Remarks by Michael Clauzel
144 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 6
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“Questions, comments, and concerns from the council?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right. And then from the mayor, we'll go ahead and open item 9-1 to public comment. Is there anyone present in the council chambers who wishes to provide a public comment on item 9-1?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you and thank you for what you do. Is there anyone else present the Council chambers who was by the public comment on item 9.1.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, sir. Anyone else present in the council chambers wish to provide a public comment on item 9-1? I see none. Madam Clerk, is there anyone online who wishes to provide a public comment on item 9-1?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Got it. Okay. And with that, we will go ahead and close public comment and bring the item back to the council for their direction and action city council. I request humbly that I be able to guide us through this because there are many different parts of what we need to decide. And so I think it's best just to take them one at a time so that I can write up the motion properly so we can get it passed as efficiently as possible. Is that okay? Or do you guys have general comments you want to make before we get started?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“That's for the appointment of the council members.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Is everybody okay with proceeding? Okay. I feel it's important that all of us be on the same page. So page 182 of the agenda, and we're going to start off with committee purpose and scope. Does anybody have any issues with the committee purpose and scope as recommended? I just want to make sure we're going through it one thing at a time. I have a consensus to move forward with committee purpose and scope as recommended in the staff report. Okay. All right. Now we're going to go over the committee structure options, right? So let's, decide on the committee size, what would the council like to…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, I'm just typing it up. Okay, public member eligibility. Are we gonna go with the recommendation or how do we feel about that?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, so how do we feel about that? Are we going to go with the recommendation, which is limit all public seats to city residents?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right, guys, give me a second. Okay, so what do we want the radius to be?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Well, that's what I have set up. So if you guys want to just do a mile radius. Thank you, Chief. I actually was liking the music at this point. I was really feeling it. I'm pretty disappointed you went out there and put a stop to it. Okay. Three miles. We'll start there. Is everybody okay with three miles? Three comes up in the Bible a lot, so why don't we just go with three?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Sphere of influence? Okay. I will change the language. Okay, you guys start discussing appointment method options.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, so council appoints all public members by majority vote after an open application period, yes? Straight down with the recommendation, right? Okay, start talking about meeting schedule.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So with the recommendation? Are we okay? I want to make sure I have consensus where I start writing this stuff up. Okay, duration.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“OKAY. SUNSET ONLY UPON FINAL COUNCIL ACTION.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“OKAY. And just to make sure that we're paying attention to what the public gives us on feedback during public comment, do we have any location direction? I'll let the City Attorney speak.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Perfect. Okay. We don't need to provide any input there. Vacancies and removals. The recommendation is members would serve at the pleasure of City Council. The City Council may remove a member for any reason by majority vote. A public member vacancy would be filled by council appointment. Unscheduled vacancies are subject to notice and waiting period requirements of government code section 54974. Is everybody okay with that language?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, so nodding of heads, we're okay with that? This is going to be the longest motion ever. Are we going to authorize legal staffing or not?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Hold on, guys. Oh, start discussing who we want to appoint.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm typing. Since you don't want to be in it, why don't you kind of get them going?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Do we want to punt? I'm putting everything in there. Literally, I'm just going to read this whole damn thing. I spent the time to type it up, so it's going to all be in there.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. who wants to be on this, or do you guys want to table that? Yes. Okay, so I think the last thing on there is the authorization for the city clerk to recruit applicants for public member seats using an application period of 20 days. Do I have to put that in there? Probably, huh?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. I'm almost done. Almost there. Am I missing anything? I don't think so. All right. Okay, any further discussion before we move forward for a vote on literally the longest motion to adopt I've ever typed up? We're good?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Do I have a motion to adopt resolution number 2026-62, establishing the data center community advisory committee, adopt the committee purpose and scope recommendations, adopt the following committee structural recommendations, committee size of seven voting members consisting of five community members and two council members, limit all public seats to the sphere of influence of the city of Patterson. Council will appoint all public members by majority vote after an open application period. Establish a meeting schedule of one regular meeting each month with special meetings when necessary.…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I WILL NOT. GUARANTEE YOU THAT. I DON'T HAVE TO SAY IT AGAIN AT THE END EITHER? DO I NOT HAVE TO REPEAT ALL THAT? OKAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO CORRECT THE RECORD. NINE VOTING MEMBERS CONSISTING OF SEVEN COMMUNITY MEMBERS. and two council members, my apologies. It is 10.30.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026