Remarks by Cyndi Sharkey
75 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“It could be the workaround for wanting to give yourself more accessory dwellings, units in the backyard, right? Yeah. So that could be a problem.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But if you're in a larger lot or an A designation, then it gives you, I think what we want to do is prevent filling up the yard with structures, right? It would be really limited on the smaller lots, but on the larger lots, it might be. It might be a workaround just to get more buildings.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“About it last time, we talked about one or one and a half, but not two when we talked about it back in April. Where we came to this was if it was allowed as an attached,”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So... Well, so... Just the law states that we have to, that the city has to come up with an argument for, correct? The law states that. So despite the fact that we've received one from a resident, we still have to produce one. What if we can't agree? What if tonight on this argument we cannot agree and we cannot pass a resolution that adopting an argument in favor? Is there any world in which that could happen?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, so, you know, the chair just made the comment we have to adopt. Do we have to? What if we're unable to? Is that okay?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So the resolution, the vote on a resolution is not necessary?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I really appreciate those comments and I agree with them and it sounds like as council members reviewed the packet there was some level of discomfort about the tones and suggestions and I totally and wholeheartedly agree with Even though this is an argument in favor, so it is biased, let's just make it very, very, very factual. Let's just stick to the facts. Let's have no insinuations, no fear mongering, nothing like that, if we can strip away stuff like that. I do really like these changes. I have even a couple more to suggest to run by you guys and see how you feel about it. I really like…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't like that last phrase, something this area of the city lacks. There is an eight-acre park abutting this. So I just think you eliminate, you strike that last section. You put a period at...”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“My position would be strike that last phrase.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
- Play at 4:23:11
“Well that's what I think you need to put in there. Yeah. If your home is valued at more than you pay more.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I would like us to look at the word our. This is our opportunity. It suggests that it's the only one. It's one of those, again, how about an opportunity or another opportunity? We've talked about others. that we've used in the past, other opportunities that we've had and used, do we say this is another opportunity or this is an opportunity?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I like and better than your because once again that suggests that it's singular. Right. The only one. This is your only opportunity.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Could result in a second another property tax.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think unless it's stated, we aren't fully disclosing what the magnitude of that is.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't understand why you wouldn't add the language about a possible tax increase to get there.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think it's an appropriate addition. Why would it get kicked back by an attorney? I don't understand that.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I had one, other one. It's along the lines of what you suggested on the argument in favor. If the bond is not approved, it says Kenyon School District has indicated it will sell the property for development. Would we replace the word will with may?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'll go really fast because a couple of these I've been holding anyway. Convention Facilities Advisory Board met, and you guys, there is some good news that there's some seriousness about expanding the Expo Center by 25,000 square feet. Yeah, that would be a great thing. We just need to figure out how to pay for it. So anyway, LPC meeting, that was a lot of prediction about what's coming in the next legislative session. And I'll just run down the list. The one thing we do know is based on election results in the primaries, we know we will have at least 20% new legislators in our state…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Chris Edwards with the council office. Cindy Sharkey council at large. Brooke Christensen, District 1.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Ivan. This is a route that I take all the time. And so it's really interesting to see what your traffic data is. And it looks like you're... Your speed data shows basically what I've seen. If the 85th percentile is 35 miles an hour, that's the speed limit. So most of the people are driving the speed limit. It's not a super high traffic street. It's, I'm not surprised that people are driving the speed limit because it's also a windy street. So because of the street design, right, that would slow traffic a little bit. I do, I'm very concerned about 4 Bush. I'm expecting Allison to…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Even if you put RRFBs there, I'm not sure that all that traffic, and there's a lot of it, turning right from Forbush on to Creek because people from 13th come down that way and people from 78th come that way. I don't think they'd even see the RRFBs flashing. I'm just really worried about that one.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I remember a few years ago Salt Lake County gave us part of this road. Who owns the road? Is it Sandy on the south side and Cottonwood Heights on the north side?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. And then the bulb outs. When I was at this open house, I met a lot of bicyclists there. And I actually think it is a great road for bicyclists. There's a very wide shoulder active transportation lane that doesn't usually get parked in. And I think it's a great corridor for bicyclists. So I always worry when we're talking about bulb outs that we are affecting the safety of bicyclists. I know that there's a school crossing there. They have lights and they have a crossing guard. I don't know that there have been problems there. I don't know that there haven't. I've never witnessed them…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So I guess I was just asking, is there a problem to be solved if we're talking about where the Oakdale school crossing is?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Chair. So this week, it was very fun and very interesting to meet with the consultants that we've hired in the city for economic development. I was able to meet with council members D'Souza and Nickel, and it was interesting for us to share our visions and our desires of how to spur economic development and where that maybe could happen. So we got a chance to talk to each other about our goals and visions and also talk to the consultants about that too. So that was really gratifying. I hope all of you guys have taken the opportunity to do that because I found it very helpful.…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026