Remarks by Nelson Esparza
210 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 9
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“All right, fantastic. Our next proclamation is sponsored by Council Member Perea. It's gonna be presented by the mayor today. And that is a proclamation for International Green Building Week.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, fantastic. We'll move on to our council member reports and comments. I'll come from my left to right. Council member Carbasi, do you have any report this morning? Come back to me, please. Okay. Council member Richardson.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Council Vice Presidents. You know, I'm happy to report to piggyback off of that. We did appoint the new members to the Family Affordability and Child Care Access Commission this week. So it was our first sort of full meeting. And it was great to have this group of very experienced individuals in early childhood development and looking forward to the course this new commission is going to take. And thank Council Vice President for his leadership on spearheading that initiative. Additionally, very excited to attend the Fresno City College's State of the College this Friday…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, thank you, Mayor, City Manager.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Vice President. Sorry about that. We were just trying to figure something out there. So we are going to have, at this point, we'll take on the SEDA workshop here soon, the public financing workshop. Let's see if we can, get through the, just the consent, not contested, but at least the consent agenda that's remained on the consent. So at this time, I'll go ahead and open up public comments or anything on the consent agenda, the contested consent agenda, closed session. I'll welcome anyone in the public to come up and comment either in the chamber or on Zoom. Yeah, and per…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. I have a card for Mariana Alvaranga.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Kaswer Kabasi, had you punched up?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. I'm going to go over to a zoom, but again, if there is anyone in the chamber who would like to speak with respect to the consent agenda, contest the consent or a closed session, you'll have the opportunity. But on zoom we have Lisa Flores.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Lisa. Next, I have Anisa Seha on Zoom.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Next on Zoom, I have Christina Soto.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, thank you. Next speaker on Zoom is Brandy Nusviegas.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, next speaker's gonna be Brenda Dominguez.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Next speaker is going to be Arianna Martinez-Lott.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'm going to go back to Zoom. Again, we're currently on public comment for the consent agenda, contested consent, or closed session. The next speaker I have on Zoom is Alfred Aldredi.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker is going to be Liz McElvain. And again, we're on public comment currently for consent agenda or contested consent or closed session.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I don't see any more speakers on Zoom. Anyone else in the chamber who would like to speak again with respect to the consent agenda or contest the consent or anything on closed session? Seeing none in the chamber, seeing none on the, we have one, actually we had one on Zoom. Go ahead, Brock.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker on Zoom is going to be Shelly Spencer.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you, Shelly. City Clerk, you were punched up.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, City Clerk, for that clarification. Let's give one last call for any public comment with respect to the consent agenda or contested consent or the closed session agenda. I don't have any more cards. I don't see anyone on Zoom. We'll go ahead and close public comment on the consent agenda. I'll entertain a motion. We have a motion and a second for approval of the balance of consent minus what was taken off for contested. Is there any opposition to approving the balance of the consent agenda? Seeing none, that passes 7-0. We'll circle back here to contest the consent later…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I think just for the sake of letting them get through it, we can get through it, and then we can do the Matlock cross-examination. Thank you, Council President.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Actually, Director, so I do have some members punched up, but I think we'll take us last. I think we'll go to public comment at this time and hear the input. So at this time, we'll take public comment on this workshop. We got to see the slides here and hear from the presenters. So we'll do public comment both here in the chamber and on Zoom. So if there are folks who would like to comment on this particular item, now would be the time. You can fill out a yellow card or come on down. Yeah, we'll take public comment, and if we're not done, we're gonna break for lunch around 12, but yeah, come…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you, Patience. Any additional public comment here within the chamber? I don't have any yellow cards. Come on down.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Esther, we're gonna have the next speaker come up to speak. Thank you, yeah, appreciate your comments. Esther, I'm asking you to, yeah, we have the next speaker coming up. Will the next speaker come on up?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker on Zoom is Liz McElveen.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker is going to be Lanisha Senegal.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026