Remarks by Brett Taylor
242 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 10 of 10
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“All right. So I have a few questions. So we haven't required sidewalks in private gated subdivisions and other places. I've personally never had anyone ever say that was an issue. Not one person in my life has ever said I've had a problem with that. But let's just say we said, hey, it's their own private streets. They're responsible. The HOA could add stripes for walking paths in their streets. They could put in speed bumps. They could do speed limits and different things if they thought there was an issue with safety and walkability. Would the HOA be allowed to put all that in there if they…”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“So if instead of just creating sidewalks, what if we just told them to paint a five-foot section on the road and say that's a walking path? I've seen that in Fresno where it's an asphalt walk path instead of concrete. And there's no dips and going up and down every curb every three seconds because these are tiny little lots. So you're literally just going to be doing this the whole entire time. So for me, it'd be a lot easier to walk on a flat asphalt that was just striped that said walking path or bike path.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, so it's not panning down. Okay. Yeah. But I mean, would that be an option if we just told them to paint a strip on the, like a five foot strip rather than build sidewalks?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“OK. So I mean, I just have a hard time that it's not in our standard. We just updated our design standards. I know we've asked staff to come back with new small lot standards. And maybe this is something that we put in there as something to talk about at that time. Because in my mind, I'm kind of annoyed that we've updated this policy. The folks who submitted these plans, they did everything they're supposed to. And now we're kind of just throwing more monkey wrenches for them. after they've already spent years doing this plan, probably millions of dollars getting it to this point, now we're…”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, so I'll go ahead and entertain a motion for the issue of the sidewalk along Lovers Lane. On Lovers Lane?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay. All right. So we have first and second to uphold the appeal on the sidewalk requirements on lovers lane. All those in favor, please vote.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“But it is for the motion of just the sidewalk along Lovers Lane. So you vote yes to the motion?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, so that item passes 5-0. Thank you. And now I'll entertain a motion about whether or not sidewalks would be required within the gated subdivision.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, we have a first and a second. All those in favor, please vote.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“And the yeses pass with a three to two vote. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“So next we're going to go on to item number three, which is consideration of a general plan amendment pre-zone ordinance adoption and annexation. And I think it's all the same stuff.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMEMBER NELSON. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Council Member Soto, any questions, comments? Thank you for the report. Vice Mayor?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“And I have none, so let's go ahead and open this up to the public. Anybody from the public who's present in this room and wish to speak on this item, please come forward and state your name and city of residence. Seeing no one jumping up there. Oh, go ahead. You're about a millisecond away. Sorry.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Anybody else wishing to speak? All right. Seeing none, anyone online? The clerk says no one online. So go ahead and close public comments, and I will entertain a motion.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“I'll second it. All right, we have a first and second to approve staff recommendations. All those in favor, please vote. And item passed is 5-0. Thank you very much. All right, do we have any closed session items to report?”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026
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“Okay, then we will go ahead and adjourn, and we thank you guys for attending, and we welcome you to come back at our next city council meeting, which will be Monday, August 3rd, and everyone have a wonderful evening.”
City Council · Jul 20, 2026