Remarks by Mary Gibson
39 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
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“So it will still be useful even if we don't allocate the $227,000. And then the following $600,000 for the design development, will that be necessary? as well, or will this $145,000 still be useful without?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And do we know the shelf life of feasibility plans?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Do we know the shelf life of these plans? Say we do these plans and then decide it's a project we want to tackle in five years. Much like with the downtown parking garage, will we need to redo them in five years if we decide to postpone the larger project?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“OK, thank you. That's really helpful. And then just to staff, it feels to me like the feasibility study is spread out over two years. So knowing that when we're looking at 145, it's kind of paired with an additional 227 in the following year would be helpful when we're making the decisions on these. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I recognize this item, we're talking specifically about the minutes, so I'm not sure how much we're talking about the parking fund or not, but my understanding of that item was I had worked with City Manager Krieger ahead of the meeting who asked if he could word the motion to make sure that we didn't hold up any contracts, that historically parking garage maintenance is two-thirds from that fund, one-third from capital projects. I'm not sure why roofing was treated different from other maintenance projects and that was the question I raised over emails in the Q&A and in the…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“If we are making a motion with modifications, I would be in favor of getting rid of the interest altogether. I see this as, you know, I recognize that the homeowners would not be paying this unless they are using that benefit, which I think is an important distinction here. we need to make this isn't 11,000 that the homeowners need to pay unless they are doing the work that would have needed this anyway. But I'm not sure why it should be accruing interest over the time if this money is going to reimburse the owners of 623.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“If we're amending it anyway, I would be in favor of getting rid of the interest.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“That was to get rid of the interest altogether. Okay, great. Thanks.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there a moment for comment? Go ahead. Thank you. In the past, I've advocated for no 630 sign up. So this feels like a good opportunity to throw that out there again. I think we should be able to sign up up until seven o'clock when the meeting starts.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I was hoping either Chief Aries or the City Attorney could talk to the impact of the DEA making this as synthetic as Schedule 1. I mean, does that effectively mean what, as of now, anybody selling synthetic 7-OH is selling an illegal drug?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Can we ask, I guess, just generally, and maybe this is a question for the chief then, if somebody in Naperville, a retailer in Naperville, was selling a Schedule I substance, how would we handle that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“RAMIFICATIONS OF A RETAILER SELLING THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN VIOLATING AN ORDINANCE. AND IF IT IS A SCHEDULED DEA SCHEDULED ONE DRUG, OUR BAN, A WHOLE BAN OF CRATUM WOULD EFFECTIVELY JUST BE BANNING THE NATURAL LEAF BECAUSE AT A FEDERAL LEVEL SYNTHETICS ARE ALREADY BANNED. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING WITH. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE IF Synthetic is a illegal drug now. Because if it is, I think that changes the testing and our ability to enforce it. One of the reasons I was hoping we could get synthetic and natural leaf separated following the first reading.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. I will echo what my colleague said. Thank you to everybody who came out today. The consistent thread I've heard is that there is a difference between synthetic and natural. And I agree, we have what sounds like a very dangerous product in these synthetics that is widely available in our community. And I think while I would love to wait and see how the DEA and the state regulate, I do recognize that we need to get these dangerous products out of our stores. a more timely fashion as it seems as the trajectory the dea starts to address the difference and hopefully there are ways to…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Chief, for the presentation. you and I, and the whole team that has worked on this project. I know it's been a team effort across the city. You and I have talked about this topic for the last year and a half, and just kind of where on the spectrum of public safety and privacy we lay on. My guess is if we ask everybody in this room, everybody in the city, everybody has a different comfort level of what amount of privacy we're willing to give up for public safety. You know, I'm a parent. I could track my kids all the time, make them wear a GoPro. I don't track…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026