Remarks by Dontae Payne
111 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Stacey, I just want to mention also on your point about sweeping encampments. So that would make us an eligible participant in the encampment resolution program if we just swept the jungle, correct?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Chief Parker. Your first question will come from Councilmember Green.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Um, additional questions. Um, chief, I was wondering if you could speak to, um, so. Some of this is a unique approach for the jungle, um, and this particular, uh, transition planning. Um, but our officers have also been involved in other encampment closures. So can you speak to that a little bit about how that has looked, um, and what we've already done?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. And I know that some of that is sort of, you know, I can kind of hear the comments now in my head, right? Well, why did you wait until now to have a proactive approach here? And I know that some of the, there are challenges specifically with the jungle. And I was wondering if maybe you could shed some light on that without obviously tipping too much towards the scale of providing intel.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Chief. And I was wondering if you know, if the department, as they spend more time there, some of the things that you all will come to know at the operational level, can you speak a little bit to how maybe some of those things could or might make its way back to us on council? If you become aware of any new particular challenges that you might face and how you might need to come to us for any given reason. Who knows what that might be. But could you speak to you know maybe how you would handle such a process.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Sure. Well, thank you, Chief. I know that this is something that... In light of recent events, we can see that community members are very concerned about the kinds of activity that's happening at the jungle as we on council share those concerns as well. We appreciate this quick pivot to another approach because the status quo is not acceptable in terms of what's been happening there in terms of violent crime and and other sorts of illicit and illegal activity in the encampment. And we know that, unfortunately, so many of the people that are there are sort of painted with this very wide brush,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Are there any additional questions from Council? Council Member Barrett.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Councilmember Barron. Stacey, I wanted to know if you could expand on. So you mentioned the other smaller encampments that have been identified. But what is the city's process? Because this question gets asked a lot. Well, what happens when you close the encampment? You may not provide housing to every single person there. where do they end up going, and what is the process if you start to see another encampment? I think there's a lot of fear and concern that we could have another situation like this on our hands. And given the amount of time that it's going to take to eventually…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right. Yes, Council Member Vanderbilt. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Stacey. And thank you to you and our staff and the entire regional team that is working on this effort. We appreciate it. And we look forward to more regular updates as we make progress to eventually close the encampment. So thank you so much. All right so that concludes our update on the jungle encampment for this evening we're going to move on to our final agenda item on. For tonight, which is item 6 B and that is the pilot program for temporary use of vehicles for habitation discussion which will be led by our community development director Tim Smith.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you very much, Tim. Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Additional comments. City Manager Burney.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And my understanding is that property owners will be notified of all of those various processes, perhaps even the fact that they might have to do legal consultation and all of that. Okay. My question for you is we're calling this a pilot program. And so the permits are good for six months with the ability to renew or extend. So my question is how long do we intend to see this as a pilot program before we consider it just policy and practice for the city?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, great. Well, thank you very much, Tim. I think Mayor Pro Tem spoke at the top about the responsiveness to public comment is much appreciated. And we know that this is one more way to provide a stable living for people who need it. And this gives our city manager that ability to be able to do that. have that flexibility and some very strenuous times specifically around housing and homelessness and I'm glad that we're able to have your department really lead the way and sort of implement this and also enforce the pilot program and we appreciate that so look forward to maybe you…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Questions or comments for Council Member Barron? All right. Seeing none, Council Member Green.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Questions or comments for the Mayor Pro Tem? All right. Council Member Vanderpool.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Questions or comments for Council Member Vanderbilt? Seeing none. Before I go to our city manager, I just thought of something that I want to give a shout out for, and that is to Good Day Seattle. So I was very pleased to participate in an interview for a series of episodes of Zip Trips where they featured the city of Olympia for an entire episode, and it was great to see them out. get to engage with them, get to see the turnout from our community, which was great. And it was a wonderful day. I was on cloud nine for the rest of the day after participating in that. And so I just…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Deja vu all over again. All right. Any questions or comments for the city manager? All right. Seeing none. All right. Well, that concludes the reports. So with no further business before the Olympia City Council tonight, we're adjourned.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Good evening, and welcome to the Tuesday, August 18, 2026 study session of the Olympia City Council. For the record, we have a quorum with all council members present tonight. We have just one business item on our agenda for this evening, and it is the waste resources briefing and discussion. And that discussion and presentation will be led by our Public Works Director, Mark Russell. And I'll turn it over to you, Mark.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Green followed by Mayor Pro Tem Wynn.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So we have two questions in the queue. The first is from Council Member Madrone, followed by Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Related to this. Okay. Mayor Pro Tem, the city manager has a relevant point. All right. City Manager Pernick. Thank you, Mayor Pro Tem.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, we have questions from Mayor Pro Tem Nguyen, followed by Council Member Vanderpool.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Mm-hmm. Thank you. Council Member Vanderpool, followed by Council Member Green, followed by Council Member Madron.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. All right, Councilmember Green, followed by Councilmember Madron.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026