Remarks by Marci Houseman
286 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 12
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“All right. My first card is Don Can. Please come on up. Remember, you will have three minutes.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. All right, next we have Paul Godot? Godot? Godot. Godot, there we go. Thank you for correcting me.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. All right, we have Marilyn Berry. Sorry, Berger. Thank you. I was trying to decide if that was a G or a Y. Thank you, Berger.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Sorry, I know you're, there you go, perfect. Can you hear me, is that better? Yep.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Neither do I. So Madam Chair.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I'm going to go ahead and answer the question you asked. So you sort of lumped two separate questions into one. So I want to break them back apart. So in the question that asked exclusively about interest in buying the property, 61% of District 4 expressed support for purchasing the property and 47 percent of that was strongly support. So that was a separate question was buying the property for 61 percent of those who responded who are identifiable as district 4 residents. Then the piece you were discussing was when they were shown the actual price tag and asked to choose one option you're…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“All right. Well, we've heard from everyone. And so obviously, we need to move this forward. So I'm going to go ahead and make a motion. And we'll just.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay one second if you'll clarify because we really need to move this conversation.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And you shared your recommendations last week.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. So we need to kind of get something started here. So I'm going to go ahead and make a motion to approve resolution number 26-78C at the, and I know we've been told that you'll be able to take whatever number we land on and get this tuned up. But I'm proposing inserting the number at 30 million with all of the following calculations to follow. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“OK. Thank you. So we have a motion and a second. Any discussion on the motion?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“You're looking at me, but I think you want them to answer, right?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Wait, can I ask a clarifying question? I want to make sure I understand you. Are you saying if we put on the ballot $21 million and it's supported and then we decide later we need more, you're asking would it be another ballot proposition?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“OK, yeah, it would. Or it could end up just being an imposed property tax increase. But I want to make sure I was understanding if your question was, so for me, what I'm thinking about is, if the number's $30 million, we bond for $17 million as the first tranche. So that's what I was trying to differentiate. Are you saying?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And that of our own right could be its own public process.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I just want to make sure. Yeah, yeah. When we're talking about what number. Yep. Very helpful. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you for that question and for that answer. Other comments? Okay. Seeing that we have a motion and a second, we could do a roll call vote, please.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. OK, so we do not have a motion. And I know I'm stating the obvious, but either we take action or, in essence, we're making a decision that it will not go on the ballot. Voters will not weigh in. And what we've been told is there's other buyers waiting in the wings to purchase this. So I do believe some action is needed.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026