Remarks by Scott Robertson
152 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 7
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Thank you, City Attorney. Oral Communications, at this time, any member of the public. may address the city council regarding any item on the regular meeting agenda over which the council has jurisdiction. No action or discussion will be taken on any item not on the agenda. Issues raised will be referred to the city manager for review. Members of the public are asked to limit their remarks to three minutes. Do we have any oral communications at this time? That we will move on to our public hearing. This is our one and only item tonight for this special meeting, and it is a consideration and…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Point of clarification, city attorney, thank you for that report. Did all of the affected property owners receive notice that this declaration of necessity was going to take place tonight at the council meeting?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Opening the public hearing, and now the stage is yours.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“We had a special meeting tonight, sir. Special meetings, we don't do the Pledge of Allegiance. Or departmental reports.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Number D. That's D. Yeah, letter D. Does that give you enough time to sign the docs? Okay. All right. Anybody else?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“The resolution of necessity applies to those now three properties that haven't communicated back with the city. How many offers has the city sent out so far? The initial appraisal and then I believe it was six or seven.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And then that leaves three left. But it's only been one offer that's gone out. Right from the city. Okay. Anybody else? Okay. We will close the public hearing with that and bring the matter back to council. City attorney, is it your advice that we take this matter under submission and continue it until the next meeting?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And describe what happens after that declaration of necessity is voted on by the council. If that passes, what would happen from there?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“So what this does is it allows the city to move forward with something the city has needed for many years, which is a four-way stoplight at Dinuba and McCall. while the property owners are still able to negotiate either with the city or with a trier of fact in terms of what that value really is for that land. Is that correct? That's correct.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“After the resolution of necessity is declared, can the city move forward with our city engineer policy? to move and whoever is doing, working on the engineering for this project, to move forward with plans and to get this out to bid. That allows the city to move forward. So I think this is an issue where the interests of public safety are paramount. They outweigh the interests of individual landowners to get the particular price for their land, which is determined by appraisal. However, their rights are never set aside. They are simply put in another venue while the city is able to pursue…”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“And city engineer, what are we looking at in terms, city manager, what are we looking at in terms of timeline if this moves forward after the next meeting? Do we have a timeline here of the process from here?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Are we potentially looking at end of the year or first quarter of next year, if all goes smoothly?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Because this is a top priority for the city and we want to make sure we put every resource we can towards it. It's just a huge public safety item. We've waited five years already and we need to move forward as expeditiously as possible on that. And I think everybody here understands that. But we just need to keep following through like we are right now with this resolution of necessity. Do you have a comment?”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“Yes. And since this is a special meeting, we don't go through a lot of the other parts of the meeting, nor all communications. We're just going to adjourn the meeting. Wish everyone a good evening, and we hope to see you a week from tonight at 6 p.m. Thank you.”
City Council · Sep 8, 2026
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“All right. We are back from closed session. City Attorney, do we have any reportable action from closed session to this evening? No reportable action, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. With that, we will adjourn the special meeting on 5 p.m. and come back for our regular meeting at 6 p.m. in about eight minutes.”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Would you call the roll, please?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Here. Potential conflict of interest. Any council member who has a potential conflict of interest may now identify the item and recuse themselves from discussing and voting on the matter. Agenda changes or deletions to better accommodate members of the public or inconvenience in the order of presentation. Items on the agenda may not be presented or acted on in the order listed. Additions to the agenda may be added only pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.2B. City Attorney, do we have any agenda changes or deletions at this time?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Oral communications. At this time, any member of the public may address the City Council regarding any item on the regular meeting agenda over which the Council has jurisdiction. No action or discussion will be taken on any item not on the agenda. Issues raised will be referred to the City Manager for review. Members of the public are asked to limit their remarks to three minutes. Do we have any oral communications at this time?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Thank you. City Manager, how long is that CUP good for? What's the timeline on that?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026
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“Got it. So this is ultimately a PG&E rule for undergrounding utilities, which the city incorporated into its code, municipal code, but is it required in that location right there by anything other than the city's municipal code at that particular location?”
City Council · Sep 1, 2026