Remarks by Dani Madrone
34 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 5:48
“Yeah, I just want to say welcome. It's been an open position for a long time. And there's a lot of work to be done, as you've probably heard drinking from that fire hose. We have some really big goals as a city. We have some really big challenges. But we also have a lot of political will and ambition around this. You know, you probably have heard some of the history, but we were the first city in the state of Washington to legalize middle housing across the board. We're often on the leading edge of a lot of issues, and I think that's where we'd like to stay. So glad to have you aboard and on…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:00:17
“All right. Of course I got something to say. Um, I really, really appreciate this update. Um, actually let me back up a bit and say, I really, really appreciate ecology taking leadership on this issue. Um, you know, the folks at department of enterprise services got it as far as, as I think they could, but really this is a huge habitat and environmental restoration project. And so, you know, I, I really believe that ecology is a really great place for this to live. So I really want to thank you guys for pulling together and say okay we're doing this now, and you know I see you guys out there…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:03:01
“phasing, and so I see that broken out here, and I mean I know that was part of the proviso language also is like, how are you going to do this in phases, so that it's like more. Manageable bite-sized chunks large bites still but you know So is that is that part of the is that tied to the funding strategy like okay? We're gonna go after this part of the project with this fund and are you doing like some matchmaking around that?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:04:38
“This issue is a very long time coming for our community and we've gotten to the point where I just see people casually talking about how cool this is, and even the lake drying down this past week, people are like, that's kind of what it's going to look like. It'll look very different. We all know that. But people are really, really excited about this. So thanks again for your work.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:34:19
“Thank you. I have a question just looking at the areas where, I mean, I, my eyes certainly drew to police over time versus what we've budgeted. And it, I mean, it looks like we're going to exceed what we've budgeted for police over time. But the question I have is we also budgeted for positions that are currently vacant. And so, um, I'm curious, I mean, if you've dug in there to be like, okay, well, we don't want people working over time because that exhausts them. And you know, it's, it's, uh, it's not the best position for them to be in. That being said, what we've budgeted for vacant…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:35:22
“Yeah, absolutely. I'm thinking about, like, what is the other information behind this other than the dollar signs? I'm seeing impact on people right there.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:42:34
“This is super cool. And I can feel your excitement. It's like you're showing off your new toys. I love it. It's really, really great to have this kind of a visual. And one question I have before I get to answering Councilmember Gilman's question is, you know, so on the main screen there, you know, it shows we're in the red for something, but we're not worried about it because we're mid-year and we expect that revenue is going to catch up to those expenses. We had big expenses early in the year. What is the indicator if somebody is looking at this to know that it's red, but it's serious? Are…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 1:45:03
“Okay, but what I'm hearing there is that, so I do not have 20-20 vision, like it's good enough, but like I can't read that. So, but what I'm hearing there is in the narrative there, it kind of explains what we're seeing in these numbers here that would give the average person, you know, as they look at that, some assurance that yeah we see that it's red we're watching it closely and here's why okay correct and we'll change these notes each month and that's why i wanted to point out i think it's really important when the page loads it's like that that you look at them okay great that that…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
- Play at 2:06:40
“I just want to thank you for mentioning the food bank event. That was a good one, the annual breakfast. And I was very pleased to speak at that. And then as a result of that, I got an invitation to be one of the elected officials to judge the berry pie contest at the county fair this weekend. I'm so excited. I told her I have been waiting my whole career as an elected official to be invited to some kind of baked good judging contest. So excited for that.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026