250 1,265,769 131,519
Intergovernmental charges 197,516 197,516 198,055 539
Use of money and property 16,000 16,000 26,046 10,046
Fines and forfeitures 40,000 40,000 38,245 (1,755)
Sale of property and
compensation for loss 15,000 15,000 - (15,000)
State aid 356,271 356,271 521,100 164,829
Miscellaneous 7,600 7,600 90,748 83,148
Total Revenues 18,681,070 18,681,070 19,911,806 1,230,736
EXPENDITURES
Current
General government support 2,737,444 2,847,617 2,565,543 282,074
Public safety 5,885,466 5,866,890 5,765,787 101,103
Health 198,842 198,842 198,842 -
Transportation 1,349,709 1,278,989 1,151,634 127,355
Economic opportunity and development 308,883 310,383 296,819 13,564
Culture and recreation 1,656,874 1,659,174 1,600,799 58,375
Home and community services 1,086,038 1,093,108 963,676 129,432
Employee benefits 4,424,300 4,371,853 4,319,502 52,351
Debt service
Principal 625,000 625,000 625,000 -
Interest 126,666 133,232 133,230 2
Total Expenditures 18,399,222 18,385,088 17,620,832 764,256
Excess of Revenues
Over Expenditures 281,848 295,982 2,290,974 1,994,992
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES(USES)
Insurance recoveries 15,000 15,000 56,757 41,757
Transfers out (1,381,675) (1,405,609) (1,370,620) 34,989
Total Other Financing Uses (1,366,675) (1,390,609) (1,313,863) 76,746
Net Change in Fund Balance (1,084,827) (1,094,627) 977,111 2,071,738
FUND BALANCE
Beginning of Year 1,084,827 1,094,627 6,685,861 5,591,234
End of Year $ - $ - $ 7,662,972 $ 7,662,972
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2015
Variance with
Final Budget
Original Final Positive
Budget Budget Actual (Negative)
$ 13,987,981 $ 13,987,981 $ 13,987,981 $ -
308,723 308,723 313,743 5,020
2,401,500 2,401,500 2,398,878 (2,622)
1,040,405 1,040,405 1,442,126 401,721
158,442 158,442 231,176 72,734
16,000 16,000 26,995 10,995
40,000 40,000 31,920 (8,080)
10,000 10,000 - (10,000)
390,397 390,397 445,305 54,908
5,600 5,600 15,067 9,467
18,359,048 18,359,048 18,893,191 534,143
2,623,855 2,565,309 2,391,763 173,546
5,696,818 5,733,848 5,767,062 (33,214)
198,842 198,842 198,842 -
1,319,324 1,340,802 1,190,673 150,129
295,208 295,208 271,602 23,606
1,722,880 1,725,630 1,552,894 172,736
1,192,847 1,193,833 1,073,745 120,088
4,366,300 4,356,299 4,341,141 15,158
610,000 610,000 610,000 -
144,052 144,053 144,009 44
18,170,126 18,163,824 17,541,731 622,093
188,922 195,224 1,351,460 1,156,236
23,000 23,000 95,022 72,022
(1,619,266) (1,620,266) (1,431,766) 188,500
(1,596,266) (1,597,266) (1,336,744) 260,522
(1,407,344) (1,402,042) 14,716 1,416,758
1,407,344 1,402,042 6,671,145 5,269,103
$ - $ - $ 6,685,861 $ 6,685,861
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Capital Projects Fund
Comparative Balance Sheet
May 31,
2016 2015
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 758,560 $ 1,884,401
Due from other funds 2,026,571 1,116,771
Total Assets $ 2,785,131 $ 3,001,172
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE(DEFICIT)
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ 408,962 $ 99,606
Bond anticipation notes payable 3,142,386 2,536,331
Total Liabilities 3,551,348 2,635,937
Fund balance(deficit)
Restricted - 365,235
Unassigned (766,217) -
Total Fund Balance (Deficit) (766,217) 365,235
Total Liabilities and Fund Balance (Deficit) $ 2,785,131 $ 3,001,172
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Capital Projects Fund
Comparative Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balance
Years Ended May 31,
2016 2015
REVENUES $ - $ -
EXPENDITURES
Capital outlay 2,502,072 1,658,028
Deficiency of Revenues Over Expenditures (2,502,072) (1,658,028)
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Transfers in 1,370,620 1,431,766
Net Change in Fund Balance (1,131,452) (226,262)
FUND BALANCE(DEFICIT)
Beginning of Year 365,235 591,497
End of Year $ (766,217) $ 365,235
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Capital Projects Fund
Project Length Schedule
Inception of Project Through May 31, 2016
Expenditures Unexpended
Project Authorization and Transfers Balance
Purchase of Dump Truck $ 121,000 $ 97,631 $ 23,369
Various Village Projects 341,000 31,087 309,913
Windows/FACIA Trim/Fire Department 15,000 - 15,000
Comprehensive Plan 130,000 140,000 (10,000)
Capital Reserve- Ballfield 150,000 - 150,000
Jacqueline Lane Drainage 90,000 55,745 34,255
Parks and Recreation Maintenance Vehicle 62,500 60,696 1,804
Pine Ridge Park- Basketball Hoops 15,000 12,780 2,220
Accounting and Records Retention Software 40,000 - 40,000
Village Administration Passenger Vehicle 28,000 23,781 4,219
Land-Garibaldi Place and Parking Lot 446,500 453,285 (6,785)
Village Hall Improvements 290,000 290,000 -
Laser Fiche Project 319,365 333,691 (14,326)
Leaf Loader with Attachments 38,000 38,000 -
Pick-up Truck 24,500 24,095 405
Police Car Video System 25,275 25,275 -
AJP Community Center Renovations 105,000 80,268 24,732
Pine Ridge Park Tennis Court Resurfacing 20,000 27,200 (7,200)
King Street Sidewalks 80,000 64,640 15,360
John Deere Mower 40,000 40,000 -
Highway Equipment 298,000 333,193 (35,193)
Talcott Road Street Lighting Replacement 42,000 41,658 342
Pine Ridge Park Tennis Wall Reconstruction 40,000 42,418 (2,418)
Land and Highway Garage 750,000 696,549 53,451
Air Compressor 18,000 17,209 791
Add/Extend Water Main on Upper Lincoln 155,000 - 155,000
Village Hall/AJP Center/Firehouse/Central Station 23,000 - 23,000
Resurface Basketball Courts at Rye Hills Park 20,000 19,500 500
Storage Shed at Rye Hills Park 20,000 - 20,000
Magnolia Road Street Lighting Replacement 20,000 18,350 1,650
Police Vehicles 225,804 94,417 131,387
Police Vehicles-Radar Trailer/New Server 32,000 23,793 8,207
Highway Design Study 50,000 - 50,000
Financial Software 90,000 81,548 8,452
High Street Full Depth Reclamation 250,000 - 250,000
Road Resurfacing -2015 500,000 198,167 301,833
Trailer for Parks 12,300 - 12,300
Resurface Basketball/Tennis Courts-Pine Ridge 40,000 39,000 1,000
Construct Drain Line- Pine Ridge Basketball Court 12,000 - 12,000
Playground Equipment-Pine Ridge 125,524 125,524 -
Salter And Dump Body For Hook Lift Truck 43,500 43,500 -
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Bond
Anticipation
Fund Balance Notes Out-
Total (Deficit) at standing at
Revenues May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016
$ 90,750 $ (6,881) $ -
341,000 309,913 -
15,000 15,000 -
130,000 (10,000) -
150,000 150,000 -
50,000 (5,745) 12,500
43,750 (16,946) 18,750
15,000 2,220 -
30,000 30,000 10,000
21,000 (2,781) 7,000
19,000 (434,285) 427,500
278,750 (11,250) 11,250
189,365 (144,326) 130,000
19,000 (19,000) 19,000
12,250 (11,845) 12,250
12,639 (12,636) 12,636
105,000 24,732 -
20,000 (7,200) -
40,000 (24,640) 40,000
20,000 (20,000) 20,000
74,500 (258,693) 223,500
10,500 (31,158) 31,500
10,000 (32,418) 30,000
187,500 (509,049) 562,500
18,000 791 -
155,000 155,000 -
23,000 23,000 -
20,000 500 -
20,000 20,000 -
20,000 1,650 -
225,804 131,387 -
32,000 8,207 -
50,000 50,000 -
90,000 8,452 -
250,000 250,000 -
500,000 301,833 -
12,300 12,300 -
40,000 1,000 -
12,000 12,000 -
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(43,500) 43,500
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Capital Projects Fund
Project Length Schedule
Inception of Project Through May 31, 2016(Continued)
Expenditures Unexpended
Project Authorization and Transfers Balance
Street Sweeper $ 185,000 $ 184,887 $ 113
Backhoe Loader 104,200 100,751 3,449
Bobcat 60,000 59,717 283
528 Ellendale Avenue- Highway Garage 585,000 565,929 19,071
Replace 2002 Ford F550 (Recreation) 75,000 - 75,000
Replace Playground Equipment-Garibaldi Park 75,000 21,333 53,667
Replace Freightliner Large Dump Truck 215,000 166,076 48,924
Replace Fork lift 27,500 - 27,500
Replace Tire Changer and Balancer 30,000 29,740 260
Replace Ford F550 Dump truck 75,000 - 75,000
Road Resurfacing-2016 500,000 - 500,000
Staff Vehicles-2016 46,852 21,942 24,910
Fire Department Renovations 17,500 - 17,500
Purchase of Community Sign 15,000 - 15,000
Cameras-Pine Ridge and Garibaldi Parks 20,000 - 20,000
Police Equipment 40,976 31,012 9,964
Police Desk Renovations 30,000 36,466 (6,466)
TOTALS $ 7,250,296 $ 4,790,853 $ 2,459,443
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Bond
Anticipation
Fund Balance Notes Out-
Total (Deficit) at standing at
Revenues May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016
$ - $ (184,887) $ 185,000
1,200 (99,551) 103,000
- (59,717) 60,000
(565,929) 585,000
75,000
(21,333) 75,000
(166,076) 215,000
27,500
- (29,740) 30,000
- - 75,000
500,000 500,000 -
46,852 24,910 -
17,500 17,500 -
15,000 15,000 -
20,000 20,000 -
40,976 9,964 -
30,000 (6,466) -
$ 4,024,636 $ (766,217) $ 3,142,386
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Combining Balance Sheet-Sub Funds
Non-Major Governmental Fund-Special Purpose Fund
May 31, 2016
nth Comparative Totals for 2015)
Recreation Friends of Totals
Trust Rye Brook 2016 2015
ASSETS
Cash and equivalents $ 183,601 $ 69,182 $ 252,783 $ 252,643
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCES
Liabilities
Accounts payable $ - $ 1,892 $ 1,892 $ -
Due to other funds - 8,028 8,028 8,028
Total Liabilities - 9,920 9,920 8,028
Fund balances
Restricted 183,601 59,262 242,863 244,615
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances $ 183,601 $ 69,182 $ 252,783 $ 252,643
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Village of Rye Brook, New York
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances-Sub Funds
Non-Major Governmental Fund -Special Purpose Fund
Year Ended May 31, 2016
(With Comparative Totals for 2015)
Recreation Friends of Totals
Trust Rye Brook 2016 2015
REVENUES
Use of money and property $ - $ - $ - $ 35
Miscellaneous - 35,896 35,896 23,044
Total Revenues - 35,896 35,896 23,079
EXPENDITURES
Current
Public safety - 472 472 -
Culture and recreation - 37,176 37,176 14,489
Total Expenditures - 37,648 37,648 14,489
Net Change in Fund Balances - (1,752) (1,752) 8,590
FUND BALANCES
Beginning of Year 183,601 61,014 244,615 236,025
End of Year $ 183,601 $ 59,262 $ 242,863 $ 244,615
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING ON A LOCAL LAW AMENDING
CHAPTER 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE REGARDING COMMERCIAL
STORAGE,POSSESSION AND DISPLAY OF FIREARMS,AMMUNITION AND
EXPLOSIVES
VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WHEREAS, the Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees desires to make certain
modifications to Chapter 250 of the Village Code to regulate the commercial storage,
possession and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives; and
WHEREAS, a proposed local law was introduced on December 13, 2016 to amend
Chapters 250 of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook to implement the purpose set forth
above;and
WHEREAS, the proposed action is an Unlisted Action pursuant to the New York
State Environmental Qualitj-Review Act (SEQRA).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Rye Brook shall hold a public hearing on April 25, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. at Village
Hall, 938 King Street,Rye Brook,New York, to consider the proposed local law.
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LOCAL LAW NO. OF 2017
VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 250
OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
A LOCAL LAW to amend
Chapter 250 of the Code of the
Village of Rye Brook concerning
Commercial Storage, Possession
and Display of Firearms,
Ammunition and Explosives.
BE IT ENACTED by the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook as
follows:
Section 1. Purpose and intent.The Village Board of Trustees finds that it is necessary to
regulate the commercial storage,possession and display of firearms, ammunition and
explosives pursuant to 5139-d of the General Municipal Law in order to provide for the
public health, safety and welfare of all persons in the Village of Rye Brook.The Board of
Trustees finds that the location of such activities close to religious and educational uses is
not compatible with such uses and can pose a danger to residents through fire or explosion
or as a result of burglaries at such locations. The Board of Trustees intends to regulate the
location of such activities and place additional regulations upon those activities to assure the
activities are conducted in a safe manner. The regulations found herein shall be in addition
to Federal and State laws and regulations.
Section 2.The definition of"Home Occupation" as set forth at Chapter 250, Section 2 of
the Code of the Village of Rve Brook entitled "Definitions,"is hereby amended as follows:
Any commercial use customarily conducted entirely within a
dwelling and carried on by the residents thereof who are
personally present during substantially all of the operations of
the home occupation and no more than two nonresident
employees, subject to the regulations of § 250-38, which use is
clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for
dwelling purposes and does not change the character thereof.
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The conducting of a hospital, barbershop, beauty parlor, coffee
house, tearoom, rooming house, tourist home, animal hospital,
the commercial storage_ possession and display of firearms,
ammunition and explosives, or any similar use shall not be
deemed to be a home occupation.
Section 3. Chapter 250, Section 31, Subsection A, Item 2 of the Code of the
Village of Rye Brook is hereby amended as follows:
A store for the sale of goods at retail or performance of
customary personal services or services clearly incidental to
retail sales, but no fabrication, manufacturing, converting,
altering, finishing or assembly, except incidental to such retail
sale on the premises. Customary personal services shall include
uses such as, but not limited to, barbershops, hair and nail
salons, shoe repair shops, and other similar services related to
the body or physical appearance of a person. A store for the
sale of goods at retail shall not include the commercial storax
possession and displav of firearms,ammunition and explosives.
Section 4. Chapter 250, Section 6, Subsection H of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook is
hereby amended to add a new item (6) entitled"Commercial Storage,possession and display
of firearms, ammunition and explosives" as follows:
250-6H. Special Permits
(6) Commercial storage,possession and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives.
(a) Location.
[1] The commercial storage,possession and display of firearms, ammunition
and explosives shall be located in a shopping center and shall not be
located within 500 feet of any public or private school,nursery school,
day-care center,playground, church, synagogue or other house of worship
or in any portion of a building or structure that faces or fronts on a public
street. Such distance shall be measured from the nearest point of the
portion of the building or structure used for commercial storage,
possession and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives to the
nearest point of the lot line of the property with a public or private school,
nursery school, day-care center, playground, church-synagogue or other
house of worship.
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(b) Storage
[1] All ammunition and explosives shall be stored in compliance with 9
NYCRR 1176 et seq. and 12 NYCRR 39 et seq. Further, all
ammunition when being displayed shall be kept in a locked case or
behind the counter on an area not accessible to the public.
[2] Storage of firearms when open for business.
[a] No firearms shall be stored, exhibited or displayed in windows of
the premises.
[b] Firearms storage or inventory areas shall be physically separated
from counter and display areas and access to these areas shall be
carefully controlled.
[c] All firearm display cases shall be kept locked and secured at all times
and not readily accessible to the public. All keys to such display
cases shall not leave the control of authorized personnel.
[d] Trigger locks which disable firearms and prevent them from
functioning must be locked to each firearm at all times, or the
firearms must be secured in a locked case or be otherwise locked,
or the firearms must be dispensed in an area behind the counter
that is not accessible to the public. These requirements shall not
apply to a firearm being shown to a customer,being repaired,or
otherwise being worked on.
[3] Storage of firearms when not open for business. When not open for
business,all firearms shall be stored in accordance with one of the
following:
[a] All firearms shall be stored in a locked fireproof safe or vault
located in the business premises;
[b] All firearms must be secured bv a hardened steel rod or cable
and shall be secured with a hardened steel lock that has a
shackle.The lock and shackle shall be protected or shielded
from the use of a bolt cutter and the rod or cable shall be
anchored in a manner that prevents the ready removal of the
firearms from the premises; or
[c] All firearms shall be secured in a manner that prevents the ready
removal of the firearms from the premises, as approved by the
Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department.
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[4] The regulations provided for herein shall not apply to the personal
possession,use or ownership of firearms or ammunition thereof.
(c) Commercial sale of firearms,ammunition and explosives.
[1] Ammunition shall only be sold to persons possessing a valid New
York State firearms license,when a license is required for the type of
firearm for which the ammunition is used. When purchasing any
other type of ammunition,where a firearms license would not be
required for the type of ammunition being purchased, a New York
State driver's license shall be required, or if the purchaser is not a
resident of New York,a valid identification document issued by the
purchaser's state or country of residence containing a photograph of
the transferee.A record shall be kept by the dealer of each sale of
ammunition which shall show the type, caliber and quantity of
ammunition sold, the name and address of the person receiving the
same, the caliber,make,model,manufacturer's name and serial
number of the firearm for which the purchaser is purchasing
ammunition, the date and time of the transaction, and the identifying
number of the firearms or driver's license. Such record shall be
maintained for 10 years and shall be made available to the state and
local enforcement agencies upon request.
[2] Every person engaged in the retail business of selling firearms shall
post a notice in the place where such firearms are displayed or
delivered to the purchaser conspicuously stating,in no smaller than
24 point type and on no smaller than 8 '/2x 11 paper, stating in bold
print the following warning:
WARNING: RESPONSIBLE FIREARM STORAGE IS THE LAW
IN NEW YORK STATE. FIREARMS MUST BE STORED IN A
SAFE OR OTHER SECURE CONTAINER WHICH,WHEN
LOCKED,IS INCAPABLE OF BEING OPENED WITHOUT THE
KEY, COMBINATION OR OTHER UNLOCKING MECHANISM
AND IS CAPABLE OF PREVENTING AN UNAUTHORIZED
PERSON FROM OBTAINING ACCESS TO AND POSSESSION
OF THE DEVICE APPROPRIATE TO THAT FIREARM.
LEAVING FIREARIMS ACCESSIBLE TO A CHILD OR
UNATHORIZED PERSON MAY SUBJECT YOU TO
IMPRISONMENT,FINE, OR BOTH.YOU MAY ALSO FACE
ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL PENALITIES IF THE FIREARM IS
USED BY ANOTHER NEGLIGENTLY AND CIVIL LIABILITY.
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(d) Report of theft or loss to Police Department.Any theft or loss of ammunition
or firearms from a storage vault, safe storage depository, or otherwise shall be
reported immediately to the Police Department of the Village of Rye Brook.
(c) Security, reporting and inspection.
[1] Security for the premises must include the maintenance of an
alarm system and surveillance cameras, as well as the requirements for
the safe storage of fire arms set forth in Section 250-6H(6) both when
the premises is open and closed for business.
[2] No person ineligible to purchase or possess firearms based on
age or other applicable governmental criteria under federal or New
York State law, shall be allowed to enter the premises for any purpose.
[3] The operator of such a premises shall be required to maintain
and submit a report to local law enforcement detailing his,her or its
inventory every six (6) months.
[4] Local lacer enforcement officials shall be authorized to inspect
the premises,records,inventory and documents for compliance with
local and state laws during normal business hours no more than twice
in a six (6) month period.
Section 5. Chapter 250, Section 31, Subsection C of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook is
hereby amended as follows:
250-31 C1-P Planned Neighborhood Retail District.
C. Uses permitted at discretion of Village Board{pursuant to the procedure specified in
Article IV, 5 250-6H(1)}:
(1) The same as in the R-25 District.
(2) Commercial storage,possession and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives,
subject to the standards set forth in Article IV, 250-6H(6Z
Section 6. Ratification, Readoption and Confirmation
Except as specifically modified by the amendments contained herein, Chapter 250 of the Code of
the Village of Rye Brook is otherwise to remain in full force and effect and is otherwise ratified,
readopted and confirmed.
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Section 7.Numbering for Codification
It is the intention of the Village of Rye Brook and it is hereby enacted that the provisions of this
Local Law shall be included in the Code of the Village of Rye Brook;that the sections and
subsections of this Local Law may be re-numbered or re-lettered by the Codifier to accomplish such
intention;that the Codifier shall make no substantive changes to this Local Law.
Local Law•,that the word "Local Law" shall be changed to"Chapter," "Section"or other
appropriate word as required for codification;and that any such rearranging of the numbering and
editing shall not affect the validity of this Local Law or the provisions of the Code affected thereby.
Section 8. Severability
The provisions of this Local Law are separable and if any provision, clause, sentence, subsection,
word or part thereof is held illegal,invalid or unconstitutional,or inapplicable to any person or
circumstance, such illegality,invalidity or unconstitutionality,or inapplicability shall not affect or
impair any of the remaining provisions,clauses,sentences,subsections,words or parts of this Local
Law or their petition to other persons or circumstances.It is hereby declared to be the legislative
intent that this Local law would have been adopted if such illegal,invalid or unconstitutional
provision,clause, sentence, subsection,word or part had not been included therein,and if such
person or circumstance to which the Local Law or part hereof is held inapplicable had been
specifically exempt there from.
Section 9.Effective Date
This local law shall take effect immediately, upon filing with the Office of the Secretary of State.
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February 23, 2017 APPROVED 6-0
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO
THE RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON A LOCAL LAW REGARDING
COMMERCIAL STORAGE AND DISPLAY OF FIREARMS,AMMUNITION
AND EXPLOSIVES
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rye Brook Planning Board hereby submits the
attached Report and Recommendation to the Rye Brook Board of Trustees on the
proposed local law regarding commercial storage and display of firearms, ammunition,
and explosives.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Rye Brook Planning Board hereby
authorizes the Chairman, in consultation with the Village Attorney, to finalize the written
Report and Recommendation to be consistent with the discussions of the Planning Board
regarding the local law.
On motion by Ms. Schoen, seconded by Mr. Morlino, Mr. Michal Nowak, Superintendent
of Public Works/Village Engineer, called the roll:
APPROVING THE REFERRAL RESOLUTION:
Ayes: ACCURSO, GOODMAN, GRZAN, MORLINO, SCHOEN, TARTAGLIA
Nays:
Abstain:
Excused: RICHMAN
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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RYE BROOK PLANNING
BOARD TO THE RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON A LOCAL LAW
COMMERCIAL STORAGE AND DISPLAY OF FIREARMS,AMMUNITION
AND EXPLOSIVES
I. OVERVIEW
The Rye Brook Board of Trustees is considering a local law which would amend
Chapter 250 of the Village Zoning Code regarding Commercial Storage and Display of
Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives. The proposed local law would add provisions
regulating Commercial Storage and Display of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
("gun shops") in the Zoning Code to permit gun shops by special permit approved by the
Village Board subject to certain standards and requirements. In the current Zoning Code,
gun shops are not specifically regulated and could be classified as a retail use which
would be permitted in any district that permits retail uses (i.e., Cl, C1-P, OB-S). The
proposed local law regulates the location of gun shops and places additional restrictions
upon such activities. Under the proposed local law, gun shops may only be located in
shopping centers in the C1-P and OB-S Districts at least 400 or 500 feet away from
educational and religious uses and will be subject to special permit approval from the
Board of Trustees. On December 13, 2016, the Board of Trustees referred the local law to
the Planning Board for consideration and a report and recommendation thereon pursuant
to Section 250-14.B. of the Village Code.
