Remarks by Daniel 'Dan' Diaz
47 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Thank you for talking to the neighbors. I always tell developers with their ideas, be a good neighbor. Talk to them. Let them know what you can do. That way you won't get the opposition, and you can a lot of times also get their support. So thank you for doing that.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Another plus for me, I always talk about instead of our trash cans having to stop at 10 different residences, they can stop at one and knock it all out.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So they didn't get any projects last rotation?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Architectural services. One has an asterisk.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, just making sure. I know sometimes, depending on the list and the rank there, if there isn't enough projects, they don't get... I'll just make sure that they did work. Yes.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“37 is on there? 37 was not part of the list.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Are we okay with this? Last year we had 16.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Well, he added 37. That was one MEP we had from last year.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So you're going to amend your motion to add?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“On that, not everybody can do every project, right? Like the parking garage, for example. Not every project manager could handle that. So you'd have to go on to the next one?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So you're okay with that number of project managers?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“They've been very helpful. That was a $6 million project, so we had to go out for RFQ on that one.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Just going with staff recommendation. I'm sure they're going to explain a little bit.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Other questions? Ma'am, you said that you don't evaluate the information?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Did you hear that, Fern? We're lower than the... No new tax rate.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, sir. Right. And so just some comments. We had actually entire council, the mayor and council were here at noon. We had a budget work session. Another very important number, the taxes on homes, We always talk about it goes up as it goes up, and we always get all this money from land evaluation. We only got $259,000 added to our budget from last year's taxes. So not a lot of money was added to the budget yet. With the inflation, we know everything's more expensive from last year. The loss of all COVID monies, ARPA monies, we're talking millions that we got. That is not part of this budget.…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“All right. Next item on the agenda is the certification of public notice. Madam Secretary.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you. Gentlemen, thank you. Beautiful words from the head of our Veterans Committee. I'm not going to try and do better than that. I do want to ask the other veterans in the audience, please stand to be recognized at this time. Any other veterans? Thank you. Round of applause for those veterans. So today we're recognizing Purple Heart recipients, Purple Heart Day. And as a medic, nobody knows more what it means to receive a Purple Heart than a medic. Each one of you dealt with a medic upon your injury, upon your rehab. And so it is something very, very personal to me to…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I will mimic and follow that motion and recommendation by our council.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Tom, for the record, when's the last time that we adjusted our UDC?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Right, so just a few years ago. And when was the last time it was updated before then? About 20 years?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 5, 2026