Remarks by Alyssa Garza
151 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 7
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“Yes, but just real quick, Mayor, did your, like, kind of check on the sheet, did that capture the weird part of the animal shelter where the medium and the large range of the euthanasia and disposal?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“You see, I think they were, like, the same, you know?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, no, the size, the unit of measure.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm sorry. Under this section, medium and large are both identified as 51 to 100 pounds. Oh, okay. Yeah, that's just like a typo. I thought that'd be something you'd get. Oh, you're right.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I was trying to see like how we compare to other areas and stuff like that. And that was just one of the things.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Don't we usually have a presentation about this?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Don't we usually have a presentation about it?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK, yeah, I think just a quick review of it. It feels weird to not put it on, to show where we're putting the money. I know it's in the packet, but I don't know. I'm just a nerd.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm just, I mean, it wasn't for the benefit of the council. It was a benefit of the viewers at home, but that's fine.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, just a recap for people, like this is what, You know, we had a timeline, right? The recommendations came on July 7th. This is what. We have a process that we're not just giving out money willy-nilly. I think it's especially relevant given that, like, there are conversations in, like, the county where they're changing their process and everything. Like, we still had a process. Like, this is still a thing. Like, just, like, reassurance for folks.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I just also, I think it's especially important to name that these are the people we're giving money to because then when folks are not able to reach them, they know, like, okay, these, like, they can say, like, oh, wait, my taxpayer dollars is funding this because a lot of these organizations are sometimes hard to track down. Neighbors want to go to them with money. for inquiries about applications and stuff.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm not going to vote on this. Things never give you enough information to even know what we're voting on. This is weird.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I just want to echo the mayor's questions and concerns about residency. I think I would like the write-off policy to reflect the city's broader approach to residency. We don't rely solely on driver's license, just understanding that there's barriers for some folks to get them. Some people don't even have driver's license. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, I mean, I don't know if you're familiar with those conversations, but we've had them several times. Like when we were talking about what qualifies somebody to be like, or to proof of residency for like the, all the changes in like parks and stuff like that. Um, yeah, we've had those conversations at length.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“No, that's a good question. I feel like that adds another layer of complexity for us to consider, especially because of the price part. But no, I was mostly just talking about multiple ways to verify residency.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But I guess like the, I mean, we have, there's ways for them to figure it out, right? Like regardless of what, I'm hoping that there'd be more than your driver's license for verification. But I mean, that GIS map is phenomenal where you just go and put somebody's address and it'll tell you. It's very helpful for like get out to vote and having people, because you're right, Mayor, a lot of people just don't know if they're actually part of our city limits or not.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, as long as you like to talk about the whole.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“The thing is, New Braunfels doesn't... No, I'm saying after.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But New Braunfels doesn't approach residency with the type of conversations that we've had historically here. And so I think that's the difference. And asking how they handled it in New Braunfels, I don't think that they've, they're in a different situation. Like we've, us and like the ISD, for example, like our conceptualization of who's a resident and what benefits they receive and how we treat them is a little non-traditional, I guess.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“We're generous in that if the kiddos come to school here, if a lot of the folks in the surrounding areas in Redwood, for example, they work here and so on and so forth. I guess, do y'all keep data or would it be easily or readily available data on who often receives EMS services? Is it mostly outsiders? Is it mostly...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“give their driver's license, just to kind of... Oh, honestly, I don't care what New Braunfels does. I think we should follow what we do, like how we've approached it. But I get it. Maybe they have a similar approach. Maybe they're a little bit more open. My question on historic data, I mean like on data historically, like does the...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, do they capture that type of data? Because we're over here like, oh, if it's going to impact a general fund, if we're opening it to our broader conceptualization of residency, but it's also like...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That would be cool, because I'm just curious now, are the majority of the folks that got EMS service in this area, like in our city, were they, what did you call them? Travelers? Were they from San Marcos? Were they...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes. One quick clarification. It's not where their cause originated from. Correct. Yes. Like what they're.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026