Remarks by Nelson Esparza
210 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 9
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“Any other amendments? All right, so I have Council Member Perea, who was followed by Council Member Vang.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. Next, we have Councilmember Vang.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Second that. All right, we have a motion, we have a second. City Manager, you're not punched up anymore? Okay, great. Great work, Council Member Richardson. I don't say that super duper often. Really great work and excited to be able to vote on this today. I don't see anyone else punched up. Is there any opposition to approving item two and three? All right, seeing none, the item passes. That's gonna be six zero. Yeah, but I don't see, yeah, six zero. All right, fantastic. Thank you all for a lively discussion. We're on to item 2K, pulled by Councilmember Richardson. We have two more…”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Any opposition to approving item 2K? All right, seeing none, that passes six to zero. Now item 2O, also pulled by Council Member Richardson.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“I'll make a motion to approve then. All right, we have a motion, we have a second. Any opposition to approving item 2-0? All right, seeing none, the item passes six to zero. Last thing on our public agenda is gonna be unscheduled communication. I'll invite anyone in the chamber who would like to participate in unscheduled communication to come forward.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, she's excused. All right, please come on down. We're on unscheduled communication. Welcome, you have three minutes.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. I had some cards from earlier on unscheduled communication. Hester Hensley. Burnett. Alyssa Pratt. brian cole no we'll move over to zoom uh on zoom we have lisa flores welcome good evening i'm going to make it really short i need 58 000”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you. Our next speaker is going to be Joseph Rodriguez.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right. So our next speaker is going to be Alfred Aldredi.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“We're going to take a two-minute recess here before we adjourn.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, we are back. Council Member Carabasi, you're punched up.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Can council member register a yes vote? It's positions for the record. Any last words, council member?”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, I'll second that. Thank you. Council Members.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Oh, are we still opening up? Sorry. So our motion stands, motion to reopen has been seconded. Do you have to take public comment on this procedural motion? Okay. All right. Is there any opposition to reopening the item 2N, the data centers? All right, seeing none, the item is reopened.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Go ahead. All right. Council Member Richardson, it's your item.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Okay, so it's identical motion to the one made when it was opened the first time. We have a motion, we have a second. It's identical and we're ready to public comment. Is there any opposition to approving item 2N on the reopens? Seeing none, that passes 7-0. Thank you. All right, thank you. Yeah, Council Member Ferreira is online, so that's 7-0 vote.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“Thank you all. The meeting is adjourned for tonight.”
City Council · Sep 3, 2026
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“All right, good morning. Good morning to everyone. Welcome to City Hall. Paging the council members that are sprinkled throughout the audience. I saw a couple. Come on down. We'll go ahead and call our meeting to order here, 9.06 a.m. Clerk, would you please call the roll?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, great. So we're going to move on to our invocation, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Our invocation this morning is going to be by Chaplain Matt Markarian. Come on down. I'll ask everyone to please stand for the invocation, if you can, and stay standing afterwards for the Pledge of Allegiance.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Council Member Vang, would you please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance? Ready, salute.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, move on to approving the agenda. Clerk, do we have any announcements or changes to announce?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, Council, any additional changes to the agenda at this point? I'll go and order Council Member Perea. Council member Vargas? None. Council member Vang? None. Richardson? None. Barbasi? None, Mr. President, thank you. Okay, all right. Motion to approve. First, second, and a third. Any opposition to approving the agenda? All right, seeing none, agenda is approved. We have a couple of contested consent items. Before we get to the regular order of business, we do have several folks here for our favorite part of the day is the ceremonial presentations, the proclamations. So we do have,…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, absolutely, absolutely. So it is my pleasure to read the last, I'll have the clerk read the entire proclamation, but just to read this last part. Now, therefore, be it resolved that we, Mayor Jerry P. Dyer, Council President Nelson Esparza, and the entire Fresno City Council, do hereby proclaim the month of August 2026 as Immunization Awareness Month, and it's our honor to present it to you and your team. Thank you. Give him a round of applause. All right, clerk, you please read the proclamation.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, fantastic. Our next proclamation is sponsored by both Council Members Carbasi and Council Member Perea, and it's a proclamation for Oliver Browner Day.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“HOLD ON. COUNCILMEMBER PERREA, WHAT FLAVOR OF CAKES AND WHAT DO I GOT TO DO TO GET A PIECE?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026