Remarks by Bill Rosacker
177 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 8
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“All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Next on our agenda, we've all been waiting for the River Street Ad Hoc Committee presentation.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. Looks like we have some more public comments on this measure. Two of them, to be exact. Jim Talt is one, so we'll make you wait till last. And Rene Rodriguez.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I agree. I believe Councillor Tergesen had that as part of your presentation, that the ad hoc committee is going to remain and that they're going to be used as consultants. And, you know, there's not a lot more needs to be said because now it's up to the engineers to see what fits on the properties. Then we'll take a look at it again before we begin to do construction.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, I'd just like to restate what got us here. Staff was going to move forward, and we, the council, didn't feel like we had had significant enough public engagement. So we created the Ad Hoc Committee for this purpose. So I feel perfectly... Mr. Mayor? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“The microphone, am I? Ah, housing planning assistance grant.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“You're looking for authorization to seek that grant.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Moved and seconded. to move forward or ask the city manager to move forward. Is there any further discussion?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. That's it. The only thing left is adjournment. So this meeting...”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Honestly, the bypass is going to run right through the LCD. You know that. The LCD is going to take a look at it.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, but it's only within that black outline.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So we have 2 issues one is too. Let them move forward with the timeline but we want to make a motion.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I moved and seconded that we approve the The timeline, is there any more discussion? All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. All opposed? Motion passes unanimously. Now, do we want to direct the staff to go ahead and pursue the legislative action?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. We moved in second to direct staff to pursue the legislative option. Is there any further discussion? I would like to say that this is going to be an interesting experiment because DLCD would never approve this action outside of this particular. So it'll be interesting to see if they do. That's the end of my commentary. Is everybody else ready to vote? All in favor signify by saying aye.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Aye. All opposed? All right. Thank you, James. So the last is the report on the vacation rentals.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Who's, no, no, the staff report first and a public comment. They got to know what they're yelling at you about.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, if you don't mind, step aside. We have one public comment, Robert. Welcome, Robert. Good to see you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you for not making us hear the buzzer.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yes. Are we discussing the property that keeps putting the pool table or whatever in the garage?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll go a step further and say staff should come back to us with recommendations as to how we can massage that rule so that we You know, we don't want, just because somebody complains doesn't mean there's a violation, right?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Come back to us with some recommendations as to how we can solve that problem and be fair.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So let's talk about density. Mr. Mayor, I think Scott has a... I'm sorry?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“If I could comment on that, during the Ad Hoc Committee, we did have that information from several cities that we were known to have these. the information was really not that useful because all of the cities dealt with it differently. And truly what is the judge of success? You know, when you're looking at it, when you look at your neighborhood, you have a much different idea of what success would be than somebody that didn't live in your neighborhood. I think it's appropriate to look at your neighborhood because it is one of the more dense ones. Uh, and also the North part of, of downtown,…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I like simple solutions. I mean, if I could make the decision, I would probably say no more than two per block.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Well, whatever size locker, they vary a little bit in town too, and they're about 300 feet in Jerry's area. But that, I mean, I like simple.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026