Remarks by John Carli
104 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“Yeah, thank you for the presentation. I initially don't see any lights here. I do know that we had this discussion in the past. The only question that I have is in your communication with the group, we have not been utilizing it here, but in your understanding, is it being actively used elsewhere?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And for clarification, because we do understand the CFD program here, this would be a choice either or, no matter what. It can't go above the limit, but the infrastructure seems to be sometimes what gets really expensive, and so this becomes an alternative.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. I'm going to go ahead and open it up to the public and hold this public hearing. Anyone wishing to come forward?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Anyone online wishing to speak? No? Okay. We'll go ahead and bring this back to the council for any further discussion or vote. I think if there's any clarification, I know, because there's a lot of... There's a lot of... you know, information that was presented and I know that this has been complicated that you may be able to shed some light on.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I don't normally do this, but for some clarification, I'm going to ask you to step forward again. So in case we got the question wrong, because it's very complicated, I'm going to give you just two minutes.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. I know some of it's trying to understand with some clarity because as I understand it, we already have CFDs, we have service CFDs, we have the SCIP program with similar terms. It's just being managed outside versus inside. Many times what we do know is we use CFDs heavily in the city of Vacaville for services, police and fire. We explored, I think more recently, Lagoon Valley has a combination of different funding sources because of the need for infrastructure. I understand where the 1.8% has a cap and it really, from what I can understand, correct me if I'm wrong, When a developer…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, that's helpful. I mean, because it's important to know that, again, it's a tool. We keep talking about incentives. We keep trying to figure out how to make funds and who's paying for it and is there risk and liability to the city. But at the end of the day, we have understood that CFDs are a function of both service and infrastructure. And knowing that we've gone through this process and it is at 1.8%, I think it's important to recognize the importance of creating project feasibility and flexibility. Recognize the importance of creating project feasibility and flexibility. And every…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think we've effectively had the discussion on here and held the public hearing and I do appreciate some of the the sentiments affordability is always going to usually be a supply side and and You know homes are more expensive. I heard a statistic the other day that the the average age of homebuyers in the United States is 36 in California is 47 When homes are expensive and they're unavailable, the prices go up. So affordability is complicated. I think we've debated this a lot over the last several years on some of these items. As of right now, I'm not convinced there is a downside. I think…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Actually, it does mention in here that there won't be a second reading. I'm sorry.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And I think in that vein, it's because a project that comes before us will always be what is the burden on the development and what is already existing and what CFDs would be necessary if it's for public safety and if it's ongoing service.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Interesting point. From staff's perspective, if we have a policy for one, would there be an upside downside for having an aligned policy?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you for that update. It is interesting since, you know, we already have a process in place that brings one policy or one of them back to us. I mean, I'm looking, now would be a time for somebody to entertain a motion.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“We have a motion and a second. All in favor? Aye. Opposed? No. Okay. So we've got one opposed. Any abstentions?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“We can pause for a minute because I didn't see your light. So please explain that again.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So what you're saying, the way we did the other one, it was the requirement to bring it back to council.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, why don't you clarify, based upon the previous one, that's what we did is we were looking to pilot something so that we would understand a good process and then streamline.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I mean, that was the motion. But as far as the council's perspective, if we did a pilot, we've got one application, but no others at the moment.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So why don't we just do it this way and just say, can we move this? Because it's already passed, but even... It didn't pass.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, well I asked for no's then. But we can fix this. But we can fix this. So can we do a pilot program for a period of time?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I would suggest, I mean a three-year pilot program because we can assess the number of applications and how it works.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's right. For a period of three years. And that way we can manage it like a project or a pilot for a number of years and determine if this is a worthwhile project tool or not. So that would be a way to do it if we can agree to that, that it puts a sunset of 36 months and it has to come back to the council. So it's a pilot.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So with that, Council Member Fremont, since you made the motion, if you're okay with that and maybe just word it that way, it's a three-year pilot that directs the CFD to come back to council. Is that okay? All right. So now we're going to get the clarification. All right. How would you like to handle this to make sure that it follows the process?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Well, Council Member Wiley, since you asked for it to be reconsidered, do you want to make the motion to have it reconsidered? adjusted justice so we have to reconsider process is a motion to reconsider the council votes on we have to bring it back for us the decision and then you go back to the item all right yes i make a motion to reconsider the item that we just voted on so we have a motion a second let's make this clean we'll do a roll call and councilmember freeman yeah i just had a question i mean what”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And now we're going from there to... Well, the point is, is it passed for clarification. Does the council, is there a majority in the council? And that's what the vote is. So there's six of us. And so it has passed. But the motion that council member Wiley offered was seconded. Yes. So that's where we're at right now. So this is a motion to bring this back for a further discussion for a potential amendment because it's already passed. Does that make sense? Am I correct on that?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“You're just opening up to reconsider it.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026