Remarks by Garrett Gatewood
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“All right. So we're going to move on to council reports. And I'm going to start with Joe. Joe, how have things been going over the last two weeks? Crazy.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you All right I'll jump to me and I'll jump back to our illustrious mrs. Budge I met the owner of Pizza Guys, which I didn't realize that corporate pizza guys is in Rancho Cordoba. And they actually have built a small pizza guy in the office. So you go in and you actually see this thing. So I heard a long time ago, I worked with a group that was helping out round tables. I heard the cheese was like, when they're doing it on TV or pizza places, they use like glue and stuff like that. So I asked guys like, hey, What's your secret to make your pizza look so good online? And he's like, if I…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, you know what? Tell us what we can. Yeah, tell us the good stuff.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Excellent. So just so you know, if you guys didn't know this, we're going to adjourn this meeting in memory of Ted Smith. He was the pastor of River City Christian, our first covenant. He passed away, leaves thousands upon thousands. He's the one that created Bayside Church. He actually went out of the state, found somebody, and then grew the Bayside into what it is. All those years ago. Yeah, it actually just comes from Rancho Cordova. And so what's fun about that church, and God bless him because I know he's in the right space, it's an old Swedish church. and he had to talk them in to stop…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, we're gonna move on now to consent calendar items. Consent calendar items, consistent matters deemed routine and non-controversial by staff, unless a member of the council wishes to pull an item. For individual consideration, all items may be approved with one motion. Are there any items the council wishes to pull? Seeing none, I'm gonna ask the clerk, is there any public comment related to consent calendar items?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes. Motion passes. Excellent. We're going to move on to consent public hearing items. Consent public hearing items consist of matters deemed routine and non-controversial by staff unless a member of the council wishes to pull an item. For individual considerations, all item may be approved in one motion. I'm going to go ahead and open the public hearing item very quietly and ask the clerk, is there any public comment?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Go ahead and close the public hearing and ask, are there any items that council wishes to pull?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Excellent. All right. Regular calendar items. Discussion and direction on Growing Strong Neighborhoods Commercial Corridor. Receive a report on possible of establishing a commercial corridor improvement program provided staff feedback direction on corridor selection and or request additional information to be brought back at a later meeting for further discussion. So brought back later for further discussion. Stacy, can you, oh, I did, I announced the subject. Darcy, can you go, Darcy, Russ, staff report, please.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT. WELL STARTED OFF. Because when I was out meeting with some of the CEOs and the business owners, they really had an opinion on corridors because they said they have trouble when they bring their business in about the look and feel of the corridors. And I didn't really grasp how important it is when you pull off a 50 and you start going down there, how that greets somebody. And I really think that if I was going to choose a corridor to start with that would have the biggest bang for the buck would be would be the 50 Sunrise, off of 50 Sunrise Corridor and that when you go in, you…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know how we make the 50, you're getting ready to go on Sunrise Boulevard, you make the turn off of 50, you're coming into the city.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You go towards Costco and you have that, the light rail that runs through and, you know, that, if we could beautify that, that's like probably the heaviest, one of the heaviest, okay, not the heaviest, but one of the heaviest in and out thoroughfares. And if we could make that placemake a little bit or even talk to them about putting SIGNS UP. I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT UNTIL ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS UNTIL ONE OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS POINTED OUT. POINTED OUT. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY KNEW IT IT WOULD BE NICE IF THEY KNEW IT LOOKED A CERTAIN WAY AND WAS LOOKED A…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, that was it. That was the end of it. Go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, it sounds like, guys, that your direction was for the Mather Field Corridor. You have three votes to do get that one started. I would also like to caveat, because Folsom Boulevard, like Siri, I agree with that one, entirely important because it is where the DOVA project does come in and where the people are going to see it, the DOVA and Sunrise. But I actually like Joe's idea is that whatever we put in place, we probably should look at the safety side LIGHTS, HAVING A BIKE COP DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A BAD IDEA TO ME OR MAYBE JUST SEEING WHAT THE COST WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO CLEAN…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Not for you to ride. Not for you. We've seen that. Now, horses up and down would really... I don't know what that's going to cost.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“But you know what you get good? You can go down there and get tugboat, and it's delicious. You can get tugboat. It's the only place you get, like, fish and chips.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Because that's where I camp at. That's Rancho Cordova camping areas. It's called the corridors.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, because that broken windows theory always works. It gets nicer. You don't want to be the person that makes it look worse. So you're like, cool, I'll just go down. I won't do it there, but I'll do it on Hazel.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Great. Do I have a second? to have a roll call.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Guys, one last thing. There's a lot of people that are coming into Rancho Cordova now that want to invest in Rancho. We need to have packets and ability for them to invest in Rancho. So I know people that are coming in that are millionaires and they want to be engaged because the ecosphere and all this stuff is happening. This is an excellent chance for them to be like, buy this piece of property. And the city wants to come alongside you and help you to make it successful. Because they're just looking at places where they can invest their money. And that land is very affordable right now. So…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Can we just have him? He's right there. Can we just swap?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Where's this crossway? That's Folsom Boulevard? Yes. All right, okay, now you went into the Twilight Zone. They're gonna have a small family walking their dog across Folsom Boulevard?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, dodge. Dodge is like, watch out for yourself. It's crazy. One second, we're just gonna get this proposal and then we'll have public comment.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do you know where the, I'll tell you exactly where it is, just so you know. Do you know where the college is, Folsom Lake College? Yes. Right next to that. There's that big, you know the big piece of land that had the Mexican restaurant next to it? Got it. There you go. Yep, you nailed it.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Let's go ahead and get some public comment, is there any?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Excellent, we'll move on. Planner, extraordinaire, Linda, bless us with your knowledge.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026