Remarks by Aaron Dekeyzer
32 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just wanted to see the presentation continue. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to echo a lot of those comments. I really like where Chair Haussmann is going. It seems to me reminiscent of outcomes-based philosophies that she's talked about before. And so I think we need to think about this in terms of what is the outcome that we want as a city, what is most likely to happen, and where are we going to allow that? So with that in mind, there's just two comments I wanted to make in addition. I would love to see an exception on lot sizes for parcels within a station area. I think that outside of that, you're going to have these set up by…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Madam Chair, if I could raise a point of order, I don't mean to be rude, Council Member D'Souza, but is this germane to the motion that we're about to vote on?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“You might have not been there for it. That should probably just yield a no vote. This discussion, in my opinion, has nothing to do with the motion.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“And so. I would love to see thoughtful changes on how we think about this within the department moving forward. The city, the Cottonwood Heights and Sandy split the ownership of the road. Who decides the speed limit?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah. In your experience, Ivan, would you say the windiness of the road would justify a speed limit reduction from 35 to 30 or 25? I think 30 to 35 is the appropriate range.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“OK. You said that the Siesta crossing location provides better connectivity, but not enough sight distance. So I get that. But people are going to cross the road where they're used to crossing the road. My question is, is the determination for sight distance affected by the speed limit?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So if we reduce the speed limit, it would affect whether or not we could put a crosswalk there.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I understand that. And I don't mean to be adversarial. You know I love you guys. I think the world of Ivan, it's just that this is a huge resident issue, and our roads are unsafe. And we know that from Safe Systems for All, Vision Zero, that Reducing the speed of cars is what we need to do. And we can do it on the cheap like that with signs and have enforcement. Or I feel like if we do bull bouts and whatever, it's like, oh, we don't have $20 million to do this around the city, which is true. And so I'm just trying to find the balance to make it so that our roads are safe because we are in an…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, I understand that. And I understand that data is still forthcoming on that. But thank you guys for the reporting on this. Looking forward to working with Cottonwood Heights on improving this. I'll be talking to their council members about this presentation. But whatever we can do with you guys at the helm to make our streets safer.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you Madam Chair. I'm going to support the 21 million dollar ask that the administration recommends. Again no one has more experience in doing this than Martin and I really trust his judgment and what they've said we can buy the property for and put money into it to make it fully functional. I don't think there's transparency issues about whether it's 21 or 30. I think the council could can always increase property taxes and so it's not unique to this situation. I think we're saying to the residents 21 million this is what we're going to get for it and that's good. I think from a…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, I have a few questions and then a comment.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“The council received an email tonight at five from a resident. And so I just wanted to clarify some of the things they're asking about. My understanding is that the structure of this issuance is serial, correct?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yes. So we have some financial information as that affects the average monthly homeowner that is applicable to the serial issuance. The next question then is about whether in the information that the public receives, whether there would be a debt service structure as part of that.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“OK, so not required, but common practice to include it.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“And then finally, my comment, just reading the proposition language, I think it's fine. Oftentimes, as a voter, these propositions seem overly complicated or not clear. And I just wanted to point out that where it discusses that the amounts are $59.98 per year for a household, it goes on to say, and $5 per month. To me, that seems like an or. It's just a little bit. To me, it reads as you're paying the yearly amount and the monthly amount. So I would just like some consideration to make that more clear. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“That's it. Thank you, Madam Chair. MS. OK.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. This conversation is getting a little confusing to me. I'm sensing some miscommunication between the council and the administration. I just want to clarify overall, though, that what the mayor is saying in terms of phase two is fully contained within the $21 million bond. Is that correct, Mayor?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you for the clarification. I missed that. I was thinking of phase two in terms of the initial improvements that we do after acquiring the building and wasn't clear that that would be a completely separate bond. Or how would we put that?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“The $4 million, some of that is going to need to be used to pay for the closing costs on the loan. And then we're not just going to operate the building empty. We need the money to make it usable. And we voted this down last week, so I would not be supportive.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Would that change if the bond amount changes?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026