Remarks by Anders Ibsen
78 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Thank you. And Mayor Roscoe from Fife is also online for this award. Is there anyone else who would like to present from this group?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Executive Melo. Commissioner Marzano.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Commissioner. Mayor Roscoe, would you like to say anything? Well, what I can say is also the former council member who worked on this alongside Executive Nell and many others is that this is just further evidence that when Tacoma shows up as a region, Wonderful transformative things happen for the entire region and sometimes even the state I mean right now if you walk down the rust in my waterfront and point rust in and you just marvel At the progress that we've that we've had as a community advancing sustainability and accessibility that was the result of Thousands of hours and…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Moving on to public comment. Clerk, please read.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“You're welcome to write the council if you have anything else that you'd like to say on this. With that, it looks like there are no additional speakers logged in. We're going to close public comments and move on to the regular agenda for appointments, starting with item number seven. Clerk, please read.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'd like to call on Council Member Diaz.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Thank you, Chair Diaz. Are there any additional council questions or comments? Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting Resolution No. 41983, please signify by saying aye. Aye. As you know, resolution is declared adopted, and we've invited those individuals being appointed and re-appointed tonight to attend the City Council meeting. I'd like to thank you for volunteering and continuing your service on the Equity and Contracting Advisory Committee. We appreciate your willingness to serve, and please join me in a round of applause. Moving on to purchase resolutions,…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting resolution number 41984, please signify by saying aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. Resolution is declared adopted. Moving on to regular resolutions, item number one. Clerk, please read.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Seeing none, all those in favor of adopting resolution number 41980, please signify by saying aye. Aye. I was supposed to say no.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Resolution is declared passed. Moving on to item two. Clerk, please read.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“It looks like council member Sadal gives this end up. I”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“THANK YOU, CONSUMER SIDALGE. I, TOO, WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS FOR THE SAME REASON AS THE LAST ONE. IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU CAN BUY NEW CONSTRUCTION AS AN OWNER-OCCUPANT FOR ANYTHING UNDER, LIKE, HALF A MILLION, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. AND FOR A FORMER STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS, One of the requirements whenever we have a multifamily housing exemption for affordable housing is it has to be an owner-occupant. So it can't just be an investor or an LLC buying up these things to turn into rentals or a flipper or what have you. These are primarily going to be first-time homeowners…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Lydia. George Tomlin followed by Joe Colombo.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, George. Joe Colombo, followed by Kit Burns.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Kit Burns followed by Murray Varquez.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Kit. Murray Vazquez, followed by Sue, followed by Barb.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, ma'am, just a point of clarification, if you can pause the clock here, clerk. So, ma'am, if you're speaking to that item, that was actually in tonight's agenda. So the purpose of community forums is things that the city has direct jurisdiction over, but were not on the published public agenda. So we did have that contract vote on the It appears that you're talking about the public defender contract. The time to talk about that would have been public comment. Is there anything else that we have jurisdiction over that you'd like to speak to? And if not, you're welcome to email the rest of…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Amanda, is this something over which the city has jurisdiction that you're speaking to?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you ma'am. I appreciate your comments And if there's anything remaining you're welcome to email the rest of the council appreciate your comments Our next speaker is Barb Followed by Janice Clark”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Great senior guard. Thank you. All right, Janice Clark.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, Nina. All right, we have two virtual speakers. We have Tyler Daniels followed by Alma Villegas. And which item over which the city has jurisdiction are you speaking to, Tyler?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Our next speaker is Alma Villegas. And which item are you speaking to? Alma? Alma Villegas, go on once. Okay, looks like we're not able to hear from Alma. So with that being, with no further person being logged in, we are going to close community forum, and you're welcome to email or call the council if you have any further comments. Moving on to our next item on the agenda. Are there any reports by the city manager?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026