Remarks by Chris Sturken
88 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, great, because I know you had mentioned automation for permit programs in terms of pivoting to license plate reading to verify if someone has a permit, right? Yes. Okay, fantastic. But I think there's just nothing like boots on the ground, I think, to complement automated enforcement. That's all I'll say on that. Gosh, this is such a complex issue here. I just have so many notes. And I agree with the mayor regarding taking a citywide strategy approach, developing a citywide strategy with regards to partnering with privately owned, publicly accessible parking garages, just to make sure…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“I happily support this resolution and the measure, and I appreciate it being brought forward. This measure's success is inextricably linked to our downtown success. And, you know, based on our previous conversation, parking is a guarantee, right? But transit isn't. And this measure helps us change that by shifting how we fund, how we think about people getting from A to B, to school, to work, to play. And I can't stress enough how important it is that we support this measure. So I support it. Thank you.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. When I think about this measure, I think about working families in Redwood City. I do, both in terms of the costs to their wallets, their pocketbooks, right? But also the fact that transit is not an option for them, it's a necessity. And yeah, I still remember clients I supported in finding rooms to rent when I worked for HIP Housing, right? Who were commuting from Daly City. You know, this one client, she worked at the See's Candy, factory up there and actually it's in Millbury, one of those two. South City. Thank you. South City. Thank you. Don't tell the South City Council. And…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“I just, I wanted to mention as well, youth and families are the top priority for this council, right? And we know The studies show that youth are driving less. They're not getting driver's licenses because owning a car, paying for car insurance is cost prohibitive. And to your point, Mayor, we don't have... we don't have yellow school buses so much anymore right and so kids going to redwood city schools are dependent upon sam trans service in order to get to school and if that goes away or is diminished in any way that's going to directly affect redwood city families and youth and and i will…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you Mayor. Thank you so much for your presentation and for all the hard work that you are already doing to prepare our community for the incoming storms. I also want to thank you for some of the, to the second question, additional and alternative services that we're considering. One that I had raised, you know, with the city manager, and the city manager was installing fencing along the railing of the Stafford Bridge to prevent illegal dumping into the creek, which residents, you know, sent me photos of shopping carts and other debris that people just dumped in there, and that adds to…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you. And so that, just to confirm, means that San Carlos is the owner for both bridges, right? Definitely industrial, but...”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Okay. And moving on, um, Yeah, I understand that we have very limited authority to install anything on the creek other than where we have, where we maintain it, which is under the two bridges. Once again, I raise the idea of some kind of debris capture device. Not even a device. This is not the same as what is installed in inlets, right? You know, those storm drain grates. But rather, in Red Morton Park, for example, you have just that very simple metal kind of grate, you know, very... very like rebar kind of looking that just prevents large logs and other natural debris…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“I definitely should have watched that video. So I put those in my Corolla and I was wondering if it was going to die on me. Okay. Thank you for sharing that. Also, and I know I need to wrap up here. I've noticed this trend of us filling tree wells, one, liability purposes, right? We don't want anyone tripping in these tree wells on our downtown streets and otherwise. But also medians, too, like on Arguello, between Marshall and Brewster, you know, any... I understand why we have to fill them, but maybe if we could use permeable pavements, just something so that we're not adding to runoff and…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Just a quick follow up on that. As part of that program, I wonder if you haven't already considered where there's the opportunity to do curb cutting or installation of any kind of green infrastructure bioswales, which is more costly, I recognize. But just if we're gonna replace the sidewalk there and the curb, why not use that as an opportunity like we do in so many other cases to install green infrastructure and sequester some of that stormwater and prevent it from going downstream?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“If I may just specify the suggestions for consideration that we discussed at the committee meeting. Please go ahead. Thank you. So one was to consider reviewing the bylaws of any nonprofit that wants to use one of our meeting spaces in the library for consistency with the library policy and all applicable policies and laws. Another was to offer additional LGBTQIA plus sensitivity training to library staff. And another suggestion was to incorporate into our existing library policy some sort of kind of game plan for if an event taking place in our library meeting rooms does not align with our…”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“And the date for that library board meeting is estimated for October.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“have they have a motion item are we had a motion and a second and we now need to vote on that motion thank you vice mayor may I just make a quick comment as well of course um I y'all know how important data is to me as well uh and I would prefer to have seen that data before making a vote tonight but Given everything that is hanging on our support of this plan, as well as the regional transit measure, I will not be voting for this motion tonight. So I just wanted to preface my motion. I agree with you in spirit, but the benefits outweigh the concerns that I have at this time.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. Just for the record, I did conduct some in-person outreach to a few businesses following our vote a couple of months ago to WorldPak, Bear Robotics, and Express Kitchen and Bath Corporation. And WorldPak and Bear Robotics were both enthusiastic about the vote, although Express Kitchen and Bath Corporation was concerned that if their property owner opted to under new zoning um redevelop their property to say condos they could be displaced so that is a real concern that we do need to consider as we continue to finalize this plan going forward thank you council member sturkin”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. I really do appreciate that. I think that is very intentional and promotes community well-being and safety. I've seen vendors next to 840, for example, the bar right on Brewster operating late at night to make sure that folks get some food in their stomachs before they go home, right?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“ABSOLUTELY. AND I ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CODE AND LEARNED, COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU MIND IF I BORROW YOUR CUB? I know you're like, why? OK. So this is the maximum amount of grease that can be disposed of. I think 100 milligrams, I believe, that fits in your average coffee cup. So that is, yeah, it is very granular, very specific. But moving on from, well, actually, before I move on from there, we did receive a public comment from Ernie Schmidt, owner of the Fox Theater, that I thought was very insightful. He did suggest extending the hours to 11 p.m. for operations of…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“All right, so I still have plenty of comments I would like to make. If I may, I understand we have a motion that's been seconded, so I can make comments on the motion. All right, thank you very much. So what I'd like to propose is a friendly amendment. I did hear... majority support from Council Member Gee, you as well, Vice Mayor, Mayor Martinez-Zaballos, and I, and maybe there's others as well, to extend the hours for vending in the downtown area. And I wanted to pose a suggestion to be a little bit more specific. You know, I've heard from vendors that I think we've heard from vendors…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“And while we're pulling that up, I actually was going to suggest the greater downtown area plan area to be consistent with our new downtown area that we are adopting. So I'll pause there. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I proposed leaving it up to staff to offer a reasonable time based on the feedback we received from the community as well as the council discussion. And I also suggested the greater downtown plan area as the applicable area in my friendly amendment.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“firstly i just want to say thank you very much for workshopping that uh with me on the spot my understand i apologize i was i did not realize that we could not use the greater downtown area plan area despite us having voted on the boundaries thereof and to study it. But that aside, my understanding was that we identified the downtown area, which is currently defined as the downtown precise plan area, which includes the golden area in this image before you as a downtown. So I would accept what has been proposed with this small substitution of the downtown precise plan area instead of the…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“OKAY, THEN. I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE GROUNDS TO YOUR COMMENTS, BUT I WILL ACCEPT YOUR friendly amendment, my friendly amendment as it was described by the city attorney.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Sure. Okay, so I attended the League of California Cities conference last week in Anaheim, and I learned quite a bit to bring back to Redwood City from our neighbors and cities across the state. Just some highlights for myself that I want to share. I did not realize that we have AI classes at our library that members of the community are welcome to use for free to help us ease into the AI transition. But I learned about City of San Jose's library AI center that is a good resource for us to look at going forward. I also learned about Not ready here. Again, Council Member Sergio Robles from the…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 2026