Remarks by Amanda Dodd
105 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Yes. Okay. That is the state law in front of us today.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“that we could potentially come back on October 8th to have the discussion about whether to take a stance on these initiatives as a council. Staff will prepare both a pro and con resolution and we could pass one of them or none of them.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“The end game would be that I would hope our council would listen to the public hearing and take a position on these initiatives. I am talking slowly and deliberately because I want to follow the law in this, so I'm not sharing a personal position, but other city councils are also doing this. These are pretty broad and impactful initiatives and helping people understand through a resolution that calls out the impacts and that we as a body are for or against them, however the votes go, could help people see that and draw attention to it. So my hope is that we take an informed position that…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think that's what we're talking about right now. So we have done this in 2024 for a couple of statewide initiatives. Not all of the ones on that ballot, certainly. I think it's something that I personally try to support sparingly. And for me, these feel like initiatives that I hope we can take a look at.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Certainly it's easier when we can speak less like this.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I move to approve the consent agenda. Second.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“And then future council touch points, just, oh, sorry, there we go.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Echoing the thanks, unless you start cloning our traffic officers, I don't know how you could cover the whole city. Is it wrong to say that this seems similar to Lake Kenmore's CAPE program with the after-hours enforcement of the legal speed limit outside? in school zones outside of school hours? Very similar. Okay. Um, I did want to call attention to Kenmore also has a ticket reduction, um, option. If you can prove certain kinds of need, they'll reduce the cost of it. I don't know the details. I've thankfully never gotten a ticket in Kenmore or needed to reduce it. But, um, I would love to…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Or come back with why we shouldn't. I just think it's worth explaining.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, cool. And then the other thing for the future is I also hear why we can't put speed cushions on every road living off of 228th, which is a giant hill. I had fun thinking about speed cushions there, but I realized why you wouldn't do it. I put gravity and physics together. But I would love to understand, like I do get, to Council Member Miles' point, I try to go the speed limit. It's a fear of mine to get pulled over by an officer I know in the city that I work in. So I go the speed limit, and people are not happy about that when I'm going up or down 228th. And also I live there, and I…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, and you can't. design a road that's gonna deter like the worst, you know, 5% of people. I imagine they're not super intimidated by cameras. So, okay, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Where does the requirement that an officer needs to be with those mobile cameras come from? Is that state law?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“was gonna that was kind of the question I had queuing up to is I I share the concerns about the the lack of sidewalks which which is all over and I understand the history of it but that doesn't make me like walking on a shoulder more but also I look at it as more of a system you're slowing down traffic reducing the severity of accidents when they happen and neither sidewalk nor bike lane nor speed cushions means no accidents ever at the same time I think I know I could use help telling that story and not so much the cost because I don't want to fall into saying like, well, it's just too much…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I'm going to pick on Captain Rogers, too, because when I did the Police Department Community Academy, I don't know, a thousand years ago or five, it you were. they're talking about traffic enforcement and talking about the difference in the severity of someone's injuries at the different speed that the crash happens. That was something that either I didn't take it in during driver's ed or I was perhaps 20 years out of driver's ed or whatever the cause. That felt like the first time I was hearing that, and it made a huge impact on me and how I drive, which has always been super legal and above…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Thanks for the update, Christian. I appreciate the note that reports will continue until housing improves. I wanted to ask, you mentioned national average 1%, 2% is high growth. Do you happen to know about the cities around us or roughly around Seattle and their percentages? Or is that something that's even possible to get?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, I appreciate it just because I think it's interesting knowing that this last round of planning was kind of one of the first ones with teeth. But I also wouldn't want you to spend like so much time on that, that you're not doing the rest of your job. So helpful, but not like super required. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's for charity, so I won't take it personally. I recommend dunking anybody from the Woodinville City Council. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'll note the tour is open Sundays through October. So you still have time if you haven't gone.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. City Manager, I think your last comments got what I was going to say, but data center is broad. There are data centers in Bothell and have been forever. AI data centers are what people are concerned about. So a conversation that doesn't differentiate is... kind of useless. So it sounds like that nuance will be in what eventually comes back.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can we put knowing the future on the projected agenda?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I move to approve the consent agenda. Second.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thanks. Thank you for the updates. They are alarming to me. I guess the first thing that I'm thinking about is the bus rapid transit that depends on some of these changes to my understanding. How... I guess my alarm and why I'm talking uncharacteristically slowly is it sucks that that would be delayed. I hear from people all the time about how exciting it is. People that I don't even know, it's not just me pumping people up. How do we even get to move forward with that without moving forward with this project that we're not sure we can fund?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Appreciate that and I and I want to acknowledge the a lot of the challenges you mentioned are not unique to Bothell NEPA changes we've heard a ton about from Everybody and so this isn't like At you in that sense but I guess In the surprises and things that come, because critical areas aren't a surprise, but the surprises that have developed and raised the cost, this is informing future work, like we're re-evaluating. I think the fact that the estimate was low on the design is also concerning to me. Can we identify why we were so far off, aside from the general state of the world? Is there…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I appreciate that, and I apologize in advance for not knowing quite how to ask the last question that I have, which is basically if we acquire property, condemn property, and then we can't move forward for either a long time or I'm not going to say ever, but I think there's a concern that we move people, you know, have all this stuff happening and then we can't start the project. So if you could talk me through, maybe you're thinking on that and if that's even a risk.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. I really appreciate it and I feel like I've seen your department and teams do really amazing work. So it's, I appreciate you walking me through all those questions.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026