Remarks by Esther E. Manheimer
143 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 6
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“So we have a motion and a second. I just wanted to clarify that we have a motion and a second to adopt the language as sent to you in the email.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“This is the one from Brad. So it reads, it shall be unlawful for the owner of a dwelling to collect rent from a tenant who occupies the dwelling at the time it becomes unfit for human occupancy, unsafe, and represents a threat to life or property or to permit any other person to begin occupancy of such a dwelling. A dwelling shall be subject to this provision if any of the conditions contained in section 4-209A exist and upon the issuance of an order prepared in accordance with section 4-217B. That is the motion to adopt that. one other item not to make this confusing there is um we it this…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, so sounds like we want to go ahead tonight, but we might want to look at some other issues further down the line. Good to vote? Good to vote.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Well, all this, you know, interestingly, this ordinance is fairly simple. It doesn't actually change the conditions that the inspectors are looking at anyway, currently. It just changes this piece about rent.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, but it doesn't change the conditions that our inspectors are looking at. So it's not like it would require a trainer. And it doesn't change the process either for the code enforcement.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“OK. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Thank you. Okay, that concludes the printed agenda for tonight. We do have a number of people signed up under general public comment, so we're going to move into that. Okay.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, all right, so folks that are here for general public comment, again, I'll just reiterate, 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 under general public comment is Janice Riordan. I said that right. Yes.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. You can also send that to us as an email. That would be helpful. Thank you. Stacey, loud?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, DK and I talked about this at the beginning of the meeting. And we shared the presentation ahead of time so that staff was able to see it. And I think Parks and Rec has already agreed to partner. And I think what I'm hearing from you all is kind of like, well, you've agreed to partner, but have you agreed to partner like this far? this much, this deep. So the managers heard the request and I think we'll wait for some follow-up.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Oh, we have one more person signed up to speak. Yeah, is he here? Jonathan Wayne Scott? You are here. I'm sorry. I couldn't see you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, then that concludes our public comment, I guess, before we adjourn.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And I think Jade... Dundas gave us an update sort of recently regarding the corridor work. So maybe we need, and it was during a work session. It was a pretty high level. So maybe we need to have a touch back on that to get an update of where that's at holistically.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“It's been months and I think there's something with the manufacturing of the cans. Are there some reason why they're not entirely available? But on the bear issue, this actually came up a while back, and I met with the Wildlife Commission folks because at the time, Franklin, North Carolina, had passed a pretty strong ordinance around bear-wise protections and requirements for residents. to follow bear-wise practices. And so we weighed that decision here and did tighten our ordinance to make it clear that it's not legal to feed bears. People are doing it. I talk to people all the time. I'll…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So... So what obviously happens is then you get bears just regularly coming. Actually, and what had happened there is the bear had ripped off the gas line on the side of the house, and there was a gas leak, and the gas company had to come out and fix it. They're very strong. So... but we did talk about at that time whether or not to move in the direction like some of the western cities do like in boulder colorado where if a bear gets into your bear your can the fine is for you it's two hundred dollars per property owner um if that unless they've changed it and they put the onus on the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And we could, we often put in water bills information about new laws or stricter laws or whatever, We might consider an insert that does go over the rules for people that they cannot feed bears, even if they think they're not feeding them when they're putting bird food on the ground in their backyard or cat food on their back door or whatever back doorstep.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Yeah. And I, and you know, anyway, not to keep, everyone's got to go home, but I do think we need to touch in with wildlife because I'm sort of surprised that North Carolina hasn't come to terms with the fact that we have a lot of bears now in this state. And we can, because it is a wildlife regulated, but like, for example, states like Florida that have an alligator problem, they're very aggressive about removing very quickly problematic alligators and moving them off. But they've had to do that because it's such a safety threat. And we just, I think we're just sort of coming to the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Council Member Shanika Smith. Good morning.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Council member Kim Roney. Good morning. Council member Sage Turner. Good morning. And I can't see yet. Has Bo joined us? And council member Bo Hess.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. Thank y'all. And also our city staff, our city manager, DK Wesley. Good morning. Assistant city manager, Ben Woody.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Assistant, I'm sorry, City Attorney, Brad Branham.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“And City Clerk, Maggie Burleson. Good morning. All right, now I'll turn it over to the City Manager, D.K. Westley.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“On the agenda, the way item D is worded, It looks like we're spending $4.2 million on a temporary skating rink, which we're not, because if you look at the staff report, it's talking about the bridge funding for, I think it's for Temporary Bridge at Gaseous Creek and some other park. item. So I don't know if we want to reword that, just so it doesn't get caught in a viral moment of us being misinterpreted there.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay. All right. So that's it. We'll see everyone Tuesday night. We do have a manager's report, a consent agenda, and then just the one item regarding tenants. So kind of a short agenda for Tuesday night. So see you all then. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026