Remarks by Cecelia "Cece" Gallegos
162 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 7
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“All right. Well, thank you so much for being here tonight. We appreciate it.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“City Clerk Gonzalez, moving on to the next item.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. You have a question, and it will be a concern that an item that is not on Thea's agenda, correct?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for your comment and time. Anyone else online? City clerk Gonzales.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. I will bring it back to the Chamber if we have a public comment. You have to go up to the podium please.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“yes and your comma will have to wait for that item on the agenda okay okay then I'll wait if that's if that's a comment is it about downtown yes then I'll have to wait for that agenda item thank you for that okay with that I close public comments and move on to the next item”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for that. I bring it back to my colleagues for any comments or concerns. I see none. I will open it for public comment. Anything on consent calendar? I see no one in the chamber online or on Zoom.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. I close public comment and bring it back to my colleagues for a motion. I'll move to approve. Second. Thank you for that. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Those opposed, motion passes unanimously. Thank you. Next item.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Presented by our very own Director Lima.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“And I think you have a team that's going to help you tonight.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“I'll bring us back to closed session, city attorney.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you, City Attorney. With that, I open it up for public comment. Anyone in the chamber for a closed session? Online or on Zoom? I see none. So we will go into closed session and hopefully be back. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you city clerk Gonzales. We are returning back at 729 and we'll continue our city council meeting before we move on. I would like my colleagues to entertain that we bring up E1 to the front of the agenda. We do have Caltrans in the house and a business owner that would like to speak and because of the interruption it will probably be a later night evening than we expected. Do I have the okay from my colleagues?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, uh, city clerk is also, are you ready for that? Or do I need you in a minute?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“And I will be presenting by our director of engineering helmet council members.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“I don't think it was on Zoom. Give us a minute. Okay. Yes. You're good. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for that report, Director of Engineering. I'll bring it back to my colleagues for any questions or concerns. I just have 1 comment. I would like to, um, think Caltrans for the signs that are pretty big that say we're open for business just to remind travelers that are downtown. Um, I saw I saw 2 of them pretty big. They're not little ones. They catch your attention and I know our, um. Our community is being hit by the construction, but we did hear for many years that do something to this road, clean up, make some medium islands, give us some greenery. And so with partnering with…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Throw out that information letting us going so mr. Johnson, can you also touch a base on when you did come to us? We know that it's a nine-month project between great gateway to Tozer. Could you touch upon? How long you'll be working per block?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for that comment. And I have been sharing that with local businesses and community that usually projects do take a year and a half to two years. But we really stress to Caltrans when you did come to us about being a partner is that it does infect businesses. And if we could speed fastest, which you have done, we appreciate it. And I did share with business owners also, that you did put in the RP that contracts would be working like almost day and night so that it was aggressive and get done sooner. So we appreciate that very much. Any other questions or comments? Okay, I'll open it…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for your comment. Thank you. City Clerk Gonzalez, anyone online?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for that. At this time, I will close public comment. This was informational and direction. I think we kind of add that what what we need so thank you for that and caltrans for being here and hanging in with us tonight we appreciate it thank you we'll go back up to our agenda city clerk gonzalez next item item c1 business license overview all right here we go round two financial director lima”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Well, here it goes. Mayor Pro Tem Zachariah, out of the gates.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for your comment. Council Member Rodriguez.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“we can help small businesses we just haven't used it is that all council members that's all okay thank you councilwoman uh thank you i agree that”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you for that council member Montez.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026