Remarks by Carol Marques
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“But this come back, though, at the next meeting, so this whole process isn't delayed?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“In May, when we heard about Camp Hope and the people and they came, it did tear at your heartstrings because where were they going to go? And we had given very specific instructions. We were told at that time there were 15 tents. They were going to be decreased with housing. Now I'm hearing there's a lot more. Along with the 15 tents, we were led to believe there was around 15 people. And please correct me if I'm incorrect on that. Now it's 25 to 30. We also said we wanted to hear if there was any crime in the camp and we were expecting a monthly report. And now I sit here listening about the…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Oh, yeah, you're right, you're right. Okay, I guess my question would be, why would we continue the camp when they did not, you know, live up to what we expected? That's it. I mean, I don't expect an answer from you. I'm just...”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Then I have a question. So then every two weeks, you go back and do it again?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So then in two weeks' time, you would go back and reset it again, move everyone out, and you do this in two-week intervals? Because I'm sorry, I'm not real impressed with what I'm hearing today. I mean, would that be the plan?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I have to agree with Council Member Fregasi. You know, if we were to do a reset, who is going to be managing it after that? I agree with him. It's going to go right back to the condition that it's in. And when that video came out a few weeks ago, which got us all stirred up, it made it look really, really bad. I had no idea that all the garbage had accumulated. When Councilmember Ramirez and I went out and walked through Camp Hope a few months ago, Aubrey had everything I thought under control. It was pretty clean. I didn't realize he had lost his funding, so I understand that part of it. Why…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I mean, I would like to have a report in one month. Looking back on this, we should have been asking for monthly updates and maybe taking walks. Ask for that.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I would also like to add something else to report from who about what about how it's going I”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“That would be good. Also, I would like to have Matt be able to tell us right now, is it possible to have someone from staff, like the motion is requesting, to manage that? Because if not, then we're back to zero one again.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“It has to be cleaned up. There's no doubt about it.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“You know what I'm having a problem with is that if tomorrow's the last day for the ad hoc committee, why can't we get a report at the first meeting in October? That might help us in a lot of our decisions to know what you're thinking, where you're going, because November is just too long.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, wait a minute. Just clarify something. What's this? End this. What do you mean? End the camp? End what? Be specific.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Is that what you meant? But you said to close it. I'm very confused on that. No, no. You mean close it?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“City guard and this other company to make sure that they're doing what they're supposed to be doing would be myself in the parks and landscape supervisor Okay, but you'll be working some nights then to see that they're out there Patrolling well we have on-call staff”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, yes. I think for the public, let's talk about the 15,000 square feet because I know Councilmember Ramirez and I did not put in a number. And let's say that I was going to build a 15,000 square foot fabric building. Okay. You know, now in my mind there's no significant impacts to the environment. Would that have to go through Planning Commission? Because when we did it, when we did this, we were talking about environmental impacts. So I need clarification on that. Because I don't want every 15,000 square foot building going through, you know, the different commissions and council. Why…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So then if I understand you correctly, then every project that comes through at 15,000 square feet and above will have to go through this process?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“You know, maybe this is my problem here. I guess I picture a lot of 15,000 square foot projects coming through. How many do you normally get 15,000 and above? Because maybe it's not a real burden to the Planning Commission.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Is that going to be a hardship for a developer, you know, to do the community outreach part of this?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“This was not really what I had in mind when Council Member Ramirez and I started this fair memo back in January. We wanted to have that ordinance updated. We wanted to make sure that whatever industry came to Gilroy, the public was going to be protected by environmental protections whenever there was electrical, water, battery storage, You know, whatever. And we purposely did not say anything about data centers because, as Council Member Ramirez said, we didn't know what was coming down. In five years, there could be a similar project coming that's not a data center, and we wanted all those…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So did Planning Commission say the 1,000 feet? Correct.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Can we amend that? Just that part of it of Planning Commission. That's what I would like.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Or what would it be like if you kept it to, say, maybe 2,000, make it a little bit bigger, but then... You don't send it to everyone else. You notice them in the City of Gilroy email. You put it in the Gilroy dispatch. You put it on the website. And we make people more responsible to look at those different areas to read the information and come to a public meeting, one public meeting, where everyone's together. And even if you send it out to those 2,000 people, people will start talking and the word will spread. So it makes it a little bit more economical for the developer.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“1,000 feet would be fine with me as long as the whole city was notified through paper.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“But you still asked us and that was very nice.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Oh, my God is right. Come on. All right.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026