Remarks by Alison Strange
161 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
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“So let's say that we're anticipating collecting $2 million in utilities in quarter one and that our expenses for those same utilities might be $2 million. But instead we collect $2.15 million and our expenses are $1.9 million. So that, I lost my numbers already, $300,000 would be split between the 16,000 homes.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“per house is my thought, simply say, or whatever. I was just thinking a way, however, we're doing it with the utility, with the interest rates on the deposits to do it the same way as a credit, or could there be something like that? We don't have to decide it tonight, but just something for the council to know. I think our hands are somewhat tied with this, but I'd like to give some sort of direction to staff.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“It's an American thing, you know, all those gun references. It's like part of our culture. That's all I have for now.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Sorry, the point of order was he wasn't asking a question. It wasn't a time issue.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes. Uh, I had the same question about the CBD business study. Thank you for the update chief. Um, do we, I think this might be for our city attorney. Do we currently have in our policies code? I imagine it's in the existing comprehensive plan about conservation, any requirements for conservation for the city? Oh, sure. I'm not aware of a department that does conservation. Are you?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So what department in the city makes sure that we're compliant with our conservation requirements in the comprehensive plan?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. There was also a question about the street lining. I've noticed we saw it on East Avenue. We saw it on Lakeshore Drive, and now it was pointed out on DeSoto. Streets that used to have center lines now do not have center lines. My question is, has this council adopted a new policy on whether we stripe streets, or is it just something that staff is deciding whether or not to do?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Is the question of whether streets are like Ireland, where it's free for all, where you pray to God that you get through the day, or whether there's a stripe down the middle a policy question, or is that an administrative question?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Those are my questions.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'll have a question for staff related to parking, whoever wants to answer it. There's two parcels, as I understand it, at this property, the proposed funeral home and then the salon. Is that right? They're two different legal parcels?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And what about the salon? Is there a different owner of the salon?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“sorry so the legal so the building that we're talking about is as the same owner yes correct as one owner owns all the suites in there okay so when the salon did the salon pull some sort of permit and have to prove that they had enough parking to get their right to operate a salon”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“How many spaces does our code require a salon to have?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:13:27
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, that jumped out at me. So I think there's a language change to paragraph seven, just where it refers to the adjoining lot located at 220. But what where I'm coming from is, if we can do something that I don't like the idea that the other tenant could cause a problem that causes this gentleman to not be able to do his business by saying, maybe that Maybe that person leaves and now they want to do something that requires 15 spots and he can't for whatever reason. So what I'm wondering is can we craft paragraph seven in a way that basically says as long as he has an agreement that provides…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:17:30
“mean something maybe like in the event of conflict between him and an adjoining user that the adjoining parcel is entitled to eight spots so starting with that if there's ever conflict with him and the salon owner or the future operator of whatever the salon becomes that parcel or that unit would be entitled to eight spots or is this an issue for the property owner that's an issue for the property owner so then why are we putting it in the CEP well this is the parking is an issue for you Is it?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. I'm going to stop there and process. Thank you. I have no more questions.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:18:44
“It is to the extent that we know we're inviting a lot of people to come to an event. I mean, we can anticipate this. Yeah. But also at the end of the day, this kind of feels like it's a problem for the property owner to deal with their tenants.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I think adequate to me is the issue. The word, I don't like adequate.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
- Play at 3:20:24
“Only that I don't know what the parking might be. And yeah, you know, if they change their use, then that changes their parking obligation. And that's why if we lock it in an eight, cause that's what it is today. As long as they have eight. Now, if a new tenant comes in, they know they have eight designated places. If there's a conflict in the event of divorce, we know you get eight, I get 17 and park across the street and problem solved. That way people aren't coming in here arguing on us over parking.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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City Council · Sep 22, 2026