Remarks by Malcolm Miller
42 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“Next on our agenda, we have an update. Oh, yeah, you're right. Before we move on, is there anyone in this chamber wishing to address this council? Okay. Seeing none, we'll move on to our next agenda item. Lacey Makerspace. Vanessa.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Congratulations on your new position. Thank you. I think this is really kind of a testament to what public-private partnerships can really do. You know, as we get to our budget every year and we see Lacey Makerspace as a line item, I think we're all really proud of the work that comes out of there and the expansion that's happened in there. You know, the St. Martins, you know, being a part of this and and us being on their campus really able to help their students out and and uh you know while sean did a great job i'm excited for you and what you're going to be able to do in this role…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can I ask a quick question? Yes. Okay, so the wire will be gone, all right, and then you said one of those poles is coming down as well, so that electrical will be undergrounded?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I definitely appreciate these construction updates and project updates because we always get questions about what's happening here, what's happening there. And without your guys' presentations, we would have to go to the permit office to get the information and or go and make Rick pull it or whatever the case may be. So thank you so much for your presentation. It really does help us out.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Moving along in our agenda. It looks like we are going to be looking at ordinance one seven zero five, our final 2026 budget amendment. And I see Chelsea on her way.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded. Is there any discussion? Okay, seeing none. So in the past, we've had these in April, maybe once or twice a year, and it looks like we've really kind of got it down to once.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I think we took a pretty deep dive last week, and I appreciate you bringing all those numbers forward and the clarifying information about the difference between the two pots of money. So thank you so much for doing that. Unless there's something more from the council, it has been moved and seconded to adopt Ordinance 1705, amending the 2026 fiscal year budget by ordinance. All in favor please say aye.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Aye. Is there any opposed? Seeing none that motion passes unanimously and thank you so much.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay next on our agenda is our interlocal agreement for Franz Anderson. It looks like we have Vanessa and Ryan.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's interesting that you brought that up because that's exactly what's in my notes, which is that language, it is a little vague for our goal. And the word funding, I really strongly feel that it should be in there somewhere because we do need their support. Participation in their backing for funding very specifically, especially since we're handing over $3 million now, I am in favor of building an ecosystem for shelter to 30% to 50% to positive outcome. Right. That is the ideology. And we've all agreed that we will work on this as as as a collective body, as opposed to everybody being…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So those two would be my recommendation. I'd like to see their backing on our effort to gain the funding, transition the funding, and get new funding whenever we go out and apply for that. Because saying that, hey, us going by ourselves and them saying we are in agreement doesn't mean that they will back our funding recommendations and or asks. That is all.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“There's one last thing that I wanted to bring up, which is capacity for Maple Court. I know we're not at capacity, and part of that is because we don't have enough case management there. Is that still true? Correct. I don't know if we've tried to find a solution for that. I know that we... We would like to see the building at capacity. And I think that would help the region as a whole. I'm not sure how we're going to get there. So have you guys had any thoughts, ideas, goals, plans for getting that location to capacity?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, you know, go ahead, Council Member Hsu.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. So, you know, in our... Our agreement that we had with the county and our interjurisdictional agreement originally said that we would have, in five years, turn this into a permanent supportive housing. And it started kind of getting off the track, if you guys remember. And it was almost looking like we were just going to be the shelter and everybody else was going to get the permanent supportive housing, making us the warehouse that everybody kind of pulled from. So once that... language in that contract was reviewed you know we the mayor myself we talked to city manager and said hey…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's really changed things. We don't have the encampments along the freeway anymore. I can't remember the name of the hill over here. Hamburger Hill is gone. And it looks like the jungle is probably one of the last remaining ones that it looks like maybe not there by the end of 2027. So you're right. We have made progress. But in this moment, I just want to make sure that Maple Court becomes what it is supposed to be. And that is my big goal in this. So that's why I'm glad we've given our direction, stronger language. Let's make it a little more ironclad. And we'll have those discussions with…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“All right, and I also don't want to fail to mention that in addition to our team here, the county and the city of Olympia were instrumental in getting some of the Maple Court changes happening, the reporting happening, because they were at the table as well demanding that, hey, we need to have reports on how it's going, and they were instrumental in helping us get that done as well. So it really has been a group effort. With that, we will move on to our next agenda item, which is the city manager's report. Do you have anything for us? No report tonight. Okay. Next, we have the mayor's report.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. With that, We have reached the end of our agenda. It is currently 7.39 p.m. I did want to just take a moment to talk about the loss that Nisqually had a couple weeks ago. They lost their chairman, Ken Choke. We've had a longstanding relationship With the tribe we have an accord with them that dates back to 2012 We have a totem pole in our lobby. So we are very sorry for their loss and We sent a card out To the tribe. I hope you guys all got to sign it but it's it's always tragic when when a an organization loses their leadership. They have gone through their process of replacing their…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026