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Pasco City Councilman Leo Perales
Leo Perales is your District 3 Councilman for the great city of Pasco.
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We dont have a shortage of water. Just a shortage of brains.
do we not live next to one of the biggest fucking rivers in the country?
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🏛️ Pasco City Council Meeting Recap – August 17, 2026
The August 17 City Council meeting was relatively quick, but we covered a few important items.
📡 Lightspeed Networks Franchise Renewal
We held a public hearing regarding the renewal of the City’s franchise agreement with Lightspeed Networks. No one came forward with any concerns or issues regarding the franchise agreement.
I did bring up a broader concern I have with telecommunications companies working in our neighborhoods. When these companies tear up or damage residents’ lawns, driveways, sidewalks, or other property, I believe we need to do a better job holding them accountable for restoring those areas properly.
I would like the City to look into stronger accountability measures, potentially including fines when restoration work is not completed appropriately. If a company is going to disturb someone’s property, it should be put back as good as, if not better than, it was before.
🚗 Parking on N. 27th Avenue
We then considered the parking prohibition on N. 27th Avenue south of W. Sylvester Street. This had previously been discussed during a Council workshop, and there were no additional comments from Council.
The ordinance passed as presented.
💧 Water Use Efficiency Program
Next was the City’s Water Use Efficiency Program and adoption of updated water-use goals. This was a continuation of the discussion we had back in March regarding the City’s conservation goals.
I had received comments, questions, and ideas from residents regarding water conservation and relayed that feedback during the meeting. I’ll also be forwarding the residents’ comments and ideas to staff so we can hopefully get some answers and determine whether some of those suggestions can be incorporated moving forward.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide constructive feedback.
🌿 Cannabis Retail – Public Hearing Coming September 8
We ended the meeting by considering a resolution setting a public hearing for September 8, 2026.
The resolution passed, meaning this issue will come back before Council for a public hearing. The proposed change would allow one additional cannabis retail license in Pasco through the State’s Social Equity in Cannabis Program.
Importantly, the August 17 vote did not approve the additional license itself. It set the public hearing where Council will consider the proposed change and the community will have an opportunity to provide input.
And that was the August 17 City Council meeting!
As always, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to reach out:
📧 PeralesCouncil@pasco-wa.gov
📞 509-905-2673
Ya I dont want to here anything about the water there just pushing ai data centers and if it's that bad quite building houses where farm land was chage my mind 🤔😎
Question in regards to Lightspeed Networks - Are they putting in infrastructure to support home internet? Currently, our high speed options are very limited (mostly Spectrum). Ziply is expanding slowly, but seems to be sticking to the areas of town where they can run the fiber pole to pole, which precludes them running their lines to most of West Pasco for now. Is the city looking to attract other high speed internet providers for home and business use?
Water use? Will data centers be held to those standards or will we take the hit for their water like we will with our electric bill?
Get rid of flock cameras.
Just think, Russ was on the list to be euthanized. Thank you to all who came out to support Russ and for the rescues and trainers who are giving him a whole new lease on life.
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Leo!!! You rock man! Thanks for asking the hard questions, sharing the progress and showing the nay sayers they were wrong all along. These dogs CAN and WILL be saved. Where there's a Will....there's a way 🤣😉 always a pleasure to shake your hand and say hello Leo. Thank you for loving these dogs too and supporting my business Dancing Tree Rehabilitative Dog Training by sharing these update posts!
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