Remarks by Nyauna Cravens
19 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“brought to our awareness that you did receive concerns regarding the business practices of the owner, and you stated that 90% was false, but 10% was true. What is that 10%, please?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So it was about how they were paying their employees, not fairly?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thanks, Mayor. Excuse me. I just got braces, y'all. So if I sound a little weird, I'm still trying to figure these things out. So. I appreciate the presentation, and I do know that investing in convenience stores is a huge undertaking, just running it, but then the investment that goes to that. So I am not trying to take away from everything that you have put into that. For me, I try to look at the greater good of the situation. and the greater good for the area. And a couple of things that stands out for me is, one, this is so close to a residential area with school-age children. And so I'm…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. So just so I'm clear, I think, um, You kind of said a lot there. That may have confused me even further. I'm sorry. So you're saying that we currently don't have that in place to tie all of this together?”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. And then one last question for me. So Judge Arteri just kind of laid out what are some of the reasons why you would need a temp judge, which kind of made sense to me when she put the analogy with the mayor and the mayor pro tem. So you would use those in lieu of if the judge isn't available, absent, and so forth. And we had also discussed when we were all meeting that that could be a possibility. Because the reason I'm asking this is that if this does not pass, if everyone votes the way that they voted before, it probably won't. And I want to know, you know, what are some options?…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, so, thank you, Mayor Pro Tem. At this point, we have to have a path forward. So we have to start the planning or the work like yesterday. So I would like to know what is a realistic time frame for us to kind of think through what all we need, how we want this to look. Similar to like how we did the housing and the incentive, where there was a detailed plan on what that is going to look like, when we are going to determine who's going to be on it and when it's going to get started. Because right now, to say we'll get to it at some point without a definitive time frame on when we're going…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“So I don't think the task force is intended to change anybody's mind. A task force is intended to have differencing of opinions and perceptions to get together to come up with ways to figure out where our gaps are, to understand the overall big picture of it all, so that we can start working together to one, start dealing with the low hanging fruit. I know the last meeting we talked about we need to get something in place to assist with the staff in the courts. That hasn't been a date or a plan hasn't been put in place for that. That's an area the task force can also look into is what are our…”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“I didn't say that. I thought I heard you say that.”
City Council · Oct 6, 2026
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“Chair, I move that we approve the August 10th action letter.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. May I please get a roll call?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, I recommend that we move to Council TMP-3768. Second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, I recommend that we forward to full council for approval TMP-3759. Second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, I move that we forward to full council TMP-3765.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Thank you. May I please get a roll call?”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“Chair, I recommend that we forward to full council for approval, TMP-3758. Second.”
City Council · Sep 14, 2026
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“So kind of echoing everything, because I think we're all trying to get to the same resolve. What I like about this plan is that we have multiple buckets, and all these buckets are going to feed into each other. I think the whole reason why we are creating a task force is because there is an apparent issue that needs more clarification or to be solved. And so with us having all of these checks and balances, if you will, the way I envision it, and I think this is kind of something we talked about in CEDC, is the reason why we want participation from so many different places is for that whole…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“So I am taking the opposite position of that. I wish we could have all six of them because I do think that people who have taken time out to apply for this vacant seat deserves to be heard and deserves an opportunity to present themselves. I don't like narrowing things down, especially if it's a matter of going from five to six. I don't think that that's too big of a number, especially since we know that the questions are timed anyway. So we kind of can anticipate how much time we'll spend. I like to just hear everyone as well as know make a decision not only on what they presented on paper…”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026