Remarks by Sara Pasti
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“I will take a motion to adjourn the special common council meetings. Motion by Ruth Katz, second by Sarah Pasty.”
“Yes, I would like to thank you, Madam President. I would like to propose that this resolution be sent back to committee for further discussion.”
“Send this back to committee. All in favor?”
“can build housing and we can protect our local economy but we must do it together transparently and with a plan that looks at the whole picture thank you thank you alderman sarah pasty uh yes thank you madam president um i i am actually i had discussed voting yes when we met in caucus last night but i am now considering voting no and the reason that i'm doing that is because i believe that it's possible that that some of these projects are already fully underway with money spent and plans developed for affordable housing and plans that include parking and i am a strong proponent for parking…”
“No, that's all right. I mean, I basically, what I wanted to do is just thank, um, This has been a long time coming, working on Fairview Avenue. There have been many months when I've been in discussion with the residents, with the management of Fairview Gardens, which fronts onto Fairview Avenue, and with the engineering staff who have been very helpful and thoughtful in terms of looking at how this road might be better suited to help the public safety issues that have arisen surrounding Fairview Gardens and the exiting driveways onto that roadway. So I want to thank everyone who's been…”
“I agree with Alderwoman Hirsch about adding a ninth member and adding a person who has an environmental specialty. Looking at the list of members, of suggested members for this council to look at best, it does seem important to include somebody who has the expertise in environmental science. to be able to assess perhaps some of the long-term consequences of a best facility, as opposed to representatives from our staff who'll be looking at short-term incident-related issues like fire and building safety. So I would say that this is an important voice to have on this council. So I would second…”
“Yeah. Yeah, they do their ribbon cutting for businesses at the Chambers. Like if one of us, you know, when we saw it and got on there, we rotated going to them and welcoming the businesses and dropping the packet at that time. Yeah, that's a great idea.”