Remarks by Danny Aton
6 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 1 of 1
- Play at 57:14
“Remember before the roll call. So I just have a question. Um, at what point in time do we, as a commission and a board begin to consider future flooding from our, what, from what we do here? Um, as we, as he's just sit right here, we have flooding, not flooding, but potential water going off site into the ST Johns. Um, because we continue to build impervious structures in wetlands. So at what point and what manner do we start to look at our wetlands as a precious resource and stop allowing water to flow off site into the St. John's, which just simply contributes to more flooding throughout…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 59:29
“Yes Remember facing you on a little bit knowing it last time as well for this very same reason I Brought this up last time and I'll break it up again I if we are not going to consider flooding, I mean, um, it's, it's, it's, we are, we are creating a problem that future generations are going to have to deal with and water doesn't just go away by itself.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:15:45
“So we're talking about roads right now, and you so far I've heard a lot of conversation about the current existing road. And I'm just asking this question. Does this wrap into also the road they're looking at putting in that's closer to the on-ramp or the off-ramp from 95? Because that adds a little bit danger to those making left-hand turns coming out of that development area. So if you look on page 127, you'll see that they have a road coming off of their development. And that road is more south, if you will, which is closer to the ramp coming off of 95. And as you know, as people are…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:19:10
“And again, so when I made that comment, it wasn't directly to this development. This is to the commission going forward. Um, because as we continue to build more impervious, uh, surfaces that can't always hold true. Certainly. You know what I mean? Absolutely. There's just no way for that to hold true. So again, so that's what that was said. So back to the distance from the off-ramp to the proposed development road, you're saying it's only about a half a mile from where the off-ramp joins 407 to development road. Okay. Thank you for that.”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:20:42
“Once again, safety. Safety of the traveling public. And again, I get that FDOT owns that, but if we're not pushing that conversation, then it's not going to happen. Because what you're, in essence, saying, if no one's going to push the conversation, then we don't have to have the conversation, even though we know that it's needed. And you're going to let FDOT... determine when that is versus saying, Hey, this is, this is, this is a necessity for this development to come in to make sure that our traveling public is safe. At least have the conversation, push the ball than just sitting back and…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026
- Play at 1:21:45
“So we're not making a point. Lives being at risk is not making a point. Okay, making a point is pink over blue. That's making a point. When we have an on-ramp coming off of 95, folks are flying at 95, they have a road, a half mile of the road, and you already have people making, they can't make a left-hand turn, people getting impatient. Some minivan is going to get crushed by some Mustang that happened in Miami when a young man was drag racing in Miami and he hit a minivan, turned to be his mom. He killed his mom and his daughter. All right. So we don't want any tragedies. This is not making…”
Planning and Zoning Commission · Sep 16, 2026