Remarks by Lauren Adler
30 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“I actually, I think for a moment, all of the buttons were saying that you all are Councilmember Adler.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll be brief. I just, what I'm about to say, I said last week, during our council comments. But as the individual who has the honor and privilege of succeeding Council Member Ferris in the seat that she represented, and because she was a friend, this is tough, like it is for many of us in this room. uh as i often say and as i said last week i believe you die twice one when your body is done on this earth and the second time when they stop telling stories about you and as council member castema demonstrated tonight in in the story that council member ferris shared with him Council…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. So I certainly have a lot of thoughts and things to say, but I am going to try to keep this short and sweet. So a couple of things. to just be very direct and plain talk. So number one, I have said it before, I support the vacation of 7th. I went to Puyallup High School. I graduated almost 20 years ago. Many of you have heard me say this before. When I was at Puyallup High School, a classmate of mine was hit in front of the gym. This is very real to me. Obviously, the situation has not gotten better in 20 years, because that's why we're here today. So this is very serious and…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“I'm not gonna get into this I'm not adding to the sale conversation right now. But I do want to use that as an example of what I said earlier, that I really do feel as though council should consider with staff and the school district and neighbors, the community at large, on having a special meeting dedicated to this. I mean, we're getting real into the weeds. It's almost a quarter to 10. We still have students here. Most folks in here are professionals. You've been hanging tough with us since 630. And I just think getting to the later hour in the evening, I'm trying to be thoughtful of…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. This is brief. I don't have a problem with this because I recognize the delays. But I just have to make the observation that this is the second time that we've had a board or commission come before us and have concerns about quorum or ability to have folks make the meetings or stay consistent, which really challenges the work of said board commission. So I just have to say that for staff, I hope that we're thinking about ways to continue trying to engage those that are prescriptive for our boards or community resident involvement at large. It's a concerning trend. mainly outside of…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll just be brief and, again, give my gratitude to those who came tonight for the public hearing and stuck with us until the late hour. In particular, our students for being so poised, so well-spoken, and very engaged. Thanks.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Well, I don't know about y'all, but I feel like we should all knock on some wood talking about all these things. I'll knock on my noggin. I'm sorry. So I just got to say, I wish that I had a counter with me so I could count how many times you have said partnerships or partner. Because I got to tell you, if something happens in our city, we cannot go alone. We have got to come together with our partners. And partnerships is what's going to help protect us, what will help save us. And there's no doubt in my mind that the work that you're doing, and I can assume the many, many, many…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“But this work that you're doing is likely very thankless because it doesn't materialize unless something happens, God forbid. So thank you. It's very serious work. And I just, again, want to give appreciation for the commitment to partnerships. Finally, we're a day late, but August was Emergency Management Awareness Month. And so we missed out on formally acknowledging that, but a day late isn't so bad. So thank you, again, for the work that you do.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I agree with the comments from Councilmember Kastema and Councilmember Smolko. Appreciate those. I also appreciate the criteria here. I do have a clarifying question, and it gets to Councilmember Smolko's point. Is the intent of what was put forward here with the criteria this in lieu of a supermajority requirement as well?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you for that. I support having a guide. I guess I would maybe recommend that it be considered that it's a proposed guide. And we use that as the North Star, if you will, and just a gut check. I appreciate the deputy mayor's comments related to our discernment, which I agree with. But I think that it's important to have something in writing, on paper, that we can always reference back to as a guide. And so I appreciate you, Mr. Mayor, putting this forward. And again, I think it's good to have a North Star roadmap, a gut check. And I would also be supportive of keeping the supermajority.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Just real briefly, going back to your commitment to public outreach and ensuring that you're connecting and hearing resident feedback, if I can, for whatever it's worth, just also encourage you to consider maybe running the tape, if you will, maybe the last six months, a sampling of our council meetings, particularly during public comment. Traffic safety, road safety, pedestrian safety has been a common theme, not only from constituents, but also myself and my colleagues. I think there's a lot to be found in those public comments. And for as much as…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Appreciate that. Not my recommendation. Taking the feedback from our residents very seriously. