Remarks by Zach Hilton
121 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“So can we not add that language that he's asking for, adding state and language?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“All right, so number one, my motion would be to determine that the actions of adopting the urgency INTERM ORDINANCE AND THE RESOLUTION ARE NOT A PROJECT UNDER AND ARE IN ANY EVENT EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CEQA PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15378, 15060C2, AND 15061B3.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So number two, number two motion would be, my motion would be to adopt an urgency interim ordinance pursuant to the California Government Code Section 658, 5-8, imposing a temporary moratorium citywide for a period not to exceed 45 days on the filing acceptance, processing, and approval of applications and entitlements for the establishment expansion and change of the use of detention and custodial facilities on private property and on public property to the extent permitted by federal and state law with certain exemptions and make the findings incorporated in the ordinance that there is a…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I'm going to put a motion on the floor if we're done deliberating. So like I said in the beginning, this might be symbolic, but I think that there's a time for symbolism, and this is probably one of the most perfect times for it. I also believe in having guardrails. And I think that it's perfectly fine for us to be able to tell the chief what we set as policy and what we want. So there's a clear expectation from the chief on down that we do have a no staging policy. My motion, looking for a second, would be to adopt a resolution adopting a city council policy prohibiting the use of city-owned…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So in this, are you just looking for a reaffirmation that the vote we took in June is still for sediment? Exactly, yeah. I don't think any of us are looking to reverse it.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“That's the viewpoint. Don't explain anything further than that.”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you. So I'm glad to finally get this discussion started so we can all start dropping some stuff on the table. You know, one thing that really grounds me that I'm really focused on is obviously a good delivery model for the residents of Gilroy and the future residents of Gilroy. And at the same time, you know, ensuring that, you know, we have a healthy place for that individuals want to come to work, that they they want to be a part of this fire service and they want to provide the fire and EMS services here to Gilroy. But as someone who this coming January is going to be the most senior…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“So I got to respond to that a little bit. I mean, we're sitting right next to a city administrator who has plenty of years of experience with this. In other cities, Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Gatos that did that. And whether he can speak to it or someone else can actually speak to that relationship of what it's like.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“And at the same time, too, you also have an administrative level position assigned, basically, to have that relationship with Matt through us or through whoever that council is. There's somebody assigned there where you have that constant back and forth. Just imagine it on a different scale. It's no different than the Mosquito Vector Control or the Gilroy Library District, right? It's like, if the Gilroy Library shut down, I would expect Council Member Bracco to come back and be like, hey, you guys, they're going to shut this down. but you still are here and there's providing services. That's…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“But it has nothing to do with services for.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Correct. And have the city of Gilroy done that?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“What are you saying? Because that's not.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Go to county through contract or annexation?”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“If you go to county through annexation, we give up everything that we have and the county is responsible for it all. We transfer the property over.”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, and same thing. And the reason why Los Altos is being used as an example is go ahead and strip out all the numbers. It's the process that the chief was trying to mention to you, that others and myself were trying to mention to you, to draw it to you. So when you're wondering, like, what is annexation? You have questions after this or whatever. Like, you can go and read the staff reports from LAFCO. Read the staff reports from Los Altos. Watch the YouTube video from LAFCO. so you can see what it means and how it sounds and how everything is transferred, irregardless of numbers. And I do…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Um, you know what, real briefly that I completely understand the local control thing, but you know, I want to, I want to hear how you're proven what you've done with local control. Um, and to me, the proof has been in our budgets, our work plans, our studies. We've been studying this for as long as Brock has been on the council. He says, um, I'm getting frustrated with it. It's been six years of sitting here talking about it and planning on it. Um, and, uh, you know, proof, Show what you've done with your local control, even if it's just you yourself. That's what I've been trying to do, is to…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, I want to give my thanks to you also, John, for our monthly meetings that we've had ever since you've been here. This specific CIP and whether they're unfunded or funded, to me, I've always looked at them as like the hopes and dreams of Gilroy residents, right, or council members or staff. It's a place that doesn't need to exist just because it doesn't have funds attached to it, right? And so to me, that's important. I was around on the Bike and Ped Commission when we created that. So I just appreciate that part. And also, Derek, you just mentioned it. You guys are already trying to…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“Yeah, and I'll just piggyback off that. There's two of us up here that are going to be here with you next year, and we both have been hearing the same thing. We both want to see it, not only for the community, but but I do know that that's the same exact way that pickleball arose too, right? There was no charter project for pickleball, and that became the common theme where even people just wanted to say the word pickleball, even though it had nothing to do with the conversation. So yeah, I want to hint that too, that even though it lives, It lives inside the sports park master plan also,…”
City Council · Sep 16, 2026
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“I just want to say thank you guys for the opportunity, and I'm ready to serve the community of Gilroy. Thank you. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Council Member Hilton. Thank you. From the Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee, happy transit month. VTA has an active transit-oriented development TOD program which partners with developers to build TOD projects on VTA-owned properties at transit stations. These TOD sites serve as gateways to the VTA transit system, offering significant potential to attract new transit riders. The Gilroy Transit Center serves as a key hub for multiple transit for multiple transit options. The VTA-owned 7.8-acre site on the west side of the tracks is identified for future mixed housing,…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And I'll second that for discussion. And just to add on that, I think that would help because I've already been contacted to you by a couple of people that have tried to identify things and when I don't even know and I don't want to send them off to staff yet. So this would really help provide clarity where anybody that says it, you could just send it to them. Like, hey, they are doing this part. They are doing this part.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you all for coming out tonight to speak. I too am in favor of the moratorium. I like the, I want to go into a little bit of detail just on uniform standards and best practices just to kind of like drop that here right now because I do agree that 45 days is probably not going to be enough time FOR US TO DO THIS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER FUGAZI SAID ABOUT TRYING TO LOOK AT ESPECIALLY THOSE AREAS THAT ARE INDUSTRIAL MEETS COMMERCIAL, WHERE WE COULD PARSE OFF OR AT LEAST hide any of these industrial projects, whatever they end up being, with some commercial to match…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Okay, so I'll start with determine the action of adopting the urgency interim ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, CEQA, pursuant to section 15061B3 of the CEQA guidelines. So that's the first one.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Yes. Motion passes 7-0. Next one is introduce the ordinance by title only and waive further reading. A motion.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“All right, number three is adopt an urgency interim ordinance imposing a temporary Okay, so number three and four together. Yes, thank you. Adopt an urgency interim ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium citywide on the acceptance, processing, and approval of applications and entitlements for new data center facilities for a period not to exceed 45 days pursuant to California government code section 65858 and make findings as incorporated in the ordinance that adoption of the ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare of the city and its…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026