Remarks by Roxanne Stephens
310 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 13
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City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“That's all I have right now. Okay, go ahead, Council Member Bichet.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Okay, so I'm going to bring it back to the guys. What do we want to do? Somebody want to make a motion?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Can I get a second? Second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? No. Okay. So we're going to move on to 5.3 resolution authorizing city manager to pursue special state legislation providing the city of Hollister authority to impose subject to future city council action and voter approval and additional transaction and use tax of up to 1%. So can we get a staff report on this?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, let's go to public comment. Speakers on this item?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. So let me check in with our city manager on this item. I want to just talk again about the process for doing this. So this is authorizing, if this passes, this resolution will authorize you to begin the conversation at the state level about lifting the capsule, then it could go to the voters, right? So what would be what, what's the timeframe for that kind of a conversation, that kind of decision? Like, how long are we talking about? Is that next week? Is that two months from now? Is that a year? Like, how long of a discussion would that take with the state?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“But it has to happen within the next three months.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“And how long would that process take, the time for the analysis? So by the end of the year, the discussion of what happened with the state, then we're now January 2027. So then we say, okay, yeah, please do the analysis. What's the timeframe for that?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“No, no, I'm not talking about putting it on the balance, just the analysis. Thank you. Yeah. Six months. Six months.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, so then comes back, the report goes out to the council, council makes a decision whether to move forward and for how much, and then that could take a little bit of time, right? So I'm assuming that now we're looking at maybe we're fall of next year,”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. I don't know if there's an election. It'd have to be a special, I believe. Okay. I just wanted to get the timeframe. If in fact, because it's not just simply about have the conversation, vote on it, go to the ballot. It's really like a process that includes various steps. Yes. And the most important piece in all of that, at least in my opinion, is that analysis so that a decision can be made at the diocese around whether to have it and for how much, and then also to get the information out to the public.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay. Okay. Thanks for that explanation. Appreciate it. Okay. Let me check in, Vice Mayor. Any last minute? Council Member Pichet?”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Yeah, it'll be his staff. I mean, he may be part of the conversation, but his staff would be not.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“it's no no decision about going to the ballot is being made it's just simply about allowing the conversation to begin okay okay okay so i'm going to check in with um the three of us here does somebody want to make a motion on this item i mean i moved to adopt yeah can i get a second it's not like a no-brainer second All in favor? Aye.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Any opposed? No. No opposition. Okay. So then that is our last item. And I'm going to go ahead and adjourn the meeting.”
City Council · Oct 2, 2026
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“Okay, can Okay, so city clerk, let me know. Let me know if we're ready to go.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“All right. Okay, welcome, everybody. It's good to see the chamber with many participants. Today is the regular city council meeting for the city of Hollister September 21. We're starting at 630. Can we do roll call, please?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay, we're gonna start with special orders of the day. We're gonna start with 4.1, National Recovery Month Proclamation. So tonight I'm pleased to proclaim September 2026 as National Recovery Month. This month recognizes that recovery is possible and celebrates the strength of individuals working to improve their health and wellbeing. It also recognizes the families and professionals and organizations that provide support along the way. Here in our community, organizations such as Sun Street Centers provide important treatment, recovery, and support services to individuals and their…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Congratulations and thank you. Thank you for your courage to come and talk about that. It's an important topic.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thank you. And congratulations to you too. And it's never too late. So thank you for your hard work and getting to where you're at and your courage to speak on your testimony.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Congratulations to you as well. Keep up the hard work. It's not an easy thing to do. Okay, so I'm going to ask Charisse if she will come up and accept this. And then also, if you are up for this, those of you who are here from Sun Street Center, our city manager will take a picture with me and Charisse as I hand her the proclamation. If you guys want to just stand up, you can just stand for where you're sitting and then get and be in the picture as well and just kind of look towards the podium.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026