Remarks by Melissa Hamilton
36 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Jeremy, for that presentation. I'm particularly interested in the MetroFlex. How is that going to be different than, like, say, Uber or Lyft, and have you received any feedback from those companies?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay, and have you received any feedback from those companies at all on this?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor, and thank you for that great, great presentation. I'm the council member who probably asks the most questions about the Booker House, but the reason why I ask so many questions is because I want to see this succeed. And it's because as the people's representative, I get asked a lot, what are we doing to address homelessness? I mean, I think I get that question probably once a week, if not more. And sometimes, you know, it's a genuine question. What are we doing to address homelessness? Sometimes it's an accusation that the city's not doing anything to address homelessness.…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“okay all right thank you I know it's an odd question but I'm seeing Janet and she brings us up a lot with the sharps container and I just thought I would ask if there was anywhere for people to drop that off well thank you we can look into that as the county manages the property and we can explore the need for that at this site yeah yeah okay well thank you very much and thank you for your presentation and good job”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“It's the same person I told you about. I was hoping we could connect them with services.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“as far as the sign code amendment goes I would like to offer a technical amendment to the ordinance before final adoption and maybe we can talk about that but I don't think the city intended to distinguish between different types of houses of worship and I noticed in the ordinance under land use under the the tables it says church and it just says church and so I would like to make sure our terminology reflects all religions, and so.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Is there an opportunity to amend it later, is what you're saying? Because I want to make sure that we're not just saying church. Because right now, this ordinance only applies to churches, not temples, synagogues, mosques, and other houses.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So am I not able to make an amendment to this?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I don't see et cetera. I just see church.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'm looking at... Table 2, standards for all residential zones.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So the table, sir. It just says church, period. That's it. It doesn't say et cetera. I'm just worried about the technicality of this.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So should we not be politically insensitive, I guess, is what I'm asking.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I do think it's important to be sensitive especially when we're talking about religion and inclusiveness and so if you're not recommending that I make this amendment now I'll follow that advice but I would like to make sure this gets changed And what I would suggest, I won't make the motion tonight, I guess, but what I would suggest is to strike the word church and just put in religious facilities.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I have a few events that I attended to report on. I attended the grocery outlet ribbon cutting. That was super fun, especially with Jack there with his nitrogen, whatever it is. I'm no scientist, but Jack is apparently. And I also attended the Summer Watercolor Festival at the PAC. Great opportunity to do some art together as a community at that event. And then a really special event, the Korean American Day. Lots of cultural performances during that event. It was a packed house at the PAC. And I'm a big fan of K-pop. And so they had a lot of K-pop performances. And it was…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“council member Hamilton thank you madam chair I normally like to hear from applicants as well I think being out of the country is sort of a special circumstance so I would nominate Tom Anna and Vicki to be put back on the Commission since they're currently serving and then are we moving on to also to our nominations for the oh yes do you mind if he goes sure go ahead actually yes never mind I I misread something so yes okay are we moving on to alternate positions all right okay so I first of all I thank you to everyone who came it's always a tough decision when we have more applicants than…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“But if it feels short to you, then you would know more.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, that's probably a good thing. Okay, and then... really appreciate the commitment to building the good relationships with neighbors i think that that will be paramount to the success of the red lion and i think we're all wanting to see this finally open it's been a long time coming and we have a lot of people who need this service so i'm happy to see that the taxpayers are getting what they invested in thank you all right thank you and um uh councilmember stephen dawson”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“thank you mayor yeah I just wanted to note that I too also was under the impression that there would be some emergency type cold weather housing available with this and now it does sound like that's not the case and so I think we do need to discuss you know where the breakdown of communication happened there but also so then if this is not that then is this is this permanent supportive housing or how how is it defined”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, and I will look into enhanced shelter because I don't think I've heard that term before.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, so our next meeting is September 14th.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Probably the two items that we discussed that are relevant for this meeting is the first reading of the rough grading code. That's going to improve our permitting process. And first reading for the sign code amendments was quite the hearty discussion. Other than that, that's the end of my report.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026