February, 2011
"I really don't have any questions for you except to ask, I just want to know can you still hit the jump shot. What was your time in the 100-yard dash? Okay, we'll work on your jump shot. Some people around here think I invented the jump shot." City Council member George Leage, meeting of City Council to interview potential new members of city advisory boards and commissions, January 24, 2011.
"We have a dream team in place." Rick Grantham, member, Morro Bay Planning Commission, referring to staff involved in development of the wastewater treatment plant. Joint Powers Agreement meeting of the Morro Bay City Council and Cayucos Sanitary District Board in Cayucos. February 10, 2011.
"It's refreshing to see more panel members than their are people in the audience." John Barta, Joint Powers Agreement meeting, February 10, 2011, in Cayucos. (There were 10 members of the Morro Bay City Council and Cayucos Sanitary District Board combined at the meeting, and 12 members of the audience.)
"We need to get Dial-A-Ride back." Mayor Bill Yates, City Council meeting, February 22, 2011.
"Is Dial-A-Ride dead?" City Council member George Leage, City Council meeting, February 22, 2011.
"We want everything out in the open and no secrets." Mayor Bill Yates, City Council meeting , February 22, 2011.
"Really work hard to get people through. Be friendly. Make it as easy as you can." City Council member George Leage advice to Planning Commission on how to treat applicants for city approval on building, remodeling, and other similar projects. City Council meeting, February 22, 2011.
January, 2011
"I'm not being a dictator or bully up here." Mayor Bill Yates, January 11, City Council meeting.
"God, we have come away, been doing this for a long time to get to this point. Now, my understanding is that even if we do not uphold the appeal, if . . . we're still not dead in the water as far as looking at other sites. And Noah says we're sort of locked in but that's not what I understand. We're not. So I think we have time to keep moving ahead . . . I made a kind of funny little remark, I say, moses comes down and says, hey, boys, move it over here, well, then we will stop and do it immediately. But right now there really hasn't been a really solid other place to move it. And I believe we should move on with this project and keep our eyes open and ears opens and maybe something else will pop up. But I don't think we should stop this project at all." George Leage, Morro Bay City Council members, January 11, Council meeting.
"I started off years ago with sewage plant 101 from Dylan Wade, who I consider a well-trained, well-education engineer." Nancy Johnson, Morro Bay City Council member, January 11.
"Perfect." Mayor Bill Yates, January 11, City Council meeting after listening to Dylan Wade explain the city's sewer rates.
"And I have to support staff." Mayor Bill Yates, January 11, City Council meeting.
"It is very irresponsible and inaccurate" to compare the Los Osos and Morro Bay-Cayucos wastewater treatment plant projects. Noah Smukler, Morro Bay City Council member, January 11.
"The people I heard tonight are the same people I heard at the JPA meeting, the same people who were at the draft EIR meeting, the same people who were at the hearing. You're not a new group. You haven't brought any new information to us that would say to me let's not do this plant." Nancy Johnson, Morro Bay City Council member, January 11.
"As one of our commissioners said, the site location was already dictated, so this was an EIR, an environmental report, based on that specific site. Why we weren't given alternative sites, we don't know for sure. But this report itself was limited to that site." Then Planning Commission chair Nancy Johnson, October 4, 2010, Planning Commission meeting.
"I don't think the Coastal Commission can require us to recycle water." Mayor Bill Yates, January 11, City Council meeting.
