Remarks by Dr. Michael Bird
87 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Okay. Thanks, Brad. Next is five. A PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR THE OCTOBER 6, 2026 COUNCIL MEETING. 5A IS 26-113, ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 478 OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. MY MEMO OR MY AMENDMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY LEGAL AND WILL BE UPLOADED. JUST SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES THAT ALIGN MOSTLY WITH WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY DISCUSSED BY COUNSELOR SUTTON AND CHIEF TABEK. I WOULD NOTE THAT WE DID HEAR FROM SOME FAMILIES THAT WERE INTERESTED IN DRIVING AROUND AND THERE WAS SOME FAMILY CAME UP WITH WHAT APPEARED TO ME LIKE SMALL CHILDREN AND I THINK THAT ALL THE AMENDMENTS THAT…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That is in my amendment and that is in what Chief Tabak originally presented. They are permitted in Sutton's amendment.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Comments or questions? Yeah, so my amendment, again, aligning what the chief of police was recommending, and I think in a situation like this, we really need to defer to the expertise of those safety forces that we have. I don't like the idea of speed differentials on roads. So I don't want under speed vehicles that go 15 miles an hour that go on 25 mile an hour roads. I think that is one risk for injuries. Those smaller under speed vehicles even have less limited occupant protection you know hardened zones they're more prone to ejection and rollover so mine was again like the chief of police…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“That's something we can certainly look at, and I can add to that before.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All right, thank you Perry. All right, next up is 5B26-118, resolution authorizing a settlement of the Prestige Builder Group LLC versus City of Hudson lawsuit and related claims surrounding the Canterbury Meadows development. This is planned for a third reading on October 6th.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I think we're going to have discussion. Thank you for bringing that up.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So we'll get clarification as to the public hearing issue. When does that need to happen? If it goes to what, when, and then that piece about is there any cons to this? What are the risks to doing the delay?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Grab Skyler, yes. And then one other suggestion is, Tom, the staff info fact sheet that was created that's been put out on the web, can we... Add it to the agenda of council. Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Good news of the word flummoxed. Yeah. Okay, next is C26-124. Begins the bond stuff, right? Bonds and notes. Okay. Ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of 740,000 of taxable economic development, non-tax revenue bonds, anticipatory notes, and anticipation of the issuance of bonds for the purpose of paying costs and acquiring approximately 4.0 acres of real property located near the southwest corner of Owen Brown Street and Morse Road. Scheduled for a second reading on October 6th. Next is 5D, 26-125, ordinance providing for the issuance and sale of $925,000 of taxable economic…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, well, I would like a motion to adjourn.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“All in favor? Aye. Okay. We are adjourned at 2045.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So I love this sentence in here that Mighty Vincent envisions a world in which being a good Samaritan is the default response. I mean, that is just so important today in this world and it's kind of a mindset that we all need to adopt.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Quick question, Delaney. So in our code and what you've seen, there's no maximum lot size, correct? And what about square footage for houses? Is that something that some municipalities have had in their code?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, sorry. I'd also like to thank everybody for being here tonight. hearing different perspectives, different sort of awareness of concerns is very helpful for us to continue to kind of evaluate it, get more information, make decisions. One thing I do wanna just really kind of maybe try to get us to move past is this discussion about some of the council members getting campaign donations from one of the developers or owners. So just a couple prepared comments here. There's been this narrative out there that These council members Reza Victor Remo and Weinstein should be disqualified from…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So you mentioned you could get us a list or explanation in writing of additional discrepancies.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“This seems like a while ago, but it was just Friday when we had the 9-11 commemoration and the Veterans Commission did an amazing job of scheduling a service with some very powerful speakers. And then we did the stair climb up and down the football stadium. Some folks that we saw, some firemen we saw in full gear climbing all those steps in the heat. It was... It was very, very powerful to participate in that. And then Saturday was the trike and bike celebration bike extravaganza in Hudson Park Estates where they raised I think close to $30,000 for pediatric cancer. So that was really a great…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I move to go past 2300, but no longer than necessary.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We have no appointments tonight, but the deadline for applications has been extended to Friday, September 25th, 2026 for the Cemetery Board Environmental Awareness Committee Planning Commission meeting. Board of Zoning and Building Appeals, and the HCTV Advisory Committee.”
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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“Okay, thank you, Mayor. Next, number two, Correspondence and Council Comments. If you have any comments... get my attention, please.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Anyone else? No? Okay. Next up, we will do discussion items. 3A26-0072, Hudson Innovation Park Update. Katie. Katie.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I guess I'll start. I think it might be helpful if there was like a one pager you created for us that said, you know, this is what it could look like, you know, for so many years, what percentage, how much, you know, if we're saying that this is gonna, you know, this is gonna be a $10 million facility, it's gonna be a 20 million whatever. And then maybe some of the data behind How did these work or how did they work? You know, is it, are you giving up, you know, X million to save and to generate, you know, X million or what is the, what's the evidence behind how successful these have been?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you're not suggesting that the Hinds Hill has to be improved before somebody was interested, but there'd be an expectation that that would happen?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I think Costco can have that done in about 20 minutes.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Amanda, if you could, if there's any good scholarly articles on tax payments that you could share that could be understood by non-economists, that'd be great.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026