Remarks by Nelsie Yang
79 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Thanks, Council President. I want to say thank you for bringing forward the resolution here. I also want to commend and say thank you to our wonderful speakers who are leaders in our communities who came and spoke earlier. I want to reaffirm everything in the resolution here, everything that you shared, too. It really is aligned with what I hear from even immigrant and refugee communities about why they choose St. Paul as their home, why they choose Minnesota as their home, too. And being a daughter of refugees myself, a Hmong American woman, I'm really proud that in St. Paul here, even our…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thanks, Council President. I am supportive of the motion. I have a question here and we can absolutely get a response like now or afterwards. I'm just wondering with this last text that was added, the be it for the resolve, which thank you Dan from our city attorney's office for your work on this. I would just want to get some clarification about the standard operating procedures. My understanding based on the language here is that what needs to be, I'd say like, you know, a part of the plan for this is, or considered would be eligibility, significance criteria, community support, geographic…”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm wondering, Council Member Bowie, do you have a timeline on when you would like to put together a finalized policy by?”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you. Again, I'm supportive of the motion.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thanks, Council President. I just wanted to share a conservative way I would encourage you to follow through with the motion. I did need my support of that for you. And so I don't know where our other colleagues are on it. However, if you were to move forward with another, like I'd say an alternative motion after that, I would also be supportive of it too. So that's where I'm at.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thanks, Council President. I am sharing about St. Paul Parks and Rec's fall event happening in my ward. Can you believe it? Already fall. It's Autumn Glow Night. So it's a family outdoor fall event where there will be light snacks, games, and crafts. It's tomorrow, September 10, from 5.30 PM to 7 PM at the Hazel Park Rec Center.”
City Council · Sep 9, 2026
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“I think I saw Vice President Yang. Thank you, Council President. I want to say thank you to you, Council Member Kim, for your questions. And thank you so much for coming and answering your questions, too. I know it was probably on very short notice. It absolutely was for me. I just want to be really transparent with folks that I appreciate that question, Council Member Kim, about just what are the impacts of a one-week layover? Do we have flexibility to be able to to consider that, because I am interested in a layover. I had a couple of community members who reached out to me just maybe a few…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. Well, Council President, I would just wrap up my thoughts with if we were to take a vote on this, I wouldn't be ready to vote on it because I do have more questions that I want to be able to have a deeper dive with our police department about. I really appreciate folks who've reached out to us, especially those who've expressed their concerns around the contract with Sky Deal and One thing I do want to point out is, again, that process that I mentioned, which took place maybe a year or two ago. And when that did happen, we didn't, I just don't recall there being any sort of…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. That was very heartfelt. JC, I want to say congratulations to you. And this is so well deserving in terms of the resolution and the day being dedicated to you. I want to commend you, along with Council Member Kim, for your partnership with our incredible Right Track staff members and even the youths who were part of Sprocket. Because, you know, what I saw from the event, being there myself and just even seeing the reflections that, Jason, you shared with us earlier, is that there truly was that partnership and intersection that you both created. And it was really…”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“So I hope that I didn't keep referring to this resolution that was coming and giving you the heads up.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Ms. Vice President Yates. Thank you, Council President. I just wanted to share my support for the motion. All right.”
City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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City Council · Sep 2, 2026
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“Other discussion of the motion? Vice President. Thank you, Council President. I will be supporting the resolution and just wanted to highlight that I'm The majority of communication we've received, my office, we've received from Ward 6 residents and also folks overall who just wanted to let council members know about where they're at on flat cameras has been to call for any of the use of flat cameras. And so I wanted to really echo everything that you both shared. Also, I really appreciate the opportunity to connect with Senior Commander Kurt Hallstrom. He might have a different title now.…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. I zipped through my comments last week. And so I did want to take a moment to recognize Assistant Mayor Erica Schumacher. The partnership from the mayor's office has been really great on this. I appreciate her being very responsive. just making sure that we moved along in this process from beginning to end and look forward to all of the work ahead in this. I will reiterate my thoughts that the slate, it has a stellar representation of St. Paul residents, community leaders, and professionals in emergency services, and I have full confidence in their leadership,…”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you, Council President. This is a few weeks out, but I wanted to share that the Eastside Freedom Library is having their annual Labor Solidarity Picnic. It's on Saturday, September 12, 1 PM to 4 PM at the library. And there will be live music from the Twin Cities Labor Chorus, and Emmett Doyle picnic food and soft drinks will be provided. Sounds like fun.”
City Council · Aug 26, 2026
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“Thank you. Welcome, everybody. I'm Council Vice President Elsa Ying. I'll be chairing our council meeting today. It is my first council meeting that I'm chairing, so I'm very excited and grateful for the opportunity. We'll first start off with the Pledge of Allegiance. So if you are willing and able to join us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and a big thanks to Council Member Bui, who will be leading us in reciting it.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Is there anything to be taken for a separate consideration from the consent agenda? OK, seeing no hands, then I'll take a motion from Council Member Coleman to approve the balance of the consent agenda. All in favor?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“All right, so now we're in our ordinance section of the agenda. I do want to give a bit of context that for ordinances, usually it appears in front of the council for three readings. So the first week, it would be when we have a staff report. Second reading is when a public hearing happens. And then for the third week, we can either vote on it or lay it over for more discussion. So the only ordinance-related item that we have for today, it's under a public hearing. I want to open up the floor for the public hearing. If you are here to testify on this item, please come on up to the podium.…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Okay, later. Yeah, that'll be later. We are at number 22 right now. OK, I don't see anybody else. So I do want to open up the floor for discussion amongst our colleagues or any questions that you have. I have a couple of quick comments to make. Council Member Johnson.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Just the comments that I wanted to make is I first wanted to express gratitude to Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Kim for being partners with me and leading the charge to assemble our slate here. I also wanted to just point out that the slate, whenever I look at it, I'm very, very proud of it. It's a very strong slate that represents a diverse group of St. Paul residents, community leaders, and our subject matter experts, especially in the fire field. It's a slate that is very diverse across race and age, gender, also experience too. I want to give a shout out to the many different…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. Just the last couple of things I wanted to share, too, is Councilmember Johnson, I did take note of what you shared earlier. My understanding is everybody on this slate, their participation and ability to participate overall has been confirmed. But I will make sure to have my staff double check with our HR department about that. And just a final thank you to all of the individuals on the slate itself. Every person who was contacted, they were very eager, interested, and just really excited about being able to give back to St. Paul in this way. So come on up to the mic. If you are…”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you so much. Motion from Council Member Kim to close the public hearing and lay this matter over until next week. All in favor? Hi.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“This is a public hearing. If you're here to testify, come to the microphone. Are you seeing none? I'll take a motion from everything. OK, come on up. You get two minutes. Share your name, where you're coming from, and then sign in afterwards.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“Thank you. All right. If anybody else is here to testify, come on to the front. All right. Seeing none, I will take a motion from Council Member Coleman to close the public hearing. All in favor? Aye. All opposed? Six in favor, none opposed. Public hearing is closed. Any discussion on this? Questions? OK, seeing none, then motion from Council Member Coleman for approval.”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026
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“This is a public hearing. If you're here to testify, come up to the microphone. Okay, seeing none, then I will take a motion from Council Member Jost to close the public hearing and approve. All in favor?”
City Council · Aug 19, 2026