Remarks by Melissa Robinson
132 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“Previously, they would vote on the list. Do they provide any feedback or recommendations?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“So no official feedback from them. Okay. Our asset management system, you said that this 20 points are given for those assets that are in disrepair. Do we have an asset management system for every one of these projects or?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“OK. Thank you for that verification. I just have one last comment. One, I see that our vision zero is a line item versus it being embedded in the decision-making process. I think that that's something that we can do better in terms of if we're going to get to Vision Zero, and our colleague has worked so hard on making that a part of our policy, making sure that that's a part of our decision-making. And then finally, I know the $40 million a year sounds like a logical choice, right? Like just to divide it so that we always have revenue for... things that we need, but there is a cost of…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“So let's not, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to all of our colleagues, is that we can't complain about, you know, our facilities not being up to par when these are decisions that we're”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yeah, I just wish that it was a part of the scoring system, especially as we look at streets and sidewalks and things of that nature. If it's on Vision Zero, then it gets a couple more points so that it does have a systemic approach. So this is our first blush at this. You talked about October. Will there be an ordinance that will be introduced to adopt this? When will that be?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Okay, yes, because I have some questions about a project that scored 30 points, which I think speaks to your point of how do you look at that, like how do we have a project that scores less than 40 points on the list, but.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“So Okay, great. Are we done with hopefully we're done with presentations for today. We are done. Okay, perfect. Yeah.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 29, 2026
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“Colleagues? Good morning, Melissa Robinson, vice chair, third district.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I don't want to miss anything. Okay. All right. Well, we just want to make sure everybody has a chance.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“I had a comment for our colleague. I know that you had, Councilman Duncan, sponsored a resolution to support the organizing of the LAS workers. Can you give us an update on where we are with that?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Do we have a timeline? I do. Okay, thank you.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 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 1, 2026
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“Thank you. And just to also build on some of what my colleague just talked about, looking at the Convention and Sports and Complex Fund, we will be having in the third district an empty sports complex soon. And this takes away revenue to be able to address some of those needs as well. This presentation, was this emailed to us? It's not? docketed, and that's concerning.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Can you get that posted to the item by the end of the day?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. Because I think it's important for the public to have this information in real time. I continue to have questions about access, right, to this facility. And so with these agreements and with the great work that you all have done in raising $40 million, congratulations. We ask that you raise private capital. You went out and did that. I do want to track who will be having access to this facility if this does pass, and the commitment to the donors, the private donors, what commitment regarding access have we offered to them in comparison to the public.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Does our parks department have any authority with this agreement to be able to program the space?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“The Parks Department is our connection to public access. That's how we're organized to make sure our community has access to these spaces. So I would like to see a prominent role that they're playing as it relates to ensuring public access. So I'll work on that as this moves forward. The financials, if you could go back to the... and I'm gonna build upon what my colleague talked about, and that's the whole. So if we decide to move forward on this project, our member from our finance team stated that you will be coming back to us, asking us to fill that hole. How big is the hole? This is one…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yes, I'm questioning... for this project, but are there other projects that you will, what's the total amount of the whole for the corporation? And so Brenton is.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“I just don't want to make this decision in isolation. So again, building upon what Councilman Duncan talked about, we need to see the full picture of what that looks like for our special obligation bonds. And that's what I'm requesting. Okay. Okay, so you're going to provide that?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. And then you talked about the deadline for September 30th. When were we made aware of the September 30th deadline with the feds?”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“So let me get this straight. June of 2026. Correct. The federal government told us we had until September 30th to spend our money.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Okay. And so this is the problem. Because, you know, you want this advanced. We knew in 2024 that this was coming. We start talking about it in June and now we're kind of like, rush, rush, rush, we need you to do this because we don't want to lose the money. And so that creates feelings of, gaymanship and it creates a sense of do we have our staff and our team that's giving the council the information that we need in a timely fashion to make a judicious decision. And so there's questions that arise there as well.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“It would just be great. This is our second bite at this funding, the $65 million. When you came originally, it was, okay, go out and raise this $50 million or how much ever the number was and come back to us because we have a September 30th deadline that we have to reach. And I think that that will help all of us to be on the same page, to understand our commitments. The challenge, you know, is we, you know, we told you to go raise the money. You wouldn't raise 80% of it. Now you're coming back for that 80%. So I'll just stop there.”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor, for your comments. I do have one committee substitute in case, just as this matriculates through, and that goes back to my point of access, ensuring that our Parks Department has at least 10% 30 days of programming at minimum whichever one is greater so I would like that to be in the agreement in terms of programming as you do the in the management contract because I've already stated that the Parks Department is our only way that our residents, that's our lane in terms of access to the public. I am concerned about access to the public. As someone who was a…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026
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“Secondarily, you know, we need to have a residents first mindset. I'm concerned just to, not to, you know, pile on with what my colleagues have shared, but we have, I believe it's over $400 million of parks deferred maintenance. And so when we think about our residents and our master plan for our parks, those should be assets for our visitors as well, but we are putting all of these resources in one particular area of our community while other areas suffer. So I'm curious as to how we're going to address those, the deficits as we're choosing, you know, winners and losers. We're saying that,…”
Director of Aviation · Sep 1, 2026