For the purposes of this Report and Recommendation, the Planning Board takes no
position on policy or legal issues concerning the proposed local law. The Planning
Board's comments and recommendations are specifically and narrowly limited to
planning and zoning considerations arising from the proposed local law. The decision as
to whether the proposed local law is appropriate for the Village from a policy perspective
is within the legislative discretion of the Board of Trustees.
11. DISCUSSION
The Planning Board discussed the local law at its January 12, 2017 and February
23, 2017 meetings, during which Village consultants and staff also provided input. The
Planning Board provided the following comments on the proposed local law:
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• After consultation with Village staff the Planning Board learned that under
the current code, gun shops can locate in any district that permits retail
uses. It is the Planning Board's understanding that the Board of Trustees
introduced this local law as a proactive measure to regulate locations of gun
shops in the Village.
• Instead of regulating where gun shops may not be located, the local law
should identify specific locations where such shops would be permitted,
such as the rear/south side of the Rye Ridge Shopping Center which is one
of the furthest locations from the school and has limited visibility.
However, if a distance requirement is included in the local law, gun shops
shall not be located within 500 feet of any public or private school, nursery
school, day-care center, playground, church, synagogue or other house of
worship. This distance recommendation is based on the Planning Board's
review of the graphic attached to this Report and Recommendation. Since
a distance of 500 feet would permit a gun shop to locate in a tenant space at
the front of Rye Ridge Plaza, facing Bowman Avenue in or around the
location of the existing grocery store, as well as tenant spaces in Rye Ridge
South which front directly on South Ridge Street, the local law should also
include a prohibition against gun shops locating in areas that front or face a
public street. These prohibitions would preclude gun shops from locating
in areas most visible to children and teens that frequent the Village's
shopping centers, as well as those walking or driving on Bowman Avenue
and South Ridge Street.
• Alternatively, the proposed local law should remove the requirement for
gun shops to be located in shopping centers because Rye Brook's shopping
centers are routinely frequented by children and teens. Instead the proposed
local law should allow gun shops in the C1 District and impose additional
display restrictions so they are not easily identifiable as gun shops to those
walking or driving on South Ridge Street.
• If gun shops are permitted in shopping centers with a distance requirement,
the proposed local law should not allow gun shops in the OB-S District.
Any reasonable distance requirement adopted by the Board of Trustees,
paired with the requirement that gun shops be located in shopping centers,
effectively eliminates all possible locations for gun shops in the OB-S
District because Washington Plaza, the only shopping center in the OB-S
District, is directly adjacent to Garibaldi Park which contains a playground.
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Therefore, gun shops should be eliminated as a special permit use in the
OB-S District.
• Consideration should be given to whether the list of"sensitive locations"
(i.e. public or private schools, nursery schools, day-care centers,
playgrounds, churches, synagogues or other houses of worship) should
include residences.
Accordingly, the Planning Board has identified the following options for the
Board of Trustees to consider in revising the local law:
Option I
• Eliminate the distance requirement and instead identify specific locations in
a shopping center where gun shops may be located, such as the lower level
of the rear/south side of Rye Ridge Shopping Center which faces Rye
Ridge South.
Option 2
• If a distance requirement is included,prohibit gun shops within 500 feet of
any public or private school, nursery school, day-care center,playground,
church, synagogue or other house of worship, and add a prohibition against
guns shops locating in portions of a building that face or front on a public
street.
• Remove commercial storage and display of firearms, ammunition and
explosives as a permitted use subject to special permit in the OB-S District.
Option 3
• Eliminate gun shops as a special permit use in shopping centers and instead
allow them in the C1 District(subject to special permit approval by the
Board of Trustees)with more stringent display restrictions.
In addition, the Board of Trustees should consider amending the local law to
clarify that gun shops will not be considered a retail use under the Zoning Code. Without
this clarification, an applicant may argue that notwithstanding its classification as
"commercial storage and display of firearms, ammunition and explosives" permitted by
special permit, their proposed gun shop can also be classified as a retail use which is a
permitted principal use in the C1-P and C-1 Districts under the existing provisions of the
Zoning Code. Clarification that "commercial storage and display of firearms,
ammunition and explosives" will not be considered a retail use under the Zoning Code,
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can be accomplished by revising Section 250-31.A(2) of the Zoning Code, which
describes retail uses permitted the C1-P , C-1 and OB-S Districts, as follows:
A store for the sale of goods at retail or performance of
customary personal services or services clearly incidental to
retail sales, but no fabrication, manufacturing, converting,
altering, finishing or assembly, except incidental to such retail
sale on the premises. Customary personal services shall
include uses such as, but not limited to, barbershops, hair and
nail salons, shoe repair shops, and other similar services
related to the body or physical appearance of a person. A
store for the sale of goods at retail shall not include the
commercial storage and display of firearms, ammunition and
explosives.
III. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Based on the foregoing, the Planning Board recommends revisions to the proposed
local law to conform to one of the three options set forth above.
Dated: Rye Brook, New York
February 23, 2017
On motion by Ms. Schoen, seconded by Mr. Morlino, Mr. Michal Nowak, Superintendent
of Public Works/Village Engineer, called the roll:
APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 23, 2017 MEETING OF THE RYE BROOK
PLANNING BOARD BY A VOTE OF 6-0.
ACCEPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION:
Ayes: ACCURSO, GOODMAN, GRZAN, MORLINO, SCHOEN, TARTAGLIA
Nays:
Abstain:
Excused: RICHMAN
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Short Environmental Assessment Form
Part 1-Project Information
Instructions for Completing
Part 1-Project Information. The applicant or project sponsor is responsible for the completion of Part 1. Responses
become part of the application for approval or funding,are subject to public review,and may be subject to further verification.
Complete Part 1 based on information currently available. If additional research or investigation would be needed to fully
respond to any item,please answer as thoroughly as possible based on current information.
Complete all items in Part 1. You may also provide any additional information which you believe will be needed by or useful
to the lead agency;attach additional pages as necessary to supplement any item.
Part 1 -Project and Sponsor Information
Village of Rye Brook
Name of Action or Project:
Local Law Amending the Village Code Regarding Commercial Storage,Possession and Display of Firearms,Ammunition and Explosives
Project Location(describe,and attach a location map):
C1-P Planned Neighborhood Retail District of the Village of Rye Brook
Brief Description of Proposed Action:
Adoption of a local law to allow the commercial storage,possession and display of firearms,ammunition and explosives as a use permitted in
limited areas of the C1-P Planned Neighborhood Retail District of the Village of Rye Brook subject to the Issuance of a Special Permit by the
Board of Trustees. The local law limits the location of such use to shopping centers with the C1-P District and prohibits their location within 500
feet of certain sensitive uses such as schools,playgrounds and houses of worship. It further prohibits such uses from locating in a portion of
the shopping center that fronts or faces a public street. The local law also amends the description of retail and personal service uses in the
C1-P district to specifically omit the commercial storage,possession and display of firearms,ammunition and explosives within that use
category. Lastly,the local law omits commercial storage,possession and display of firearms,ammunition and explosives as a use eligible for a
home occupation permit.
Name of Applicant or Sponsor: Telephone: 914-939-1121
Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees E-Mail: cbradbury@ryebrook.org
Address:
938 King Street
City/PO: State: Zip Code:
Rye Brook New York 10573
1.Does the proposed action only involve the legislative adoption of a plan,local law,ordinance, NO YES
administrative rule,or regulation?
If Yes,attach a narrative description of the intent of the proposed action and the environmental resources that ❑ F✓
may be affected in the municipality and proceed to Part 2, If no,continue to question 2.
2. Does the proposed action require a permit,approval or funding from any other governmental Agency? NO YES
If Yes,list agency(s)name and permit or approval: ❑ ❑
3.a.Total acreage of the site of the proposed action? acres
b.Total acreage to be physically disturbed? acres
c.Total acreage(project site and any contiguous properties)owned
or controlled by the applicant or project sponsor? acres
4. Check all land uses that occur on,adjoining and near the proposed action.
❑Urban ❑Rural(non-agriculture) ❑Industrial ❑Commercial ❑Residential(suburban)
❑Forest ❑Agriculture ❑Aquatic ❑Other(specify):
❑Parkland
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5. Is the proposed action, NO YES N/A
a.A permitted use under the zoning regulations? ❑ ❑ ❑
b.Consistent with the adopted comprehensive plan? ❑ ❑ ❑
6. Is the proposed action consistent with the predominant character of the existing built or natural NO YES
landscape? ❑ ❑
7. Is the site of the proposed action located in,or does it adjoin,a state listed Critical Environmental Area? NO YES
If Yes,identify: ❑ ❑
8. a.Will the proposed action result in a substantial increase in traffic above present levels? NO YES
❑ ❑
b.Are public transportation service(s)available at or near the site of the proposed action? ❑ ❑
c.Are any pedestrian accommodations or bicycle routes available on or near site of the proposed action? ❑ ❑
9.Does the proposed action meet or exceed the state energy code requirements? NO YES
If the proposed action will exceed requirements,describe design features and technologies: ❑ ❑
10. Will the proposed action connect to an existing public/private water supply? NO YES
If No,describe method for providing potable water: ❑ ❑
11.Will the proposed action connect to existing wastewater utilities? NO YES
If No,describe method for providing wastewater treatment: ❑ ❑
12. a.Does the site contain a structure that is listed on either the State or National Register of Historic NO YES
Places? ❑ ❑
b.Is the proposed action located in an archeological sensitive area? ❑ ❑
13.a.Does any portion of the site of the proposed action,or lands adjoining the proposed action,contain NO YES
wetlands or other waterbodies regulated by a federal,state or local agency? ❑ ❑
b.Would the proposed action physically alter,or encroach into,any existing wetland or waterbody? ❑ ❑
If Yes,identify the wetland or waterbody and extent of alterations in square feet or acres:
14. Identify the typical habitat types that occur on,or are likely to be found on the project site. Check all that apply:
❑Shoreline ❑Forest ❑Agricultural/grasslands []Early mid-successional
❑Wetland ❑Urban ❑Suburban
15.Does the site of the proposed action contain any species of animal,or associated habitats,listed NO YES
by the State or Federal government as threatened or endangered? ❑ ❑
16.Is the project site located in the 100 year flood plain? NO YES
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17.Will the proposed action create storm water discharge,either from point or non-point sources? NO YES
If Yes, ❑ ❑
a.Will storm water discharges flow to adjacent properties? ❑NO ❑YES
b.Will storm water discharges be directed to established conveyance systems(runoff and storm drains)?
If Yes,briefly describe: ❑NO ❑YES
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18.Does the proposed action include construction or other activities that result in the impoundment of NO YES
water or other liquids(e.g.retention pond,waste lagoon,dam)?
If Yes,explain purpose and size: El
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19.Has the site of the proposed action or an adjoining property been the location of an active or closed NO YES
solid waste management facility?
If Yes,describe: ❑ ❑
20.Has the site of the proposed action or an adjoining property been the subject of remediation(ongoing or NO YES
completed)for hazardous waste?
If Yes,describe: El ❑
I AFFIRM THAT THE INFORMATION PROVIDED ABOVE IS TRUE AND ACCURATE TO THE BEST OF MY
KNOWLEDGE
Applicant/sponsor name:Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees Date: March 10,2017
Signature: `-: 't;-N_.---L' Keane&Beane,P.C.,as Village Attorney
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VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
938 King Street
Rye Brook,New York 10573
(914) 939-1121
Narrative of Purpose for Legislative Enactment of
"Local Law to Amend Chapter 250 Regarding the Commercial Storage,Possession,Display
and Sale of Firearms,Ammunition and Explosives"
Short Environmental Assessment Form—Question#1
The Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees is considering the enactment of a local law
regulating the commercial storage, possession and display of firearms, ammunition and
explosives pursuant to §139-d of the General Municipal Law in order to provide for the
public health, safety and welfare of all persons in the Village of Rye Brook. The location of
such activities close to religious and educational uses is not compatible with such uses and
can pose a danger to residents through fire or explosion or as a result of burglaries at such
locations. The Board of Trustees intends to regulate the location of such activities and place
additional regulations upon those activities to assure the activities are conducted in a safe
manner. The regulations found herein shall be in addition to Federal and State laws and
regulations.
The enactment of this local law which will allow the commercial storage, possession and
display of firearms, ammunition and explosives in areas in which retail is already a permitted
use, is not expected to have any significant adverse impact on environmental resources
within the Village of Rye Brook.
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
REFERRING LOCAL LAWS REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT AND MAPPING
OF A PARKS AND RECREATION OVERLAY DISTRICT
TO THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK PLANNING BOARD
VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WHEREAS, the Village of Rye Brook Board of Trustees desires to establish and
map a Parks and Recreation Overlay District in the Village for the purpose of, among other
things, protecting and preserving its natural resources, other natural features and public
parks within the Village, providing community centers and recreational services and
programs for the public, and protecting and preserving scenic beauty, open space and
community resources whose retention aids in the continued maintenance of the quality of
the environment,protection of water quality and flood control; and
WHEREAS, proposed local laws were introduced to amend Chapter 250 of the
Code of the Village of Rye Brook to establish a Parks and Recreation Overlay District and to
amend the Zoning Map to apply that district to several parcels owned by the Village of Rye
Brook and the Town of Rye;and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees, pursuant to the State Environmental Quality
Review Act (SEQRA) determines the proposed action to be Type I Action pursuant to
SEQRA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby
refers the two above-referenced local laws to the Planning Board for Report and
Recommendation.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees hereby refers the two
above-referenced local laws to the Westchester County Planning Department for comment
pursuant to the General Municipal Law and Westchester County Administrative Code.
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Draft:March 10,2017
LOCAL LAW NO. OF 2017
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 250
OF THE CODE OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
A LOCAL LAW to amend Chapter
250 of the Code of the Village of
Rye Brook regarding a new Parks
and Recreation Overlay District.
BE IT ENACTED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook, as
follows:
Section 1. Purpose and intent. The purpose of the Parks and Recreation Overlay District
is to protect and preserve natural resources, other natural features and public parks within
the Village, provide community centers and recreational services and programs for the
public, protect and preserve scenic beauty, open space and community resources whose
retention aids in the continued maintenance of the quality of the environment, protection of
water quality and flood control. The Village Comprehensive Plan states that"the strength of
Rye Brook's community character lies in its attractive residential neighborhoods and the
abundance of parks and recreational facilities that serve them." The Comprehensive Plan
also identifies as one of its primary goals the maintenance and improvement of the quality of
life for village residents by, among other things, promoting sustainable development by
amending the Village's zoning and building codes. As recommended by the Comprehensive
Plan, the Parks and Recreation Overlay District is intended to preserve significant open
space assets of the Village, as well as important public community centers and recreational
services and programs.
Section 2. Chapter 250, Section 3, Subsection A of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook is
hereby amended as follows:
§250-3 Establishment; Zoning Map;boundaries.
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A. The Village of Rye Brook is hereby divided into the following classes of districts:
R-25 One-Family Residential District
R-20 One-Family Residential District
R-15 One-Family Residential District
R-15A One-Family Residential District
R-12 One-Family Residential District
R-10 One-Family Residential District
R-7 One-Family Residential District
R-5 One-Family Residential District
R2-F Two-Family Residential District
RA-1 Restricted Multifamily District
OB-1 Campus/Office Building District
OB-2 Office Building District
OB-3 Office Building District
OB-S Office Building and Business District
C1-P Planned Neighborhood Retail District
C1 Neighborhood Retail District
Z-1 through Z-4 Airport Zones
H-1 Hotel District
FAH Fair and Affordable Housing District (floating
district)
SROD Scenic Roads Overlay District
PROD Parks and Recreation Overlay District
Section 3. Chapter 250, Section 34.1 of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook is hereby
added as follows:
§250-34.1 Parks and Recreation Overlay District.
A. Permitted principal uses. The following uses shall supersede all permitted principal uses
of the underlying zoning district in which the property is located:
(1) Public parks,playgrounds,ball fields, community centers, or similar public
recreational areas,including customary recreational,refreshment and community
service buildings and uses, operated by the Village of Rye Brook,Town of Rye or
other government entity, or its designee.
(2) Natural open space areas and uses designed for environmental or ecological
preservation,including but not limited to stormwater management or drainage
facilities.
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(3) Compost facility operated by the Village of Rye Brook or its designee for organic
materials generated primarily within the boundaries of the Village.
B. Permitted accessory uses. The following uses shall supersede all permitted accessory uses
of the underlying zoning district in which the property is located:
(1) Maintenance, security or utility structures serving the specific needs of the principal
use.
(2) Indoor storage facilities incidental to the principal use.
(3) No more than one residence for caretakers and staff of a public recreational area.
(4) Other accessory uses or structures that are incidental to the principal use.
C. Uses permitted at the discretion of the Village Board or Planning Board pursuant to the
procedure specified in Article IV, 9250-6H(1): Special permit uses set forth in the
underlying zoning district in which the property is located shall not be permitted within the
PROD District.
D. Dimensional and bulk requirements. The dimensional and bulk requirements applicable
in the PROD District shall be those of the property's underlying zoning district.
Section 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part of this
Local Law shall be adjudicated in any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall he confined
in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered, and such
invalidity shall not be deemed to affect the remaining portions thereof.
Section 6. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Office of the
Secretary of State.
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Draft: March 10,2017
LOCAL LAW NO. OF 2017
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
LOCAL LAW AMENDING THE ZONING MAP
OF THE VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
A LOCAL LAW to amend the Zoning
Map of the Village of Rye Brook.
BE IT ENACTED by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook as follows:
Section 1: Legislative Intent: The purpose of the Parks and Recreation Overlay District
is to protect and preserve natural resources, other natural features and public parks within the
Village, provide community centers and recreational services and programs for the public,
protect and preserve scenic beauty, open space and community, resources whose retention aids in
the continued maintenance of the quality of the environment, protection of water quality and
flood control. The Village Comprehensive Plan states that "the strength of Rye Brook's
community character lies in its attractive residential neighborhoods and the abundance of parks
and recreational facilities that serve them." The Comprehensive Plan also identifies as one of its
primary goals the maintenance and improvement of the quality of life for village residents by,
among other things, promoting sustainable development by amending the Village's zoning and
building codes. As recommended by the Comprehensive Plan,the Parks and Recreation Overlay
District is intended to preserve significant open space assets of the Village, as well as important
public community centers and recreational services and programs.
Section 2: The Zoning Map of the Village of Rye Brook is hereby amended to change
the designation of the parcels listed in the table below from the Existing Zoning District to the
New Zoning District,as set forth therein:
Section, Block, Subject Property Owner's Name and Existing New
Lot Address Address Zoning Zoning
District District
135.58-1-25 Elm Hill Park Village of Rye Brook R-12 R-12;
PROD
135.42-1-5.41 Pine Ridge Park Village of Rye Brook R-15 R-15;
PROD
135.42-1-33 Pine Ridge Park Village of Rye Brook R-15 R-15;
PROD
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135.42-1-34 Pine Ridge Park Village of Rye Brook R-12 R-12;
PROD
135.28-1-42 Meadowlark Park Village of Rye Brook R-20 R-20;
PROD
135.28-1-23 Meadowlark Park Village of Rye Brook R-25 R-25;
PROD
135.36-1-42 Rich Manor Village of Rye Brook R-10;R-25 R-10; R-25;
Park/Acker Drive PROD
141.35-2-49 Garibaldi Park Village of Rye Brook R2-F R-2F;
PROD
135.58-1-18 Rye Hills Park Village of Rye Brook R-12 R-12;
PROD
130.61-1-1 Harkness Park Village of Rye Brook PUD; SROD PUD;
SROD;
PROD
130.69-1-7 King Street Village of Rye Brook R-15; R-20 R-15; R-20;
Athletic Fields PUD; SROD PUD;
SROD;
PROD
141.35-1-47 Roanoke Avenue Village of Rye Brook R2-F PROD
Park
124.56-1-93 Lincoln Avenue Village of Rye Brook PUD PUD;
Open Space PROD
[Lot at corner of Lincoln Avenue Village of Rye Brook PUD; SROD PUD;
King St and Open Space PROD
Lincoln Ave]
135.58-1-23 Crawford Park Town of Rye R-12; SROD R-12;
SROD;
PROD
Section 3: This Local Law shall take effect immediately upon the filing with the Office
of the Secretary of State.
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Plan Rye Brook
4. LAND USE AND ZONING
Rye Brook is predominantly a residential community consisting of a number of subdivisions
containing both traditional detached single-family homes and townhomes. However, the village
also has a diversity of land uses that makes it unique among comparable suburban communities,
including large-scale office uses, hotels and private recreation and open space uses, along with a
compact commercial node that serves residents of Rye Brook as well as Port Chester and
surrounding areas. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village has a population density of
approximately 2,723 persons per square mile, or 4.3 persons per acre. This is higher than the
Town/Village of Harrison at 2.6 persons per acre and about even with the City of Rye at 4.2
persons per acre, but much lower than the Village of Port Chester at 19.4 persons per acre.
4.1 Land Use Patterns
As indicated in Table 1 1 and Figure 4, single-family homes comprise the most significant land
use in the village, representing nearly 37% of total land area and the majority of all residential
use. Few condominiums, apartments or multifamily residences are found in Rye Brook, and,
except for the Atria senior living development, are primarily in the southern portion of the village.
The next largest land use in Rye Brook, at about 22% of total land area, is parks and open space.
This reflects the robust network of Village-designated parks, the Town of Rye Crawford Park and
the private golf clubs at Doral Arrowwood and the Blind Brook Club, as well as State lands
associated with the Hutchinson River Parkway and homeowners' association lands.
Land area devoted to transportation, utility and road right-of-way represents nearly 22% of the
village's total land area, with almost half of that total comprised of the 208-acre portion of the
Westchester County Airport located in Rye Brook.
Commercial and office uses make up about 9% of total land area in the village, but very little
area (less than 1%) is devoted to traditional commercial or retail use; rather, hotels (Rye Town
Hilton and Doral Arrowwood) comprise most commercial land use. Offices are about 5% of total
land area, mainly at Reckson Executive Park, 900 King Street and 760/800 Westchester Avenue.
Rye Brook's remaining land area has institutional (public or quasi-public) uses, at about 6%;
vacant land, at about 3%; and mixed uses (commercial/residential), at less than 1%. Most
institutional uses relate to the Village's governmental facilities and the four schools located all or
partially within its borders. As discussed later in this chapter, the village is largely built-out, with
only a handful of vacant properties remaining, and much of that land is constrained by
environmental factors. The small amount of mixed uses may be expected for a land-use pattern
that does not include the traditional downtown area that is part of many other Westchester
County villages. However, mixed-use development should generally be promoted in commercial
nodes to create street activity and strengthen the viability of local businesses.
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Plan Rye Brook
Table 11 : Existing Land Use
Land Use Acres Percent of Total Land Area
Residential 842 37.9%
Single-Family 791 35.6%
2-3 Family 40 1.8%
Condominiums,Apartments and Multifamily 11 0.5%
Commercial 203 9.1%
General Commercial and Retail* 90 4.0%
Office and Research 1 1 3 5.1%
Mixed Use 0.23 0.01%
Institutional and Public Assembly 129 5.8%
Parks and Open Space 495 22.3%
Dedicated Parks, Open Space and Stormwater 80 3.6%
Management Facilities
Private Recreation 211 9.5%
Cemetery 19 0.9%
Common Homeowners'Association Lands 1 1 1 5.0%
State Parkway Lands 74 3.3%
Transportation/Utility/Road Rights-of-Way** 479 21.5%
Vacant 75 3.4%
TOTAL 2,223 100%
Source:Westchester County Department of Planning,2012
*Includes 68 acres of hotel use but does not include the golf course associated with the Doral hotel property
**Includes the Westchester County Airport
4.2 Zoning
Zoning powers are the primary control for development and redevelopment of land. Table 12,
below, summarizes the basic zoning requirements for the Village, while Figure 5 depicts the
various zoning districts found in Rye Brook, as adopted by the Village Board in 1999 and last
amended in 2008.
As indicated above, of the 10 residential districts, eight allow only single-family homes as the
primary permitted use, with minimum lot sizes ranging from 5,000 square feet to 25,000 square
feet. The R2-F district is primarily intended for single- and two-family residences, while the RA-1
district allows multifamily uses on minimum lots of 10 acres south of Westchester Avenue.
