Remarks by Amy Falcone
88 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“I was like, wow, she is, she is. No, I'll probably in between subjects, I'll go grab it. I'll be in charge of that. Because I do like to have the presentation open. Yeah. Well, I know you usually do. It helps me in case I miss something or I can look her back.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. Well, this is impressive. Thank you for all the work that you're doing. You're making a difference. Everyone who's here tonight and others as well. I really appreciate the very clear partnership with the Kirkland Police Department. So thank you for that collaboration and that relationship and in referring folks over there to get the support that they need as they navigate these tough issues. It's not surprising that so many, did you say 85% of the referrals came from, came from Kirkland Police Department. I appreciate all the work that you've done as well to increase…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have a quick just clarification question. As we know, domestic violence situations can be very messy and complicated. And I know in both the RACER and KPD-RI alongside John, there's been situations in which it's not clear who initiated or, you know, I know very... basic level was explained to me some of the state law that a lot of states have about what the police officers witness and who needs to be arrested. Sometimes it's not perfect because it's so messy. I think I heard you say, Shanice, that you help all parties involved. So if there's someone who's, there could even be a defendant…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you Madam Mayor. Well thank you for this. This is really helpful. I have a question but before that I just have a couple of comments. I agree with Council Member Paschal's earlier question about having just a little bit more of like walking us through the process of selection. Maybe there's an example like an example like subsection of one of the topics that we could kind of talk through you know how those selections were made that might be helpful just to talk through a practical example. Also just want to mention, I didn't want to interrupt at the time, but thank you for including, it…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“The item that's on here that's listed as the trail. I know there are various pieces. I just want folks to understand what we're applying for funding, grant funding specifically for this.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So that's to get, like, from the neighborhood and where there's already a trail up into Juanita Drive. Like, there's the stream there, but it doesn't include a crossing. Is that correct? I just want to make sure that how we're defining a trail, that the community understands what's meant by that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. And I know there's folks in the Fin Hill Neighborhood Alliance and in the neighborhood who are tracking this because at a recent Fin Hill Neighborhood Alliance morning meeting, it was presented that we may be looking at a lighted intersection there rather than an RRFB. So I just want to manage expectations for the public, right? That that's still being considered. It's currently slotted as an RRFB, but that may or may not be the best.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“My question is related to the Lee-Johnson Field upgrade. There is also a lot of community discussion around various things related to Peter Kirk Park, including things about Lee-Johnson Field. And can you just clarify what we're talking about here with the Lee-Johnson Field upgrades, for those listening at home?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. This is great. I appreciate highlighting and being, you know, fiscally conservative about making sure we have sinking funds for these two first response departments. A couple of comments and questions around this. I'd like us to think about public safety can mean a lot of things, right? It can mean our first response departments that the community also often thinks of, you know, active transportation, intersection, you know, traffic, transportation improvements. We think of public health, emergency preparedness, kind of all under public safety. So I would like for us to…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“As Deputy Mayor Black said, we recognize that this was a lot of work in a short period of time and a pivot, you know, based on council feedback at the last meeting. So thank you so much for acting so quickly. And also a huge thank you to all the community members who advocated for this, who didn't give up, who kept reaching out to us until we have this meeting tonight. So thank you to them. I want them to know that they're making a difference by advocating for their communities. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you Madam Mayor. Well thank you City Attorney for that. I would like to explicitly respond no to this question but also provide some information for full transparency. One of my children attends the Community Elementary School or CES which is co-located on the same campus as the International Community School or ICS. Notably, CES and ICS have separate parking lots and respective drop-off pickup areas. And students from CES do not have an increased likelihood of attending ICS than students from any other schools. As indicated in my earlier silence in response to your questions, I have…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move to suspend Council Rule 3.23 so that council may vote tonight on this process to be application.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would love to. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I move that we adopt Resolution R5744, a resolution of the City of Kirkland approving an amendment to the International Community School, ICS, slash Community Elementary School, CES, Campus Master Plan as applied for in the Planning and Building Department file number, it's there, and setting forth conditions to which such permit shall be subject.