Remarks by Emmanuel Hernandez Soto
66 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“yeah okay yeah that's that's how I feel about this. I feel like this money can be used in other ways other tools that we have used in the past. I do believe that will eventually get to a point where this will will get overturned and we won't be able to use and it'll become useless junk that's just sitting on the side of the road so.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Yeah, one more question, Mayor, if that's okay. Yeah, absolutely. Do we know how many cities or counties have left canceled and or just are letting their contracts expire with flock? I don't have the number.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“And do you guys know why, like the main reasons why? No, that was researched at all?”
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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“GREG BRUDNICKI. Yeah, no. Thank you. Thank you for the report. Um, I don't have much else to add besides, uh, you know, of course we can always do better and, and I'm happy that we're, we're at least at the average, you know, close to the average overall score overall. And, and, uh, um, yeah, I mean, I, I just hope we can prioritize some of these things that we need to work on and, and, and that we can get this number above average and, and, and, you know, make myself a better place. Thanks. Vice mayor. When,”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I did notice that you can request a by-site airport stop. Would we potentially be able to add this as a potential stop by request only? Or would that be something that we couldn't look at? Since we only have two people that reached out, I figured it probably wouldn't be... often that it's requested?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, thank you for the report. It's nice that we'll be able to potentially get $500,000 more for some of these projects, because I know it's definitely necessary to keep them running, so thank you. Vice Mayor Winn.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We got a question, Paul. Is 45 days enough time for you and your staff? I know you guys are busy already, as I'm sure you would agree with. Is that enough time? Do we need to come back? Should we just extend that a little bit more now?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, I don't have any questions. Thank you for the report. I would just ask that we don't limit it to 15 minutes to allow the public to speak.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“actually only had 13 minutes i've been keeping track so we have two minutes if we're going to keep the 15 minute limit okay is there anyone online yes we do hi caller named joe delgado your line is open you have three minutes”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Margie, again. And of course, more great projects that we're working on here in the city. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And do they have any specific to veterans? Was that the case?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I move to proceed with proposed activity allocations for the five-year PLHA plan for fiscal year 25-26 through 29-30 and direct staff to return with the plan to council on September 21st, 2026 for consideration of adoption.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And just curious, how did we come up with 10 p.m.? I know we've discussed it in the past, but can we go over that again?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I think Barrel House right now on Fridays and Saturdays is open till 11, right? Or are they- open till 10, 11. So, I mean, and have we had any issues with Borough House? I mean, that's.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Would it be crazy to not require this until 11 as opposed to 10? Or should we do this just for that one hour?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“And would that be the same process for whether it's a high impact or low impact change? So like for example, you have a DJ which would probably be like a higher impact as opposed to maybe, I don't know, a violinist.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“How much work would it save you if we changed this to 11 p.m.? And I'm only saying this because I saw the breweries are open until 11 now, and I noticed those are a lot of good actors that we have in downtown, unless that's changed recently. But I noticed just from historically speaking and looking at the times of the shootings and where they were at, 11 seemed like a good cutoff time. Would that save you guys any work if we moved that?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Council Member Soto. Thank you. Question. Are we going to – so a business that wants to open or have entertainment until 11 p.m., are we going to treat them the same as a business that wants to do the same thing but until 1.30 a.m. as far as them having to go through the process?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So you're saying if the business wants to offer entertainment to 11 o'clock p.m. Are we going to treat them the same and make them pay the same fees as a business that would open to 1.30 in the morning?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah, I'm okay with the change for the morning, taking that restriction down. I'd be supportive of everything here. I guess the only change is I would probably want to see a change maybe in the fee structure for someone who's opening till 11 as opposed to someone that's trying to open till 1.30. Again, just looking at some of the major crime that we've had, it's been more after 12 a.m., and again, I've just noticed with the breweries, a lot of times, I know they stop playing music at around 10.30, but generally, I haven't heard of anything bad happening there, and I hope it stays that…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Thank you for the report. Exciting that this is coming along here. One question, the turf lawn on, I believe it's the north end, is that big enough for practice? I know you might have folks come in and do practice softball, soccer. Is that a big enough space for that?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“So once NEXUS study is complete in about a year or so and Prop 218 goes smoothly, when would rate payers potentially see that increase? Is that like two years from now, maybe?”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“I definitely learned something new, and I hope the rate increase is for, you can hold back as long as you can.”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026
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“Yeah, I don't need a report or anything, but first off, I wanted to thank Councilor Pachigian for putting this on the agenda. I agree with him. I would like to ask for one change in the wording, if we could put and or at the end, because of the closed loop system and how that's not a high water usage, but it's still very detrimental to the environment. So at the end where it says high intensity uses with significant water net loss and electrical demands, if we could put and or. That's okay. Yeah, but I'm not going to repeat what he said. I don't think it's good planning here in the city of…”
City Council · Aug 17, 2026