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Table 12: Summary of Existing Zoning
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Zone Principal Permitted Use Min. Lot Area Max.
Size Front Side Rear Ratio*
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R-25 1-family 25,000 sf 45 ft 15 ft least side 40 ft None 30 ft,2
40 total stories
R-20 1-fairily 20,000 sf 40 ft 15 ft least side 40 ft None 30 ft,2
40 total stories
R-15 1-family 15,000 sf 40 ft 15 ft least side 40 ft None 30 ft,2
40 total stories
R-15A 1-f-family 15,000 sf 30 ft 10 ft least side 65 ft None 30 ft,2
20 total stories
12,500 sf 15 ft least side 30 ft,2
R-12 1-family 35 ft 35 ft None
40 total stories
R-10 1-family 10,000 sf 30 ft 10 ft least side 30 ft None 30 ft,2
25 total stories
R-7 1-family 7,500 sf 25 ft 8 ft least side 20 ft None 30 ft,2
20 total stories
R-5 1-family 5,000 sf 20 ft 6 ft least side 30 ft None 30 ft,2
16 total stories
R2-F 1-and 2-family and nurseries, 5,000 sf 20 ft 6 ft least side 30 ft None 30 ft,2
offices by special permit 16 total stories
1-,2-and multifamily, 10 ac, 100 ft if<30 100 ft if
RA-1 nurseries,offices by special 2,000 sf 75 ft ac.,200 ft if <30 ac., None 30 ft,2
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OB-2 Offices, 1-family 5 ac. None None None None None
OB-3 Offices and 1-family by special 5 ac. 100 ft 60 ft least side 100 ft None 50 ft
permit 120 total
Offices, light technical uses and 50 ft least side 20 ft, 1
OB-S 1-family,retail,restaurants, 3 ac. 60 ft 100 total 50 ft 0.35 story
bowling alleys by special permit
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The four office zones allow for a range of minimum lot, bulk and coverage requirements, at a
variety of densities, ranging from the low-density campus development encouraged in the OB-1
district north of Anderson Hill Road, to the smaller-scale office/retail uses promoted in the OB-S
district south of Westchester Avenue.
Rye Brook has three commercial zones. The C1-P Planned Neighborhood Retail district, generally
located at the intersection of Westchester and Bowman Avenues, encourages small-scale
traditional retail uses, while the adjacent C1 district allows for vehicular-focused uses such as gas
stations and auto sales/service facilities. The H-1 Hotel zone corresponds to the village's two
existing hotels, but also allows both single- and multifamily uses subject to certain conditions;
recently, a senior housing complex was discussed for the Rye Town Hilton.
In addition,the Village has four zones intended to promote specific development goals:
■ The Planned Unit Development (PUD) district is meant to facilitate mixed-density
residential, commercial and institutional uses that are planned so as to conserve natural
resources and that have greater potential community benefit than the underlying zoning
would otherwise provide. Flexibility as to design and the mix of uses is conferred to the
Village Board, but the district can only be mapped on sites of at least 30 acres that are
located north of the Hutchinson River Parkway with frontage on a State, County or major
Village road. The PUD district has been mapped in two locations: the Doral
Greens/Arrowwood development and the office complex at 900 King Street and Arbors
development.
■ Areas in Rye Brook that are within 2 miles of the Westchester County Airport are
designated in four separate Airport Overlay Zones for the purposes of limiting heights of
buildings and other uses and giving both the Village and Westchester County additional
development review to ensure the safety of airport operations.
■ To preserve certain historic and natural resources and important views, the Village
designated a number of specific areas in 2004 as a Scenic Road Overlay District. This
district, which requires additional front yard setbacks and vegetative buffers, was recently
adjusted to allow some minor applications to be handled by the Building Department
rather than the Planning Board. All or part of the following roads, and properties abutting
them, are included in this overlay district:
o King Street o Lincoln Avenue
o Anderson Hill Road o Westchester Avenue
o North Ridge Street o Bowman Avenue
■ In 201 1, Rye Brook established the Fair and Affordable Housing District to apply to
particular parcels based either on a Village Board motion or on an applicant's petition.
This district provides flexibility in land-use regulation, a streamlined permitting process
and other incentives to promote the development of fair and affordable housing that will
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remain affordable for at least 50 years. Since its creation, the FAH district has been
successful in approving two affordable housing developments in the southern part of the
village, and sketch plan review has been held on a property on North Ridge Street.
Finally, Rye Brook has one subdivision, Talcott Woods, which was developed under Section
219.34 of the Village's subdivision regulations, which allows for modification of applicable
zoning standards to create conservation subdivisions.
4.3 Build-Out Analysis
As part of its Planning Base Studies project, the Westchester County Department of Planning
conducted a build-out analysis of Rye Brook to determine the amount of developable land
remaining in the village. The two-phase analysis first assessed the development that can be
reasonably assumed on vacant land, based on current zoning and environmental constraints.
Next, the analysis identified any areas of previously developed land that is not fully utilized and
could thus accommodate additional development. This underutilized land consists of residentially
zoned parcels that are at least three times larger than the required minimum lot size, and non-
residential sites on which existing development is 50% or less than what is allowable based on
maximum floor area ratio (FAR) requirements.
It is important to recognize that future development in the village is based on a variety of factors,
including the availability of land and the local and regional economy. The theoretical build-out
analysis is a potential saturation point scenario which assumes that all undeveloped or
underutilized land is developed according to the underlying zoning. This information is a guide
and does not suggest actual building levels for the immediate future. Remaining land tends to be
less desirable in terms of ease and cost of development because of factors such as environmental
constraints, multiple owners,varying estate issues and a lack of land actually for sale.
Nonetheless, a build-out analysis is helpful for municipalities to understand the development that
is possible under their current zoning, and to identify potential areas for review and adjustment
based on that development. The result of the Rye Brook build-out analysis, shown on Figure 6,
indicates that the vast majority of development potential in the village is for single-family homes
on the Blind Brook Country Club property, based on its existing R-20 zoning, with other single-
family development potential scattered throughout the village. Infill commercial development is
possible primarily along portions of Westchester and Bowman Avenues and South Ridge Street.
Based on the analysis, the Westchester County Department of Planning calculated that, at full
build-out, Rye Brook would see an additional 271 dwelling units, leading to an additional
population of 732 people, as well as an added 238,304 square feet of commercial space. This
would represent growth of nearly 8% from the village's 2012 population of 9,450 people, and
commercial growth in square feet of approximately 12%.
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4.4 Issues and Opportunities
Based on the above discussion of existing land use and zoning regulations, this section
recommends several items to be addressed in the Future Land Use Plan or through further study.
It should be noted that the following recommendations are not intended to address any
development application currently under review by the Village Board, but are meant to highlight
general concepts that the Village may consider to control future development.
Use available land-use tools to protect parks and open spaces
Rye Brook's robust network of open spaces is one of its most valuable assets and strongly
contributes to its positive image and quality of life. Therefore, all available tools should be fully
explored to ensure that these spaces are preserved and enhanced.
One of the village's most significant open space assets is the Blind Brook Country Club, which,
although private, acts to preserve a significant land area. In addition, as shown in Chapter 5, the
property contains environmental features such as wetland areas, water resources including the
Blind Brook itself, and a small area of steep slopes. However, as discussed above, the site
represents the most substantial development potential in Rye Brook, forming the majority of the
approximately 270 additional dwelling units that are possible under current zoning. For these
reasons it may be appropriate to consider available zoning tools to preserve the property in its
present use.
One option to consider is the approach taken by the Town of Mamaroneck, which pioneered the
concept of recreational zoning. There, the New York State Court of Appeals upheld the Town's
rezoning of the Bonnie Briar Country Club from residential to a recreation/open space zone a
number of years ago. Essentially, the court found that a golf club could be zoned to represent the
use to which the club was utilized, i.e. golf or recreation. In other words, it did not have to be
zoned a residential zone indicating some potential development use of the property. This
represents one option for the Village to consider.
Similarly, designated parks within the village — including the Town-owned Crawford Park — are
zoned for residential use. Rye Brook should consider amending this zoning to an open
space/recreation zone to better reflect the existing land use and the desire to preserve the parks
in perpetuity.
If the Village prefers to indicate some development option for Blind Brook Country Club, then it
has another example within its current regulations, the R-25 zone, which is Rye Brook's lowest-
density residential zoning district. This zone allows for one single-family home per 25,000 square
feet of land area, compared with the current zoning of R-20, which allows one single-family
home per 20,000 square feet of land area. A rezoning to R-25 would result in about 25%fewer
potential homes on the property, to protect its environmental and open space character.
To further reduce potential development density, the Village could mandate that any residential
subdivision of the property use an open space, or cluster, development. In New York State, a
cluster subdivision means that an applicant and a Planning Board must determine the lot count of
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a standard subdivision. The Planning Board may reduce the lot sizes that are required as long as
the total number of lots that are allowed in the standard subdivision are not exceeded in the
cluster subdivision. In the Blind Brook Country Club case, the Village could use the R-25 zoning
as a starting point to determine the total lot count. Then, it could preserve even more land as
open space by using the allowable density of the R-15 zone just to the south of the site. The R-15
zone allows for one single-family home per 15,000 square feet of land area. Thus, a cluster
subdivision could have the some lot sizes as the adjacent neighborhood, but result in 40% more
open space preservation (based on 15,000-square-foot lots instead of 25,000-square-foot lots)
of the Blind Brook County Club.
A third option is a hybrid of the open space zoning and residential zoning alternatives, in which
the Village would designate a portion of the Blind Brook Country Club property for open
space/recreational use, leaving the remainder of the site either in its present R-20 zoning, as the
more restrictive R-25 zoning or as a newly created lower-density R-30 zone. This would require
determining which portion of the site is most appropriate for open space designation, and which
for residential use. In this regard, the Doral Greens/Arrowwood complex across Anderson Hill
Road could provide an example. There, a residential component is clustered along the King Street
portion of the property, with the golf course use located at the western end. At the Blind Brook
Country Club, the area around the existing clubhouse and King Street side could be retained in a
residential zone, while a portion of the remainder of the property to the west could be rezoned for
open space/recreational use.
Based on the input from the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee and feedback from the
public, this Plan recommends that the Village pursue either the open space/recreational zoning
option or the residential zoning alternative (R-30),with any subdivision of the property required to
use a cluster development.
Explore alternatives to address issues in Rye Brook's commercial center
Chapter 1 1 of this plan focuses on the commercial center of Rye Brook, generally concentrated
around the intersections of Ridge Street with Westchester and Bowman Avenues, and discusses
various issues and opportunities with this area. To strengthen this important village asset while
maintaining its character, Rye Brook should consider some targeted zoning options.
For example, the OB-S zone currently mapped at 90 Ridge Street and the Washington Park Plaza
shopping center functions to support single-story buildings with large footprints and significant
areas of surface parking. This type of development is not only inconsistent with modern office
standards, but it fails to promote strong aesthetic design and best practices for stormwater
management. Because it appears that the existing development in both OB-S zones could be
accommodated in the C1-P district, the Village should consider abolishing the OB-S zone to
facilitate a desired scale of downtown development, should either of these two properties be
redeveloped in the future.
In addition, both the C1-P and C1 zones suffer from excessive front-yard setbacks that result in
buildings being set far back from the street,with surface parking located in front. This contributes
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to an auto-centric environment, rather than one of active, pedestrian-oriented street frontages.
Thus, the front-yard setback for both districts should be significantly decreased — perhaps to as
low as 10 feet to allow for landscaping in front of buildings. Rear yards could be retained at 30
feet, or possibly increased to encourage parking behind buildings and allow for the creation of
buffers along rear property lines, especially where they abut residential zones.
The Village should also consider allowing multifamily residential uses by special permit in the C1
and C1-P zones, subject to a set of clearly defined criteria, including co-location with commercial
and/or office uses, limits on residential uses to upper floors and frontage on Westchester Avenue,
Bowman Avenue or South Ridge Street. New residential uses in the commercial area should be
limited to studios and one-bedrooms in order to minimize potential impacts on the Port Chester
school district. In order to most effectively promote "downtown" mixed-use development, the
Village would need to adjust the height, and possibly the FAR requirements, for the two
commercial zones. In general, for mixed-use buildings to work economically, they should be 3 to
4 stories high, with 2-3 stories of residential or office use over retail. Alternatively, the Village
could eliminate the height and FAR requirements altogether, and give the Village Board flexibility
to determine the appropriate requirements, taking into account the individual circumstances of
each proposed development.
Another issue in the commercial center area is that many formerly residential uses along
Westchester and Bowman Avenues, within the R2F Two-Family Residential zone, have now been
converted into offices within the existing structures. This is a positive trend to preserve the
traditional scale of these corridors while converting to a more economically and appropriate use.
However, elsewhere in the R2-F zone, offices are only allowed if they are accessory home offices,
which requires the owner to live within the structure. The Village should consider allowing offices
as principal uses throughout the R2-F zone, subject to a special permit from the Village Board to
ensure that the use is appropriate to the site and does not substantially change the exterior of the
building. This is a "form-based" approach that focuses on the building's contribution to
community character. Such a change would provide greater flexibility for former residential uses
along South Ridge Street to be converted to office use, which would be consistent with the
surrounding context.
An important option that the Village should explore, in tandem with the above suggested zoning
modifications, is to create an overlay zone to encompass the existing Cl, Cl-P and OB-5 zones,
and the OB-2-zoned parcel located on Bowman Avenue between Port Chester Middle School and
the 90 Ridge Street complex, as well as all R2-F-zoned parcels fronting South Ridge Street. The
intent of this overlay zone would be to promote mixed-use development that generates significant
pedestrian activity, establishes a "downtown" sense of place and achieves efficient and attractive
site design through the reduction in surface parking allowable with complementary uses. The use,
area and bulk standards for this overlay zone could be flexible and subject to the Village Board's
determination, but any development in this overlay zone could be subject to conformance with a
set of design guidelines. These guidelines would be established for the purpose of maintaining
architectural character to proposed exterior building alterations or in the case of tear-downs or
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new construction. This overlay structure would provide the incentive of zoning flexibility, while
ensuring that site plans meet established design principles and guidelines.
Finally,the gas station property at the intersection of Ridge Street and Bowman Avenue represents
an underutilized site that has the potential to activate the commercial center and present a more
positive image. Therefore, the Village should consider acquiring a right of first offer to this
property in the event that it changes ownership. The site is ideal for use as a pocket park (with
benches, flagpole, community board, sculpture, etc.) at the corner of this visible intersection itself,
with the Division Street portion potentially accommodating a mix of uses (residential/office over
retail). Future access to this site is preferred from Division Street, or if a secondary access point is
needed, as for as possible from the Ridge Street intersection.
4.5 Land Use and Zoning Recommendations
■ Create either a new Open Space/Recreation zone for the Blind Brook Country Club
property, or zone R-30 and mandate cluster development. Include the Village- and Town-
designated parks in the Open Space/Recreation zone, to preserve these significant open
space assets.
■ Review the C1 and Cl-P zones to address excessive front yard setbacks and provide
sufficient buffering from adjacent residential uses, and look at increasing height and floor
area ratio (FAR) maximums to accommodate 3-4 story mixed-use development
(residential over commercial).
■ Explore allowing multifamily uses in the C1 and C1-P zones by special permit, subject to
the following criteria:
o Co-location with commercial/office uses
o Residential uses limited to upper floors in buildings fronting Westchester Avenue,
Bowman Avenue or South Ridge Street
o New residential uses limited to studios and one-bedrooms
■ Throughout the R2-F two-family residential zone, look at allowing offices as principal uses
rather than accessory home offices, subject to a special permit, to encourage viable uses
while preserving the residential character of existing buildings.
■ Explore creating a Village Center overlay zone—encompassing the existing C1, C1-P and
OB-S zones, the OB-2-zoned parcel on Bowman Avenue east of Port Chester Middle
School, as well as R2-F-zoned parcels along South Ridge Street, Westchester Avenue and
Bowman Avenue — to promote mixed use, "downtown" development. Such a zone could
provide for more flexible use, area and bulk standards or zoning incentives, but require
new development to conform to a set of advisory design guidelines.
■ Pursue right of first offer for the gas station property at Ridge Street/Bowman Avenue for
potential use as mixed-use development and/or public space.
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6. PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE
The quality, quantity and variety of parks and open spaces are important attributes that help
define the character of a community. The strength of Rye Brook's community character lies in its
attractive residential neighborhoods and the abundance of parks and recreational facilities that
serve them. The benefits of parks and open space are varied, in that they provide opportunities
for social interaction and healthful activity; help preserve natural features and environmentally
sensitive areas; serve important drainage and stormwater management functions; and enhance
community aesthetics, improving property values and the marketability of neighborhoods.
6.1 Existing Parks and Open Space
The village of Rye Brook has a significant amount of open space, consisting of land in public
parks and schools, along public parkways and natural waterways, at privately owned recreational
facilities and within homeowners' association developments and corporate office parks. This open
space varies greatly in terms of public accessibility and type of recreation accommodated. For the
purposes of this Comprehensive Plan, public open space is indicated for the following areas (see
Table 15, below, for a summary):
■ Designated publicly owned parks and open spaces (Village, Town or Rye, State)
■ Open space associated with public schools
■ Privately owned recreational facilities (golf courses)
■ Privately owned passive open space, including homeowners' association lands
■ Cemeteries
The Village of Rye Brook Planning Base Studies report also designated as open space lands
associated with the County Airport, King Street Nursing Home and St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Other properties in Rye Brook have large areas of open land, such as the Southern Westchester
BOCES headquarters on Berkley Drive and the Cerebral Palsy of Westchester property on King
Street, but were not indicated as open space in the County's report. While each of these sites has
significant open land area, they are not considered functional open space in this Plan, as they are
neither open to the general public nor have a recreational function. Future redevelopment of
these properties, may, however, present opportunities for additional designated open space.
6.1.1 Public Parks
Five main municipal parks are located in Rye Brook:
■ Crawford Park (36 acres) is a Town of Rye multipurpose park located between North
Ridge Street and Lincoln Avenue. It features gardens, lawns, woods, a walking/jogging
path and playing fields, as well as the historic Crawford mansion, which can be rented for
special events. The park was donated to the Town in 1971 and is well used by Rye Brook
residents. The Village holds its annual Birthday Celebration and summer day camp here.
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Table 15: Parks and Open Space Inventory, 2013
Active Open Space Passive Open Space
Public Parks Acres Public Ownership Acres
Crawford Parl<(Town of Rye) 36 Rich Manor Park 10
Pine Ridge Park 9 Elm Hill Park 2
Rye Hills Park 7 Magnolia Park 1
King Street Athletic Fields 6 Meadowlark Park 2
Harkness Pork 4 Roanoke Park 2
Garibaldi Park 2 Lincoln Avenue Properties 24
Subtotal 64 acres Hutchinson River Parkway Lands 81
Subtotal 122 acres
Public Schools Private Ownership
Blind Brook High School/Middle School 26 Common Land Homeowners'Association Lands 1 1 1
Port Chester High School 6 Bowman Avenue Open Space 2
Port Chester Middle School 22 Subtotall 73 acres
Ridge Street School 15
Subtotal 69 acres
Private Ownership Cemetery
Arrowwood Golf Course 72 St.Mary's Cemetery 18
Blind Brook Country Club 166 Subtotal 18 acres
Subtotal 238 acres
Active Total 371 acres I Passive Total 253 acres
GRAND TOTAL: 624 ACRES
Source:Village of Rye Brook Planning Base Studies, 2012, as updated by BFJ Planning
■ Pine Ridge Park (9 acres) is the Village's largest and busiest
active recreational park, located on the corner of Laconia
Drive and Mohegan Lone. It contains Little League baseball ' !.
fields, two-and-a-half basketball courts, four tennis courts
and a tennis wall, a playground, a sandbox a walking path, u
two bathrooms and associated parking. The Village recently
installed a new scoreboard for use by the Little League. Pine
Ridge Park is also host to "Movie Night in the Park" and
"Theater in the Park" in the summer. The Village should
consider installing additional benches and seating areas near
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■ Rye Hills Park (7 acres) is located adjacent to Crawford Park,
off Parkridge Court in Hidden Falls. It features a walking rs.
path, basketball court, two game tables, a circle ring for
storytelling and a belvedere for scenic views. The Village has
plans to construct a storage shed in the park. Vehicle access
is limited to handicapped parking; otherwise, the park is
accessible by foot via Crawford Park. In the fall, Rye Hills Park .V
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hosts "Halloween in the Park." Residents often bring dogs off-leash to this park, even
though it is prohibited.
■ Rich Manor Park (10 acres) is Rye Brook's largest Village-owned park by acreage. This
passive park is adjacent to Rock Ridge and Acker drives, and is accessible to Woodland
Drive via a footpath connecting to Acker Drive. It is also near, though not connected, to
the Village's stormwater management detention pond between Edgewood Drive and
Meadowlark Road. Rich Manor Park consists of an open field and contains wetlands,
floodplains steep slopes and views of Blind Brook. With a somewhat isolated location in
an established residential neighborhood and a lack of signage, the park is not heavily
used by village residents.
■ King Street Athletic Fields (6 acres) is the Village's newest recreational facility, at 830
King Street adjacent to Blind Brook High School and Harkness Park. The complex includes
artificial turf football and soccer fields, a baseball/softball field for youth, a full-sized
soccer field, a walking path, concession stand, storage garage and bathrooms. Parking is
located at the school's campus. The facility is available for rent on a permit basis.
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In addition to these major parks, Rye Brook contains several smaller parks which form an
important component of its overall recreational system:
■ Harkness Park (4 acres) is located on King Street adjacent to Blind Brook High School
and the King Street Athletic Fields. It has four tennis courts and an open field. Information
from the online survey revealed relatively minimal usage of Harkness Park, although
some respondents may have associated it with the King Street Athletic Fields, and may not
have been aware that they are individual facilities.
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■ Garibaldi Park (2 acres) is on Garibaldi Place opposite the Anthony J. Posillipo
Community Center. The park has a tennis court, two basketball courts, Little League
baseball and softball fields, a playground, two bathrooms and a storage shed. In
addition, Garibaldi Park sees frequent usage for informal soccer games by residents of
the adjacent neighborhoods; while these unstructured activities serve the community well,
they can result in maintenance issues for the athletic fields, and create occasional conflicts
with the Village's structured recreational programs. Rye Brook has completed substantial
upgrades to the park; however, many residents conveyed a perception in both public
workshops and the online survey that Garibaldi Park is in poor condition. The Village
recently purchased a house on Garibaldi Place next to the park's parking area, with plans
to demolish the structure and convert the land to approximately 20 more parking spaces.
This will provide parking for the park and the Community Center, and will help to open
the park up further, enhancing its visibility to the community.
■ Meadowlark Park (2 acres) is a stormwater management facility, including a detention
basin, on Meadowlark Drive near Rich Manor Park. The area, which also features
wetlands, floodplains and steep slopes, is not publicly accessible.
■ Magnolia Park (approximately 1 acre) consists of an open field on Magnolia Drive,
adjacent to the privately owned historic William E. Ward House.
■ Roanoke Park (2 acres) has an open lawn area and benches, and is located off Roanoke
Avenue, next to the Rye Ridge shopping center, providing a passive buffer from the
commercial uses. It represents a potential link to future open space on Bowman Avenue.
■ Elm Hill Park (2 acres) is undeveloped land located immediately north of Crawford Park.
Prior discussions of creating a pedestrian walkway were not well-received by neighboring
properties.
■ Bowman Avenue Future Park (2 acres) is on private property approved for a housing
development, and is planned to be dedicated to the Village as a public park. It has
wetlands, ponds, floodplains and steep slopes. The proposed park would consist of a
walking path, benches and both landscaped and natural areas. A small dog park is also
being considered at this location.
The Village also owns an undeveloped 24-acre property consisting of two contiguous parcels
in the northernmost portion of Rye Brook, on the south side of Lincoln Avenue between King
Street and the municipal boundary of the Town/Village of Harrison. These parcels were
dedicated to the Village as part of the development of the BelleFair community for recreation
and general municipal use, and thus represent Rye Brook's greatest opportunity to gain
additional recreational facilities. The Village operates a compost site on part of this property.
