Remarks by Jamal Osman
8 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“Thank you, President Payne. The Business, Housing, and Zoning Committee will be bringing five items today. Item one is approve an ordinance related to the dress code posting requirement. Item 2 approves one liquor license. Item 3 approves four liquor license renewals. Item 4 approves seven gambling license renewals. And lastly, item 5 approves a liquor license renewal for rain in Ward 6. I'm sorry, in Ward 10. With that, I will move all items for approval.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“THANK YOU. I MADE MY COMMENT ON LAST BEST MEETING. BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE MORE TIME THAT I FULLY SUPPORT YOU, HENRIQUE. I REALLY LIKE YOUR LEADERSHIP. I SAY IT WAS UNFAIR WHEN WE DECIDED AS A CITY TO you know, give you the homeless outreach team department from the health department to affect services with less resources. Your team has demonstrated very humane way to reach to the folks that are there to really connect with them to, you know, make over 400 in connection and help as much as they can to minimize how many homeless folks are on the street and give them the help they need. I…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THANK YOU, CLERK. THE CONSENT AGENDA ALL AYE, EXCEPT NO FOR, WAS IT NINE? YEP, NO FOR NINE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ I AM IN CUE HERE SO MY COMMENTS IS THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE WAS A BACKGROUND CONVERSATION AND THANKS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CHAVEZ LEADERSHIP ABLE TO TALK TO THE STAFF AND GO THROUGH THIS MOTIONS AND THEY HAVE NOT SHOWN ANY YOU KNOW RESISTANCE ON THIS SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL SHOW THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING THE SMALL BUSINESSES AT THE SAME TIME, JUST MAKING THE COMMUNITY A LOT, YOU KNOW, COMFORTABLE. THE COMMUNITY SHOULD BE TRUSTING US AND SHOULD BE TRUSTING THE GOVERNMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL, I THINK THIS LANGUAGE MAKES IT WORKING. IT MAKES THE…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE A COMMENT AND THEN I HAVE ONE CLARIFICATION FROM THE STAFF. COLLEAGUES, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THIS LANGUAGE OR THIS GRANT IS THAT FIRST OF ALL, WE APPLY ALL KIND OF GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE APPLY HOUSING GRANTS. WE APPLY ROADS, HIGHWAYS. There is all kind of grants that makes our city keep moving. And also, this administration has used a language, and I'm sure, I'm sure, if we look in deep other grants, we will find similar language. So where do we stop IF WE START REVIEWING GRANTS, IF WE START REVIEWING GRANTS, IF WE START REVIEWING GRANTS,…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“OUR CITY WILL NOT BE OUR CITY WILL NOT BE OUR CITY WILL NOT BE OPERATING. OPERATING. OPERATING. AND WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF GETTING AND WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF GETTING AND WE'RE NOT CAPABLE OF GETTING SERVING OUR RESIDENT THE BEST SERVING OUR RESIDENT THE BEST SERVING OUR RESIDENT THE BEST WAY WE CAN. WAY WE CAN. WAY WE CAN. WE NEED THE ASSISTANT FROM THE WE NEED THE ASSISTANT FROM THE WE NEED THE ASSISTANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. Even though federal government has attacked us, even though they have used language, it's called democracy. You can wait through the election process and maybe…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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“THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT. EVEN IF THAT WAS THE CASE, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN APPROACH APPLYING THAT BECAUSE THAT WILL VIOLATE THE CITY SEPARATION ORDINANCE. SO MY FINAL COMMENT IS THAT, COLLEAGUES, WE CAN BE ANGRY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE WAY THEY TREAT PEOPLE, THE LANGUAGE THEY USE. but voting down this would only hurt us and hurt not benefit the work we're trying to do which is to accept this grant so we can do better processing on criminal activity so i would say i am an immigrant i am someone who has been COMMUNITIES THAT HAS BEEN TARGETED IN THE CITY OF…”
City Council · Jul 30, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Jul 30, 2026