Remarks by Carol Marques
67 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 3
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“You know, I don't have a question. I have a comment. Would you rather have me wait until after public comment?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you for this report. It's a lot more detailed this time around because I was one of your no votes. And as I read through this and I saw the different types of grants, whether we pass it tonight or not, all these situations in the city still exist. And if we can get any kind of dollar amount back through grants, we're better off than getting zero. So tonight I will be supporting doing this application. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“All right, the problem, I am supporting this moratorium. I'm supporting this moratorium because I think what angers me the most is that these smoke shops come in, they're given all the regulations, they know the rules, and they break them every time. And I just find that's unforgivable that we're exposing our kids to drugs that they're selling. And then they play dumb, like, oh, I didn't know. Well, you have to read it. And you have to know what your responsibility is. So I have no sympathy for them. Secondly, Can you have this done by end of September or at our second meeting in September?…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Okay, I have a question, because from what I'm hearing right now, it sounds like this council is going in the direction of saying, let's leave the locations alone. We have it 1,000 feet from a school. Now, my question, Bryce, I thought at one time this council said they did not want smoke shops downtown. If we left, if we go back and just leave it alone, as I'm hearing it talked about, does that mean a smoke shop can open up downtown? Yes. Okay, we have to think about that because I would not approve that. I would want to see no smoke shops downtown. So I would agree with everything else,…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“But downtown was why we got here. That was one of the reasons when that smoke shop tried to come. That opened up all these conversations.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I just have a question. So if we allow the moratorium to continue under what you're working on, would smoke shops be allowed downtown?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So basically, we went right back to where we were 10 months ago, except the only change was we now had enforcement that could have, and yes. And some less smoke shops because of the enforcement.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“It was, but it also had to do with emissions too. That was the big.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I have a question, I guess. Now, would this affect golf courses? Because on weekends, I believe golfers are out there at 8 o'clock early in the morning, and to restrict all of the lawn mowing until 9 or later affects their business. And for a council that seems to be so bent on economic development, all of a sudden we're cutting into their development. If I had to choose, I would go for option one with commercial right by residential, you know, for the drive-throughs. I'm a firm believer that for some of the people that are complaining about noise on a business that's already existing, you…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I would just have a question. So you are eliminating the decibels then with what you're just proposing? No. Or are you saying it's going to be six? You want... No, no, no.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So what would the decibels be for the drive-through that you're proposing?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“But if that's the only time they can sweep for the outlets, outlets use it? I don't know about Costco, what they do, or Walmart, but I do know the outlets use that, and they do it in the middle of the night once everything shuts down. How would you handle that? Because they're not going to want to sweep during the day when their customers are there.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“I think you should leave the L10 in for the sweeping, because even though we can talk about the outlets, we go back to Nomp Hill, Safeway, all the apartments there. Do we want to penalize those grocery stores and say you no longer can sweep?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So you just want to keep it then to the landscaping?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Oh, industrial zoned. Okay, so it's covered. Read it one more time, please.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“LANDSCAPING IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“That's where we're at. And then talk about the areas where it's going to impact.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026