Remarks by Meghan Smith
59 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“So then, I know I've asked this question before, but how long would those houses, say the first house, the one that was built 18 years ago, how long does that house stay... income restricted some the deed on the land is it 20 years is it till it sells i don't know the answer to that what i'm getting at is is it actually a mixed income neighborhood anymore these 17 years later or have all of those homes the deeds have transferred over they've all been sold how many of those original homes are actually still owned by people who”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I'm not sure if the original intent was for a mixed income neighborhood. Maybe the current intent is not because none of the new homes that we're discussing now will be, they'll all be market rate.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And we own all of the lots that we're turning over to one by one, like Jamie just said.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“so it depends on the lens you want to apply to it but from our perspective this is this is in keeping with the original vision as best we understand it so were there discussions about any of these 23 lots being us requiring any sort of income for any of these homes being affordable or we believe we've already”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I mean, I understand all of that, but also that's all in the past. This is 17. I mean, how long that's... But we have new people moving in, new families, people looking for new housing now. And so I guess I'm a little uncomfortable doing such a large housing project with there being no affordable part when we said, oh, we did that 18 years ago.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So wouldn't you want to afford new people?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“That's actually a question I had, so let me ask my question. Yes. on page 24 it says naming a facility or spaces within the facility yeah i didn't know how this math mathed so the naming of the facility or spaces shall follow the procedures as set forth in section 10-4 then a name however a name for the facility or any jointly occupied space must be approved by two thirds majority of both the county council and the city council. So if we wanna name our conference room on the city's floor, we can decide that. If the county wants to name theirs, but if we wanna name it the Chris Story Lobby,…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Two-thirds majority. I'm serious, though. Is that five out of seven votes? Is that two-thirds a majority?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So is that understood? I am not a math person. Is that commonly understood and I just don't get it? Or should it say that? Because the number of councils, districts could change in the future.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“If Eric is on vacation again and misses the vote.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“There was only 1 section where I noticed technology. I could have mentioned it. I mean, missed it. It says both the city and county will be responsible individually for routine replacement and upgrade of technology. common technology will be scheduled. I took that more to mean like our computers, but we know our friends at the county have had challenges when it's come to hacks. We have not. So can you talk briefly about that firewall and how if our technology systems are going to be separate?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And is our comms team involved in talking with the architects around like specifically around this room, like we know that we have not been able to do some of the things that we were able to do at our old space because of the limitations, but are they involved in saying what we need in order to achieve our”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“My last question from the document was. Neither the county nor the city may hold news conferences, media interviews. That was the main thing. Photo shoots or the like where the likeness of the building or its identifiable spaces, plaza grounds will be visible. So if I were to leave this meeting and Fox News wanted to interview any of us, we could not have the building behind us.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Who is the city and county then when it says that? Employees?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“We wouldn't see Christopher do an interview with YFF4 in front of the building as official city spokesperson.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I would maybe recommend making that a little tighter.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yeah, because like I was thinking about, we were at the topping off, you know, across the street at the library.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Obviously, it's not complete, but. This tells me I can't do that. I'd have to tell the news camera, oh, no, turn around and let's get the planetarium behind us. Right, I understand. That's silly.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So we're seeing the version that they will likely pass on their third reading.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Is David still with us to lead that work? Yes.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I spent all day, actually, three different times today circling downtown to look for an electric plug-in. We have five working plugins in all of downtown. And we talk about climate resiliency. We talk about how we care about it. That means we also need to accommodate the individuals who choose to make that stretch for their family. The two in this parking lot do not work. One in the library one, it's like someone pulled the cord out of the gas tank. And three times I circled around to our four different parking garages. Thank goodness we don't have to pay to enter the garage and leave…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I work right next to One Spartanburg. I call on Alan Smith to install some in the One Spartanburg parking lot. That'd be great. my car my son drives a nissan leap yes i thought you were talking about them and he didn't have enough miles to get to dormant and back so i had to drive it and try to plug it in wow yes uh mr mayor i don't thank you all for being here it's quite thank you for sticking around it's been like a late night um”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Does the Mayor make a motion that we approve the Consent Agenda? Second.”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 24, 2026
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“I was about to call you Mr. Mayor, but that's not your name, Chris. Question about fireworks, because we see this a lot. And I know that they're not allowed for individuals to do in the city. And I'm thankful and glad about that. But when it comes to private events at the baseball stadium, and I'm thankful that our social media team has been sharing that so that neighbors can be prepared as someone who has a pet that very much freaked out as well. What is our relationship or how does... that communication flow happen? Is anyone able to do fireworks at private events, whatever they want? When…”
City Council · Aug 24, 2026