Remarks by Ariel Meyer
141 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“I think four is a good compromise. I will be glad to be back in the U.S. No problem.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“I thought you were going to sing the So Long, Farewell song.”
Village Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“It doesn't have a pedal. It's a motorcycle. faster than 20 miles per hour. And if it's faster than 20 miles per hour, it doesn't fit any of our e-bike classifications. And therefore, by default, it's not an approved e-bike.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I just have a question for the attorney or staff, because there's a bunch of ordinances that are related to the code. And I have one specific comment as it relates to accessory units as a building for temporary guests. Don't know which tab exactly that would be covered under, but I wanna make sure that we don't cover whatever tab that is without having had a chance to talk specifically about that topic. That's 11?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“All right, when we get to 11, I'll still, however, make my little comment, because it might just help since we're deferring, it helps us prepare for that when we're ready. That's okay. All right. I'll relate to six then.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“Well, hold on, because if we defer it, we don't get to talk about it. And I did want to, however, make a comment that serves as input. So we'll at your meeting.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“So it doesn't have to be in this venue at the moment, but prior to... WHILE YOU'RE PREPARING FOR SECOND WEEK. OKAY.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“That's fair. We should have a discussion. Yeah, absolutely. However, it was mentioned in the workshop as a topic, as a request by me, where he specifically talked about the possibility of having bike racks installed. along US 1, shopping malls that today don't have any, et cetera, et cetera. So that topic was raised at the workshop. However, we did not cover it to the extent that it's documented here with this level of detail. So I think that would be new. To your point, might be worth a conversation if we can have this included. Great.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“We worried at all since we're on that topic about residents that are elderly living by themselves and then rely on the help of a relative to maybe Take the trash out and bring it back in and if that's the case wouldn't this pose a limit or a friend or a neighbor being able to help them with that task? Is that a scenario that we may come against? And if so, are we concerned that we're actually doing something that potentially just generates another source of stress for them?”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“which I think we did, but then the pickup we kept as it is.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“As long as we have a way around it, like we”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“So my sense on this is, It's possible that we're not getting pushback from residents because most residents are law-abiding residents. And if we tell them that the roof has mildew and it's against our code, most people will say, OK, give me some time and I'll fix it. They won't push back because I think they want to be compliant with our rules. Maybe you have a case every now and then of someone pushing back, but it's not the norm, right? Most people want to be law-abiding citizens. That doesn't necessarily mean, however, that therefore it's working, right? And I think, I'm with Council…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“And I empathize with you as well, because I obviously hate that noise any time of the week, not just the weekends to begin with. And, you know, I think the problem is the type of equipment that people use makes a lot of noise. Our ordinances have limits on noise. It's hard to enforce, but, I mean, we already have some of that stuff in there. And so, you know, the way I solved for this, because I hated it as well, is I talked to all of my neighbors that were doing their service on Saturdays. except for one that would refuse but at least that helped manage the noise in the weekends maybe yeah…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I wish we could have an incentive to do the work on weekdays instead of weekends. Maybe that's the way to address it. Maybe that's just the way it goes. Well, I want to run it by you guys, see if we can admire the adherent takers.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I think we should test to see if we have three votes to eliminate the roof mildew. I'll make a motion with the amended rule that we remove the mildew roof requirement and algae and the other elements that we're looking for when it comes to aesthetics on a roof. Leave everything else as is.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“There are generally people. Everyone cares. Everyone cares about village members. I can tell.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“No, that was the one prior. I think the March meeting. Anyway, but it comes from there and the fact that we had a 1,000-page packet that we received on the Thursday prior to the council meeting on Tuesday. and that we needed to review thoroughly. There were a lot of changes, comprehensive development master plan, the new land development regulations, and a pretty hefty agenda of regular items to cover. And then on top of that, I believe in marketing communications to the village. sent the email about the agenda a day before the council meeting. And so that sparked the thought, shouldn't we…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“We had to kind of like deliver. But listen, if it was a one-off and it's never been a source of frustration for other fellow members of the council that you believe you have enough. have enough time to review and prepare for council meetings, then it's a one-off. And it doesn't really require a change of how we do things. But if it's not a one-off, then this is your time to voice your frustrations.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“we should change procedure um because you had one meeting that went and apparently you had a lot of information that was late in coming and whatever if it's a one-off and that's how the council receives the matter then i agree we wouldn't change procedure for that other than just noting let's try to avoid a situation like that because we're all trying to do our very best including ourselves representing”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“All right. So that's on that then. We'll fix the marketing when we have a director of marketing. And in the meantime, if the PR firm can do maybe just slightly better sending the agenda out a week before so that our residents, unless that out a little bit more in advance of the meeting. All right, so the other topic is the sidewalk design standards. We had recently an opportunity, I think many of us do, to provide an opinion with regards to a very innovative form of sidewalk design on 112th Street and 69th Avenue. road almost, and I think it was designed with good intention. It was designed…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“No, it was the intention to plant trees. So those are all the right intentions. The problem is that that is not an ADA-friendly sidewalk. That's not a friendly sidewalk to anyone that wants to ride a bike on a sidewalk or that wants to maybe use a scooter on a sidewalk. And now you have to pay attention to the turns while you're on that sidewalk instead of being able to look out for cars driving in and out of the driveway, etc. So it doesn't really follow a standard. And so that to me is what sparked the thought of bringing this up to the agenda and encouraging us maybe as a village to…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“I brought the picture that was just up. No, the previous one. Sorry. The reason why I brought that up, yes, there's a sharp curve further up in the picture. But also, this is a new sidewalk. This is a sidewalk on Red Road, on the west side of Red Road. allowing for the driveway to stay as it was. The problem is that, again, that just puts, you know, creates complexity for people that may be riding on a sidewalk because it adds other elements of friction. And if you can show the other one, the last one, sorry, I won't bug you. I think you get the picture. I think we've seen that one before.…”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“It's over time. I'm not advocating for going back and fixing all of these sidewalks that were designed in the 50s.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026
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“But moving forward, especially since I saw that one on 112th, I'm like, oops. What function we wanted to perform.”
Village Council · May 5, 2026