Remarks by Chris Nabicht
49 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 2
- Play at 21:19
“Yeah, once you get past a three-story building from a fire safety standpoint, you're not looking at apparatus being able to reach over three stories because of the angle of the ladder and the setback that you have to create. So a 110-foot aerial is going to reach the top of a three-story building. That's it. Beyond that, you're dealing with systems. So you put a fire sprinkler system in. You put early detection systems in. You create areas of refuge within the building. The code provides for multi-story protection for life safety and for the protection of the building itself through systems…”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 47:55
“Thank you, Vice Mayor. In 1-8.4 at the bottom of page 18, do we or should we include in that list the recovery houses?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 53:55
“I think we're better off in addressing it ourselves and including it in the plan because if it's not there, another entity, a court, will decide what will be done with it rather than us. So if we include it in the plan, the comp plan, and then we address those regulations through the land development code, we're probably less likely to have a challenge that will be decided by somebody other than us.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“No. I'd like to know, I keep hearing we have a concern about the height. What is the concern? Is it... Okay, what aspect of that does not fit? I need to understand what... Is it the aesthetics of that high of a building? The visibility. Is that... Okay, can we turn on our mics because people are not being able to hear at home No, no, I want to hear what because everybody keeps saying I have a concern about a nine-story building I need to understand what that concern is I have issues with traffic as well exactly”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:27:57
“I need to have the, I guess, motion for the consensus restated. What exactly are we saying that we're going to keep it at six stories?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:31:54
“They already have a developer's agreement to go to nine. Halifax has a developer's agreement.”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 1:52:59
“So, Vice Mayor, if I could, please. This is too important to rush through in the next 10 minutes, folks. Let's end this conversation tonight. We need some maps. We need some drawings. We need some pictures to look at that's to scale. so that we can make an informed decision, not have somebody looking at an iPad and trying to measure something out. No disrespect, Commissioner, but we need a lot more information at this point. And if it's gonna take a couple more meetings to get this done, then that's what we need to do and not try and rush through it this evening. Are we in agreement on that?”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
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“and make sure that when we do those maps we address those one mile radiuses visually so we can see with road names on the map not just a squiggly line that's we're trying to figure out what road it is specifically having the the names of the roads on there so we can identify specific neighborhoods and areas that there seems to be concern for yes okay”
City Commission · Sep 28, 2026
- Play at 28:22
“Thank you, Mayor. My first question, Zach, this doesn't affect us on SB 180 at all?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 28:50
“And for zoning, do we even have a zoning classification that would permit this? No, so there's no zoning classification that would permit this all right and what is the commission's intent on the timeline for this i i'm in favor of six months only only because in six months there'll be a new commission up here they might want to revisit that issue and technology changes rapidly So what's the wish from the motion maker?”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 30:15
Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:25:36
“Thank you, Mayor. So is it about the events or is it about the dollar amount? They say it's about dollar amount. So I'm gonna make a motion that we transfer 1.5 million from parks and rec to road resurfacing. It's in the budget. We passed the millage. The roads need fixing. You don't want it in parks and rec? Let's transfer 1.5 million from parks and rec to fix infrastructure, to fix roads. I make that motion. Is there a second? Commissioner Herriot? Where would you pull that 1.5 million from? Not my decision. That's his decision. Let staff make it. It's about the budget. It's about money.…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:34:15
“So my point, Vice Mayor, was not to take money away from the children's programs. My point was to settle on a dollar figure. rather than a specific event or line item. Let's decide how much, fluff is the word that's been used tonight. Let's decide on what that dollar figure is and then let staff go back and figure out where to call that out. That is unacceptable.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:34:52
“Mayor, point of order to you, sir. Excuse me, let me finish my point. Point of order to you, sir. City staff is the one that compiled the budget, not you and I.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:35:18
“I'm not saying let's not do it. Let's start on a dollar figure first and then look where to cut. Let's settle on a dollar figure.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:46:24
“There we go. I'd like to get us to move forward on a particular section of the parking ordinance. There is an extreme public safety issue and an issue for Waste Pro, particularly in these subdivisions where we have parking on the roads because we've designed these subdivisions in such a way that people that have three or four vehicles have no place to park in a driveway. So what occurs is, at least in District 6, several of our subdivisions on garbage pickup day, there's vehicles parked on both sides of the road, and the garbage truck can't get through, and then I get phone calls that the…”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
- Play at 1:49:39
“We've suspended it, and then I'm not even sure where Danny's at with the thing right now. But it's an issue for emergency services, and it's an issue for WastePro continually. So the quicker we can address it, the better it is.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“My request is to have... The parking ordinance amended to allow for parking on the non-fire hydrant side of the road in our subdivisions. They can only park on the non-fire hydrant side, so they're not blocking hydrants.”
City Commission · Sep 21, 2026
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“Let's see. Okay. Mine didn't, yeah, I had to hit mine again.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I make a motion to approve ordinance number 16-10. 2026, amending section 7-30 definitions, section 110 through 321.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Commissioner Novick? Under the opportunity site identification, where infrastructure is a major factor in that.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
- Play at 14:16
“Utilities. gas water sewer how do we where do we write that in as far as who's paying for that what mechanisms and trade-offs are available cost sharing particularly so if somebody's going to require a eight inch water line but it makes sense to put a 12 in how do we assure that there's the ability to cost share that”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
- Play at 15:51
“Yeah, because you don't want to run a six-inch natural gas line down Fort Smith out towards Hallam Boulevard because they only need a six-inch for the end user. You want to have it upsized enough at the beginning so that you can feed and branch off and have enough availability”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
- Play at 45:48
“So when we require a park element in a subdivision, like in an HOA, does that count? No. Because it services the park element for that community.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026
- Play at 46:31
“And do those count? Because in the land you have several subdivisions that have community pools.”
City Commission · Aug 31, 2026