Remarks by Dotty Nygard
100 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Thank you, Mayor. Wow, this is a lot of great, it's really an opportunity for, like you say, a good vision. I think all of us here do wanna make sure that our city can continue to grow but thrive. We need to make sure that we are allowing opportunity to stay upfront and available for all of our residents. So I wanna start with a question, because I think on that one slide that had the required guidelines. Every single one of those items is addressed in the CAP, a climate action plan. So I do want to ask, how important do you feel the climate action plan has a role in this update?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, ours, I will just say ours hasn't been updated since 2008, so I know that it does have a vital role into how some of the decisions on the general plan will be affected. So I do have two, I think, priorities for myself and my family in this community. I think... One is definitely transportation. Yes, my colleague has mentioned that yes, we're a a transit hub that reflects also we have a truck route map that we have to utilize in this city because we do have three corners of our city have truck access and do impact you know, many areas. So I think transportation connection, you know,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Great report. Thank you so much for all the information and for the updates. It's really great to see progress. I think for me, one of my main priorities is still our health access for Sutter to be able to work with Sutter to get a timeline together. You know, we've outgrown our small hospital here and it is really important that we continue that conversation on how we can expand services and I'm talking about in-hospital services for critical care beds. and for more critical care resources. So that's one of my priorities. Connectivity is still big for me. I still ride my…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm just going to just share that I really am grateful and thankful that we are at this moment to have this discussion. I think the Climate Action Plan is really a vital component to really address how we are required to meet a lot of our state goals and mandates. So, you know, it brings into a lot of that conversation, you know, land use, water, energy. And I think this, you know, and it plays a very integral part into our general plan. So I think the timing is, you know, beneficial that, you know, we can update this plan to allow the general plan to have even more, you know, opportunity to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“That was pretty much my vision, much that same model, what you guys did with the homelessness.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yes, I think you actually are very correct that, yeah, all of our departments are integrated into the CAP. So yes, it would be beneficial for all departments to have input in the planning. I do just have a question for our attorney. This current climate action plan that we have was drafted back in 2011, I believe. Do you know what the state is requiring for cities right now as far as a current climate action plan?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you for that clarifying. No, I just said thank you for the clarification there.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Can I clarify because I did ask that question and I did actually respond to say that ours was not updated. So that I think is the key comment here. Ours has not been updated since 2011. I think she was assuming we had a current plan, you work You know, this does come into the plan down the road, but we don't have a current plan. And that is why it's going to be really vital to get it, because it's going to take time to update the climate action plan. And so when they do need it, that it's readily available, that it's an updated plan. So, and I do believe that we have a deadline too with the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I like that idea. I really do. I would agree that ad hoc is most realistic, but do like the suggestion of a member from the districts.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I just have a question on as far as the two-member council. Do they, you take into consideration their districts or are they separate districts?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“What about an option of having the two-member council, but having public input, having meetings in the public and taking in public input?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I agree. I would like to model after something that has been effective and successful.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I would be interested. Thank you, Mayor.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
- Play at 3:25:39
“Can I ask a question? Will you incorporate also, you know, the bills that, you know, there's SB 54 and then there's also 34 that actually do require our state not to share info. So will you incorporate that information too to be public?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Yeah, I think it would be nice to allow them to have an exercise area right there. I think they depend on a lot of volunteers to come in and actually walk dogs, but I think actually having a space where they can actually really get out and run. Okay, my second ask tonight is a topic that is very much out there and something we have not dealt with yet, and that is data centers. So in the same type of seriousness, you know, I know that our county just asked for You know This topic to be discussed and how they want to address it I too think it's time for us as a council and I hope I…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Correct. Okay. So that we have time to actually develop what do we want to address on this topic.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'm kind of neutral on this. I didn't run for this position for money either, but I will go with the consensus of the dais because I do want to make sure that we all feel that we do hold some value up here. And I commend all of us this last 18 months of the collaboration that we have been able to have on this dais and the work we have been able to accomplish. and I look forward to many more months ahead. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to actually address the urban forest management plan. I was actually on the Environmental Commission back in October of 2023 when this was actually approved at the Commission. I do not believe it has come back to staff, to Council. So I would like to see if we could have it return, support to have that brought back, and then to have a presentation so this council will know what the urban forest management plan actually curtails.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Also, I just wanted to, I attended this weekend the car show. Congratulations to the organizers of that event. I think Tika was involved. Great attendance. It was just packed. So it was really exciting to see kind of that flair, the Bean Festival flair come back. Just everybody downtown, beautiful weather, lots of families. So just congratulations and kudos to all of the organizers that put in for that. But I wanted to bring an important issue that is still prominent in our downtown streets as well as in the city of Tracy. And that's I would really like to have a…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“And then also, one of the items that we had in our consent calendar was, you know, about stormwater basins. And I would really love to see if we could bring this item back for discussion on how we could actually have a discussion on, one, more multi-use of our storm basins, possibly recreation areas, but more importantly, how we can capture that stormwater possibly for other, you know, maybe our purple pipe. I think it would be a really good discussion to see what we could do to improve the use of our storm basins.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Third. Thank you very much. And last, I love Interfaith and the amount of just the diligent work they do to help meet the food need in our community. Because of the track construction, they utilize Ritter Park as their receiving space for, I think there's hundreds of clients that actually go through on a daily basis. They utilize the residential area to go across and into to go to Parker. Um, I live on that street and I've had many of my neighbors come to say how, um, how, how, how cars are speeding. We did have PD actually have a, um, a, uh, those, um, traffic where they measure your speed,…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you for the report. I had just some clarifying questions on page three, your... your pavement rehab prioritization. So you have the seven zones. So this is your residential zone map, correct? This is the priority is outlined on in that box that shows what year that then that zone will be paved. Is that how you read it?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Slide five, page three. Oh, I'm sorry. Yes. Sorry. Page three in our book. But yes, slide five actually has the diagram of your seven areas in the zones. And then the little box refers to the year. Is that the year that it would be the pavement rehab would take place?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“because I'm a little confused because then slide 13 you have an action plan and then it does say on the first bullet point that end of 2026 complete the design CIP for zone 7. so did I'm just kind of confused on does zone 7 then fall under the end of 2026 or under what slide 5 shows in the table”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026