Remarks by Ned Witting
222 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 7 of 9
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“The motion has been moved and seconded. All those in favor, please say aye.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Motion passes. We're now entering part three of our agenda, a public hearing regarding the emergency moratorium on battery energy storage systems facilities. And we'll have a presentation by senior planner Chris Beale.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you, Chris. I will now open the public hearing for citizen comments. Each speaker during this portion of our meeting is... allowed two minutes. Is there anyone who would like to speak at this time?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. Are there any other speakers? OK, we received a public comment in advance of the meeting tonight. And I think it's appropriate that I read it at this time. So I'd like to read it into the record. for the public so the public can hear it. It says, dear members of the city council, it comes from Christine Non of Puget Sound Energy. It says, dear members of the city council, on behalf of Puget Sound Energy, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to comment on proposed ordinance number 3344 related to battery energy storage systems. BESS acronym. Puget Sound Energy is Washington…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Do I hear a second? Second. Motion has been moved and seconded. Any discussion? Seeing none, all those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion passes.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“We'll now move on to item 4B, second reading of an ordinance pertaining to routine 2026 budget adjustments. Once again, we have Finance Director Barbara Lopez available to answer questions if there are any. Do I hear a motion to approve second reading?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Is there a second? Second. Thank you. Any discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, please so indicate.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“OK, moving right along, we move on to item 5A, resolution. We're considering a resolution setting a public hearing for a petition to vacate a portion of West Main between 6th Street Southwest and 7th Street Southwest and all of 7th Street Northwest between West Main and 2nd Avenue Northwest. We have discussed this item a number of times in the past, the underlying matter. But tonight's agenda is a resolution to set a public hearing, not the underlying matter. So I would hope that we could limit our comments to that. Do we feel like we need an introduction to this resolution? Doesn't sound…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Sorry, Council Member Kastema, I missed that. Council Member Kastema.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. OK, so we have a motion moved and seconded. Deputy Mayor Johnson.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“My sense is that the 15th is a public hearing, and we won't be taking action in all likelihood at that time. So I think there's plenty of time to do that in the future. would suggest that we can have that at that point in time.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“excuse me as as chair we we need to uh have the floor yielded to you and so we've we've kind of broken that twice in succession so i i'm going to uh ask that we not do that in future mr mayor are you referring to me because i'm still on the queue i haven't finished my conversation you made a motion correct okay so i'm going to ask for a second okay second Second. OK, we have it moved and seconded. Any discussion of the motion to review the video?”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Councilmember Kastner, could you please hit your button? I missed you earlier in the thing, but I would appreciate it if you'd hit your button. You just asked if anyone had a question. And I answered. So we'll take responses in the order they're received when people push the button. So I can't, in order to control the meeting, I would appreciate it if you would push the button. Thank you. So we're the- Call the question. I will call the question. All those in favor of the motion, please so indicate.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Any opposed? Motion passes. We'll watch the video.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yes, and I'll jump in now as well. That video depicts conditions that no longer exist. The block for the past, I don't know how long, has been already vacated, the area that we're talking about vacating permanently. And I've walked that area during school hours, and the tenor of it has changed dramatically because that area between the portables and the campus, not between the gym and the parking lot, most of the traffic takes place between the portables and the campus. And that's been the reason for the need to vacate that portion because with the addition of additional portables, you've got…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“OK, we've gotten far afield from the original amendment. I believe we've got a motion and a second on the floor. Is that correct? OK, so the motion is to set a public hearing on the 15th of September. All those that are in favor of that, please so indicate.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Any opposed? Motion passes. Okay. We'll now consider the process for seeking proposals for use of city funds received from a state sales tax credit for the purposes of affordable housing, and we'll have a presentation by city manager Steve Kirtley.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Just as addressing that question a little bit, the RFP will bring in a variety of proposals that may serve different aspects of it. And we will have the opportunity to select between the proposals and prioritize it as we see fit. Does that answer satisfactorily? OK. Councilmember Kastema. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. RFP is fine. Councilmember Johnson, Deputy Mayor Johnson.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Yeah, there's a lot of projects that are with a lot of organizations that would like to have access to these funds in order to be able to serve our community. And I can mention a number of them. We've talked about the SHAPE Capital Fund on multiple occasions, which is a way that several of our sister cities, Fife, University Place, I think Sumner's the third one that pooled their resources and put it into a capital fund that they're using to fund some projects. So that would be one option for us, but there's an immense number of other ones. And I've heard of many, but the, so, I think there's…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. And do you have an updated figure on our...”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“OK, thank you. So let's go to Council Member Gilliam for council reports.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Well, as long as we're talking about Concerts in the Park, I better defer to Deputy Mayor Johnson for the report.”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Thank you. And I appreciate all those updates by my colleagues keeping us attuned to what's going on in the city of Puyallup. Just a couple of comments about the PPD. The meeting at Maplewood is one of four. There's four different patrol districts. So if you're in the Maplewood area, you should go to that one. But if you're in a different part of the city, there'll be one in your area as well. So are those scheduled yet, Chief? So only the one has been scheduled at this time, but you can expect additional ones serving other districts. corners of the city. Also, with regard to the PPD, we had…”
City Council · Jul 21, 2026
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“Good evening, all. Thank you for being here on such a beautiful day. Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026
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“Present. And just as a matter of course, we like to recognize when we have young people in our audience. We've got a few back there. We love to have them. We know that we rely on our next generation to carry forward the work that we do tonight, and we're happy to see them here. The first item on our agenda is the approval of the agenda. Do I hear a motion to approve? Motion to approve.”
City Council · Jul 14, 2026