Remarks by Zach Hilton
121 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 5
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“Yeah, go ahead. I wish the community was here. Hopefully they'll come back and watch it because This also too is a huge story, but we'll go into that in another documentary. But first, I want to give some thanks, because I want to give thanks to staff. Bryce, you've been here the longest in many multiple different seats, and you've always had the patience to work with this topic on tobacco prevention. So I appreciate that and I appreciate the rest of the staff for all you've done to get us to this point. I'm very confident that we will do an excellent job from here on out. I've already seen…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So I guess the first motion would be to read the ordinance by title only and wait for the reading? Yeah.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So I'll make the motion to introduce an ordinance of the City Council of the City of Gilroy amending specified provisions of Article 8 of Chapter 13 of the Gilroy City Code relating to tobacco retail permits, compliance, enforcement, and penalties.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“And I think when you bring that back, I think we do have those numbers, right, of projected numbers and past numbers of water heaters already. So we would be able to say, like, okay, well, you know, let's reduce it down to 100 because we've only put in 700, right? I think that would be good for us to be able to analyze, to know the actual numbers that we've been putting in and projected.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. So I totally agree with Vanessa and many others. The arrests, drug abuse, all that kind of stuff, that's citywide. We already know that. The difference is that when we're able to, when we have places that have those type of effects, like in this case, the no news ended up being bad news, right? We kept being told every single day, like, you know, have some compassion. There's nothing happening at this camp. It is perfectly fine. Don't look at it. And now we know we've had, you know, dozens of contacts by GPD, arrests inside the camp. We've got a 40-yard dumpster that's out there…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“No, go ahead and make your motion. I just want to really just double down on we're really trying to stay away from marking territories and telling who and who can come out of there because that starts getting into the management roadway and that's what we're trying to stay out of so we don't increase our risk. But go ahead with your motion.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“But I think we already know too, right? Because we've been told this, and we already have heard it, that they're already moving people out of there when they don't want them in there. Right? They said that to us. I don't know. If we don't want them there, we'll make sure that they don't end up here. If they're causing trouble, then they'll get out of here. Or I guess in worst case scenario, you know, people get arrested inside there. But yeah, we've already been told that. So people have already been displaced out of there.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Well, and I want to make a comment on that, too, is that we're going to be right back in the same boat where it's rainy season. Right. Which is the decision that you made, Mayor, with the interim that that you two made that decision overrode everything and just basically said, hey, it's rainy season, compassion, health and safety. Just let them stay there. And we let them stay there until February. So I would expect that same thing to happen again.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So my only question is that when this item comes back, I would really like for you to really think hard and for staff to think hard about the sequence of events. Because I've been watching you guys at City Association for years now. and you can never catch up unless you have a really on the spot. It's true. It's usually the chair that's on the spot, like Mayor Moore is really good at it. He usually tells you guys ahead of time. But if we're not on a regular, very frequent cadence, and you can actually get three of us that want to do it and some staff to support it, it's not going to be worth…”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“I got a couple comments. So yeah, arts and recreation was mentioned as one of the job sectors. for for Raisa and I know that means a lot to you all especially being on this commission but you know to you in particular that's been on the commission I think maybe the longest now yeah almost almost four years now yeah I'm just being able to see that I know that that's a that's a really stamp that's a stamp meaning that you guys are making a positive impact um and a great report and I really enjoy seeing you all out in the community too I think it was a national night out We had booths diagonal…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Council Member Hilton. Thank you. From Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee, as VTA prepares for the exciting transition to the new headquarters, we have an opportunity to make a small but meaningful update to the agency logo, one that reflects where we are today. As VTA continues to evolve, we want our visual identity to better reflect the work we do. The refreshed logo places greater emphasis on the T in VTA, transportation. Transportation is at the heart of our mission and the service we proudly deliver every day to the community. This is intentionally a refresh, not a…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So it's the lowest responsible bidder, right? So the lowest bidder, like, completely is not able to do this or they don't have any expertise or anything like that. That would have come up during your RFP process? That's correct. I assume. So I am also concerned. I just want to make sure that you know that the project scope should go down farther. Yes. And they know that too? They bid it on?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So the contingency would cover anything that like maybe they found that's like more Western or more Eastern and they spot that out to you or neighbors spot that out to you like, hey, you guys missed one. It's up over here. That'll take care of it.