Remarks by Chris Robertson
791 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 3 of 32
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“Oh November. I'm sorry. I was looking at October Is it a Saturday that is a Saturday?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Very cool. All right. I don't know about an indoor facility or what the scheduling is like with Parks and Rec on that. But November 14th, I'm okay with the pad out there. You're talking about the lakefront with the covered area?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right. That would also have to be verified through Parks and Rec? Okay. And maybe let's start with November 14th out there at the pad.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. How soon for you to advertise? That's all I'm wondering about.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“No, I mean just for this one, say November 14th.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“So by October 8th, we can get you an answer. Okay. Is that good? Beggars can be choosers.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“How many people are we talking that will be working out on the pad?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I was about to say, so these folks come from all over.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I mean, we can go ahead and agree to that. Council Member Fletcher.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Did we want to set an amount and give the green light to the city manager and staff if they reach anything under that? Is that what you were looking to?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“We can say $1,500, and if it goes over that, the city manager can come back to us, but we'll go ahead and give her the green light if it's anything $1,500.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“And I think why you're getting a positive response is because you are bringing people in from all over, right? And that is economic development, but it's also accomplishing the goal of getting the veteran resources out there to our public. Absolutely. Thank you very much for that, and I appreciate the phone calls you made to me regarding all this, and I'm glad you spoke to the council about it, the Veterans Committee. But did we give her the nod? We good?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“If it happens. Fill out the application, and please come to the podium and talk about it to us in the future. All right.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right. Since we're here, I'll go ahead and open it up for public comment. Anyone in the audience would like to speak during public comment here? Okay. We weren't going to have it in a special meeting, but somebody did fill out a form. Mario Agosta? Maria, I'm so sorry. What did I say, Mario?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“That's okay, Maria. First of all, thank you so much for- Okay, get your name and address for the record, please.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“I'm sorry, this is for anything not on the agenda.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“It's just public comment. So which item number is that? I'll write it on your form.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Yes, item five under public hearings. Public hearing number five? All right, thank you. All right, yes, ma'am. All right, anyone else in the audience like to speak? All right, next up, we have our consent agenda. And we only have one item on the consent agenda. Will the clerk please, I guess we don't have to read that, but can I get a motion on the consent agenda? Motion to approve. Second. Would anyone else, anyone in the audience like to speak on the consent agenda? We have a motion from Council Member Fletcher, second from Council Member Urban. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right. Next up we have public hearings. Will the clerk please read public hearing number three.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“So if we don't vote on this, we just go home now. Where does it leave it? Nine months of nothing?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“All right. Thank you, Coop. Anyone in the audience like to speak on this item? Any counsel? Motion to approve. Motion to approve. Council Member Urban. Second. Second. Council Member Fletcher. Will the clerk please call the roll?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“And will the clerk please read public hearing. I'm going to say labeled number four.”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“You said I can stop you? You can. Okay, so $59 million goes towards public safety?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“Okay. And what do we receive in ad valorem taxes?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026
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“This city has worked very hard. Very hard. And we're about to be dealt a challenge that no city in this great state of Florida deserves to be in. But it's what, 36 million?”
City Council · Sep 17, 2026