Remarks by Rob Kaplan
28 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 2
- Play at 4:28:13
“Rob? Thank you, Tara. So we did get a ton of letters about open space. And I spoke to staff at open space. They've got a $47.9 million budget. Staff was saying that it might, for the first five years of the DDA, it might cost them $100,000. But the net benefit after that is going to help fund them even further. Over 90% of their budget used to go to land acquisition, and now it goes to operations. They're good. Their budget for wildfire is increasing from 3.4% to 5.6% this year. They had no qualms about the DDA. I can't say any names. I just said I wouldn't say names, but they're full support…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 4:57:46
“Let's hear it. move the DDA structure to the November ballot, but before the city finalizes a plan of development and signs an IGA implementing the DDA, the city will engage in a process that engages our community for the purpose of seeking and incorporating public trust and input.”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026
- Play at 4:58:11
“So what I'm hearing, and I'm even hearing it from some council members, there's some confusion on process from the state statute, like wanting to know the IGA before we even do an LOI. You just can't do that. And I'm also hearing, I want to know what's going to happen, and it's the state statute that precludes us from doing that. So in order to work out an LOI, what we do is we PROPOSED, WE MOVE THE NOVEMBER, WE MOVE IT TO THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, BUT BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT AND SIGN AN IGA, WE'LL GO THROUGH A PUBLIC PROCESS OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR INCORPORATING…”
City Council · Aug 6, 2026