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The smaller of the two parcels, at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and King Street,
comprises 9 acres, while the larger parcel, located to the west along Lincoln Avenue,
bordering BelleFair, consists of 16 acres and includes the Village's composting operation. A
portion of the larger parcel also runs southward between BelleFair along the Harrison border,
with a small part in the southwestern corner located within Harrison. Both parcels contain
areas of wetlands and watercourses, the largest area of which is situated on the smaller lot,
while the Blind Brook traverses the southwestern corner of the larger parcel. Steep slopes and
residual structures are also found on both lots.
Another major public open space area is the 81-acre green corridor along the Hutchinson
River Parkway, which crosses the northern end of Rye Brook. This State-owned land has been
discussed as part of a proposed Hutchinson/Merritt Pathway using the right-of-way of the two
parkways. These are no immediate plans to implement this project, but if ultimately
developed, this pathway would form part of the East Coast Greenway, a developing trail
system spanning some 2,750 miles between Canada and Key West, Florida.
6.1.2 Public Schools
■ Blind Brook High School/Middle School (26 acres). Located at 840 King Street, includes
soccer and baseball fields, two gymnasiums and an auditorium.
■ Port Chester High School (6 acres). The campus of this school, located at 1 Tamarack
Road, was built on the grounds of the former Port Chester Country Club. The outdoor
recreational facilities, including ball fields and tennis courts, are in the Village of Port
Chester,while the main school facility,which contains a gymnasium, is in Rye Brook.
■ Port Chester Middle School (23 acres). Located at 113 Bowman Avenue, the campus
includes a soccer field and baseball field.
■ Ridge Street School (15 acres). Located at 390 North Ridge Street, facilities include
baseball, soccer and softball fields, basketball courts, a playground two gymnasiums and
a multipurpose room.
6.1.3 Private Recreational Facilities
■ Blind Brook Country Club (166 acres). A private 18-hole golf course, with a clubhouse
facility, located on Anderson Hill Road off King Street. The course is apparently open,
upon request,to Rye Brook residents.
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■ Doral-Arrowwood Hotel Conference Center (72 acres). A nine-hole golf course and
clubhouse associated with a hotel and townhome complex on Anderson Hill Road,
opposite the Blind Brook Country Club. The golf course is available to the general public.
■ BelleFair. This development's gym facility is used by the Village's Parks and Recreation
Department.
6.1.4 Homeowners' Association Lands
As discussed in Chapter 4, approximately 111 acres of land within Rye Brook is owned by
homeowners' associations in connection with various residential developments in the village,
including BelleFair, The Arbors, Hidden Falls, Talcott Woods, Brookridge and Rye Ridge
Condominiums (Avon Circle). While accessible only to residents of these individual developments,
such lands present opportunities for the Village to improve overall open space linkages, through
the negotiation of easements of similar access agreements.
6.1.5 Cemetery
Rye Brook has one cemetery, the 18-acre St. Mary's Cemetery located at the southernmost end of
the village, bordered by High Street, South Ridge Street and 1-287.
6.1.6 Other Open Space Assets
In addition to the above resources, Rye Brook residents have access to a number of other open
space and recreational assets in the surrounding area and region. Because these assets are
located outside the village, they are not included within the acreage totals in Table 15: Parks and
Open Space Inventory, 2013, nor are they indicated on Figure 12.9
■ Rye Town Park and Beach is located on Long Island Sound in the City of Rye. It consists
of a 34-acre beachfront swimming area, with another 28 acres of passive recreational
areas. The park also contains a historic building complex including a restaurant, pavilions
and service facilities. While the beach is open to the general public, residents of Rye
Brook, Rye City, Port Chester and Rye Neck (within the Village of Mamaroneck) may
purchase seasonal permits with discounts for parking and beach access. Daily admission
fees are available for both residents and non-residents.
9 The Anthony J. Posillipo Community Center, across from Garibaldi Park on Garibaldi Place, provides a
range of recreational programming for all age groups, in particular seniors, but is not discussed in this
chapter because it does not have an open space component. See Chapter 12 for a full discussion.
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■ Rye Playland is a Westchester County-owned amusement park located in the City of Rye,
on Long Island Sound just north of Rye Town Park. The 280-acre complex is undergoing a
$34 million renovation as part of a public-private partnership improvement project.
In addition, two County recreational facilities, Maple Moor Golf Course in White Plains and
Saxon Woods Golf Course and Park in Scarsdale and Mamaroneck, are in close proximity to Rye
Brook, and numerous private golf and country clubs are found throughout the general vicinity.
Other private open spaces that are open to the public include the SUNY Purchase campus and
the grounds and sculpture gardens and PepsiCo's headquarters in Purchase.
6.2 Future Open Space System
Rye Brook is fortunate to have a parks and open space system that is extremely well-maintained,
well distributed geographically and diverse in the types of uses accommodated. For the future, it
will be important to keep ensuring that parks and recreational assets are adequate in extent,
strategic in location and equitable in distribution to meet the unique needs of the village's
population. This will depend in part on the efficient use of the existing facilities, as well as the
maintenance and rehabilitation of facilities needing improvements.
6.2.1 National Recreation and Park Association Standards
The assessment of the adequacy of open space and recreation in any municipality should rely on
detailed surveys and analysis of municipal needs. While the National Recreation and Park
Association (NRPA) has standards for various facilities (as discussed in the Village of Rye Brook
Planning Base Studies) their guidelines call for an individualized community planning approach.
Each community should plan and program facilities based upon identified local need. For
example, according to the NRPA standards discussed in the baseline planning studies for Rye
Brook, it would appear that the Village has no mini-parks that meet the use or locational
standards; mini-parks should be geared toward specialized recreational needs and be situated
close to apartment complexes, townhouse development and/or housing for the elderly. In fact,
the need for mini-parks may be minimal in Rye Brook, given that few higher-density residential
developments are present in the village, and that common homeowners' association lands and
open spaces associated with Atria Rye Brook and the King Street Nursing Home likely fill much of
the mini-park function. This and other NRPA standards may be more appropriate for a larger
municipality that contains more urbanized areas.
In general, NRPA suggests that a park system, at a minimum, be composed of a "core" system of
parklands, with 6.25 to 10.5 acres of developed open space per 1,000 population. Applying this
to Rye Brook's 2010 population of 9,347, this results in a range from a minimum of 58.4 acres
to a maximum of 98.1 acres for developed open space requirements. As indicated in Table 15,
the Village's network of active public open spaces easily satisfies these minimum requirements,
with passive spaces and private facilities providing even greater opportunities for recreation.
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6.2.2 Criteria for Future Open Space Acquisition
Rye Brook is a largely built-out community, which provides few opportunities for acquisition of
undeveloped open space. And, as suggested by the above discussion, the Village is in very good
shape in terms of its amount of public open space. However, discussion at the public workshops
and feedback from the online survey indicated support for additional open space acquisition as
appropriate, and targeted investments in additional open space should continue to be made to
meet larger goals and take advantage of opportunities as they arise. One example is Rye Brook's
recent acquisition of a property adjoining Garibaldi Park, which will provide for additional
parking spaces and enhance the park's presence in the neighborhood, as well as provide
additional parking for the Community Center.
In selecting areas on which to focus future open space acquisitions, it is helpful to develop criteria
from which to identify priority open space parcels. This Plan focuses primarily on protecting land
that includes the following benefits:
■ Links existing parks and open spaces together to form interconnected greenways
■ Connects existing parks and open space to neighborhoods and the commercial center
■ Preserves open space or recreational assets that are not presently protected
■ Preserves natural drainage areas including waterways and surrounding wetlands and
floodplains, or serves a stormwater management function
As opportunities for open space acquisition appear, they should be evaluated carefully according
to this set of criteria, to ensure the benefits of the additional open space are balanced against the
cost of long-term maintenance and the loss of taxable land. Prioritizing areas for open space
protection helps to focus resources on property that has the highest open space value, rather than
acquiring open space just because it becomes available.
6.3 Issues and Opportunities
Maintain and Enhance Existing Parks and Open Space Network
Rye Brook has a significant network of open spaces, which contributes greatly to its community
character and strong neighborhoods. The ongoing challenge is to continue ensuring that they are
adequate and appropriate to serve their surrounding areas. Survey respondents expressed overall
satisfaction with the Village's parks and open spaces, especially active facilities, suggesting that
Rye Brook has been proactive in meeting their needs. Opportunities for ongoing maintenance
and park improvements should be closely monitored, but two particular areas stand out:
■ Garibaldi Park: The Village has made substantial efforts to upgrade this park, and its
recent acquisition of adjacent property will add much-needed parking for the facility and
the community center across the street. Nonetheless, there is a strong perception among
many in Rye Brook that the park is in poor condition, and the online survey response
indicated that it is among the Village's least-used parks.
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■ Key improvements that should be considered for Garibaldi Park are illustrated in Figure
13, and include:
c Replacement of the playground apparatus.
o Replacement of the baseball field and surrounding area with artificial turf,
depending on the long-term cost implications, so that the field is less subject to
degradation by informal play.
o Coordination with the Washington Park Plaza shopping center owners on
installation of a planting screen along the rear of the commercial building to
reduce the incidence of graffiti that detracts from the park's image.
o Future acquisition of additional properties along Garibaldi Place, especially
between the parking area and the playground entrance, to allow for more
programmable park space and parking. Additional recreation activities that could
be accommodated in this space include more swingsets, benches, game tables,
bocce courts or community garden space. Such additions would need to be based
on identified needs within the surrounding area and in Rye Brook overall.
■ Passive Spaces: The online survey revealed strong support for more passive recreational
options, such as walking trails and bike paths, more sidewalks and additional seating and
picnic areas. Yet the survey also indicated minimal usage of Rich Manor Park, Rye Brook's
largest passive open space. This area should be more clearly demarcated as a designated
Village park. Suggested improvements include:
o Addition of park signage, benches and refuse containers.
o Wayfinding signage directing bicyclists and pedestrians to the park via the path
along Acker Drive.
o Creation of walking paths into and through the park, allowing views of the brook.
o Future connection to Meadowlark Park, while ensuring that any public access to
that park preserves its full stormwater management function and does not present
adverse impacts to adjacent homes.
While these recommendations are specific to Rich Manor Park, they should be
implemented, as appropriate, to the Village's other passive recreational spaces_ Clearly
indicating these spaces as Village parks not only helps to raise their visibility and potential
use, but can reduce some problems with unmarked open space, such as dumping.
In addition, Rye Brook has an opportunity to create a substantial trail network on the 16-
acre Village-owned parcel along Lincoln Avenue, across from the Westchester County
airport. Both pedestrian and bicycle trails could be established on this site — as well as
related amenities such as benches, restrooms, signage and bike racks — without
compromising the wooded character of the land. Public access to the Blind Brook would
be an important component of such a trail network, providing significant scenic and
aesthetic value for Rye Brook and its surrounding region.
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Capitalize on Opportunities to Connect Existing Parks and Open Spaces
Rye Brook has a strong open space network that is well distributed throughout the village. This
creates significant opportunities to link these assets strategically, establishing a "green ribbon,"
while increasing the village's trail and pathway system and creating opportunities for connections
to other regional open space assets.
Examples of potential linkages include connecting Roanoke Park to the future Bowman Avenue
Park; linking Rich Manor Park and Meadowlark Park (while maintaining the integrity of the
stormwater management detention pond at Meadowlark Park and avoiding impacts on nearby
residential properties); and possibly connecting future open space/recreational uses at the
westernmost Village-owned parcel on Lincoln Avenue to adjoining public open spaces at SUNY
Purchase and Pepsico's headquarters, both in the Town/Village of Harrison. In addition, Rye
Brook should continue to focus installation of new sidewalks on arterials roadways that link parks
and schools with neighborhoods, while recognizing that sidewalks may not be feasible or
desirable in lower-density residential areas.
Future opportunities for new and enhanced open space linkages may arise with development or
redevelopment of key vacant or underutilized sites in Rye Brook, and the Village should be
proactive in identifying and implementing such connections.
Explore Potential for Newly Acquired and Developed Recreational Facilities
As discussed above, Rye Brook is largely built out, with very little vacant land available for
acquisition of open space and much of that vacant land consists of small and fairly isolated
parcels. Nonetheless, there are several key opportunities to enhance the Village's recreational
network through targeted actions:
■ Crawford Park is the largest public park in Rye Brook, and among its most well-utilized.
However, because the park is owned by the Town of Rye, the Village has limited influence
in its management and maintenance. If Crawford Park were under the Village's
jurisdiction, it would have great potential to be Rye Brook's "Central Park," with possible
improved access to surrounding neighborhoods and the chance for stronger connections
to the adjacent Village parks of Rye Hills and Elm Hill.
If the Town is ultimately dissolved — as has been studied and discussed but is currently on
hold — ownership of the park would logically fall to the Village, assuming resolution of
certain key legal issues. Regardless of whether or not a dissolution occurs, though, the
Town has indicated substantial interest recently in divesting itself of assets, including Rye
Brook's Department of Public Works garage and the Rye Town Hall building in Port
Chester. The Village of Rye Brook should begin serious discussions with the Town on a
possible conveyance of the park to the Village. The mutual benefits are clear: the Town
could reduce costs and decrease its non-taxable land area, while Rye Brook would gain
an established open space that could be the crown jewel of its park system, with control
over its management, upkeep and long-term vision. One area of potential focus for
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expanded uses at Crawford Park is a portion of the parl< fronting Ridge Street, which is
not subject to the some deed restrictions as the remainder of the facility.
■ As discussed, the Village should consider future acquisition of additional properties
along Garibaldi Place to allow for more programmable park space and added parking,
which would greatly benefit both the park and the community center. This strategy has
already begun with the Village's recent acquisition of the property adjacent to the existing
parking area, with plans to gain approximately 20 more parking spaces on that parcel.
Future opportunities for similar acquisitions should continue to be monitored.
■ The online survey suggested support in the village for a community multipurpose
recreational center. In addition to a pool, such a center could include indoor basketball
courts, gymnasiums, classroom space, etc., for use by Rye Brook residents (and perhaps
residents of surrounding communities via a user fee structure). The specific activities and
facilities accommodated in such a center would need to be based on identified community
recreational needs, to ensure that it is not duplicative or redundant with the existing
community center in the southern portion of the village.
Another important question is the ideal location for such a facility. One logical site is the
Village-owned, nine-acre open space parcel at the corner of King Street and Lincoln
Avenue. This site is easily accessible and offers sufficient space for a large recreational
facility, with associated parking and outdoor amenities such as swingsets, walking paths
and small gardens. Linkages could be made to the larger Village-owned property to the
west, which, as discussed above, has potential for establishment of a new trail system.
This Plan recommends that the Village undertake a comprehensive study of a potential
multipurpose recreational center to determine:
o The need for such a facility based on available comparable resources in the
surrounding vicinity;
o The uses, programming and amenities that could best be accommodated in such
a facility, based on needs that are not being filled by Rye Brook's existing
community center or parks;
o Estimated construction and operating costs; and
c The fiscal and tax implications of building and maintaining a multipurpose
recreational/community center.
■ The Village has previously discussed options for a dog park to be developed at one or
more Rye Brook parks. Such a facility would need to be sited to minimize potential
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negative impacts on nearby residences, while providing for good access either by car or
by foot. Two potential locations are at one of the Village-owned parcels on Lincoln
Avenue, or at the new park approved (but not yet built) on Bowman Avenue.
Preserve Undesignated Open Space Assets
As discussed in Chapter 4, Rye Brook has several significant open space assets that are presently
zoned for residential use. One of these resources, the Blind Brook Country Club, is not
designated as open space, and while there is no indication that the property will experience any
change of use in the foreseeable future, its non-protected status and residential zoning represent
a risk of loss of this valuable open space.
Accordingly, the Village should consider either rezoning the Blind Brook Country Club — along
with all designated Village or Town parks—as an open space/recreation zone to better reflect the
existing land use and the desire to preserve these open spaces in perpetuity, or zone the property
R-30 and require a cluster development for any proposed subdivision (see Chapter 4). Responses
from the online survey indicated strong support for some preservation mechanism of
undesignated open spaces, even if implemented in conjunction with a development component.
6.4 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Recommendations
■ Undertake upgrades to Garibaldi Park to improve its usage and aesthetics, with
consideration for the following:
o Replacing the playground apparatus.
o Seeking alternate funding for replacement of the baseball field and surrounding
area with artificial turf, depending on the long-term cost implications, so that the
field is less subject to degradation by informal play.
o Coordinating with the Washington Park Plaza shopping center owners on
installation of a planting screen or mural along the rear of the commercial
building to reduce the incidence of graffiti that detracts from the park's image.
o Pursuing future acquisition of additional properties along Garibaldi Place,
especially between the existing parking area and the playground entrance, to
allow for more programmable park space and added parking.
■ Consider enhancements to passive recreational spaces to make them more user-friendly;
raise their visibility; and reduce problems associated with unmarked open space, such as
dumping. For Rich Manor Park in particular, explore actions such as:
o Addition of park signage and benches.
o Wayfinding signage directing bicyclists and pedestrians to the park via the path
along Acker Drive.
o Creation of walking paths into and through the park, providing for views of the
brook.
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■ Pursue creation of a trail network on the 16-acre Village-owned parcel on upper Lincoln
Avenue. Explore providing both pedestrian and bicycle trails, as well as related amenities
such as benches, restrooms, signage and bike racks.
■ In future development or redevelopment of key vacant or underutilized sites, seek to link
existing parks and open space areas through new or enhanced sidewalks or trails and
signage. Potential linkages include connecting Roanoke Park to the future Bowman
Avenue Park; possible usage of the State-owned Hutchinson River Parkway right-of-way;
and connecting future open space and recreational uses at the westernmost Village-
owned parcel on Lincoln Avenue to adjoining publicly accessible open spaces at SUNY
Purchase and Pepsico in Harrison.
■ Continue to focus installation of new sidewalks on arterial roadways that link parks and
schools with neighborhoods, while recognizing that sidewalks may not be feasible or
desirable in lower-density residential areas.
■ Explore acquiring Crawford Park from Town of Rye to capitalize on its potential as the
Village's "Central Park." One area of potential focus for expanded uses at the park is the
portion fronting Ridge Street, which is not subject to the same deed restrictions as the
remainder of Crawford Park.
■ Undertake a comprehensive study of a potential community multipurpose recreational
center,to determine:
o The need for such a facility based on available comparable resources in the
surrounding vicinity;
o The uses, programming and amenities that could best be accommodated in such
a facility, based on needs that are not being filled by Rye Brook's existing
community center or parks;
o Estimated construction and operating costs; and
o The fiscal and tax implications of building and maintaining the facility.
■ Explore the potential for dog park(s) at the Village-owned Lincoln Avenue property or the
future Bowman Avenue Park.
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RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING A REQUEST FOR USE OF VILLAGE STREETS BY THE
PORT CHESTER RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the use of certain streets in the
Village of Rye Brook surrounding the Port Chester High School is hereby authorized
for an event sponsored by the Port Chester Rye Union Free School District as
requested in a communication from the School Superintendent and Assistant
Superintendent dated March 3,2017;and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that use of Village streets shall be in compliance with the
terms and/or conditions established by the Village of Rye Brook Police Department.
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From: Edward Kliszus [mailto:ekliszusPpcschools.lhric.org]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 4:55 PM
To: Christopher Bradbury
Cc:Joseph Durney
Subject: Re: March 23
It's a school district sponsored event.
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 3,2017,at 4:38 PM,Christopher Bradbury<CBradbury@ryebrook.org>wrote:
Thank you. Is this a PCSD-sponsored event or an event by a separate entity?
From: Joseph Durney[mailto:idurnevCa)pcschools.lhric.or4]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 4:37 PM
To: Christopher Bradbury
Cc: Edward Kliszus
Subject: Re: March 23
A rally and bonfire to encourage the community to come out and vote on a proposed bond referendum
March 28.
Joe Durney
Assistant Superintendent
Port Chester Rye Union Free School District
jdurney(a)portchesterschools.org
On Mar 3,2017,at 4:27 PM,Christopher Bradbury<CBradbury@ryebrook.org>wrote:
Hi Joe-
What is the event?
From: Joseph Durney[mailto:jdurney(a pcschools.lhric.ora]
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 4:10 PM
To: Christopher Bradbury
Cc: Chief Gregory Austin; Edward Kliszus
Subject: FW: March 23
Dear Mr. Bradbury,
On March 23 at 630pm the Port Chester Marching band will be participating in an event whereby they
will parade from Park Ave to College Ave,to Tamarack Road(around the HS)and back down Neuton Ave
to the first driveway entrance(near Fairview Ave)to the Port Chester High School Stadium. Per my call
yesterday with Lieutenant Matthews,we are requesting police presence and vehicle escort for students
as they parade around the school. I understand from Chief Austin you will need to obtain Board
approval so I am hoping you can address our request at your March 14 meeting.
Please let me know if you will be able to assist with this request.
Joe Durney
Assistant Superintendent
Port Chester Rye Union Free School District
jdurney0portchesterschools.org
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RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING A LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER 250 OF THE
VILLAGE CODE REGARDING NONCONFORMING SETBACKS
WHEREAS, the Village of Rye Brook Planning board desires to make certain
modifications to Chapter 250 of the Village Code regarding Nonconforming Setbacks; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board discussed a proposed local law to amend Chapter 250
of the Code of the Village of Rye Brook to implement the purpose set forth above at its February
23,2017 meeting and adopted a Report and Recommendation; and
WHEREAS, the proposed local law was introduced to the Board of Trustees at the
meeting on March 14,2017; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook determines that the
proposed action is a Type 11 Action pursuant to the New York State Environmental Quality
Review Act(SEQRA) and therefore no further environmental review is required.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Rye Brook shall hold a public hearing on April 12, 2017 at 7:30p.m. at Village Hall, 938 King
Street,Rye Brook,New York,to consider the proposed local law; or
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that the Board of Trustees of the Village of
Rye Brook hereby refers the proposed local law amending Chapter 250 of the Village Code
regarding nonconforming setbacks to the Zoning Board for a report and recommendation.
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Draft 2/16/17
LOCAL LAW AMENDING
CHAPTERS 250 OF THE VILLAGE CODE
A LOCAL LAW to amend Chapter
250 of the Code of the Village of
Rye Brook regarding
Nonconforming Setbacks.
BE IT ENACTED, by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook, as
follows:
Section 1. Chapter 250, Section 6, Subsection F, Item 7 of the Code of the Village of Rye
Brook is hereby amended as follows:
(7) Nonconforming structures with conforming uses. A structure that is conforming in use
but does not conform to the lot area, square footage, yard dimension, height, setback,
coverage, off-street parking,loading or similar dimensional requirements of this chapter shall
be deemed to be dimensionally nonconforming. No permit shall be issued that will result in
the increase of any dimensional nonconformity,but any structure or any portion thereof may
be altered to decrease its dimensional nonconformity. Where the front or side setback of a
structure in a residential district is nonconforming and the structure is subject to a height-
setback ratio requirement, the extension of that structure in a vertical or horizontal direction
along the same plane as the existing nonconforming setback shall not be deemed to increase
the nonconformity of the setback. Such vertical or horizontal extension of the structure
must comply with all applicable height-setback ratio requirements.
Section 3. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part of this
Local Law shall be adjudicated in any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined
in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article or part thereof directly
involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered, and such
invalidity shall not be deemed to affect the remaining portions thereof.
Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediately upon filing with the Office of the
Secretary of State.
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February 23, 2017 APPROVED 5-1
RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO
THE RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON A LOCAL LAW REGARDING
NONCONFORMING SETBACKS
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Rye Brook Planning Board hereby submits the
attached Report and Recommendation to the Rye Brook Board of Trustees on the
proposed local law regarding nonconforming setbacks.
On motion by Ms. Schoen, seconded by Mr. Morlino, Mr. Michal Nowak, Superintendent
of Public WorksNillage Engineer, called the roll:
APPROVING THE REFERRAL RESOLUTION:
Ayes: GOODMAN, GRZAN, MORLINO, SCHOEN, TARTAGLIA
Nays: ACCURSO
Abstain:
Excused: RICHMAN
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REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FROM THE RYE BROOK PLANNING
BOARD TO THE RYE BROOK BOARD OF TRUSTEES ON A LOCAL LAW
NONCONFORMING SETBACKS
I. OVERVIEW
Pursuant to Section 250-14.A of the Village Zoning Code,the Rye Brook Planning
Board recommends that the Board of Trustees consider the attached proposed local law to
revise Chapter 250 of the Village Zoning Code regarding setback requirements for
nonconforming structures.
