Remarks by Maria Tu
14 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 1:05:22
“Yes, I'm not sure whether or not this question is actually for the Heritage, but first of all I want to say I wish I was at Minneapolis with y'all because I was planning on going. I am so proud of the Heritage Commission because of all the things that we are able to be the leaders in almost the entire United States as well as worldwide in doing preservation. So I always want to be gloat in the glory of our preservation. But one question I do have, and I'm not sure whether or not Ashley fits in here, but the former Councilman Grady was talking about the veterans, I guess, tent, and I'm not…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:06:19
“Okay. All right. I appreciate you. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:24:02
“Hi, Diane. Thank you so much for that detailed, I guess, breakdown. And I really appreciate the fact that now that we have a special category for small and not major issues, I guess, events being carved out. But my question is this 35% cap. So my understanding, of course, my math is horrible. You take the total amount of money and then you subtract the small art events out of the funds. Then after you subtract it, then you provide the 35% cap. Right. So why is that? Is there a reason why we don't use the entire amount for the 35% cap?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:25:20
“So if there are more small events coming up, then, forgive my math, but wouldn't the 35%, after you minus all those small events, would actually increase the size of the grant to major events?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:47:44
“Here's my take. We started out at $36,000 from the initial grant. And then instead of going up with the cost of inflation as well as the cost of goods, this time we're actually cutting everything off to $25,000, which basically is a reduction of the grant. I personally believe that if we are going to consider making sure that all the money goes to the event itself, then we at least need to start at the original basis, which was $36,000. And then perhaps, if we can, add the inflation rate or the increase in cost of goods on top of that 36 as our basis. Instead of just going right back to 25, I…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:55:57
“I would be more comfortable with that number if you just take the original 100% funded event in the beginning. And then all you have to do is just transfer all the activities and all the things that are funded from that original 100% funded. and then see how the cost of goods have increased, or whatever has increased, and add on top of that. I think you come up with the same 100% funded, and that's where I'm going. It doesn't have to be, you don't have to add all the additional funding that they're requesting, but the original 100% funding, those core items needs to be transferred over to…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 2:40:37
“I do want to. I want to ask Ron. So I had some resident came up and asked, why is it that with golf courses and tennis courts that there is no discount for Plano residents, but it's like charge... you know, flat for everyone. So they're looking for potentially some way of giving the Plano residents a little bit more advantage and or a better fee structure.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
- Play at 1:33:18
“What do you think, what would be your recommendation as to how big this task force should be? I'm we probably want different HOAs from the surrounding area, but if it's too big and nobody gets anything done, if it's too small, then we're really not.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 1:34:16
“We're looking at one to two appointments. Yeah, and then maybe two to three appointments”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 2:42:15
“Hi, Karen. Thank you so much. I absolutely love the way that you present budget to me because frankly I'm kind of dense when it comes to numbers. But I do remember that throughout my years on council that we have gone through some very difficult times because we really was trying to, we're trying to, keep the tax rate low enough to recognize the concerns of the resident but we were doing it in the, I guess, expense of city. And I've said this year after year after year, that the city cannot be run like it's a household budget. It really needs to be able to serve our residents and our public…”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
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“So I just want to make sure that we don't go through what we went through a couple years back where we're freezing budgets and hiring freeze and cutting back hours of parking recreation. I do not want to see that for Plano because we deserve the best and we are the city of excellence. With that said, I will second.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 3:34:14
“So I'm going to second this, but for a different reason. I mean, I think this is just so that we could put it on the election for November. Is that right, Doug? And so basically, we're allowing the residents of Plano to make that decision whether or not they want to move forward on this. Right?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 3:34:46
“No, no, no. In regards to the city. What I'm saying is about the tax, but it has to be voted by the residents, right?”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026
- Play at 3:34:54
“Okay, yeah, so regardless of which step we are, every step of the way, the resident gets the input as to whether or not it needs to move forward. That's how I, that's the reason why I'm seconding it.”
City Council · Aug 10, 2026