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Council Member Bottcher commends Council Member Abreu for negotiation efforts
0:53:01
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Council Member Erik D. Bottcher praises Council Member Shaun Abreu for his leadership in negotiating a win-win solution for the community regarding a recent application. Bottcher highlights the difficulty of finding compromises and the importance of this work for both district residents and those in the shelter system.
- Bottcher emphasizes that opposing projects is easy, but negotiating beneficial outcomes is challenging
- Abreu briefly responds, noting that negotiations are still ongoing
- Council Member Kevin C. Riley concludes the discussion
Erik D. Bottcher
0:53:01
I would just like to commend my colleague, council member, Sean Brea, for his leadership.
0:53:08
On this application, there's nothing easier than coming out and opposition to something.
0:53:15
And that's so easy.
0:53:18
It's hard to sit down and negotiate something that's a win win for the community, which is what council member Abreu has done.
0:53:27
There's people both in his district and in the shelter system who were desperately hoping for this application to get negotiated.
0:53:36
So congratulations, council member, Abreio.
Shaun Abreu
0:53:39
Thank you, council member, and we're still negotiating.
Kevin C. Riley
0:53:43
Thank you, council member, Richard.
0:53:44
There'll be no more questions.