Section 250-6.F(7) of the Zoning Code prohibits the issuance of a building permit
for work that will increase the dimensional nonconformity of an existing structure. Over
the years, the Planning Board has reviewed several Site Plan applications involving
additions to structures which have one or more existing nonconforming setbacks. When
additions are proposed to these structures which do not extend further into the
nonconforming setback, but instead extend horizontally or vertically along the same
plane as the existing structure, this has been interpreted as an increase in the existing
nonconforming setback which thereby requires a variance from the Zoning Board of
Appeals. However, the Village of Rye Brook's Zoning Code contains provisions (i.e,
height-setback ratio limitations) that protect against potential impacts associated with
these types of additions in most residential districts, so the benefit of requiring review of
a variance application is nominal.
For the reasons set forth below, the proposed local law would amend Section 250-
6.F(7) to provide that an extension of a nonconforming structure along the same plane as
the existing nonconforming setback shall not be deemed to increase the nonconformity of
that setback. This amendment would apply only to nonconforming front and side yard
setbacks (because there is no height-setback ratio limitation applicable in a rear yard).
The amendment is further limited to residential districts that contain height-setback ratio
requirements. Non-residential districts and the RA-15 Restricted Multifamily Residence
District do not contain height-setback ratio requirements. Specifically, the following
language is proposed to be added:
Where the front or side setback of a structure in a residential
district is nonconforming and the structure is subject to a
height-setback ratio requirement, the extension of that
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structure in a vertical or horizontal direction along the same
plane as the existing nonconforming setback shall not be
deemed to increase the nonconformity of the setback. Such
vertical or horizontal extension of the structure must comply
with all applicable height-setback ratio requirements.
This amendment would allow property owners in most residential districts to put
additions on structures that have nonconforming setbacks without going to the Zoning
Board of Appeals for a setback variance, provided the addition does not project into the
nonconforming setback. The addition would remain subject to the applicable height-
setback ratio limitation, as well as all other dimensional zoning requirements.
II. DISCUSSION
The Planning Board discussed the local law at its January 12, 2017 and February
23, 2017 meetings, during which Village consultants and staff also provided input. The
Planning Board provided the following comments on the proposed local law:
• The impacts associated with additions that follow the same vertical or
horizontal plane as the existing nonconforming setback are related to an
increase in the structure's height or bulk in relation to the property line, not
necessarily an increase in the size of the nonconforming setback.
• The Village Zoning Code's height-setback ratio limitations are designed to
control the structure's height and bulk in relation to its proximity to the
property line, thereby addressing potential impacts of these additions
without the added requirement of obtaining a variance from the Zoning
Board of Appeals.
• Due to the existing height-setback limitations, there is little benefit in
requiring a variance for these types of additions. Eliminating this
requirement will make the approval process less burdensome on applicants
seeking to improve their property.
III. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Based on the foregoing, the Planning Board recommends that the Board of
Trustees consider adopting the attached proposed local law.
Dated: Rye Brook,New York
February 23, 2017
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On motion by Ms. Schoen, seconded by Mr. Morlino, Mr. Michal Nowak, Superintendent
of Public Works/Village Engineer, called the roll:
APPROVED AT THE FEBRUARY 23, 2017 MEETING OF THE RYE BROOK
PLANNING BOARD BY A VOTE OF 5-1.
ACCEPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION:
Ayes: GOODMAN, GRZAN, MORLINO, SCHOEN, TARTAGLIA
Nays: ACCURSO
Abstain:
Excused: RICHMAN
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING BID 17-01,
INVESTIGATION OF VILLAGE SANITARY SEWERS
WHEREAS,the Village solicited a bid for contract#17-01, Investigation of Village
Sanitary Sewers; and
WHEREAS, the bid for contract #17-01 was advertised in the Westmore News on
February 24, 2017 as the Official Newspaper of the Village of Rye Brook, and was
also made available on the Empire State Purchasing Group bid system;and
WHEREAS, at 11:O0am on Friday, March 10, 2017 the Village Administrator
opened sealed bids as summarized below:
Bidder Bid Amount
Subsurface Utility Imaging,LLC
9478 River Road,Marcy,NY 13403 $99,357.50
National Water Main Cleaning Co.
1806 Newark Turnpike,Kearny,NJ 07032 $134,017.50
Diversified Infrastructure Services,Inc.
46 S Rolling Meadows Dr,Fond du Lac,WI 54937 $145,300.00
Fred A. Cook,Jr.Inc.
PO Box 70,Montrose,NY 10548 $172,875.00
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that following the review of the bids by
the Village Administrator,Village Superintendent of Public Works, and the Village s
consulting engineer Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, the Village Board of Trustees
hereby determines that the lowest responsible bidder meeting all the requirements of
the bid document is Subsurface Utility Imaging, LLC, 9478 River Road, Marcy,
New York, for the bid amount of$99,357.50.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Village Administrator are
hereby authorized to execute and deliver any documents necessary and appropriate to
accomplish the purposes of this resolution.
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Dolph Rodeld Engineering, P.C.
CONSULTANTS & DESIGNERS
200 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591 • (914) 631-9600
March 10,2017
Mr. Christopher Bradbury
Village of Rye Brook
938 King Street
Rye Brook,New York 10573
RE: Sanitary Sewer Investigation
Bid No. 17-01
Rye Brook,New York
Dear Mr.Bradbury:
On March 10, 2017, four bids were received for the above referenced project. The bidder with
the apparent lowest bid was Subsurface Utility Imaging LLC of Marcy, NY with a Bid Price of
$99,357.00.
This office has checked some of the municipal references provided by Subsurface Utility
Imaging LLC. and has found that their work is satisfactory.
This office hereby recommends immediate award of the above referenced contract to Subsurface
Utility Imaging LLC so that the work can commence as soon as possible. Please advise us of
your decision and when you will be scheduling a meeting with the contractor regarding contract
signing,insurance policies and a tentative work schedule.
Sincerely,
Dolph Rotfeld,P.E.,BCEE
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VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
SSES Report
February 7, 2017
DOLPH ROTFELD ENGINEERING, P.C.
200 WHITE PLAINS ROAD
TARRYTOWN,NY 10591
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Village of Rye Brook
SSES and Work Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. SSED History and Analysis
2. Analysis of Westchester County DEF sanitary sewer flow study
5. Sanitary Sewer System Tributaries
5. Estimate of Village Population
7. Work Plan
Tables
1. Flow Monitoring Study—Meter Locations
2. Westchester County Department of Planning resident data
3. Subsystem population summary
4. Subsystem Inflow/Infiltration and residents
5. Inflow locations—1994 SSES
6. Inflow locations- 1980 SSES
7. Illicit inflow corrected by DPW
S. Infiltration locations
9. Sanitary Sewer Tributaries
Maps
1. Neighborhood 1—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
2. Neighborhood 2—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
3. Neighborhood 3—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
4. Neighborhood 4—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration _
5. Subsystems-Flow Meter Locations
Figures
1. Daily GPCD Flow Analysis—2012 Flow Study
2. Flow vs Precipitation Chart—Snow Melt Events—March 2010
3. Flow vs Precipitation Chart—Snow Melt Events—March 2011
4. Wet Seasons Chart-2009
5. Dry Seasons Chart-2010
6. WCDEF(Savin)Two Year Flow Study Chart-Flow Rate vs.Rainfall
Attachment"A!'- Scope of Work
Attachment"B"- I/I Investigation Cost Estimate
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SSES History and Analysis
Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, P.C.(DRE)has been retained by the Village of Rye Brook to
investigate the excessive flow rates that have occurred in its sanitary sewer system.Sanitary
sewers are designed to receive wastewater flow from residences and other buildings that are
connected to sewer mains.However,there is often leakage of additional water into the sanitary
sewer pipe.Storm water runoff belongs in storm drains or on the surface of the ground.But
when storm water enters the sanitary sewers through cracks or joint openings in the sewer
pipe or when illegal connections add stormwater directly into the sewer,then the amount of
flow in the sewer mains may be increased substantially.
When homes are located in flood plains or near water bodies,sewers may be seasonally or
permanently in located in groundwater.This may be the case for some Village neighborhoods.
In that situation,any cracks or joint openings will experience infiltration of groundwater at a
slow but continual rate.When this occurs along thousands of lineal feet of sewer main the total
amount of leakage may be sizable.Altogether,the sources of sanitary sewer main leakage are
classified as Inflow and Infiltration(1/I).This study and analysis is specifically focused on the
need to bring the Village into compliance with the Westchester County Environmental Facilities
Sewer Act that has set a sewage flow limit of 150 gallons per capita per day.Our goal is to
identify the most cost effective way of bringing the Village into compliance with the Sewer Act.
A thorough review has been done of the findings of previous SSES studies that investigated 1/1
in Rye Brook.The following investigations have been evaluated:
1. URS Engineering conducted a SSES in 1950 for the Westchester County Dept.of
Environmental Facilities(WCDEF).
2. Metcalf and Eddy Engineering conducted a SSES investigation in 1992 for WCDEF that
was published In 1994.
3. Savin Engineering conducted a Flow Monitoring Study for a period of two years from
2009 to 2011 for WCDEF.That Report was published In 2012.
Findings:
A. Research of historical SSES data
1. Neighborhoods—Inflow/Infiltration Detected
Historical data from the URS and Metcalf and Eddy investigations point to two
neighborhoods that evidently have excessive Inflow and Infiltration(1/1).The first
neighborhood is north and west of the Hutchinson River Parkway in subsystem RB-6.
The most significant 1/1 was detected at Fairlawn Parkway,Country Ridge Road and
Rockinghouse Trail. (Map 1)The second neighborhood is also in subsystem RB-6 and
encompasses the confluence of streets that are south of the Hutchinson River Parkway
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and east of the Blind Brook and that extend from Winding Wood Road to North Ridge St.
(Map 2) The eastern portion of the second area was investigated by the Village DPW five
years ago and five sources that tested positive for inflow were all corrected in 2011..
The third neighborhood is in the northern portion of subsystem RB-3 bounded by
Lincoln Avenue to the west,Talcott Road to the south and Berkley Drive to the north.
(Map 3)The fourth neighborhood is comprised of the streets surrounding Port Chester
High School located in subsystem RB-2.(Map 4)
2. Sanitary Sewer Subsystems
DRE analyzed the Village by sewer subsystem for both the number of households and a
tabulation of historical SSES 1/1 findings for each individual subsystem.The map atlas
from the 1994 SSES study depicts the boundaries of the six Village subsystems. From
these maps we determined the total number of residences per subsystem by counting
properties that appear within its boundaries.In addition,Google maps was referenced
to determine the number of properties constructed in the last 20+years that includes
BelleFair, Red Roof Farm and Doral Greens.
It was not possible to determine the baseline sewage flow rate separately for each Rye
Brook subsystem because the Savin Study measured flow at only two locations in the
Village;at the north end in subsystem RB6 and the south end in subsystem RBI. The
data from these locations is only useful for the calculation of total sewage flow in the
Village.(Table 1)
3. Evidence of Groundwater Infiltration
When Metcalf and Eddy conducted its SSES in 1992,it was a very dry spring with only
about 5 inches of rain in March and April.In their summary they explain that this may be
the factor as to why they found very little infiltration.By comparison,in 1980 when URS
did its study in Rye Brook,it was a very wet spring that deluged with more than 18
inches of rain in March and April.URS found significant infiltration in areas adjacent to
the Blind Brook and its tributaries.It appears that sewers located in the areas east of the
Blind Brook may sit in saturated soil when there are extremely wet seasons.Thus,
cracked or disjointed sanitary sewers may experience significant groundwater seepage.
In addition,some of the homes that experience flooding in their basements may have
sumps illegally connected to sanitary sewers and that may add significant inflow.
B. Analysis based on flow data from the 2012 WCDEF report
1. Overview—Two Years of Flow Data
DRE conducted a detailed analysis of the total flow data from Savin Engineers
2012 Flow Monitoring Program Report that was performed for the WCDEF.The
data includes rainfall events and daily totals of sanitary sewage flow for the more
than 90%of the Village that discharges to the Blind Brook WWTP.The remainder
of the Village is connected to Port Chester sewers that discharge to the Port
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Chester WWTP.Figure 6 depicts the flow data for the entire two year period.
The blue line graph shows the daily flow rate in the Village's sanitary sewer
system.When the blue line is above the green horizontal threshold marker,the
Village is exceeding the County Sewer Act threshold of 150 gpcd.The red graph
markers indicate inches of rainfall.The highest flow rates during the two year
period coincide with snow melt runoff or a combination of major rainfall events
in conjunction with snow melt events.
2. Impact of Snow Melt Events
The highest sewage flow rates in the two year monitoring period were in the
months of March 2010 and March 2011. Historical data obtained from the
National Weather Service website www.weather.gov revealed severe winter
weather occurred in those years.The high flow rates appear to be the result of
the 50 to 60 inches of snowfall during the preceding winter months in 2010 and
2011 that were followed by record setting March temperatures that produced
extraordinary snow melt events.
The Chart entitled Rye Brook Flow vs.Precipitation/Snow Melt Events—March
2010(Figure 2)depicts flows that exceeded the Sewer Act limit of 150 GPCD on
28 out of 31 days in the month of March.There was one significant rain event on
March 13th that caused the flow rate to peak for several days,but then two
additional flow peaks occurred on March 23`d and March 30th when there was
little to no rainfall.Those two dates experienced unseasonably warm
temperatures that climbed into the seventies.That was most likely due to
significant melting snow that leaked into sanitary sewers.
The Chart entitled Rye Brook Flow vs. Precipitation/Snow Melt Events—March
2011(Figure 3)depicts flows that exceeded the Sewer Act limit on 30 out of 31
days. This time,it appears to be a combination of rainfall and snow melt that
caused the excessive flow rates,since there was more than 5 inches of rain the
first 2 weeks of March,but in addition,temperatures that ranged from 46 to 55
degrees F from Feb.27 to March 2nd and as high as 73 degrees F by mid-month.
High flows related to the snow melt events are most likely the result of illicit
Inflow to sanitary sewers from catch basins,area drains and roof leaders.
The evidence suggests that investigation of these three potential sources of
inflow should be a priority.The 1980 and 1994 SSES studies identified 10 catch
basin,area drain and roof leader connections to sanitary sewers.(Tables 5&6)
Since those findings were published,there is no known record of those potential
sources of inflow being investigated or corrected. If confirmed,removal of these
inflow sources may remove substantial amounts of inflow during rain and snow
melt events.
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3. Impact of Extended Wet Seasons
Savin's sewage flow monitoring results from April 2009 to March 2011 appear to
confirm the findings of URS in 1980 and Metcalf and Eddy in 1992 that surmised that
sustained wet seasons correlate with increased inflow and infiltration.The premise
Is that extended wetter than average seasons are a significant factor in driving up 1/I,
The wet spring,summer and fall of 2009 coincide with exceedances above 150 gpcd
38%of the time.(Figure 4)The much drier spring,summer and fall of 2010,resulted
in a much lower number of exceedances,just 13%of the time.(Figure 5) The main
difference is that in 2009,the flow rates tended to remain greater than the 150 gpcd
threshold for weeks at a time before subsiding.In 2010,recovery to acceptable flow
rates after major storms often occurred within a few days.Presumably,this is due to
ground saturation in wet seasons causing continual Infiltration into cracked or
disjointed sanitary sewers that are sitting in groundwater saturated soil,as well as
potential inflow from homes with Illegally connected sump pumps.Groundwater
infiltration and sump inflow can be confirmed by late night flow isolation
investigation.If confirmed,the infiltration is readily repaired by lining the sanitary
sewers with cured in place pipe resin.
4. Commuter Allowance
Savin used data obtained by the Westchester County Dept.of Planning from the
United States Census Bureau to adjust the population of the Village to account
for the additional people who spend the work week there from Monday through
Friday. Their findings for Rye Brook follow:
According to the United States Census Bureau the 2010 population
of Rye Brook was 9,599
In addition,in 2010 there were
6,024 non-residents working in the Village
2,633 Village residents commuting to work locations outside the Village
Thus there were(6,024-2,633) 3,391 additional people in the Village
Monday to Friday.
The Savin report credited Rye Brook with an additional 30 gallons per day per
commuter and then subtracted that quantity from the daily average flow.
Thus in 2010(9,599+3,391) 12,990 populated the Village on workdays.
5. Calculating Permitted Sewage Flow Rates
The Westchester County Environmental Facilities Sewer Act requires that the
Village not exceed 150 gallons per capita per day.On this basis the permitted
maximum daily flow rate for the Village's sanitary sewers is as follows:
9599 people = x gallons/day
150 gallons/person/day
9599 people x 150 gal/person/day = 1,439,850 gallons/day
Thus the 150 gpcd threshold depicted by a horizontal line on Figures 1 to 6.
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6. Unaccounted Service Connections
In conducting research of all sewer connectionsto the County trunk main sewer
that runs along the border of the Town of Harrison and the Village,DRE
discovered that there is sewage coming from Harrison that is not corrected for in
the 2012 WCDEF Flow Monitoring Study.The flow appears to come from six
office buildings located on Westchester Avenue and Bowman Avenue.We will
use water use data to estimate this flow.
C. Sanitary Sewer System Tributaries
1. The Village is divided into six sanitary sewer subsystems.Each of these
subsystems contains several neighborhoods made up of a network of contiguous
streets that discharge to the County trunk line at a specific manhole.DRE has
determined the direction of sewage flow for Village streets and identified their
receiving manholes.The list of streets in individual neighborhood and the County
manhole they flow into has been identified in Table 9.Streets that have been
identified as suspect for I/I by previous SSES studies have been highlighted.All
major sanitary sewer tributaries are listed absent those that have been built in
the last 20 years.It is unlikely that these recently built sewer tributaries that we
lack complete mapping for are sources of I/I.
2. The sewage maps that show the direction of flow for each street in the Village
will be utilized to isolate streets that have been identified as possible I/I sources
if additional flow monitoring is deemed necessary. Flow isolation between
midnight and dawn when sanitary sewer flows very low can be very revealing.
Unexplained clear water flows that are likely due to the occurrence of I/I are
often discovered using this technique.
D. Estimate of Village Population
As described In Section A.2.(Sanitary Sewer Subsystems)DRE has estimated the
Village population by counting properties that are shown on the 1994 SSES
maps supplemented by Google Maps for properties constructed after 1994.Also,
the Westchester County Department of Planning issues profiles for all County
municipalities.The data for estimating population was obtained from this
document.(Table 2) From that information a population of the Village has been
estimated.
The Westchester County Department of Planning issues profiles for all County
municipalities.The Department of Planning data states that households in Rye
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Brook reside in about 95%of housing units,with the remaining 5%vacant or in
transition.The estimates were derived as follows:
2925 housing units x 0.95=2780 households
The Planning Dept.estimates 3.35 persons per household in Rye Brook.
2780 households x 3.35=9315 people live in the 6 subsystems
There are approximately 300 additional Rye Brook housing units in areas
abutting the Village of Port Chester that are connected to Port Chester sewers.
These housing units are similar to those in adjacent Port Chester neighborhoods.
The following estimate uses the Planning Dept.estimate of 2.69 persons per
household in Port Chester.
300 housing units x 0.95=285 households
285 households x 2.69=766 people live the area of Rye Brook that is serviced by
Port Chester Sewer District.
The estimated 2016 Total Population of Rye Brook is 9315+766=10081
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Work Plan
Task 1
The Westchester County Department of Environmental Facility(WCDEF)SSES
mapping of the sanitary sewer system tributary to the Blind Brook Wastewater
Treatment Plant has been reviewed and analyzed by DRE. Any sanitary sewer
constructed since the completion of the County SSES was included in the study.
This step is necessary since the SSES was completed in July 1994.
The 2012 WCDEF Flow Monitoring Study investigating the contributing flow
from the Village of Rye Brook's Sanitary Sewer Subsystems to the Blind Brook
Sewer District has been reviewed and evaluated.
Task 2
Inflow and Infiltration from the sewer tributaries depicted in Maps 1 to 4 will be
confirmed by field investigation of neighborhoods suspected of having I/I
problems that have not been corrected. This process will follow as outlined in
Attachment"A"titled Scope of Work.
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TABLE 1
Rye Brook—SSES-Flow Metering
county Manhole Location
ti1fr12 South of Wyman Street @ R ORye Br60k border _
62031 Easement south of Hutchinson River Pkw and east of Liflcoln Avg
Flow @ MH 61612+Flow @ 62031=Total Rye Braok flow to Blind Brook WWTP after
correcting for the upstream flow from the Village,of Harrison to the County Trunk sewer.
DRE has Identified an error in the Blind Brook algorithm for Rye Brook sanitary sewage flow
shown In Table 4-2 of the WCDEF Flow Monitoring Program Report.
The published equation is:
Total Rye Brook flow to Blind Brook WWTP BRB1+BRB2—(BH3+BHn+BHS)
The corrected equation is:
Total Rye Brook flow to Blind Brook WWTP =BRB1+BRB2--(BH2+BH3+BH4+131-15)
In Savin Report's Table 4-2,BH2 was omitted from the algorithm. However Savin Engineers has
stated that BH2 was accounted for in their calculations and that this was a typo.
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TABLE 2
RYE BROOK .
MUNICIPAL PROFILES IN WESTCHESTER TY,NEW YORK
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POPULATION DATA HOUSING DATA EMPLOYMENT DATA
'"td �sllanir'�';:.s:i:�.,'.k'f,�+?::x§i�37�.: Totalhousld8urilta• ,.. ^a�903 Empl?Ymunt ..
