Remarks by Matt Cole
185 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 8
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“Okay, I might have a couple of follow-up questions, but I want to give the floor to Councilor Fevella. It sounds like you had a question.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Other questions or comments as we consider this one before we vote on the amendment? I got to say that I'm a little less intent on this one. to delay this only because You know, I I personally have been on record about not wanting to delay the comp plan any further and I don't want to jeopardize that we you know, we get a lot of scrutiny over our efforts to further our D designation request to to that kind of push back the timeline a little bit. So I want to be sensitive to that. I also want to be cognizant of applying the proper scrutiny that Councilor Wells is talking about. So maybe you…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“I want to recognize a couple staff members who messed on errors. Did you have something?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Well, so it has been there's a second so it is a live amendment so unless you want to withdraw Is that what you know?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“So withdrawing a motion would still require a second, correct? And then a vote. So we'd have to go through that process if you want to draw it. If you want to table it, then you can make a motion to table it any time with a second.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Right. There's currently a motion and an amendment on the floor. If there was a new motion with enough second and approved to table it, we can do that at this time. But you'd have to have a friendly, oh, to withdraw.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, so the amendment has been withdrawn There's a new motion to table this item to a second to another do a later date. Do I hear a second? I Do not hear a second and so we will return to the original motion Which is to approve the ordinance as presented. I Council any remaining discussion Okay here in no remaining discussion, mr. Lee, would you please call the roll councillor Davis?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. On that note, wasn't there, I thought we talked about a project to improve South 5th over there. off of Union Ridge Parkway. That was being discussed at one point. Is that going to be part of a CFP or is it going to be part of this plan?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay. Any other questions at this point? From Council Vervello.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Make sure I captured everything. Okay, we're good.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Great. And as we go into discussion, can you go back to that project? There's a slide with the project list on there. That's all. Okay, great.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Council, any remaining questions for staff on this one? Seeing none, we're going to open the public hearing to receive testimony. The public hearing is now open. If you sign up with a city clerk before the meeting, your name will be called and you will receive permission to unmute your microphone or step up to the podium. If you did not sign up in advance but would like to speak, please use the raise hand feature on your toolbar. If you're joined by phone, press star nine for raise your hand and press star six to mute or unmute. The city clerk will grant you permission to speak. And when…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay. Is there anybody in the room who would like to speak on this public hearing? I don't see anybody. We will go online. Is there anybody online who is wishing to speak at this public hearing?”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay. And just for good measure, we'll go back one more time to the room. There is nobody in the room. Going once, going twice, and this public hearing is closed. Thank you very much. All right, and with that, okay, I would accept a motion. So we have to do two separate motions for 681 and 682. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Go ahead. A motion by Davis. We'll go second by Wells. Any discussion? Okay. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All opposed? Thank you, council. Motion carries. I would accept a motion for 682.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Okay, great. We're going to go to Council questions. First, we'll go to Mayor Pro Tem Chipman, and I'll run some other questions as well.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Councilor Wells. Oh my gosh, Councillor Davis, my bad.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“So really, we're anticipating the city's share on that to really only be 10%.”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Other questions? I want to piggyback on that, but I want to get other questions in there. Go ahead and piggyback. Okay. When we talk about having those be grant funded, I would say that they'd be grant contingent, but as we go back to our previous presentation, we look at the traffic improvement plan and we identified a bunch of projects. A lot of those are still waiting funding. I think of the 10th Street overpass, for example, which we have been lobbying the federal government for for a number of years now. I think for the most of the time I've been on council, we still have not received…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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“Yeah, and as a reminder, this is first reading only, so if there's any questions we have for staff to come back on this, I think that'd be helpful. I think my questions don't necessarily inhibit my support of passing this. I just, I kind of wonder how this pencil is for a developer, so. Yeah. Because it looks like it could be years out before they get anything they see as recovering their costs on that. Okay, with that, council, any remaining questions? All right. I will now open the public hearing to receive testimony. The public hearing is now open. If you sign up with city clerk before the…”
City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026
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City Council · Aug 13, 2026