Remarks by Melissa Robinson
132 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“Second. It's been moved and seconded. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Are there any opposed? Great. The motion carries. Thank you. We'll hear this on Thursday. And we are finally ready for the next going back up to the agenda for 260. It's a committee substitute 882. Madam Clerk.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Wonderful. Any questions? Councilman Bunch?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“And Mr. Chair, Mr. Vice Chair, Vice Chair, Councilman Butts, you can come skate with us tomorrow. We're opening up the Blue Skate Park tomorrow at 4 o'clock. Yes.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“I thought about it. Are you a roller blade? No, regular. I need my four, five, the stopper. Yes, I thought about it. Where do I get skates? But yes, we will be there tomorrow so you can come warm up your skates. Thank you all so much for... Did you have a question?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right. Can we have a motion for the committee substitutes?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“So moved and seconded, all in favor please indicate by saying aye.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Is there any opposed? All right, the motion carries. We'll hear this on Thursday and hopefully groundbreaking before spring. All right.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, so now for all of our contracts. We have three more ordinances. Go ahead.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Wow. Fascinating. Mickey isn't too fascinating. We expect it to be there, but go ahead.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“We did this huge asset management approach for our sewer lines. Do we have an asset management system?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you for closing the loop. Is there any public testimony?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right. We're going to take them one by one. Both of them have an accelerated effective date, so we would like it advanced.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes, we move to second. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? We'll hear that on Thursday. The next one.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Second. All right. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Any opposed? All right. The motion carries. Thank you. Great job. Thank you. Wonderful. All right. Our last ordinance for today.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Can't wait. And so I see the picture of the fire hydrant. So that's an example of how the street will be Improved or that sidewalk will be improved so that people who are on In wheelchairs and things of that nature can get around the fire hydrant. Yes, which is important With the new street design in the road diet is there a way that we can inform our the public, like, doing something on Channel 2 so people understand the changes of the road? Because I think oftentimes people, you know, are like, oh, this road is very different, and how do I navigate the new design? So is that something that…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, wonderful. Because I think that Warnell is a road that a lot of us travel that lives south of the city. Right. Any other questions?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Is there an ordinance in advance? I'm sorry, a motion within advance.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“All right. All in favor, please indicate by saying aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries. Thank you so much. We do have the presentation, I believe, for the geobonds. which we're very excited about. This is extremely important because we're doing this presentation well in advance of the budget season. So when it's time to start duking it out or having deep debates about who gets what, when and where and why, we can start that conversation right here. Yeah, I know, today. All right. Thank you.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“You all are amazing because I was timing 15 minutes and you're at 10.14. All right.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Yes, I do see a lot of department directors that are here and I Expected nothing less than from my North town hornet. So in our hemisphere Who is evading does our work? So, all right questions. I know that there's putting school to go around robbing. You have any questions, mr. Duncan Yeah, we'll just we generally have separate meetings or I guess I I did have a question though.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. Okay, so oftentimes I feel like we're trying to put together a puzzle, but we don't have all of the pieces. So for the grants, for example, the ordinance that we passed today regarding the $40 million grant application, where is the, we said that there was a GO bond match. Can you tell me where the GO bond match for the Boone Park grant Is it already on here? I'm just trying to figure out how to put the pieces together.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay. Is there, while he's coming to the microphone, one of the things that we notice in the third district, which Nick Bossinetto, he lives in the third district, so that's, you know, oftentimes the folks who are doing the scoring don't, live, breathe, you know, are in these spaces because they live in other parts of the city. And so I'm curious as to, can we get a list of all of the grants that we have that are out there that would be connected to the Geobond? And then we also need all of the projects. So we have the projects that were scored. Are these, does this represent all of the…”
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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“Okay. Thank you for helping us. That's just one example of how we try to, you know, we trust but verify. Like, you know, you guys said that you have the match. I'm trying to figure out how it lines up. What about the PIAC feedback? You said you presented this to the PIAC team two weeks ago. What feedback did they give?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026