Remarks by Rolan Resendiz
55 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 3
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“Thank you. I don't have any questions. Amazing job, kiddo. I've been up here for eight years. I've seen lots of different projects come before us. And I think this is something that the animals desperately needed. The community has been asking for it. So kudos to you. Thank you to your family, everybody that helped you out as well. What an amazing job you've done here. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Thanks. There is, but I just want to preface it by something. Let's be very realistic about it. If we, meaning COG and the elected officials, continue on the current trajectory path it's on now, that will happen.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“That wasn't the case before. I'm not here to point fingers or to pass blame at anybody, but that hasn't always been the case. And because other elected officials get into office and they change the trajectory, it pushes it back. So under this cog and these elected officials, there has been a tremendous amount of work that's been done. And now because of that work, The VMTs have been changed. Now, because of that work, they will have a project ready project, sorry, a shovel ready project 2027. But keep that in mind. That's if the next people who take these seats continue under that same…”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“I'll move to adopt as presented on the agenda by staff.”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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“Just a point of clarity, if I can, Mayor. So it's asking for us to receive the report and then discuss long-term financial stabilization strategies. Stabilization strategies, sorry. But I mean, we've already talked about things and I think that we probably need like a separate meeting or something to talk about what we really need to do. I mean, I don't know. What are you expecting from us as far as these items go? I would just be comfortable just receiving the report, talking about it. I don't know. What's the expectation here?”
City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 21, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Makes sense to me. I think that's it for now. Oh, my other question is, do we have a lot of developers utilizing this? I know that we're a partner. We've been a partner for a while. But do we have a lot of applications being submitted and approved through you guys? What are the numbers or what's the data to show on that?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. And in other cities that are relatively the same size as us, can you just tell me what their numbers look like compared to ours?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. And typically, I would imagine those also include residential. They're not limited to just commercial, industrial. Correct. Okay. All right. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I understand that concept, but as we have it now for residential, who's paying for the CFDs, for the impact fees? It's the developer that's paying, right? Okay.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Right. And then the upfront impact fees is the developer. Okay. Okay, and if we were to adopt this program, what we're saying is that potentially those impact fees can get put back on the homeowner? Is that what you're saying? No, I don't believe so. No, okay. All right, all right. So, yeah, I'm getting a little bit confused up here. To me, it sounds like... that the cost savings is going to be in the lower interest rate that the developer is getting, right? So potentially he said 8% to 4%. So that's a cost saving. It's driven by the market regardless. Somebody is going to pay the CFDs, the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So I think, well, to the speaker's point, right? One concern you brought up was that essentially there's going to be another line item on their bill, right? I understand that. That's a frustration of the public. So they're going to be upset about that. But regardless, that's... It's still getting paid. It's still going to get, that item's going to be there. It might be looking a little bit different. And if we have this tool, it's going to help the developers. And it's also going to help that customer that can go to this company to, let's say, settle that bill or to ask questions. And it's…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Last thoughts. Thank you. So yeah, and then to the point of, they have the option to pay it off, people are not going to just pay it off. Like we know that, right? It's very intimidating, overwhelming to purchase a house. But I am wondering one thing, like, what's in it for you? Like, how are you guys making money? There's no additional costs that's being passed on to the customer, right? I would assume that you're investing the money. And that's how you're making money.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So you're charging a fee to the developer up front to utilize your service.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay, and... I'm just going to assume that the developer will not pass on that extra cost to the residents, but we can't make that assumption because they actually can if they wanted to. All right. Thank you for clarifying that.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you. So thank you for your presentation. I have a lot of concerns. Number one, do we have to vote for them all as a bundle? I would assume so if they were brought in as a package.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Okay. Ridgemark. If this piece of property were to be annexed into the city, and we're talking about annexing in Cielo Visto as well, would that then allow access for Ridgemark potentially, potentially to be annexed into the city as well?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I understand that. That wasn't my question, though. Without us annexing in that little piece of property, could Ridgemark potentially be annexed in? I would assume not, because it needs to be next to”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Then that's a big no for me. It's a huge concern and a big no for me. Because that worries me. Because for obvious reasons. So I cannot support that at all. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm glad these meetings are recorded because we can look back on this and then we can potentially piece together what could potentially happen. So I'm not entertained or interested in hearing about somebody's days playing in the orchards and how we move on from things. Let's be realistic here. Pieces of development and projects are pieced together. The Cielo Vista never, ever should have been part of the city. They did have an unfortunate incident that happened where they needed water and sewer from us. I understand that. But that also opened the door for development to occur across the…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So we can vote on them separately. You will. And will that not mess up the four amendments that we get here? Perfect. OK, then we have a solution there and I will be voting my conscience.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“No, thank you. And then I do want to say this is the most thorough presentation I've ever seen on annexation and all the time that I've been sitting up here. So thank you for that. I don't necessarily need that, but I think it's good for the public to have that. And I probably did at some point in time when I first got up here.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, Mayor Stephens. And again, I just want to be very clear. We're not just annexing in that corner. We're annexing all of Cielo Visto. And the house is in Cielo Visto, correct? With this vote. That is a necessary step on that one. So we're not talking... I know, I want to make sure that's clear.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“I want to be very clear about this. about my position without us annexing in Cielo Bisto and that corner which is the position that I said I was going to take, Ridgemark cannot annex into the city either. I just want to be very clear about that. That's all. And if we do annex in Cielo Visto and that corner, Ridgemark can be annexed into the city. That's all I'm saying. And I could be here a number of years and I'll bite my tongue if there's a gas station there, but I could be here in a couple of years and I'll be the one to say,”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026