Remarks by Justin Martinez
41 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Point of order. I don't think that is something that you can call point of order on when there's a motion and a second on the floor.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Point of information, what's the difference between comments and discussion?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. All right, now my comments are that I think this is a relatively small ask, and I don't see any reason to table it when it's pretty simple that we're just asking to, I mean, the motion is just asking to put something on a planning session agenda.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Well, threw me off on the whole comment. So I just want to say that one of the meetings that I attended just recently that I think is worth discussing is the NATO meeting from last week. We heard a great presentation from CTIO, which is formerly known as the High Performance Transportation Enterprise. They presented a little bit about their background and their successes. CTIO is a part of the, it's the Colorado Transportation Investment Office, I believe, and their main role, which they were established in 2009, was to serve CEDAW when it comes to private, public-private…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“All right. I would like to introduce a motion approving and authorizing submission of the 2026 Annual Action Plan and the Associated Projects for Community Development Block Grant funding. And I move for its approval. Second.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So first of all, I would just like to say thank you to Cheryl and her team and everybody in Community Connections who's worked on this project. Every year you all do a fantastic job. I know how difficult, well, actually, I can only imagine how difficult it is to navigate Department of HUD grants. You know, we had the opportunity to meet with HUD appointees and HUD administrators, and the lay of the land is pretty difficult. The grants are shrinking, the needs are growing. It's a very difficult position to be in, and I think the plan that you and your team put forward is really gonna serve the…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, agreed. These private activity bonds are going to serve our residents well. And I just want to, you know, express some gratitude for the fact that we even have these as an option for financing. They allow, not only can they be used for first-time homebuyers, but they can also be used in the the plan that we have will be used to help finance affordable housing projects. And more often than not, those types of lower interest rate, lower cost forms of financing are what make affordable projects even possible. And so I'm glad that we have those things. You know, this is authorities given to…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah. Thank you for sharing this automated enforcement data. There's a lot to cover. So my first question is, you know, you're not recommending the expansion of the program because we are uncertain about the data. So you're also, does that mean you are recommending continuing it as is for another year, correct? Correct.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. And then what types of facts or recommendations you know, items will you use to determine, you know, the effectiveness? You said after we get a year of data, you would be able to look at it more closely. So what kind of things would your department”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, let me see if I understood that right. So you're saying that in 2024, when there were 30 crashes, that was the year you're talking about, right? There were more at the tail end of the year? Correct.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, okay, that makes sense. All right, then the other question I had was going back to the slides about the the initial slide in the public safety report where you break down those numbers. In particular, I think there's some concern about the higher profile homicide cases like that. I think that you know i'm very grateful that the um family justice center is about to open and i i would hope to see some of those domestic violence related lethal cases you know go down uh that would be the whole objective one of the objectives of the family justice center but for the non-domestic violence…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. And then I'm going to – comes to the uh the manner of non-natural death you know accidental you you mentioned a big part of that is overdoses and um i think that there is certainly you know overlap in that community with the people living out on the streets and having a hard time and they're often addicted to drugs um not always but it happens and and it's actually happened in neighborhood where we've had that overdoses on opioids in the in the parks and in the open spaces so my question is about the other side of it when it comes to investigating and prosecuting drug dealing in…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“And do you think that that, you know, has our effort been consistent over the last few years that we're talking about? Or have we made more contributions or less? You know, it's just something that I think people want to be reassured that we're investing in that. We want to make sure that we keep the really awful criminals out of our city.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I'm just asking, have we put more resources into the North Metro Task Force, or have we seen more of our officers partner with the federal agencies over the last few years? Is this a trend?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you for answering my question. You're welcome.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026