Remarks by Dan Arriola
453 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 8 of 19
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City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay with that I'll go ahead and close the public comment period for item 6A. Before we have additional discussion I want to go ahead and ask staff. So we heard a question related to how does the prioritization become affected by the receipt of alternative funding sources? How does that change any particular plan?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Some of them are grants, some of them are state funding from state taxes. Every once in a while we can get funding. So how would that affect these plans if we get additional funding?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Understood. I have another question that will kind of go with that. So essentially, when there are particular funding opportunities, we reevaluate the priorities based on that economic opportunity to do additional work. I understand that. So I think the question that we have is, when we have additional funding that comes in, it sounds like the capacity we have to engage in the operations doesn't change. Is that correct? So essentially, if we got some, I think it was a hunk of ARPA funding, right?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, that's what it was. So we're utilizing that funding in lieu of public funding that we get locally as opposed to doing multiple simultaneous projects. So essentially it's a financial prioritization versus an expansion of in operations. Does that make sense? So do we ever consider expanding our potential operations or are we limited in capacity by staff capacity to do these particular projects in a certain way?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Head 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, Council Member. 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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“If you have the answers to those questions, you can respond now.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Patem. Council Member Bedoya, do you have anything?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. 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 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 will take…”
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 through 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 is 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. 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 going to go out for public comment on this item. Do we have any members of the public? 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. I just have one more question. Mayor Pro Temp, go ahead.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Before we go further, can you clarify what you mean by incorporating it into the incorporation now? Can you elaborate on that?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026