Remarks by Linda Budge
80 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 4
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“Right now, there's a lot of discussion about it because members of the Mobility Advisory Committee are concerned that they not lose access. And they may be better with something physical than something on a phone.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah. So my other question is just kind of out of the blue. So across the street from me, And I'm basically at the corner of Disc and Prospect Park. The office building over there, every morning at 930, between 9 and 930, there are several vans that drive up and they let people off. And every afternoon at 330, they come back and pick up those people. So are you involved in that?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“It's obviously a carpool service of some sort, but I don't know where they come from. They all get off. They've all got backpacks. They all go in and go to work. It's apparently a call center of some sort. But economic development, and I have talked about it, and we're still scratching our heads.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“No, other than it's a call center. This is one of the buildings owned by Palmer West. And the vehicles are all different. Some of them will say something on the side, but a lot of them are just plain vans.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So Albert, the transportation tax started with the approval of Stone Creek. And I'm thinking that a bunch of that went towards the Cordova when we first started it.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“So given that we have implemented the transit tax in new growth areas as well as office buildings that have come on board, so it's probable that we're still using it for the expanded RANCHO CORDOVA. RANCHO CORDOVA. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Yeah. This letter, courtesy notice of violation,”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So there's a code citation and nothing explains what it is. How would the person who got the letter know what the problem was?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Okay, I just wanted to make sure that this is not the only thing they received.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, there's this little bitty line in the middle. It says...”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah. So David has a really good point because originally we heard of the program in, I think it was Tacoma, Washington. And it was a series of three letters. And the first letter said, Dear neighbor, we've seen this, this, and this, and we would like you to clean it up. And the second letter said, you know, a mother still goes by and nothing happens. And the second letter said, Dear neighbor, we sent you this letter, and we really are hoping you'll take some action. And the third letter says, dear neighbor, you ignored us, so we're going to do this, this, and this. So it's kind of a staged…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's just crazy. If you walk in the neighborhood, we all walk by some yard that is never kept. And even in the environment where there is an HOA, the HOA never seems to notice. So, you know, nobody, so X yard is never mowed.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“That's a lovely idea, but I don't think I've never seen any relationship between the HOA management company and the city.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I mean, even when there are, you know, management companies sitting up in Roseville and you've got a group of people walking around the neighborhood supposedly serving what's going on, they may send out a letter, but nothing ever happens, and that's the end of it.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“I understand. I understand the list of coordinated investments, but how do you create these things when you have an area that is fully built out.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So it would have to be. OK, I can see West Loma.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“You're being very creative. We appreciate that. Isn't the project that we have approved affordable at Mills Crossing?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“It's sort of ironic. Because we're always talking about infill, but in reality, infill in a completely developed urban area is extremely difficult when you don't have space. And that's why everybody goes to greenfields.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean, things like that always go to the to the property owners registered address, not to the site is addressed.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So personally, I would like to add item four, that if the business, the violating business has a use permit, that the use permit be pulled.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“And I think we all know what I'm talking about. I just think something's got to happen to shut them down. And that's just, and so far, We haven't done anything significant. We've wasted a lot of police time. We've wasted a lot of neighborhood angst. And they continue to do it. Now, I know we had this same sort of issue to a different degree, not the kind of widespread impact that this current problem is having, but over in Lincoln Village. And ultimately that one sort of went away. But these guys are not going away.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“Well, that's what cities have police powers for. I mean, this is perennial. This is not a one-off thing. And you can't stop it because of social media. So something has to be done.”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“council meeting and propose the amendments to the ordinance at a later date but we're happy to to answer any questions and discuss further so just a couple of background questions um originally when we incorporated you know our big issue was the the disintegrated um condition of many of the original apartments And there was an awful lot of work done between economic development and code enforcement to, you know, either make sure that those owners, especially the out-of-town owners, either cleaned up or, in some cases, we'll find you a new owner. You know, those kinds of things. So is there…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So applying that to the potentially dangerous animals, do you find them... in all situations or is it mostly on the street or?”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026
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“So David has some really good ideas. I like the beautification ideas. The other thing that the city is doing that I have noticed, and I think it's kind of in the gardens area, there are solar-powered streetlights being installed at intersections. And I have to say that for those of us who live in a neighborhood where streetlights are common, and they were not common in the majority of Rancho Cordova. Sacramento County did not... require streetlights until 1970 or something. But it's very nice to see all of those news streetlights at intersections. And it's a great place to put them. If we go…”
City Council · Jul 28, 2026