Tow dvillan labor Toro: 4,432
Area and density: Housing occupancy andtonure occupation of reaidenis
Square miles: 3.G Occupied hobbirig units:I S,S10. 940% Total employed residents: 4,238 100.0%
Parsons par square mile*: 2,729,4 Vacantlnits: •, 993 • 'S,li% MenagemenC 2;163 60.8%
occppled: 2,'x89' 04.8% asndees: 509 120%
.Owner• Sales and emce; 1,069 28.2%
b
Popuiatldn by rate and Hispanic origin ' ReMer occupied 621 16,7% CcnskucUom $90 9.2%
While: 8,431 BSA% Production and transport. 117 2b%
Blank 233 2A% Housing Oita in structure "' Fanning: 0 0.0%
Amedcan Indian: •32 0.9% Singte-fandIp 2,717
Aslan:. 243 4A% •2 tog unite '-'640 -
Other 423 4.4% 10 to 19 units: 5 ' Residents commuting to work
Two or more races: 69 0.8% 20 to 49 units: '11
Hispanic(may be of any race): 815 8.8% 60 or mom units: 220 Average travel time to nd o ; 3,092minutes
fdabil3 home f other, .10 Total a to worta l 9e and over: 3,082 96.0%
• Drove to work atone: 2,882 73.946
Calmled: 160 4.1%
Age
Year housingbuilt .• publigiransportallon: 740 18.7%
0.5 813 6.4% Otherineans: 130 3.3%
6-171 2,008 21.1% MedianYeafBullt •1966
1&34: 1,161 121% 200ooriater. 432 Wor(cedathoma; 103 q,0%
35.64: 3,900 40.9% 1990 to 2000: 328
85-84: 1,435 14.1% 198010 1989: S02
B5 and over: 425 4.5% . 1970 to 1978:- 386 INCOME DATA
1960 to 1969: 732
1950 to 1959: 657 Household Income
Place of birth and citizenship 1949 orearller.• 688
Native: 7,998 83.9% Percapt�:
Average household:
Born In NswYork Stale: 6,32,4 66.3% Monthly renter costs Average family:
BomlgDifferent State: 1,698 18,7% Average rent $1,398 - Households byfncomo:7$$$114
5
US Citizen Not Born in US BB 0.996• Hag Ungd byrRange In Rent Total households: ,
Foreign Burn; 1,633 18.1% -Total speggedrenter units: 521 100.0% Lessthan$15,000; 202
Naturalized Citizen: 889 9.9% 4500: 21 4.0% $16,000 to$28,999; 278
Not is Citizen: 644 6.8% $600-•1300: 68 10.7% $30,000 to$44,905: 186
$800-1,249: es 19.8% $45,0001d$59,990: 260
$1,260-2,000: 289 50,69{ $60,000(8$74,999: 247
Top countries of origin $2,000 or more: 83 15.9% $76,000 to$99r999: 212
Peru 249 No cash rank 0 0.0% $100,000 to$149,999: 678
Italy 174 $150,000 or more: 1,330
UK 94
Other Europe 942 Cost•burdenad households
Afriga 69 Tcialspecgledhousandds: 2,377 Pove4status
Cost burdened Rentaa: 277 Total poverty universe. 9,43,1 100,0%
Ability to speak English CesFhurdened Owners wl mat0nge: 908 Total pereone In poverty: 617 6.6%
Paapleln Pnploveu 9:ar - -
lanawsa eannclgxaR r,hameo Overcrowded housing units
g,oup eaW142Yll 01-PTotal occupied housing units: 3,310 100.0%
Spanish Spealdn9: 700 142 20.3% Persons perroom
Other Indo-European: 738 18 24% 1 or less. 3,310 100.0%
Asian Spepking: 132 21 15.9% 1 to 1112! 0 -0.0% '
1112 to 2: 0 0.0% tai•
2 or more: 0 0.0%
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HOUSEHOLD DATA WeslaWasterCounty oapmtmentofPlanning
EDUCATION DATA utlliladmeAvenus
Vyhae Plains,New York 10601 ,
Total Household: 3 310. (914)995.4400
Household:y.1�•ii•''•,�. •-l., f i'Nt Educational attainment
`y v cage:heu9fl)ro(d.slye-`:;, `,'.•�• ''�.. '•�
Total persons-25 and over. 8,431 100.09( Source:
No H3 Diplome: 64 0.8% U.9,Census Bureau Amo4can Community Survay(ACS)
High School praduats: 1,420 2$.1% 21106'21)(19•Nob that this data is basad on a aempla,and
Family HoUseholda•(families): 2,632Sama College: 1,084 18.5% =let=o margin of errorwhlch can bre obtained through
Children under is In FaA Households:2,670 Assodale'e: 373 5,6=/, the Cartes Bureaus differeArroknce
dt=men the
website.For
Merrledcauplofamilies: y 2,160 Bachelor's: 1,616 24.6% iMormnli on the dgforawe between the ACs end the
Mauled-cou esvilthchildrenunder18: 1,149 Graduate Db ree,orHigher. 1,718 28,7% DacorWalCensus,see:
pl B bile,/dsminnweskhestereov camlcenses-and•slauslia+
Female-hddded households: 246
Childion In Foniale•headed households; 154 •square mileage represents land area and Inland sv,*r-
Non-family h useholds: 797 Sahoei enrollment b odbe,but does not Include Hudson Rivet or tong Island
Househoidef Ming alone: 768 Total persene 3 end over enrolled sound areas and Slekinlots within a mun*IIIy.
Householder65+living alone: 429 In seb6ot 2,649 '
Preschool/kindergarten: 368 "The Total Poverty Udvorso number Core from the
Totel Population number because notall popple Included
Elementary: 1,345
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School: 462 in the American Conly Survey sample reir"M on
Childrenuridarlsliving in 268 ihak income.For more-Information-vis9 the Amedom
College racsnder on the u:s.Census Bureau uabshe.
single-parent households: 305 Graduate or Professional School: 216
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TABLE 3
Rye Brook Sewer Subsystems
There are five sewer subsystems in the village of Rye Brook.About 90%of the flow goes to the
Blind Brook WWTP and the remainder goes to the Port Chester WWTP.All sewage from the Rye
Brook subsystems ends up at Blind Brook.Based on tax maps,the following breakdown in
housing units per sewer subsystem was determined.
Subsystem Housing Units Residents
a RB-1 166 housing units 529
0 RB-2 386 housing units 1228
0 RB-3 423 housing units 1347
0 RB-4 363 housing units 1162
a RB-5 831 housing units 2644
a RB-6 756 housing units 2405
TOTAL 2925 housing units 9315
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TABLE 4
R e Brook Subs stems I and I
subsystem residents inflow(est.gallonsistorm) infiltration(est.gpd)
2000 ne ligible
RB-1 529 negligible
RB-2 1228 2800
1347 4450 92,000
RB-3
RB-4 1028 12,500 negligible
•24,000 28,000
RB-5 2644
RB-6 147,000 2405 ` 25,000 .
Based on combined data from 1980 and 1994 SSSS Reports.
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TABLE 5
R fd BrookS bs stem Inflow
No Wow e , -
(ref.Table F-1 WCDEF SSES—1994)
RB-1
Inflow source gat/storm per M�rcost ch $/RPd removed Location
depressed MH 500 0 $3,00 Bowman Ave
RB-2
Inflow source gal/storm per MH cost each $IRPd removed Location_ Wilton Rd/Beacon Ln/bell Pi
7 leaking chimneys 400 $1850 $4— 65—,——
RB-3
d removed Location
Inflow source gaVstorm per Mli C0 st each $/RP1500 $3.00 Bonwit Rd/Berkley Dr
3 depressed MH 500 $
area drains 350 $3,000 $8.65 Mohegan Lane
3
1ollars 500 $1750 $3.50 Chorles Lane/Lincoln Ave
leaking c
1 ey 400 $1850 $4.65 Berkle Drive/WinthropDrive
leaking collars
TOTAL 4450 gal/storm
RB-4
Location
Inflow source gaystorm per MH cost each $Igpd
��Quad Argyle Rd/galley Ter
ESleakinsg
presed MH 500 $1504 $
chimneys 400 $1850 $4.65 Berkley Or/Elm Hill Dr/Argyle Rd —
TOTAL 3500 gal/storm
RB-5
d removed Location
Inflow source gal/storm Per MH cost each $000 $72.06 Rock Ridge Drive
3 mainline leaks 770 $55,
1 area drains 350 $G,000. $17.15 Knollwood Drive/Acker Drive
$1750 $0.50 Meadowlari</Beechwood/N Rid e
500
3leakin collars 1850 $4.55 Meadowlark/Bobble Lane Rock Ridge
4leaking chimneys 400Drive
4 service line ieaks —60 9000 $15,000 $156 Beechwood Blvd
2 catch basin
connections .
TOTAL 23,580 gal/storm
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TABLE 6
Rye Brook Subs stern Inflow
No Wo._ rk bone r
(ref.URS SSES Map Atlas 1980)
RB-1
Inflow source Location
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Sanitary sewer through 2
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storm manholes i
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inflow source.
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Catch basin INanhole 96013 'Candy Lane
RB-5
Inflow source Location
Roof leader Manhole#'5034 Eagles Bluff
RB-6
Inflow source Location
Cellar drain Manhole#3075 Country Ridge Circle
2 Catch basins MH#3039 Countr Ridge Dr MH#3097 Fairlawn Pkwy
2 Unspecified inflows MH#3045 Rockinghbrse Tr MH#3039 Country Ridge pr
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TABLE 7
Rye Brook—SSSS--Illicit Inflow
work done
Inflow source Sub-s stem Location
RL RB-5 44 Rock Ridge Drive
DD R13-5 46 Rock Ridgre Drive
RL&SL RB-5 58 Rock Ridge Drive
Pool drains 1113-5 8 Eagles Bluff.
RL&SL RB-5 45 Rock Ridge Drive
RL—Roof Leader
DD—Driveway Drain
SL—Service Line Leak
All above were Identified by Village DPW Investigation and repaired in 2013
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TABLE 8
Rye Brook Subsystem Infiltration '
(ref.sewer streets- SSES.Map Atlas 19$0)
(ref.manholes'-1994 SsES—Table E1)
No Work done
RB-2
Total infiltration
2700 gal day
8 Manholes
RB-;3
lineal feet segments) gal/inch-mi/da
Location 390(l 3000
Charles Lane 420 2 50,000
Pine Ridge Rd 540 3' 39,000
Mark Drive
Total infiltration
8400 gal day
32 Manholes
RBA
Total infiltration
wo gal day
12 Manholes RB-5
lineal feet(segments) 981119ch"l/day
Location 130(1) 28,000
North Ridge Street
Total infiltration
5300 gal da
10 Manholes R8-6
lineal feet(segments) gal/inch-mi/day
Location 5000 2000
Country Ridge Circle 510(2) 4,000
Country Rid a Drive 14-10(7) 28,000
Winding Wood Rd 430(3 63,000
Latonla Road 1210(5) 481000
Paddock Road 200(l) 2000
Orchard Road
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TABLE 9
Rye Brook Subsystem
Sanitary Sewer Tributaries
Streets suspect for 1/1 are in bold and highlighted.
RB-1
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
61651 Westview Ave Westview Ave
Roanoke Ave
Dixon St
Highview Ave
Crescent PI
RB-2
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62311 Westchester Ave
Westchester Ave North Ridge St
62330 Wilton Rd Wilton Rd
Bell PI
Maple Ct
Beacon Lane
62364 North Ridge Rd North Ridge Rd
Tamarack Rd
Neuton Ave
Valley Ter
Maywood Ave
Windsor Rd
RB-3
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
61694 Westchester Ave
Westchester Ave Brook Lane
Phyllis PI
Jean Lane
Lincoln Ave
Jennifer Lane
Terrace Court
Lee Lane
Sunset Rd
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61752 Talcott Rd
Lincoln Ave& Lincoln Ave
Talcott Rd Pine Ridge Rd
Elm Hill Dr
Mohegan Lane
Bonwit Rd
Carlton Lane
Hunter Dr
Mark Dr
Berkley Dr
Winthrop Dr
Charles Lane
62364 North Ridge Rd t North Ridge St
Tamarack Rd
Neuton Ave
Valley Ter
Maywood Ave
Windsor Rd
RB-4
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62396 Argyle Rd Argyle Rd
Westchester Ave Betsy Brown Rd
Old Oak Rd
Berkley Dr
North Ridge St
Greenhorse Circle
RB-5
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62442 Betsy Brown Rd
Betsy Brown Rd North Ridge St
Knollwood Dr
_ Sylvan Rd
62463 Acker Drive Acker Drive
Rock Ridge Dr
Jacqueline Lane
Bobbie Lane
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1 North Ridge St
62463 Acker Drive Eagles Bluff
Meadowlark Rd
Oriole PI
Cardinal PI
62531 Loch Lane Hillandale Rd
Loch Lane
Beechwood Blvd
Edgewood Dr
King St
Bishop Dr
RB-6
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62031 North Ridge St
Hutchinson River Pkwy 1 Windingwood Rd
& Latonia Rd
Windingwood Rd Churchill Rd
Paddock Rd
_ Old Orchard Rd
62031 County Ridge Rd
Hutchinson River Pkwy County Ridge Circle
South of Rockinghorse Trail
County Ridge Rd Dorchester Dr
North Ridge St
Fairlawn Pkwy
Lawrence Dr
Holly Lane
Parkwood PI
Whippoorwill Rd
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Dolph Rotfeld Engineering,P.C.
Attachment"A"
Scope of Work
The Work Plan provides the basis for this Scope of Work which when completed will provide the
required details for rehabilitation work to be done to remove I/I.Responsibilities shall be as follows:
• DRE will provide the studies of the existing SSES and Flow Monitoring reports.
• DRE will prepare bid documents for manhole inspections,smoke testing,dye testing,CCTV
inspection and flow monitoring.
• The Village of Rye Brook will administer the bidding process.
• DRE will manage the project,coordinate and oversee the field work by the contractors.
• DRE will assist the Village in determining the resident population and office population If any in
each subsystem to be tested.
The following is further detail of the work to be completed:
1. Manhole Inspections
The chosen contractor shall perform inspection of identified manholes in the sanitary sewer
system.They shall be inspected for general construction,condition and evidence of inflow and
infiltration. Manholes are identified by numbers from the mapping done for the 1994
Westchester County SSES. Other manholes encountered must also be inspected. The interior of
each manhole shall be photographed and documented.
Contractor will be responsible for performing the following tasks:
o Complete an inspection form to be provided by DRE for each manhole
• Measure the depth of each manhole(rim to lowest invert)
• Confirm the size and number of connections
• Provide a digital inspection photo of each manhole
The contractor shall provide Village with the following deliverables in connection with this task:
• Five(5) bound versions of the manhole inspection reports
• Two(2)PDF version of manhole the inspection reports
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2. Smoke Testing
The chosen contractor shall perform smoke testing on selected subsystems to detect Illicit
Inflow to sanitary sewers.After analyzing the smoke testing results,a portion of the suspected
inflow sources will be dye tested.
• Contractor shall provide the Village with a summary report of the results of the smoke
and dye testing.The cause of inflow for each positive test will be evaluated along with
individual cost estimates for removal of each inflow source.
3. CCTV Inspection
The chosen contractor shall perform pipeline internal inspections of the sanitary sewer
systems.Sewers to be inspected shall be cleaned sufficiently for televising and video
recording. Videos shall be in color and have a voice over describing the notable features
as well as providing computer generated inspection reports.
The Village will provide the following:
• Identify fire hydrants for contractor use upon receiving permission from Suez
Westchester.
• Identify manholes for contractor use when decanting liquid from vacuum trucks
or temporary holding vessels
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Dolph Rotfeld Engineering,P.C.
Contractor shall be responsible for performing the following tasks in the CCN pipeline
inspections:
• Recording pipe conditions in accordance with the National Association of
Pipeline Sewer Service Company's Pipeline Assessment and Certification
Program
• Documenting the number and location of lateral connections
• Documenting of pipe material and the spacing of joints
• Cleaning the pipes sufficient for proper video inspection and removal and
disposal of solid waste. If DRE determines that a pipeline is unsuitable for video
inspection it shall document the attempts made and the conditions encountered
causing the unsuitability for pipeline inspection.
C Documenting promptly all observed sources of inflow and infiltration as well as
any critical damage or blockages
o Providing corrections to the sanitary sewer system drawings as encountered
Contractor shall provide to the Village the following deliverables in connection with the
tasks performed In this section:
• Two(2)sets of videos in DVD format with voice over
o Five(5)copies of bound and one(1)PDF copy of the computer generated
reports
o Summary sheets of observed conditions
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4. Flow Monitoring
Contractor shall flow monitor selected subsystems for a period of four(4)consecutive
weeks. Additional weeks of flow monitoring at the same or in additional subsystems
maybe necessary.DRE shall verify the suitability of the metering manhole(s)or may
select alternate manhole(s)to provide the required flow monitoring.
Flow isolation shall be conducted In tributary areas to be selected.
The chosen contractor shall provide to the Village the following deliverables in
connection with the tasks performed in this section:
• Raw data tabulated,daily minimum and maximum flow rates,rainfall totals per
day and computations of daily peak and average flows.Flow rates will be shown
graphically.
• Five(5)copies of raw data and summaries bound and one(1)copy in electronic
PDF form
5. SSES Final Report
DRE will provide a Sewer System Evaluation Survey report that will document our
engineering research and analysis of the Inflow and Infiltration of the Village's sanitary
sewer system in the Blind Brook Sewer District.
DRE will provide a Final Report summarizing all findings.The report will include
recommendations on mitigating,resolving or improving the sanitary sewer system
located in each community.The final report shall include a summary of proposed pipe
and manhole rehabilitation or replacement along with individual cost estimates.
The deliverables in items 1 through 4 above will be appended to the report.
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Attachment"B"
I/I Investigation Phase
Four Sanitary Sewer Tributaries Will Be Investigated:
Sanitary Sewer(If) Manholes
RB6 north discharges to MH 62091 23,250 99
RB6 south discharges to MH 62031 9,650 68
RB3 north discharges to MH 61752 7,480 36
RB2 east discharges to MH 62364 11,500 97
Total 58,000 300
Estimated Contractor Cost(exclusive of engineering):
Smoke Test all sewers 58,000 If @ 0.70/If = $40,600
CCN-RB6 south only 9,650 If @ 1.60/if = $15,920
Manhole Inspections 300 @ 70.00 pe = $21,000
Flow meter @ 4 receiving manholes for 4 weeks = $12,400
Total $89,920
Estimated Time:
Smoke Testing = 15 days
CCTV = 5 days
Manhole Inspection = 15 days
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Attachment"B"
1/1 Investigation Phase
Estimate Cost of Engineering -Supervision and Engineering Report:
Inspection 120 hours @$ 80/hr. _ $ 91600
Project Engineer 45 hours @$120/hr. - 5,400
Project Manager 20 hours @$135/hr. = 2,700
Principal 8 hours @$180/hr. - 640
Total = $18,340
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VILLAGE OF RYE BROOK
SSES Report
February 7, 2017
DOLPH ROTFELD ENGINEERING, P.C.
200 WHITE PLAINS ROAD
TARRYTOWN,NY 10591
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Village of Rye Brook
SSES and Work Plan
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. SSED History and Analysis
2. Analysis of Westchester County DEF sanitary sewer flow study
5. Sanitary Sewer System Tributaries
5. Estimate of Village Population
7. Work Plan
Tables
1. Flow Monitoring Study—Meter Locations
2. Westchester County Department of Planning resident data
3. Subsystem population summary
4. Subsystem Inflow/Infiltration and residents
5. Inflow locations—1994 SSES
6. Inflow locations- 1980 SSES
7. Illicit inflow corrected by DPW
S. Infiltration locations
9. Sanitary Sewer Tributaries
Maps
1. Neighborhood 1—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
2. Neighborhood 2—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
3. Neighborhood 3—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration
4. Neighborhood 4—streets suspected of inflow and infiltration _
5. Subsystems-Flow Meter Locations
Figures
1. Daily GPCD Flow Analysis—2012 Flow Study
2. Flow vs Precipitation Chart—Snow Melt Events—March 2010
3. Flow vs Precipitation Chart—Snow Melt Events—March 2011
4. Wet Seasons Chart-2009
5. Dry Seasons Chart-2010
6. WCDEF(Savin)Two Year Flow Study Chart-Flow Rate vs.Rainfall
Attachment"A!'- Scope of Work
Attachment"B"- I/I Investigation Cost Estimate
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SSES History and Analysis
Dolph Rotfeld Engineering, P.C.(DRE)has been retained by the Village of Rye Brook to
investigate the excessive flow rates that have occurred in its sanitary sewer system.Sanitary
sewers are designed to receive wastewater flow from residences and other buildings that are
connected to sewer mains.However,there is often leakage of additional water into the sanitary
sewer pipe.Storm water runoff belongs in storm drains or on the surface of the ground.But
when storm water enters the sanitary sewers through cracks or joint openings in the sewer
pipe or when illegal connections add stormwater directly into the sewer,then the amount of
flow in the sewer mains may be increased substantially.
When homes are located in flood plains or near water bodies,sewers may be seasonally or
permanently in located in groundwater.This may be the case for some Village neighborhoods.
In that situation,any cracks or joint openings will experience infiltration of groundwater at a
slow but continual rate.When this occurs along thousands of lineal feet of sewer main the total
amount of leakage may be sizable.Altogether,the sources of sanitary sewer main leakage are
classified as Inflow and Infiltration(1/I).This study and analysis is specifically focused on the
need to bring the Village into compliance with the Westchester County Environmental Facilities
Sewer Act that has set a sewage flow limit of 150 gallons per capita per day.Our goal is to
identify the most cost effective way of bringing the Village into compliance with the Sewer Act.
A thorough review has been done of the findings of previous SSES studies that investigated 1/1
in Rye Brook.The following investigations have been evaluated:
1. URS Engineering conducted a SSES in 1950 for the Westchester County Dept.of
Environmental Facilities(WCDEF).
2. Metcalf and Eddy Engineering conducted a SSES investigation in 1992 for WCDEF that
was published In 1994.
3. Savin Engineering conducted a Flow Monitoring Study for a period of two years from
2009 to 2011 for WCDEF.That Report was published In 2012.
Findings:
A. Research of historical SSES data
1. Neighborhoods—Inflow/Infiltration Detected
Historical data from the URS and Metcalf and Eddy investigations point to two
neighborhoods that evidently have excessive Inflow and Infiltration(1/1).The first
neighborhood is north and west of the Hutchinson River Parkway in subsystem RB-6.
The most significant 1/1 was detected at Fairlawn Parkway,Country Ridge Road and
Rockinghouse Trail. (Map 1)The second neighborhood is also in subsystem RB-6 and
encompasses the confluence of streets that are south of the Hutchinson River Parkway
1
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and east of the Blind Brook and that extend from Winding Wood Road to North Ridge St.
(Map 2) The eastern portion of the second area was investigated by the Village DPW five
years ago and five sources that tested positive for inflow were all corrected in 2011..
The third neighborhood is in the northern portion of subsystem RB-3 bounded by
Lincoln Avenue to the west,Talcott Road to the south and Berkley Drive to the north.
(Map 3)The fourth neighborhood is comprised of the streets surrounding Port Chester
High School located in subsystem RB-2.(Map 4)
2. Sanitary Sewer Subsystems
DRE analyzed the Village by sewer subsystem for both the number of households and a
tabulation of historical SSES 1/1 findings for each individual subsystem.The map atlas
from the 1994 SSES study depicts the boundaries of the six Village subsystems. From
these maps we determined the total number of residences per subsystem by counting
properties that appear within its boundaries.In addition,Google maps was referenced
to determine the number of properties constructed in the last 20+years that includes
BelleFair, Red Roof Farm and Doral Greens.
It was not possible to determine the baseline sewage flow rate separately for each Rye
Brook subsystem because the Savin Study measured flow at only two locations in the
Village;at the north end in subsystem RB6 and the south end in subsystem RBI. The
data from these locations is only useful for the calculation of total sewage flow in the
Village.(Table 1)
3. Evidence of Groundwater Infiltration
When Metcalf and Eddy conducted its SSES in 1992,it was a very dry spring with only
about 5 inches of rain in March and April.In their summary they explain that this may be
the factor as to why they found very little infiltration.By comparison,in 1980 when URS
did its study in Rye Brook,it was a very wet spring that deluged with more than 18
inches of rain in March and April.URS found significant infiltration in areas adjacent to
the Blind Brook and its tributaries.It appears that sewers located in the areas east of the
Blind Brook may sit in saturated soil when there are extremely wet seasons.Thus,
cracked or disjointed sanitary sewers may experience significant groundwater seepage.
In addition,some of the homes that experience flooding in their basements may have
sumps illegally connected to sanitary sewers and that may add significant inflow.
B. Analysis based on flow data from the 2012 WCDEF report
1. Overview—Two Years of Flow Data
DRE conducted a detailed analysis of the total flow data from Savin Engineers
2012 Flow Monitoring Program Report that was performed for the WCDEF.The
data includes rainfall events and daily totals of sanitary sewage flow for the more
than 90%of the Village that discharges to the Blind Brook WWTP.The remainder
of the Village is connected to Port Chester sewers that discharge to the Port
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Chester WWTP.Figure 6 depicts the flow data for the entire two year period.
The blue line graph shows the daily flow rate in the Village's sanitary sewer
system.When the blue line is above the green horizontal threshold marker,the
Village is exceeding the County Sewer Act threshold of 150 gpcd.The red graph
markers indicate inches of rainfall.The highest flow rates during the two year
period coincide with snow melt runoff or a combination of major rainfall events
in conjunction with snow melt events.
2. Impact of Snow Melt Events
The highest sewage flow rates in the two year monitoring period were in the
months of March 2010 and March 2011. Historical data obtained from the
National Weather Service website www.weather.gov revealed severe winter
weather occurred in those years.The high flow rates appear to be the result of
the 50 to 60 inches of snowfall during the preceding winter months in 2010 and
2011 that were followed by record setting March temperatures that produced
extraordinary snow melt events.
The Chart entitled Rye Brook Flow vs.Precipitation/Snow Melt Events—March
2010(Figure 2)depicts flows that exceeded the Sewer Act limit of 150 GPCD on
28 out of 31 days in the month of March.There was one significant rain event on
March 13th that caused the flow rate to peak for several days,but then two
additional flow peaks occurred on March 23`d and March 30th when there was
little to no rainfall.Those two dates experienced unseasonably warm
temperatures that climbed into the seventies.That was most likely due to
significant melting snow that leaked into sanitary sewers.
