Remarks by Diosdado Matulac
207 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 9
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“I said reconvene. Do I need to use the word reopen? No, that's okay. Okay, thank you. That's fine. Thank you. So, yes, I believe I did already reconvene the regular city council meeting after officially closing the closed session, and so... 9C, so... Manny, please start the two-minute clock. Anyone wishing to address the council on this item both in person or virtually must either sign up using the electronic kiosk located in the back of the council chambers or raise their hand virtually by the end of the two-minute clock. Anyone signing up to speak or raising their hand virtually after the…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that, and I see Chief Todd ready to do his presentation.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that, Chief Ta. Are there any initial questions from council? Council Member Leijon.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other questions from council members on this item? So I will kind of piggyback onto what Council Member Matias said is that as much as So to the, I don't know if it's even a transparency point of going through the exercise of us looking through what our general fund budget is, and if we take this from that, can we do the kabuki math that works to make it work? And so I look at this more of as a, Either way, we're either drinking castor oil or drinking olive oil. Either one is not going to be fun. It's not going to be fun. But we've got to drink something to make this work. And so the…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“GO AHEAD AND CALL THAT PERSON, AND HOPEFULLY THE PERSON THAT'S STANDING OUTSIDE THAT WAS SIGNED UP CAN COME BACK IN. OKAY, PERFECT.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other speakers that have signed up are virtually?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So with that said, I'll go ahead and close the public forum portion of it and return it back to the Council. Are there any follow-up questions or comments at this point? Council Member Ortiz?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“ANY OTHER FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER LEGISLEUX?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And just to close out to make sure we've done our full due diligence, I know we've tapped out. Are we tapped out on the Monsanto funds?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And so that can be part of that formula equation. So similar to how, and to Council Member Matias' point, so two years, or a year and a half ago, we approved a million dollars for the security cameras, but $300,000 of that was for the GVRD fund that we were having a hard time spending is any of that fun cuz I know because at some point it was just sitting there and we didn't spend it so and so we won't get any support or we were having a hard time coordinating that with GVRD is any of that funding available so the GVRD money I think BECAUSE THAT CAME BACK TO US AND WE APPROVED IT TO MOVE…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And so, yeah, so with that response, it's a potential possibility. I mean, I'm throwing out there the idea that right now the motion or what's on the agenda says it's coming out of Measure P is there can be a caveat is that we identify the $225,000 plus any other additional, that potential $300,000, are we able to throw that? And this is, once again, this is step one of two on this. So if we, by the time that this comes back at our next meeting, if we're able to identify that, are we able to, in the step two of two process, get that funding appropriated to this?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Understood. And this is where it's money that have once again been earmarked.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I think, once again, I think this is the, we can move it forward this time, but with the understanding that if there's the funding available through another source, like what we've all talked about here, that can be from a different pot than other than Measure P, I would like to think we can use that avenue to utilize that.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Correct. Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you for that. Any other questions or last second comments?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And so how would we, so to be technical, how would we do that if we do find this additional funding that could exclude Measure P? Because it sounds like we would need to know where that funding is from right now.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah. And then... Can we generically say or alternative resources or alternative funding?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Manny, could you please start the clock, two minute clock? Anyone wishing to address the council on this item, which is gonna be item 9D, in person or virtually must either sign up using the electronic kiosk located in the back of the council chambers or raise their hand virtually by the end of the two minute clock. Anyone signing up to speak or raising their hand virtually after the end of the two minute clock will not be recognized. City Clerk Abrahamson, can you please read item 9D?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that. And kind of to cut to the chase on this similar one, it sounds like we would be able to do the same similar type of motion on this. But we would have to, since we identified Monsanto for the last one, which it sounds like we tap out, we would have to identify the...”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you, and Chief Todd, do we have a brief presentation?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any questions from council? Any questions? Seeing none, Manny, do we have any speakers in person?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. Manny, do we have any virtual speakers on this item?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other last second speakers? Seeing none, I'm going to go ahead and close the public hearing portion of it and bring it back to the council for any questions or comments. Council Member Letijoux.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any other questions, comments from Council? Council Member Gordon.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF OUR ACTION ITEMS. for our action items. And then going back to our closed, I'm sorry, consent calendar items, I believe when we did a quick survey, I think our city attorney identified item K as the one that most people wanted to speak to. And with that being said, I think are we, we as a council, are we willing to move with item K? and seeing how it's just about midnight and then tabling the rest of the consent calendar items.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So we'll figure out item K and then we'll look at the time and go from there. Let's see, go back here. So City Clerk Abrahamson, can you read item 8.5, previously 8K?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026