Remarks by Yến Huỳnh
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“Whereas, while the fight for women's equality has always been grounded in the right to vote, a century after it was first introduced, the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment still continues. And whereas the state of Washington leads the country in accessible and equitable voting rights, thanks to legislation centering accessible voter registration, mail-in ballots, and restoring voting rights for individuals convicted of a felony who have served their time. And whereas Washington State has created an address confidentiality program allowing people fleeing gender-based violence to…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“and invest in best practices that save lives and build communities. And whereas observed on August 31st every year, International Overdose Awareness Day seeks to create a better understanding of overdose, reduce the stigma of drug-related deaths, and create a change that reduces the harms associated with drug use.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. All right, just some brief housekeeping. Public comment is two minutes. Once your name is called, please step up towards the podium there and speak into the mic. While it's green, your two minutes is still running, and then you'll see a yellow color come up, and so it's trying to tell you that you have 30 seconds left to wrap up your comments, and then Once the light before you is red that means your time has elapsed and then there's also a two-minute timer here, too Please do at the conclusion of two minutes do try to wrap up your comments. Well, just complete the sentence…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. With that, we have Victoria Harmon, and then after Victoria will be Terry Ballard.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, next we have Terry Ballard, followed by Patricia Miller.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Patricia Miller, followed by, in our final, I will be Annette Ruzicka.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. For folks that are hoping for a response from council, we roll through all of the public comment, and then there is an opportunity at the end. All right, go ahead.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“All right, that concludes public comment. I'll turn it back over to you, Mayor.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Yeah, just wanted to appreciate folks generally for coming out today. It's always, uh, we usually get people to come, um, to shed light on some concerns that they have and, uh, which is welcomed. And it's always nice when people also note progress that is happening. So thank you for that. And, um, and also say, Hey, I saw some progress and here's some things that I still need, think need to be done. So, uh, just really appreciate the thoughtful comments. Um, I'm not going to talk about the jungle because we are, uh, that's our first item tonight. And I think you'll stay around for that. I…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“I don't have any questions. I think that was pretty clear. I just have a comment, which is I really appreciate your and staff's collective teamwork on this and the willingness to do some creative problem solving and try new things. So I'm looking forward to an update on how the pilot goes, and I hope it goes well. So really responsive to the public comment that we've heard over quite some time now, and also just the desire of council to think about, okay, what can we do instead of what can we not do? So thanks.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you All right questions or comments for councilmember green seeing none mayor proton win Just a quick one the lodging tax advisory committee which I share Met the last couple of Fridays. We had a compressed timeline to get the application up to date and how we'd like it, have any improvements made, enhancements, and then the plan is to have it be live all of September so that folks would have a good amount of time to apply, I think five weeks. And then I just wanted to thank Council Member Green for being such an active alternate in that space and sharing some really smart suggestions.…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Um, and that being a difference in, in their billing. Um, so if, uh, so as I'm thinking about that, could you share with me when you're doing these projections, um, what's your sort of average for how much waste folks are, um, putting out for you to pick up?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thanks. That's helpful. And then are we seeing, you know, are we imagining a future in this 10-year projection where we're still, as a city of Olympia, offering the option to do free yard waste drop-off, cardboard, that kind of thing, if people want to haul it themselves to a site?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yeah, thank you. I just dropped off a bunch of glass. I loved it. And that legacy program of the yard waste, I love that legacy. I like the accidental cardboard program too, but that's me as a user and not having to maintain it. I wonder, we probably won't get that far today, but I wonder if a future maintenance center that I'm really crossing my fingers for is... Could there be a possibility of, you know, maybe it's not cardboard, maybe it's something else. There may be a partnership with Thurston County. I think there's some kind of like that, or at least we can use it still. But yeah, I…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“What kind of changes? Are you saying like if we wanted to, we can so easily change to a weekly collection? Is that what you mean? Correct.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I see. And are you on the private pro side for weekly garbage collection yet? Are you going through?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Oh, great. Could you could you add when you share next why weekly garbage collection is a pro? And I really sincerely don't mean this to be leading, but it just seems like we would not want to encourage people to have more garbage.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“bit of a squirrel but how will you know if someone is generating 50 I think it was 50 gallons or more in organics I mean unless it's a Christmas tree but you could chop it up stick it in a bag like how would you know what will compliance look like that's a really good question and I think I”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“No, that's great. And you know what? Honestly, Ron, if you had the answers, maybe we shouldn't give away our strategies.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I'm so interested in this tonight. Is the, so we have about 40 people working waste resources. Is the clean team part of those 40 people?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Seven trucks, seven people. We're going to do it somehow. Okay. All right. That's good to know. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Just quickly. It's a good point about the emerging EV technology or electric vehicle technology. And I understand that it is our goal to move towards all electric fleet. Though I will say, though, that if it is, if we were to go to private and they're keeping their standard schedule or model for service, I mean, even if they were all electric, that's still triple the impact, if it really is three trucks, triple the impact weekly, adding stress to our roads and our ears. So, you know, large vehicles. So, you know. I mean, yes, green energy. And also, there they are, ripping and running around.…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Oh, also. Clearly, everyone probably knows how I feel about this. But also, I heard that in their timeline that there is a possibility for partnerships there. And I thought, oh, possibility for more maintenance and the free drop-off. But one needs to remember to think about everyone. But also, what that reminded me of Councilmember Vanderpool is that You know, it's a little bit of a, you know, oh, could this happen to us? Like, you know, if we went private, how long would it take us to get back if we wanted to? And we might not even ever be able to. I mean, 10 years?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I really appreciate this presentation. I do feel like there was, I felt like in the April presentation, I don't mean this to be a compliment insult, but in the April presentation, I didn't feel it was balanced. I didn't feel like we talked about, uh, we talked about things that, that I certainly really value in our utility service or waste resources specifically tonight. Um, and you know, you outlined so many things in this pros and cons list here, um, and verbally that it is such a value add to our community. It has been around for a long time. They have collages in their break room for a…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. We have a number of people signed up in person and online. We'll go ahead and start first with the folks in person. I'll call a few of you down so you can get ready and come to the podium. When it's your turn to speak, please do state your name for the record. I apologize in advance if I mispronounce your name. Please do correct it for us. And... So back to housekeeping. For those of you that might not know, public comment is two minutes. And so when you stand at the podium and you begin, the two-minute timer over there will start counting down for you. And then there's also…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026