Remarks by Doug Weiss
427 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 18
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“Well, I haven't heard a second yet, so I don't know.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, now I've got a motion and a second on your amended... Sure, let's have a discussion and further discussion.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“But yeah, where interests align, I think it goes to Melody. I think your comment of how do we, where it's subjective, how do we decide if it's in alignment, that's the only reason it would bother me being there, but it doesn't feel scary. The only reason I don't have a problem with it is because it says,”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'm adding Buda, North Richland Hills, Marlin, Texas.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That brings us to item 6D, discuss and consider action regarding creation of a temporary compliance policy for qualified nonprofits that provide essential basic needs services. This was a council-raised item, I believe, Cesar and Jonathan. Do you want to discuss this one?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I want to, honestly, and this is my challenge with the proposal. that any accommodation for one is an imposition on another. I'm coming. And this is the challenge I have. I think it was a year ago this week that I got a message saying, hey, how can we get a variance? I said, don't. don't upset your neighbors. Because anything we do is going to be complaint driven. It's largely going to be complaint driven. So in this scenario, if we went through and had to shut someone down for operating a business in an area they weren't zoned, it wasn't because we said they needed to pull a permit. It's…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Well, from what I've been seeing, it seems as though there's operations occurring at other locations already. So I also want to make sure if this is still necessary and relevant or if other solutions have already been established. Well, I saw that. They're posting that on social media and everything.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right. The time is 8.13. We are adjourning to executive session.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, the time is 8.30. We have returned from executive session, and no action was taken. items at this time I will move to item 6e 6e is to discuss and consider action regarding building height restrictions applicable buildings including places of worship I asked for this to be on the agenda due to an item that was also in front of the Board of Adjustment they received a variance there so I don't believe this is necessarily relevant to talk about.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So that motion passes. That has to be voted on. Unanimously. All right, 6G. That brings us to 6G, discussing consideration regarding council member information access policy update. Any questions on this item? Sure, let's get a copy.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And that is a weekly allocation, not an agenda-based allocation. We've got three weeks. It's a fifth Tuesday coming up next week. So we've got three weeks between this and the next council meeting. So it's three times the time.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“We chose this job. I mean, the voters chose us, but I was smart enough to get elected, but I was dumb enough to run for office. So yeah, we chose this job. We have a responsibility to seek out that information. We have a responsibility to learn. We have a responsibility to do as much as we can. uh and if we don't have enough information when an item comes up on the agenda we can we can seek to understand at that point in time or if four of us agree that there's not enough information to make that decision then we postpone which has happened now and and it has happened it's happened”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Rarely, but often. And I want to be clear because that's the thing. If we have... Once a month.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Regularly. Yeah, regularly. How about regularly?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“But if we... We need to recognize that there needs to be enough information for a majority to come to a conclusion. And if there is not enough information for a majority to come to a conclusion, then it needs to be postponed. And if one or two of us think that way, then they need to convince the rest of us that that is the scenario.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“If you don't have that information, how can you know that you don't have that information? So, here's the question.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That's the law for the agenda, not the packet.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“you know there's only two paths an existing document goes to the city secretary other things go through that allocation process it's just those two streams well one it may not be i think i think you're asking for an option well i think you're looking for an option that is an exemption from from the hour that's what you're asking for well i want to define what is what's qualified within the hour”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I mean, in a few moments, we will have item 5E that was pulled from the consent agenda. In the agenda review, I can tell you, we said, well, make sure we have a map for that. I mean, it still got pulled, so we'll see what happened there, but we made sure we had the map. We made sure we had the frequently asked requests represented in the package.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And I got a second. Quick further discussion?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I'm gonna disagree with you on that one because you're gonna have different questions. You're gonna have those same questions and then you're probably gonna add to that list and you're gonna have to prioritize. I can't assume that everything you submitted two weeks ago floats to the top of the list and the new ones go to the bottom because you probably want some of those new ones answered more quickly than the others. So I think you really need to submit a prioritized list.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Prioritize. So I believe we've got a... So we had a motion in a second. I'm going to ask it. It sounded like we had a friendly amendment for... FRIDAYS. IT'S OKAY. YOU HAVE EXTRA QUESTIONS.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“SO PUSHING THE DEADLINES UP INSTEAD OF PUSHING THE DELIVERY BACK. OKAY. WILL YOU ACCEPT THAT? ABSOLUTELY. KIM? YES. ALL RIGHT. SO I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOPE.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026