Remarks by Al Causey
84 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 4
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“Well, I would like to just say a great job on putting together the roadshow. It was wonderful engagement. I think it is great for transparency, but I think it set a precedence possibly for the future just so people feel like they understood what's going on here.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, I will go ahead and say up front what I'm thinking is flatter rollback. and then I can tell you why I'm thinking that. I am for as much revenue as we need to fix our infrastructure and I'm very happy that we did explore the community and the feedback that we received. I attended two of the four tax presentations The District 2 one turned out to be very different. And I think that was because our state representative was at that one. And she really made it clear a couple of points. And one of the main points that she emphasized, and I actually followed up with her on this, it's the…”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Okay. This might be a question for Camden, our public services director. Could you come up for a sec, please? Thank you, Devin.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah. Director Mills, so could you expound on what we've heard is a capital projects? Could I, not getting done, is there a bottleneck that you, what are the possible bottlenecks that we could address possibly through this budget process that would make things better for next year than they were this year?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you very much. I have another thing I wanted to ask you about. I was in a conversation this last week with one of our large commercial properties, and a person was telling me in their town where they live, they have five city employees, and it's here in Florida. So they are 100% contracted work. So how does that compare to in your mind to how we do things now?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, that makes me wonder if it's the contractor delays that cause the bulk of things being slower than we expected.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“One last thing I was going to ask about. So we've heard people talking about feeling like, for example, the parks are not being maintained or landscaped to their expectations. Where do you feel like the issue is that could be better next year relative to that?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So now we are, relative to streets, we are complaint driven, I think, for fixing potholes, or do we have people who are out looking at our 40 miles of streets on a regular basis, and they say, oh, this is subpar, here's a pothole that we see.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Sure. So the projects that are going ahead, are they on pilings or are they?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So to get your original permit in February, that was based on soil samples?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Thank you, please go ahead. So I don't, I guess I don't understand why this is coming up right now. Is this something that we've been doing in the past, or is it a new thing that is starting to show up because there's so many, so much new construction from the hurricane, or can you explain some relevance to the?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Is it not possible to have a single family home exemption for this area where it is applying just to the 70 properties without changing the comprehensive plan?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So if we were going to do an amendment to the comp plan, how much time are we talking about for something like that?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, it seems like by the time you purchase all the upgraded things for this, it could be more than low five digits to actually get the two items that we're looking at. So if I understand this right, we can add additional certifications and not have to amend the comprehensive plan?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“But I'm not sure that several months would be that big of a problem for someone who's building a new house or... Is that at what stage would this apply to a new house that hasn't been started construction yet? It's going through permitting process, right?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“I've met with numerous residents that are adjacent with and in the neighborhood of the station 7 and none for the other two, so that would be 10 and 4.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yes, thank you Brandon. So I thought I saw in one of the graphics that there was no white security fence around the lift station 7 in the picture it looked like and then in the engineering drawing for that same one. I thought I did see the white vinyl fence, the one that Kenley Horn had done. Can you?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So the engineering diagram, we're not going to put a white fence out. It's actually in the package. I'm not sure which page it was.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“So this slide we're looking at right here currently... What are we seeing there? Is that a vinyl fence?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Well, I've had a lot of concern with this expressed, and I wonder if we use something different like a Rekha's where it blocks the thing out almost completely because they're thicker and taller right off the bat.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, I just see this as very different than the other ones that we're talking about here tonight because it's at the very entrance of this neighborhood. So it's a hyper-visibility issue. Understood we could work with the neighborhood group as well maybe solicit their feedback on types of plants that they would recommend for this location Because of the location I almost feel like we need some type of architectural final design even if it costs some money I mean it actually impacts the entire neighborhood every single day that people drive through there so”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Just what I'm looking at right now, it doesn't seem to be unobtrusive or hidden at all. So now, then it becomes a matter of, well, how will we ever approve some type of design?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“Yeah, but when you first drive into this neighborhood, I could see something decorative and architectural, but I didn't want to really see a generator as the first thing when you drive into the neighborhood. So I feel like on this, we need to figure out a process that has more visual appeal and can somehow, I don't understand what the process will be. Perhaps some other people have ideas on this. I'm going to quit for now. Sure.”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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“What if we found a volunteer architect who could give us just like a veneer for this if you would that looked cosmetically pleasing and then we can present that to the neighborhood meeting or?”
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026
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Not quoted here: it may name a member of the public. Hear it at the meeting.
City Commission · Sep 9, 2026