Remarks by Chris Sturken
88 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“That is so great to hear, and thank you for reminding me that you were on the parking subcommittee. Thank you for representing the city there and keeping RCIA informed. I am very supportive of the mailer and the town hall ideas. I want to make sure that we are engaging, especially small businesses, in the block of Broadway between El Camino and Perry or California, depending on what side of the street you're on, right? And making sure that mailer is in multiple languages, which is probably standard, but just double checking. And moving on from outreach here, I will start by saying that I…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's right. So any data collected through the license plate readers in our garages, like the Jefferson Garage, for example, stays within the city. It's not going anywhere. Correct. Thank you. Okay. And I'm intrigued by the idea of pricing parking differently during peak days, like Fridays and Saturdays. I would like to better understand kind of the costs and benefits associated with that and, again, hear from our local businesses about how that might affect their business. But as maybe another option for raising revenue that I'm not sure I saw on the list, but... Have you explored that, or…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I understand, and I would appreciate staff looking at that if there's interest on the part of council. And of course, we can't do any of these things without more staff, like you mentioned. recommendations or options rather that you proposed was maybe hiring an additional 0.5 to one FTE. So that is something I would be interested in us looking at because we need human power to make that all happen. So I will pause there, but thank you very much.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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City Council · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 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 · Sep 14, 2026
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“And the date for that library board meeting is estimated for October.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Please rise if you'd like for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And Council Member Serkan? I wanted to just pull 7i as an igloo for just a quick question. And then, I'm sorry, did you already say 7j is being pulled, or is being voted on separately?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“May I also just pull for a comment? 7j, as in Jake, please. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Different. Jay is a different topic. It's the courtyard.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Real quick question for staff, I'm not sure if Tanisha's here, but about the stop signs and the selection of the stop signs. One was, I got a question from a constituent about the intersection of Argoio and B Street that isn't slotted for a stop sign, but I'm sure there's a reasonable reason why in that neighborhood, since almost every other intersection is slotted for a new stop sign.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you very much. And if I can just say one last thing, I just want to share appreciation. I know a lot of my constituents and my neighbors appreciate a stop sign being installed at Standish and Warren where there's been several accidents over the past few years. And that was something I heard four years ago when I ran that people wanted. And I just want to thank you and your team for making Centennial safer for everyone. So thank you.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Sorry to take up more time. So with this item, I just wanted to firstly just thank staff for listening to council's interest in a billboard at the courtyard. That was something I know I raised under our previous city manager, and the concept of us being able to, in another way, as we've discussed it this day, is recoup our costs. How do we put it? Our goal is to... How do we put it? It's a couple of cost of services. Somebody help me here. Yes, cost recovery. Thank you so much. Okay. Mayor's on it. So this is just another way that we could possibly do that. So I appreciate staff for looking…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you so much, Danisha. I really appreciate all your hard work on this. I do have a couple of questions and comments as well. So I'll just begin with, let's see. Based on the conversation I've heard here tonight, I just want to clarify. Does that 40% remaining design accommodate for what Council Member Howard just suggested? changing the width maybe in some places where appropriate, but not to change the type, the fundamental type of the levee, right? The deep soil mixing versus the sheet metal.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Thank you so much. I appreciate that flexibility of alternative two. This is what I would actually call a Redwood City levy, not just the Redwood Shores levy, right, to the city manager's points, Council Member Gee's points, and those amenities that we currently have there and that we could add to are for everyone, regardless of where you live in Redwood City or neighboring jurisdictions. So I very much appreciate the intention behind that.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And I know it's been mentioned a couple times that we have a deadline, but as is in the staff report, just for clarity, our deadline is literally this Friday to submit this, right? Okay, so that definitely creates a sense of urgency for me. Okay. But I appreciate that alternative to is, you know, slightly quicker to build, like you mentioned, and would require less fill, less, you know, equipment, less impact on residents for a shorter amount of time. That's another thing we haven't really discussed is all the construction noise and the vibrations and and disruption to wildlife and all that…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026