Remarks by Terrence Fugazzi
277 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 12
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“Yeah, I'm not a fan at this time of where Gilroy is. We have a lot of major concerns. And then when I look at what came out the other side, simply because, yes, the Wheeler part, yes, the parking part. Yes, the swimming pool that won't meet the needs of a number of people. Yes, the stage that's not there. Yes. I mean, there's many different reasons that I think that we could have done a better job on this. And then the ultimate is this is essentially going to raise the – to get even this passed, it's going to be – $1,000, $1,500 a year at least for the average homeowner or even renter whose…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“HOW WOULD THAT WORK GIVEN WHAT HE TOLD YOU WHICH IS THEY REALLY DID IT NOT BECAUSE OF THE COST BUT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THE SPACE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE RIGHT FACILITIES. IT WOULD TOTALLY CHANGE THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS ENTIRETY.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“JUST REMEMBER, GOURMET ALLEY WAS VALUE ENGINEERED. IF YOU REMEMBER HOW THAT STARTED AND HOW IT ENDED.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Greg, can I have a follow-up on that? So if we have three applicants for three worthy flags in June, how does it get decided? That would be at council's discretion and vote. Okay, so we could fly one for a week and another one for a week and another one for a week or something like that.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Well, yeah, exactly. As long as it's reserved for the council to decide, then that's fine.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Why can't we just have a set time that flags are put out and raised, and that's when they happen, and if they want to coordinate to what the city's set time is, they coordinate to what it is, or they don't.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT AN EVENT. IT HAS TO BECOME AN EVENT.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“THEN WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF OTHER ISSUES THAT IF THE FIRST OF THE MONTH FALLS ON A FRIDAY AND WE'RE ON OUR NINTH.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Can you remind people what the original expected Gilroy outlay was for infrastructure that is now 10 million?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“What was the original estimates and costs?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Right. And... I hear the word pause, but are we going to formally terminate the term sheet because it's so out of date and things have changed so much? We've got the negotiating. We have all these agreements. They seem all out of whack now compared to where we are today. Why pause versus just cut it off and start over if we come back to it?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And to be clear, it also helps because we don't have to give up that $113,000.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And to be clear, what's our total spend? I mean, when you include the extra dirt work examinations and all of the various.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And we probably have hundreds and hundreds of hours into this already, I'm sure, right? I saw part of this is that to continue, the second part there is to continue on the annexation for the park. That did come up before, right, in the history, the city history, right?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“We pay property tax, obviously, to the county on that. Any estimate on what we pay on that? I don't have the exact...”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And so the benefit also, to help the public understand too, is that if we do have a facility there, we then start to get taxed. from that facility and get a portion of the property and use tax and all of those things from that facility, and that's why we're so encouraged to want to do that.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So in order for us, and correct me if I'm wrong here, in order for us to do this moratorium, there has to be some eminence to it, right? And in the staff report, it says that there is, but it doesn't say what that is. It doesn't say how we established that there's an eminent need to do this. Is that something you can tell us now?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Now, there is also a carve-out, isn't there, for other agencies to be able to have detention facilities, county, sheriff, others in there. Does that create a legal problem for us if the government wants to have such a thing and we're going to allow them?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So why wouldn't we, and this is not to you necessarily, it's probably to the city administrator. why would we not do this in a more broad sense and say we don't want any detention facilities from anybody, county, state, anybody whatsoever to be in the city limits of Gilroy?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
- Play at 4:28:00
“The moratorium's only on the federal one or it's on all detention facilities?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Sure, but if the county wanted to come in during this 45 day or if we extend it, wouldn't we, we would be set up to allow a county jail in here, would we not?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“YEAH, I THINK SPLITTING IT UP IS A GOOD IDEA, RATHER THAN TRYING TO GO FOR A ONE-FOR-ALL, I THINK, ON THE MORATORIUM THING. I THINK I'D BE TOTALLY ON BOARD, BUT I'M MORE ON BOARD WITH HAVING IT BE UNIVERSAL. I think if we need to look at what we want to have as far as detention in the city look at Making sure that everything that is detention related It applies and not have the carve outs and that would be easy for me to get on board with for that first part So is that something that we can give guidance to staff when they go through the 45 days Andy?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Moratorium against what? That's what I'm trying to ask. Detention and custodial facilities.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026