Remarks by Kelli Curtis
362 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 12 of 15
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“Thank you. I have Council Member Falcone, Council Member Tim Chisholm, and then Council Member Paschal.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Leandra, you do such an awesome job with these big, complicated, meaty projects. So I'm so happy that this is in your hands. And I agree with Council Member Falcone. This was an excellent memo. So thank you so much. So, I don't want to repeat what's already been said, but I do support doing, Council Member Prem just said it, sort of thinking of it as tiered and the first iteration as a pilot project, and then we learn more as we go along. I think we can expand it in phases. I wanna echo, I'm afraid you're gonna walk away from here with a lot of mixed direction and I can't really help you with…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Great. Thank you so much. Thank you. All right. We are now moving on to Item 9E, update on Resolution 5729 regarding the city's response to federal immigration enforcement. We have some guests in the back that are here for the moratorium. And I think I told you maybe 8.30. I lied. Sorry. 10.30 is what I meant.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right, thank you so much. I know, but I don't want to call on you first because... Anyone else want to go before Council Member Falcone? Council Member Arnold. Nothing personal.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Anyone else? Okay. Council Member Tim Chisholm?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Anyone else? This is going to sound really critical, and I apologize in advance. I was really dissatisfied with the memo because I wanted so much more. I wanted a deeper dive. I mean, what I'm seeing is yep, we did that, we checked that box. But as a policymaker, I have no window in what the decisions were made. And so, and we are the first people that people come to and go, what are you doing about this? And I have this, this felt like a very closed box that I needed to pry open. I want to know what policy decisions we've made. We've spent We spent months on our body worn camera policy, and…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“For example, I told the city manager, it was, okay, we've reviewed our KPD policies. Here's the link to them. An executive summary of the changes that we made in response to potential federal immigration issues. actions would have been really helpful. So that kind of thing is what I'm looking for. What have we reviewed? What are the changes that we recognize and what are the changes that we need to make and why? Council Mayor Falcone wants to jump in here.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Tracy, my suggestion is maybe you interview each of us and gauge how deep we want to go, and based on that information, make a decision from there. All right, anyone else? Thank you. Are you staying for the next item? No. Okay. All right. All right. We are moving on to 9F. And I know our audience is so happy. Our last item, no it's not our last, our second to last item of business is the detention center discussion. City Manager.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“I think that's directed to you, City Mayor.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Because the purpose of a moratorium is to figure out what your code amendments are. So there's no benefit to doing a moratorium if we can just expedite the code amendments.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Okay. I'm tired. Bear with me. All right. Council member Falcone has moved that we bring back a moratorium or anything else I should add to that on immigration detention centers and office and immigration offices in the city of Kirkland has been moved by council member Tim Chisholm. Uh, second, I'm getting tired. Any discussion? Council Member Arnold.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Anyone else? Councillor O'Brien?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll be voting no on this moratorium because we could just skip the moratorium and go straight to the targeted code amendments. But I will say that if we approve the motion for targeted code amendment, that can go to our communities to get feedback for them. So we're not cutting them out of the process. I'm going to withdraw this motion.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Questions on the motion? Moved by Council Mayor Phil Cohn, seconded by Council Mayor Tim Chisholm to move forward with the moratorium. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. All those opposed? No. Motion fails, 1-6. Deputy Mayor. That's a new one for me.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Second. It's been moved by Deputy Mayor, seconded by Council Mayor Prim to advise staff to come back with targeted code amendments. Any discussion, Council Mayor Arnold?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Anyone else? All right, questions on the motion to ask staff to come back with targeted code amendments, including council holding the public hearing. Any further discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0. Thank you all. Thank you. All right, we are moving on to our last business item, which is... Item 8H2 on the Tourism Development Committee recommendation for Seattle Sports Commission membership and fiscal note, which was pulled from consent. City Manager.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We get to brag about the TDC. All right. Council Member Falcone, why don't you make the motion, and then Council Member Tim Chisholm can second it.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. It's been moved by Council Member Falcone, seconded by Council Member Tim Chisholm to adopt the TDC recommendation and join the Seattle Sports Commission. Any further discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, we are on to council reports. Deputy Mayor?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Oh my gosh, I think you're right. And I was actually, he was going to say let's not do council reports. We've got an executive.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right. We will forego council reports, and I'll hand it over to city manager.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody want to make a motion? So moved that.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Did you just make that motion? I did. You had him read it? Yeah. Okay. I don't know what was happening there. All right. It's been moved by Council Member Falcone, seconded by Council Member Prim to move forward with the negotiate modification of the Houghton Village easement. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 7-0.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“All right. We are now going to go into executive session to discuss litigation as authorized by RCW 4230-1101I. We expect to re-convene our regular meeting at approximately 1150, only for the purposes of adjournment.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“And moved by Council Member Paschal, second by Council Member Arnold. Any discussion? All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries 6-0. Thank you, City Clerk. Will you please call the roll?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026