City Council - Regular Meeting
During public comment, residents urged the City Council to enact a moratorium on data center development, citing environmental and social justice concerns. Many also opposed a proposed teen curfew, advocating for increased investment in youth programs instead.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- City Council
- Meeting Type
- City Council
- Location
- Raleigh, NC
- Meeting Date
- September 8, 2026
Published excerpts
Only published remarks appear here. The full transcript is not published.
13 sections
Okay, welcome everybody to public comment. As you know, we have two minutes per person because we had over 40 folks signed up this evening, and I will just start at the beginning of the list with Ms. Octavia Rainey.
Thank you. And I will also mention that Councilor Lambert Melton is absent and excused this evening. Kevin Kwong.
Thank you. Next, I have Mr. Joshua Bradley.
Sarah Quadri. Is Sarah here? No. Okay, Mickey Brigham.
Thank you. Dishana Kabassan. Is Miss Kabassan here? Okay. Catherine Mahaffey. Okay.
Okay, then we'll have Elijah Whitmire Balthazar.
Thank you. So is Shire Thompson here? Okay, so if he comes in later, we'll just flag that and we'll let him talk. Alex Barringer.
Okay. Yep. Because you aren't Nicole, if you want to just put your comments in the basket, we can read them, but it's unfair to let you speak if other people who didn't sign up can't speak. I understand. All right. Thank you.
Thank you. Jen Lawson? Is Ms. Lawson here? OK.
Victor Urquiza. Victor here, okay. Next we have Nimal Rett.
All right, thank you. All right, Laura Harris. Is Ms. Harris here? OK? Oh, OK.
Thank you. Aiden Lai. Aiden here. Okay. Lorraine Snyder. Is Ms. Snyder here? Okay. TJ Lansbury. Good evening.
All right. Did Shire Thompson come in? That was the one person. Okay. If not, that concludes our public comment for this evening, and we appreciate you all coming out.
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