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I, too, want to send my condolences to Councilmember Ferris' family. I want to thank Councilmember Ferris for her unwavering pride and love for Puyallup. I had known Robin for a very long time, since I was quite younger. And we always had very good conversations, albeit they were sometimes short, because we were in passing. But one thing that I learned I appreciate about her and always will is just the way that the love for Puyallup just flowed out of her. I mean, we, I, found out that she was very close with her cousins. And one of her cousins graduated with my parents.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. Good work. I think one of your slides with your SWOT analysis called out how your team is mighty but nimble. And I think that's an accurate description. Thank you. Two questions. The first one is, I'm wondering if we can go back to the initiatives slide and the ADA call out. Dan, could you just quickly highlight what that means? I know what it means. I don't think other... It's not often common knowledge. And I am hoping that you'll get some assistance on this from perhaps... are PR professional. I know in other organizations, local governments that…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“OK. And then that would still be within the federal deadline? Because I know that they extended it, right? Because the initial deadline was like, what, April?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. And I know that this has been shared before, but we, well, I can only talk for myself, but I know that other colleagues really enjoy Ask Ezra on the homepage. And I know it's throughout the website on all the pages, but that's very, very good work. So thank you.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I'll be brief and just say ditto to our colleagues that just went before me. I am looking forward to later in September, I believe our council will receive a couple of presentations from some of our partner organizations or organizations, local governments in which we, as independent council members, represent our city on. And I think that those will be very enlightening and educational, not only for those of us up here on the dais, but also our community as a whole. have been working with those organizations to ensure that they have the opportunity to come before us.…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. I don't mean to belabor this point, mostly because I... The process will allow us to have future debate in the fall. But I did just want to highlight what we were shown, because I think context is important. And so that was a video that was provided to the council by the school district at some point over the last year. It looks like that video was taken in January of 2024. in the morning, or in the afternoon, rather. So I'm just going to say, clearly, the video is very impressionable. But that is just one angle and one area of a very obviously challenged neighborhood with…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Appreciate the short presentation. I just want to say that I support going out for an RFP. I wish that we would have spent the money sooner. Folks need housing. If we can contribute to the solution and be part of the solution, I think we should be doing that. I have had a state legislator tell me I see or know that city of Puyallup has quite a bit of money, $1,406. And I have heard you have not spent them. You are not the only ones, but we're going to come for that money, is what this legislator told me. They, the state. The state is in an incredibly difficult financial budget…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Just real quickly, Steve, I'm wondering if you may be able to just give a few quick examples of how, if you have them off the top of your head, I mean, I could, but I trust your brain prepared for this presentation better than mine, of what other jurisdictions, municipalities, how they have spent their funds.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I'm sure the examples I am prepared or could give, the mayor probably can do a better job. So thank you.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll be brief and just remind folks that we are in a heat advisory until, I believe, either tomorrow night or Thursday morning. Right now it is 90 degrees at 8 o'clock. So please be sure to hydrate. Check on folks that may need a little bit of a reminder to take breaks or visit a cooling site. I know that our Puyallup alerts notification system sent out alerts to those who are signed up regarding the extreme heat and some other information. I received an email, a text, and a phone call. I guess I'm special, or I really needed those reminders. But anyways, just take care of folks…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Stacy and Good Roots team for being here. I appreciate it. I appreciate the detailed presentation. I have a few thoughts. One is, having served on the Community Grants Committee, I'm pretty familiar how that works. I would just point out it may be $20,000 a year, but I would question how much overall in the lifetime of the Puyallup Food Bank the city of Puyallup has invested into the Puyallup Food Bank. I think they've been around for over 50 years, so I would be curious. to find out that number, as well as St. Francis House, both of which I have personally supported…”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“And thank you. And has there been a time yet where a municipality or frankly, any of your leaseholders come to you and said, we're out. This has been so disruptive. Please take this away.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Sorry, not to interrupt you. The expansion at Pierce College Has happened yet?”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026