Remarks by Jenne Alderks
126 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 6
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“Welcome, everyone. I now call the September 15th, 2026 regular city council meeting to order. I'm going to pass it to the clerk this time.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Clerk. We'll now pass it over to the city manager for the meeting agenda approval.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, City Manager. Are there any changes to tonight's agenda? Council Member Kurt.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, so how about we move that to ordinances, like we're going to create a little ordinance section after the consent agenda and before the study session. Okay, let me make a note of that. Okay, thank you. And with that, are there any other changes to the agenda? Okay, seeing none, we'll move to public engagement opportunities. All right, we are working to build a community where everyone feels welcomed. So join us at an open house to learn about our DEIB roadmap and share your experiences and input to help create a more equitable Bothell. That will be held here at Bothell City Hall on…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. And I'm going to read from the agenda. Hold on just a second. Okay. Yes, I can do that. Okay. Thank you for looking out for me. All right. Whereas Hispanic and Latin Heritage Month is a month-long celebration observed each year, September 15th through October 15th, to recognize the culture, heritage, and countless contributions of those whose ancestors are indigenous to North, Central, and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Spain, and whereas the day of September 15th is culturally significant as the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries, Costa Rica, El…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. All right, usually how we do proclamations is that I'll read the proclamations, and then at the end, we can take turns for pictures. So we would love to get a picture with you guys receiving the proclamation folder. Next up, we have a proclamation honoring National Co-Responder and Crisis Responder Week. And we'll have Brooke Buettner from RACER to accept. Let's see. I'm waiting for a proclamation to read. I'll read it first and you can join us. I'll get there. Okay. Whereas a crisis responder is a trained professional who provides immediate, on-site, or remote support to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Would anybody else like to speak? You're welcome to. You might be in a more one-on-one role. Thank you so much for being here. We will pause and invite our groups to come and do pictures with council if you would like.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Next up, we have public comment. And before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that we are in election season and there are certain campaign-related restrictions regarding public comment on ballot measures. Public speakers generally cannot specifically address a campaign or ballot measure at a public meeting or during the public comment period. RCW 29B.45.101 prohibits government agencies from allowing the use of public facilities directly or indirectly for campaign purposes. Allowing speakers to speak in favor of or in opposition to a ballot measure or campaign during a public meeting…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, next up we have the city manager report and staff presentations.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, thank you for being here and presenting this to us. Does anybody up here have any thoughts to share? Council Member Curt.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Appreciate it All right, go ahead Councilman Al Capra.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It is clear you know what you are talking about. Thank you. I will also just add that way back when I started out on the planning commission too, and this was one of the very first things that I got to participate in was the sub-area plan. And so there was a lot of conversation, talks, dreams for the area. And so I'm looking forward to hearing the update on maybe how... how far have we gotten to sort of the vision that was laid out those five years ago? And what are opportunities that exist? And so I'm really grateful that you're coming back to us with an update on changes that have occurred…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll also add that it's refreshing to see regular attendance from a community member at council meetings. And he's a great example of that. And so we won't be seeing him and that is missed. So thank you for sharing. And our most regular attender is not going to be attending with us anymore. And so my condolences go to his family I can share an update. So in the last couple of weeks, I've attended the Resilient Communities Committee from NUSA and sharing that there's ongoing work happening there. A lot of the conversation was around updates to KCRHA, which we did here, or at least the Human…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have not seen that agenda or the legislative priorities, and a quick search of my inbox doesn't pull it up. And so I'm hoping that staff could maybe request a copy of that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm working on it, yeah. When it's available, yeah. It hasn't hit my inbox, and I too would like to see it. Awesome.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll just throw in my two cents about the power of storytelling when we're talking about impact. And so not only can we collect the data to show impact, we can also tell the stories of how people are supported and helped through the human services grants. And I look forward to being able to not only have that shared to the council, but also to be able to share that to the community. And I think I heard there is a study session coming up not too long from now for human services. So that'll come back to council.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. All right, if there is no more conversation, which thank you everyone for a lovely conversation tonight. I will move to projected agenda discussion. Does anybody have any items to add to a projected agenda? All right, seeing none, I will take a motion to approve the consent agenda. Councilmember Dodd.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have a motion to approve by Councilmember Dodd and a second from Councilmember Kerr to approve the consent agenda as amended.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay. And now we are going to move to the amended part of the consent agenda. So, um, count, uh, Snohomish County later local agreement to provide surface water billing services. So that's AB number 26 dash one six five. Um, is there any discussion that we need to have about this before we motion to approve?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. I have a motion and a second. City Clerk.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. So next up on the agenda, we have a study session. Since it does take some transition time to get down there, I'm going to propose a 10-minute break. Okay. We're going to do a 10-minute break. We'll come back at 6.54 down at the tables. All right. We are back. And next up, we have a study session on the proposed 2027-2028 budget. I will send it over to City Manager Stanner to introduce.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I have some questions that may take us back a ways in the presentation. Yes. So in the proposed new revenues, that was back, that was probably when Quan was presenting earlier, will there be a separate study session on the public safety budget and how the criminal justice sales tax might go towards the public safety budget?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Okay, cool. Yes. I'm looking forward to that. Thank you and then Back when talking about debt service is the mortgage on City Hall included in that? Yes, okay just making sure and then you mentioned that the the school zone camera fines and forfeitures only includes what we're currently collecting based on like projections of current use. Um, do you also have projections if the, uh, camera zone, um, is expanded and would create more fines and forfeitures in that category?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. And then just because I'm curious, which PD facility is in the debt and interest expenditure line?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Along those lines, will that also expand access to engage Bothell to more departments in the city?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026