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Council Mayor Falcone. Thank you, Madam Mayor. May I comment on a thought on the resolution? Sure. That's appropriate. Okay. I just want to say I know that in our school district in general, Lake Washington School District, there are long wait lists for choice schools. And there are students who, you know, brains work differently and they learn differently. And so these choice schools are really great for students who need something a little bit different than the traditional classroom. And because of that, I support this because there'd be more opportunity for more students to get to…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I guess I first have just a kind of procedural question about, um, so we tabled this, do we need to untable? So do we need to make another motion for the ordinance or is that already on the table?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. but you're just looking for comments on the amendment right now.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I will try to, it's, I'll do my best. It's hard because they're so intertwined. I will do my best, but I think there is some overlap in that. I will come back to you. I want to start by saying, just generally speaking, I'm not a huge fan of taxing housing to help us address the housing crisis. I just want to say that. It seems a little counterintuitive, but I also want to acknowledge that we have very limited tools, right? And this is the situation we're in. So just want to acknowledge that because then there's all kinds of opinions on this. And I think that I just want to make…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. So, that is an option in the future. I just want to mention to folks out there, I know I've had a lot of conversations over the past couple months with stakeholders about that option. And this feels like a compromise between the two, right? One step to try to at least get back to where we were in revenue generation last year in the ordinance that we passed. I do hope though, as was mentioned, that this is not, like in the grand scheme of things, this is not the biggest issue and the biggest impact on housing affordability it is something it's a piece of the puzzle we need…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Any comments? Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you for being here tonight and bringing back. I really appreciate the revisions based on council feedback from the last meeting, so thank you for taking the time to do that. Thank you also to Chief St. Jean and City Attorney and City Manager for being willing to discuss a little bit more detail with me, some of the nuances of these proposed edits, just so I understood it a little bit more. I'm still struggling with with this ordinance and specifically the section that I'm struggling with is the addition of the prohibition of RVs on our streets…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm just going to highlight one really fun upcoming event, and that is the Pride Across the Bridge annual Pride event happening this Saturday at Marina Park. You'll have two of your leaders in the room will be in the dunk tank. Deputy City Manager Jim Lopez will be there 2.30, I think. And I will be there, I forget, 4, 4.30, something like that as well. So it'll be a lot of fun. And for any community members who, you know, want to dunk one of their elected officials, go at it because it raises money for a good cause. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“uh we are in the process of putting those in place and we hope to have those done by probably late october early november i think the last slide is just the timeline and i'm happy to answer any questions that council has so councilman falco thank you madam mayor well thank you um city manager i really appreciate the collaboration with watchdot and thank you to watchdot for doing what i think is the right thing you know to to pay for this and to work with us on the design as well so thank you for leading on that i really appreciate that My question is looking at the picture that you just…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, I would like us to look at that again, like pretty closely, because I hear about it enough that even if we've already talked about it, it may be worth.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, coming off the highway and entering the roundabout. Yeah, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Councillor Falcone. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I wanted to share with my colleagues and staff that I will be joining our next meeting virtually. I will be in Vancouver, BC on a housing innovations tour with the Housing Development Consortium. So I will be, my understanding is that the agenda allows us, they also accommodated this last year, that there's just a social event at night so I can still fully do my duties working on the tour as well as join the meeting probably for my hotel room that evening. So I just want to give you a heads up.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. Well, thank you, Quinn. First of all, I know this is a lot of work to administer this program. I can imagine a lot of details, right? Going through an income verification and all of that is not an easy process. So thank you for that. I'm happy to hear that we're signing more people up. I think that's a good thing. even based on static need, that's a good thing, right? But we know sadly that there's also growing need, right? Which is how this nicely ties into our former discussion, our last agenda item. And I really appreciate too in the memo where you talked about…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026