Remarks by Dan Doering
24 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 20:58
“Just for the sake of understanding, how are you defining affordable housing on this slide? What's the price point?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 38:47
“In the legislation that you were quoting earlier, I noticed that you made very specific to say large corporation ownership. How do they define large corporation?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 56:17
“Council Member Doering. I really like what Councilmember Miller and Councilmember Keene have been talking about in terms of escalating a fee structure, more corporate ownership, generation of funds. I would consider another use of those funds to be an investment in the First Homes program. uh that will create more home ownership based off higher fees for it for this but i'd also be interested um i would love to know the number of um units single-family units managed by a management company versus private ownership i think total yeah okay lower percentages right like”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 57:17
“Yeah, and then how are those management companies regulated?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 57:31
“In terms of repairs to units or escalation of rent charges, things like that, that's the kind of feedback I hear about rental units, especially those managed by larger rental management organizations, is that they're not as responsive to the needs of the residents as maybe a single owner occupancy. So I'm kind of curious about if there's ways that we can improve that, whether through regulation or, yeah, through punitive means.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:24:05
“I was going to go down the same path as Councilmember Keene in terms of suspending licenses. In terms of policy options, I believe the absolute minimum we should be doing is requiring hosting platforms to include rental license information. I AM INTERESTED IN THE OTHER THINGS THAT MY COUNCIL, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES HAVE SUGGESTED IN TERMS OF OTHER IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROGRAM. I HAVE HEARD EXPERIENCES MUCH VERY SIMILAR TO MAYOR NORTON'S IN TERMS OF PEOPLE BEING CONCERNED THAT THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TURNING IN TO JUST THESE collection of short-term rental units and the…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:36:03
“I am not interested in changing current policy at all for a lot of the reasons we talked about, short-term rentals and other rental units, the effect that it will have on the neighborhood. Do we have any idea how many undocumented ADUs exist in the city?”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:36:26
“Okay, because I hear reports about those more than I hear about an interest about actually going through the process to have a accessory dwelling documented and licensed in the city. So I would love to have a conversation about that with you sometime. Mayor Norton.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:06:51
“Yeah, to build on what Councilmember Keene said, I think you did an exceptional job this evening of stating the case, beginning forward of really indicating that for everyone to succeed or everyone to be able to go where they need to go, we do need to shift modes. I do not hear a lot of the same, a lot of the feedback. I would guess that same feedback that those who are closer to the downtown core here living in Ward 6. And what I would do is emphasize that other busy destinations part in that problem statement. I do hear from from members or from constituents in my ward that they would like…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 2:39:01
“Yeah, in the implementation strategies, I'm going to chime in as well about Lime Scooter data. I'm more interested in actual usage and where that usage is concentrated or what that usage is leading to. So are folks using that as an actual tangible way to commute to and from work? Or are they just a recreational amenity? Because that's a decision point for me, to be completely honest. It is a lower cost commuting option for some folks. And I would be hesitant to make any decision to eliminate Lime Scooters in this community if folks are using them to get to work. If it is a larger recreational…”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 53:12
“Council President, I have a clarifying question to ask about acronyms being used. Okay. So I have better understanding. What does AGL mean? Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:09:24
“I have a follow-up to Council President's follow-up from Council Member Walz. The unscheduled flights, I appreciate the description of those unscheduled flights, student flyers, all that kind of stuff. What are the kinds of weather conditions when those student flyers choose to fly? Are they the favorable conditions that were described by the blaster in this case? Or do they go up when...”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:26:43
“Yeah, just one more question about a perceived discrepancy between the resolution and what we were told by Barr and the group coming forward. In the cover page for this item, it says community development, Rochester Airport, note the high degree of coordination, very significant possibility that flight operations of RST RST may need to be suspended before and after blasting activity, and I am making an assumption that that is based, and that's what's informing one of the whereases in the resolution that we're being asked to pass, where it says the continuing land use would require the use of…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:27:56
“So, but then what can I ask one more follow up? Go ahead. So then what I understood is that in an operational agreement, we could limit that amount of blasting activity. That's correct. Okay. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:37:46
“Just I do not plan to support the motion as it's made right now as well for very similar reasons to Council Member Wall. So I appreciate his efforts to express that much more eloquently than I can.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:46:50
“Could I ask Community Development to tell us what that information you heard is so we can make sure that we're all on the same page?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 2:13:28
“Just for clarification, this is a process question. We heard in our open comment period tonight that this was brought forward in reports and recommendations and there was a disappointment that there wasn't public comment. That public comment can happen at that December 7th meeting, correct?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 2:14:15
“And is this year's process divergent from processes we've used in the past?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:35:38
“If we want to make an amendment to the supplementary budget, how do we do that?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:35:48
“I anticipate that I will be making about a $100,000 ask for the Any Path Home Initiative as we look at future programmatic efforts or possible staffing of a community engagement professional for the neighborhoods surrounding our home. our homeless shelter network. So I would like to have that discussion at the next meeting. We can show what the implications of that might be. That would be great, thank you.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:59:07
“And this might be an antidotal question as well, but it seems like this summer we had more cool places to be days than typically are normal. And what's a revenue loss for one of those days? Because that might be easier to measure.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 1:59:53
“So we still charge someone if they're going to use the bus to commute. You ask specifically, the driver asks specifically.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 2:44:54
“Just for clarification, are those representative organizations or is that the exhaustive list of organizations?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
- Play at 2:53:02
“Yeah, I wanted to make sure I address the three questions you put on your last slide. I like the prioritized economic mobility areas if I'm reading those on slide 19 of your presentation. Focus area one, career pathway access barriers and household stability barriers. I would love to see some in-depth work in the trades. Uh, what that means for folks and economic stability and long term career pathways. I'm fascinated by the work of of equity across our, our economic space. So I know that we kind of glossed over for lack of time over the, the racial slide in here. I'm interested in a more…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026