Remarks by Steve Abercrombie
91 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“The other day we met with the school district regarding they're in a process of looking at possibly no go crazy. Possibly readjusting some boundaries, but then they were looking at some of our development areas. How much input or how much contact do we have with our schools regarding our general plan update so that they're also aware of where potential development is going to go so that they're ready to serve those children?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. Thank you. And then one of the things when we did districting that I thought was really helpful was, and I appreciate Nessie and April, they went to Farmer's Market and provided info to people about the districting so that they were aware of it. Would that be something that would be possible for us to have a few times at the farmers markets to allow people to be aware of these workshops and such that we're going through this process so that they can attend those? Not necessarily providing detailed information at the farmers market, but allowing them to know what's going on that they…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great. Okay. And then if you want to go to, if you want to go to the questions and I'll provide my input right now.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Perfect, both school districts, right? TUSD and Jefferson.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Great, thank you. Notable challenges, one of the things that people continually talk about is the warehouse, where the warehouses are going, how that impacts with the trucking, trucks going through our city. So that's something that I definitely see as a challenge that the city needs to make sure that when that development is going in, that it has minimum impact on the residents as much as possible. That's one of the challenges I've continually heard from people. Priorities for Tracy is making smart growth, right? Making sure that we're providing, we have the infrastructure in place to…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Just for staff, I know at the end of meetings we seem to throw a bunch of things at you. How much does that impact... when we gave you these strategic goals, how much is that, be honest, how much is that impacting you?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“then i would and this is just for me but and council is welcome to weigh in but i would i think might be might be helpful to us is when we ask for that sometimes we envision it being quicker it might be helpful for you to say okay send a memo to us saying you know this was asked on council this may not come back till march of 27 just so we have an idea because there's other things going on and that AT LEAST ALLOWS US TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE WE'RE ADDING TOO MUCH OR IT GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKLOAD THAT WE'RE DUMPING ON YOU. OKAY. THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. THANK YOU.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“little while ago we had the general plan update and it was this particular thing was asked and my understanding correct me if i'm wrong the consultant said we should not that we shouldn't do it and i understand we need to update it but maybe it shouldn't be done as the not at the beginning of when the general plan is starting but part way through did i understand that correctly from the consultant on that”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“No, I understand. No, I understand why we're here right now. And I'm not trying to say this isn't important but if we're paying this consultant and we're doing all this process for the general plan and she's recommending that part way through the general plan process that we then start working on this that maybe we're starting to do something ahead of what is being recommended by somebody that we're saying as an”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So then, since you brought this forward, what's your vision? Do you want... Two council members, do you want to, it was suggested that we try to get a member from each district. Now, what's your vision?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“So how would, City Attorney, I guess, how would we go about that process? Do you see that?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Because right now we don't have a council member in District 1.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Two and four, yeah. Yeah, right. Technically, I live in four. I understand I'm considered at large. Right. Councilmember Nygaard technically is at large, but she lives in two, but nobody up here technically lives in District 1 right now. So we don't have a councilmember from that district. Yes, that's correct. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor Pertem? First off, I want to give a big shout out to West High, the JROTC. They did a great presentation on September 11th. They take a lot of pride in doing that, and that was a great event to attend. Also, this Saturday morning from 8.30 to 11.30, I'll be out with some DARE kids and some high school kids. We're going to clean up downtown, so if anybody wants to come and help beautify the downtown area, you're welcome to. We're going to meet right out in front here, and I'll have the different You just have to bring your bodies. We'll provide you with the supplies to do that. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“The chamber, the problem is that chamber used to run. They would have booths there and such. It wasn't city organized that. It was the chamber who organized the event at the Lincoln Park. So city have no involvement at all. No, not in organizing.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Mayor Pro Tem. When we had this at Finance, again, thank you very much. Great report. There was one outstanding issue you said you had with BIA. I got that resolved.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“May I make a motion to adopt a resolution adopting the public facilities nexus study and associated public facilities project list. and two adopting an updated charges for the public facilities fees three adopting water capacity nexus study for adopting updated charges for water capacity fees five adopting public safety nexus study and associated public safety project list six adopting updated charges for public safety fees seven adopting park dedication and IN LIEU FEE AND PARK ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT FEE NEXT TO STUDY AND ASSOCIATED PARK ACQUISITION AND IMPROVEMENT FEE PROJECT LIST…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Motion to waive the first reading by substitution of title and introduce the ordinance. Second. We have a first and a second. Roll call, please.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Just to confirm, although we're allowed... Although we're allowed, we do not get any... I just want to make it clear, we don't get compensation for the commissions that we serve on.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Right. And then secondly, if we... If we don't do anything, we can vote tonight to say we just want to stay where we're at and it's done. You don't have to bring anything back. Is that correct?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Yeah, as I previously stated, I don't support taking it. I'm didn't sign up to get paid, and I'm fine with what I am getting compensated with. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Well, if I made a motion to not do one, that's what I would do right now. I make a motion that we maintain the current salaries as they are.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“I'd like to get support for bringing back the nature park just to get a better understanding of what how many phases we're talking about what's the bandwidth available to move forward with that what the overall costs are just some more I think I was unfortunately I thought when I saw it on the line item it said nature park and we got eight million I thought that covered the whole nature park I later found out that was just phase one. So if we get some clarification on that, and then also if we were to move forward, what it would cost. And if we even have the track going in the aquatic center,…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Right. How we're, yeah, we're, How many phases we're talking about the cost? Do we have the availability to even move forward with phase one right now because of staffing doing all the other things they're doing that more of an update? Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for the support.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Ready? Okay. We're going to call this meeting the City Council special meeting to order at 5.30 on August 18th. And we have no disclosure of participation for government code section 549538. Roll call and declaration, please.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026