Remarks by Dan Evans
107 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 5
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“Ready. Salute. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I just have a real, just mostly out of my curiosity, I think PD has explained it before, but for my memory and for the public. So when someone's located utilizing a deployed drone that is launching legal fireworks, how does the citation work from there? What's the process?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yep. That's my only question. Thank you. Thank you. Any additional questions here?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU. COUNSELOR EVANS. NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, STAFF. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BALANCE IT ALL. Council members, we hear a lot from our constituents on this issue. It's a very important issue, so I really appreciate your focus on this. I know there was some talk not long ago about, you know, us trying to catch up budget-wise to, not budget-wise, catch up to the funds that we have. There's a lot of work to do to catch up to the funds that we have at our disposal for this particular issue. I'm hoping we're making…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. that we have a plan and that we we are in contact i mean the county needs to pay their share whatever that is so i'd like to know that we have that plan at least in place the communications happening as well as with any other stakeholders that need to contribute which i believe sounds to me like it's a rational statement to say they should contribute something as that particular and there's again a lot of priorities here but that particular airport our municipal airport we're we're getting more and more of a focus out there um aerobatic competitions and different things and we're…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor. I guess I'll just add in. I do like the idea of getting categorical with the numbers and understanding what the cost is overall of repairing the very poor slash failed, poor at risk. And that would be the three categories, I guess. So I would like to know, I don't see us attacking the problem that way, but I do think there's some value to knowing what the value of each of those is. for us to formulate an attack plan on this. But also, as with the example I gave earlier, I would like some comfort level. If there's any exterior roads that are going to be part county, you know,…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, because I think you could look at those as opportunities.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“There aren't. I don't know if there are. I guess that's my question or my proposition to staff is let's take a look at that if we haven't already and assess that and IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THERE, LET'S INCORPORATE THAT AS A COST SAVINGS, POTENTIAL COST SAVINGS.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. I'll pick up, I guess, where Council Member Nygaard left off. I am curious about option three, and I just want to be sure I understand. Option three alone, if implemented, does that put us in compliance with the state mandates?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Sorry. Option three alone, does that put us in compliance with state mandates?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So, okay, so it states may offer cost savings, but then it also states EV infrastructure... funding must be provided by the city. So what is the cost?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay. So I'm being asked, I believe we're being asked to select an implementation option, correct? Correct. So I need to know what the cost is going to be before I can make a determination on that option.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Understand. Okay. So it sounds like we have two kind of open items so far, at least from what I'm hearing, that we're going to need. I will need to understand that information and the data to move forward with that. Because it sounds like a great option, but there's a big question mark on that cost.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, and your concern is the state mandate and the date that we're required to have this done by, correct?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Councillor Evans. Thank you, Mayor. So my two top priorities have always been public safety first and cost of living for our residents is a close second. As was noted earlier by Mayor Pro Tem, we have a PD substation that we've allocated funds for and multiple fire stations that we need to rebuild. that have had allocated funds as well, and I intend to protect those funds with every fiber of my being. From there, it's roadways, as we discussed earlier, and parks, et cetera. I understand we have a state compliance mandate, and I want to remain in compliance, but we have funds that we need to…”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We say moving ahead with option three, we're talking about bringing back the information on option three for us to deliberate, make a decision. Correct. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Why can't we get an engineer's estimate instead of actually selecting it? Well, we have the engineer's estimate, $3.6 million. Okay, I thought we were talking about option three.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“That also negates the competitive bid process, which means costs would likely not be the lowest construction cost.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“I still think we should follow the process.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Council Member Nygaard, do you have an initial question?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“So you're making a friendly amendment to do a direct bid, direct award?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“My understanding is we're bringing this back to council as a whole for us to evaluate and give direction to move forward.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Okay, so can I withdraw my approval of the second motion? Because I would like the entire evaluation to come back before we make a decision. That's what I thought we were all discussing up here was I asked that earlier and that was the”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Anything Mayor Patem? Council Member Evans? It's after 10, so I'll make it really quick. At least I'll try to. Two things. Once, real quick, just wanted to say thanks to everybody that came out and spoke their minds tonight. It's great to see residents coming in. This is your house. that helps us do our job, helps keep us also in check. And we need more people coming in. So it's nice to see you out there. Also, we did have a constituent make a request for consideration of Portuguese flag. And I don't know if, do I need to request that from the dais or?”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, under the flag policy. Is that for a particular date or event? I don't know. I think it is. I'd have to go back. I know I gave it to staff with dates.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026