Remarks by Dan Arriola
453 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 19
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“back to council for additional discussion or I'll entertain a motion. Council Member Bedoya.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes. All right, so that passes. So thank you, staff. We look forward to additional work on our pavement management. That brings us to item 6B, which is an informational update on our citywide energy program and our EV transition plan and infrastructure deployment plan.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Councilmember. Staff, have a staff report, please. Yes, good evening, Mayor and members of the council.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“THANK YOU, REV. TIM. COUNCILMAN BADOYA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. So as for my question, so essentially, I want to think about affordability. I think it's important for, you know, investing. We want to make sure that we're getting savings for our families. So I think that goes towards the investment grade audit. So in particular, it sounds like the places in which we could get the greatest savings that would trickle down to the Tracy families would most likely be things like the wastewater plant, these really large energy consuming facilities. So those types of things, it's really important that we go through the investment grade audit first, which…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. So with that, I would be in support of option three to receive the investment grade audit.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I appreciate it. So with regards to that component, we would have to go through the audit before you could give us the additional dollar amount and the potential savings. Is that correct?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“the investments that would potentially reduce costs for families. Those are the really large-scale ones, wastewater, not particularly City Hall or the Police Department.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“With regards to those strategies that would reduce costs for families, we would have to go to the investment grade audit.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Perfect. And that's related to option three?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. So that's what I'm going to support because I want to see what we can do to reduce costs for families. Now with regard to some of these other things, for the portable EV chargers, is the intention there to only have them available at legacy fields or would they be available for the general public?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, understood. So I think it sounds like there are some potential options that haven't been evaluated yet, including the Volt. I think we would like some additional information. With regards to option two, We're talking about the investment at Legacy Fields. However, this option two also talks about City Hall, Police Department, and Boyd Service Center. In order to not lose, in order for PG&E not to reduce the investment that they have made, what cost would we need to invest currently?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So in option two, there's a $3.6 million suboption and a $1.5 million suboption. We've already begun some infrastructure development. Which option makes it such that PG&E will not withdraw those investments or ask for reimbursements?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So the city would need to invest $3.6 million by the end of this year to ensure that PG&E doesn't request reimbursement?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. Okay. I think I would want more information to Council Member Nygaard's point about what would be the minimum that we would have to invest in order to not have PG&E request reimbursement. So I think we need a little more detail on that timeline and investment. Okay, those are my questions. Do we have any additional questions, not discussion? Fantastic. All right, we're gonna go out for public comment on this item. Do we have any members of public? And please see raised hands for who would like to speak on item 6B. I see two hands raised. That will be four minutes. Do we have any…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, with that, I'll go ahead and close out the public... portion period for item 6B and return to council for additional discussion.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Before we go further, I want to, can you clarify what you mean by incorporating it into what's going, the incorporation now? Can you elaborate on that?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Essentially, you just stated that if we were to proceed with option three, that you would incorporate something into the negotiation.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. With regards to my position, i agree with my colleagues that i think we would need the information from the audit prior to doing any large-scale investments with regards to this project my priority is what we can do to bring costs down for tracy residents and i think those are going to be those large-scale projects however i also want to make sure that the city has functionality and i understand that we have already purchased ev vehicles so i want to make sure those function and just sit in a parking lot so to your point about having the infrastructure be a part of that, that's…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay so I would reiterate so I essentially am I think we have consensus on supporting three to get the information however is it three and With regards to the purchase, the vehicles that the city's already purchased, I also have a really big concern that we are functioning. We need to make sure that we're utilizing these vehicles for daily use. So I would support the lowest cost option to ensure that our current EV fleets and those that are incoming soon will be functional. So I would support either the minimal cost of option one, which is $500,000, or THE VOLT OPPORTUNITY IF IT HAPPENS TO BE…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. So I would be moving to move forward with option three and either option one at $500,000 or the lesser of a rental opportunity. Second. Does that make sense? Yes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Good. Are there any additional questions?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So there is a motion on the table. My intention was to... rolled them in so that when we've selected the bid, that they can do the complete evaluation. However, in order to maintain functionality for the city, that we have the short term, either 500,000 or less, if there's a potential opportunity for RENTAL. THAT IS MY MOTION TO THE TABLE. IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026