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“This is correct. Yeah. Okay, so the first one would be award an agreement to City Guard Inc. for after-hours park patrol services at five city parks. The agreement would have an initial one-year term of $69,203 for up to four additional one-year administrative extensions for a total amount not to exceed $346,015 over five years. Next would be approve the second amendment to the agreement with Frank and Grossman Landscape Contractors, Inc. to add park restroom cleaning and gate opening services from September 1st, 2026 through October 31st, 2027. Increase the agreement by $129,841.60 and…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So next would be adopt a resolution amending the fiscal year 2027 adopted budget to increase appropriations in the facilities fund 615 by $92,744.40 and decreasing appropriations in the general fund 100 by 16,489. And that'll be my motion. And looking for a second? Second.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you. So comments, you can sit down if you want. But I just want to say thank you for keeping those commissioners. AT TOP OF MIND TO GET THEM INTO THAT INTERVIEW. THAT IS A GREAT INSIDE LOOK OF WHAT YOU ALL DO, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS ALSO, TOO, IS A CULMINATION OF TENACITY BY COMMISSIONERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. I WAS ONE OF THEM MYSELF WHEN I WAS ON THE BIKE AND PET COMMISSION, REALLY TRYING TO GET US TO UPDATE THIS 2005 PLAN SO WE COULD HEAD INTO THE FUTURE. WE DID GREAT STUFF IN THE PAST BUT GO INTO THE FUTURE. And it was something that we always pitched we always…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I'm glad to see the community so engaged. Thank you for all the emails, phone calls, texts, and for your public comments tonight. We all take responsibility, including the public, for zoning the land in Gilroy and all the conditions needed for approval while removing the red tape for development. The city of Gilroy, like many other jurisdictions, have streamlined ministerial processes in place to approve many types of developments when applicants follow a clear, objective application and approval process. This makes the development process predictable for landowners and cuts the red tape. We…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, I can try to form this for us. So it would be provide direction to staff to bring back objective design standards in concurrence with the residential design standards for commercial industrial projects that consider community needs, economic development, energy use, environmental impacts, public health, and neighborhood quality of life.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“This is a question to the city administrator because I know we're trying to talk about the pipeline because this is our opportunities on the agenda. If we gave direction to you would you be able to provide or the utilities director be able to provide like an update on the pipeline you know you know when we ask it or when it's often to let the public know what's going on let us know what's going on would you be able to do that?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Council Member Hilton. Thank you from Silicon Valley Clean Energy. Save the date for a special event for local elected officials preparing for upcoming air district regulations. The date is August 31st from 530 to 8 p.m. Location is at Sunnyvale City Hall. The Bay Area Air District will vote on updates in the zero NOx water heater rule in October. We anticipate that elected officials may receive or continue to receive many public questions related to both the rules and electrification. The evening is designed to move beyond the headlines and equip you with the facts, context, and…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Council Member Hilton. If I get this right, there's still language that we need to codify that we've been talking about for a long time. One of the items is coming up, but at the same time, THERE'S ALSO OTHER STUFF THAT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE TRP YET, AND THAT'S THE GAP WE'RE TRYING TO FILL WITH THIS TONIGHT. SO, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND IT COULD HAVE COME BEFORE IT, BUT IF THAT ITEM CAME BEFORE IT AND WE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE USE-SENSITIVE SITES, WE'RE FINE WITH SCHOOLS, THERE'S STILL STAFF WORK THAT THEY NEED TO DO. YEAH, NO,…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“And to me, too, it's to be able to see the final product. We have not seen that yet. We haven't had a chance to see that yet. We still have to go through that next item. But even if that next item gets approved or not approved, we still haven't seen the new TRP, the one that we can vote yes or no on. We haven't seen that yet. We're trying to get to that point, but we're not there yet. That's what staff and that's what I'm trying to ask you to give us a little grace for. We have not finished the process yet.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“You know, I think I'll take credit for pushing us towards this youth-oriented one because, you know, we were trying to think of anything and everything that we could do to regulate at that time, but we kept pausing when, you know, back in June where we wanted to, like, push, push, push, and we all kind of agreed, like, hey, hold on a second. You know, let's use the summertime. Let's have a little bit of a cooling off. Let's figure out whether we want to do this or not, and, you know, THIS IS A GREAT TOOL THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER, BRYCE. I APPRECIATE IT. WHAT I WAS REALLY TRYING TO GO AFTER IS…”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“It would be basically be to, to not focus around these youth centers, right? That's clear enough. Whatever we already have existing, the buffer on the school zone is where we'd like to move forward. BUT WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY OF THESE YOUTH-SENSITIVE OR YOUTH-ORIENTED SITES.”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026
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“Thank you. So I have a first couple questions and then maybe on round two I'll ask more. So my first one though is we're developing this policy, right? We're going to provide some direction on this. How is this being passed on to the staff member that's the actual user end? How will they know what we're implementing and how do they know these standard practices?”
City Council · Aug 3, 2026