Remarks by Amanda Dodd
105 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“Councilmember Dodd. Thank you. I don't have a ton of questions just because this is pretty preliminary, but I'm excited to look into it. I got to work on kind of the end of the last update as a planning commissioner. Another stakeholder that I don't know was either as relevant or as involved last time is the school district. There are two high schools in the business park, which is... different and fun and i think it's important that we hear from them to because those needs are i don't think going to be expressed through the business owners association and on that note there's a way to sort…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I really appreciate that, Council Member Alcabra. I got a text from former Council Member Mankey about it, and as I said to Ben, I really appreciate that he would show up, give an opinion, and respectfully disagree. I think that is an art that not everybody has mastered, and it becomes very important. So I appreciate you calling that out. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I was going to confirm K4C is the Hotel California of committees. You are never off of it. Going back, Deputy Mayor, to your question about the Human Services meeting, I really appreciated it. It is... very true every time we meet that Anand does great work as our human services coordinator. And what I've been really thinking about since is Council Member Miles brought up the idea of really trying to put into words the goals around the grants and how they meet the things we've identified in our needs assessment. And so I wanted to put that out there to the wider council because three of us…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The committee is Council Member Miles, Deputy Mayor Alderks, and I. And you've come in when Anand's been here for a while, and it's more fully formed. I think when we started, anyway, it's evolved. And so I appreciate that you're seeing where it is now, and you're like, this is good, but it could be better. And I think we're like, oh, my God, we've come so far. So it's really nice. It's nice to have a spread of perspectives. Good. Thank you. I appreciate that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I move to approve the consent agenda as amended. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I move that we adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute an interlocal agreement with Snohomish County to provide stormwater billing services to the city through their property tax billing statements.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Bear with me, but I'm very distracted by this. Why would something be categorized as a court remittance versus a fine and forfeiture? Because you mentioned the court under fines and forfeitures and it.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So you don't get to decide if you like it. It's just the system you have to use. Just how it is. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, since the deputy mayor emeritus brought it up. I've been working on this reverse pizza metaphor as Quan knows so Essentially because a lot of people don't even I didn't really for a long time understand property tax It's not that your bill goes up by how much your property value goes up every year. It's that as a city we decide or are prescribed depending on what it is how big of a pizza we're gonna build and then what everybody contributes is percentage based on the value of their property and then every year the size of the pizza can only go up by 1% but it's still a proportional…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK. I'm so sorry, . I think there's a lot of value in pairing up what comes through Engage Bothell to whatever CRM you end up using. So I hope that's a thread that you'll chase at some point.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I appreciate it. You know how I feel about things that talk to each other. So, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I do want to, I appreciate all your points. I live a lot of them. austerity gets really challenging. I think we saw this city delay the 1% increases and any tax increase it could for a long time. And then we spent a long time catching up and our budget was a nightmare. I don't want to leave that legacy for our residents or the people who hold our jobs after us. But I also, in tough times, the balanced budget helps us give services to people. So I don't think it's the time for crazy increases, but I actually made a little chart of how much the proposed criminal justice tax and human services…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. Because it would be, I'm thinking about like isolating like holidays, but then you'd have to know the difference between like a car sales holiday where we might be getting, you know. Anyway, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can you remind me for this? So a lot of the ways that we deliver human services are through a grant program. So when it, I mean, we do, fund the behavioral health program through the Y, but would it have to go to that or could it go through the grant program? Like what are the limitations?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I did want to ask when we come back for more on the utility rates, I'd like to understand the long-term response to the increased sewer rates and how long we can really fund that. My gut says expanding low income assistance in response could be more helpful to people who really can't pay the actual rate. And then I don't know off the top of my head what the utilities that aren't the city utilities are doing in response to that because we have like four wastewater utilities that serve residents so it should be roughly in line we also can't control what the other utilities do but i wouldn't…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“suggestion cool thank you and within the CFP that's what I was waiting to say is that if you go through the I like I got the book but whether you have the the physical version or the Kindle version you can see where a lot of the projects do align and further the council goals but it's also some of it is oh yeah that matches this thing so some of that direct correlation could help but yeah”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I was going to add to what Council Member Anguleri said. I am unshockingly very keen to have the talk about how we can work with our lobbyist to push more revenue and more progressive revenue options for cities. So I don't want to bring it up all the time, because I know stuff takes time. But when do we get to talk about that, roughly?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that's the agenda, but if we want to go to the legislature and advocate for options that don't exist today, which would be passing legislation, when do we work on that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, none of us are the kind of expert that could do that. But I think to find new options that aren't just the bits we have available to us now, like there... The options we are granted by the state at this time, I think don't meet the needs that we've identified collectively and October 20th through the end of the year is not a very long time”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Deputy Mayor. I have the wrong one, though.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“All right. Whereas, Welcoming Week is celebrated annually each September by hundreds of cities, towns, and organizations to promote compassion, unity, and respect for our neighbors, with a shared vision that all community members are valued and protected. And whereas, Welcoming Week gives us the opportunity to bring together neighbors across Bothell and invites us to work together towards a prosperous and welcoming Bothell in which diverse people from across the world feel like they belong in our community. And whereas the Welcoming Week 2026 theme, Stories We Share, The Courage to Connect,…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thanks. I wanted to ask, one of the boards I represent the city on is the North Urban Human Services Alliance. I can no longer attend the meetings which are the fourth Wednesday of the month from about 9 to 10 30 ish So if that is something anyone can accommodate I would love to have a warm transfer of responsibility there I Can support its conversations, I don't have to call on you I can help unless if anyone else wanted to happy to yeah it's fine I was wondering if it's in person or it's virtual virtual and it's always virtual it's always hour and a half yeah so because you're on the board…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah. And then, Council Member Miles, I saw your mic was on. I didn't know. I can send it to both of you. The three of us can talk about.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Absolutely. I think especially because one of our two new folks is asking for that, I think it's important that we respond. I'd be happy to participate, hopefully on a weekend day. She said sort of tired.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“It's true. So I am going to start with a reminder for all of us, because this doesn't come up super often, just to follow state law. My question is, do we want to consider taking a position on this, not what is your position, because we can't talk about that until we meet again, if we agree to meet again on this. I'm going to forget the initiative numbers, but they're in your packet. There are two initiatives on the November ballot. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. And I was hoping that we could add to our agenda a discussion to take place whether we should take a position as a city council on these.…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026