Remarks by Raul H. Gonzalez
29 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
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“Thank you, Jennifer, for representing the city. You did a great job, and everybody spoke very highly of you. And that's everybody involved, but I just heard a lot. You were at a lot of meetings, so great for being such a great professional. Appreciate you.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes, thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Trey. Thank you, Amy. This is an ongoing problem for many years, and I'm really shocked at how many emails we've gotten regarding, you know, trying to help Arlington families with erosion issues. So I don't know if somebody said something or what, but I just noticed it's really increased a lot. Trey, so one of the questions that I've gotten many times is Six Flags with the creek going through it, UTA with the creek going through it, do we help them at all if there's any type of issues there?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“So, which is the same concept that we do with homeowners now. We offer expertise on how to fix things and everything else. And the reason I ask that, because I knew the answer was no, but there was a lot of people just assumed that we took care of all the creeks throughout the city and we're just not taking care of homeowners. So, when you talk about erosion issues and a dedicated fee, I mean, what you said a few minutes ago about a fee, Can you explain that a little more? I'm not saying we're for it, but I just want to be able to, that people that are listening can understand”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“And that's sort of the same scenario with several neighborhoods where they have the lake in their backyard and the silt's going in and they have to dredge it and it's going to cost each home $100,000. And now they're requesting all the HOA members of that community because, hey, that's a benefit for our neighborhood. But it really isn't. It's for them, especially when you can't even access it. So it's the same scenario. I mean. So it's the same thing. It's like, yeah, it's great, but I hate to say it, it's not my problem. And you don't want to pay for it.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, Marty, for that explanation on opportunity zones and how it works. The part that I didn't realize was taxpayers. So any taxpayer could get... invest in one of these, and how do they go about doing that?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“A long time to look at this, but I want to thank you obviously for our notice that part of the plan is to include other school districts now in some of these strengthening learn to learn not to burn and stuff like that. So I really do appreciate that so. and continuing that for future generations. I did notice, though, we do have a strong relationship with AISD on different things that we offer that we don't offer to other ones, so if there's anything I need to do to connect with some others, I think it's the unity plan portion somewhere I saw that, They're visiting all the schools and…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you. I just learned something new, which is just amazing to hear that. So I guess I'm asking, what were you asking, Mayor? What were you looking at? What brought this all to the very beginning when you talked about the difference in scoring?”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“But both scoring had Lineberger, right, on both? Yes. Okay. That's where I was kind of confused on what happened there. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Did you meet with David Salazar? Yes. Okay, that's good. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I did not attend that meeting, so I didn't have a report.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I want to make a correction on that. The Fair Committee I did attend, but I didn't I didn't know how to report, so I'll bring it for next time. I did attend, and the next meeting will be October 25th. The RTC meeting we met on September 11th. The RTC approved several items, including federal performance metrics related to congestion mitigation and air quality. The Metropolitan Transportation Plan Policy Bundle, which awards transportation development credits to cities and transit agencies to use in lieu of local cash for federal funding. Arlington was awarded 3,200,000 TDCs…”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“I know I'm not supposed to talk about it, but it's going to affect Arlington more than anything else, what they're trying to do.”
City Council · Sep 29, 2026
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“Yes, please. Lindsay, do you mind coming up? It's the same question. It's regarding the financing. Just an explanation. It's a canala, so it's the same thing. So why is this being done with regard to the third-party financials? How does that change to taxable income?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And so when the taxes are paid to the finance company?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. Sorry, Lindsay, to put you on the spot.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Alex, thank you for working on this. This has been ongoing for all my six years on city council in several districts, not just mine. And the key is, you know, citizens think, like the mayor said, they have rights and they don't want neighbors doing that. But those owners that have that property have rights to do things. So it's working together. I think the key is, and I keep telling the citizens, they think we can just knock on that door and say, who lives here? You can't. If you see any construction being done on your street, you know, check with the city, see if they've…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Item 35, I think we all received an email regarding that, so I don't know if we want to, I think there was a lot of questions regarding that, so I don't know if Lindsay just wants to give a brief Summary, I think there was a lot of confusion about how much money was being used. I think people were getting confused with the amounts and everything else. So I don't know if you want to address that or not.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think the public infrastructure is important. I think, you know, that includes sidewalk sewer. Uh, whatever else it was, I think there was a public water. Those are all drainage, landscaping, those are all things that we'd be doing, so this is all part of that project. And I think there was some confusion about how much was being put in. I think there was two numbers that were being added together, but really it's only one number. So it's what? 19 million, right?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And one of the questions that I know we've gotten is, and I I don't think anything of it, but the question has been, why was this on the consent agenda rather than an item that we would discuss openly?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Lindsay. Appreciate you taking the time.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Trey, can you go back to option one? So are those reoccurring, or is that a one-time deal, all those?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Trey. Just like Boobie said, you guys are so professional, especially you, the way you present it and everything else. And you make it, it's up to us.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, seriously, people need to understand that. It's important that the way our city is run, I mean, you know, when you hear all this negative stuff and everything else from other cities, I mean, we're lucky what we have. But I'm going to agree with the Mayor. I've been doing this for 17 years. and the prior two years was just the most difficult decisions I've ever had to make. And I'm just, you know, I think the citizens, you know, I know it's not a lot, but it's just we don't know what's going to be next year. You know, if we do something this year and then again next year, that will be…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yep, I understand. The big thing about where people live, including my kids, is where's the jobs and how much are they paying? So it's not tax rate. It's not crime. That's the big deal. So when you talk about 13% from UTA, they go to other jobs that have high-paying jobs. They don't stick around here and start working at Walmart or whatever or even eSpace. We're lucky we're hiring, but that's the key we've got to focus on is economic development. And I get it. One cent is nothing, but when you see groceries going up, you see gas going up, you see health care going up, daycare going up, it's…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026