Remarks by Brian Poochigian
83 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 4
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“And those are unanimous votes every time, I believe, correct?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Okay. I'll be fully supportive of this tonight because we've already been doing it. I mean, I think you guys get a great presentation tonight. This makes our community safer and we've had these things for three years. We've been auditing in our system. We have safeguards in place. So I'll be fully supportive of this tonight.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, yeah. You supported this for three years in a row. All of a sudden, it becomes a hot button issue, and all of a sudden, you're flipping on it. So why this sudden change? Because you were fully supportive of this for three years in a row.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“So I'll move to authorize the appropriate $46,489 in federal funding for 2025 Edward Burns Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program through the Bureau of Justice Assistance to fund nine flock safety fixed mount automated license plate reader cameras.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“In terms of the... This is a public report. Can you just, for the crowd, explain the difference between a mini park and a strong park?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Can you go back to that slide real quick?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“You know, it's pretty interesting that the national average is that recreation facilities is 42% too far from your home. but in our city it's 6%. I mean, it's pretty interesting. So basically we have recreation facilities pretty close throughout our community, correct?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I mean great report. A couple takeaways that I took. I'm saying park up keeps something that I spent a lot of times in parks. I got two young kids and I've been up and down the state from baseball fields to football fields to soccer fields. I've been, I've seen it all. Northern California to Southern California. Where I've been saying is I feel like our upkeep's been kind of lacking a little bit. When I was saying our mowing and maintenance levels could improve, that's the number one complaint I get on our open spaces. especially around like January, February, we switched from twice a…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I move to receive the presentation of the Visalia Parks Recreation Master Plan and Needs Assessment.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We'll make a motion to approve the balance of the consent calendar.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I do. This one would be confirmed because I think the comment was made. This route does not serve the Sports Park area, correct?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Perfect. And you want to give a little snapshot for our micro transit. Here's your chance to give a little plug to the gentleman that asked.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right, I'll entertain a motion at this time. I make a motion that the city council approve the elimination of fixed Route 17 in order to commit resources to where they can be utilized more efficiently.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, my only concern about this are we, I see that we have to do this and we're going to probably want to get future grant funds. It's one of those things are, Not mandatory, but kind of is mandatory if you want any kind of funds for future grant projects. If you don't do this, you won't get any of that. My only concern is are we tying our hands on future items?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's not mandatory, but it is mandatory. Yeah, right.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Great report, Paul. Like I said, I asked to put this on the agenda and I think the council supports this because we want to set a record that we don't think this is a good fit for our city and we want to be the first municipality here in Tulare County to kind of say we don't want this in our community. I don't think it's a good fit and that's why I think this is a great way to get this accomplished and a great job to your staff.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you Okay for the record real quick. It was unanimous the whole council supported this to be put on the agenda Okay seeing if there's anyone else who wants to get up there go ahead and form a line, please I”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Like I said, I think everyone's I'm pretty supportive of this. I'll make a motion. I move to adopt Orders Number 2026-10, an interim urgency ordinance placing a temporary moratorium on the acceptance, processing, approval, or issuance of permits and entitlements for new data center developments within the City of Visalia pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858. Second.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“MARTHA, YOU HAD A BUSY NIGHT TONIGHT. GREAT REPORT, AS ALWAYS. YEAH, NO QUESTIONS. I'LL BE SUPPORTED TONIGHT.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“A question real quick. When you say bans with amplification, Sometimes you have a guitar, like an acoustic guitar playing. Is that considered under bands with amplification?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Can we just change that to any... instrument? Because, I mean, you have mariachi, you have guitar, you have violinists. I mean, you have different instruments out there. Wouldn't it be more of a broad instrument?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So to be clear, they can shut the music off at 10 and then close at 11 o'clock, correct? Oh, yes. So let me clarify. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“And you see that in most places now with the cooling off hour where they shut off the music, last call, and then clear everything out. It's kind of no one just shuts off the music at 11 o'clock and says get out, you know? So I'm told, I don't know, it's been a while.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Colleen, great job on the report. I think it's great that the city is working with our business owners. I just have a couple quick questions here. The time restrictions, so we're not allowing anything before 11 a.m.? We have to come back and get a separate CEP, correct?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026