Remarks by Justin Martinez
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you. I'd like to introduce a resolution declaring October 2026 as National Arts and Humanities Month in the City of Thornton, Colorado, whereas the nation's 131,000-plus nonprofit arts, culture, and humanities organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the nation's 4,500 local arts agencies, and the arts and humanities councils of the 50 states and the six U.S. jurisdictions have regularly issued annual proclamations designating October is National Arts and Humanities Month, and whereas the arts and humanities enhance and enrich the…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yeah, so I want to just recognize and thank all the people in our staff that make our city special when it comes to celebrating arts and culture. You know, I think that arts and culture is one of the defining characteristics of our city. You know, we don't have a long history going back to the mining towns of a lot of our peer cities. We don't have a downtown yet. And we don't have a lot of the things that some of our neighbors have. But one of the things that really stands out about Thornton and truly makes it special is our commitment to our events, our arts and culture, our public um art…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you. So we've had quite a few things happen in the last few weeks. I think our Council will cover most of them. So I'm not going to go into too many things about what we did the last week. Just a couple of things. First, I want to thank our Thornton Police Department for all that they do to keep the community safe. We had a really horrific officer-involved shooting over the last couple days ago in Thornton. And, um, I just wanted to express my, um, you know, relief and sympathies to the officer who was involved in his family. It's a really horrific incident, and our public safety team…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“yes my question is about the criteria for uh decide making decisions on zoning amendment proposals that you listed in the application the applicant listed as well so uh we've heard concerns from residents and in communication at the meetings and in in the documents we get in our packet about traffic, but I didn't see anything about traffic specifically in the criteria for making these rezoning decisions. And I know the council in years past have had traffic as a criteria, but I think it was for a different kind of decision. So could you provide a little bit of clarity as to where traffic…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you for clarifying that traffic data. That was my only question.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you. So as a Hispanic resident and council member, This month, Hispanic Heritage Month, obviously means a lot to me. But I mostly just want to give a shout out to the city of Thornton for how much love we show to our own Hispanic community all year round. It's really awesome to live here in a city where we don't just talk about celebrating diversity. We actually do it. And you can literally see it all around town. For example, the sculpture Resilience in Bloom, it's been up for a couple of years now. And it was put in there at Pecos Park down on the west side. The artist is Beamer…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, I wanted to second that and thank our fire department, specifically calling out all the extras that they do, like the fire prevention week. They also do a whole bunch of services that you might not ever know about. They do food truck certification. They're scheduling several meetings out there with Ward 1 communities to talk about fire safety and prevention in our open spaces. And there have been a number of fires lately in Ward 1. So I'm glad that our fire department is taking a proactive approach to help educate people and make sure that we're being as safe as we can in our homes and…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“It's always a heavy day, full of remembrance and reflection for me. I just want to recognize and honor all of the first responders who ran toward the danger that day and honor the memory of the victims we lost. And to remember the victims and to remember everybody who was a victim or a first responder of the 9-11 terrorist attacks against America, we will never forget. But that spirit, as mentioned by my colleagues of service, really carried over into the rest of the week. On the very next day, on September 12th, the city hosted our 9-11 day of service. We partnered up with JustServe. I have…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yes, I'd like to introduce an ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the submission, acceptance, processing, or approval of any applications to the City of Thornton for any permit, license plan, approval, or other type of approval related to new or expanding of data centers, and I move for its approval. Second.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you, Jessica for the statement. I am looking forward to learning all the, the output of the research that's going into it. And you can, everybody can expect me to, you know, have these conversations with the community and really think it's important that we engage the community and keep them.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Council Member Martinez. Thank you. I just want to start out by showing my appreciation for everybody that showed up today. Let us know your perspective and how you feel. I know most of you came here to talk about the data center item on our agenda, and I really appreciated hearing all the different perspectives, although I know everybody here was in support of the moratorium. I really do enjoy hearing all the different reasons and just getting a better understanding of the community in general. And one thing in particular stood out, several of you have mentioned that you may have lost some…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes, my question is about the length of the proposed ordinance. So we have a 12-month moratorium in this ordinance. Does the council have the authority to extend the moratorium if needed? Prior to the expiration of... Yeah, prior. Let's say six months from now, we're doing our work and we realize there's a lot more work that we need to be done. How would that work? Does the council have the authority to extend it through another ordinance or would we modify? Yes. What would the legal process for that be?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“yes i'd like to introduce an ordinance establishing a temporary moratorium on the submission acceptance processing or approval of any applications to the city of thornton for any permit license plan approval or other type of approval related to or new or expanding of data centers and i move for its approval second approval of the ordinance on first reading has been moved and seconded i'll open it for discussion councilmember martinez you have the option to go first as you made the motion okay You know, a couple months ago, I introduced this potential moratorium to the Council after meeting…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I agree with Councilmember Byrd's points about that, and I'm actually interested in seeing if we could either remove that from this particular budget amendment until we get the follow-up information, or if we can postpone this budget amendment altogether.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm gonna make a motion to remove the police training facility storage shed from this budget amendment motion for consideration after a follow-up from staff about the details of this Shed and I move for its approval second I had the motion to remove this item the item for the police training facility storage shed from this part of the budget Amendment has been made and seconded I'll open it for discussion councilmember Martinez.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Sure, yeah, I just want to let everybody know that, you know, since we're not able, since the motion to remove this item for the $75,000 for the Training facility storage shed from the budget is included. I just, again, I think I have too many questions about that to be in support of this with that on this amendment.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“yes i'd like to introduce a resolution declaring the week of september six through twelve twenty twenty six is national suicide prevention week in the month of september is national suicide prevention month in the city of thornton colorado whereas suicide prevention is a national event held in September each year to draw attention to and raise awareness of suicides and to acknowledge the grief felt by families and friends remembering those who've died by suicide. And whereas all too often, those who suffer from depression and suicidal thoughts feel they can't discuss those feelings because of…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I appreciate that this is being brought to the council to officially sponsor and read as a resolution. You know, we've all, I bet almost everybody in here has been impacted by suicide by somebody in their lives. It's a truly tragic event that is spread throughout the community. And I think that I really like the wording in this resolution because it focuses a lot on how communities can prevent suicide. And the stronger our community is, the more tools that we have available to help our friends and our neighbors when they suffer through anxiety and depression and all the other causes of…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah. You know, I want to thank Council Member Salazar for bringing up some of the issues. You know, I've come across them as well in Ward 1, especially with the commercial vehicles. So, you know, I encourage our staff to continue to enforce these code provisions because I can tell you firsthand it's causing a lot of distress for many of our residents. So thank you, Council Member Salazar, for always having a community-first mindset. I want to talk about a couple of things. First, you know, as many of you know, I serve on the Denver Regional Council of Governments Board, which is a board of…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, I'd like to introduce a resolution conveying the city council's gratitude and appreciation to Carlton Kent Moorman on his retirement from the city. Whereas Kent Moorman has served the city as a regular full-time employee for 25, almost 26 years in a professional and loyal manner. And whereas Kent began employment on July 31st, 2000 as a traffic engineer, was appointed on April 26th, 2015 to regional transportation engineer And whereas Kent received multiple distinguished service awards over the many years of service to include, but not limited to, the iWatch Speed Awareness Team, 120th…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Was there anybody else in the... Mayor Pro Tem Ayala, I'd like to ask something else of staff in addition to that, if you'd give me a chance to speak.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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City Council · Jul 28, 2026