Remarks by Brett Taylor
242 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 10
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“I'll second. Thank you. I have first and second. All those in favor, please vote. And item passed is 5-0. Thank you very much. All right. Next, we're going to go on to our inclusive park project.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Council Member Soto, any questions or comments?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Council Member Pachinko, any questions or comments?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, we really appreciate it. So I also had a few questions. So any anticipated date when we're expecting that the state would approve this? I mean, did they say, hey, by the end of the year, by 2027? I mean, what are they saying?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“If you need some extra pressure, let me know. I'm happy to make some phone calls.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“You know, I think we can make that a, if we decide to move forward with this, we can make that as part of the approval process. So perfect. Whoever's going to make the motion, take note of that. So, um, so next, so if parking, so from my understanding, there's not going to be any parking allowed along McAuliffe. Is that correct? Like it just won't be physically possible to park along McAuliffe. I think that is correct. Yeah, that would be correct. Yeah. Okay. But there would be parking along Mill Creek and Manzanita.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. So how confident are we that the parking that we have there would be sufficient for the folks who are going to be going there?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Perfect. That's what I was going to say. I mean, you know, Honestly, it's kind of weird just to have a little green space right there. I'd rather just have parking, you know, just more to mow and more just to – I mean, it will look really pretty, but I'd rather make sure that we're not having people parking out in the neighborhood because that was honestly the biggest concern from folks apart from just unwanted visitors and doing illegal activities, you know, so – The gate, the entrance gate, is that going to be an automatic gate or is that going to be like a chain? To the drive aisle? Yeah,…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“A manual gate over there. Okay. So is it going to be like an actual gate or just a chain gate? Going up right there.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“To match with the gating that's going to be up there?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. And then the only entrance to the park is going to be .11, correct? Correct. Okay. I'm asking that because it helps to explain to people that most people aren't going to be parking way on the north side of Manzanita and then walking all the way over there if that's the only parking. So we're not inviting people to come in in different areas.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Correct. Okay. OK, yeah, then my next question was going to be about when we're planning on starting construction. But I guess we need to find out when we're getting the money from the state. So yeah, wonderful. I really appreciate it. I was over in the neighborhood, and I was talking to some of the folks over there who live right there. And they said that at first they weren't really thrilled. But once they talked with staff, they were actually really excited about it. And I think as council, we were looking at this kind of odd pie-shaped lot. And I was kind of skeptical if that would even…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you so much. All right, let's go ahead and close public comment and turn it back over to council with a motion or any discussion.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Fantastic, we have a first and a second. All those in favor, please vote. And the item passes five to zero. Thank you so much. Thank you, council. We're excited. All right, next we will go on to work session item number three, which is a stormwater master plan update.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Do we know when the Nexus study will be done? Is it in the next six months, a year?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you very much. Council Member Soto, any comments or questions? No, thank you for the report.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“The bigger the hole we have to dig out of.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“landscaping and trails around every basin thank you yeah thank you very much for the report i mean this is the important infrastructure projects that we are working on that nobody knows nobody appreciates but it's what allows our city to be successful and so i appreciate you guys you know doing all this work i've always i remember when i was younger i would be driving around fresno and i would see their their ponds would have water in them year round and i thought man we're so much smarter we turn ours into parks And now as things have changed, we're now having to look like theirs. And I'm…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, let's close public comment and I'll entertain a motion or additional comments.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Second. Fantastic, first and second. All those in favor, please vote. And the item passes 5-0. Thank you very much. At this time, we're going to go ahead and adjourn into closed session, and we welcome everyone back at our regular scheduled meeting at 7 p.m. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the Visalia City Council meeting. We're going to go ahead and call this meeting to order. We will start with the Pledge of Allegiance offered by Council Member Soto. And if you would remain standing for, we'll actually do a moment of silence, and after that we will have the invocation by Pastor…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, so we don't have any special presentations tonight, so we will start with our public comments. Okay, citizens are now invited to comment on issues within the jurisdiction of the Visayas City Council and items listed on the closed session agenda. The council asks that you keep your comments concise and positive. Creative criticism presented with appropriate courtesy is welcome. The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings. The council meetings are considered a limited public forum, which means the council can regulate the time, place, and manner of speech. Speaker…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“You can go ahead and speak of that during consent calendar. This item is not on the consent calendar. Okay, great. I will do that.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you. Anybody else wishing to speak? OK, is there anybody online wishing to speak, city clerk?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“City Clerk, is there anyone else wishing to speak at this time?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. So we'll go ahead and close public comment period and we will go to items of interest. I'm sorry, we're gonna skip over items of interest and go straight into the consent calendar. Consent calendar items are considered routine and will be enacted in one motion. This is a time for members of the public to provide public comments on an item that is on the consent calendar. Comments will not be taken individually by a public By the public, if an item is pulled by a council member, each speaker will be allowed up to three minutes, and a timer will notify you when your time has…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026