Remarks by Bobbie Singh-Allen
164 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 7
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“Thank you. We have a motion and a second.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you for flagging that as well. I was gonna make some comments on that as well. Just as a, if you wanna go ahead and mention it, you can go ahead and do that.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. Thank you for bringing that up. All right, so the motion passes. We will go on to our next item, which is 8.1, public hearing. Public hearing to consider an ordinance imposing a moratorium on the issuance of new entitlement approvals for personal storage facilities in the City of Elk Grove.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, thank you for your presentation. At this time, I'll declare the public hearing is now open and open up public comment opportunity starting with in person. I do not have anyone sign up for this in person. Anybody online?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, then I will go ahead and close public comment on this and declare the public hearing is now closed and open it up for some discussions. We'll start to the left. Council Member Brewer.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, I've had a number of complaints from the community over the last six years about the oversaturation of storage. And looking at the map, I do believe that we have, obviously not with any scientific analysis, but it appears that we have sufficient number at this time. I am in support of this. I trust staff to study this and bring it back as you see fit, but in terms of waiting indefinitely five, 10 years, I imagine you're gonna be monitoring this. I don't feel the urgency of putting a timeframe other than I'm much more interested in putting a moratorium. to at least stop any future…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“So from my understanding, staff will, if this should pass as is, you will study this and should any changes, whatever the study yields, you'll come back at that time with what the study shows.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Is that proper time, or do you need a little more?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“So the motion will be for a moratorium of two years? Yes. All right. All right, so then I will look for that motion.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“I think having a guardrail in place is good. I think it meets really everybody's need. Most importantly, no storage units right now. All right. We will go ahead on to the next item, 9.1.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. At this time, I'm going to go ahead and open up public comment. We'll start with in person. I do not have anyone signed up on this item. Anybody online?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, I'll go ahead and close public comment. Questions, comments, I'll start to the right. Council Member Spitz.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yep. Same general comments from my colleagues. Thank you for walking us through what could be very complex and making it very easy to understand. And your passion, it clearly shows on this subject as well.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“It shows. Thank you very much. This is just a presentation item, so no action needed. We will move on to the next item, 9.2. Receive an update on the City Council Priority Projects.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you for that excellent presentation. At this time, I will open up public comment opportunities, starting with in person. I don't have anyone in person. Anybody online?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, then I'll go ahead and close public comment. I'll start to the left. Any questions, comments?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. Vice Mayor, would you like to chime in?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Council Member Spies, anything?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yep, excellent presentation. It's always good to see where we're at, how things are moving along, and a lot to celebrate. There's a lot of progress on priority projects that will ultimately benefit the residents of Elk Grove, so thank you. This is just a presentation, no action, so we will move on to the next item.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you for that presentation. At this time, I will open up public comment for in-person. I don't have anyone signed up to speak. Anybody online?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“All right, I'm gonna close public comment on that. And questions, comments, we'll start to the right. Councilmember Robles, you can go.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. I agree that this is needed. And I think we've all seen those bad behaviors. So hopefully we have changed behavior and it keeps everybody safe. So I'm definitely in support of this. All right. With that, I will look for a motion.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. Next item. Receive results of the National Community Survey.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you for that excellent report. This time I'll open up public comment. I don't have anyone signed up to speak in person. Anybody online?”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026