Remarks by Melissa Robinson
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“We're going to go ahead and get the meeting started. Good morning. Welcome to the Transportation Infrastructure Operations Committee. I'm Melissa Robinson, the vice chair, standing in for our chair today. Will my colleagues please introduce themselves?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“We don't have any council members online. Will the staff please introduce themselves? Martha Ross, City Clerk's Office.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“This is my first opportunity to welcome Jason as the Public Works Director. I'm pretty sure you guys covered it last week, but congratulations on your promotion. There are two ordinances that we will hold until our next meeting next week. Those are 260-711 and 260-852. Just want to double check that a one-week hold is what is... requested.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“We will hear those when our illustrious chair returns. Okay, Madam Clerk, will you please start with the first item on the agenda?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Law department or staff, do you have any comments? This is something that we all received a briefing on. Are there any questions? All right. Is there any public testimony?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Is there a motion for an accelerated effective date?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“It's been moved and seconded. All in favor please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Are there any opposed? We will hear that on Thursday. Madam Clerk.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Right. Can you just explain the, because you have Erica's Place in Woodhaven, but those names aren't on here. So they were never adopted?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. There were a lot of name issues. I'm like, okay, let's get it all straight. Okay, the other question is, how did they come up with the Eagle Way? Is there any meaning behind that?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Wonderful. It's important for the record. Yeah. They can go back and know why the street is named that. Okay. Are there any other questions? Is there any public testimony?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Are there any opposed? All right, that motion carries. We'll hear that on Thursday. Thank you. Thank you. Madam Clerk, next item, which I believe is a committee substitute. Is that 260882?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Oh, can we maybe just move to the next item? Is that okay? Yes, thank you. Welcome. Would you like to introduce yourself real quick? Yes. Perfect timing.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Welcome. Okay, we're going to skip 260882 so that we can get copies of the committee substitute and move to 260884, Madam Clerk.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Before you move forward, the local match at 10.2, Where is that coming from? And the 3.3, has that already been in the GeoBond program? Yes. Okay, that's great. So the 10.2 million, have we identified the local match for that?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, we had talked about, okay, I'll wait to your, we can talk about wastewater match. Yeah. So I'll wait to your presentations. Okay. I'm sorry.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Any questions? Okay, I had two questions. One, this is an amazing project. If you could go back to the photo, the rendering. Yes, this wonderful, amazing project. In preparation for this discussion, we had talked about waste management or water funding that would be available for the match. Can you...”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Wonderful. And the only other question I had is on the Paseo, there looks like there's some concrete. Is that going to be walkable?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“That's amazing because Paseo has a beautiful canopy, a beautiful place, but we don't have a lot of walking facilities along that corridor. So it's very refreshing to see that. Do we have any other questions? Yes, Councilman Duncan.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Great. Wonderful. Ditto on all of that. And as we're watching the nor'eastern, we know that resiliency is so important to protect us against flood. And so we really appreciate these projects and appreciate you going after them. Is there any public testimony?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor please indicate by saying aye.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Motion carries. Great job. Thank you. Madam Clerk, are we ready to go back up to the 260882 or are we still waiting? I don't know. Okay, so we will keep trudging along to the next 876.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Did you have anything bad? All right here amazing staff covered it all. This is taking off my vice chair hat today, putting on my third district hat. I know that these zip codes impact the residents that we serve in the district. And you mentioned a wait list. I'm curious as to what's the source of the funds for this program and what would be the revenue needed to get everyone off the wait list having, and I understand the complexity. We don't know if they need a kit, a $10 kit or a $700 thing. But if we were to, can you kind of share the answer to both of those questions?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you for that additional information. I think that this needs deserves additional expiration because the number of individuals that are without water because they can't afford their bill and the issues in these zip codes. So if there's things that we can do on the front end, I know we look at this as, oh, it's $200,000. It's not something that we should just, you know, not have a big discussion or debate about. However, the consequences on the other end, if we're not investing, really has life or death impacts because if you don't have water, just imagine what that looks like. There was…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“There any other questions Thank you for your presentation. Is there any public testimony?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026