The Chart entitled Rye Brook Flow vs. Precipitation/Snow Melt Events—March
2011(Figure 3)depicts flows that exceeded the Sewer Act limit on 30 out of 31
days. This time,it appears to be a combination of rainfall and snow melt that
caused the excessive flow rates,since there was more than 5 inches of rain the
first 2 weeks of March,but in addition,temperatures that ranged from 46 to 55
degrees F from Feb.27 to March 2nd and as high as 73 degrees F by mid-month.
High flows related to the snow melt events are most likely the result of illicit
Inflow to sanitary sewers from catch basins,area drains and roof leaders.
The evidence suggests that investigation of these three potential sources of
inflow should be a priority.The 1980 and 1994 SSES studies identified 10 catch
basin,area drain and roof leader connections to sanitary sewers.(Tables 5&6)
Since those findings were published,there is no known record of those potential
sources of inflow being investigated or corrected. If confirmed,removal of these
inflow sources may remove substantial amounts of inflow during rain and snow
melt events.
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3. Impact of Extended Wet Seasons
Savin's sewage flow monitoring results from April 2009 to March 2011 appear to
confirm the findings of URS in 1980 and Metcalf and Eddy in 1992 that surmised that
sustained wet seasons correlate with increased inflow and infiltration.The premise
Is that extended wetter than average seasons are a significant factor in driving up 1/I,
The wet spring,summer and fall of 2009 coincide with exceedances above 150 gpcd
38%of the time.(Figure 4)The much drier spring,summer and fall of 2010,resulted
in a much lower number of exceedances,just 13%of the time.(Figure 5) The main
difference is that in 2009,the flow rates tended to remain greater than the 150 gpcd
threshold for weeks at a time before subsiding.In 2010,recovery to acceptable flow
rates after major storms often occurred within a few days.Presumably,this is due to
ground saturation in wet seasons causing continual Infiltration into cracked or
disjointed sanitary sewers that are sitting in groundwater saturated soil,as well as
potential inflow from homes with Illegally connected sump pumps.Groundwater
infiltration and sump inflow can be confirmed by late night flow isolation
investigation.If confirmed,the infiltration is readily repaired by lining the sanitary
sewers with cured in place pipe resin.
4. Commuter Allowance
Savin used data obtained by the Westchester County Dept.of Planning from the
United States Census Bureau to adjust the population of the Village to account
for the additional people who spend the work week there from Monday through
Friday. Their findings for Rye Brook follow:
According to the United States Census Bureau the 2010 population
of Rye Brook was 9,599
In addition,in 2010 there were
6,024 non-residents working in the Village
2,633 Village residents commuting to work locations outside the Village
Thus there were(6,024-2,633) 3,391 additional people in the Village
Monday to Friday.
The Savin report credited Rye Brook with an additional 30 gallons per day per
commuter and then subtracted that quantity from the daily average flow.
Thus in 2010(9,599+3,391) 12,990 populated the Village on workdays.
5. Calculating Permitted Sewage Flow Rates
The Westchester County Environmental Facilities Sewer Act requires that the
Village not exceed 150 gallons per capita per day.On this basis the permitted
maximum daily flow rate for the Village's sanitary sewers is as follows:
9599 people = x gallons/day
150 gallons/person/day
9599 people x 150 gal/person/day = 1,439,850 gallons/day
Thus the 150 gpcd threshold depicted by a horizontal line on Figures 1 to 6.
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6. Unaccounted Service Connections
In conducting research of all sewer connectionsto the County trunk main sewer
that runs along the border of the Town of Harrison and the Village,DRE
discovered that there is sewage coming from Harrison that is not corrected for in
the 2012 WCDEF Flow Monitoring Study.The flow appears to come from six
office buildings located on Westchester Avenue and Bowman Avenue.We will
use water use data to estimate this flow.
C. Sanitary Sewer System Tributaries
1. The Village is divided into six sanitary sewer subsystems.Each of these
subsystems contains several neighborhoods made up of a network of contiguous
streets that discharge to the County trunk line at a specific manhole.DRE has
determined the direction of sewage flow for Village streets and identified their
receiving manholes.The list of streets in individual neighborhood and the County
manhole they flow into has been identified in Table 9.Streets that have been
identified as suspect for I/I by previous SSES studies have been highlighted.All
major sanitary sewer tributaries are listed absent those that have been built in
the last 20 years.It is unlikely that these recently built sewer tributaries that we
lack complete mapping for are sources of I/I.
2. The sewage maps that show the direction of flow for each street in the Village
will be utilized to isolate streets that have been identified as possible I/I sources
if additional flow monitoring is deemed necessary. Flow isolation between
midnight and dawn when sanitary sewer flows very low can be very revealing.
Unexplained clear water flows that are likely due to the occurrence of I/I are
often discovered using this technique.
D. Estimate of Village Population
As described In Section A.2.(Sanitary Sewer Subsystems)DRE has estimated the
Village population by counting properties that are shown on the 1994 SSES
maps supplemented by Google Maps for properties constructed after 1994.Also,
the Westchester County Department of Planning issues profiles for all County
municipalities.The data for estimating population was obtained from this
document.(Table 2) From that information a population of the Village has been
estimated.
The Westchester County Department of Planning issues profiles for all County
municipalities.The Department of Planning data states that households in Rye
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Brook reside in about 95%of housing units,with the remaining 5%vacant or in
transition.The estimates were derived as follows:
2925 housing units x 0.95=2780 households
The Planning Dept.estimates 3.35 persons per household in Rye Brook.
2780 households x 3.35=9315 people live in the 6 subsystems
There are approximately 300 additional Rye Brook housing units in areas
abutting the Village of Port Chester that are connected to Port Chester sewers.
These housing units are similar to those in adjacent Port Chester neighborhoods.
The following estimate uses the Planning Dept.estimate of 2.69 persons per
household in Port Chester.
300 housing units x 0.95=285 households
285 households x 2.69=766 people live the area of Rye Brook that is serviced by
Port Chester Sewer District.
The estimated 2016 Total Population of Rye Brook is 9315+766=10081
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Work Plan
Task 1
The Westchester County Department of Environmental Facility(WCDEF)SSES
mapping of the sanitary sewer system tributary to the Blind Brook Wastewater
Treatment Plant has been reviewed and analyzed by DRE. Any sanitary sewer
constructed since the completion of the County SSES was included in the study.
This step is necessary since the SSES was completed in July 1994.
The 2012 WCDEF Flow Monitoring Study investigating the contributing flow
from the Village of Rye Brook's Sanitary Sewer Subsystems to the Blind Brook
Sewer District has been reviewed and evaluated.
Task 2
Inflow and Infiltration from the sewer tributaries depicted in Maps 1 to 4 will be
confirmed by field investigation of neighborhoods suspected of having I/I
problems that have not been corrected. This process will follow as outlined in
Attachment"A"titled Scope of Work.
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TABLE 1
Rye Brook—SSES-Flow Metering
county Manhole Location
ti1fr12 South of Wyman Street @ R ORye Br60k border _
62031 Easement south of Hutchinson River Pkw and east of Liflcoln Avg
Flow @ MH 61612+Flow @ 62031=Total Rye Braok flow to Blind Brook WWTP after
correcting for the upstream flow from the Village,of Harrison to the County Trunk sewer.
DRE has Identified an error in the Blind Brook algorithm for Rye Brook sanitary sewage flow
shown In Table 4-2 of the WCDEF Flow Monitoring Program Report.
The published equation is:
Total Rye Brook flow to Blind Brook WWTP BRB1+BRB2—(BH3+BHn+BHS)
The corrected equation is:
Total Rye Brook flow to Blind Brook WWTP =BRB1+BRB2--(BH2+BH3+BH4+131-15)
In Savin Report's Table 4-2,BH2 was omitted from the algorithm. However Savin Engineers has
stated that BH2 was accounted for in their calculations and that this was a typo.
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TABLE 2
RYE BROOK .
MUNICIPAL PROFILES IN WESTCHESTER TY,NEW YORK
Aii1e15can eommunitp Suiya},20U-o:
POPULATION DATA HOUSING DATA EMPLOYMENT DATA
'"td �sllanir'�';:.s:i:�.,'.k'f,�+?::x§i�37�.: Totalhousld8urilta• ,.. ^a�903 Empl?Ymunt ..
Tow dvillan labor Toro: 4,432
Area and density: Housing occupancy andtonure occupation of reaidenis
Square miles: 3.G Occupied hobbirig units:I S,S10. 940% Total employed residents: 4,238 100.0%
Parsons par square mile*: 2,729,4 Vacantlnits: •, 993 • 'S,li% MenagemenC 2;163 60.8%
occppled: 2,'x89' 04.8% asndees: 509 120%
Owner• Sales andomce; 1,069 28.2%
b
Popuiatldn by rate and Hispanic origin ' ReMer occupied 621 16,7% CcnskucUom ;390 9.2%
While: 8,431 BSA% Production and transport. 117 2b%
Blank 233 2A% Housing Oita in structure "' Fanning: 0 0.0%
Amedcan Indian: •32 0.9% Singte-fandIp 2,717
Aslan:. 243 4A% •2 tog unite '-'640 -
Other 423 4.4% 10 to 19 units: 5 ' Residents commuting to work
Two or more races: 69 0.8% 20 to 49 units: '11
Hispanic(may be of any race): 815 8.8% 60 or mom units: 220 Average travel time to nd o ; 3,092minutes
fdabil3 home f other, .10 Total a to worta l 9e and over: 3,082 96.0%
• Drove to work atone: 2,882 73.946
Calmled: 160 4.1%
Age
Year housingbuilt .• publigiransportallon: 740 18.7%
0.5 813 6.4% Otherineans: 130 3.3%
6-171 2,008 21.1% MedianYeafBullt •1966
1&34: 1,161 121% 200ooriater. 432 Wor(cedathoma; 103 q,0%
35.64: 3,900 40.9% 1990 to 2000: 328
85-84: 1,435 14.1% 198010 1989: S02
B5 and over: 425 4.5% . 1970 to 1978:- 386 INCOME DATA
1960 to 1969: 732
1950 to 1959: 657 Household Income
Place of birth and citizenship 1949 orearller.• 688
Native: 7,998 83.9% Percapt�:
Average household:
Born In NswYork Stale: 6,32,4 66.3% Monthly renter costs Average family:
BomlgDifferent State: 1,698 18,7% Average rent $1,398 - Households byfncomo:7$$$114
5
US Citizen Not Born in US BB 0.996• Hag Ungd byrRange In Rent Total households: ,
Foreign Burn; 1,633 18.1% -Total speggedrenter units: 521 100.0% Lessthan$15,000; 202
Naturalized Citizen: 889 9.9% 4500: 21 4.0% $16,000 to$28,999; 278
Not is Citizen: 644 6.8% $600-•1300: 68 10.7% $30,000 to$44,905: 186
$800-1,249: es 19.8% $45,0001d$59,990: 260
$1,260-2,000: 289 50,69{ $60,000(8$74,999: 247
Top countries of origin $2,000 or more: 83 15.9% $76,000 to$99r999: 212
Peru 249 No cash rank 0 0.0% $100,000 to$149,999: 678
Italy 174 $150,000 or more: 1,330
UK 94
Other Europe 942 Cost•burdenad households
Afrlpa 69 Teialspecgledhousehdds: 2,377 Pove4status
Cost burdened Rentaa: 277 Total poverty universe. 9,43,1 100,0%
Ability to speak English CesFhurdened Owners wl mat0nge: 908 Total pereone In poverty: 617 6.6%
Paapleln Pnploveu 9:ar - -
lanawsa eannclgxaR r,hameo Overcrowded housing units
g,oup eaW142Yll 01-PTotal occupied housing units: 3,310 100.0%
Spanish Spealdn9: 700 142 20.3% Persons perroom
Other Indo-European: 738 18 24% 1 or less. 3,310 100.0%
Asian Spepking: 132 21 15.9% 1 to 1112! 0 -0.0% '
1112 to 2: 0 0.0% tai•
2 or more: 0 0.0%
Preparedby:
HOUSEHOLD DATA WeslaWasterCounty oapmtmentofPlanning
EDUCATION DATA utlliladmeAvenus
Vyhae Plains,New York 10601 ,
Total Household: 3 310. (914)995.4400
Household:y.1�•ii•''•,�. •-l., f i'Nt Educational attainment
`y v cage:heu9fl)ro(d.se-`:;, `,'.•�• ''�.. '•�
Total persons-25 and over. 8,431 100.09( Source:
No H3 Diplome: 64 0.8% U.9,Census Bureau Amo4can Community Survay(ACS)
High School praduats: 1,420 2$.1% 21106'21)(19•Nob that this data is basad on a aempla,and
Family HoUseholda•(families): 2,632Sama College: 1,084 18.5% =let=o margin of errorwhlch can bre obtained through
Children under is In FaA Households:2,670 Assodale'e: 373 5,6=/, the Cartes Bureaus differeArroknce
dt=men the
website.For
Merrledcauplofamilies: y 2,160 Bachelor's: 1,616 24.6% iMormnli on the dgfsrawe batv+een the ACs end the
Mauled-cou esvilthchildrenunder18: 1,149 Graduate Db ree,orHigher. 1,718 28,7% DacorWalCensus,see:
pl B bile,/dsminnweskhestereov camlcenses-and•slauslia+
Female-hddded households: 246
Childion In Foniale•headed households; 154 •square mileage represents land area and Inland sv,*r-
Non-family h useholds: 797 Sahosi enrollment b odbe,but does not Include Hudson Rivet or tong Island
Househoidef Ming alone: 768 Total persons 3 end over enrolled sound areas and Slekinlots within a mun*IIIy.
Householder65+living alone: 429 In seb6ot 2,649 '
Preschool/kindergarten: 368 "The Total Poverty Udvorso number Core from the
Totel Population number because notall popple Included
Elementary: 1,345
H h mlW
School: 462 in the American Conly Survey sample reir"M on
Childrenuridarlsliving in 268 ihak income.For more-Information-vis9 the Amedom
College racsnder on the u:s.Census Bureau uabshe.
single-parent households: 305 Graduate or Professional School: 216
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TABLE 3
Rye Brook Sewer Subsystems
There are five sewer subsystems in the village of Rye Brook.About 90%of the flow goes to the
Blind Brook WWTP and the remainder goes to the Port Chester WWTP.All sewage from the Rye
Brook subsystems ends up at Blind Brook.Based on tax maps,the following breakdown in
housing units per sewer subsystem was determined.
Subsystem Housing Units Residents
a RB-1 166 housing units 529
0 RB-2 386 housing units 1228
0 RB-3 423 housing units 1347
0 RB-4 363 housing units 1162
a RB-5 831 housing units 2644
a RB-6 756 housing units 2405
TOTAL 2925 housing units 9315
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TABLE 4
R e Brook Subs stems I and I
subsystem residents inflow(est.gallonsistorm) infiltration(est.gpd)
2000 ne ligible
RB-1 529 negligible
RB-2 1228 2800
1347 4450 92,000
RB-3
RB-4 1028 12,500 negligible
•24,000 28,000
RB-5 2644
RB-6 147,000 2405 ` 25,000 .
Based on combined data from 1980 and 1994 SSSS Reports.
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TABLE 5
R fd BrookS bs stem Inflow
No Wow e , -
(ref.Table F-1 WCDEF SSES—1994)
RB-1
Inflow source gat/storm per M�rcost ch $/RPd removed Location
depressed MH 500 0 $3,00 Bowman Ave
RB-2
Inflow source gal/storm per MH cost each $IRPd removed Location_ Wilton Rd/Beacon Ln/bell Pi
7 leaking chimneys 400 $1850 $4— 65—,——
RB-3
d removed Location
Inflow source gaVstorm per Mli C0 st each $/RP1500 $3.00 Bonwit Rd/Berkley Dr
3 depressed MH 500 $
area drains 350 $3,000 $8.65 Mohegan Lane
3
1ollars 500 $1750 $3.50 Chorles Lane/Lincoln Ave
leaking c
1 ey 400 $1850 $4.65 Berkle Drive/WinthropDrive
leaking collars
TOTAL 4450 gal/storm
RB-4
Location
Inflow source gaystorm per MH cost each $Igpd
��Quad Argyle Rd/galley Ter
ESleakinsg
presed MH 500 $1504 $
chimneys 400 $1850 $4.65 Berkley Or/Elm Hill Dr/Argyle Rd —
TOTAL 3500 gal/storm
RB-5
d removed Location
Inflow source gal/storm Per MH cost each $000 $72.06 Rock Ridge Drive
3 mainline leaks 770 $55,
1 area drains 350 $G,000. $17.15 Knollwood Drive/Acker Drive
$1750 $0.50 Meadowlari</Beechwood/N Rid e
500
3leakin collars 1850 $4.55 Meadowlark/Bobble Lane Rock Ridge
4leaking chimneys 400Drive
4 service line ieaks —60 9000 $15,000 $156 Beechwood Blvd
2 catch basin
connections .
TOTAL 23,580 gal/storm
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TABLE 6
Rye Brook Subs stern Inflow
No Wo._ rk bone r
(ref.URS SSES Map Atlas 1980)
RB-1
Inflow source Location
i
Sanitary sewer through 2
7Eas1ofWestvIewAve
storm manholes i
iocatibn
inflow source.
i
Catch basin INanhole 96013 'Candy Lane
RB-5
Inflow source Location
Roof leader Manhole#'5034 Eagles Bluff
RB-6
Inflow source Location
Cellar drain Manhole#3075 Country Ridge Circle
2 Catch basins MH#3039 Countr Ridge Dr MH#3097 Fairlawn Pkwy
2 Unspecified inflows MH#3045 Rockinghbrse Tr MH#3039 Country Ridge pr
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TABLE 7
Rye Brook—SSSS--Illicit Inflow
work done
Inflow source Sub-s stem Location
RL RB-5 44 Rock Ridge Drive
DD R13-5 46 Rock Ridgre Drive
RL&SL RB-5 58 Rock Ridge Drive
Pool drains 1113-5 8 Eagles Bluff.
RL&SL RB-5 45 Rock Ridge Drive
RL—Roof Leader
DD—Driveway Drain
SL—Service Line Leak
All above were Identified by Village DPW Investigation and repaired in 2013
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TABLE 8
Rye Brook Subsystem Infiltration '
(ref.sewer streets- SSES.Map Atlas 19$0)
(ref.manholes'-1994 SsES—Table E1)
No Work done
RB-2
Total infiltration
2700 gal day
8 Manholes
RB-;3
lineal feet segments) gal/inch-mi/da
Location 390(l 3000
Charles Lane 420 2 50,000
Pine Ridge Rd 540 3' 39,000
Mark Drive
Total infiltration
8400 gal day
32 Manholes
RBA
Total infiltration
wo gal day
12 Manholes RB-5
lineal feet(segments) 981119ch"l/day
Location 130(1) 28,000
North Ridge Street
Total infiltration
5300 gal da
10 Manholes R8-6
lineal feet(segments) gal/inch-mi/day
Location 5000 2000
Country Ridge Circle 510(2) 4,000
Country Rid a Drive 14-10(7) 28,000
Winding Wood Rd 430(3 63,000
Latonla Road 1210(5) 481000
Paddock Road 200(l) 2000
Orchard Road
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TABLE 9
Rye Brook Subsystem
Sanitary Sewer Tributaries
Streets suspect for 1/1 are in bold and highlighted.
RB-1
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
61651 Westview Ave Westview Ave
Roanoke Ave
Dixon St
Highview Ave
Crescent PI
RB-2
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62311 Westchester Ave
Westchester Ave North Ridge St
62330 Wilton Rd Wilton Rd
Bell PI
Maple Ct
Beacon Lane
62364 North Ridge Rd North Ridge Rd
Tamarack Rd
Neuton Ave
Valley Ter
Maywood Ave
Windsor Rd
RB-3
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
61694 Westchester Ave
Westchester Ave Brook Lane
Phyllis PI
Jean Lane
Lincoln Ave
Jennifer Lane
Terrace Court
Lee Lane
Sunset Rd
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61752 Talcott Rd
Lincoln Ave& Lincoln Ave
Talcott Rd Pine Ridge Rd
Elm Hill Dr
Mohegan Lane
Bonwit Rd
Carlton Lane
Hunter Dr
Mark Dr
Berkley Dr
Winthrop Dr
Charles Lane
62364 North Ridge Rd t North Ridge St
Tamarack Rd
Neuton Ave
Valley Ter
Maywood Ave
Windsor Rd
RB-4
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62396 Argyle Rd Argyle Rd
Westchester Ave Betsy Brown Rd
Old Oak Rd
Berkley Dr
North Ridge St
Greenhorse Circle
RB-5
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62442 Betsy Brown Rd
Betsy Brown Rd North Ridge St
Knollwood Dr
_ Sylvan Rd
62463 Acker Drive Acker Drive
Rock Ridge Dr
Jacqueline Lane
Bobbie Lane
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1 North Ridge St
62463 Acker Drive Eagles Bluff
Meadowlark Rd
Oriole PI
Cardinal PI
62531 Loch Lane Hillandale Rd
Loch Lane
Beechwood Blvd
Edgewood Dr
King St
Bishop Dr
RB-6
Receiving Manhole Adjoining Streets
62031 North Ridge St
Hutchinson River Pkwy 1 Windingwood Rd
& Latonia Rd
Windingwood Rd Churchill Rd
Paddock Rd
_ Old Orchard Rd
62031 County Ridge Rd
Hutchinson River Pkwy County Ridge Circle
South of Rockinghorse Trail
County Ridge Rd Dorchester Dr
North Ridge St
Fairlawn Pkwy
Lawrence Dr
Holly Lane
Parkwood PI
Whippoorwill Rd
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Dolph Rotfeld Engineering,P.C.
Attachment"A"
Scope of Work
The Work Plan provides the basis for this Scope of Work which when completed will provide the
required details for rehabilitation work to be done to remove I/I.Responsibilities shall be as follows:
• DRE will provide the studies of the existing SSES and Flow Monitoring reports.
• DRE will prepare bid documents for manhole inspections,smoke testing,dye testing,CCTV
inspection and flow monitoring.
• The Village of Rye Brook will administer the bidding process.
• DRE will manage the project,coordinate and oversee the field work by the contractors.
• DRE will assist the Village in determining the resident population and office population If any in
each subsystem to be tested.
The following is further detail of the work to be completed:
1. Manhole Inspections
The chosen contractor shall perform inspection of identified manholes in the sanitary sewer
system.They shall be inspected for general construction,condition and evidence of inflow and
infiltration. Manholes are identified by numbers from the mapping done for the 1994
Westchester County SSES. Other manholes encountered must also be inspected. The interior of
each manhole shall be photographed and documented.
Contractor will be responsible for performing the following tasks:
o Complete an inspection form to be provided by DRE for each manhole
• Measure the depth of each manhole(rim to lowest invert)
• Confirm the size and number of connections
• Provide a digital inspection photo of each manhole
The contractor shall provide Village with the following deliverables in connection with this task:
• Five(5) bound versions of the manhole inspection reports
• Two(2)PDF version of manhole the inspection reports
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2. Smoke Testing
The chosen contractor shall perform smoke testing on selected subsystems to detect Illicit
Inflow to sanitary sewers.After analyzing the smoke testing results,a portion of the suspected
inflow sources will be dye tested.
• Contractor shall provide the Village with a summary report of the results of the smoke
and dye testing.The cause of inflow for each positive test will be evaluated along with
individual cost estimates for removal of each inflow source.
3. CCTV Inspection
The chosen contractor shall perform pipeline internal inspections of the sanitary sewer
systems.Sewers to be inspected shall be cleaned sufficiently for televising and video
recording. Videos shall be in color and have a voice over describing the notable features
as well as providing computer generated inspection reports.
The Village will provide the following:
• Identify fire hydrants for contractor use upon receiving permission from Suez
Westchester.
