Remarks by Dr. Michael Bird
87 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Chats for her. Thank you, Katie. Thank you. Thanks, guys. Okay, next up is 3B, 260073, Clinton Crossing Engagement.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So as far as the hotel, you're saying that the market study, you said, you talked about a 70 bigger hotel that can be more consistent, Marriott, Hyatt. But in the study, you actually suggested that this community could support that size. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“What about the traffic study? Will that be able to take into account this larger?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So, Greg, can we give, what kind of specificity do we need for townhouses? to go to play and can we give a range or can we give, we want us to be conservative.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“with with some if if you can provide some kind of estimate of you know lowest to the highest how much more funds much more tax revenue does that mean for us That's, you know, the people that, many folks are not as involved in this kind of decision-making as many of us have been. But when we go to the community and talk about, you know, This is going to generate additional tax revenue for the schools, for the city. I don't understand why we might be doing...”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“How would this affect the public space, Greg?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I don't mean the space. I mean the success of it or maybe the ability for a developer to partner with us on... the space, or?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Is it so important the percentage of units or the...”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Is it so important the percentage of units or the actual, like, square footage? I mean, because it's kind of... For what, sanitary? No, for, like, you're saying, let's come up with a ratio.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know, 54 is about two-thirds. But if you look at the area, it's about 50%, half-half and townhomes, half-houses.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Because you think that's what, that's the one that people want.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“i think the challenge is now we're getting into a little bit more granularity and more detail and the financial piece where we if we're going to tell folks like you said that that number we also want to say you know it'd be goodness for them to know if we up to 81 this is the additional revenue that could fund the public space more because again that's what you know the majority of hudsonites um are really going to appreciate that this because of the public space most people aren't going to be living in those houses so so the what we can do to make that public space as successful as possible…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, and then along with what the number we suggest, having that financial piece would be very helpful for iterations. Sam.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, great. What else do you need? So besides 74 and 70,”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Next up is for the proposed consent agenda for September 15th, 2026 council meeting for a TMP dash eight, eight, seven, seven, a motion to acknowledge the timely receipt of the August 2026 monthly financial report. No book.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thanks, Jeff. Next is for B, TMP-8845, resolution authorizing city manager to advertise for bids entered into a contract and approve the pre-purchase of retaining wall blocks from Mack Industries for the Ellsworth Meadows Golf Course Hole 17 retaining wall installation phase two project and declaring an emergency.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Questions about 4B? And the next one is for CTMP-8846, resolution authorizing the city manager to advertise for bids and to enter into a contract for the Ellsworth Meadows Golf Course Stormwater Management Project.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm not a golfer, so I don't know. Are you creating a water hazard then?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thanks, Brad. Oh, are you still up for D? 4D, TMP-8871, resolution authorizing the city manager to advertise for bids to enter into a contract for the North Main Street stormwater improvement project and declaring an emergency.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. And then 4E is TMP-8872, resolution to forward the Clinton Crossing preferred site plan to the Planning Commission for concept plan review. That's what we just discussed a few minutes ago.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Next five is proposed legislation for the September 15th, 2026 council meeting. 5A is 26-78, ordinance amending chapter 876, short-term rental operations. It is scheduled for the third reading next week. Patricia.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Do you want to have any discussion about it right now? Do you want to have any discussion about this, Kyle?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“One thing I would like to make sure that everyone saw the survey from residents that lived around the short-term rentals. I think a letter was mailed to, it says 158 properties that lived within 100 feet of a short-term rental and got their input as to what it's like to live next to a short-term rental. What's really interesting about this is that, well, first of all, the response rate was very low, 30%, and so we don't know if that's because 70% of the people were just like, meh, they don't bother me at all, I'm not gonna reply, or are there other reasons why they didn't respond? And then…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do you want to have some more? Make another comment, yes.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do we know that I don't think that was that question. Get that granular Greg.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026