Remarks by Craig Roberts
181 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 8
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Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Second. Commissioner Elm is moved to direct staff to proceed with solicitation for legal services to Housing for Success participants as proposed. Commissioner Savas is second of that. Any further discussion? Clerk, please call the poll.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, great. Thanks. All right, since there's no objections, we'll advance this to our business meeting agenda for actually Thursday, August 13th. So can I confirm that? Are you still going forward this Thursday on a consent agenda?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yep. Okay, very good. All right. Thank you. We'll work on making that happen.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Any comments? Well, I have one, I guess. And that is, first and foremost, I see Craig Valkenberg here, the CEO of Lama View. Thank you for coming today. And also just that what I'm so excited about is additional senior care living. And I just see this as a huge need, not only for our county, but really for Oregon and across this country. And the addition of... facilities such as this which I'm also very impressed with just the continuum of care that they have you know from independent living to assisted living to memory care to all those things that I think are so important to help…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Commissioner Savas Okay”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Again, I have a couple questions here really kind of comes back to you kind of really did touch on it kind of code restrictions the regulatory authority that you have or don't have and I will just say one of the big things I looked at was at NACO National Association of Counties meeting with a lot of counties really across this country that are dealing with this and one of the issues that in one city in particular I talked to that They warned me on some of their concerns, right? One of the big ones they had was noise having to do with the fans, which was causing some problems. And some of the…”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Commissioner Hillman, then West. Go ahead.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“So we have a first and a second. I don't believe there was really a modification to it.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“I guess if I come back to this option three, I'm just bringing that up.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“So if we look at option three, would that help us accomplish this goal that we're all kind of talking about?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Just to recap where we're at, Commissioner Helms moved direct staff to initiate the process to adopt a moratorium on data centers and a correction program. It's been seconded by Commissioner West. And I'm going to open it up again for discussion. Is that correct? Did I get that right, Gary? Yes.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. One more quick comment, and we'll go to a vote.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“How's the team holding up? Want to go till noon?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, wow. The question I have, Gary, is since we are a county that's self-insured with excess carrier, I mean, is there any way they could fall under the umbrella of us if there were specific guidelines drafted? I'm not sure if that's a good... It's kind of putting you in a tough spot to answer that because perhaps it's maybe not.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“And so what would be your recommendation for next steps?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Is there a nod to continue with that direction?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right, did you guys want to say anything before you move to questions?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. All right. Commissioner Savas.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, that was one of my question was, you know, so it sounds like it's overhead. They have a limit on it, correct? Yeah. And that's what you're required to pick up. And then the, I think the other thing, maybe you could just talk about the benefit of having these two deputies and really the response to calls in the general area. Maybe you could just talk about that.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, I had met with some TriMet officials some time ago. I think it was this past winter, basically. Really wanted to reestablish that partnership. And I do see it as a huge benefit of additional deputies out there helping take calls and being back up for other calls in the area. So, yeah, I'm 100% behind it. Commissioner West?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Didn't we have somebody in county council?”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. All right. Thank you. Yes, go ahead, Cal.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think we're going to get a motion on this.”
Board of County Commissioners · Aug 11, 2026