Remarks by Mo Malakoutian
103 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 5
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“I think we can start the meeting. Good evening, everyone, and welcome. Full house. That makes us very happy because we know that you care about your city, your voice matters, and we are glad to hear from you. Before even I go to the roll call. I wanted to give you all a heads up. It seems we are near 50, 5-0 people for public hearing comments. Therefore, we are going to have a vote before the public hearing starts. At the moment, we know exactly how many people we have. To reduce the time, we have a lot of content to cover. We want to hear as many as you are here. So we probably reduce the…”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Councilman Newenhaus, would you please lead us in the flag salute?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. We do have three proclamations tonight. The first one is going to be read by Council Member Villar. It's the National Hispanic Heritage Month. And before she starts, I will invite Zauri Garcia, and Joy Luna, Matilda Navas, Victor Garcia, Ashley Chaverin, Vanessa Gomez, all, if you want, come to the table. Are you guys in the room? Any of you? Is there anyone who wants to receive this proclamation from us? Great. We'll start going to read it. Council Member Villar, please go ahead.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member Brouillard. One more time, do we have Zoyuri Garcia to receive this proclamation? We go to our second proclamation. Teen Mental Health Awareness Day is going to read by our Deputy Mayor Hamilton. If Bonnie Wong is here, please sit down after he's done. We would love to hear from you. Please come and sit right now. Go ahead, Deputy Mayor.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Bonnie, welcome. We would love to hear from you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Please stay with us and we can take a picture after the next proclamation. Thank you. Our last proclamation is National Diaper Need Awareness Week. It's going to read by Council Member Bargava, Stephanie Walsh, and Kate Forrest are already here on the table. We will hear from you after Council Member Bargava read the proclamation. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. If you don't mind, just stay with us. We will take a picture after, hopefully, for the third times. I will call them, and if they are here, they will say something. Zauri Garcia, are you here? The kids that are going to get this proclamation, are you here? Please come to the table. You are all late, but you are here. So please sit and please introduce yourself, and then we would love to hear from you. Welcome. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Sorry, do you mind to bring the mic to your mouth a little bit more?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. I appreciate you, and I'm very proud of you. When I was your age, I was not doing what you were doing. So thank you for doing what you are doing. We will take a picture with you first. While we are taking the picture, people are standing. There are many, many seats. Please use this opportunity to come and sit and feel comfortable. Let's go and take a picture. Do I have a motion to approve the agenda?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's been moved by Deputy Mayor and seconded by Councillor Newenhouse. Any discussion? All those in favour say aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. Oral Communications, City Clerk, would you please go through the list?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“If it is about Human Services Commission, please, if it is about budget, please wait.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you for your teaching tenure. We appreciate you. And thank you for sitting in the... Commission meeting for three hours. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Again, thank you for everyone who shared their comments. People should be assured that we are all listening and we will follow up if and when necessary. On that note, we have great news. City Manager, would you please share that good news with all of us? Thank you, Mayor, council members.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Just to make sure I've heard correctly, not one, not two, three awards?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. We are all very proud of you. Not only three awards out of 1,200, but also multi-category excellence shows that amazing job you are doing. Thank you on behalf of the whole council.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Yeah, we can do a picture, absolutely. Especially if Councillor Robinson can hold the trophy. Do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It has been moved by Deputy Mayor and seconded by Councillor Newmanhouse. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Any opposed? The motion passes. We have our public hearing. City Manager, would you please introduce that to us?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much. I think before I open the public hearing, I would love to go back to City Clerk and ask how many speakers are signed up for the public hearing.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Given that number, I'm going to now ask for a motion to suspend our rules and set the time limit of each speaker at one and a half minutes. Do I have a motion?”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's been moved by Deputy Mayor and seconded by Council Member Newhouse. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? The motion passes. Now we are going to the public hearing. The time is one and a half minutes. I think it's two minutes here. Do I have a motion to open the public hearing? I move to open the public hearing.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“It's been moved by Deputy Mayor and seconded by Council Member Brouillard. Any discussion? All those in favor say aye.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Any opposed? The motion passes. City Clerk, we are all you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Sharmin, I'm going to surprise you because I know Tim, our next speaker, we are going to take a 10-minute break. I promised my colleagues to not let them sit more than one and a half hour, and I think it's one and a half hour mark. Tim, because I knew you, it was a perfect time to give this break. It's 7.31. We are going to be back by 7.41. Thank you. Our city clerk, are we ready to start the meeting? Great.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026
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“Thank you so much, especially for staying two hours to give us this. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 15, 2026