Remarks by Jay Arnold
59 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Thank you. I represent Kirkland on committees involving solid waste, Council Mayor Pascoe on Cascade Water, Council Member Prim generally on SCA that looks at all these rates. Just building on what the Deputy City Manager said, really appreciate the team's work here. What I'm seeing at King County at this point is More and more bad news over time and really appreciate the work that you have done that has given us some options to smooth rates and and look at things that we can do. Um, it's as we join with this at this at the county level, it is, um. very frustrating and scary at what they're…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Sri. Thank you for the work on this. It does a tremendous service for us to be able to say, okay, option A and hopefully option B are done and focus on some of the trade-offs. The budget process is very complicated. Dynamic but also iterative. We have not yet seen the city managers recommended budget. Um, I for one is hopeful that option B gets funded in there. That would save a lot of. Challenges and that's trying to make that happen. Um, and then as we look at other things that are not in the city managers budget. you're the first one that we've heard of saying okay if you have…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. And then but if we let's say we're only looking at $100,000, it might be the first the first three of those for tomorrow and Asian counseling and referring service would be the top priorities within that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So that gives us some idea of what we'd be finding, but you'd like the opportunity to refine that if we're looking at some level of partial funding of option C.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I understand. Okay. Thank you. That's helpful feedback for us to take into consideration. Thank you, Deputy Mayor.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Council Member Arnold. Thank you. I mentioned this to staff, but especially as we're looking at option C, you mentioned that a number of those were things that we fund today and some of them are new. And I want to make sure it's clear in the chart, which are as we look at how much of option C that we're funding, which is existing, which is new, which existing type programs, which is new. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It can happen offline. That way I don't have to try to type. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll be reading the proclamation for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month. As an English speaker, we've chosen the term Latinx and there's a description in the memo of why that term was chosen with me reading this proclamation in English and what it signifies with all the things it includes in Spanish. Whereas Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month celebrates the vibrant cultures, histories, languages, and traditions of those whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. And whereas Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month commemorates the anniversaries of the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you just wanted to put on the record. I appreciation for the Youth Council. This is a robust set of items for youth in our in our future and really appreciate the work. The thoughtful work that went into both developing the Bill of Rights and lay on your presentation on explaining some of the work in the goals behind it. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Oh, just thank you, Ewen. Another kudos on the presentation. And I'd like to move to approve alternative one as the long-term improvement approach for the Highlands Water System.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Just in some of the reaction that council had gotten via email to the memo, I just wanted to make a comment. I've been part of a couple of naming projects, and Greg or team, I don't know if you ever go into this where you present something and somebody comes in and says, oh, my gosh, that's a home run. There's immediate consensus.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“which became the east trail and also with the non-profit group future wise which was formerly a thousand friends of washington there was not um immediate um acceptance going oh my gosh that's it um but then you look at those 10 20 years later and people can't imagine why you had the old name in the in the first place so i just wanted to set expectations that you know if people were expected to have immediate um uh home run consensus that that that would be that would be rare i think and we have some things to work with here and i look forward to our discussion next month thank you very much”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“since we've started to make some comments um i i do like the forge district i think it represents the the history and uh some uh uniqueness and some edge and it's versatile um rise does reflect the topography and the the top-of-the-world views that are available there I share similar concerns with council member Prem on the Union District and when you mention Union Station in your presentation there is a Union Station in Seattle it's our train right it's near our train station so I think they're using Union in addition to what council member Prem has mentioned doesn't offer the uniqueness and…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. When I look at my priorities with this, I am more concerned with the commercial space available than the potential for more affordable housing that Councilmember Prim talks about. Thank you to Kim Faust for her public comment. I think this answers some questions, but and we're getting closer if if i read the diagrams right and your your public comment we're looking at two floors of commercial on seventh and and um one floor of commercial or one floor of non-residential half of which could be retail half of a retail on eighth um if we take their numbers and i hope staff can come…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“sorry i was so enthalled enthralled councilmember arnold go ahead thank you anna can you go back on one um one slide or perhaps okay you're on this slide this works too um in um 3b which you mentioned before um we're looking at land use and you mentioned some differences between some of our neighborhood centers for the wording of 3b um i just am concerned that if we look at um just increasing canopy cover in areas that are below land use that limits our flexibility and just would like to look at some other languages it says how do we get to this goal but if we're looking at neighborhood…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Go ahead. One more slide back, Anna. Goal 4B, which was 2B in the packet. Yep. Thank you for the heads up that you would change it, because especially at 11 o'clock, it would have taken me a while to figure that out. I'm a little... Unsure of what you're looking at with identifying the gains and losses to inform decisions for high-value trees This kind of reads to me that we're looking at Potentially changing our landmark tree standards and Not sure if that's what the intention is and just would want some clarification on what do you What? What's the intent here around management decisions…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And just a final comment on this slide. I know I had a lot of comments the last time we talked on vision and principles and really appreciate the direction that you're going. You captured our feedback well and like the revisions of the vision and the guiding principles.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“One thing and I'll email the rest just to note the state building code council delivered some recommendations to the governor on wildfire response. He'd asked what things he could waive as far as to support reconstruction in Spokane similar to how the governor waived regulations during COVID. He's got that emergency power. We delivered a report that offered some options but Really, it's not just about what's waived, it's what regulations replace that to encourage building faster, and we gave them some options that would allow the state building code council to take a look at some emergency…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for the recognition on how these issues are intertwined. As we're looking at this, I start with a general preference that said, I don't think we need to take action, but I respect what I am hearing from my fellow council members on wanting to make some changes. I've come to a different conclusion looking at the data, and I appreciate the chance as we've looked at this for some more information that staff has provided. That said, I also really do appreciate Councilmember Pram and Councilmember Falcone coming forward with this to say, not only are they moving the…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes. Thank you. To the concerns about transparency, I would note page 708 of our packet does introduce this as a possibility. The packet was released on Friday, and the master builders did have adequate opportunity to comment on that alternative scenario that was presented, but did not in what we received. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“As I look at the definition under two, where it's the combination of recreational vehicle and exceeds seven feet in width, I look at that and say that is focused on the safety aspects of it versus anybody in a camper van or a conversion van. I do agree we need to have further community conversation about people living in their vehicles on the street and how we respond to that. That discussion is anticipated in the homelessness action plan. I think this particular set of work that we're doing tonight is about just clarifying RVs that are larger in width and how we deal with those. There is…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“If there was a case where a faith-based organization or community organization was aware of somebody that was in that situation, how would you recommend they deal with it to not have this or to be able to get the flexibility versus this being enforced?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I have three things to report. I had the opportunity to meet with our federal lobbyists this month where we discussed the current federal budget. Some of our previous advocacy where we had sent a letter in on federal budget process changes. And they noted that both those changes were on hold and they anticipated this week, which happened I think yesterday or today, a continuing resolution on the budget which freezes the federal budget in its current process. They also discussed the possibility of potential future advocacy around an earmarks process next year, especially if Congress changes…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Jay? Thank you, Kurt, and thank you, Brooke. I'm wondering if you could talk a little bit about why sewer and water have different depreciation numbers, because it seems like that infrastructure would be similar to me. And if we don't have that information, it would be something that I would like some follow-up off on. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“the second two levers with guidance from council could help to ease those near-term rate pressures yes i see a question uh council member arnold uh thank you i look forward to seeing some of these options when you're looking at reserve targets can we get multiple options for replenishment um For some, I'm curious about what are the impacts if we close over a biennium or two instead of all the way out to 2032 and may want to look at options that treat different utilities differently.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026