Remarks by Kaia Eakin
101 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 5
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“That's all I have. And now, Council Member Gee.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you so much for that and congratulations to Sam Trans. Now we will go to City Council Committee Reports and we'll start with Governance Subcommittee and Councilmember G.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you so much. And now, City Manager's oral update.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“We will now adjourn to closed session to discuss anticipated litigation as identified on the agenda. Before we move to closed session, I'd like to ask the city clerk if there's any public comment on the closed session item.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“Thank you. The City Council will now convene to close session. In the event there is reportable action from the closed session, the Council will return to the dais for the report. There will be no reportable action following the closed session. We will now adjourn the meeting immediately following closed session, and the City Council will not be returning to the dais. Thank you, and good night.”
City Council · Sep 28, 2026
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“I just want to make clear that that's not all that's in item number 7J. It has many other aspects, and I guess I'll just say I'm not particularly interested in studying billboards, but that's for another day. This would just be, among many other things, to study the possibility of a billboard on the corporation yard land. I second the motion to approve 7J.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I just have some clarifying questions. So Tanisha, thank you so much for such a thorough presentation. So in 2010, we built a levee that was permitted by all the agencies as protecting from sea level rise. Is that right?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“And then in 2020, FEMA de-accredited the levy. Is that right?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Now this option two that we have now, it was presented to us in February and at that time it was 30% designed, is that right?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So what concerns me about option two, and several of the public commenters have mentioned it as well, it seems to... In contrast to what we were presented in February, there seemed to be fewer options to expand it later. It looks like we are foregoing some of the ground improvements that would allow this adaptation to changed conditions. there are fewer options tonight to expand it later than there were in February. Is that right?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“IN FEBRUARY WE WERE TOLD THAT ground improvements could be allowed if we build higher, but now those grand improvements can't be allowed. Is that right? That's the difference between February and now?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“The reason that I'm concerned is because sea level rise is going to come whether we want it to or not. And what concerns me is, you know, in hindsight, to have built a levee in 2010 and then to discover 10 years later that it wasn't good enough, it was more expensive than if we had engineered, built something stronger and more robust, even if it had been more expensive. back in 2010 what looked inexpensive in 2010 what wasn't really so and I just don't want us to have regrets that we did that a second time in this very same place so I want us to be really really aware of how we got to where…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“IF WE CHOOSE ALTERNATIVE ONE TONIGHT, DO WE STILL SECURE THAT $2 MILLION FUNDING? We secure it regardless of which alternative we choose. Is that right?”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“So, I'm really, I'm just concerned that we don't have the permits yet. We're at the very beginning of talking with these permitting agencies. And we know one of your slides talk about acting regionally and that the water doesn't stop in Redwood City and that even though it's in one part of Redwood City that we're doing this levy, it's going to affect all of Redwood City and then all the jurisdictions around it. And so looking at that regional viewpoint, it concerns me that... other jurisdictions are building to a higher standard or planning, that their plans, their aspirations are to build at…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“No, thank you. And you're absolutely right. And thank you, Tanisha. I was a little cavalier with my words. So thank you. You're right. It was done. You know, sea level rose nine inches in the last 50 years. And it's going to start rising faster, plus ground level rise. I'll leave it there.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I just have another clarifying question. And thank you for all my colleagues. But I'm trying to get back to this one thing that I'm just trying to understand. you know, alternative one, alternative two. Alternative one is more nature-based. Alternative two is more engineered, more, you know, steel-based. But it's the ground improvements. So if we have four feet of subsidence as we did with the levee in 2010, Can we have, so can we use the ground improvements after that? Like the soil, the improvements described in alternative one, which are kind of nature-based and trying to do nature-y…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Well, that's a real concern of mine because I want as much Okay, let me, I'm glad to hear that, thank you. Let me ask the question another way. Can you assure us that we would be able, that if we build, I'm not gonna ask you that, if we build alternatives to we would be able to come back and build more of what looks like Alternative 1 later if Alternative 2, which is much more engineered, We have the subsidence. We have the sinking. But again, I'm answering my own question by saying if we need to save that alternative because the engineering doesn't work and we have to use nature-based, isn't…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I know that in Marin and San Rafael, which has half the number of residents that we do and twice the budget, they have a $400 million a year budget and 40,000 people. But anyway, back to my point, they're... Their planning for sea level rise incorporates a lot of nature-based solutions and a lot of horizontal levees, and I would ask you to look. I think they've already done their BCDC plan, and it incorporates a lot of nature-based solutions, I'm told. And so I would ask you to check in with them and look at the design team that they use. I think it's out of New York. And very nature-based.…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Yeah, that's my point, where there's no taking of property.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Okay, so I'm very supportive of that in concept because it might be cheaper later.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I'll be extremely brief because I took a lot of time on the last item. So just the slide about the grants or the, just want to go there again real quick. My question is just simply how, how many, how much money, and it's okay if you don't know, you can email me later, but how much money does project read get with grants? They get the federal grants, state grants, County grants. What, tell me about project reads grants.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Yeah, I would just, any information about the funding for Project Read, I would love. And then I'm done, the only other question I have is, could you, you have some wonderful people here who are helping with our youth, could they introduce themselves? Absolutely. Come on up. Thank you for staying so late, and if you could just tell us your name and what you do, that would be fun.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“Fantastic. Well, thank you all for staying up late with us, and those are my questions.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026