Remarks by Christi Keith
21 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 16:35
“Thanks, Adam. I did have One question with a part A. First of all, I want to clarify that I understand this correctly. And secondly, if I understand this correctly, I'd like to understand why it is the way it is. I mean, inflation is high. The economy gets worse. Fewer and fewer dollars are spent in... purchases that aren't absolutely required, thereby sales tax goes down. And you are funded completely by sales tax, correct? About 80%, yes. Which means when the economy's bad and inflation is high and people are losing their jobs, that would be when they need transit the most. I understand…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 17:23
“So is there a political reason or a structural reason for funding transit this way?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 17:53
“Sound Transit has a more stable funding stream that enables sustainability, but your agency does not.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:24:47
“Sorry. So I'm going to vote no. I think this language is unnecessary and has no real enforcement mechanism. So it's mostly... judgment and social pressure dressed up as policy. It's subjective, unsupported, and solves no real demonstrated problem. I think it's exclusionary and causes people to not participate or to run for council like they would. And it matters because the mayor has stated on the record that this language affects how easily council members can be removed from their lawfully elected positions. A vague, undefined definition such as good faith standards should never be tied to…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:31:53
“I agree. It just removes the option to remove Zoom capriciously and arbitrarily if we just firm it up here with will.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:39:03
“I agree with that. It resolves the targeting question. If there's ever a look back on this, then it's not targeted. It applies to whomever is chairing the meeting. Although I'm not sure it's terribly effective language, but I like this better than the original.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:42:51
“I'll do a quick brief, and then I want to offer a motion. The council and the city attorney and Mountain View are working on this contract to refine it. Unfortunately, the executive director of Mountain View is... wherever, Canada, on vacation somewhere very fun where we're not. And we haven't been able to loop back around with her to finalize the language of the contract. I am personally committed to getting this signed in a form that makes everyone happy as soon as possible. And you can count on me to lend my voice loudly to urgency and quick and satisfactory resolution. On that note, I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:49:29
“I have a quick request of someone. Rachel would be perfect. During the fireworks conversations, I noticed that someone in the audience was concealed carrying, which I'm fine with. I have a concealed carry permit. That's not my concern. My current concern is, is allowed in this building per state law If it is or isn't, are we following whatever state law is on signage? If you don't come back to the council, I'll assume the answer is yes, everything's fine. But if not, we should consider changing our signage. Yep, I'll work with Chief on that. Okay, thanks.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 42:08
“I was Surprised and concerned about the movie night. I, when it was announced that we were doing the Sandlot and the mayor announced the date, it wasn't clear to me that it wasn't part of the Mountain View contract. We have an MLU that's very detailed about movie nights with Mountain View. And I... I guess, I assumed that there's old sayings about assuming, but I assumed that it was part of the MOU. So I was concerned about that. So I would like to make a motion to review the event, the MOU. I'm specifically looking to learn about the budget for this event, about risk and safety issues, were…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 44:18
“You can, Mark. I mean, but our bylaws say that a first and a second is enough.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
- Play at 33:43
“I don't know, point of order, point of information. In our bylaws, it says that two council members can put a topic on the agenda. And I take that to mean, and parliamentary procedure takes that to mean, that we don't actually have to vote. I think that discussion's fine, but basically just two people can insert information.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 35:15
“You have to have two people. I'm your number two.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 35:21
“And then that's it. So you can't confuse it with the motion and there's no parliamentary questions.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 36:23
“I also wanted to thank the police. We had the concerning incident with the reader board sign that sort of blew up on social media and the police were on it quickly, efficiently, With dedication. And I appreciate that very much.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 1:15
“We have a live agenda item that was left off the agenda, the MDCC issue. It's a council decision, and so if they want to postpone it, we need to actually vote on that. So when it comes down for council business, we should either deal with the item and dispatch it from the table, or we should motion, second, and vote to table it. We can't just disappear it from the agenda. So.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:08
“We have to vote. We still have to vote. You have to dispatch the item from the table.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 19:14
“Not that it's terribly important, but I'm dying to know what the difference in a good faith call and a false alarm call is.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 33:31
“I received an email from a Debbie Garrison who has bigger questions than I can answer about subdivisions, plots, septic stuff. Do I send her to Jeremy or Chuck? Jeremy. All right. Debbie Garrison is coming your way.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 29:30
“Now, quick question about miles resources. It was just such a big number. I wondered what that was.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 38:28
“Thank you. I'd like to motion that we consider the Mountain View Community Center contract as written for an extension of one year at next study session and vote at the following meeting.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
- Play at 39:10
“I appreciate Angelina's presentation on the feeding programs and what Mountain View does for the community. We've got this contract that's expiring. I'd like to give us time to talk about it and go through it and get our decisions made on what happens to that contract next year.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026