Remarks by Menka Soni
13 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 17:05
“Council Member Sonny. So just to follow up on that, these eight new positions, they will not be back, like, you know, any of the backlog. These will be a completely brand-new positions, maybe more administrative kind of roles?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 50:57
“I have read the very quick questions. So January 1 2027 is when we are starting the implementation, when actually we expect that the transition period will be will be completed when the department will just become self sustaining. So that's one. And the second thing is like, you know, how does it impact the small businesses?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 52:55
“Yeah, go ahead, Council Member Soni. If I can just have a quick follow-up on that. Suppose a project comes on January 1st, 2027. What difference they will see in that? So the difference that they... Can be put down somewhere, you know, for a visual ease for people to understand.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:34:40
“For me, it's more for a clarification. I know we are asking for like $3 million as a bold ask, but because maintenance and operations is a multi-year project, so will there be a possibility for us to ask down the line additional money or is this just going to be done?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Council Member Soni. This is regarding the size on the agenda for the permitting. It's like the builders and developers are also complaining about some of the state regulations based on the environmental and utilities requirements that's actually delaying the permits. We as Redmond are investing so much time and money to expedite all the permitting process, but if it is getting delayed because of that, maybe highlighting like, you know, I don't know what specific state rules that that has to be looked, but something that we can if we can highlight, like, you know, that…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 2:56:20
“So, you know, once these projects like Addlewood and Southeast Redmond Neighborhood Parks, once these are done, what would be the projected increase in the parks maintenance and operations budget?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:08:21
“I just have, you know, for all these art installations, like, you know, one thing that you would love to see is, like, you know, having an equity so that all installations are not just getting installed or, you know, in one area. Like, we would love to see more art installations coming than areas, like, you know, which are in upcoming rather than everything just coming within the downtown. So just to balance that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:24:40
“Yeah, I was looking into some data and I know like, you know, overall together, this is also targeting towards vision zero. But, you know, there are a lot of projects which is like more of a maintenance, like, you know, taking care of some of those things versus trying to just protect, prevent any kind of the collisions or accidents or this thing. Is there a way we can classify that in some number? You know how many are targeted towards the Vision Zero versus the like, you know, maintenance or building new cups or something?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 3:33:48
“Yeah, I just wanted to inform like this. I may not be able to attend because I have a flight that same evening.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 4:23
“So I have a question on the for the key metrics just to ensure like, you know, we have a two and a four hour SLA windows. Are we going to maintain any of those metrics for long?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 10:37
“So I was just reading that nonprofits are allowed to have a social card room on their premises in Redmond, provided they're licensed by Washington State Gambling Commission. So I think it would be very useful if we can clarify that this restriction would apply only for the commercial and not for the nonprofits. I know the language is just focusing on the commercial, but might be useful to clarify for the nonprofits.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 28:46
“So out of seven processes, as we read, there are only two processes where we are going to do the deeper dives to understand and, you know, assess with the consultant. The other five will just have the light touch. So what is the confidence level that just by the deeper dive or a mapping with just the two processes will help us resolve all the challenges that we are dealing today with an HR and finance disconnect or other challenges that we are facing? I'm just a little concerned like is this enough scope or not?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
- Play at 1:00:48
“Yeah, just a quick comment. It's specifically for the new council members. It's very important for us to understand how these numbers are reached. Like, you know, I know you explained it based on the market, but are there other factors that needs to be considered depending upon every city, the budget, and, you know, the money and the revenues that we have. So that would be very helpful for us. Sure.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026