Remarks by Kelly Ramirez
94 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“Thank you, Mayor. And I have several questions, so I'm looking behind it if you say that's enough. Thank you for your presentation. This was laid out very simply and you articulated it very well. I just have some questions that I have and then questions I get asked. And one of the questions I'm constantly asked by the community or comments that have been made, can you help explain why we have more than one paramedic? Why don't we just go to, well, there's one paramedic and two firefighters. Why is everybody a paramedic? Can you explain that?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. So on average, with other fire departments in the area, Do we have a higher than average overtime? And is that based on minimum staffing?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you. How often do we rely on mutual aid?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Just three more. Just real quick. So you made reference to the seismic retrofits in the two stations. Is there a backup plan? So, you know, by that I mean”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“And you alluded to the fact that we might not get those, a response from that station if something were to happen. But moving beyond that, and we've passed the initial emergency and we realize we cannot utilize that station, do we have another and to house those staff members and apparatus and all that kind of stuff?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“I'm asking that because catastrophic earthquake in this area is a reality.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“If we transitioned to one of these other alternatives, is there a guarantee that our firefighters would staff the stations? No.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“So conceivably, CAL FIRE could say, okay, thank you so much. You're going to be stationed in Bakersfield.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“OK. And then just trying to understand this, when you talked about the annexation, That fifty four to ninety seven percent that you had on the screen is that percentage roughly between those numbers Get into our general fund would be then paid out That's a really good question fifty four percent is exactly how the the South Santa Clara Fire Protection District”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CHESTNUT, AND YOU CALLED IT NOSTALGIC.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“So I appreciate, first of all, I appreciate our current firefighters wanting to move perhaps to an annexation because of the salaries and benefits that go with that. I don't fault them for that at all. So I'm going to just throw that out there right now. And if we decide to move in a direction where we maintain control I think that we need to really give attention to that and how we can bring that up to parity. I do have the same concerns that Council Member Fugazi and Council Member Marks have. I ran on local control because once we give up local control, we do not get it back. And that…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Thank you councilmember Ramirez So I appreciate the fact that you guys have been studying it for 21 years I haven't only been sitting here two years and now we're faced with it. I need to have the answers I need to have the information I would like to have it expedited so that we don't continue this conversation for the next 21 years and But I am certainly not ready to say, let's go annexation or let's do this. I need to have the information as robust as it can be and as expedited. And that's where I feel.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Just a quick thank you. Great presentation.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. It's been a busy couple of weeks. I attended an SV Home elected official roundtable in San Jose and learned more about the tenant preference policy for low-income housing. I continue to participate in the unhoused ad hoc committee meetings. I attended the City of Gilroy's Car Show at the Senior Center, which was unfortunately a rainy day, so a lot of people did not want to bring out their beautiful cars in the rain. But it was still a great event. I attended an opening of Sun Palace in downtown Gilroy. I attended, along with the mayor, the Appliance Regulation Briefing and…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“COULD IT BE A CONDITION and part of the process to require a data center on that property if somebody were to apply for it to have them build that commercial space that you just kind of mentioned or just allow it to be built”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Hello. I'm urging all of you to approve this moratorium for the health of our children. and future generations and to help the wildlife stay healthy. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So I agree that there are benefits to data centers, but that putting a pause and looking at what kind of standards we can put forth is the great way to go. And what I also like about this is it allows for community input, conversation, and engagement. So that's great.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I think that... but I also want to know, in your professional experience and opinion, is there any place where you felt that we are not capturing full recovery where we should?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“SO IS THERE ANY AREA WHERE PERHAPS MAYBE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE REACHED FULL RECOVERY OR CLOSER TO FULL RECOVERY WHERE WE'RE PERHAPS LEAVING MONEY ON THE TABLE? CERTAINLY THERE ARE AREAS LIKE THE MAYOR JUST BROUGHT UP WHERE THERE WOULD BE COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO NOT DOING SO. Given how it does take, like you said, to your point where it does take from the general fund to subsidize this when there are so many needs that our general fund is trying to... I just want to make sure that we're not leaving something on the table that we should be calling.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And in your professional experience, we're capitalizing on what we should be.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So thank you for bringing this back, because we did ask that it be brought back if it was. I sit on the ad hoc committee, and we are working diligently and as quickly as possible to bring something back to council. I have to say I'm a little disappointed with the growth when we asked to not do it. I understand the social . But I have some questions, and I'm not quite sure whether I'd rather do that or to the chief or Sharon. So I'm going to throw out the questions and then . Perfect. If we were to abate this, is there any data or any EXPERIENCE THAT SAYS THAT THE 25, 30, WHATEVER NUMBER OF…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Is there, but you don't anticipate that to be a significant number?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And then the, so basically we go back then to having these additional 25, 30, 35 people. Our staff would then be playing the whack-a-mole game with these people as well.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And you did say that it grew, but Do you have numbers on how many, because one of the arguments that was given to us and one of the reasons that, for me, that I approved Camp Hope was because we have been told that it's easier to provide housing if they're in one area they can be found. Are there numbers that have shown that that has happened, even though it has grown? Have there been people that were originally there, have they been housed? And do we have the number?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Do you know if housing has happened at all? Or you just don't have the number?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026