Remarks by Ramona Monteverde
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“Yes, we did the hotel. This is last year. Right. so what do we what do we mean by short-term rental regulations what does that mean I thought that was it I think the general idea that has been has had more success in terms of challenges is creating a license”
“The parking, accessible parking, I think that we can remove that because I believe, I'm hoping that with, well, maybe not, with the parking study, we'll be able to see how many handicapped parking spaces are needed. Is that?”
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“I don't think we're, I'm asking to overhaul it, Michelle. I was here on planning during that, the zoning change back in 2015. It's just we want to make sure that we're including this and that it is part of.”
“I agree and I included the bid with that as well.”
“all right so then we don't need to add it to the list it's more of a budget item legislative item and also um oh sorry are you done last year when i did point out the uh standardized garbage cans to mr todd benning he mentioned that this is something that we could budget on the council so i just want to make sure that we're all aware if that's the case that we need to do this during our budget hearings”
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“Yes. Regarding economic development and small business assistance, I'm constantly being asked about this. I don't know if we want to include the bid on here as a legislative priority action item because I do get a lot of questions about that and when is that going out? What's the status on that? Also, if there's anything that, you know, in economic development, if we can include any type of grant or funding assistance for small businesses, I know that we do the small signs already are, I'm sorry, not the small signs, the sign, signage, but if there's anything else we can do, maybe perhaps out…”
“So if I can just clarify about the short-term rental registry, that was for... Oh, that was the Airbnbs. For Airbnbs, the short-term ones. So I think we talked about that when we were In the beginning when, right, they were buying up houses, investors, and doing Airbnbs. And we were having, of course, obviously we have a housing crisis. And I know that other municipalities have done this where if you live in the house and you have a two or three unit building, you can do one Airbnb, but you have to occupy the building. That's my understanding. In terms of the rental registry, I think that we…”
“Thank you. And thank you everybody who came out tonight. Lots of good information. Great to hear from you. What's concerning you? You know, I know that flock is an ongoing issue. We are, as you know, we're trying to work it out so that we can get out of it. And that is coming and it will be soon, I hope. So I do like the idea of once we do away with FLOC and we no longer fund it, putting the black trash bags over it. I know that there are other municipalities that are doing different things so that it cannot continue to track our vehicles and track us as we're walking around. So again, we're…”
“Safety first. Thank you, Wayne, for bringing this to our attention and for keeping your staff safe.”
“I think we're very interested in looking at the policy and doing some updating because it was a horrific experience last winter with towing and the predatory fees there.”
“new item I'd like to push to get the one Lafayette pilot on the next agenda I just got the email that they've updated it I know that a lot of several council members have been working going back and forth with them the developers and I'm hoping this time they got it right so I'd like to I know that they're under the gun in terms of their funding and it's pretty tight timeline so council member Macklemore and I have been in constant communication with them and we're hoping that we can get this resolved and get it onto the agenda.”
“okay old business um i'd like to get an update on where we are with the ev charging stations i know that the last thing i was told was that the specs were done um i don't know where we are with that today and then the other thing is uh an update on the four-way stops at at stop signs at southlander and south williams south williams right You know, I was wondering if we can get a date on when those will be installed. And then the DRI, if we can have a conversation on that, are we applying for that this coming year? Thanks.”
“Thank you. Very short and sweet. Have a good night. Thanks for coming out. It was great to hear everybody's comments. I feel like we have a lot of work to do, and that's what I'm here for. Thank you.”