Remarks by Diosdado Matulac
207 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 9
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“I'm going to go ahead and call the meeting to order. It is now 7.02 p.m. City Clerk Abrahamson, could you please conduct the roll call?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that. Please join us in the Council for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. City Attorney Nebb, do we have a report out from closed session?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, and for the clarification for the public, due to quorum issues, we had to postpone item A and item E, and so that is why once another council member joins us, and we're anticipating around eight-ish, then that's when we plan to go back into the closed session to complete those two items, and then we will come back for the rest of the session. the rest of the regular city council meeting at that point.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you, and do we have to take a formal motion for that? Yes, please. Okay, so do we need to... Can we electronically vote or do we need, is it easier to voice vote?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, and as stated by the city attorney, we will go ahead and convene that and then reopen it for when the other council member returns. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And I'll go ahead and do that motion to continue the closed session meeting until around 8 p.m. to continue and finalize the closed session items.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I will now ask Manny to start the two minute, moving on to presentation accommodations. The fact there are none, we're moving on to the first community forum. I will now ask Manny to start the two minute clock for anyone wishing to address the council on items not on the meeting agenda, both in person and virtually. At the conclusion of the two minutes, anyone wishing to address the council must have either signed into the electronic speaker kiosks located in the back of the council chambers or raised their hand virtually. Anyone signing into the kiosk to speak or raising their hand after the…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay, so it looks like we will, can you list the first five speakers and those will most likely be the only speakers we'll be able to take at this time for the first community forum?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Lily Hurd, Robert White, Lena Stolianowski, RJC, and CHOPS S. Okay, so let's go ahead and start the, if you can please call those first speakers and we can go ahead and move on with the community forum.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that clarification. And so if the applicant has any follow-up questions, they can reach out directly to the City Manager Black? You can reach out to the City Manager directly if there's any questions.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“I'm sorry, before we speak up, as a follow up, the request has been for Assistant City Manager Conley to speak directly to the applicant to make sure that all the steps are followed and if there's any dates or questions, that'd be clarified. I'm sorry, go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“If you could please speak into the speaker, please, into the microphone. There you go.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you and that concludes our first community forum. Anyone that did not get a chance to speak at this community forum will be added to the second community forum and especially those that were virtual. We look forward to hearing from you at that point. At this moment, we're at item number seven, a public comment regarding consent calendar items. I will ask Manny to please start the two minute clock. Are there any members of the public wishing to address the council on items on the consent calendar? Comments must be restricted to items on the consent calendar only. Please either sign up to…”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Three speakers. Go ahead and call those speakers. And for those speakers, please specify which consent calendar item you are wishing to speak to.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you for that, Manny. And Demi, which item on the consent calendar are you looking to speak to?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Any more in-person speakers for the consent calendar? Council Member Palmeiras, any more in-person speakers?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And for clarification, that was item 8F for my council members. Next speaker.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. And Manny, believing that's the end of all of our in-person speakers, Manny, if you can call the virtual speakers, please.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“And once again, please identify which specific consent calendar item you wish to speak to.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Manny, if you can call the next speaker and as a friendly reminder, please identify which specific consent calendar item you'll be speaking to.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. And are those all the in-person speakers and virtual speakers? I will now close the public comment session for the consent calendar. Are there any members of the council that are wishing to remove an item from the consent calendar? And as a friendly reminder, any items that are removed from the consent calendar will be added at the end of our agenda calendar. Council Member Leiju.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Okay. So just for a point of clarification, so item F will be item 8.1. Item G will be 8.2. Item H will be 8.3. Item I will be 8.4. Item J will be 8.5, and item K will be 8.6. Do the chair.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“So since we may be having some technical issues, just go ahead and raise your hand, and I'll just kind of visually kind of take a look at who's up. I saw yours came up. Yeah, you're requested. ANY OTHER FINAL ITEMS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE CHAIR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE ACTION CALENDAR WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT ITEM THAT WE WILL TAKE A BREAK ONCE COUNCIL MEMBER Matias arrives so that we can complete the continuation of the closed session items, items A and E, when he arrives.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Or A and D, I'm sorry, A and D. I'm sorry?”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026
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“Due to the technical problems, let's go ahead and just do a voice vote.”
City Council · Sep 22, 2026