Remarks by Al Zapanta
89 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Who's going to handle this with me as far as the two proclamations? I've got the first one, Parks Nation. Nathan, are you there? I'm here. Okay, let's do it. Am I on? Okay. At this time, we have a proclamation. It's National Arbor Day. And I've asked Nathan to join me up here. Do you have any of your team you'd like to have with us?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, you're not in green. What is this? No, I'm not. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay. Welcome. Good to see you guys. How you been? Good to see you. Proclamation. City of Irving, Office of the Mayor. Whereas, in 1872, J. Sterling Morton proposed to the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for the planting of trees, and whereas, this holiday, now known as Arbor Day, was first observed with the planting of more than one million trees in Nebraska, and whereas, Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and whereas, Trees can reduce topsoil erosion caused by wind and water, lower heating and cooling costs, help moderate…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Well, gentlemen, why don't you join me over here. I think we're going to take a photo. Thank you. Where do you want it?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Come on over. At this time, I'd like to ask Deputy Chief Mitchell of our Irving Police. He has something that he'd like to be with me here as I read the proclamation. Is the chief here? Do you want to join me up here?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“I can do that. Chief, you don't know what he said about you.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, I'd like to now present a proclamation on behalf of the City of Irving and it's most specifically a proclamation whereas Substance use and misuse pose a significant threat to the public health, safety, and general welfare of the Irving community, impacting individuals, families of all backgrounds, and whereas substance misuse, including the non-medical use of prescription drugs, alcohol over consumption, and the use of illicit substances can lead to severe health consequences and dependency. making it essential that our community remain vigilant in identifying early signs of use and…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“When you talk about economic development and bringing the kind of trade that we want to bring here, you gotta have the infrastructure. You have to have the roads, you have to have the airports, you have to have the rail, and everything else that feeds into transportation.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“This is the start of something that I really wanted to push because we're sitting here right in the middle of what I call the sweet spot.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“building better. The whole idea was to bring it together and we brought it from both sides of the globe especially here in North America.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“When you talk about economic development and bringing the kind of trade that we want to bring here, you gotta have the infrastructure. You have to have the roads, you have to have the airports, you have to have the rail, and everything else that feeds into transportation.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“This is the start of something that I really wanted to push because we're sitting here right in the middle of what I call the sweet spot.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“building better. The whole idea was to bring it together and we brought it from both sides of the globe, especially here in North America.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“good evening ladies and gentlemen welcome to the regular meeting of the irving city council for september 24 2026. it is a pleasure to have each one of you with us janae do we have any organizational and amount announcements at this point no sir we do not okay thank you let's see we are invocation Please stand. The invocation this evening will be given by Bishop Chaplain Kent Hayes from the Highest Praise Church of Irving.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, may I ask my colleague and member of the City Council, Pastor Dennis Webb, please.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“At this time, I'd like to ask our deputy mayor, Mark Conaway.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Proclamation announcements. We do have one. Okay. Our code enforcement director, Shane Diller, will join me up here. Shane, where are you? There you are. Come on up here. Ladies and gentlemen, this evening the City of Irving Office of the Mayor will deliver a proclamation. Proclamation is, whereas code enforcement officers provide for the safety, health, and welfare of everyone in communities across the United States through the enforcement of building, zoning, housing, environmental, property maintenance, and other codes and ordinances. And whereas these officers are dedicated, well-trained,…”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. OK, city manager Chris Hillman. Do we have a city operations update?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“We have consent items from our consent agenda items 2 through 35. The next item on tonight's agenda is the consultant agenda. Is there any council member wishing to pull an item from the consent agenda?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Yep, thank you. Okay. Is there a second? Thank you. Show your vote. Okay. We have also, as part of this... have asked that item 15, which has been pulled, will then decide at a later at the end of the evening. So we'll go from there. Thank you very much. Okay, zoning cases and companion items 36 to 39. At this time, we will ask anyone wishing to speak for or against any of the zoning cases to stand and be sworn in by the city secretary, Shanae Jennings.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Okay, ordinance item number 36 is 2026-195-ZC-Zoning Change from SP1 to C-C, Generalized Site Plan, Community Commercial, to SP1, CC, generalized site plan community commercial and our dash 3.5 two-family residential 3.5 to amend the car wash site plan and rezone for a duplex at 5 2 6 and 6 0 0 North MacArthur Boulevard Shanae do we have anyone signed up to speak on this item?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“James, would you please come up? Are you here?”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026
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“Would James Widener please join us this evening? Okay, Jim, go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 24, 2026