Remarks by HwaJeong Kim
29 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I just had a clarifying question, and more so because I think I attempted to rename a street, and I'm wondering if it's because I wasn't doing it correctly, with a school, actually. But the co-naming isn't changing it is making an honorary name attached to an already existing Englehart. Like in your example for the next resolution, it's attaching an honorary name to Englehart. So it's not changing someone's legal address. Is that correct? Correct. Okay. I think that's what I was doing wrong. I really appreciate this. I don't have any personal concerns. I also believe the honoring... honoring…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Twice. We're voting twice. That's right. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I'll just drop a ditto. I just really appreciate the way that you're bringing this forward and honoring Professor Al-Qadi during his life. And I'm looking forward to the ribbon cutting and maybe walking a food box out to get some ice cream. But I just appreciate the way that you honor not just your community, but our community's elders. And I couldn't agree more. I do feel like sometimes we get really caught up in process, and we make things a lot more complicated. for the sake of process. And for me personally, when we're talking about honoring our community's elders and the wisdom…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Urban Roots is having a Rivoli Bluff Bash this Saturday, September 12, 10 to 2 p.m. There'll be food and gardens and resources. So come between 10 and 2 to Rivoli Bluff at Urban Roots.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, and so is that for staff that man the drone? Is that to purchase additional drones? Can you speak a little bit more specifically around where those dollars are going?”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay. That sounds good. The last question that I had is it appeared that the application period has now passed. This resolution is before council today. Can you speak a little bit about the timing? Is there presently an application in? Did we receive an extension and we're going to be applying after the passage of this resolution?”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay. Wonderful. I think just one additional question. What kind of data contract that is connected to the footage that we might be collecting from the drone? Do we have a current contract that would be managing or maintaining any of the information collected through the drone program?”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, that sounds good. And I did lie, I have one more question. In order for the council to sort of fully consider, even though the application has been submitted, but to approve the... I guess, authorizing you to apply for the funds. Does a week layover change anything in terms of the present status of the application? It doesn't sound like it, since it sounds like we've already submitted it on time.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Yeah, I really appreciate it. I'll start by saying that if we vote on it today or if we support a layover next week, I'm not planning on supporting our application of this contract for the reasons that my astute colleague, Councilmember Coleman, mentioned. To speak directly to the question that I received from Councilmember Joe as part of it was that it was flagged for me on Monday evening. I sent an email. at 6.21 p.m. after I had messaged our public safety chair and vice chair to see if anyone knew anything about this. And so I didn't have information to share with my colleagues because…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Awesome, thank you. While my illustrious intern, JC, takes the stand, is the computer on and ready to rock? Does it look good? Awesome. We had a fabulous inaugural State of the Youth. And therefore, it is equally important that we get a staff report on how it went. Some of my colleagues were able to make it. For those that couldn't, I'm not going to say you missed out, but you mostly missed out. And I'm sure for good reasons. But next year, the bar will be even higher. One of the best number one feedback we received was that we need a bigger room. because it was standing room only, and it…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“I don't have any other words. I just remain in awe. JC not only graduated from high school, had his grad party, was the star in Circus Juventus whimsy, and was doing two shows a day for a while. and also managed to pull off an incredibly successful state of our youth address. I had a moment where I was stressed out about getting kids to think this was cool. And then I was stressed out about getting kids, like people in the room, to listen to the powerful speeches that we had. And I do mean it. The best feedback we got was that we just need a bigger room next year. So I'm looking forward to…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Jacey's very surprised, which is a good thing. Surprise! I will say this won't happen every year, but this is just because of how wonderful you are, but also just how great you did. I'm going to do the annoying thing and read this under the record because there are a lot of things that I think all of you should know about Jacey. Whereas J.C. Johnson Becker was born and raised in St. Paul two and a half weeks early and has always been in a hurry. J.C. is described as a voracious reader. He learned his alphabet before he was two years old but stubbornly did not want to learn X, Y, Z and was…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“With that, I make a motion for approval.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Awesome. I am going to be supporting this resolution. I do think that an ordinance is the next best step. FLOC is one piece of the mass surveillance pie in many ways, and there are other worse actors out there. So having more of a one size fits all resolution or ordinance that just bans any kind of surveillance that is related to this type of data. and sort of the vast capacity and market share that these types of companies have I think is going to be the next best step. So I'm supportive of the resolution and I'm looking forward to supporting something that addresses an underlying issue…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Yeah, I just want to extend the gratitude to Vice President Yang for pulling the team together, but also kind of weighing and balancing all the different experiences that were coming to the table. And I think that the slate is a great combination that effectively connects the expectations of our community members when it comes to interacting with our fire department. with the operational realities of our fire service. So I just really appreciate and commend the combination of expertise, and I'm really looking forward to seeing the innovative and strong leadership candidates that they'll bring…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“My good news is actually retrospective. Last week on Thursday, we had the city's first inaugural State of the Youth Address. It was a blowout. We had over 120 participants. It was standing room only. We had speakers that talked about the impacts of Metro Surge, youth jobs, housing, and housing and climate. We had youth that participated through our Youth on Boards program. And when I tell you they owned the room, they owned the room. At this point, I think we should just hand over all of our systems of government to our youth. I think they would do a lot better than we We are at times. And so…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“That sounds great. I appreciate it. I just want to also extend some gratitude to Council of our Vice President Yang for leading this process. I'm very supportive of the slate that was constructed, but specifically because I feel like it really represents folks that have not just sort of fire experience, but experience specifically with our fire department. We are unique in the way that we are staffed. We are unique in the way of what services we provide, specifically our paramedic services. So I really just appreciate the thoughtfulness of the approach and the input from all the different…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, anybody else here to testify on this item? Come on up.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“If I may, what is the legislative hearing officer's recommendation?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“I may have a few questions afterwards, but I appreciate it. Yep.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah, has there been any conversation around a payment plan? I don't personally see how or why. I mean, record of a police call is entirely pertinent. I understand that there are people on call, but also the work was completed. So I'm just wondering, has the company reached out on a payment plan for the $479 that they owe for the work?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Yeah. I appreciate that. Yeah, at this point I just don't feel the need to have a police, like validation that the police were or were not called at this point. I think the fee is fairly nominal given the broken glass and the safety for the building, so I'm going to approve the recommendation of the legislative hearing officer.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“I actually had a question I wanted to get for clarification.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026