Remarks by Jose Sigala
128 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 4 of 6
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“I know that it's going through a process, right, as well? Okay. I would just wait until League of Cities is doing their analysis of it, right? Yeah. Okay.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“We can share the red card or yellow card.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Thank you. Staff last weekend had a long weekend. We had the Thursday market. We had two amazing concerts on Friday and Saturday. So we're trying to rest back up for the next concerts. With that said, we do have our Kids Day event coming up Saturday, August 29th from 9 a.m. to 12 at Zumwalt Park. I hear there's a rumor that Chief Ott is going to be in the dunk tank along with Captain Guerrero and Richard Torres. So that is Saturday the 29th at Zumwalt Park from 9 to noon. So come and dunk Chief Ott.”
City Council · Aug 18, 2026
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“Yes, and I had a couple other questions as well, but the meeting was very good, productive, learned a lot. Like many of my neighbors and residents in Tulare, I'm learning a lot about data centers. I hear the horror stories back in the Midwest and East. But the one thing that I feel very comfortable is that Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee is not California. California has some very strong environmental protections that need to go through. So, you know, looking forward to that. But, you know, I appreciate the assemblymen putting the meeting together and us participating through our staff.…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Um, I, I would just say that, you know, whether it's the state, some little person in a little office up in Sacramento or whoever is directing this, she has the responsibility of providing her board. information you know we today's 640 page document you gave or the clerk prepared for our council meeting is what she prepares for her board and my understanding is she's like tcat where she has to do it 10 days before not like us three days before all i'm asking is whatever she gives the board members she should be able to give us a copy without having to jump through the state public records act…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So what I'm saying is she given to us at the same time?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“whoever provides it as long, whatever board member gets, we should, the public should be able to see, and we should be able to have a copy of it. So that's all I'm asking. I'm not figuring out who's driving it or not. Just whatever public documents available.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm trying to pull it up here on my packet, but Council, this is just a basic request for us to put this on a future agenda item, hopefully sooner than later, that would allow us to have a robust discussion, public discourse on the Council having the ability to have a presentation on what are data centers. I mean, I've learned that there are various types of data centers. I mean, uh, you know, people tell me they have a data center right here. People tell me there's data centers in the hospital. There might be data centers in the police department, and then you got miles long data centers in…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Thank you. Mr. mayor 1st of all, I think for me, what's really important is that. What I'm asking for is to have this on the agenda the 18th to have this conversation, probably part 2 at that meeting about whether we should direct staff to have a study session. Now, staff can come back and say, we're not prepared. We're going to go to this event. We're going to read this article. We're going to watch this video. We're going to go talk to this person so that we can be prepared to provide counsel the pros and cons of data centers in the city of Tulare. Well, the city manager may come back and…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, I think to answer that, I just want to make it clear, this has nothing. ITS OWN ENTITY HAS BEEN STATED HERE, ITS OWN PROCESS, ITS OWN ACCOUNTABILITY FROM ITS BOARD. THIS IS FOR ME AS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES IS TO HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT DATA CENTERS ARE. MAYBE AFTER WE HAVE THE STUDY SESSION, WE PROPOSE TO BAN THEM. MAYBE WE PROPOSE SOME COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT SAYING IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING A DATA CENTER IN, YOU GOT TO DO X, Y, AND Z. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BETTER TO BE PROACTIVE THAN REACTIVE. I mean, I…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“What is it? What is it? What is your problem with eighteen? What do you do? What is it? Do you understand it's going to be on the eighteen? What do you think is going to be on the 18th?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So you're concerned that putting it on the 18th for us to discuss whether we should have a study session in the future on the pros and cons of data centers, the public is going to come out and demand some kind of answers? Is that what you're telling me? Why now? Why now?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“It's an issue that's relevant. It's an issue that's out there. It's an issue people have concerns about. It's an issue hundreds of people have emailed me about. Thousands of people have- Not one person has emailed me on this. What is- Okay, you said there was 300 people at a meeting that were concerned about- No, but I understand.