Remarks by John Tymczyszyn
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you. Um I saw the Helen's Place funding and that that is something that I fully support. I'm wondering if the addition of the permanent supportive housing um has any impact on what we need to fund and how we um to view the possible relationship between Helen's Place and the permanent supportive housing?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Well, great. Well, keep us updated if the needs shift. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't know if this has already been said, but Thank you so much for the work you've done. My only fear about funding a lot of stuff in this year is that the next two budget cycles may be worse than this budget cycle. And so I wouldn't want to create a dependency by funding something that we can't fund in 27 and 28. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I really appreciate your presentation, the work you put into this. My wife's a middle school principal and I asked her if I should support this or not. And she said yes. So I don't have any concerns. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Two quick questions. One, when you say the area, what is the geographical outline of the area that you're referring to? What is the district?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Second question, thank you for defining that. Have the consultants or anyone had an opportunity to connect with the Kirkland Heritage Society?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It doesn't need to be. I just want to provide that opportunity if it's needed.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So thank you for answering my questions.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“else we're not voting we're just no commenting um real quick i guess my comments would be i do see this as a east of 405 thing i don't think below 405 i see that as the same district i have difficulty seeing that as having the same name my second comment is that once one of these names is chosen it would be interesting to talk about signage you know being called the forge district would be a lot more interesting in my opinion if there's a hundred foot high steel sign when you drive up 85th and into this district so that the name kind of resonates with people that visit that area. And yeah,…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Um, I share my colleagues thoughts. I think we should preserve the rise and the forge for the next meeting. And I wouldn't have a problem eliminating number three here. And then if we preserve those two names, maybe we can encourage feedback from residents and uh other people and see think about this they're both great options i mean i i i can't complain about having two great options um yeah”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'll kick it off here. I am super excited about the possibility of this. The fact that this project could potentially have 10% of the units at 50% AMI is exciting. And the 30% of these units are two and three bedroom is very interesting also. I would potentially be located near one of the best elementary schools in our city Peter Kirk elementary and those 2 to 3 bedroom units would provide an opportunity. For a lot of families to be located near that elementary school. the 65 feet and the additional height doesn't particularly bother me because of the location of the building because I don't…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“MAY I ASK A PROCEDURAL QUESTION? SURE. HAS THIS AMENDMENT BEEN MOVED?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Sorry, has this amendment been moved forward? No.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. So procedurally, this amendment came to us this morning and we got feedback from the master builders on Monday. I would have appreciated if we had more advanced notice with this amendment because I think our stakeholders that have been working with us on this since June would have appreciated having an opportunity to give feedback on this. From a substantive perspective, I don't support this amendment because I don't think that trying to surgically increase the taxes on this type of housing won't affect a lot of other typologies. And so I won't be supporting this amendment. Thank…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. You know, I think a lot of this comes down to officer discretion and discretion used by the heart team. And I think we've built about the most compassionate police force, the most compassionate heart team, and the most compassionate city government we can. we've done i i really appreciate miss o'malley's comments um and concern about the ordinance i will be supporting the ordinance but that's because i think our police department and our heart team is one of the most ethical and compassionate org organizations i've i've worked with and i've seen and i think that i just ultimately…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I know it's been time-consuming over our recess, but it's important councilmember Tim Chisholm I would echo councilmember Falcone's Announcement about the pride across the bridge celebration the TDC funded that Event with I forget how much money you volunteering for the dunk tank. I I Have not I have not But I think the public likes and respects me and probably would never want to do that. But I haven't been asked. Maybe I will go to the dunk tank. I don't know. But I'll certainly be at that event. It sounds like a fun time.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But our TDC did significantly assist that event this year. And we all vote yeah. That's all.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Um, in evaluating this proposal, I looked at three factors. One was community support. The second was financial sustainability, and the third was the process. I was told months ago that neighborhood organizations in the Kirkland Association of Neighborhoods. We're going to be supportive of this and offer. Letters of support. I haven't seen that materialize. On May 5th, I also received an email from the chair of the Kirkland Community Foundation. That email was in his official capacity. And represented that. In his official capacity that there was support for the tool library. The subject of…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Well, you don't get the last word on this. If you want to retort, you don't get a retort. You don't get to use your own order in as chair to retort.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Thank you and thank you Allison. Where in the process are we on this? And does this was designed to comply with the state law, but does this go back to the Planning Commission now?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“OK. Thank you. I do agree with and support most of this. I think it is logical because this would take into consideration the underlying zoning of the surrounding neighborhood or the surrounding location, right?”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“Uh, thank you Adam. So my question is on the terms of the loan. I understand the value of this project and I'm generally supportive. The loan terms are 0% interest and my question for staff. Is, uh, You know why isn't this loan at 6% interest or the prevailing rate or whatever a normal loan would be at from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac or the federal government? And I would note that 20 years of interest or 40 years of interest at 6%. Would be maybe 350,000 over 20 years, or if the loan is over 40 years. You know. 800,000 or more. And why are we foregoing that interest at some sort of a…”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“okay i mean i understand the reasons to support this but um and i understand not having a high or exorbitantly high interest rate but um zero seems uh concerning and i i would i would ask that different options be brought back at the prevailing rate or or that that be investigated thank you thank you”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I don't object, but I have some policies and procedure amendments that I'll be bringing at the next meeting, so I do want to address the issue at some point. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026
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“I'll support that sport this lrm I think one of the interesting legal questions that will emerge is if a civil infraction a non criminal civil infraction is issued whether that civil infraction is issued to the writer or the parents. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 5, 2026