Remarks by Dotty Nygard
100 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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“NEW SPEAKER AND, MAYOR, I REQUEST TO PULL 3L.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Director LaVelle, for your report. Is our city currently involved in the municipal energy audit and I believe that it's due to come back to us in August?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Correct. So is not the transit center included in this audit?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Because I'm still kind of a little baffled because, you know, if our transit center were to put, you know, solar with the appropriate battery storage, would this not – and that would run 24-7. One, you would reduce your energy costs from PG&E and not have the reliance on PG&E. Therefore, if a blackout were to occur, you already have the – THE CONFIRMATION TO HAVE ENERGY CONSISTENCY. SO WOULD THAT NOT ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR A BACKUP GENERATOR IF YOU HAD SOLAR WITH THE APPROPRIATE BATTERY STORAGE?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Wouldn't that be the purpose of putting solar on a building, to be able to bypass PG&E and to have your own independent power source?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Yeah. So what I'd like to request from council consensus is that we pause for a month to wait for the energy audit to come back to be able to have it reviewed before the council to see what our options are to look at being more energy efficient on our municipal buildings. and hope that we could just look at this next month after we review the energy audit and how we can have more energy independence from PG&E so that we would not have to actually be subject to the blackouts and the power outages that we actually see in our communities”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“But it doesn't necessarily mean that it could not be evaluated for the use of solar. on that building. I mean, any municipal building would be has an opportunity to look at whether or not it's capable of the construction makeup to have solar on their roofs or in their parking lot. So it's basically how are we looking at making sure we can have more resiliency against PG&E's power outages and have more independence to have our own power sources to supply power to our vital municipal structures.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Can I just ask how many cooling centers we have in our city?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“How many cooling centers are there in Tracy, designated cooling centers?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“We don't use the community center anymore?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“And we do have the library and the mall as well as two other backup cooling centers.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I would just like to request that we have council consensus on postponing this for a month to allow us to review the energy audit and to see where we may make other opportunities for energy savings and cost efficiency for the city.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I would like to bring it back after we're able to review the energy audit update that comes to us on the 18th to see if we have opportunity to utilize the transit center as a solar facility with battery backup.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“But just to clarify, Director Rajad, you just said for all Tracy facilities. So is it, is not the Transit Center a Tracy facility?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. That was kind of what I was going to clarify. Have we looked at what the cost would be to put solar on the transit as opposed to this generator, backup generator?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Does it take into consideration the long-term cost savings with your PG&E bill, as well as diesel fuel? Because you're going to be using diesel for this generator, and diesel continues to go up. So solar would actually eliminate both those long-term costs.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I think it would be. IT WOULD BE A VERY WISE DECISION TO ACTUALLY COMPARE BOTH, SINCE WE HAVEN'T REALLY COMPARED BOTH COSTS FOR THE BACKUP GENERATOR VERSUS SOLAR AND THE FULL COST SAVINGS TO OUR TAXPAYERS, HOW WE CAN, HOW CAN WE DECIDE ON THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR POWER OUTAGES.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Actually, Mayor, I have one question. Thank you. Just wondering if there would be any exception for families that come to visit during holiday time. Do we have anything as far as, you know, issuing maybe a special permit or would that have to be another discussion at a later time?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Before I vote, can I still make a, I have one last question. I know you jumped in really fast there. Go ahead.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Does this parking actually look at also, you know, the increased use of e-bikes and whatnot? Do we, are we taking into consideration e-bike parking at all in any of these newer shopping centers?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Okay. We can bring this back at a later time. Thank you.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Mayor, I just wanted to make a comment. Go ahead. I just wanted to, you know, thank you, Officer Garcia and... Chief Millington, for being so proactive in using the technology we need to be more visible, if that's a good word, to locate and be able to apprehend crime in progress. And I think that this is a true example of being able to use technology in real time to our best advantage. I just had one quick question. You answered a lot of what I was thinking of the data. What are the numbers that we're looking at that you have been able to apprehend, you know, suspects with the use of these…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you. And I just wanted to actually conclude by saying I'm surprised and grateful that Flock uses solar-powered cameras out there. So, again, I'm grateful that we are able to look at cost savings and not have to hardwire all these in because they do come with the solar capability. So, thank you again.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“This is only for less than 30-day rental? Correct. So just kind of curious, you know, you talk about construction workers or other professionals that come in for, you know, job opportunities here or job transfers, that, you know, what if it takes 90 days or whatever? Are these...”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I ALSO SUPPORT OPTION 4, AND I DO REALLY LIKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER EVANS HAS PUT FORWARD. SO, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION COME BACK.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026