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I'm not disagreeing with you. There's never not a time where we can be educated about things. And so this is an educational process where we are going to be provided information. And again, if a city manager comes back and says, you know, what, after the 18th, you guys do a study session. To be honest with you guys, I need 6 months to do it. Then it takes 6 months, but. Mayor Mrakas, The time I think is always right to try to be educated about issues that the Community have concerns about and all i'm asking is this put it on the agenda on the 18th. Mayor Mrakas, Have a conversation there may…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Just wanted to bring up the issue of the cooling centers. We do have an official cooling center here in the lobby for the city of Tulare. This Saturday I went by and came by and looked at it and was glad to see it was open. Unfortunately, there weren't too many people. who were using it. There were no chairs available. We have a bench for three people, but if a fourth person shows up, they got to sit on the floor or something. So there was no chairs. So I hope that there's chairs available for future days. And then on Sunday, It was closed, and so I was just trying to figure out what happened…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Just wanted to find out if those issues that were brought up at the last meeting were addressed the ones on West making sure.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Just wanted to echo on that because in my experience, I mean, it's great to have diversity. can't all be straight a students you gotta have some c students in there to kind of mix it up in terms of uh having some kids that are street smart understand what it's like to be on the street and all the challenges so um the ages are 14 to 20 is that what what i saw Okay, because I know unfortunately, sometimes you got to go down into middle school to start educating. So none of that. So will any presentations be done in middle?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“So this grant is purely in terms of just educational leadership, mentorship development. There's no enforcement. There's no stings that the department will be doing with any of that stuff. Part of this grant.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Because I share I'm not concerned with our retailers per se. I mean, it's like Fort Knox trying to get in there. So, but I'm concerned. I wouldn't know, Mr. I've been there plenty. I asked people to go out and smoke a little more so we can get more revenue, more revenues for kids. I've been every year trying to get money out of the cannabis for kids, but all of it's going to the homeless. So I'm hoping that. We have a higher productive year to give the kids some money, but I guess what I, what I'm thinking is they're going to be enforcement, like, with other shops that may sell some kind of…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yes, thank you for the pretty lengthy presentation, very informative. Yes, 420 pages out of our 700 pages were food good letters and folks that shared their thoughts, which is great. I mean, I have no doubt, no doubt in my mind that people have a great time, have fun, and some of our businesses are making money. I would imagine the Tap Yard, one of those that I've gone to after concerts. is doing very well. So there's no doubt about that. There's no doubt about the facts that city manager talked about how we built the park and how it's been great. I drive by there every once in a while. I…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Well, let me ask the question in a different way so I might get the answer that I'm looking for. What has there been an analysis of the five concerts today this year in terms of yes they're different they have to track different people and they're different genres but has there been an analysis by concert saying okay the concert costs $100,000. Ticket sales brought in $5,000 beer sales brought in $1,000. Sponsorships brought in 10,000. Has there been an analysis of the concerts to that degree? In other words, I have information that's been provided to me through you, but I don't know if it's…”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“I just haven't done it like that. When I'm curious, I guess another question I have, and Mr. Mayor, you can stop me whenever to go to the next council members because I got a lot of questions. And so The question I have, we voted on our budget a couple of weeks ago or a couple of months ago. In the budget, there was $250,000 allocated for the concerts. So what you're asking today is in addition to that $250,000?”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026
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“Yeah, you told us it was for use from July 1st to June 30th. I brought up the issue that it probably will be all used this year. So the $250,000 that was in the July 1st budget, Is this $160,000 in addition to this? Yes. So that would get us to $410,000 plus the $500,000 from earlier this year. Because I don't count the Posada. I hope that Posada is done by Rooks and whoever else takes care of that. I don't count the Posada. I think the Posada should be an event on its own without the operator. But if we take out that $50,000, that's $500,000. plus 250 plus 160 is what we're subsidizing.”
City Council · Aug 4, 2026