Remarks by Roxanne Stephens
310 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 13
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“okay can you yeah okay and i'm not i cannot can you stop the clock please i cannot hear comments from the from the chambers please let the speaker speak his mind can you just add a few um a little bit more to his time and mr pearson you can continue thank you so that kind of plays into the next thing that captain patty said about the transparency and we put the dangerous dog hearings up on the web”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We've had a combination of different people there, and the volunteers, I believe, some volunteers were at our last forum that we had at the community center.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I'm going to have to ask people in the chambers to please not shout out. We're going to have people at the podium speak, and then please don't shout out from the chambers. Thank you. Go ahead, Chief.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Advice, Mayor. Thoughts about direction. Okay. Councilor Morales, thoughts?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, thank you for that. Council Member Bichet, thoughts?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Sure. OK. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Bichet. Vice Mayor?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Vice Mayor. Okay, so here's my thoughts. First of all, my heart's go out to the Pearsons. I thank you so much for being in close contact with us throughout your process and being so vulnerable and sharing your story. I know it was not easy. Our animals are parts of our family, and I just feel... I just feel for you. So thank you so much for your comments up here and for coming to our meetings and speaking from your heart about your experience and allowing us to learn from your experience, hopefully to be able to improve our services. So part of what came up tonight are themes…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We want some exploration into the dangerous dog protocol, did we follow, and then areas to improve that. Explore other options like JPA and what other communities are doing. Some kind of plan for the Helen Ross. The idea of a commission or advisory board, how does that?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I mean, I think ideas about what, because there are limits to how we can use that fund, right? So I think we can't just like open like whatever, you know, wishlist, you know, pie in the sky. It needs to be based in reality. So I think that's where that would come from. Like what are those, what can we do with that? And then certainly the policy is going to come from us.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. Okay, great. Thank you for clarifying that. Yeah, yeah. And I should have, yeah, used my words better. But that is... Thank you. Thank you for that clarification. And then also, I think that's the last one in terms of separating the care from law enforcement roles. I think that this kind of goes with the GPA and what other communities are doing, because I think they're the same. They're basically the same thing. It's just really about looking at all the options that are available. Okay, all right, does that work? And then any, everybody okay with that? Thumbs up or do you have any…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Exploring, we're not making any decisions.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, we'll try to plan. We can also call a special on this if we need to.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah. Okay. Okay, good. Okay, thank you. Then we're going to close that. So that's how we're going to end. And then we will be bringing this back for sure. And just as an FYI, the ordinance discussion will be coming back, I believe, sooner. I don't know what the date is, but we should be hearing that one first. And then we'll get a study session or something else specific to this. okay thank you all for your time and for your patience and we are going to take a quick break and then we'll come back for the next items okay take five minutes five minutes thank you”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“As long as you do it within five days, you can do it. Okay. Okay, we're going to get back in. We're going to keep moving forward. And thank you, especially to the public, for your patience. We have a very long agenda, but a lot of important things to discuss. So we're going to go to 9-2, a resolution authorizing the city manager or their designee to apply for and execute a financial assistance agreement with the State Water Resources Control Board for the Voluntary Water Services Upgrade Project. And so I'm gonna ask for a staff report.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Just so we have the presentation up. So I don't know if you're on a specific slide, if you want to just. Yeah, we're on page seven. So slide seven.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Questions? Questions, comments? Go ahead, Council Member Morales.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Great. Okay. I mean, I think ultimately when we had this discussion before, that was what we wanted to be. We wanted to be crystal clear that there was like a, like very clear, specific guaranteed language in the agreement that said that we would not pay for this. I mean, we, We know this is a needed project for the Valenzuela property. So we know that's important. We know they need the safe water. We want them to have it and we can't afford it. So that was the most important thing was that we were sure that we weren't going to be obligated to pay for it because we simply do not have…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We couldn't do it. Yeah. Okay. Okay. So that's the most important thing. Okay. So I'm going to take a pause here, check to see if we have public comment. Any public comment on this one?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“First of all, thank you so much for your patience and for waiting here. This is unfortunately, for you and for the state folks, the longest meeting that we've had in a very long time. So I have to apologize. But thank you for your patience.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026