Remarks by Neal Black
86 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 4
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“My intent is reflected in the draft language I provided, which is any building structure premises, including any portion thereof used or intended to be used for the confinement or detention of one or more persons for the purpose of enforcing or administering civil immigration laws.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you for that. That's exactly what I was going to say. It's 11.15. We have 11 professionals here, and we still have an executive session. Anything I want to provide you, I'll do it by email.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Kim, at some point, I'd love to hear if we In addition to seeing the difference in behavior and the greater turnover on Saturday, if we have something more than just a hypothesis or a theory about what that means for businesses downtown, if you see that, for example, a theory could be when you see that kind of turnover, you see more people coming, you see more people considering coming because they find that it is possible to get a parking spot, and then they do frequent our downtown businesses. You can answer that now, or I can... Talk to you about it later.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor, and thank you, Carmen. The mayor stole most of my, I don't have questions. I really just wanted to take a moment to say thanks and also express gratitude. Like the mayor said, I really want to thank the Community Foundation for just the tremendous growth and the vision of what the foundation stands for and all of the effort commitment I've seen the effort and commitment to delivering on this this powerful growing vision and I just want to thank you thank your board thank the founders of course who include former councilmember Tom near and his wife Sally and The…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. We had payroll in the amount of $9,545,254.52 and bills in the amount of $9,529,176.81. As part of tonight's consent calendar, the mayor, on behalf of the council, will be proclaiming July as Parks and Recreation Month in Kirkland. This national observance recognizes the power of parks and recreation to improve health and well-being, connect community members, support environmental resilience, and enhance quality of life. Through this proclamation, we celebrate the staff and volunteers who make Kirkland's parks system possible, including more than 2,000 recreation…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'll move for adoption of Resolution R5739. Second. Second.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. Just one quick question, because it came up repeatedly when the council was discussing the overall structure of the agreement, was to ensure that the center of gravity of responsibility and liability was not a thinly capitalized Subsidiary just for the public who followed that discussion and is now following this discussion The fact of the Kirkland iceplex LLC We were naming that party because now we know that party's name But that does not change the structure that the city of Kirkland negotiated with respect to making sure the center of gravity of liability on behalf…”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“I'm sure I can do that. Maybe. Yes. I'll move for adoption approval of resolution R5740.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is a really quick question, and I'm sorry if I missed it, if it was in any of the materials. And it might be a question for the city manager, honestly. At a really, really high level, what's the opportunity cost that comes from the council appropriating funds from the same source that we're using, let's say the $544,000 for option one, Those are dollars that will otherwise go to what?”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“Including safer routes to school projects? Yeah, safer routes to school. Okay, some of which would probably get a little bit more to Council Member Papin's concern. Mayor, are you looking for direction? Sure. I think because of those, well-taken remarks and just my study of this issue and conversation with city manager, I support option one.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026
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“A couple items, but given that we have an executive session coming up, I will email them to the council.”
City Council · Jul 7, 2026