Remarks by Shanetta Burris
15 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
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“to pay their fair share so that we can all thrive together and i look forward to a productive meeting thank you good evening and thank you all who are joining us in council chambers and those who are watching us online virtually i'm excited to be back after spending the week in china i had the opportunity to go to our sister city in kunshan china where i got to visit various industries with our young entrepreneurs for our sister cities so many thanks to the coordinators of that trip Got to visit some electric vehicle manufacturers, small business incubators, their local hospitals, and of…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“So I just have a question for Attorney Miles. Hello. So I heard some mention about some like basically having some metrics in the contract. Is that out of the question to amend the contract to add those metrics in so we can see kind of like, I just want to know more about what my colleagues want because what's the solution in this case, right? And so if you're saying like this, you're not satisfied with the production, the work and the outcomes, is there a way to make it better? better that we move forward because I do know that in my mind, in theory for our state legislators, like our…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And I'll just clarify, my comments are specific for Checkmate. I don't have the same concerns at the federal level. The tension for me also is that we invoke certain folks' names, but then we also did pass the resolution around the Trump the Trump credits for the kids, the accounts more so. So it's just kind of thinking about the, this is like for everyone to think about, like when we're naming things about we don't want to be affiliated with certain people, but then we voted unanimously for a resolution to do those accounts. So it's kind of like, where are we really standing with this more…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“I see like old vehicles there. So I'm just thinking about like, just thinking about the need to do a little bit of environmental analysis because like you made the point that, you know, hey, if you connect, you're not using well water, so you don't worry about contamination that was brought up. But I'm thinking about people, if you're in a townhome, you may want to plant things that are edible, right? And so trying to think about the impact of those things. So while you may fix and alleviate one issue, you have the other end. So I just want to make sure, like, comprehensively, how can we…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Yeah, I'm just looking at Google, which is accessible for all of us, the satellite view on Google right now, and that's what I'm seeing when I zoom in at this site, so I was really curious about just thinking about those, and we, just as a normal line question, so I'll move on to my next question, but just wanted to uplift that. Looking at it, so for affordable homes, the affordable units that you believe 8% proffer, would those solely be just townhomes, or would it be a mix of townhomes and apartments?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay. And so when you, I see that you had this for 30 years, have you all or the applicant be interested in, I'm thinking about just working with Durham Housing Authority, has it ever crossed you all to ensure that we're making sure people actually who need these housing units or affordable housing are through the voucher program? Have you all considered ever working with DHA on that?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And then the limitations on a Valleydale exit. So I do see that concern about, just in there, can you just give me a little bit more context on if you aren't able to put that exit on Valleydale, what would that look like for folks? I believe it's in the comprehensive package about the Valadol exits more so. Like it may possibly be two, but there are some limitations that if you discover it may not be two, how do you plan to mitigate that?”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Okay, thank you so much for your time. I don't have any more questions for you. I'll just say in general that I am deeply concerned. I've said this a million times and I get that we all have different philosophies around housing and that we're all different ideologists and approaches more so, but some things are just very obvious and this area is highly congested. And it just, we're running into an issue where I think we're not, we're trying to justify things and painting these like visuals where if you're not the one living in that area in community, while respect everyone's voices, but if…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“Thank you so much. I don't need the whole three minutes. I just had a question for my council colleagues. For those of you who are on the TPO, is there ever a moment to advocate for changes and improvements in this quarter? I know that we have BRT coming to Wellands Village, but the numbers are the numbers, and I'm not going to go into all that, and everyone has a right to, the libraries are open, so we can all read books at this point. But it just seems that if we're going to continue to approve this development here, it needs to be more advocacy to DOT or whomever to make these plans to…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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“And I just, I made that comment because I think that like, as you alluded to, like the damage done to West North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, if we have this notion that DOT cannot, if we have a massive natural disaster, they can't repair the roads. That's probably going to happen here someday. And so I just want us to think about like what we're setting people up for in these communities. Are we doing it for success? Because we can argue, I'm not gonna go into all the points of abundance and all those things like that, but well, I am. One of the major arguments of that is that we are using…”
City Council · Oct 5, 2026
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City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“All right, good afternoon. So I'll be brief in my remarks. I didn't write a script because I'm genuinely excited about this project. I just think about last year when we were campaigning, and one of my favorite forms was the Arts and Councils Forum. Because I did not think about how much art had impacted my life and showed up in so many different ways. And so when you start to think about like, oh, that's actually art? Like, okay, like just some of the things. I'm very creative and expressive in my own right. So I'm always excited to hear about more investments in that because I think about…”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“Again, what's the timeline? So like, do you have like a period in time in which you anticipate having this meeting done is what I'm asking.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026
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“No, thank you. It's been very helpful. Nice to meet you. That's my first. I'm new on council, so I haven't been for like 10 years. So nice to meet you all. And as you've been in flex, which I'm learning the process, I appreciate that. I'm super excited about a lot of things around housing. So I look forward to it. And I also look forward to just being transparent. So whenever the drafts are shared about what the legislative priorities are, making sure all seven of us get that. We appreciate it. Thank you so much.”
City Council · Sep 10, 2026