Remarks by Adam Martinez
40 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 6:43
“Thank you, Madam Chair. Just a quick question. On those three projects, since we're basically paying through general fund, do the ARPA restrictions still qualify for those projects?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 6:56
“Great. So my concern is that that just opens up the net and gives the administration kind of willy-nilly to finish these projects however they see fit. WITH LESS RESTRICTIONS THAN ARPA?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 7:25
“Yeah, I've seen how that happens sometimes where they're just too vague and then we don't know what's actually going on and then we get caught with our pants down by the media because they're asking us questions about certain projects that, yes, we authorized, but we didn't know the details. So I guess I'm okay with supporting this, but I think we should just be very, very careful in how the new legislation is written so it's very specific. So we're not getting cute with these dollars, I guess is what I would say. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 34:51
“Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you so much for the presentation. That's very interesting. That's awesome that we're doing that. So now I have some more technical questions. So you said C-Store, right? But yet the Phoenix Co-op isn't a C-Store by definition, right?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 35:38
“Gotcha. But they naturally serve whole fresh vegetables, though. Correct. Right to the community. Yeah. So this isn't necessarily out of their bailiwick, so to speak. That's what they do.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 35:49
“Okay, so I'm not opposed to it. I was just kind of curious because someone like Monette's that's in my district, they had a food stand up on Reynolds Road that just didn't seem to make it for whatever reason. I was just curious if it was opened up to C stores or smaller farmer markets or deli type areas. so you caught my attention that's all that's why i was asking and uh i will reach if they're eligible to reach out to mr monette to see if he'd be interested in applying um and then secondly you know what is the commitment to the applicant what we're going to give them free money for how long…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 37:19
“Which is great, but how long is their commitment? Is it a one year, two year, three year? I understand like this is a pilot project.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 37:54
“Gotcha. So it's a lot of technical assistance. So what's the average grant award for furniture, fixtures, equipment, whatever they need?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 38:02
“Okay, so it's a fairly small investment, but the technical expertise and the hand-holding is really where what I'll call the real money is, right, where that makes the biggest improvement, where you guys are taking time Walk owners, that's really great, because I think a lot of times it's just the quick and easy grab snacks that I'm going to flip and sell pretty quickly and keep going. So that's good to know. And then I guess if i can do this by way of referral i'm curious if you're able to map out what stores are in by district um just so if there are other c stores in the districts that we…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 45:51
“So The lambing approached me a couple weeks ago about this project specifically on Hill Which I think is a good opportunity for redevelop in that area. I think it lends a lot of real opportunity to create a new housing project that creates affordability, but also market rate to that neighborhood. I think it is a good long-term goal. So I'm supportive. My only concern has nothing to do with this application review, so I just want to pivot this. you know as the school district as their own entity has the right to buy and sell their own property however they see fit it'd be helpful if they let…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:00:45
“Thank you, Madam Chair. So I guess just to kind of tag along onto that concept, I wonder if that's a conversation for the administrative subcommittee. Because as technologies change, the business models change. So it's no longer out of the box software that you own outright. based on the subscription fee, and I don't know if our policies and procedures have kept pace with that, because it's coming up more and more often. So I wonder if we could put that in the administrative task force to kind of get some ideas and recommendations for the administration, because I don't see that going away.…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:03:35
“Thank you, Madam Chair. So I have a very unpopular question to ask. So a couple things. Number one, what does this compare to the previous allocation?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“i'm more more on them and then is this time sensitive yes like this can't wait till after the levy to figure out where we're at manpower wise we are already started in the school year so if we want reimbursement so this is to continue on yes if we want reimbursement in a timely fashion we need to Okay, so Mike I'm not saying I'm not supportive. I'm just thinking budgetary wise coming next year If we're gonna be able to support as we have it looks like we've already made a significant reduction in Resource officers and I think they are needed What the next year will look like on top of what's…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:06:17
“Sorry. Yeah. My apologies. So I guess my other question, just to kind of follow up, is there any other school municipality, or not municipalities, but school groups using TBD?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:06:46
“Gotcha. And do they have their own officers or it's just strictly TPD officers?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:10:10
“Thank you. Last question. Thank you. Moving forward for next year, is there like a best case, worst case scenario if we have to further decrease manpower to TPS and Washington local, or is that not an option?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:29:55
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City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:31:20
“And then the other question, I guess, in terms of communication, was anyone reached out to the real estate agency Professionals at all or the Chamber of Commerce because this is a big sweeping Piece of legislation we're asking to be voted I just want to make sure we had and I know there was an unfortunate wasn't able to make it to the meeting So I know we had a committee hearing on it I just wasn't sure if there was any representation from the real estate community or the Chamber of Commerce Councilwoman dr. Jones”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:33:15
“Thank you. So I guess my other question, is there any protections for the landlord for retaliation from the tenant?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 1:34:55
“Thank you, I promise I'll be done. So on the 404-26, on amending the tree section, so I'm still trying to have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that we have a random, Uh fee to cut down a tree in the right away that nobody knows about. There's no fee, but we want to change it to add a fee. But even though there's already been a fee. So I was very confused by the legislation and and I had a referral out and I guess maybe I'll be a little bit more specific because I'm curious how many other permits. that aren't advertised, that we don't know about, that we charge people if, for…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
- Play at 39:01
“Thank you, Madam President. Just to piggyback on that, based on what I saw on the referral that I had requested, it's not that I'm opposed to doing the audit, but I think it's been done prior, and I think funds should be better spent for actually implementation strategies versus actually trying to figure out what we should do. So we've already had multiple audits in the past, so now it's time for action. So I'll be voting no, but not because I don't support what they're trying to do. I think we need to get off the dime and actually do something about it. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 1:04:33
“Thank you, Madam Clerk. Nothing at this time. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 18:36
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City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 19:33
“Okay, so if you can, by way of referral, I'll put this in writing, just give us what the, I guess, recommendations were from last year, two years ago, however. And the reason I'm asking this is, while I think this is needed, $150,000 out of the general fund is a lot of money for an audit. And if we've already had them previously, we should have a pretty good idea what the issue is. And maybe we don't necessarily need a full audit, but maybe a modified audit and use some additional funding for marketing and education purposes. I'm not saying don't do it. I'm just asking, is this the highest…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 33:26
“I think Mr. Chair, that was along the same question I was going to ask, why wasn't it a budget adjustment? And actually, what other potential impacts are we going to have because of ongoing geopolitics that we haven't adjusted for already? I know we have the tariffs. I'm not sure what the impact has been in the finance. Maybe it's more of a finance question that the finance director can answer to make sure that we're adequately projecting the next six to eight months in our budget. So appreciate it. I don't have an issue supporting it. But I think the bigger question is financial impact to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026