Remarks by Nelson Esparza
210 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 6 of 9
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“All right, congratulations again to Oliver. Our next proclamation is gonna be sponsored by Council Member Perea. And this is a proclamation for the Fresno Young Leaders Academy.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Council Member Perea woke up hungry for the proclamations this morning. You're the sponsor of the next one, and this is a proclamation for Young Parents Day.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, great. We'll move on to council member reports and comments. We'll take it in the order we have up here. Council member Ving, any reports or comments this morning?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Council Member Karbasi, any report or comments this morning?”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Yeah, don't hurt yourself with the yo-yo. Council Member Richardson.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, Council, Vice President, you didn't have anything. I'll go ahead and go. I had the privilege of attending the grand opening of AWAS Las Rancheritas at First McKinley this past weekend. Congratulations to Bernice and Susanna on their exciting milestone. Always great to see new businesses pop up and open their doors, create jobs, and add overall to the vibrancy of our neighborhoods. Additionally, I also want to recognize the Beautify Fresno team for their continued work to keep our neighborhoods clean and beautiful. My team recently joined them for a cleanup over in the neighborhood…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Okay, great. Let's see here. We'll move on to a few of the timed items. I think we have a couple of them. We have the 9.10 a.m. This is a hearing to vacate a portion of the street right away at Brawley and West Buckingham. This is in D1. I'll go ahead and open up the public hearing for this and take public comments on the items. So at this time, is there anybody in the public, either on Zoom or in the chamber, who would like to speak with respect to the 9.10 a.m. item vacating a portion of the street at Brawley in West Buckingham? All right, seeing none, I'll go ahead and close the public…”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“You are correct. Go ahead and cross that off. Good catch. All right. We do have a 10 a.m., but we'll give that a few more minutes. Meanwhile, what I'll do is I'll begin the public comments for... Consent agenda, contested consent, closed session. So we'll have a couple speakers there, and then we'll get back to the 10 a.m. 10 a.m. item. So I do have a stack of cards, and the first card I had was for Sherry Chavarria regarding item 2CC. Come on down, Sherry. You'll have three minutes.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. Next card I had was for Elijah Davila regarding item 2Y.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. It's 9.59, so we'll give it just a few seconds here. But the next 10 a.m. item we have is an appearance by resident Neil O'Brien regarding Republic Services, resident of District 6. So we're here right at 10 a.m., which is extraordinary. Welcome, Mr. O'Brien. You'll have three minutes. Thank you.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. MR. SINGH, YOU'RE BACK.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Next speaker is going to be Andy Shikara.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Next speaker is going to be Bill Bonnell.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you, Bill. All right. Next speaker is going to be Sukhbir Bandal.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, next speaker I have is gonna be Viola Xiong.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, gonna go over to Zoom. On Zoom we have Robert Park.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. Thank you. Next on Zoom is going to be Joseph Rodriguez. Hello. Hello. Good morning, Joseph. You have three minutes. We're on consent, contested consent, or closed session.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Thank you. Next speaker is going to be Lisa Flores on Zoom.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, thank you, Lisa. I don't have any more cards or folks on Zoom, but again, last opportunity for comments on consent agenda, contested consent or closed session. All right, I have Gurinder Singh on Zoom.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“Welcome. Can you hear me? Yes. All right. You have three minutes.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right. Next speaker on Zoom is Alice Sims.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“I don't have any additional yellow cards. I don't have any additional speakers on Zoom. I'll go ahead and close. Actually, we have one more person, Jamie Morgan on Zoom.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, next speaker on Zoom is going to be Nikki Real.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026
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“All right, and hello back to you from City Hall. Thank you. Any additional speakers, consent, contested consents, closed session? Seeing none, we're going to close public comment for contested consent and closed session. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda.”
City Council · Aug 27, 2026