• Identify manholes for contractor use when decanting liquid from vacuum trucks
or temporary holding vessels
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Contractor shall be responsible for performing the following tasks in the CCN pipeline
inspections:
• Recording pipe conditions in accordance with the National Association of
Pipeline Sewer Service Company's Pipeline Assessment and Certification
Program
• Documenting the number and location of lateral connections
• Documenting of pipe material and the spacing of joints
• Cleaning the pipes sufficient for proper video inspection and removal and
disposal of solid waste. If DRE determines that a pipeline is unsuitable for video
inspection it shall document the attempts made and the conditions encountered
causing the unsuitability for pipeline inspection.
C Documenting promptly all observed sources of inflow and infiltration as well as
any critical damage or blockages
o Providing corrections to the sanitary sewer system drawings as encountered
Contractor shall provide to the Village the following deliverables in connection with the
tasks performed In this section:
• Two(2)sets of videos in DVD format with voice over
o Five(5)copies of bound and one(1)PDF copy of the computer generated
reports
o Summary sheets of observed conditions
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4. Flow Monitoring
Contractor shall flow monitor selected subsystems for a period of four(4)consecutive
weeks. Additional weeks of flow monitoring at the same or in additional subsystems
maybe necessary.DRE shall verify the suitability of the metering manhole(s)or may
select alternate manhole(s)to provide the required flow monitoring.
Flow isolation shall be conducted In tributary areas to be selected.
The chosen contractor shall provide to the Village the following deliverables in
connection with the tasks performed in this section:
• Raw data tabulated,daily minimum and maximum flow rates,rainfall totals per
day and computations of daily peak and average flows.Flow rates will be shown
graphically.
• Five(5)copies of raw data and summaries bound and one(1)copy in electronic
PDF form
5. SSES Final Report
DRE will provide a Sewer System Evaluation Survey report that will document our
engineering research and analysis of the Inflow and Infiltration of the Village's sanitary
sewer system in the Blind Brook Sewer District.
DRE will provide a Final Report summarizing all findings.The report will include
recommendations on mitigating,resolving or improving the sanitary sewer system
located in each community.The final report shall include a summary of proposed pipe
and manhole rehabilitation or replacement along with individual cost estimates.
The deliverables in items 1 through 4 above will be appended to the report.
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Attachment"B"
I/I Investigation Phase
Four Sanitary Sewer Tributaries Will Be Investigated:
Sanitary Sewer(If) Manholes
RB6 north discharges to MH 62091 23,250 99
RB6 south discharges to MH 62031 9,650 68
RB3 north discharges to MH 61752 7,480 36
RB2 east discharges to MH 62364 11,500 97
Total 58,000 300
Estimated Contractor Cost(exclusive of engineering):
Smoke Test all sewers 58,000 If @ 0.70/If = $40,600
CCN-RB6 south only 9,650 If @ 1.60/if = $15,920
Manhole Inspections 300 @ 70.00 pe = $21,000
Flow meter @ 4 receiving manholes for 4 weeks = $12,400
Total $89,920
Estimated Time:
Smoke Testing = 15 days
CCTV = 5 days
Manhole Inspection = 15 days
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Attachment"B"
1/1 Investigation Phase
Estimate Cost of Engineering -Supervision and Engineering Report:
Inspection 120 hours @$ 80/hr. _ $ 91600
Project Engineer 45 hours @$120/hr. - 5,400
Project Manager 20 hours @$135/hr. = 2,700
Principal 8 hours @$180/hr. - 640
Total = $18,340
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE RETIREMENT AND
SOCIAL SOCIETY LAW 341-J REGARDING BENEFITS FOR FIREFIGHTERS
BE IT RESOLVED: that the Village Board of the Village of Rye Brook,New York,
does hereby elect to provide the additional pension benefits of Section 341-j of the Retirement
and Social Security Law,as presently or hereafter amended.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the effective date of such shall be the 1711i day of
March,2017.
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Office of the New York State Comptroller
Thomas R DiNapoli
AYSLRS
Fhone: 518-474-0167
\V� Fax: 518-474-8357
New York State and Local Retirement System E-mail: RTEmpSer@osc.state,ny.us
110 State Street,Albany,New York 12244-0001 Web: www.osc.state.ny.us/retire
Marrianne Miller,Director,Member&Employer Services Bureau
March 6, 2017
Location Code; 40479
Cathy Spinosa
Deputy Treasurer
Village of Rye Brook
938 King Street
Rye Brook, NY 10573-2836
Re: Section 341(j) Plan Cost Requests
Dear Ms. Spinosa:
This letter is In response to the request for information regarding the retirement benefit plan
improvement of Sections 341(j) and the cost associated with this plan for eligible Firefighters in
the Village of Rye Brook. Section 341(j) allows members to receive additional service credit for
their unused, unpaid sick leave at the time of retirement.
Based on the salaries reported by the Village of Rye Brook and current billing rates for the New
York State fiscal year, there will be no additional cost for this election at this time. Please note that
this benefit does not apply to members enrolled in the special plan Section 384-d. Should the
Village employ Firefighters in the future who do not elect into the Section 384-d plan, there would
then be a cost reflected on subsequent annual bills.
The cost quoted in this letter is valid until March 31, 2018.
If the Village is interested in providing this benefit to its eligible employees, the enclosed resolution
must be completed and submitted to the Retirement System. Please do not amend or alter the
language in these documents. Benefit elections cannot become effective until a certified copy of
the resolution is received by our office. Documents received via "certified mail return receipt
requested," will be considered received by the Retirement System as of the postmark date. Once
elected, benefit(s) can never be rescinded.
The most current information regarding plans available, or any retirement related information, may
be found on our website at www.osc.state.ny.us/retire.
If you have any questions or require additional information, contact this office at(518) 474-0167, or
by email at RTEmpSer@osc.state.ny.us.
Sincerely,
William Buckley
ERSE V
Member& Employer Services Bureau
New York State& Local Retirement System
Enclosures
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OiticeoftlieMmYork.Slate Co pitollef-
Themas F,0I apo Resolution.providing Section 341.-j (allowance of
unused sick leave credits for police officers and paid
' firefighters)
He,&`'ork S'la'te aM Local R&—emolt System
11f at to ytr et Mbany,tom,Fork 2744-0,01 Location Code:40479
At a meeting of the * _ of the
held at New York, on 120_,
offered the following resolution:
(person)
"BE IT RESOLVED:that the
of the _ does hereby elect to provide the additional pension benefits
of Section 341-j of the Retirement and Social Security Law,as presently or hereafter amended.
"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: that the effective date"of such shall be the day
of 20 "
** The effective date of the benefit cannot be prior to the date this resolution is"filed"
with the Comptroller. Documents mailed by the United States Postal Service registered
or certified mail return receipt requested or express mail and ultimately received by the
Retirement System will be considered received as of the postmark date.
STATE OF NEW YORK, )
SS:
COUNTY OF )
I, _ clerk of the
of the of the State of New York,do hereby certify that I have
compared the foregoing with the original resolution passed by such
at a legally convened meeting held on the day of_ ,20 on file
as part of the minutes of such meeting, and that same is a true copy thereof and the whole of such original.I
further certify that the full consists of members, and that
of such members were present at such meeting and that of such inernbers voted in favor
of the above resolution.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto (Sea])
set any hand and the seal of the
(nfune of employer) _ I/
on this day of 20
(signature of clerk)
* Legislative body-The resolution must be adopted by the legislative body and be approved by any other
body or officer required by law to approve resolutions of such legislative body.
Please note: When filing this resolution,you must submit a copy of your approved plan for granting side
leave credits. An allowance will only be made for leave credits granted to eligible employees according to
this plan.
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NYSLRS—State Police Plan for PFRS Tier 2,5 and 6 Members Page 1 of 2
Office of the New York
State Comptroller
NYS Comptroller
Thomas P.DiNapoli
NYSLRS
New York State & Local Retirement System
State Police Plan
For PFRS Tier 2, 5 and 6 Members
(Section 381-b)
Additional Service Credit for Sick Leave(Section 3410])
Under Section 3410)of the Retirement and Social Security Law(RSSL),you may receive service credit for your unused,unpaid sick leave days at
retirement.To be eligible for this benefit,you must retire directly from public employment or within a year after separating from service.The additional
credit is determined by dividing your total unused,unpaid sick leave days,which cannot exceed 165(200 days for some police officers employed by New
York State),by 260.
Credit for your unused sick leave at retirement cannot be used to,
Qualify for vesting.For example,if you have four years and ten months of service credit and you need five years to be vested,your sick leave
credit cannot be used to reach the five years.
Qualify for a better retirement benefit calculation.For example,if you have 191/2 years of service credit but your pension will improve substantially if
you have 20 years,your sick leave credit cannot be used to reach the 20 years.
Increase your pension beyond the maximum amount payable under your retirement plan.
• Meet the service credit requirement to retire under a special 20-or 25-year plan.
0 New York State OfFlce of the State Comptroller
httpJ/www.osc.state.ny.us/retire/publications/vo1518/service credit/sick leave.php 3/3/2017
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NYSLRS—State Police Plan for PFRS Tier 2,5 and 6 Members Page 2 of 2
httpJ/www.osc.state.ny.us/retire/publications/vo1518/service credit/sick leave.php 3/3/2017
Page 215 of 230
New York State and Local Retirement System
Employees'Retirement System
Police and Fire Retirement System
Thomas P.DiNapoli,State Comptroller
110 State Street,Albany,New York 12244-0001
Police and Fire Retirement System
Comparison of Expected Long-Term Rates with Fiscal Year End 2017 and 2018 Final Rates
(all rates are expressed as a%)
Expected Expected
2/1/2018 2/1/2017 Lang-Term 211/2018 2/1/2017 Long-Term
Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates Rates
Retirement Plan Plan ID Tier 6 Non-Contributory Tier 6 Contributory
Basic 371-a N/A N/A NIA 2.9 2.9 2.5
Non-Contributory/Guaranteed 375-c1375-e N/A N/A N/A 7.3 7.1 6.1
Career 375-8 N/A N/A N/A 8.5 8.4 7.1
New/Improved Career 375-i/375-j N/A NIA N/A 8.8 8.6 7.3
25 Year 384 18.1 17.7 15.0 11.4 11.2 9.5
25 Year,Additional 1/60ths 384-f 19.4 19.0 16.1 12.7 12.4 10.5
20 Year 384-d 21.5 21.0 17.8 14.8 14.5 12.3
20 Year,Additional 1/60ths 384-e 22.1 21.7 18.3 15.4 15.1 12.8
Options(rates are in addition to plan rates)
Sick Leave 341-j 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Credit for Non-Member Service(Additional 1/60ths) 384-ex 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
Allows Tier 6 former 384d or 384e members to retire under a 375-1 or j N/A N/A N/A 0.3 0.3 0.2
regular plan at age 55 without age reduction 384-d 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
384-e 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING RESCHEDULING THE APRIL 11,2017 VILLAGE BOARD
MEETING TO APRIL 12, 2017
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Rye Brook hereby reschedules the meeting to be held on April 11,2017 to
April 12, 2017 at 7:30PM due to holiday scheduling.
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March 14,2017
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MEETING
HELD ON FEBRUARY 28,2017
NOW THEREFORE BE 1T RESOLVED, that the `'illage of Rye Brook Board of
Trustees approves the minutes for the meeting held on February 28,2017.
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MINUTES
y Z Board of Trustees Meeting
L�Hc vey,
Village Hall,938 King Street
Tuesday,February 28,2017
BOARD PRESENT: Trustee Susan R. Epstein
Trustee David M.Heiser
Trustee Jason A. Klein
Trustee Jeffery B. Rednick
Mayor Paul S. Rosenberg
BOARD ABSENT:
STAFF PRESENT: Christopher J.Bradbury, Village Administrator
Greg Austin,Police Chief
Edward Beane,Esq., Village Counsel
Michel Nowak, Superintendent of Public Works
Fred Seifert,Public Access Coordinator
Shari Melillo,Meeting Secretary
1 7:00 P.M.-EXECUTIVE SESSION:
a) Fire Protection Agreement with Port Chester
2 7:30 P.M.-REGULAR MEETING:
3 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4 REPORT/PRESENTATIONS:
5 PUBLIC HEARINGS:
a) Public hearing considering a Local Law amending Chapter 240 of the Village
Code for a stop sign at Mark Drive and Pine Ridge Road
On a motion made by Trustee Epstein and seconded by Trustee Klein,the
Public Hearing was opened when Mr. Bradbury called the roll:
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
TRUSTEE EPSTEIN AYE
TRUSTEE HEISER AYE
TRUSTEE KLEIN AYE
TRUSTEE REDNICK AYE
MAYOR ROSENBERG AYE
Mr. Bradbury explained that the Village had received a request from a resident
to change the current sign at this location from a Yield Sign to a Stop Sign. The
referral was given to the Traffic Commission and after review they notified us
that they agreed with the residents and so a Local Law was drafted and a Public
Hearing scheduled for tonight and the residents in that neighborhood notified of
the meeting.
Rick Buzzin-prior Village Trustee,prior member of the Traffic Commission
and a resident in this neighborhood addressed the Board stating that in addition
to being very supportive of the proposed Stop Sign,he suggested taking the
existing Yield Sign on Mark Drive-changing it to a stop sign and installing
that in the new location. His point being that it would save the Village money
on a new sign and no one apparently pays any attention to the Yield Sign that is
there anyway.He is a 30 year resident of the Village and drives that street every
day and has seen how dangerous that intersection is with drivers not stopping
and worse,not looking. He also spoke of the vegetation on both sides of the
street near the curb which is overgrown and malting it difficult to see. This is a
problem area for a long time and he is in favor of a new sign. And believes
safety is the number 1 priority.
David Barker addressed the Board stating he was before the Board of Trustees
several years ago and was able to get the Yield Sign installed and now would
like the Stop Sign to replace it. He gave pictures to the Board taken from
different perspectives and believes the bottom line is it just makes a lot of sense
for the community and believes this is dead man's corner and someone will get
hurt.
Mr. Bradbury explained that there are different traffic measures available for
intersections where drivers don't know who has the right of way.
Craig Davis -people speed through that area all the time -he agrees with the
use of a Stop Sign-not sure how to get people to slow down and believes a
Stop Sign should be on both sides of the street.
Barbara Bernstein-Mark Drive- agrees we need the sign but more importantly
the vegetation-it is overwhelming and you cannot see in either direction. It
hangs in the street and is way more deadly than having no stop sign.
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
There being no further comments or questions Mayor Rosenberg called for a
motion to close the Public Hearing.
For Against
Susan Epstein (Moved By) x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Seconded By) x
Jeffrey Rednick x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
6 RESOLUTIONS:
a) Considering a proposed Local Law for a stop sign at Mark Drive and Pine
Ridge Road.
Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING A PROPOSED LOCAL LAW AMENDING CHAPTER
240 OF THE VILLAGE CODE FOR A STOP SIGN AT MARK DRIVE
AND PINE RIDGE ROAD
WHEREAS, a traffic condition at the intersection of Mark Drive and Pine
Ridge road was reported from a resident at the Traffic Commission Meeting
held on October 24,2016; and
WHEREAS, on January 3,2017 a recommendation was made by the
Traffic Commission to change the yield sign at the intersection to a stop sign;
and
WHEREAS, on January 24,2017 a proposed local law was introduced to
amend Chapter 240 of the Village Code of the Village of Rye Brook to
implement the proposed recommendation; and
WHEREAS, on February 28,2017,the Board of Trustees held a duly
noticed public hearing at Village Hall to consider the proposed local law,at
which time all persons interested were given an opportunity to be heard.
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that the Board of Trustees of the
Village of Rye Brook hereby approves the above-mentioned local law to amend
Chapter 240 of the Village Code regarding a stop sign at Mark Drive and Pine
Ridge Road.
For Against
Susan Epstein x
David Heiser(Seconded By) x
Jason Klein x
Jeffrey Rednick(Moved By) x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
b) Considering adopting homestead base proportions.
Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING THE ADOPTION OF LOCAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR
HOMESTEAD AND NON-HOMESTEAD BASE PROPORTIONS
WHEREAS, on January 25, 2005 the Board of Trustees adopted Local
Law #2-2005 relating to the adoption of the provisions of Section 1903 of the
Real Property Tax Law regarding Homestead Base Proportions; and
WHEREAS, the Town of Rye Assessor has prepared Homestead and
Non-Homestead base proportions for the Village of Rye Brook's review; and
WHEREAS, on February 21, 2017 the Town Board of the Town of Rye
adopted a resolution that (a) establishes two separate property tax rates for the
Village of Rye Brook pursuant to the provisions of Section 1903 of the RPTL
(I) the Homestead Base Proportion at a rate equal to 72.166008 and (11) the
Non-Homestead Base Proportion at a rate equal to 27.833992 and (b)
authorized the Town Assessor to file a Statement of Locally Determined
Homestead Base Proportions Pursuant to Section 1903 of the Real Property Tax
Law (RPTL) (commonly referred to as the "Homestead Tax Option")based on
the 2016 Assessment Roll (completed, verified and filed in 2016) for the 2017
Village budget and tax rates; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Rye Brook also
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
wishes to concur and adopt the local adjustments to these homestead base
proportions that will be used to establish a Homestead tax rate and a Non-
Homestead tax rate for the 2017-2018 Village Budget and tax rates.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Rye Brook hereby concurs with the Town of Rye and adopts
for the FY 2017-18 Village tax purposes a Homestead Base Proportion at a rate
equal to 72.166008, and Non-Homestead Base Proportion at a rate equal to
27.833992; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and Village
Administrator are authorized to sign all necessary documents to implement the
purposes of this resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Town Assessor and Tax
Collector are authorized and directed to make any filings on behalf of Rye
Brook, and to take any additional actions necessary to implement the purposes
of this resolution.
Mr. Bradbury explained how this came about. Originally there was a portion of
taxes paid by residents and portion paid by commercial-this basically keeps
some separation so that after a reval the commercial properties don't pay a lot
less taxes than the residential. If the homestead didn't exist-the residential
would pay about 80 percent of the taxes -with it they pay about 72 percent so
basically this protects the residential properties.
CARRIED.
For Against
Susan Epstein (Moved By) x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Seconded By) x
Jeffrey Rednick x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
C) Considering a donation to the Independence Day Observance Committee for
the 2017 Independence Day Event and Fireworks.
Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING A DONATION TO THE INDEPENDENCE DAY
OBSERVANCE COMMITTEE FOR THE 2017 INDEPENDENCE DAY
EVENT AND FIREWORKS
WHEREAS,The Port Chester-Rye Brook-Town of Rye Independence
Day Committee will host the 2017 Independence Day Celebration on July 4th;
and
WHEREAS,the Village of Rye Brook Village Board would like to
continue to assist the Independence Day Committee with this event
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED,that the Village of Rye
Brook will pay three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00)to the Port
Chester-Rye Brook-Town of Rye Independence Day Committee for its 2017
Independence Day Celebration.
Mrs. Hope Klein, Chairperson of the Independence Day Committee thanked the
Board for the generous donation. She did,however,ask in anticipation for next
year that the Board consider increasing their donation to assist in the
celebration of the 150th birthday of the Village of Port Chester.Mrs. Klein
thanked them again for their current donation and their consideration for next
year.
CARRIED.
For Against
Susan Epstein (Moved By) x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Seconded By) x
Jeffrey Rednick x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
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Board of Trustees
February 28,2017
d) Considering amending fees for the Future Stars Tennis Clinics.
Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING AMENDING FEES FOR THE FUTURE STARS
TENNIS CLINICS
The Village License and Pen-nit Fee Schedule is hereby modified to create fees
for new Recreation Programs and amend fees for existing programs:
PROGRAM OR SERVICE CURRENT FEE NEW 2016-17 FEE
Future Stars Tennis Clinics
Pee Wee Lessons (4-5 yrs) $17.50/session $20.00/session
Youth Lesson (K-12th grade) $27.50/session $30.00/session
Adult Lessons $15.00/session $17.50/session
(4 or more registrants)
Adult Lessons $15.00/session $27.00/session
(Less than 4 registrants)
CARRIED.
For Against
Susan Epstein (Moved By) x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein x
Jeffrey Rednick(Seconded By) x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
e) Considering the use of street trees in the Village right-of-way for the National
Alliance on Mental Health ribbon campaign.
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Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING THE USE OF STREET TREES IN THE VILLAGE
RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL
HEALTH RIBBON CAMPAIGN
WHEREAS, the National Alliance on Mental Health(NAMI)desires to
use street trees for their ribbon campaign in May of 2017; and
WHEREAS,the Village Board desires to assist NAMI in their
campaign with the use of streets trees within the Village.
NOW,THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,NAMI is hereby
authorized to place ribbons on designated street trees within the Village of Rye
Brook right-of-way and on the pillars of Village Hall and the AJP Community
Center form May 1,2017 through May 31,2017; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED,the ribbon campaign shall be in coordination
with the Village Superintendent of Public Works.
This has become an annual event and it is for a worthy cause.
CARRIED.
For Against
Susan Epstein x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Seconded By) x
Jeffrey Rednick(Moved By) x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
f) Considering the transfer of funds for the purchase of two police vehicles.
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Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING BUDGET MODIFICATIONS AND TRANSFERS
WHEREAS, the Village's insurance carrier has determined that two (2)
Rye Brook vehicles have been damaged beyond repair and provided an
insurance recovery check in the amount of $27,031.00 for a 2014 Chevrolet
Impala, and $28,041.25 for a 2008 Ford Crown Victoria, for a total insurance
recovery amount of$55,072.25; and
WHEREAS, the Village desires to replace one (1) Police Department
vehicle and one (1) Staff Vehicle with the insurance recovery amounts received
by the Village's insurance company in the current fiscal year.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Village Board hereby
authorizes the Treasurer to make the following modifications to the 2016-17
Adopted Budget to reflect the receipt of additional insurance recovery revenues
for vehicles damaged beyond repair and the necessary expenditures to purchase
replacement vehicles:
2016-17 2016-17
Account Adopted Budget Modified Budget
Chane
Revenues:
Insurance Recovery $15,000.00 $70,072.25
+$55,072.25
(Acct. 42200.268)
Expenditures:
Interfund Transfer $1,274,462.00 $1,329,534.25
+$55,072.25
(Acct 49950.900)
AND BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Village Board further
authorizes the Treasurer to make the following approved budget transfers in the
2016-17 budget:
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From Account To Capital Account Amount
Interfund Transfer Police Vehicle $30,000.00
(Acct#9950.900) (Acct.#901.5000.201)
Interfund Transfer Staff Vehicle $25,072.25
(Acct 49950.900) (Acct. 9901.5000.202)
Purchase will be authorized during this budget year.
CARRIED.
For Against
Susan Epstein (Moved By) x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Seconded By) x
Jeffrey Rednick x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
g) Considering the approval of the minutes from the meeting held on February 14,
2017.
Mr. Bradbury read the resolution:
RESOLUTION
CONSIDERING THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE
MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 14,2017
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED,that the Village of Rye Brook
Board of Trustees approves the minutes for the meeting held on February 14,
2017.
CARRIED.
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For Against
Susan Epstein x
David Heiser x
Jason Klein (Moved By) x
Jeffrey Rednick(Seconded By) x
Paul Rosenberg x
5 0
7 ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT:
Mr.Bradbury explained that the Town of Rye has put out a survey Rye Town Park and
had not had much of a response from the Village of Rye Brook. He believes it is
important for our residents to respond to the survey so that our opinions are heard.
Sun Homes now has permits for the Clubhouse and the model homes. Work has begun
and they have started the foundations.It is a project moving forward and they have had
perfect weather to assist them.
8 OLD BUSINESS:
9 NEW BUSINESS:
10 DISCUSSION ITEM:
11 UNFINISHED BUSINESS
12 ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Rosenberg called for a motion to adjourn to Executive Session to continue
discussion on the litigation with Port Chester.
On a motion made by Trustee Epstein and seconded by Trustee Rednick,the meeting
was adjourned at 8:1Opm when Mr. Bradbury called the roll:
TRUSTEE EPSTEIN AYE
TRUSTEE HEISER AYE
TRUSTEE KLEIN AYE
TRUSTEE REDNICK AYE
MAYOR ROSENBERG AYE
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ACTION ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS SUBJECT TO THE CONSENT OF
THE TRUSTEES PRESENT AT THE MEETING
THE NEXT SPECIAL AND REGULAR TRUSTEES MEETING
a) March 14,2017 and March 28,2017
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