Remarks by Esther E. Manheimer
143 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 6
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“OK, are we ready for public hearing? Oh, does the applicant want to speak to us?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Does that conclude the presentation from this? We will head into the public hearing.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay, we have a few people signed up to speak under this item. You'll have three minutes to speak. Please watch the lights on the lectern. Green means go, orange means you're getting ready to stop, and red means stop. And the first person signed up to speak is Karen McNeil.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you Thank you Next is Sharon Summerall”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you. The last person signed up to speak under public comment is Kelly Eisenhower.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I'm also... No, no, no. So, ma'am, that's not how the city council. Well, first of all, this is being streamed, so no one can hear you unless you're talking into a mic other than the people in this room. So we allow for public comment for three minutes per person, and we'll hear your concerns. And now we're done with the public comment. I'm going to close the public hearing. Council, I'm sorry, go ahead.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion and a second.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I have one more before we just. Well, and I wanted to comment on the.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Yes, Bo has approved the sandwich boards in a second. Thank you. The applicant is required to have a traffic study done, and there are requirements from the Department of Transportation regarding improvements that are exterior to the project, so along Sand Hill and Smoky Park. So this project doesn't just go in without any changes to the exterior transportation structure. My husband teaches at Inka High School. He sits at the Inka red light most of his life. So I'm deeply familiar with this area and potentially missing baseball games and everything else. So that's actually one of the major…”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right, we have one item of unfinished business, and this is a resolution approving the substantial amendment to the Home American Rescue Plan allocation plan. We already had the public hearing as required on September 22nd, so we will not be taking any additional comment tonight. Council, unless there are any questions, I think we just need a motion on this one.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right, we have a motion and a second. Mayor, I have a friendly amendment. Oh, what? Okay, hold on. Who's the staff on this? I don't even know if we have staff here. James is here. You want to tell us a little bit about what this is?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Maybe it can be the subject of a manager's report distilled down into a presentation format. That's exactly what I'm thinking.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“We have a motion to approve this item, including the reporting described by Councilman S. I think we're okay. Okay. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? All right. Thank you. We have next, under new business, Emily Ball is here to present a resolution. This is very exciting. Resolution authorizing the city manager to accept funding from Destination Home for the Right at Home Initiative in the amount of $6 million and approval of an associated budget amendment. Emily Ball, whose title is?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Everyone don't get too excited because Salvation Army is not saved, but it is going to be operating. The building will be operating.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Although we're short on Code Purple beds for this winter, we still need to identify additional funds to be able to expand the program.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I mean, we're here to follow along and learn, but thank you for... Well, Emily's also having to watch HUD training videos on the merits of being married, so I'm not surprised to hear that HUD is moving in this direction.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“It's just, yes, a news flash. We are having some changes on a federal level.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I do have good news. She does have some.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“And so just to be clear, there are partners. We're not literally writing the check, right?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Right. But we won't actually directly to the recipients.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Thank you. OK. We have a motion and a second. Any other questions for Emily? Just anything else?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“All right. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed?”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“Okay. Thank you. We have now reached the end of our agenda where we have general public comment. We have a couple people signed up to speak. Again, you'll have three minutes to speak. Watch the lights on the lectern. The first person signed up to speak is Doug Curtis, and the presentation has been loaded. Thank you.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“So that's one of the subcommittees of council, and they'll discuss it there. Okay. All right. Thank you.”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026
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“I have had the pleasure of doing that, and it's very worthwhile. We did it prior to amending our ordinance to... make it more restrictive around feeding bears uh which is which is what we did so um it is almost budget season for staff it's not for us but i'm thinking bears are gonna we can do it we can go trash can discussions there's gonna be all that you know i'm not really sure what but we need to tell people there's bears here it seems like it's pretty well known but i you know appreciate a sign”
City Council · Oct 13, 2026