Remarks by Katie Favela
30 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I, too, am a crier, and I want you to know, because you'll appreciate it, when Steve was letting us know about the timing of the council meeting, your retirement, I said, please give me enough heads up so I could get tanning and lashes done so if I cry, they're not ruined.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Kathy, I appreciate everything about you. All the sentiments of everybody on council, they've said, just being a woman in the community who has championed your community, you've grown up here, you have spent 37 years with the department, and I remember being in this very room on the interview panel when you became the chief of police and being so enamored with a strong woman in the room and honestly the first woman police chief I've ever met. And I am so excited that your retirement doesn't mean goodbye. It means that I get to enjoy life with you in a different capacity, not in an official…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I got to pick something on my phone. Okay, there we go.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I just appreciate the presentation. You know, as we talk about accessibility through our community, this is a priority for council for us to focus on. So I do appreciate having this information with what Councillor Davis brought up. I would be interested to see in especially the sidewalks issue. That is something we're actively looking on with our sidewalk preservation program and what portion of that to what he was saying, can we actually use some of those funds to get those sidewalks fixed, and which ones are really just not going, you know what I mean, to be able to get that, yeah.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. I have two. Do you want me to just do one?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. So my question is about the, there's a $2 million change order amount, so I want to make sure that I understand the change order amount. If we go over the Blue Rock funding amount, Then go over the additional two million and we can't agree on Who is responsible for the additional cost? What happens then?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“You did. And then the next, in the agreement it says that we can't replace the project manager or make major changes to their scope without Blue Rock's approval, but does Blue Rock still, do they have the same standard? Can they make changes?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So why would we need their approval if we want to change the project manager?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I have two again, I think. So in this agreement, it states that the lender has protections if Blue Rock defaults. We've talked about that. But can you help me understand what happens to the city's rights if Blue Rock stops performing and the lender steps in? Like how long would or could the city be tied up in that process before we could actually regain control of the property?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And that will be, when we talk about the operation and maintenance, that will be coming back to us as well.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay. And then not a question, but just a comment. When the facility lease comes back to us, this is a two part making sure that I'm pretty sure it says it here, but not just the rent and making sure we have operations and maintenance included. And then with a third party agreement, when this comes back to council details on what the operator is responsible for and versus what remains the city's responsibility under that facility lease. And then if the operator fails what financial obligations still remain with the city versus what was their ownership?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So those lease payments, though, will essentially go back to repay the portion that Blue Rock is funding, yes?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Right. So we're not looking at a $32 million project. We're essentially looking at close to a $50 million project all in.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So when... I understand that we're not talking about funding tonight because there's so much coming back to council. So I want to clarify what this slide is saying right now is that at any time between December 15th, if something is not penciling, something's not right, we can separate and we can be done moving forward. Yes?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“So whatever we agree on tonight, what in this, what we're agreeing upon can be changed without coming back to council? Only in the portion that we're talking about tonight. Once we agree upon it, can anything be changed without us knowing?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“And lastly, just looking at finances, we're heading into budget season. So whatever budget financial components come out of this, I would like to see how that pencils when we're looking at our overall debt capacity for 2027 going into like, how does this all pencil out and what does it look like? It could be a hypothetical if it needs to be, but when this comes back to us, Separately just for this development agreement, but then also looking at budget season how these two marry into each other Of course”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“In the agreement, it says that the city shall cause the recreation center to reach substantial completion. But since Blue Rock is responsible for the rec center, can you explain to me what the obligation is in real time? Or is there a reason that the obligation is written that way?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Oops, sorry, I have no questions, but I am thrilled to see this. Gas stations in Ridgefield are a hot-button issue for me personally, so I'm excited to see kind of what the rest of council, where we're going to go with this, and I think we have enough right now. We don't need any more. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Again, congratulations, Chief, on your retirement. So incredible. The one thing I want to talk about tonight is at the Fire Commission meeting, we had a lot of news media there. Back in July at Paradise Point, there was a father swimming with his two young girls. The girls did not have floaties, and they started to go under, and the dad went in to get the girls, and he also started struggling, too. and if you've ever been to paradise point you know it's right under the freeway so noise you can be screaming and it's hard to hear with all the traffic going over Two teenage girls just happened…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I motion to approve Councilor Buerkle from tonight's meeting. I'll second.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, we're down 1.5 on the year-over-two-year expenses, and then revenue is up 12.8%.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Thank you so much. I'm wondering if your organization also works with, like, advocating for insurance companies, specifically, like, Medicare for elderly and the benefits that they are not able to receive.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, if it ever comes across your purview or you find an advocacy area, that would be one. There is a high need in Clark County for the Medicare population to receive mental health services. But in order to be contracted with Medicare, you have to be a licensed therapist. You can't be an associate and you can't be an intern. which significantly reduces the amount of providers that are eligible to provide services to this population. We've seen advocacy go in directions where other insurance companies are changing that, and I think it would be beneficial if attention was brought to this…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026