Remarks by Suzanne Jones
64 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Part of why they don't have enough parking is because what the school did with part of their proposed parking lot, they put in a soccer field. So that eliminated a whole bunch of parking spaces.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, I'd like to say something as well. I did work with Placer Citizens for Neighborhood Rights as well, and he told me that part of that agreement was for us to be amicable towards the loan of money. Well, it's not really a loan, it's the fees, me and the fees that we're going to be giving them. I only had a question is, why 55 years to repay the loan? It seems crazy. I won't be here to see it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, thank you. Got some stuff here. So it addresses the project proposed, well, they're going to, resulting in 242 additional units beyond the affordable housing obligation. But I'm wondering what level of affordability are those 242? Do we know?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“OKAY. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, IT SAYS NO COUNTYWIDE POLICY EXISTS REGARDING QUANTIFIABLE PUBLIC BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS OR UNITS DELIVERED PRIOR TO STATED TIMING TRIGGERS. So under the HCF guidelines, a project may be eligible for up to $60,000 in assistance per extremely low income unit. So what's the, it says in assistance. What, where?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“OK. And then so the loan isn't secured. Correct. I mean, just like any other normal loan, you have security. You secure the loan if you default.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“So we have to identify a source, a funding source?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“What are our chances of figuring out a funding source? I mean, we don't have many options.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I don't know, we're asking the whole county every time we do a budget to tighten our belts with regard to needs and wants and desires for facilities and personnel and everything. It's concerning to me. I did ask the treasurer tax collector his opinion on it, and it wasn't good. The other thing, too, I have concerns about, I really have concerns about setting a precedent because, you know, I understand 242 extra units, but the issue is any other affordable housing builders, you know,”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah. Say yes. But it even states in the, in the, uh, the report that there's no countywide policy in existence right now regarding quantifiable public benefits. with regard to additional affordable units or units delivered ahead of time.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, I agree, but I think that we need to figure out a funding source first.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, I agree. You've got plenty of those. You're going to spend a lot of money in our districts. But yes, yay. Let's get it done.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yes, it says, hi Amy, thank you for that. That's great. This whole program is great. It says that it is included but not limited to Placer's mobile crisis team, outpatient mental health teams, homeless liaison, and transitional support housing. Is that limited just to Placer County?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“With that, I'd like to move approval. Oh, you have one online? Sorry. Caller, go ahead and unmute your mic.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I think it might be partly because of the name.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“You know, mentally ill. Oh, yeah. Housing. I think that's why she called it.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm just curious, Paula. Do we have a success rate?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I'm sure glad you're there for them. It's a great program, thank you.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“I have a question. So how do you find these kids?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Right, would they get referred through their medical practitioner?”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah. I just wanted to tell everybody I did go to the NACO conference several weeks ago and attended sessions on mid-sized counties and attended with you as well. We were very busy then. attended Veterans Affairs Committee legislative updates, especially regarding Build America, the Build America Act, Service Transportation Act, all the things that are important to us as far as federal funding is concerned. Then last week, we had a meeting with Ami Berra, that was members of PCTPA, our transportation planning, Committee and say cog Sacramento Area Council of Governments We met with Ami Barra…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026
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“On your prioritization, what does that mean in the future? Katie.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026
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“OK, you know I'm looking at Eureka Road. And I know that in order to apply for grant funding, you typically have to be kind of a little bit farther down the road in planning. So can you work with me on that to make sure that we're at least setting ourselves up to be available? It's a pretty good priority level, I think.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026
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“We've got a lot of people willing to work on it, so I look forward to working with you on this. Thank you very much. Of course.”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes, good morning. Thank you for that report. I'm always full of questions, sorry. So I'm wondering, you said you surveyed several roadways for safety. Now I know when I've spoken to Katie and stuff about certain roadways within my district, I was told that you use crash data, crash data. And so one of the important roads for me, which you've cited on here, Auburn Folsom and Forest Hill, but it's the intersection of Auburn Folsom and Forest Hill, which is high speed, it's a curve, I think the view is not that great. Although we've not had any accidents, I've had quite a number of people that…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026
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“Right, because also, you know, another intersection is Douglas. Douglas carries 40 to 50,000 vehicles per day on that thoroughfare on Auburn-Folsom and Douglas from Folsom to Roseville. And so I'm seeing a concern about intersections at CINO and Berg. And so one of those is where I would really like to get a traffic light in, the one at Quarry Ponds, because... A lot of people are making a U-turn at that point, and when they do U-turn, they really don't pay attention to traffic that's oncoming or how fast they're going. And in addition to that, I have a lot of my older population, let's say,…”
Board of Supervisors · Aug 11, 2026