Remarks by Garrett Gatewood
149 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“All right, I'm going to go ahead and we're going to go ahead and adjourn this into closed session. Recording in progress. Before we adjourn into closed session, there are some public, are there any public comments on 21.1?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Do you want me to ask for future agenda items? Is there any future agenda items, guys? Meeting adjourned into closed session.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm going to go ahead and join this meeting into the amazing Pastor Ted. Ted Smith was faithfully served for more than 30 years as Senior Pastor of First Covenant and River City Christian. Following these years as Senior Pastor, he continues serving the Rancho del Corvo community to its being an amazing pastor, gospel, developing Christian leaders, strengthening families, helping people become fully devoted followers of Christ. This amazing man actually helped when I was at a low point in my life to help me take on and become a council member here in Rancho Cordova. Matthew 25, 23 says, well…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“There he is. Come on, we're talking about you.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“You're not going to tell us what it was?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I've got to vote on Thursday. Oh, that's such a tease.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I know. Did you hear that? He's like, yeah, we've got a lot of money. I'm previewing it. I'm not going to tell you about it, though. Previewing it.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“It doesn't look like someone barfed on it. transducers onto a green pad. It looks like it's well put together, and I'm like, yeah, you're right. It is prettier than the other ones.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Listen, I think all colors are pretty, especially black and white, because ones and zeros are the best colors out there.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Right. Damn it. This is crazy. KYA Services, they're another group that's moved into Rancho Cordova. Amazing construction company that wants to do business in the city, with the city, and around the city. Awesome. It was interesting because the CEO, they're a bunch of lawyers, and they just found a market they really felt they could come into, and they have landed in Rancho Cordova and just exploding all over the place, growing.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“The lawyers decided to get out of law and open a construction company.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Everything. And so they worked their way around certain, they found ways to do certain businesses with cities and counties and stuff like that. And it's great. And it's interesting because the guy actually, the owner is South African. And so every time, and so when he's talking the whole time, all I heard was the guy from Die Hard That accent, I was like, that's fabulous. And it was cool. So very interesting people. And what's fun is due to the AI ecosphere or ecosystem we're building, more and more of these businesses are coming to Rancho Cordova, finding a place to land, and then building…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Damn. Listen, I'm trying to keep him in the city. Why are you chasing him out of the city? We still appreciate you, Joe.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Listen, Joe also is going into construction now.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“That's true. The county opened new veteran services in Rancho Cordova. And it's just furthering the culture of Rancho Cordova. We take care of our vets. We always have. It's one of those things that is in our DNA. And so now we have a great place. If you're a vet and you need help, there's no shame in asking for it. And this is for all my city council members and all my constituents. If you need help, we have places for you. Mentally, physically. If you just need someone to talk to, I have family members that have gone through this their whole life. Being a Tuskegee Airman with parents of…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Well, and we have two of the bigger churches that are in Rancho Cordova and a school. So I just love it because it's also drawing the big, you know, Nvidia, Solidine, Korean-based firms that are all coming to Rancho Cordova and they're like, we feel so blessed that we're here and we're not afraid, whereas some of the states aren't showing the best. you know, resting people and resting poor guys. But it's been great to come into Rancho Cordova. So they said they love it here. They can't wait to help. The group now wants to shift to more of a community-based thing. So they want to help people…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Huh? Super good. Super good. I'm going to learn something.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So I can see how not to say words? Perfect.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“The best part was he did backup. He just cut off like two-thirds of the way in. I know you're watching in the other room, David. I literally hear people laughing from here. But you were fired. Don't let anyone say that. Me and you on tour.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right, we're gonna go ahead and move on to consent calendar items. Consent calendar items are deemed routine and non-conventional by staff unless a member of the council wishes to pull an item. For an individual consideration, all items may be approved with one motion. Guys, is there any items you wish to pull? Seeing none, I ask the clerk if there's any public comment related to consent calendar item.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“All right. Let's see what's next. Oh, no consent public hearing. There's no public hearing. Oh, regular calendar items. We're going to have an update from our police chief. Stacey, can you go ahead and read the subject?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Sean, get on up here. Wow us with your statistics and stats.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“How many did you get to on National Night Out? Oh, he was with him. He was with seven. Seven.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, Donald Terry a long time ago said that he wanted to make sure that the thing we spent the most amount of money on, we actually have quarterly updates on it, and you're doing a great job. All right, moving on. Next thing. Who do we got? Stacey, go ahead and read the announcements.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026