Remarks by Dr. Amanda Weinstein
27 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I would just like to say thank you to everyone who showed up to voice your concerns or your support, whether it was here tonight or in emails or you took the time and met with me. I just want to say I appreciate hearing all of it, positive, negative, indifferent. I appreciate your feedback and will incorporate that. And We'll see more later when the agenda comes up, item comes up about the Canterbury Meadows development. I do take the resident concerns seriously and I think it's really important to get the chance to really understand your concerns. I also want to say on the adopt-a-spot…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I would just like to say that I appreciate all of the kind of back and forth in discussing this legislation, hearing from a number of residents, one tonight. It seems that allowing for a short distance, a quarter mile, or a low speed vehicle to travel on that road would permit, especially neighborhoods that are very close, and as we heard, just a very short distance on that road, for them to reach downtown and some different areas. I know we've heard from or I've heard from Chief Tabak that I do understand that there are some concerns with police actually enforcing this. And I think there's a…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Just a clarification or question for President Byrd. I'm assuming that this kind of frees up the language that was in there before regarding tires to make sure that it's a little bit easier to get tires appropriate for the vehicle.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'll just reiterate that I appreciate hearing from all of the residents who had varying opinions and also all the council members. I appreciate the discussion. If anyone looks at the attachments and sees all the attachments, there's been a very, I would say, robust discussion on differing opinions with this legislation, and I appreciate everyone working through that constructively and getting to this point.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I would not like to postpone. I think it's pretty clear that we have, even from the workshop and other meetings, that we frankly disagree on a lot of this. We have different views. I have not seen much movement from any of the counselors here or not, and I think this is a pretty good compromise, and I think this is a pretty good piece of legislation where I think if we all had our druthers and wrote it exactly as we like it, it might look different than this. But I think I see a little bit of every member in this legislation. I think it's a nice piece of compromise. I'd like to make a…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'd like to move to postpone resolution number 26-118 to a date certain of November 17th.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Just to clarify, so if I rescind it and we can discuss, then I can still bring the motion back up, whatever the discussion is, and then we can still move it? Yes, that's correct. I'll rescind it.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll just kind of piggyback on that and say I have also been taking this time other than meeting with residents to make sure that I understand the concerns that Residents have to also look at our land development code. I think it's already been mentioned Once tonight some of the inconsistencies with our land development code. I have seen those inconsistencies myself and I Whatever happens here, I do wanna make sure that we do a deep dive on the Land Development Code specifically regarding this rural residential area to make sure that we shore up those inconsistencies and understand what…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'd like to now move to postpone resolution number 26-118 to a date certain of Tuesday, November 17th, 2026.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I just want to say thank you for all of the work that you have done over the years. I know I've gotten to go on the walks and see you there. I love seeing all of the good works that comes from the Mighty Vincent Project. And it is a real honor that that is in our community and spreading that love and kindness that you do. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll just say you all have done so much good work in Hudson. I do have a favorite. When my oldest was an infant, I was very afraid to take her in a pool and I didn't want to. And my husband said he wanted to run for council. And I said, I want a splash pad. And he made that campaign promise to me and had no idea how he was going to keep that campaign promise. worked with the city manager. He said, go talk to Kiwanis. They love the ideas you all were in. And he was very excited when that splash pad had that groundbreaking. So my family, whenever we see it, we think of that and we love the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So you showed that table, and you don't need to bring it back up, that shows examples of how the open space conservation subdivision compels better designs. And you talked about things about how it requires open space and it has larger setbacks. And can you just talk about that? So in our code, that is conditional use, is that correct? And then the other use, which would be not the open space conservation, is a use by right. So what would that mean if it doesn't get approved to do this open space conservation and resorts to the other one, which is a use by right? What does that essentially do…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm just wondering if you could clarify, um, especially for the audience, what's the difference between a permitted or a use by right and a conditional use and between those two examples.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Um, yeah, I'll just, uh, read it earlier with present bird said, um, I'll just be clear that there's no donation that has any bearing on how I vote on this matter or any other matter. I will base my vote on the merits of this settlement, what our land development code outlines and what I've heard, um, residents like you all, uh, say tonight. Uh, I also appreciate you coming here. I appreciate you. hearing your perspectives, hearing your concerns. I think that we have worked really hard to prove that we value what residents say and are listening to residents and we will absolutely take your…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Sorry, I'm making you get some steps in. Sir, I'm just wondering if you could answer or talk a little bit to, you mentioned that our code has significant inconsistencies and there's too much discretion and inconsistency with the Planning Commission. Can you mention some specifics about that, if you can? And also, why are you asking for the process that you are, rather than why does your client not want to go back to the Planning Commission?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So I'm wondering if in asking for this or working through this settlement, did you review our processes and the authority of council to actually make this settlement?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I was at the Greys on the Green today. I got to see a lot of residents out there today. It was very nice to have that meetup, and I heard from a couple residents that they really enjoyed it and would like to see it continue. Just a reminder, the Hired in Hudson is tomorrow, 9 to 3 at City Hall on Tareks, a great way to connect with local Hudson businesses. I was also at the Planning Commission meeting last night. They discussed interest in collaborating with the Environmental Awareness Committee on the work regarding ecologically valuable land. I thought that would be a good mashup between…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The Veterans Commission met last week, and just a reminder, sorry to steal anyone's thunder here, but the stair climb is on 9-11 this Friday. It starts at 8 with a ceremony, and then the stair climb is after. You can still register for it. You can go online and register to attend. And it's at the Hudson High School Memorial Stadium.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Um, I, I like having all the options, um, and you already mentioned working with the school. So I think that's really important. Um, and I think the other thing that, um, Tom mentioned is just, what does it look like to make that road up to snuff for what they would want to see? Like cost. Yeah. Yep.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I like the townhomes on the parking lot food hall side because the scale seems to match. I know that the Owen Brown residents want that feel to continue, but it's not gonna feel like Owen Brown when you see a parking lot and you see a food hall, it's gonna feel different. But I do really like the single family homes that go up Morse. To me, I feel like that connects the Owen Brown neighborhood up north to the residences that are up north on Morse Road. And it continues that neighborhood north rather than thinking the neighborhood continues in a straight line west. So I would rather have those…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Oh, I was just going to flag. I know the planning commission flagged zoning for a market hall. My understanding is if it's not zoned specifically for a market hall and you do have separate vendors, they would just have to come forward each with separate applications or something. So it still could go forward, but it might be a little bit of a hassle where if it's zoned specifically for a market hall, it just makes it easier that it's kind of. Can we also start getting what it looks like to define a market hall in our code?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm fine with making it 74. I mean, I'm also not going to be that picky on the exact numbers. The Planning Commission is going to have opinions on a concept plan. So I expect this to change. I think it's, you know, they're going to have thoughts. So I'm not going to be too picky on the exact numbers. So I'm fine going with a max of 74. And then, I mean, that in that concept plan is just the initial and then after that you still have the initial and then you also have the final. And in between there you need a developer. So in between the concept and initial it's also gonna look different. In…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'll say the course is very well maintained and it's a beautiful course. So keep on doing whatever you're doing.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I just want to start off by thanking all the residents who showed up to provide input. I appreciate hearing the input from residents, and we take note of that input. I was at a planning commission meeting, a special executive meeting that was held last night with the city. It was with the planning commission members and the city solicitor to be briefed on the Ravenna development settlement issue. I am the liaison for the Planning Commission, and I would just like to say, I will hold comments until we discuss this more officially, but I would just like to say that it is a…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026