Remarks by Kelli Curtis
362 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 15
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“more um a comprehensive view thank you thank you thank you thanks arnold and councilman do you want to prioritize or are you not ready to do that yet councilman”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I really don't have anything more to add. The Forge is the strongest contender for me. And as you said in your presentation, you read them and then you have to sit with them for a while and you have to process and you have to imagine, which is what I've been doing in the last few days. And as Council Member Arnold, I've been through this before. And yeah, it's rarely that everybody goes, oh yeah, that's it, let's go. But I also have the concerns about union. And Greg, I did exactly what you said people do. I immediately started googling synonyms for union. so and i understand union…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK. Great. Great. So anyway, the five of us up here, it sounds like we're coalescing on something. So that's really positive. So thank you. Jen, do you have next steps?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“You're welcome. And thank you all for staying up late with us tonight. So we appreciate it. We'll see you soon.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, Council, it is getting late. We're going to take a quick break. Let's try to come back at 945. All right, we are back after a short break, and we are moving on to item 9D. Need my glasses, which is potential development agreement for the Main Street Property Group, LLC, Slate Peak Project. City Manager.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Alex, this is your first time in front of us? It is, yes. Welcome.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Council. Thoughts? Council member Tim Chisholm.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I don't have a lot to add. I think this is a very intriguing proposal. I think that there's a lot of things in it that I like. This is underutilized land. I mean, we see it's boat storage right now. So this is an incredible opportunity to catalyze this area and get things moving forward. I am a strong supporter of option A. I appreciate the creativity around it. We know that a lot of our nonprofits can't afford to pay the rent so i think that's the direction we should go in i would like to push a little bit on the 1500 square feet and see if we can carve out some more i reached out to some…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“okay great we get so much done when there's only five of us all right we are going to move on to i think we're at 9e which is transfer uh is that right yep 9e which is uh transportation commission roles and responsibilities charter city manager”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Any other comments? All right. Yes, thank you for raising it. Thank you both. Steven, did you really stay till 1017 for two minutes?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“OK. Thank you. They came on a greenway, so it was OK. OK. We are now at item 9F, which is Transportation Benefit District Programs. City Manager.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Laura, before you go on, has a question.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you both. Thank you for the good presentation. And I really appreciated that Laura gave you, Jessica, a shout out for the work that you do on grants. We get those emails, and we're always very pleased. So thank you for all of that. We don't thank you enough for that.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“And you're humble, too. So Council, any questions on all of this?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“second thank you it's been moved by deputy mayor black second by council member arnold to authorize the use of tbd contingency funds as recommended by staff any further discussion all those in favor please say aye aye aye any opposed motion carries 5-0 thanks All right, we are now on to our last business item. I'm so glad that we didn't have to send Anna home. Our last business item is urban forest management plan update briefing number three, city manager.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Anyone else? I think you have a slide, questions for us. Yes, thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“staff is killing it on presentations tonight and the reason i kept not noticing councilman arnold is i was so focused on these slides so well done um and i want to echo deputy mayor or councilman arnold in that you really i love the transition of land use that tells the story so much better so you really captured our feedback the only real i don't have a comment on what the content you're doing a great job you're going in a great direction my comment is when you look at the land use and you look at the neighborhood centers and you look at those neighborhood centers with low percentage of of…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right. We have finished our business agenda and we are now moving on to council reports and I will start with Deputy Mayor.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Council Member Brim? Same. I will email to the council. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Arnold.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“We are now going to move on to city manager reports. I have nothing to report. I will send an email. I will say thank you to Chief St. Jean and Chief Ledoux for the 9-11 remembrance ceremony. It was very well put together and well done and very impactful. So thank you. City manager, over to you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Council, any calendar updates? I have one. As you all know, we've received a number of requests from community members to take position on two ballot initiatives. So I would like to request that the city manager comes back to council with potential action for council to take a position on the two ballot measures, which are IL26638, which is protecting girls sports, and IL 26001, which is restoring parents' rights, which both will be on the ballot in November. So, Council, any objections to having that as a future discussion? All right. I see no objections. City Manager?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“All right, we are going to adjourn to exec session to discuss potential litigation as authorized by RCW 42-3110-1I, Romanette 3. We expect to reconvene our regular meeting at approximately 1120? We're thinking 25 minutes.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“John's still logging in. Jay's logging in. I'm just waiting. She was here to make sure everything goes smoothly. All right, welcome back, everybody. Welcome to the City Council meeting of September 1, 2026. Before we call the roll, I'd like to thank everybody that worked hard on transforming our chambers. Yay for the new AV. And it's going to be great. We have monitors down below and new mics. So we might have to work on these mics a little bit. City Clerk, will you please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Our study session tonight is on two items. First, we'll have an overview of the domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy programs. Second, we will have a review of the preliminary, preliminary, 2027 2032 capital improvement program we expect to reconvene our regular meeting at 7 30 city manager”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Kate, and thank you both of you for this program and the work that you're doing. And it's hard work, so it's challenging work. And we're so grateful for your presence in our community, and frankly, we're really proud of this program. So, thank you for the feedback. Council, any questions? Council Member Falcone.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026